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Suggestion:
1. condense the subforums. Fantasy/non-fiction/fan rp....something similar that allows several genres of rp's to fit into one. this allows rp'ers to congregate better rather than being dispersed among the many sub forums. The forums have a handful of sub-forums, but barton is a place where a majority congregates. This works because it brings people together in a common place making rp's really easy to find and participate in. The sub-forums are necessary when looking for specific types of rp's, but the guild currently doesn't have enough activity that multiple forums are necessary.

2. Make the guild public again. More posting, even by non-members is good.

3. The rules are posted. The sub forums need hall monitors less, and guild hypers more. The crew should be a solid group that is inviting the members of gaia regularly. In the beginning, there was a guild owner and a tight group of rp'ing friends for crew. It was through their rp'ers and mass invitations, that they grew their numbers and rp's.

4. Crew that is MIA for weeks and months at a time are not crew. It's good to know who you have to rely on. Who is doing something, and who is just taking up space. While keeping them as crew is fine, giving them any responsibilities would be unwise.

5. The crew call out is currently not necessary. You have active members. You have a handful of active crew. Unless all your inboxes are flooded with pm's from members, or members spend all their gaia time looking at threads and modly duties, then you do not need more crew. What you need is more members to create those problems. When you get those problems, you know you need more crew and that you are doing a good job in revitalizing the guild.

It seems that most role-play in this clan is mostly pre-sets, which is a bit out of my taste because I do like using my own characters to role-play. Is there a section where I can find casual, custom role-play?

So i had a question of where to start for what is open. I feel a bit hesitant on what to start on for role plays. Anyone got ideas?

On the main forum page, they are at the bottom of the list, with most 1x1 RPs under " ~The 1x1 Corner~ [1x1 Roleplays]" and group RPs under "~The Group Hangout~ [Multiplayer Roleplays]"

If you can't find what you're looking for, make it! Maybe collaborate with a couple other people if you have a hard time setting up roleplays or want help generating plot ideas.

The ~Roleplay Planning and OOC~ subforum is a good place to start, lots of people are in there looking to generate ideas.

Guild Captain Witch sends out a weekly Guild Announcement with the names of new and active rps in need of people. If you are looking to join, thats a good place to start looking.

If you are looking at creating a roleplay of your own, you have no real limitations. You can make any type of role play and run it how you wish so long as it abides by the guild rules and Gaia's Terms of Service.

If you need some advice on the dos and don'ts of making a roleplay, or even assisting others in making roleplays ( co-creating roleplays is one way to go about it as it gives you someone to help bounce plot ideas on and to help keep it from becoming inactive) You can either click the link in my signature or visit the school subforum.

I recreated the thread in my signature in there to assist and advise others as needed with their roleplay questions and problems. All I ask is that if you post in the thread in the guild you quote me so that I will be able to respond in a quick and timely manner.