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[thebruce]

Yes! Thank you =)

[Robodashy]

Back to the initial post in this topic...

[Rogi Ocnorb]

I've been having the same feelings about what used to be a great place to come to and forget the day. Now, I'm just not willing to do more than scan the forums and look for the random puzzle to play around with. I haven't seen a good story in a long time and don't want to commit to any games because so many just die with no warning or have way too much juvenile, unconsidered chatter.

You'll have to trust that this comment isn't as snarky as it appears at first blush; But...

I blame JJ Abrams.

[konamouse]

[thebruce]

[notgordian]

[catherwood]

[Rogi Ocnorb]

If we're taking guesses, I'd say SP was talking about:
http://www.transmediastoryteller.com

[Robodashy]

Looks interesting, don't know how it's supposed to be a game changer - but certainly an intersting format.

[danteIL]

So I do still check in here from time to time, and I am glad to see that my off-the-cuff thread has had some recent action

I have no useful further thoughts on my original complaint/observation (e.g., the "ambition" issue in particular), but it did occur to me that it might be useful to have some sort of "Player Report" subforum here that functions as a place where currently-involved players can write brief summaries/advertisements of games that they would like to 'get the word out' about. It could be pseudo-moderated in that the player would submit their game report to a mod who would then post it in the appropriate format, maybe with some standardized structure. The goal would be to serve as a place where motivated players could highlight what makes 'their' game interesting/worthwhile, along with enough information (but not too much -- reading overly-detailed reports of games that you are not involved in can be mind-numbing) that encourage others to want to check it out further. Also, maybe every game that goes from News & Rumor to Chaotic Fiction should be required to have something like this. It would also be useful when specific games reach important 'transition' points, like a new event or new phase in the story.

ARGN is useful up to a point, but it can't cover every game and is often written from an outsider perspective. Plus, for me personally, I am more likely to check here (out of habit) than anywhere else...

Just a thought.

[Robodashy]

I actually had more of a think about this and was thinking that maybe a kinda "Last week, in ..." kinda ... not youtube post but maybe sticky where a weekly update was made - like you said where players of said game submitted their view /recent developments so that
1: potential new players could quickly get up to date on what was happening and start playing sooner; and
2:it was promoting the game itself so that it keeps people intersted (also doesn't hurt if you've been without a computer for a while and can't play anymore).
Just a thought

[diplomas94]

Ambition and Fracture

[Robodashy]

Wow, totally forgot this post even existed.

Stay tuned kiddies, gimme until my bday and ARNN should be up and running as a fully fledged community news site. But I gotta squeeze that in with full time work, 2 subjects of uni, my life in general, and a couple of other ideas I have going through my head. But my b'day is mid march so should be possible (fingers crossed)

[Guest]

any update?