Post by Freya on Jul 19, 2009 4:00:47 GMT -5
I've been trying to make my RPG board successful for like a year and a half now, with no luck. I'm hoping some of you can look it over and try to help diagnose the problem.
My original idea was for a game of Intergalactic Sailor War, which could encompass characters of all types from all over not just the Milky Way, but other galaxies as well. Sounds like a kickass idea, right? I thought so, too, and would still be running it today, except to be successful with that kind of broad focus you need a crapton of people, which I never got.
I rebooted the story with a more narrow focus on the Senshi of only the Asgaard system and a Norse Mythology theme. I would like to get a lot of in-fighting going, kind of a "Senshi Ragnarok" thing. A lot of people seem to really like this theme, but most of the compliments I get are from people who say it's cool but then never join, or join but then never make and play a chara, which doesn't help the site's health much.
I would really rather not have to reboot the site again with another theme, because I like this one and the characters created for it a lot. I especially would rather not do an Earth-based game focusing on Sol Senshi, because nearly every game out there is like that. I thought my niche would be in having something more unusual and interesting, so that would help draw people to play in it. I feel I would lose much more in integrity than anything I might gain in members by conforming to the usual type of game, you know? Hopefully I can get some ideas of what I'm doing wrong so I can make it better and make the site the kind of success I want it to be.
I hear URLs help with these requests, so here's mine: Asgaardian Senshi. Thank you in advance for whatever help you may be.
My original idea was for a game of Intergalactic Sailor War, which could encompass characters of all types from all over not just the Milky Way, but other galaxies as well. Sounds like a kickass idea, right? I thought so, too, and would still be running it today, except to be successful with that kind of broad focus you need a crapton of people, which I never got.
I rebooted the story with a more narrow focus on the Senshi of only the Asgaard system and a Norse Mythology theme. I would like to get a lot of in-fighting going, kind of a "Senshi Ragnarok" thing. A lot of people seem to really like this theme, but most of the compliments I get are from people who say it's cool but then never join, or join but then never make and play a chara, which doesn't help the site's health much.
I would really rather not have to reboot the site again with another theme, because I like this one and the characters created for it a lot. I especially would rather not do an Earth-based game focusing on Sol Senshi, because nearly every game out there is like that. I thought my niche would be in having something more unusual and interesting, so that would help draw people to play in it. I feel I would lose much more in integrity than anything I might gain in members by conforming to the usual type of game, you know? Hopefully I can get some ideas of what I'm doing wrong so I can make it better and make the site the kind of success I want it to be.
I hear URLs help with these requests, so here's mine: Asgaardian Senshi. Thank you in advance for whatever help you may be.
