The Tavern: General Discussion and small talk...

[Grützi]

... the bartender looks at you, raises an eyebrow and leans closer to hear you over all the noise in the common room.

"What can I get you my lad?"

This thread is for general discussion and small talk.
Basically everything thats got to do something with our work here but isn't covered in another topic.

 

[Grützi]

So for starters let's talk about me

I'm going a bit wild with the threads and the definitions/rules/lists right now.
If I'm in some way overstepping or doing something I shouldn't do ... please tell me
I'm rather hyped for this whole thing right now and hope to bring that energy into it.

That being said: All I post should be seen as merely suggestions ... all is open to change and discussion

 

[Slick]

So for starters let's talk about me

I'm going a bit wild with the threads and the definitions/rules/lists right now.

So early into the project's life and you've already got a dedicated subforum, have laid out the framework of organization complete with deadlines and procedures... Yep, you're German alright.

Kidding aside, I don't see how any amount of posting could be considered "overboard" in a forum with less than a dozen active posters. Activities like this are a good way to keep the community involved. Speaking of which, what's the best way to attract more fresh meat new faces to this place? Is it even possible to advertise a forum on Reddit or the like without looking like a huge shill?

 

[DangerousPuhson]

Is it even possible to advertise a forum on Reddit or the like without looking like a huge shill?

You bring it up in casual conversation on a popular thread related to adventure writing - /r/DnDBehindTheScreen, /r/dungeonprompt, /r/UnearthedArcana , r/RPGdesign, r/AskGameMasters, r/DMAcademy, and r/DndAdventureWriter are probably the most receptive candidates.

You go into one of those "Hey GMs, how do you come up with adventure ideas"-type threads, and post something like "Well here's what I do blah blah blah... Oh, and it also helps to bounce ideas off other guys, for instance I use the tenfootpole forums to check with other game masters if I think an idea is good, etc." then some guy's all like "what forum?" and you're like "Ah, you heard of tenfootpole's reviews, right? Well there's a forum there with a bunch of designers and... BAM! HERE'S A LINK, BITCHES!" and people are all like "Ooh! Industry writers! Neat!"

It's not like we're selling something to them. It's not an advertising campaign, and we aren't looking to push product or collect money. We're just linking to a forum, same way how nobody shits their pants if you added "...well there was this conversation about that on dragonsfoot the other day..." into your post.

So long as you also put your regular input into the thread that you were going to do anyway, it's not so much shilling as it is just linking to somewhere else on the interwebs.

 

[Yora]

Is this a general Worldbuilding forum or a specific project? The title implies the former, but I see people talking about a new dedicate forum.

 

[Grützi]

Is this a general Worldbuilding forum or a specific project? The title implies the former, but I see people talking about a new dedicate forum.

I asked Bryce for a dedicated forum for our (as of yet unnamed) project and we got this
As I see it the "Project Workshop" subforum is for general Workshop stuff, while stuff under the "Vanity Projects" header is for specific projects (like ours here )

You're free to post stuff here as you like of course ... I just fear our "noise" will drown out most other threads in this subforum .. that's why we wanted a dedicated subforum to begin with ... to not cause too much trouble in the general Workshop forum.