the greatest general under the heavens
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Post by Egao, Egao Everywhere on Jan 12, 2014 4:23:02 GMT -8
I feel like I started this thread before but I'm not going to bother searching.
I'd like to hear your honest opinion about this because I may be considering doing it one day. Would a site that only allows one account for all characters (meaning just an ooc account) be a cause of confusion, or dissuade you from joining a site? I know Kohaku did it but Kohaku's an exemption. The people there are special people.
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Post by katya on Jan 12, 2014 7:28:53 GMT -8
I hate switching accounts. I know it's barely an extra step and hardly a hassle, but it just seems like a pointless exercise to me.
As a practical thing, imo the only reasons you'd want to have one account per character--besides that it's the norm, and the rp comm tends to shun anything that deviates--is if you want money gain to be intrinsically tied to each character, or if you have specific info about each character that needs to be shown in the mini-profile.
PRE is a pretty clear example of when one account per character was the sanest option. The War Effort money system doesn't make sense if you shared it over all your characters. You can't constantly thread a character on one faction and then dump all your War Effort into the other faction, because War Effort is supposed to be a representation of IC contributions, not OOC preferences. Furthermore, I think it was pretty helpful to show, through the miniprofile, what membergroup each character was in. That's a pretty important character detail.
Kohaku didn't bother with character accounts since 1) we're all lazy, and 2) the membergroup differences were pretty inconsequential, and while money per character would've made sense, I honestly didn't think it'd effect balance or anything. It let people starting second (or third or fourth) characters get going a lot faster... but isn't that a good thing? The lv1-20 range for pokemon leveling sites are pretty much the opposite of entertaining.
Also, if I'm threading with a character, I already know who I'm threading with. In OOC interactions though, if it's character-per-account, I often don't know who I'm actually talking to. As a member, I generally don't care who's behind the character, but as an admin, I really like to know who's talking.
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Post by redox-kun on Jan 12, 2014 8:11:10 GMT -8
Kohaku didn't bother with character accounts since 1) we're all lazy, and excuse u
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Post by darth vader on Jan 12, 2014 8:16:54 GMT -8
is she wrong tho
ahem
one account for all chars would only put me off the site if i felt like it didn't fit the site. if it worked, i'd join. (i mean if i was going to join already i mean)
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Post by redox-kun on Jan 12, 2014 8:19:30 GMT -8
fuck u but yea like...i think the sharing accounts thing was weird at first but then it became a real boon when i realized i didn't have to switch between four accounts all day
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Post by gojira on Jan 12, 2014 8:51:08 GMT -8
if only account-switching was less of a pain on pb
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Post by SIFR on Jan 12, 2014 14:15:46 GMT -8
I'll be the first to admit that multi-char account systems really bug me and sites that have it have almost never convinced me to join. Granted that's because I get OCD about that sort of thing.
Which is why jcink's parent account system is a godsend.
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Post by GARDEN on Jan 12, 2014 18:41:08 GMT -8
I'm apparently the minority but I actually prefer account-per-character. To me, it's more organized. I can keep track of my characters on a separate, individual level. If I want to know what threads I'm in and for whatever reason I don't have a thread tracker, I just look at the character and find out. I don't need to guess what threads someone is in a RP with. I check the name or even the avatar and boom, I know. Having a single account for everything means that if I want to keep track, I am going to have to make a thread. That thread has to contain all my profiles, the threads I am in (with, possibly, a separate post per character), and whatever else I might need.
On a similar subject, this is also why I actually dislike multi-character plotters. I feel like I have to keep things short so everything fits and I don't get to go into detail on my character. So this means I probably (but not definitely) have to make a single plot page for all my characters.
A multi-character account site wouldn't make me not join, but it depends completely on my interest to begin with. If I like the plot, if I know the people there, ect.
That's just my feelings for it though. Account switching is a dumb hassle and god forbid the "oops i posted on the wrong account" bs but I still prefer it.
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Post by SEADRA on Jan 12, 2014 19:49:04 GMT -8
jcink's feature for having a parent account is a godsend because you don't even have to switch accounts when posting, there's a drop down in the post that you can have the post made for it's actually the greatest thing like for realsies.
but yeah, i really like one-account-per-charrie because of the organization factor and i also like finding images for all of my different charries and customizations and all that. however, if it was a site where it didn't really matter which character i was posting with, then who cares? haha. :'D
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Post by PHARAOH LEAP on Jan 12, 2014 22:06:05 GMT -8
Personally, I prefer account-per-character over account-per-member, simply because it makes stalking certain characters so much easier just feels a lot more organized. My first roleplay site was an account-per-member, and even as the head admin who tried to read, like, everything that happened on that site, I found it hard to keep track of which characters a member played. The problem is the opposite with account-per-character - wondering which member plays that character - but so many mini-profile mods these days have an OOC name section as opposed to, like, what. A section in the mini profile that lists all fifty bajillion of your characters on your single account?
