Kloteck's future...

[Addie]

Guyssss...we need to talk>>.

Well, I guessed everyone has realized that Kloteck is on it's last leg:c. I just found out that our most active mod has left the forum, and our other mods...well, I'm not sure where they are (Duke aside...I just about always know where he is>:3). And then there's me, with my inactiveness and not working on the comic like I should. So, I figured I needed to bring up what might happen with Kloteck in the future based on what's going on with me, both concerning the comic and this board.

Thing is, art isn't something that I plan on doing anything with in life right now. Sure, it's a nice stress reducer at times and is fun for me when I feel like scribbling, but after having taken commissions and requests in the past as well as art classes, I've realized that there's no way I could put food on the table as an artist. Art is just something that I like dabbling in when I get the itch to do so. Hell, it's been weeks since I've drawn anything at the moment, to be honest. Sure, I might go back to college later in life and look into getting a job with art, but as it stands now I don't think it's gonna happen for me in the career world just yet...very different from what I thought I'd grow up to be when I was 12...a famous Disney animator/scriptwriter/voiceover actress:D (kids have funny dreams, heh).

Right now, I've signed myself up for three online classes, two psychology and one basic computer introduction class. I need the credits in order to keep my health insurance. As of recently, there's a good possibility that I would be going to live with Duke for a little while as early as January, which would take me clear across the country (the reason I decided to shoot for online classes). I've never lived anywhere besides with my parents, so this would be a big step for me and would be something I'd be focusing all my energy on planning. This means that my days would then consist of four things: Schoolwork, a helluva lot of time with Duke, chores that I would insist on doing to earn my keep, and whatever else I'd have time for afterward ('Net time included). I'd just...be living life, with computer time as an occasional thing outside of the online classes. Meaning you probably wouldn't see me for weeks at a time. And while I'm not sure what I'd be working on when I got back from visiting Duke (most likely in the summer if I wanna take actual classes here in CA), I probably still wouldn't be active here like I was so many months ago.

With that said, I'm not sure if the comic will be continued, and if it would be, how often it would update. I also have another project/comic that I might work on for the hell of it, which would be hugely different from KO in just about every way. Right now, I spend all my time talking to Duke online and on the phone (which recently has sometimes gone up to 13+ hours at a time), sleeping, doing chores, watching TV, and sitting on my ass listening to my iPod. And if I did leave my place like I'm trying to plan, I'm not sure what exactly I'd have access to in terms of Photoshop, a scanner, and a tablet.

Sooo...with all that, here's what I wanna know: for everyone still here and wanting to keep the place alive, what would you be okay with doing? We could simply leave the place open and try to find new mods who are trustworthy and active, maybe make everything a bit more member-independent. If nobody wants to roleplay we could still keep it open just for people to have a place to come and chat/mess around, maybe make some new areas specifically for certain things that members could talk about...in other words, still keep it KO/canine/wildlife-oriented, but make it more vast in what is talked about and stuff. I really don't wanna see the place die. Not because "omg, it's mah forum, make it poularz and pay attention to eet!" but because I know there are memories here and I know some people (including me) like to be here because of the laid-back, small-member environment...a place to just have fun, y'know?

Any ideas, suggestions? Feedback? Lemme know what's on your mind:3!

[Addie]

As an added note, if any of the above post does not make sense, it's because I'm very sleep-deprived at the moment. Whoot.

*...passes out*

[Jarwis-finiarel]

Listen, Kahvs! You did an awesome job on pulling this place up. Perhaps it's now up to us to hold it together. And if we can't manage at that, then I say we deserve to loose it. But I think that won't happen yet. We still have a few very tick like people here (me included) who just won't leave this spot of the net.

Just leave us somebody, whom we can bother with out questions and ideas, if you won't be reachable.

Otherwise, run and enjoy your life. That's what it is for. I think you've been waiting for a good rest for long enough.

[nightblood]

I'm up for keeping this place alive. Seriously, I'd like to see it thrive. There are a lot of memories here. That said, I would like to offer an alternative if KO were to 'disolve' as it were... If the worst should happen and Kahvie was forced to shut down the site, I will open Blood Line as a gathering place for members to save their character profiles and favorite role plays until they find another site to re-introduce their characters. If it happends that a site cannot be found, they would welcome to role play in a Blood Line related board or a free-form Blood Line role play catagory.
This is a suggestion and should only be considered if the forum was to truely die.

I believe that the only way to possibly keep KO alive would be to entrust everything to a few mods, and then appoint lower mods to keep things under control. The member list desperatly needs to be cleaned out as well as the character list. If the comic is to be abbandoned, then I believe the comic characters should be taken as pre-profiled designs, still copyrighted to Kahvie. I have no suggestions on what to do if the comic AND the characters are both scrapped.

[kyrahlynn]

I'm all for keeping the forum alive (says the girl who hasn't logged in in like, forever- actually, I check this place every day, I just don't always have time to log in). I'd volunteer to be a mod, even, but my schedule just wouldn't allow it. I really want to see this place live, though, and hopefully eventually thrive.

