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Same; love to see more new people. But it's probably puttering out a little and not to mention viz's new bullshittery that'll make new chapters harder to get.

Yeah those and mostly in general. The fandom isn't eager for fresh meat. They prefer the jerky beef that's going around.

I'm sure other groups will pick it up and get spread to the main sites, but I don't think we'll get the same degree of quality, because that and their speed I think is what made them such a big issue--people didn't have any reason to get the magazine when they got timely, clean (better translated...) scans for free.

I think for things like open memes it's partially the style. It doesn't look like people actively tag around/search the meme as a whole (I admit doing this as they're low priority for me compared to other things, but I actually did scour a few times recently and hit up some people I've never played with before), so that is unfortunately probably a case where you have to make the extra effort. :(

But everywhere else... god, it's been a while since I've had castmates who are new to DGM RP (I have one now, but). And the DR's slowed down and a lot of people aren't tagging around as much for various reasons, probably both cliquey and not. I don't really RP around D_M so I don't quite know what that's like.

I guess the best way to encourage newbie interaction is games? Or even starting casts of new people places would be really cool, but you'd have to gather up the players first. I'd imagine there's still some games where main characters aren't taken, and there's not so much a central JRP culture as there is large groupings of them? And I think these groups tend to get more focused on themselves being friends and castmates. Alternatively it'd be great to see actual character diversity--I know myself and others I know would be on people playing more side characters like white on rice.

Basically idk what to do I'm spouting off ideas. I really would like to see more new people, and more diversity in DGM characters played around the place. And I think that there's probably still a good portion of RPers who would like the same and be willing to tag at them (or be tagged by them), it's just the matter of means.

Actually, concerning memes and D_M stuff maybe we should have a thread in the canon thread where people can drop off links to their posts in D_M and open memes for other people? Kind puts you more in public than just on plurk but it's easier to find (although a larger portion of the fandom doesn't check anoncomm, I think, but there's obviously still some of us around!).

In many ways I think Plurk's been bad for the DGM roleplaying fandom. Makes it a lot harder for newbies to get into things. It's also a problem because it's not like everyone in the fandom is reading everybody's Plurk, so everything feels more narrow. Potential for discussions on this anoncomm are severely limited because many players don't read it regularly if at all.

Ideally I'd like a meme just for DGM roleplayers to use, so that we all know where to go for communication and don't have to hang around here fruitlessly. But that's not good for hooking in newbies either...

I think another problem is a DR, which would generally be an easy place to wedge into the fandom without the hassle of apps and activity check in games, has gotten smaller, less active, and more inclusive (both from people just not tagging around and people just not being active and thus only tagging who they already know when they are). Open memes, while fun, just aren't well built for new interaction unless you seek it yourself.

And yeah, with plurk and anoncomm I think some of the discussion and advertizing and enabling of both the series and of RP has declined in the main fandom community, which was probably the biggest hook for newbies aside from personal enabling. I can't remember the last time I saw a game advertized there. Unfortunately it's not like you can just revert back to old ways, you have to adapt.

I think a general discussion meme could be good if you got it advertized around, though. Affiliate with the main comms, maybe have a directory of where you can find casts, where you can drop your open meme tags, where you can ask for advice and plot, etc. It'd need to be gotten really out there, but it could be a way to adapt. It seems kind of counter-intuitive to consolidate the fandom when the issue is inclusivity, but I think having an active, easily accessible open space for RPers of the series (or even just people who enjoy it otherwise) could encourage others to dip their feet into the water where they can easily track and talk about what's going on (plus RPers can be like enabling bloodhounds, which is both a good and bad thing).

So in essence, the best way to gain more roleplayers could be from closing off a little by making a DGM specific meme, but providing an environment where fans of the series can easily get into the roleplaying side if they want to.

I like this idea a lot. What's good for the fandom in general is good for the roleplaying side of it too.

Something like that, yeah! Activity is key to fandom livelihood, and a place for discussion and planning and plotting and organizing could be a great way to encourage it. And what better pool to draw in roleplayers for the series than those that are already into it?

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