IGN:
newjeanz & ghimiis
DATE:
5/25/2023
WHAT YOU WANT TO SUGGEST OR MENTION:
Introduce dormitories or combined Team Housing SOONER than later
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT THE SERVER/COMMUNITY?:
In many ways, for both Bobcat & Spartan teams & players in general!
newjeanz
As a disclaimer, I'm speaking from my perspective and I'm not speaking for every single player who is a Spartan and on a team, but I am also aware that there are other players who have similar feelings towards this topic; There's been a steady decline in the activity of Spartan teams. Being on a team and SchoolRP, in general, isn't as thrilling as it once was. I'm not saying it isn't enjoyable or that EVERYONE is inactive because I do readily enjoy participating in roleplay, scrimmages, and all of the other things that factor into being on a team or that other people - but the appeal is JOIN and to have interactions with other teams is a bit minute. Now, this isn't anyone's fault or the result of anything specific, but the lack of a designated area or... sort of forced proximity to other teams has caused a drought in roleplay.
While I do think happenings such as events and rivalry help at times, these situations are short-lived. I don't think that events give Spartans enough time to really get to know each other's characters. For example, when the Frat & Soro was a thing (I am not in favor of this returning by the way) it wasn't out of the ordinary for everyone's characters to at minimum know each other's names and there was much more potential for roleplay situations to happen and more a family aspect in general. I'm fully aware that roleplay is whatever you make it out to be, but I think after a while things grow to be repetitive and it becomes hard to make something out of nothing when things have been the same for such a long time.
To get to the point, all I'm suggesting is to give the teams a little push in the right direction by adding dormitories. I can't really suggest an exact location because I'm not sure if there's plans for anything else or space. . But! The appeal of being able to reside in these dormitories could potentially increase the morale & reintroduce that exclusive feel to teams, even including Lifeguards & Mascots & The Council. It'd introduce more roleplay as well. For example, the Dean could introduce RAs (Resident Assistants who could be the Event Coordinators & other leaders), curfews, hallway/dorm decorating competitions, common areas, communal bathrooms, monthly dorm inspections, a cute trophy area, a cute little dorm keycard that's a team item, game nights, new rivalry events, tailgates, and 100 other events/ideas I probably can't think of right now. If you've ever played Sims 4, think of the Discover University Expansion Pack but SRP coded. I honestly think it would be super fun AND super possible, with a bit more detailing.
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ghimiis
Over time, and the years that I've been on the server, I've begun to notice a decline in the hype surrounding teams, and honestly, the entire school faction; the removal of the frat resulted in a removal of a hot spot location for people to gather with their friends, alongside the removal of motivation or incline to join- it removed the sort of 'exclusivity' of teams. I understand the removal was to make things fair between college and high school, which is completely understandable, but I think there were definitely more ways in which it could've been made fair, as opposed to a complete and utter removal of communal housing.
I think the main way and most ideal to revive the teams and school faction, would be the introduction of dorms. The introduction of team houses only separated the teams more and more, as they weren't around and interacting together in one specific location with one another and the removal of nametags (which again, I understand was for meta), only made it more difficult to locate people and specifically made it more difficult for teams insert themselves into IC conversation and interactions. Giving up the team housing plots to create two halls of dormitories, one for Spartan, and one for Highschool, would definitely be a step in the right direction as it'd enable mass pranks to happen between the two halls, and also create interaction between the teams and create more connection between players and characters. Not only that, the dorms shouldn't be separated by teams, instead, they could be randomly selected roommates, so for example, a male football member would randomly be placed with a basketball member, to create a bond and familiarise people with one another's characters ICly.
I think this needs to be implemented sooner, rather than later as the hype around teams is slowly going out, and once it's completely out, it's only going to be more difficult to fix.
newjeanz & ghimiis
DATE:
5/25/2023
WHAT YOU WANT TO SUGGEST OR MENTION:
Introduce dormitories or combined Team Housing SOONER than later
HOW WILL THIS BENEFIT THE SERVER/COMMUNITY?:
In many ways, for both Bobcat & Spartan teams & players in general!
newjeanz
As a disclaimer, I'm speaking from my perspective and I'm not speaking for every single player who is a Spartan and on a team, but I am also aware that there are other players who have similar feelings towards this topic; There's been a steady decline in the activity of Spartan teams. Being on a team and SchoolRP, in general, isn't as thrilling as it once was. I'm not saying it isn't enjoyable or that EVERYONE is inactive because I do readily enjoy participating in roleplay, scrimmages, and all of the other things that factor into being on a team or that other people - but the appeal is JOIN and to have interactions with other teams is a bit minute. Now, this isn't anyone's fault or the result of anything specific, but the lack of a designated area or... sort of forced proximity to other teams has caused a drought in roleplay.
While I do think happenings such as events and rivalry help at times, these situations are short-lived. I don't think that events give Spartans enough time to really get to know each other's characters. For example, when the Frat & Soro was a thing (I am not in favor of this returning by the way) it wasn't out of the ordinary for everyone's characters to at minimum know each other's names and there was much more potential for roleplay situations to happen and more a family aspect in general. I'm fully aware that roleplay is whatever you make it out to be, but I think after a while things grow to be repetitive and it becomes hard to make something out of nothing when things have been the same for such a long time.
To get to the point, all I'm suggesting is to give the teams a little push in the right direction by adding dormitories. I can't really suggest an exact location because I'm not sure if there's plans for anything else or space. . But! The appeal of being able to reside in these dormitories could potentially increase the morale & reintroduce that exclusive feel to teams, even including Lifeguards & Mascots & The Council. It'd introduce more roleplay as well. For example, the Dean could introduce RAs (Resident Assistants who could be the Event Coordinators & other leaders), curfews, hallway/dorm decorating competitions, common areas, communal bathrooms, monthly dorm inspections, a cute trophy area, a cute little dorm keycard that's a team item, game nights, new rivalry events, tailgates, and 100 other events/ideas I probably can't think of right now. If you've ever played Sims 4, think of the Discover University Expansion Pack but SRP coded. I honestly think it would be super fun AND super possible, with a bit more detailing.
-
ghimiis
Over time, and the years that I've been on the server, I've begun to notice a decline in the hype surrounding teams, and honestly, the entire school faction; the removal of the frat resulted in a removal of a hot spot location for people to gather with their friends, alongside the removal of motivation or incline to join- it removed the sort of 'exclusivity' of teams. I understand the removal was to make things fair between college and high school, which is completely understandable, but I think there were definitely more ways in which it could've been made fair, as opposed to a complete and utter removal of communal housing.
I think the main way and most ideal to revive the teams and school faction, would be the introduction of dorms. The introduction of team houses only separated the teams more and more, as they weren't around and interacting together in one specific location with one another and the removal of nametags (which again, I understand was for meta), only made it more difficult to locate people and specifically made it more difficult for teams insert themselves into IC conversation and interactions. Giving up the team housing plots to create two halls of dormitories, one for Spartan, and one for Highschool, would definitely be a step in the right direction as it'd enable mass pranks to happen between the two halls, and also create interaction between the teams and create more connection between players and characters. Not only that, the dorms shouldn't be separated by teams, instead, they could be randomly selected roommates, so for example, a male football member would randomly be placed with a basketball member, to create a bond and familiarise people with one another's characters ICly.
I think this needs to be implemented sooner, rather than later as the hype around teams is slowly going out, and once it's completely out, it's only going to be more difficult to fix.
