While it makes me a liar for saying we weren't thinking of stories in the OP, something that came up in Moderator discussion to give stories more visibility while cutting down on number of boards is to make boards for: in progress stories of two types: Challenge/Legacy Stories and Misc. Stories and Projects, as well as Completed Stories for those who prefer to read only those that are done. We could let authors indicate the type of challenge they're pursuing in the title and/or first post. I personally like the idea, and a few Moderators have indicated they agree. As we get more challenges, it will just grow and grow and this would prevent that.
Additionally, with people posting on only three boards, and browsing only three boards, the hard work that story authors put into their creations would be more likely to be noticed.
At the moment we have 2 boards for every challenge type. Titles could be like, "Name of story - an Immortal Dynasty Challenge" if desired, or just noted in the posts. A lot of people are interested more in the stories themselves, but also to see how people completed certain challenges so it could appease both crowds.
Since this affects members most, I do not want to do anything without hearing people's thoughts.
Since the Stories Graveyard is already separate from the other graveyard threads, we could add an additional board: Stories graveyard, that way the backstories are right there, and the remainder of the graveyard could be off-limits.
This process is moving slowly as I'm taking time off from development and spending time with my loved ones, but I wanted changes to happen gradually anyway in order to avoid confusing people with too much at once. Please share your opinions one way or the other, we kind of assume people who hate an idea are more likely to speak up but would love to see some feedback from both sides. Thanks, gang!
