My Reason of Absence, Plus Site Rant

[Riverflame]

I'm going to be staying for a long time, that's for sure. But I'll tell you all this: Between my current life situation and the issues that need to be resolved around here, I may be going away for a while.
This said, I don't think it will last for more than a week at a time. I won't know when exactly, but if I happen to disappear for any amount of time, it will probably be because of real life problems.

However.
If things continue around here the way they have, I won't be on much. I have loved this site since I joined, as it was one of the first RP sites I kept up with. I loved how the members interacted with each other, and I loved how Alex ran the site. Everything was worth logging on for.
When Alex temporarily left the site, I assumed everything would continue the way it had been. When she retired, I realized that I was so wrong, I didn't even understand how it happened.

I understand that she left, and left it in new hands. I honestly do. But it is still her site! She can do whatever she wants with it!

I don't think that the site should be put in maintenance mode for any reason. Especially without asking or even telling Alex.
I am seriously frustrated right now, and am trying my best to stay reasonable and polite. But it's proving to be very difficult when nothing that is happening right now makes it better. New members and even guests are going to see this activity check, and they will assume the worst. No potential members will join if they see this. Who would? When I'm looking for a new RP site, I check the Cbox, then the plot, and then I check for any activity checks or updates. If anything I see leads to possible inactivity, I don't join. I don't like to RP on inactive sites. So why would anyone else?
I respect you Crowy, and I know that not only are you in charge but are also trying your best. But all of the changes that The First Life has gone through lately have been for the worse.

I'm tired of logging on to see complaints about Alex and inactivity and whatever else. If you don't want the site to go inactive, don't put it in maintenance mode. That won't solve anything. Instead, RP! Seriously, just go to a random board and post with a cat that would be there!

So until these problems are resolved, I will be standing by. I will roleplay when I get time, and when someone else can start the thread. I agree, the site needs more life. But maintenance mode isn't the way to do it.

[Annikia]

I agree with you.
I'm tired of getting in my favorite sites and seeing them being permanently (or even temporarily) in maintenance mode.
I joined about the time Alex left, so I don't know her.
But anyone who can put a site like this together, I have to respect. She is the site creator, and deserves to know things like that.

[Swimfast]

I agree with River! We should just try and get the role-playing started again.

If no one feels like starting some random thread, then we should think of a some plot to get things going again.

It makes me kind of sad to see the site like this, because I remember when I joined last summer, and there would be like ten new posts every five minutes. Now, we're lucky if there's one new post a day...

But we can change that!

[Crowy]

Well, it's all down to the members to get the site back to how she was.

What I said was merely a little white lie to get people to come back because I have seen too many sites go under - many good sites that I loved and cherished, and now, they're all gone. I hate to see sites die, and I now don't intend to let this one die.

However, my current home situation means I'm on holiday in two weeks and can barely get on the internet because I'm not allowed on the computer. Kits should be apprentices and apprentices warriors and some of the inactive leaders should be killed off or have them step down or disappear.