Also, I like making twenty times the amount of graphics that I actually need and getting to make fifteen signatures for fifteen character accounts instead of fifteen signatures that I have to rotate through on one member account is greeeeeeeeat.
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Post by ★SIRIUS on Jan 13, 2014 15:27:59 GMT -8
oh man, nostalgia. i remember back in the day when there was only one account per member on most sites, and then i got so confused when suddenly it switched to separate accounts LOL.
however, i have grown to appreciate the separate accounts because, for me at least, it makes things a lot less cluttered. like i can just click on a character, whether it's mine or someone else's, and go into 'recent posts' to find all their threads and stuff very convenient for us character stalkers i also like making my characters their own plot pages and graphics etc, and i have a lot of characters, so with one account i doubt i'd be able to cram all that shiz in the sig. P:
i mean, wouldn't discriminate between the two when joining since what i'm really after is the plot, just it'd take some getting used to is all. (and i would probably be clicking the switch account button every time like 'FFFFUUU i forgot i didn't have to do that shit')
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Post by Wud on Jan 13, 2014 15:58:14 GMT -8
Does a site that goes against convention dissuade me from joining it? In most cases, just as long as the subject matter is interesting, the answer is no. Do I have a preference? Heck yeah, I do!
The loafer in me would directly state that one account is the way to go, less effort for such a menial task. However the dominant obsessive side prefers when characters have exclusive accounts. Ultimately, it is a much more organized way of presenting who is in a thread at any given time. On the down side, there is the confusion of which accounts belong to which members, but that is easily remedied. Also switching accounts can be considered a hassle, however from what I've heard Jcink has fixed that issue and I know V5 has made a step in the right direction in that regard.
In short - go for it! I can only imagine there are others like yourself who prefer the one-account method and those like myself who really don't care just as long as the site appeals to them.
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Post by juls on Jan 13, 2014 16:16:43 GMT -8
I remember when almost all sites required only one account. I was looking at a site yesterday that had a very strict, "Only one account!" rule, and even stated the usual "If there's another family member with the same IP, make sure to let us know" thing going on. It reminded me of when I was like... 14. But like most people have said, I don't think that sort of thing would stop me from joining a site.
One thing I do like with proboards is that you can at least have one global account between all sites. I click login on this site, and it immediately gets me in if I've already logged in on another one. You can also sign in as one account, and it gives you the option (assuming you've linked them/used the same e-mail) of choosing which account you want to go in as. You'd think with that sort of system, they'd make it easier to switch accounts rather than logging out, logging back in, and again choosing which account you want. But I honestly don't see it as any sort of a hassle, and account-per-character makes a lot more sense to me. It's a bit of a pain for admins switching between accounts to do admin-y things, but other than that it seems way more organized. Also, like Sirius said, it's really nice for searching through recent posts/threads!
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Phantom of the Black Parade
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Post by Kuroya on Jan 13, 2014 16:23:30 GMT -8
For me, I have pros and cons for both sides of this.
For one-account-per-person, it's a little easier to check bookmarks and things since it's all on one account and that's how I keep up with things. I would be able to figure out who is speaking easily and the whole member/character account thing is a moot point. The number of people is the number of accounts and that's that. However, for me, I'm already pretty disorganized as I discovered from my foray into tumblr rping and I'd almost definitely forget who I am where and people would start blending unless they were very strong charries. I'd probably also start getting confused as to who was posting with whom since I tend to plot a lot of my charries with the same people. I need more variety in my life
For one-account-per-charrie, I personally think it keeps me organized better. The physical act of separating the charries and swapping between them helps hammer in who I'm posting as, and I almost never get confused on who's posting since they're all right there. Jcink sites are a godsend for the quickswitch, but I think v5 is about equal to where it was. If it held my page, I'd probably be happier with it, but the codes I had on the v4 sites spoiled me. And even if the money is separate, most sites let you tap multiple accounts for purchases, so that doesn't really bother me as a member or as the staff taking it off.
I don't know, maybe I'm in the minority who find the one-per-charrie a better system in the long run. But then, I usually play on sites that lend themselves more towards that system such as Pokemon, Digimon, etc though I know more than a few sites have done the one-per-member, for me, it'd just confuse me. So that's likely the majority of my reason behind it. I've never lasted long on any one-per-member sites so >.>' *dorks away now*
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Post by Zozma on Jan 17, 2014 23:48:28 GMT -8
jcink's feature for having a parent account is a godsend because you don't even have to switch accounts when posting, there's a drop down in the post that you can have the post made for it's actually the greatest thing like for realsies.
Same with SMF. Quite honestly, I wouldn't even join a site without that feature now, not if I planned to make more than one character. (Because YES. I AM LAZY AS HELL.) I have played on both account-per-character and account-per-player and I vastly prefer account-per-character. I'm very visual and I enjoy having separate accounts and graphics. I love having separate profiles and clicking on them and having all their information laid out for me on the profile. I love it. It's just convenient and it's a beautiful thing.
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