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[Lilaena De'Ville]

So I did a thing!

http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/

I hope to highlight some RPs and maybe art or who knows what through this tumblr, with links pointing people who might stumble on them back to the forums. I will not post your stuff without your permission! I put up two examples on the page and posted some other fun Star Wars stuff on there.

So, if you don't mind me copying your posts (with the link back to the RP of course and you retain all rights and blahblahblah I won't be claiming I wrote it) for fame and publicity (no fortune, sorry) then post or PM me and tell me it's ok.

If this whole concept offends you and everyone wants this taken down I'll delete it if 15 people can give me a solid no vote. Just kidding. I'll keep using it but I'll just use only my writing.

(if anyone wants to co-tumblr with me and post up images or gifs or whatever the cool kids tumblr these days let me know)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Tumblr, the greatest time sink.

I would rather my posts not be on the tumblr, thanks!

[Rutabaga]

Followed :)

I don't do the RP thing, of course, but I do reblog a fair amount of SW-related stuff (one of which I can see is already at the top of the page). Definitely feel free to keep reblogging that stuff, or I believe you can enable the page to allow other people to post to it.

For anyone else on tumblr who's interested, and doesn't mind being inundated with Sherlock, Doctor Who, cats, etc., this is me:

http://simple-deductions-and-nonsense.tumblr.com/

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I think I can enable you to post to it if you want I'm just not sure how yet, lol!

[Alexia Sturkov]

I use Tumblr to find character images, and I must say it seems to be quite the hotbed for roleplaying. There's apparently whole communities that use just Tumblr to roleplay, or advertise their separate roleplay boads. Seems like a good direction to go to try and attract new blood.

You can use my material if you would so like. It's already on the internet so I don't see a problem with it just getting a little more spread.

[Rutabaga]

I think I can enable you to post to it if you want I'm just not sure how yet, lol!

Under Settings, you can check a box to allow people to submit to the blog. Then apparently you have to review the submissions and then post them. You could give that a try and see how it works. :)

[Captain Untouchable]

An assortment of observations / thoughts -

I may just not be seeing it with the theme that you're using, but it doesn't look like you're using any tags. Tags are what allows people to stumble across things when they're looking at other stuff, so it would be a big help to add those in (unless they're in there already, and I just can't see them).

Something else to consider is clarity. A lot of roleplaying happens on Tumblr, but people are usually pretty clear right off the bat what it is. It might be worth having some sort of "Star Wars Fans is a forum-based roleplaying community, which focuses on original characters who inherited the galaxy after everyone died at the Battle of Endor... blah blah blah" bit that is at the start of each roleplaying post. That way if anyone re-blogs anything or stumbles across it as part of a search, they know instantly what it is.

Tumblr has a mix of original character RP and canon character RP. Without any explanation, there's a danger you'll get people thinking "Who the hell is Vansen Tyree? I don't remember him from the movies", and not necessarily sticking around to read it because they don't know what they're dealing with.

Also, are you just going to throw up whatever roleplay takes your fancy, or do you have some sort of strategy for it? It might be interesting / useful / productive to maybe pick one character every so often, and post up a little Focus Character style profile about them, followed by one or two examples of roleplays that they're in. That'd be especially useful when dealing with characters who are Lupines or Cizerack, because readers don't have the benefit of quickly checking Wookieepedia / Google to find out what is going on there.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I am using tags, yes.

[Captain Untouchable]

Strange that I can't see them, then. Might be the the theme you're using.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

They show up if you view through the dashboard I believe.

[Rutabaga]

I'm not seeing the tags either, I checked using both IE and Chrome.

I'm a tag freak. I should be ashamed of some of the tags I've come up with. :o

[Lilaena De'Ville]

well, I'm adding them ^_^; let me see what I'm doing wrong

edit: they are there, I really don't know what to say about it other than that, lol. They aren't on the style I picked I guess but they're on the dashboard.

