Tech Requests

[EriChar]

I notice that we now have a whole board for technique requests, and according to the 'shop', it seems that you're supposed to apply for techniques in a thread of it's own, and then it would be approved? Would the thread then be archived to prevent clutter?

I think when a member applies for their first 'purchased' techniques, they should create a thread, like "Char's technique Requests", and then the threads can be kept in the section for reference? That way it provides less clutter, since a staff will always be answering with an approval/denial so it won't be double posting, and let's each and every member have a place where they can ref their technique requests?

[Roin]

While I agree that there should be a unified thread, I don't think it'd be very feasible for some of us to keep it looking organized without considerable formatting. By this, I mean the people similar to Vio and I with tons of characters. TLDR: I like the idea of a thread per character, rather than per member. Because if I got 10+ characters already, that's going to be a lot just from me. It's going to get obscenely long if I'm also making requests/shop purchases in this manner.

However, I will say with a bit of salt that this idea would probably require another board to organize these threads under. Because like... we're still going to need to make at least 3-4 threads (due to the item shop, Tech shop, Haki, and the Payment request section) regardless. Again, I support the idea but it will end up making us look cluttered no matter what. That's why I assume we archive things after approval/closure of the request, as if we didn't... like... we'd just have tons of threads rather than pages of a single thread to sift through.

TLDR: I don't get why we're trying to reform the reform when it literally just went up, but I guess this would be an okay manner to do it if we had to.

[EriChar]

Well, TBH, I might have missed the area where the 'reform' was discussed but it seemed to come out of nowhere? So that made it kinda hard to give input on before it was changed...

[Roin]

Well, I think it was sporadic reform from Kuro? But this is a more "up-to-date" format with most other RP forums. Making threads for shops and boards for approvals I mean, so...

Joking gifs aside, as I said the idea for this reform could be decent, but we should give the idea more than a day? Currently, there's only ONE request after all. Not like we've even given this a test run since it was converted. Unless Kuro is a stealthy ghost-lady.

[Fluffy Lynx]

I've always been a fan of compiling things together as much as possible. It also makes grading and watching where people have taken their techniques much easier in the long run. So a thread per character or a thread per "roleplayer" would do the trick for me. Definitely not a new thread per every request, though. If anyone ever asks "Where was this technique accepted from?" - looking through that sea of stuff will be painful.

[Deleted]

Where this reform of the shop was discussed was a group PM, that contained most of the staff members, displaying @nachothai's review of the rules and various other things around the site. I posted the idea Nacco and I discussed about the marketplace in there for people's opinions, and it seems Kuroro liked it so much that she put it into effect immediately.

I believe having one thread per member is the best way to go. The clutter that we're trying to prevent is in the tons of threads that will be in the board (or elsewhere) for a single request, not the tons of requests that a single member would make in their own thread. If I'm not mistaken, all templates that have to do with an item/technique for a character asks for the person's name and link to their thread, no? It wouldn't be as confusing as you think, even if someone had 20+ characters, like Vi, Roin. The staff would be able to clearly see which applications were for what character, so it really wouldn't be a mess.

[Vio]

I like the idea of thread per member, given that anymore would be cluttered and awkward, but I'll be absolutely honest. I liked the old style of just one massive thread, despite some of its downfalls (i.e. not always knowing if a staff member was actively applying for techs or responding to an application without looking at their post).

If we were to stick with that, I'd suggest making a separate thread for application and approval, with another (locked) thread with all the information in, linked to the application thread itself. That's just my idea. I don't really think it's in need of a drastic change? Just cleaning up.

[Deleted]

[/i] so if clean up is the concern, I definitely think the former is more feasible, even if it was just left alone. Old member or orphaned request threads would just dip to the backlogs, instead of just existing on the front pages of a very long thread. I don't see the downside, myself- am I missing something?
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[Shinku]

A thread per character is too much in my opinion and will make things messy rather than tidy. It might give people with lots of characters a very long thread, but for the forum on a whole it would be nicer. And if you want to know about a character's techniques... you'll go to the character profile... not the tech shop. The tech shop is important for the member and the staff who is approving the tech, so I don't really see a problem with longer threads.

You get your new techs approved... add them to your profile and then the thread will rest until you need some new tech again. I don't really see why one would have to go back and research the tech in the shop thread unless there was some sort of problem with it, which shouldn't really happen as those things needs to be taken care of during approval.