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All in a name?

I've been doing Trek RP for years but I've done fantasy as well and one thing I have enjoyed more than I probably should is the actual naming of a game or SIM. Typically I come up with several at first...

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Big List of Free Web Hosting Services

I'm looking at creating a list of free website hosts that allow you to build/upload your own sites (not just free forum hosts). If you can think of any off of the top of your head, recommending them...

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Am I harming my site if I don't have a guest forum for ads?

On my website, I don't have a forum for affiliates/ads. Some forums have a guest accessible forum where they can drop off an advertisement for their role playing site (usually so long as they can do...

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The loves and hates of site design

We're in the midst of revamping our jcink site onto a custom skin. Over the last week or so I have been exceptionally nosey and visited a LOT of other sites. It's got me thinking as to what elements I...

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Forum owners who don't have mobile-friendly layouts

Many folks (and many more each day) browse the web, and forums, via mobile devices. (I browse a lot via mobile, and even moderate RPGfix via mobile.) How come so many forum owners let mobile...

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Character creation - guides and discussion

I couldn't decide between game design and management for the board to post this in, so went with game design because it has to do with the way that people construct a component in the game The forum...

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Site design: shatteredguilds and dividedkingdoms

A member posted on here looking for some help with their forums so I got in touch. For me it was less about being in the trenches and more about high level layout and organization that would hopefully...

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Have you ever considered getting a domain name for your game?

This is mostly for those sites out there that don't have custom registered domains. I think that having a domain name is great and cool in theory, but it is not at all necessary to run an awesome game....

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How Important Are Face Claims?

There seems to be quite a division between sites that allow models as face claims or anime/manga art. But how do you feel about games that don't allow face claims at all? I remember them as playing a...

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Forum+Mechanics

How many of you have a roleplay based not only on writing, but also on an RPG mechanic that serves to patrol godmodding and add an extra level of competition? How long did it take you to hammer out a...

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Are you a dark or light site theme lover?

Do you find yourself drawn to light or dark themes when it comes to a site? Do you often find yourself switching over into a "night mode" while writing or working late at night?

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Time for my yearly rise from the grave. Opinions wanted on entirely new design

Thanks to the generous donations of members, we managed to upgrade to Xenforo this year. Was also able to nab TH Node grid along with a nice theme, Abyss. Have been doing some work--but now I need...

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Work in progress play-by-post addon

I'm not sure who all would be interested in this, but I'm working on a new character management/play-by-post roleplaying system. It's inspired by the old one at Shadowlack and will be replacing the...

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Combining a Play-by-Post Game With a MUD

One of my projects this year is all about turning Shadowlack into a MUD (multi user dungeon, a kind of text adventure). I'm combining traditional aspects of forum roleplay with real-time, multi-user...

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Character Attributes

I am creating a political RPG where players can create their own fictional nation and roleplay the nation and people. I would like to have characters in the game including politicians and business men...

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Xenoforo AddOn

For those of you who use Xenforo as your forum software, or even as someone who participates on Xenforo forums, what are some of your favorite addons. What do you think enhances the game or even just...

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Character Romance tracker

What are your thoughts on turning character interactions into a point system. Kind of like negative and positive interactions make two characters have a further likelihood of falling in love or...

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Cool Custom Features

Hello, I have recently invested a lot of time creating a number of custom features on Ferocious Universe designed to help enhance and simplify our forum RP experience. Some examples are: - Character...

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Thoughts and Feedback on my site

I have re-built my site, but tonight I feel like it's officially done finally. Link is in sig. Press the like button if you think it's good. my only issue on here is the like button being hidden on the...

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Should I enable Guests to Post on Site?

Should I let guests post on the site? I'm not sure, but no one has shown up for the reason It's new.. Should I be like chat sites that let guest post then reserve the name by signing up to the site....

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