[Banner Laverick]

I see them on my dash, so they should be working. Followed Rutabaga, because why not? I could use even MORE fandom on my dash.


Even if we have non-rp writing up, as long as you put out original content, you should get interest. I agree about adding some kind of disclaimer - even if you add an "About" page. IDK about that theme, but you can find ones that have links added on the sidebar.

If you need help with theme stuff/anything, just ask.

Tags on reblogs only affect people who follow you; they won't show up in searches. Tagging is probably the best way to get things found, and I can "signal boost" stuff to try and get more people looking at it. :-s

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yeah I can add an About page, that make sense.

edit: did some stuff maybe that helps?

Using #original characters #Star Wars #Star Wars RP (or) #Mutants #Mutants RP (or) well I haven't posted any WoD or anything else but the first two but it would be about the same. Also #rp #text rp (idk really I'm just throwing stuff out there) and #fiction

[Rutabaga]

I see them on my dash, so they should be working. Followed Rutabaga, because why not? I could use even MORE fandom on my dash.


Even if we have non-rp writing up, as long as you put out original content, you should get interest. I agree about adding some kind of disclaimer - even if you add an "About" page. IDK about that theme, but you can find ones that have links added on the sidebar.

If you need help with theme stuff/anything, just ask.

Tags on reblogs only affect people who follow you; they won't show up in searches. Tagging is probably the best way to get things found, and I can "signal boost" stuff to try and get more people looking at it. :-s

Prepare for a fandom avalanche! :lol

And even though I'm not an RPer, I can definitely do the "signal boost" thingie too. I now have over 300 followers (:eek) so I can reach a decent amount of people.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I don't know what signal boosting means :uhoh but feel free!

[Captain Untouchable]

Re-blogging is what I think they're referring to, Holly. Gets it out to more people, better chance of it being seen by people browsing the tags, etc.

[Banner Laverick]

Signal boosting is when someone posts something, and ask others to reblog it and get the word out. An example would be for a petition or a charity - if you can't donate, you can at least pass it on to people who might. It's like a more concentrated effort then a simple reblog.

Again, reblogging with tags doesn't show up in searches, so you're basically asking in a signal boost for people to pass it on. :D

Soon Holly, you'll be one of us and you'll never be on Fans. Only tumblr! XD

[Lilaena De'Ville]

one of us one of us one of us

Probably doing little 'character profiles' is something I could do too, providing people wanted to allow me to use their characters.

You don't have to say "don't use my character/s" because I won't unless you specifically post here and say "go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame"

[Dragon]

Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!

Like that? :)

[Vince]

Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!

Like that? :)


Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!
Exactamundo!*

Also, I spent at least an hour today learning how to make a gif and then get it to post to tumblr. :whaa

*internet fame not guaranteed

[Kale]

*internet fame not guaranteed

Whaaaaaat?

If that's the case, I want AT LEAST fifty percent of my money back! :mad

[Sansa]

Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!
http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/post/45700406330/name-ben-merasska-age-27-home-planet bask in your internet famous-ness

[Rutabaga]

Also, I spent at least an hour today learning how to make a gif and then get it to post to tumblr. :whaa


You are a braver woman than I am. I'd like to learn how to make a gif, but I just haven't quite found the courage to do it yet.

I have a huge collection of gifs, mostly Doctor Who and Sherlock/Cumberbatch stuff, plus a whole bunch of miscellaneous stuff, but only a few Star Wars ones. Everything is stored in my account at Dropbox if anybody happens to need something.

[Ben Merasska]

Go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame!
http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/post/45700406330/name-ben-merasska-age-27-home-planet bask in your internet famous-ness

I want that image as a signature. Maybe not the gif, because after about fifteen seconds my eyes started hurting, but the image with the caption, "watch how I soar" is awesome.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Having a gif as a signature would own. I'm going to figure out one for me somehow.

And Rutabaga it's not too hard it just took some googling. It took longer to figure out what tumblr's size limits were, lol.

