(11-02-2014, 04:56 PM)Falaflame Wrote: But I'll give you one food for thought. Why should you come here, when you can go to Serene's Forest, with much higher and bustling activity there, with more people to help you there in a much more timely manner? I'll give you one reason: FETO. FETO is the one and only niche that we have over them.
As for me, I came here because I am intimidated by the thought of posting on Serenes. The fact that I prohibited myself from interacting with a non-stagnant modding community didn't do me any favors in learning my way around an 11-year-old GBA game's idiosyncrasies, but the new FEU makes it so I barely have to visit SF for resources anymore. And I sure as anything wouldn't visit it for the community, which is easily the most mean-spirited and pointlessly antagonistic of all the FE communities I've invested any time into getting to know (which can be counted on one hand). It seems to have gotten a bit better over the past few years I've read it, but I can't say much since I'm just an observer. I still don't post any of my projects there because I would be out of my league ("this mod doesn't even have full custom sprites?! GET OUT").
So, not wanting to post on SF, that leaves me with FEShrine, the Emblem Brigade, new FEU (which is more a modding resource than a discussion forum), and finally new FEP. I know that with small forum size comes a fair amount of sleepiness, which is why I'm posting here now.
I've never played FETO: I probably should, but its being tied to the old forums(?) made me think I should wait back when I first joined (which is mere seconds ago in comparison to most people's join times here, further highlighting that a problem exists). I'll likely get it set up one of these days anyway.
FETO definitely /is/ the draw of this forum, though, so I'm an exception to the rule of people coming here because of FETO.
Cheffy's thread was a good read and insight into the community, so thank you (and everyone else involved) for that.
I realise that this post is mostly just me pushing dust around, but I want to offer my take on things as a newer member. I've been in the position of trying in vain to drum up forum activity before, but it still wasn't so bad as it is here.
Breadophile Wrote:As it so happens I actually DO have a world built from scratch I could use, but I feel like I shouldn't compete with the current roleplay, so I dunno if I should pitch the idea. What do you think?As someone who's always up for more RP, I don't think it would encroach on Insurrection as long as you started small and introduced stuff accordingly (e.g. start with saving a town before moving on to saving the world, or whatever equivalent). It would be just as well, given how long it could take for people to become aware of its existence anyway.
It's meant to be a mold for a game, so any adventures on it could really lighten up the world and give me ideas.
It might also depend on how different the world is from typical FE settings, I suppose.