Potential Board Reboot

I don't think the board as it is now works. The game takes place in such a short span of time, and it runs into a lot of problems with the current setup. If one person doesn't post, the whole board just comes to a halt. It relies too much on a few characters to keep the board going.

So, I've been debating moving the plot forward to after the Fabricants escape the island. There is potential that all happenings on the current incarnation of ProFab will be counted as non-canon, just so anything that happened in the current incarnation doesn't mess with the next, though I would include a flashbacks board so anyone who wants to RP on the island can certainly do that.

A reboot would also mean a move to Jcink, which is much like Invisionfree, but with a few extra features such as the subaccounts mod, which I think you'd all like.

What does everyone think? Yay, nay?

I don't like the idea. Personally, I like the plotting aspect. It's likely that a few of the fabricants won't necessarily want to leave the island, for obvious reasons - if they leave, they'll be shunned by society as mutants, freaks, or monsters. If we did this, it would really take out the element of choice the subjects have, which is probably the part I enjoy the most.

Plus, how would we add new characters then?

I could include the island as a playable forum for the new incarnation. As for new characters, Fabricants would all come from the island. All sorts of characters would be allowed to be played along with Fabricants, of course. I haven't figured out how to deal with disappearing Fabricants on the new incarnation to allow the slot to be filled, but I'd think more about it when/if the new incarnation is created.

I like where you're going with this, but I sort of agree with Shansie too - Really, I love both aspects that are on offer here. So I'll be happy either way, really. Basically, this is a nonsense post that doesn't really say anything much at all.

Lol, is that directed at me at all? I don't hold stuff up THAT MUCH do I? xDD

Anyway, well, I don't think doing what you are suggesting would help anything. If we move the site to a different setting AKA 'the outside world' then, well, that rises a LOT of questions.

What would be the aim of the site then? How many different places would people be going to? Sure, the 'site plot' might rely on people a bit too much at times, but if we skip ahead like that, then well either two things would happen. Either we wouldn't have a plot at all or we would run into the same exact problem when we start a new plot.

What exactly are you saying by 'the game takes place in such a short span of time' as well? XD I'm just confused on that part. If you mean it's not long until people try escaping and then the game is 'over', then well, let's do that. No need to reboot, we'd just move into a different plot and change the site up a bit. Honestly this is the most active i've seen us be in awhile, so nyeh =P We've always been a small community, and small isn't really that bad.

I don't necessarily think moving on with the plot would be the best course of action, but it isn't a bad idea either. Pretty much I'm with Kaza -- I see the point of possibly moving on and switching over to Jcink, but then I see the point of staying where we are.

Personally, I think it would be interesting to simply swap over to Jcink, but it might be difficult to do so and still keep everything intact. C:

I'm not completely sure where I stand on the idea, so I suppose I wouldn't mind either way.

What about moving the facility? The island was close to being discovered by independent authorities, or something, so the powers that be moved the whole thing elsewhere - maybe a city? - and some of the fabricants escape. That leaves some in the current setup and some roaming free - new subjects could still be brought into the new facility, and you'd also have the option of ordinary civillian characters who could interact with the fabricants/form groups/whatever.

Regardless, there are going to be issues with either decision. Having a small, concentrated forum is never a bad thing, but it does heavily rely on pretty much all members remaining actively posting. Opening it out to something newer or bigger gives you more room to work with but requires more planning and stricter organisation to function properly/avoid loopholes.

Um, so, yeah, rambling and another vote for "I don't mind, I'll follow whatever really" XD

I'm definitely with Shanster on this. What good would it really do, to suddenly skip ahead in the plot? The whole "If one person doesn't post, the whole board just comes to a halt" problem would still remain, as it really doesn't have anything to do with the plot, but rather with the free time of the 'one person'. Also, I don't think anyone here is holding stuff up so much, that the entire board comes to a complete stop, if s/he doesn't post. (I know that the threads I'm in, probably won't advance until I post- But I've really been pretty busy lately and it's not like I've just suddenly disappeared into inactivity, I'm still here and going to post the first chance I get!)

And there is a whole host of other problems, with moving to a 'post-escape' setting, like Pixel pointed out- "How many different places would people be going to?"- It could get too large, too fast and before you know it; We have ten people scattered across the many, massive regions of the Pokémon world. Restricting it to a single region wouldn't work, because let's face it; If I had wings, I wouldn't stick around a single place for too long- Especially if I was a monster in the eyes of most 'normal' people.

That brings me to Shariah's suggestion, and quite frankly- Moving the facility wouldn't work. There are good reasons why it's on an island, in the middle of nowhere. Or sure, what could possibly go wrong with the organizations creating Pokémorphs in the middle of a city, without knowing what exactly would happen. (Instincts of a dragon; The Goldenrod City edition?) - Also the point of some not wanting to leave, isn't that they want to stay as subjects, they (G) want to make the facility their new home, so should those Fabricants just be left behind- While everyone else moves to the mainlands?

If my just-woken-up-and-tired typing didn't make any sense, my points are;
-"If one person doesn't post, the whole board just comes to a halt."; Not really related to the plot or the setting, at all.
- Moving away from the island probably wouldn't get rid of the ^ problem and could open up a host of new problemtroubles.
- Moving the facility to the mainland to 'justify' some of the escapes, would quite frankly be ridiculous, as from the viewpoint of the scientists; The facility could then be compromised way too easy- Not to mention the risks of having a fabricant go berserk and getting loose. Plus, what would happen to all those that stayed behind on the island using it as a safe haven? What- We're supposed to abandon our characters? Because I don't think so.

So, Nay, Njet, No and Nein!

All right, since the member base is either opposed to or neutral about a shift into the future, is there anything in particular you want to see changed?