I will say that this game is the only game I've made a plan for moving off of LJ for, so it's not like it's gonna cause me many problems if we do move. I do wish there was a way for us to get some kind of definitive answer from LJ about what the hell they're doing, and I really do wish we didn't have to leave, because I've been with LJ since 2002, but things happen, right?
Also, I'd like to point out that if we move, the safest bet would be to move to Dreamwidth. First, they're going to be releasing a way to transfer communities (have already?). Second, they seem to be much more interested in keeping the fandom-goers like LJRPers, kink memes, etc etc, happy and generally seem to care about their userbase like LJ did back in the day. Third, if you want to have a large game or at least a game connected to the rest of LJRP as it stands, DW is the safest bet as most people seem to only consider games from LJ or DW. (IJ to an extent, but IJ is nonetheless not quite as... idk nice? as DW seems to be.)
The one main issue I have, remembering back to the days of Greater Journal and such, is that any one journaling site might not be able to handle the sudden influx of people, including DW. They seem to be on top of it, but LJRP is a pretty hefty load to bear, and if we, say, don't all buy paid accounts there (whatever the term is), then they run the risk of not being able to support our bandwidthing needs. BUT like I said it seems they're okay with it.
So basically if we move that's cool and if we don't that's okay too. I just wish there was some way we could stick around, especially given that Eridan here has a million icons and i hate the idea of transferring them over.....
Edit: with the addendum that DW rents their servers, so the cost won't be quite so severe if/when they need to expand.
Actually, I have good news on the icon front! When you do a journal import from LJ to DW, you can choose to import all your icons, with keywords and comments intact. You can also keep doing the icon cheat, if you want.
So what if you have... 103 pics but you have an unpaid account on DW - when you transfer the pics, will it transfer ALL of them, or just the amount the unpaid account is able to have?
It'll just transfer the amount the account is able to have. If you had a basic account, it'd be the first 15 icons uploaded on Eridan's account; if you decided to try a paid, it'd be the first 100.
DW is looking at creating icon packages after they get the community import up and running, too, which is cool in that sense that previously they hadn't thought they ever would -- so going forward, there's the potential for even more options when it comes to icons. What those are as of now I don't know, though!
The premium paid accounts give you 250 icons, but they're also more expensive than normal paids and last longer than you may want ($25 for six months and $50 for a year, I believe, rather than $17.50 and $35 for basic paids for 6 months/a year).
DW doesn't have the option to buy a la carte userpics yet due to server strain, but I think the owners mentioned working on that functionality sometime in the near future.
I will say that this game is the only game I've made a plan for moving off of LJ for, so it's not like it's gonna cause me many problems if we do move. I do wish there was a way for us to get some kind of definitive answer from LJ about what the hell they're doing, and I really do wish we didn't have to leave, because I've been with LJ since 2002, but things happen, right?
Also, I'd like to point out that if we move, the safest bet would be to move to Dreamwidth. First, they're going to be releasing a way to transfer communities (have already?). Second, they seem to be much more interested in keeping the fandom-goers like LJRPers, kink memes, etc etc, happy and generally seem to care about their userbase like LJ did back in the day. Third, if you want to have a large game or at least a game connected to the rest of LJRP as it stands, DW is the safest bet as most people seem to only consider games from LJ or DW. (IJ to an extent, but IJ is nonetheless not quite as... idk nice? as DW seems to be.)
The one main issue I have, remembering back to the days of Greater Journal and such, is that any one journaling site might not be able to handle the sudden influx of people, including DW. They seem to be on top of it, but LJRP is a pretty hefty load to bear, and if we, say, don't all buy paid accounts there (whatever the term is), then they run the risk of not being able to support our bandwidthing needs. BUT like I said it seems they're okay with it.
So basically if we move that's cool and if we don't that's okay too. I just wish there was some way we could stick around, especially given that Eridan here has a million icons and i hate the idea of transferring them over.....
Edit: with the addendum that DW rents their servers, so the cost won't be quite so severe if/when they need to expand.
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it is a lot more expensive to buy a premium account than it is here for me atm but 250 icons is a pretty nice bundle.....
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DW doesn't have the option to buy a la carte userpics yet due to server strain, but I think the owners mentioned working on that functionality sometime in the near future.
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