Rebuilding the Entry Point / OOC area

[Ashtyn]

So! This was to be part of the sim re-build, but we concentrated on getting everything else working before tackling this challenge:

We believe that re-building/re-locating the entry point of the sim (the OOC area) could be beneficial to the sim and to the players.

The main idea behind it is to re-do the way information is displayed to the players, to streamline and make it more efficient, and also to separate a little more the entry point from the RP grounds. But we have a couple of options, so here is where you vote for your favorite, and reply to this post if you have suggestions/ideas!

The idea we are currently leaning towards if we are to keep it where it is, is to put a ship there. People would arrive inside the ship, with the sim's info lined up on the way out.

The skybox idea.... hasn't been elaborated upon. Most likely it will be an enclosed structure/location, with the sim's info lined up on the way towards the TP that would lead into the ground level.

So yes, please vote!

[Radem]

Until it proves to be a problem, I'm a fan of keeping the entry as close to sources of RP to observe as possible.

If needs be, have a fairy-bot (Hey! Listen!) handing out notecards that ask non-group-members to please not be disruptive to RP, but to feel free to wander around.

[Xela]

I agree with Radem here, I think its good having the ooc area on the same level as the majority of the sim.

[firefoxinc]

Should at least move it so its not next to a rp area.

[Xela]

I think the OOC area should be aboard a ship placed at the docks. Its not too far away then, makes sense for new arrivals to arrive by boat, and gives walls for displaying the info that Ashy craves.

And it should be out of sight, so as not to scare off the tender new arrivals :3

[Raider Greymoon]

the current OOC area isn't very good. Personally it made me feel like I was in the main area and I got scared and left not wanting to get in trouble, it's also a bit overwhelming. I love Ashtyns boat idea and thinks it's a great change. I just feel more strongly about it being in a skybox of sorts. Like start out on ship in a sky bubble and have a picture of lismore from far away. then when you get on the tp from the boat, it puts on the same exact boat but this one is at the actual lismore. Also as long as I'am here, another Idea I stole was for it to be a bit like the opening for the game Morrowind. You show up on the boat, and then eventually exit the boat and head down into a house of sorts where you are processed for you arrival in Lismore.

[Ashtyn]

((Eek, the pool closed before I could cast a vote! (I always wait to the end, so I don't contaminate the results with my filthy votes     )))

Alright, so we're keeping the entry area on the ground level, roughly on the same spot it is. But I do plan to address the "people barging right into the RP" complaint, and the "I felt overwhelmed because I was right into the RP" thing, by making it a little less BAM!, YOU'RE THERE!. We'll see how it goes in the coming days!

Thanks everybody who voted and shared their opinions!
(and those who didn't, may you wake up with 1000 camel-spiders just staring at you! ...ugly-ass things those camel spiders!)