A Confession

[Càrrec Lahey]

I know that I have been off of IoL. It will pop up in my mind every once in a while, and though the will to keep it alive is there, somewhere, I end up fighting the will to come back and beg you all to forgive me for being away, and maybe come up with another BS reason why I've been gone.

I can't do that.

This site had - has so much potential, but a cycle has begun: I can see it. This inactivity that I myself am at fault for is like a pit of quicksand - easy to get into and often shocking, and horrific to get out of. Some don't even make it in both analogies.

I've been lucky to get this site out of two so-called levels of inactivity once before, but I'm beginning to lose faith. I don't want to keep fighting if it means that in a few months time, we'll just be there again.

I'm not quitting. At least, not right now. If you give a single damn about what happens to this site, post a suggestion as to what we can change, what we can do, and how we can get out of this. I can't do it on my own.

I'm considering revising the staff. Hyacinth, you are undeniably one of the greatest staff members I have ever been with, whether it be my own site or someone elses. Your dedication eclipses my own in ways you can't even imagine, and you don't know - you simply do not know how lucky I am to have you. To see that you were even active in the past 24 hours the moment I write this could make me cry.

If I'm not pushing to far, I consider myself a failure to what I've created here. At this point, pessimism far surpasses optimism, and I have no idea what the future will hold.

If you even read this, you have been awesome. I thank you for being a part of this wonderful time in my life. Hopefully, we will see more of each other on here. If not, I hope that you realize that I will not be looking back on this in a mournful fashion, but in celebration of what was accomplished here.

[Hyacinth Erasmus]

Sadly, I know exactly what you mean. I come on here every few days, just to see if somehow, though unlikely as it's starting to seem, someone has also been on. I am really glad I've found this site, because your plot, your whole system, is really great. I like it here, and I really want it to come back alive.

I think we all need to just post. One of us just needs to start a thread, and have everyone join. Maybe like a huge meeting, in a big town, for those on the side of good to attend. It would give everyone something to reply to, and a chance for our characters to mingle.

I personally adore my character Hyacinth, and I haven't made her like this on any other site. It wouldn't fit. I wish for the chance to have her grow. She is young and ignorant, and wants to see the world. Right now, she's fascinated with an angel, which I think could be fun to play. But that angel isn't active either, so it's hard to move on it.

I think you should send out another e-mail to all of the members, telling them to come back and post, at least once, to see if we can pick the site up again. If you like the idea of Carrec hosting a gathering, I think it would be the perfect way to get people more active again.

[Avee Corlane]

I agree we just need to get posting together. With so few members/characters and everyone in a separate location, no one is ever going to get much play. I would be completely willing to move my character into a communal thread; I would just have to think of a reason to put her there. (Unless you all joined her, haha).

As a way to get activity back... that is a tough subject. I have been dealing with that myself on my forum (though it is not an RPG one). I think we just need to get back on advertising a lot and passing the word to friends. We also need to make sure we sign in and post more, so that when guests do arrive, they don't think this forum is dead and leave. I think that is one reason people aren't joining; because they think it's inactive. Which is probably is... so we need to buff this place up again.

I, for one, though new here, really enjoy this place, even though I have only made one post with my character. I think she has potential to grow here... and I don't want to have to go through the process of finding another fantasy RPG to put her in.

Let's try to save this place.

[Alissa Lennox]

I want to apologize too. I always had the site in the back of my mind and kept wanting to head on but figured that no one else was on. I only just came back yesterday but I will try to keep up with it now.
I think you guys pretty much took all the ideas I could think of off the top of my head. So I will think on it being as I just read. Again sorry I wasn't on for a bit but I will visit more often.

[Càrrec Lahey]

The Role-Play thread turned out a lot better than I had expected. My muse, however, hasn't allowed me to join in, myself. xD Anyway, since I turned the c-box into a trash-dump for my rants (I've since deleted them), I've organized the to-do list.

- Delete all inactive members [Check] -- (Save "theredrose," who just joined)

- Archive all posts/threads by inactive members [Check] -- (Save one which I hope will, in the future, be revived. )

- Clean up the advertisements/affiliates. Delete inactive/deleted forums, and refresh/reply to forums who have advertised with us. [Check]

- Go on advertising rampage.

- Be merry.

[Avee Corlane]

Hope I'm not overstepping bounds... but if you like, I could help out with the advertising.

I go on Proboards Support quite often anyway, to chat and bump my own ad threads.. so if you wanted to, you could list me as your secondary? So I could bump the thread for this place when you don't make it over to PBS?