Kill It With Fire: Playful/Archive RP Boards

So, did you watch Karl's video on the new attack system yet? It's over on youtube, if you didn't pay attention to Karl's twitter account. I must admit, it definitely looks like an improvement over the current system (not saying much).

I'm a bit skeptical about it, but I'll refrain from really examining it until we have more info. Although I do wonder if anything will be done with PvA and all. It'd be interesting to do so, but Pokemon-style battles don't really feel like W-H...

I'll admit, though, that I like the idea of regular updates on 1.2 progress. The lack of information previously was rather... discouraging. Although I thought Karl previously mentioned that there would be no new content/features in 1.2; just refining coding. I guess he changed his mind?

In other news, Band is still an asshole. Like that's any surprise. I hadn't heard much from her or her hats recently, so it's good to see that she's not up to anything aside from pissing everyone off.

Also, I looked over at my old TC side recently. Apparently, with mate requests no longer being restricted by gender, it is now mates... with itself. Don't think about it too hard. As for if it means it can help itself in fights... no idea. I'm too lazy to level such a weak account.

Anyway, short-ish entry today. This one concerns the Roleplay forum sections; specifically, the archives.

I'll admit, I don't spend much time in the RP sections. Nothing in it is really my level. No offense intended to advanced people. Much offense intend to noobs, as they all need to die.

Having said that, I think it's insanely obvious that the Archives board needs to go. There are 2 topics there. And one of them was some noob starting one in that board (heck, it should have been impossible to create topics in there in the first place!).

There are some possible uses, of course. If mods actually started archiving things, for example. Say, anything 2+ weeks old. Or just automatic coding to do that. But, honestly, I don't expect that to happen. It's not that the staff are incapable or lazy, it's just that it's a bit immense. There are hundreds of topics they'd have to deal with, and no one seems to have the motivation.

And since this has been the situation since I joined, I don't see this changing any time soon. So we might as well just delete the board. Clear up the clutter and all.

Heck, the entire RP section is kinda on loose footing. The Advanced forum has had 39 topics in over half a year... total. Really amazing there. And the Bios section... honestly, it's probably unnecessary since 1.1. Very few people actually have in-depth characters that they regularly RP with. And for those who do... use a Webs site or something. It actually makes you look more professional.

And the Playful board is just a disgrace to humanity. Yes, there are occasional RPs just for fun by mature players. I remember one from way back when concerning smurfs. Bonus points to you if you were actually around to see that.

The rest of them, however, don't deserve to exist. One sentence long replies are just utterly pointless. And if you look at the boards, plenty of them aren't even W-H related anymore. I mean, freaking Warriors? You've gotta be kidding me. And vampires? Give me a break... and a shotgun, so I can shoot those idiots.

Really, the entire thing is utterly pointless, and makes W-H look terrible. It's like, almost as bad as Neopets or something. We should just remove it entirely; it's not like there's any benefit to it.

Besides, if you want to RP... 100 words. That's not hard. Just a paragraph or two. If you don't want to take the effort to do that, you really shouldn't be RPing in the first place.

So, for the love of bacon... those two boards need to die. One due to disuse, the other due to being a blight on existence.