[Vince]

Also, I spent at least an hour today learning how to make a gif and then get it to post to tumblr. :whaa


You are a braver woman than I am. I'd like to learn how to make a gif, but I just haven't quite found the courage to do it yet.

I have a huge collection of gifs, mostly Doctor Who and Sherlock/Cumberbatch stuff, plus a whole bunch of miscellaneous stuff, but only a few Star Wars ones. Everything is stored in my account at Dropbox if anybody happens to need something.

I just recently remembered I had a Dropbox account and found in it all the pictures and gifs I had collected and lost after the crash of 2012. The sheer amount of stuff I had gotten from art books and image boards was mind boggling.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/post/45779958798

YUS i have two non-members following me. Making gifs is truly the way to tumblr's heart.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Yep. I spend about 50% of my time on tumblr in the tag 'loki gif'

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I use Tumblr to find character images, and I must say it seems to be quite the hotbed for roleplaying. There's apparently whole communities that use just Tumblr to roleplay, or advertise their separate roleplay boads. Seems like a good direction to go to try and attract new blood.

You can use my material if you would so like. It's already on the internet so I don't see a problem with it just getting a little more spread.

You aren't kidding about there being a ton of RPing on Tumblr.

http://thestarwarsroleplay.tumblr.com/ even a Star Wars one!

[Rutabaga]

Ooooo, we can use gifs as avatars here?


Yep. I spend about 50% of my time on tumblr in the tag 'loki gif'

I only have a few Loki gifs, I need more. :o

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/hiddlestoned/awildlokiappears_zps34a0ea05.gif

Needless to say, I lurk the Sherlock gifs and Cumberbatch gifs tags heavily. ;)

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/Cumberbatched/thedanceoflife_zps988c20ab.gif

I will take the plunge and start working on my gif skills this weekend!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

No, but we can use gifs as custom titles >_>

[Banner Laverick]

http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/post/45779958798

YUS i have two non-members following me. Making gifs is truly the way to tumblr's heart.


Hooray! I told you original content works :) I like your new LD avatar too.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Yah I made that dumb Vader gif because it amused me and it amused other people too, which made me feel good. :3:

Edit: also THREE new followers today

[Vince]

http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/post/45779958798

YUS i have two non-members following me. Making gifs is truly the way to tumblr's heart.


Hooray! I told you original content works :) I like your new LD avatar too.

DA AVATAR :eek... :o

[Ilias Nytrau]

Okay, I give.

"go ahead and use my character/s and RPs and bring me internet fame"

No really, you can. I'll allow this. :mischief

[Banner Laverick]

Oh yeah.

For anyone who doesn't have it, you should install Missing-E or Xkit. It makes it easier to reblog and adds a lot of features that tumblr doesn't have.

http://missing-e.com/
http://xkit-extension.tumblr.com/

Personally I use Xkit, because missing e is well, missing features I enjoy using.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

That is very helpful. :D

My head is killing me today. :x

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I think I can enable you to post to it if you want I'm just not sure how yet, lol!

Under Settings, you can check a box to allow people to submit to the blog. Then apparently you have to review the submissions and then post them. You could give that a try and see how it works. :)

I did do this, by the way. :)

[Rutabaga]

I think I can enable you to post to it if you want I'm just not sure how yet, lol!

Under Settings, you can check a box to allow people to submit to the blog. Then apparently you have to review the submissions and then post them. You could give that a try and see how it works. :)

I did do this, by the way. :)

Coolios, I'll have to try to use it and see if it works out okay.

I'm curious, for your gif making, which program are you using?

Oh, and btw, did I see correctly today that we've successfully converted you to a Tom Hiddleston fan?

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/hiddlestoned/fuckyeahhiddleston_zps8107264f.gif

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:lol Yes, it's true. :o

I'm using Photoshop, it's really simple once you figure out what you're doing, lol!