On the subject of the comic, I beg you Kavs, please keep it going! None of us care how long an update takes- we follow it because we truly enjoy it, not because we feel the need to be entertained every moment of our lives. And, no matter how much you try to deny it, you do have a following beyond us. There are a lot of other people who would also be greatly disappointed if you decided to end the comic.

(And I would like to mention that I did start writing my acceptance thread- I just need to finish it XD)

[Electus]

Y'know, when I first came here, I think I was kind of foolish and stupid (No, really.) What crossed my mind was "Oh, this forum is really inactive. I'm gonna leave." So I did. For about maybe a year or so. But when I had enough courage and maturity to actually come back and enjoy the community here for what it was, I enjoyed it. And I still do. I'd hate to see it die out. I always get on everyday to see if anything has happened, and something usually has, somewhere.

Look Kahvie, this is a great place and you're a great person! But I think you're at the time in life where you should just step back and enjoy life, like Jarwis said.

I've had some great times here. I hope I still will. I've been to many roleplaying sites, Kahvie. I've settled down in two.

Yours is obviously one of 'em.

Peace.

[skye]

Listen guys, this forum shouldn't die. We've all know that there's a problem with activity at the moment and we're trying to do something about it. Forums die when members don't give a rat's arse and activity just fades away. Now I would like to think that people did give a rat's the fate of KO, given that we all love it here so much.

Maybe, as Kavs said, we should offer something slightly different to make KO different to the many other RP sites out there. However, I don't know if creating a wider range of topics talked about is gonna help, seeing as we pretty much descuss what we like here anyway.

I think this place has developed a bit of a vicious circle- the regular members are still logging in, but nobody's posted since they last visited so they don't post themselves, and so it goes on like that.

[nightblood]

The reason active members aren't posting is because they're in RPs where an inactive member is next in line to post. I think RPs that have waited over a month for the next person to reply should be discarded, but that's just me. :/

[Addie]

I really need to get to bed right now since I've been up all night, but I just wanted to add real quick that I think the comic characters are our biggest problem right now...I can't think of any that are actually activeO,o. Of course, I have Kahvie, Echo, and Kaine, two of which I will probably be putting back up for adoption, but the thing is...I don't think we have enough active players to keep the comic characters alive. This is also something that needs to be discussed...maybe we could just get rid of the comic characters all together who can't find active players? I dunno. I might even just skip the adoption process and give them away to people who I feel would be active with them.

Blah...

[nightblood]

If the important comic characters were to be scraped (Kaine and Nightshade, for example), would a new pack be created or would the current members of the pack be able to fight for alpha-ship? Both are decent options, in my oppinion, but I'd hate to see comic areas be... euthenized... -.-

And what of Cedarburg?

GASP!! IDEA FOR ACTIVITY!!! We could have contests and whoever wins these contests could have their choice of personal title! (little title thing under the stars. *points to 'Arnlan Sentry' over avatar*)

Possible Contests-
Fanart
Fanfiction
Poems
Songs
Banners
Icons

What do ya think?

[Blackfeathr]

I dont know. Cedarburg has been dead for months, and no one is really stepping up to take the initiative to get it active again.

Kahvies choice is to enjoy life without the stresses of being online. Yes, I support that. In lieu of the announcement that she may be gone for weeks at a time, I have a suggestion.

We (Kahvs included) should appoint an assistant Kahvie. Sounds rediculous, but let me explain.


Like in any place of employment, Managers have assistant managers.
Assistant managers keep the manager informed, and make important choices to keep the place running when the manager isnt present.

We need someone trustworthy. Someone available. Someone with ideas to get this place purring like a kitten. As Kahvie said, we're on our last leg. What have we got to lose? We need to take some risks. Open our minds and our hearts and trust others to bring Kloteck back.

[nightblood]

Well put, BF. I second your opinion.

[Karolek]

Well, this page only loaded partially, so I may have missed a few replies, but here are my thoughts on the matter.

I think KO should be kept up; I really do love this place, especially because it's so...relaxed. I dunno, I hate comparing this place to BBA, but on BBA it's like 'post here, post there, breathe, post there...', and on KO it's nice to just kinda be like 'ahhh fresh air. ' I dunno if that makes any sense. (Though it's not really fresh air for me, since I have to sit there for ten years waiting for the page to load.) That probably makes no sense, but what the hay.

I don't think this place should EVER be 'closed' though. Although the RP may not be crazy active, there are still people (me) who like this place. (:

alsoilovekarolekplzdontscraphim

Also, I think there needs to me more direction to the forum. Maybe some big forum-wide plot that no one's ever thought of before. Like, something that isn't a natural disaster or a plague. I think one of the main reasons for inactivity is lack of direction, really -- everybody just kinda mills around like, 'lalala, conversation rp, hm, more conversations.' Maybe it's just because I'm uncreative and I can't think of plots, but that's what it feels like to me some times.

[Firedance]

I third that, although how is that different to having a mod?

[nightblood]

Firedance: I think it would be more of a partnership, or closer partnership than everyone else, with Kahvie. That's my understanding. O.o

Adiemus: I completely agree with the 'conversation' RP thing. There needs to be more plots. Ever since Archer's dissapearance, there hasn't been much to RP about. :/