Starclan's Claws Site News

[[Dark Alliance]]

We've got two plot threads started, and no one's posting.
Awesome.
Now what?
xD

[((RUFF))]

Eh, it's going no where so...just ax it and write up summaries??

[xx Runnerz]

-Nods-

[[_monochrome_]]

Wah, guess that's the only choice, huh...?

[[Dark Alliance]]

The sooner we get to the new site, the better. People need motivation to post. Here is just same old, same old.

[xx Runnerz]

Yeah I agree.

[[_monochrome_]]

Hopefully when we get to the new site, there'll be a lot more activity. But, when are we moving? Are we gonna make one last huge post about when the Clans flee (well, it'd be huge if anyone else posted...), or just summarize it and move right away?

[[Dark Alliance]]

I'm up for moving next week - really, as soon as I get the board descriptions written for the new place. Hiko's also working on a layout. Once we get things set up, we should be ready to ship members over.

As for what we're going to do about RPing out the big battles, let's wait until we get a few more opinions here before we decide. I know some folks had some big plans for their characters that never bloomed 'cause of inactivity.

[Kizzy]

if people had plans for their characters, maybe they should have come here and posted with them. if they're not going to put the effort into the site why should the site be putting effort back into them too ? if you think moving to the new site will really help and revive it then i think that is what you ought to do =)

[[Dark Alliance]]

Okay, it seems things are pretty much decided. We ought to move to the new site ASAP and start advertising like crazy once were there. Old members will probably be more inclined to RP on the new board, also. I know I like the idea of dumping the battles and starting fresh at the new place.

Soo, Darkie will be working on board descriptions this week between homework and college crap. I'll keep you folks updated. Meanwhile, I need input on one last subject: the SkyClan plot.

If you've read Firestar's Quest, you know that there was once, in the beginning, a fifth Clan. This Clan was called SkyClan. Thunder, Wind, Shadow, and River drove it away; and the members became scattered over time. The SkyClan bloodline mixed with the loners and the kittypets of a land beyond the four Clans. In the book, Firestar had the task of reassembling the lost Clan, and he successfully does so.
The plot idea that the staff discussed on our board was that SkyClan currently inhabits the land around the lake. SkyClan, once large, is now dangerously small due to a disease that eliminated most of their very young and old. When the four Clans arrive, SkyClan has no choice but to simply get out of the way; they cannot risk a battle that could kill more of their number.
So this fifth Clan is pushed to less desirable territory (beyond TC & SC or around the Moonpool river; we need to decide which). There's is harsh, canyon land with little prey and dangerous terrain. Not only does this open a fun plot for those in SkyClan, but if we choose to, we could bring up the disease that killed many SkyClanners as a plot tool later.

What d'you guys think?

[aiko-chan]

Looking forward to getting to the new board. =) I want to rp reallllly bad.

And I agree about dumping the battles. Wouldn't that just make things more complicated? Members who wanted to kill off their characters can simply say their characters died in battle, or on the journey to the lake. Because having the battles would probably slow things down, and make things more complicated.

But I think the SkyClan thing sounds pretty cool as a plot. The diease could spark again, causing many cats to die from it, causing hysteria from every clan and making everything hostile from fear of the disease. There could be more border fights. -likes fighting-

But, pretty much, I agree with everything really. I just can't wait to start rping again.

Oh, and I would offer to help with something, but school just went back in for the second semester, and I'll be grounded this weekend because of a C on my report card. =/ A 79.46. >>...-cough-

[[_monochrome_]]

SkyClan sounds really good as a potential plot device, as well as that disease. <3 I'm looking forward to the move, too, but unfortunately I can't help out with the new site because I'm busy frantically studying for my midterms, which are rapidly approaching...

I can't wait to start RPing at the new site, and I'll do my fair share of advertising on other sites, as well, when I have time. :3

[xx Runnerz]

Everything looks good to me.
I like Skyclan and can't wait for the new site!

[[Dark Alliance]]

I've been fiddling. Here's a lake territories map, personalized to fit S'C. It includes SkyClan in their small territory after the other four Clans arrive. They would inhabit a canyon (like in Firestar's Quest) and the rocky, leanly vegetated terrain surrounding it.
The reason they don't extend their territory farther east or west is due to the loners and rogues that live in the neutral lands. SkyClan is small and weak, and therefore it is to their best advantage to maintain peace with the loners, rogues, and Clans.

And as always, these ideas are just ideas. Feel free to call out something you don't like or wish to improve on.



*** The "swing territory" thing will make more sense to everyone when we get to the new board.

[aiko-chan]

Hmm..looks good to me. Far enough away from the clans, yet close enough to be discovered. Looks good to me. =D