Feedback regarding the watering holes is noted, and unless someone has something to add, I think we've everything related to them already mentioned in this thread.
One main point people seem to be forgetting though, is that Stories & Biographies is the main forum for any sort of written roleplay (with the obvious exception of comm channel and faction threads) and since the watering holes sub-forum (as nice as it was) did not occupy a notable portion of that section's activity, it was decided to be merged, as that was the whole idea behind this reorganization - To reduce the number of forum sections by merging unneeded and underused subforums into the closest forum of similar purpose.
Even though nothing has changed regarding the watering hole (with the exception of the outdated ones being a tad harder to find now) we'll wait and see if the merge has worked as intended. If not, there's always the option of reverting it back to how it was.
(04-15-2013, 02:07 AM)Miaou Wrote: Why was the faction section brought back to how it was previously?
Because it was pointed out that even though factions were part of the roleplaying section of the forums, a lot of the threads there were not roleplay at all. One idea was to give them one forum in the RP section for their RP threads, and another in the ooRP forum for their ooRP faction stuff, but since that would've been more of a mess than anything, it was decided to move them out of the RP section and put them somewhere between the InRP and ooRP parts of the forum, which's what faction subforums actually are.
As for the ooRP marketplace, here's the deal basically:
Quote:[3:30:57 PM] aerelm: the exact same arguments were brought up when Ship Sales was moved out of RP section
[3:31:05 PM] aerelm: world didn't end, RP didn't die, people didn't commit suicide
[3:31:14 PM] aerelm: everyone went on with their lives
[3:31:21 PM] aerelm: and everyone are happy about the way ship sales turned out
[3:32:28 PM] aerelm: Basically, the current policy regarding equipment sale is "It's considered part of the ooRP section of the forums, but if you really want to sell em InRP for whatever reason, we wont stop you from doin so"
[3:32:32 PM] aerelm: pretty much the same deal as ship sales
[3:32:47 PM] aerelm: if someone posts a ship sale thread with proper RP, we wont be removing it
[3:32:58 PM] aerelm: and that applies to open market now as well
