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[me]

Hi guys. I may have to close down this site.

As you probably know, we've been having a big problem with inactivity lately... a big problem.

There's not enough active people on here to play the characters for the plot, participate in clan challenges or sitewide challenges, etc.

I've been trying to play all the characters for the plot that haven't been claimed by anyone yet, but that, on top of general management of the website (correcting people who misunderstand or break the rules, adding new features like chocolate bars, advertising, etc.), on top of homework for two college classes, on top of a disability (nerve damage) in my hands, well, I can't handle it all.

I can get my homework and some role-playing done because of a program I have on my computer. I talk into a microphone that is plugged in to the back of the computer and the words appear on the screen. But it's not perfect, and I still have to click on stuff a lot. By the time I'm done with my homework, I can MAYBE get some role-playing done. My hands are usually starting to hurt too bad by then to do anything else.

The site has too many features for too small of a community, and I can't keep everything going! There are three options I can think of.

-- close it down
-- give it to someone else to run
-- massive downsizing

I really don't want to close it down or give it away, so I'm kind of leaning toward the downsizing. If the downsizing happens, most of the extra features would be gone. No more chocolate bars, sitewide plots (mini plots would still be allowed) clan challenges... there would just be a place to post announcements and talk, a place for general information, a place to advertise, a place to put all the completed threads, a place to post your characters, and a place or two to role-play. It would be pretty different from how it is now.

But we would still be able to role-play on it, and it would be much more manageable. And maybe later, as my hands heal and as more people join, we would be able to bring it back to something like it is now, but more active.

Questions? Suggestions? Ideas? Comments?

[Owlgaze]

I'm really sorry about not having been active this month - I'm trying to write a NaNoWriMo novel and it's taking up most of my time. I can be back to normal in December though!

As for the site, I think it would be best if the current plot was post-poned. From the moment I saw it, I thought it was a little confusing, and there are lots of characters still. I would take one myself if I didn't already have enough characters! I think we should postpone the plot until later, when we are more active. We still haven't totally finished the BreezeClan plot either IMO!

I really hope it doesn't come to closing the site, I really like it here :3

[wolflover1458]

I really agree on not closing the site down. I've been on sites before that I liked but ended up closing, and I never like it when the control of sites changes hands, because that changes everything. I've been on all the plot pages in the hopes of getting them active. There need to be other people for it to work though, and everyone has disappeared. There have been a few issues, but I really like this site.

The current plot is a little confusing, and there are a lot of places that need to be filled, which is bad for a site with few players, especially when the Clans themselves don't even have enough cats. I don't like the idea of getting rid of main plots permanently, because those tend to say why you should be getting on the site, and why it isn't like any other site. The best idea does seem to cut down on things, like challenges and chocolate bars, especially if their cutting away from the most important aspect of the site. A different plot that didn't need any more characters than there already are would probably be a good idea.

I'm sorry to hear about your problems getting on, and I really wish people would sign up for this site and be active, although I do understand having problems getting on. Sometimes it happens, and I really want to find a way to keep this site running, even with only a few people on it.

[me]

*hugs* Thanks for your support, guys. I'm so glad you're sticking with the site c:

I've been thinking. How would it sound if I deleted the challenges and the chocolate bars? (I wouldn't delete the actual pictures from Photobucket, I'd just take them and everything concerning them off this website)

And about the plot... yeah, people might not join if there wasn't a plot... what if we got it to a good stopping point, and then left it there until we have all the positions we need for it filled? I think a good stopping point would be when the evil she cat is the leader of ThornClan and has changed its name to ClawClan, and Storm is the leader of GaleClan, and BreezeClan has fallen apart. That way there would still be plenty of interesting stuff for new members to role-play about, with the ThornClan leader living in MireClan which also has a dog, GaleClan weak and led by a cat who is evil, BreezeClan land made up of a bunch of loner territories that overlap and cause fights, and Thorn ClawClan taken over by a bunch of evil cats who bully anyone who tries to stop them.

[wolflover1458]

Sounds pretty nice, even if I'm no longer 'in charge' of anything once the challenges are gone, not that they were catching on much anyway. The chocolate bars were nice, but I know we have to do something, and as long as that isn't closing the site down, I'd be happy to get rid of some stuff.

[me]

All right. They have been deleted.

Would it be alright with you guys if I just closed the GaleClan and ThornClan plot threads? They are not catching on much anyway... we can just assume that GaleClan accepted Storm as their leader, and ThornClan appointed the she-cat as their temporary leader (until they can get their real one back) because the deputy died the other day (no one to fill the leader position) and they want to honor the she-cat in return for her defending Specklestar from MireClan (and about the nine lives thing, ThornClan thinks that MireClan just killed him once and then took him prisoner)

[me]

I'm leaving.

I'm so sorry it came to this -- I thought I'd be able to keep this website running, but, it seems not. If I ever return/create another warriors role-play, I will e-mail you all.

Again, sorry...

-- Caznikk