Roleplaying seems to be moderately popular on Lioden, considering the scores of threads in that particular forum.

There is, however, a problem - finding a roleplay thread.
Roleplay threads of every genre and skill level are currently all lumped together in one board, resulting in the tedious and often fruitless task of browsing dozens upon dozens of threads to find one that piques your interest.

Therefore, I propose that the Roleplaying board be divided into several subforums:

- "Skill Level"
After posting a character sheet and being told it was too complex, it occured to me that Lioden was lacking a division of skill levels as is seen on most other forums that have roleplay areas.

Beginner: Currently the most common "skill level" that I've seen. Basic character sheets, basic and minimum sentence structure and post length. Those just starting out and learning to hone their "craft" would be most welcome here.

Moderate: For the average roleplayer. Correct grammar, dialogue, storylines, plot, character sheets, and paragraph-level post lengths.

Advanced: - For those who want to go really, really in depth. Complex character sheets, several paragraph-length posts, post styles, etcetera.

1 x 1 - For roleplays between two individual people. A board of their own prevents the main three boards from being flooded with 1 x 1 RP prompts.

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Input from Other Lioden Members:

Tau:
"I'd also like to suggest that the RP forums posts NOT end up on Recent Activity. Or maybe that it have it's own section of "Recent Activity; maybe a small window/section beneath the main one? It's a bit irritating if I'm glancing over the forum in the height of the day and I can't find any of the auctions I was following easily because there's a dozen or more 1x1s going on that are posting rapid short posts and drowning everything out.

The Bug Forums don't show up on Recent Activity and I think it would be easier if the RPs didn't, since most of them are 1x1 and not really going to be useful/interacted with by most players."

Admara:
" love these suggestions. I've been weary about trying to venture into the role play forum, I'm a little rusty, but enjoy in depth plots and characters.
Nothing annoys me more than text abbreviations in a role play!

If I may be so bold to suggest this as well, even though I imagine it would be a pain to implement, it would be nice to have a separate bookmark bar or way to "follow" a thread, for role play especially, though it could be practical in other areas, such as sales.

It would also be nice to have a "advertisement" or "introduction" section, of sorts. If you were looking for 1x1 partner for a specific plot, or asking if people would enjoy a certain role play topic, or brand new and wanting to get your feet wet, it would be nice to have a separate little nook for finding and chatting with other role players. I do realize there is an out of character area, but I think it would be less intimidating to have a sort of "Introduction" space as well, as it's always a little nerve wracking, whether you are a newbie or seasoned role player, to enter a new group or forum, as they do all have different atmospheres. "

PhoenixShadow:

"I completely agree with having different divisions for "skill level", and especially to have a "1x1" section. The last site I was active on before I joined Lioden had a separate section for 1x1 role-plays, and it was so organized and nice. When I came here and saw that there was only one big RP board with no separate sections, I was a bit let down. xP

As someone who's really only interested in 1x1 RPs (I've had too many bad experiences in group role-plays) I would like this very much.

Also, I'm the type of person who tries my hardest to write over two paragraphs per post. I hate writing any less - and in fact, I would prefer if I could regularly post three paragraphs, but sometimes I can't think of anything to say. But if I love my RP and I'm feeling extremely motivated to reply to it, I might just post 10+ paragraphs. It's happened. But my character forms tend to be extremely short or even nonexistent, because I prefer to develop my characters through the RP instead of on a form. With that said, however, I don't mind forms that are extremely detailed - it's just a personal preference to keep mine short."