Whisperville

Whisperville from TWP sending out greetings to all, and letting you know that I'm participating in the contest! Hope everyone has an awesome evening (my time) and enjoy their weekend!

This is actually my second time being here. I had another nation back in 2004 but life happens (ex. divorce, moving,two kids in therapy, etc) and it got put to the wayside and forgotten about. However upon joining this second time there was a vast disparity in the 'welcome' I received from TWP vs. the recruiting regions. Instead of just a welcome telegram, a more in depth telegram including all the region has to offer such as the off site forum, roleplaying, etc. When I joined I am not kidding I got over 20 of these in rapid succession. A few I dismissed immediately because they were from raiding communities, not something I have an interest in. Others just sounded like they were full of crap so I deleted those as well. Some sounded pompous and I don't deal with that when I'm here of my own volition and I'm not paid to bite my tongue. Others sounded alright but I didn't want to deal with making that decision at the time. Perhaps if we made more of an effort to advertise what our region has to offer as well as make a go at how recruiting others from other feeder regions... More inclusive regional activities/discussions. Not just role playing but how many people on here play games such as civilization? If enough do why not a game playing night via system link or things like that? How about xbox? etc? This gets people actually talking to each other and creates an "us vs them mentality' when playing on a team which creates bonds. This feeds back into our community on here and helps create that 'sense' of community. Not everyone will be interested in things like this, and that's okay but it would be awesome to have as a possibility. I think it's not just the gameplay on here that would make this a much more inclusive community, but what we could possibly expand it to by other things/activities, to build more of a connected relationship to each other in addition to this website that would make it great. This sense of community is my wishful 'reality' that I would like to make happen. And honestly, not everyone will want ot take part. Some people really are on here to just answer issues and that's it. Some days thats how I feel too. Even for the people wanting more, it can be scary/overwhelming to just but in with a "Hey, I'm so-and-so" , and with different types of activities to participate in, perhaps the more eager or willing they will be to overcome that feeling and jump in. Also, there would be more niches for them to find their 'sub-community'. As for the off-site foum. Honestly, I haven't been on it. I don't even know the name of it so I can only speak of it in a general term. However, an off-site forum is still a part of this region, and while only a percentage of people may use it it is connected. If some activities have their section of the forums on the off-site page then it would get more activity. Having a more noticeable link to it may help as well.