[Rutabaga]

I have Photoshop Elements and Paint Shop Pro, so it sounds like I should be able to start experimenting with those programs this weekend. If this works out, I'll probably end up turning into a gif-creating freak. o_O

And speaking of gifs...aw, your pretty new one here went bye-bye?


Oh yeah.

For anyone who doesn't have it, you should install Missing-E or Xkit. It makes it easier to reblog and adds a lot of features that tumblr doesn't have.

http://missing-e.com/
http://xkit-extension.tumblr.com/

Personally I use Xkit, because missing e is well, missing features I enjoy using.

Ooooo, thanks for the tip...I'd been using Missing-E, but the recent Tumblr updates broke a lot of that extension and it hasn't been fixed yet. So I disabled it in Chrome and downloaded Xkit...like it! I can post my Tumblr crushes again! And of course I even have the little kitty running all over my dash. :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I think you have to have proper photoshop, not Elements. As far as my ct gif I don't know what is going on or why I'm being 'punished'

[Rutabaga]

OMG, I just made my first gif!! :eee

The only problem is that it's too big for Tumblr, so that's the next task...learning to refine the process so that I can get gifs below Tumblr's 1MB limit.

EDIT:

I did it! I did it!

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/Rutabaga64/animated%20gifs/Miscellaneous/smaller-gif_zpsd475675d.gif

You're all going to be sorry now. :mischief

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Congrats! :D

[Rutabaga]

One of these days I'll get a better feel for the little selector thingies to pick which frames of a video to import for gif creation. They're touchy little bastards. :shakefist

[Vince]

I wonder what it says about me that the first thing I looked up was the tag 'Emma Watson'.

[Dasquian the Elf]

I track the tag 'jenna louise coleman'

no shame

[Lilaena De'Ville]

hey what's this, oh yes. Tumblr. :)

Putting up some stuffffff, finally got Kale's character thingy queued up.

Lists for me so I don't have to rely on my memory:
Geoff
Vince (Ben)
Kaman
Andrew (Kale)
me
Cat Scratch Fever
The Myth of the Panther and the Snake
Terminal Surrender
Nubian Princess
The Vanguards: Rapture
Burn it Down
Tears of the Dead
Rally Time
Ashes

[Banner Laverick]

Oh, you can use what little writing I have on there if you want XD (oops)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I haven't forgotten about this, just there has been little to update. I will be trying to keep up with it though, I promise. :) Droo has given me permission to use his Rps/characters too so I have more to work with! >D



Lists for me so I don't have to rely on my memory:
Geoff
Vince (Ben)
Kaman
Andrew (Kale)
Droo
Mandi
meRoleplays
star wars (http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/tagged/star_wars_rp)


Cat Scratch Fever
The Myth of the Panther and the Snake
Terminal Surrender
Nubian Princess
The Vanguards: Rapture
Burn it Down
Wild Creaturesmutants (http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/tagged/mutants_rp)


Tears of the Dead
Rally Time
Ashes
Characters (http://starwarsfansdotnet.tumblr.com/tagged/Star%20Wars%20OC%20RP)


Kale
Lilaena De'Ville
Ben
Alexia

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Have you talked with the participants of the listed threads to see if they're ok with things?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I have only quoted on tumblr the writing of people who have given their consent to be quoted.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Ah, ok. Just want to make sure.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

That is sort of the point of the list right above your post...and clearly stated in this thread if you had read it! :)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I did read the thread, thank you. I just wanted to make double sure for my own peace of mind :|

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well, good! I'm glad I could clear it up. :) If there was any confusion on the issue I suppose that's on me for not making it clear enough. :hug

[Cirrsseeto Quez]

I don't get tumblr or half the stuff the kids are doing on the internets these days but you can use whatever stuff I have

[Dasquian Belargic]

Tumblr is like... a fandom black hole

It's best if you stay away :uhoh

[Lilaena De'Ville]

If you look into the Abyss... the Abyss looks at you. And also the Abyss is Benedict Cumberbatch/Tom Hiddleston's possible love child.