What would you guys like to see on BoB?

[Crackers]

An advertising contests could be helpful where members are given gems for each board they post in.

I really like the idea of a member exchange with a sister site as well, that could be really good for us.

And I know that we are working on getting the 4 main clans active, which is why the Blackguard is being absorbed into the Pitt, but maybe another board or two in unrelated areas would help- like a board outside of the main game that offered Roleplays in a savannah hsetting for lion prides, or an abandoned city where stray dogs roam (also seperate from the main game). A lot of our sister sites focus on animal roleplay thats not just specific to one species, but that has its oown lore/territory, so having a board that appeals to that may help with keeping members once they click over to check us out. I know we have a generic board for random animal roleplays but it isn't structured and is open to really anything, where as these boards could have a little backstory, different places in the territory to roleplay (we could use the custom thread header things to mark out a couple random places like 'the river', 'the plains', etc for people to specify where their characters are, which would work especially well in the city of dogs thing i mentioned, which could be an abandoned island town thats over run by stray packs fighting for survival or something).

And I like the idea of doing something with the groups, but maybe instead of a controlled plot or something that forces groups to work together, the staff could regularly include 'natural events' in the monthly announcements that would effect things in the land- for example, maybe one month there's a food shortage in The Pitt, causing them to hunt in other clans territories, and then another month The Typhoon could be taken over by gulls that cause havoc in the camp, and so on. It could create some atmosphere and allow for a bit of unpredictability on the site.

Ultimately I think we should focus on things to help activity and advertising. We can draw people in all we want but if they see dead boards they won't want to stay.

I think monthly activity contests could be really helpful too. Limited-time powers, custom art, and gem rewards could go to the top 3-5 posters on the site every month, encouraging people to be active and post.