various tips and curiosities

[singed]

These are simply some suggestions and questions, and do not need to be taken seriously, from an experienced roleplayer and former acceptance moderator of an old and long-forgotten pokemon rp. Please do not be offended by any of these, as they are simply meant to be constructive criticism from an experienced eye who appreciates the rare opportunity to partake in a bird roleplay. Feel free to disregard the whole thing if you want, I'm just happy to see a functional bird roleplay.

1.  I would like to know what 'bird' entails here. I have seen several birds of real-life species and some of unspecified or fantasy species, and my own first character, Singed, is a bird of a real species with fictional elements, specifically his eyes which are not a natural color for a crow. I have interest to see whether emus, dodos, and other large and/or extinct birds are allowed or not, and if such things like pre-established fictional or fantasy species such as jabber jays, chocobos, noctowls or the like are prohibited. In short, I would like the rules for character creation made more clear. Same for breeding, the way it currently sounds is that any species can breed with any other species on this site and that is confusing me. 

2.   I see that you have seemingly no method of direct advertisement. I suggest, as I have not long ago, that perhaps a small table image be made with a logo and some basic information. I could advertise to other sites, and as an experienced literate roleplayer know more than a few good places. This could get us some activity.

3.  Having build and feather fields are all well and good, but your profile template lacks a straightforward appearance section. For example, perhaps a bird wears a string about it's neck or has a special way of walking. This doesn't belong under either field but could be important to include. If nothing else, I discourage prohibiting modifying the fields and their coding. 

4.  Is this site realism(well, obviously not entirely), fantasy-realism(what I think it is), semi-realism(what I'm used to) or full fledged magic-and-mystic fantasy style?

5.  Must we allow moderation to essentially god-mod us between each turn in flight?


That's it for my tips and questions, now for my wisdom suggestions.

• Ways of detection:
  birds who learn detection can sense the presence of those around them with their mind, and are more perceptive than normal. 
• Ways of light:  Birds who learn ways of light can manipulate light with their mind.
• Reflexive: birds who learn reflexive can react very quickly to threats and can dodge excellently.
• strength: birds who learn strength can lift very heavy objects without hurting themselves.

[dogzrock]

I'm happy to listen to any advice and answer any questions!

1. So I've been thinking over this problem. Thanks for bringing to my attention this. So the solution I've come up with is categories; Raptors, Songbirds, Aquatic birds, etc. Each bird created will fall under a category. Since some extinct birds and emus are very large they could be op, they would be not allowed. Some fantasy birds are also op so they aren't allowed either. As for breeding, birds can only breed with birds that are in the same category as them. I'm still developing this part of AtS, so the character creation and breeding process is still a little shaky right now. I'll post an announcement thread with the categories in the News, and provide a link to it in the character creation thread.

2. I do have an ad, but it's not as great as it could be. Click! I've been wondering whether I should move it to a better location. What do you think? Also I'm looking into an HTML ad.

3. There's an Extra Comments field at the bottom of the bio. This field is meant for things that don't fit in the other areas. It can also be used to mention if the character was adopted from another player. Keep in mind, your bird's bio doesn't have to contain every single thing about them. You can add something in the rp that you didn't mention in their bio. It's mostly meant to aid in the actual creation of the character, to provide a place to refer back to if you forget something like a little marking, and to give the other players a basic idea of the way you bird looks and acts.

4. AtS falls under fantasy-realism. The characters have some mystical features such as unnatural feather or eye colors, but don't have things such as antlers or anything. They can gain a Wisdom which is kind of like a magical power, but it's not too over-the-top fantasy that you might see in some sites.

Oh, those look like great Wisdoms! I'll add those to the list. Thanks!