Route 29: Stay or Leave?
As I am sure you are all aware of, Livejournal has undergone a good handful of changes that have made roleplaying here just a little more difficult. With how the staff of Livejournal and the ones in charge of the code have responded and interacted with the members, it looks as though these changes will be permanent.
Therefore, we have been considering moving our game to another site altogether. This is a poll for all of the current players of Route 29, as we are leaving the decision to a majority vote. Please only vote with one journal per player, be it character or personal.
We request that everyone vote in this poll so that your opinions are heard. If you choose not to vote, then we will assume that your decision is to follow whichever decision is reached at the end.
Now, our choices:
- Move to Dreamwidth.org
- Move to Insanejournal.com
- Move to Scribbld.com
- Move elsewhere? (Suggest location in comments)
- Remain on Livejournal.com
Poll
This Poll will remain open until January 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm January 11th.
Please type your answer into the box above. Answers are hidden from the players so no one is pressured to go along with any majority vote and can make the decision for themselves. The poll's window is open for a long point so those on holiday hiatuses will also have a chance to vote. Also, don't feel as though you have to rush your vote! You can take some time and check out the other sites before making a final decision.
Because some of these sites are probably new and unfamiliar to some of you, we've compiled a list of pros and cons for each site so you may make a wiser decision.
Dreamwidth.org
Pros:
- Friendly staff (so far)
- The "prettier" site of the other choices
- Capable of importing old entries, comments, icons, profile data, and more.
- Very easy to navigate
- Longer usernames, post word-count, and comment word-count
- No advertisements
- Uploading multiple icons at once
Cons:
- Layouts are different (though there is a code to adjust flexible squares)
- Table coding doesn't always transfer over well
- Invite codes necessary to create accounts (however, the staff does give a permanent code for games so this can be worked around)
- Comment responses don't go to your 'inbox', only email, for notifications.
More differences between Livejournal and Dreamwidth can be found Here.
Insanejournal.com
Pros:
- 100 icons with a basic account
- Adapts to table coding very well
Cons:
- Basic format isn't very sightly
- Layout coding is a challenge at times
- No default tab titles (pages read like "2367.html" instead of "01 [video]")
- Considered offensive to some with usage of 'patients' and 'asylum'
- Notification difficulties (hit or miss)
- (nearly) no ongoing maintenance/quiet staff
- Can't edit comments
Scribbld.com
Pros:
- Like a smaller, younger livejournal (very similar to LJ)
- 50 icons with a basic/free account
Cons:
- Difficult to navigate (many parts not on the navigation bar)
- the least familiar (everything will be a learning experience for us all)
Another Pros and Cons list; thank you, Kiwi!
Livejournal.com
Pros:
- Everything is already here
- Most familiar
Cons:
- Layouts would wither be simpler or comment pages
- No subject lines would mean for necessary changes in uniform format
- Staff disagreements and future updates which may compromise comfortable RP longterm
Despite the mod team's personal feelings on the matter, we will accommodate with the majority vote. Also, if there are other Journal-esque sites which we just haven't heard of yet but you think may be a decent place for us to play, please let us know in the comments and we'll see how those fare with our playerbase as well.
If the tallying votes all point to us moving and adjusting to a new site, we'll make the necessary notions to assist anyone who is willing to make the change with us. We may not all be able to move in one large wave, but we don't want to leave anyone behind, so we're willing to move anyone who is willing to move with us.
ETA: Dreamwidth is also allowing anyone to make accounts without a code until the end of December, in case one would like to snag an account now. Insanejournal and Scribbld don't require codes, so accounts can be made at any time, but dreamwidth is a bit time-sensitive at the moment.
Thanks, everyone! And we hope everyone's having a great holiday season. Let's keep our spirits up for a wicked 2012!
Therefore, we have been considering moving our game to another site altogether. This is a poll for all of the current players of Route 29, as we are leaving the decision to a majority vote. Please only vote with one journal per player, be it character or personal.
We request that everyone vote in this poll so that your opinions are heard. If you choose not to vote, then we will assume that your decision is to follow whichever decision is reached at the end.
Now, our choices:
- Move to Dreamwidth.org
- Move to Insanejournal.com
- Move to Scribbld.com
- Move elsewhere? (Suggest location in comments)
- Remain on Livejournal.com
Poll
This Poll will remain open until January 16, 2012 at 11:59 pm January 11th.
Please type your answer into the box above. Answers are hidden from the players so no one is pressured to go along with any majority vote and can make the decision for themselves. The poll's window is open for a long point so those on holiday hiatuses will also have a chance to vote. Also, don't feel as though you have to rush your vote! You can take some time and check out the other sites before making a final decision.
Because some of these sites are probably new and unfamiliar to some of you, we've compiled a list of pros and cons for each site so you may make a wiser decision.
Dreamwidth.org
Pros:
- Friendly staff (so far)
- The "prettier" site of the other choices
- Capable of importing old entries, comments, icons, profile data, and more.
- Very easy to navigate
- Longer usernames, post word-count, and comment word-count
- No advertisements
- Uploading multiple icons at once
Cons:
- Layouts are different (though there is a code to adjust flexible squares)
- Table coding doesn't always transfer over well
- Invite codes necessary to create accounts (however, the staff does give a permanent code for games so this can be worked around)
- Comment responses don't go to your 'inbox', only email, for notifications.
More differences between Livejournal and Dreamwidth can be found Here.
Insanejournal.com
Pros:
- 100 icons with a basic account
- Adapts to table coding very well
Cons:
- Basic format isn't very sightly
- Layout coding is a challenge at times
- No default tab titles (pages read like "2367.html" instead of "01 [video]")
- Considered offensive to some with usage of 'patients' and 'asylum'
- Notification difficulties (hit or miss)
- (nearly) no ongoing maintenance/quiet staff
- Can't edit comments
Scribbld.com
Pros:
- Like a smaller, younger livejournal (very similar to LJ)
- 50 icons with a basic/free account
Cons:
- Difficult to navigate (many parts not on the navigation bar)
- the least familiar (everything will be a learning experience for us all)
Another Pros and Cons list; thank you, Kiwi!
Livejournal.com
Pros:
- Everything is already here
- Most familiar
Cons:
- Layouts would wither be simpler or comment pages
- No subject lines would mean for necessary changes in uniform format
- Staff disagreements and future updates which may compromise comfortable RP longterm
Despite the mod team's personal feelings on the matter, we will accommodate with the majority vote. Also, if there are other Journal-esque sites which we just haven't heard of yet but you think may be a decent place for us to play, please let us know in the comments and we'll see how those fare with our playerbase as well.
If the tallying votes all point to us moving and adjusting to a new site, we'll make the necessary notions to assist anyone who is willing to make the change with us. We may not all be able to move in one large wave, but we don't want to leave anyone behind, so we're willing to move anyone who is willing to move with us.
ETA: Dreamwidth is also allowing anyone to make accounts without a code until the end of December, in case one would like to snag an account now. Insanejournal and Scribbld don't require codes, so accounts can be made at any time, but dreamwidth is a bit time-sensitive at the moment.
Thanks, everyone! And we hope everyone's having a great holiday season. Let's keep our spirits up for a wicked 2012!