Consider this the first of multiple discussions from me here, I've had time to think about stuff lately, and there are a few things that I've thought of that could be interesting to see what other's opinion is. This is a bit of a part pitch/part idea and part questionnaire, so I'll discuss things that only really effect the group if it's made, something which is obviously not set in stone (or even something that I've discussed with anyone else). Plus as we all know, I love rambling so I'll be talking too much 
, you can just look for the bolded text to find the questions that sum up what I write
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The GGSC (The name is obviously a WiP) is the first of those ideas, and the one that could contribute the most to the site directly. At the moment we only have a place for Elder Scrolls and Fallout fanfiction, but it could be beneficial to open up a General Gaming version. I've seen people discuss writing more times than I can count, it's something I think the majority of the site is at least partially involved in, whether it's through Builds, RP Profiles, Lore Articles or actual Stories/Poems, and at the moment we have creative outlets for all types mentioned for all games, except for Stories.
Now we aren't the only place for Fanfiction (I know, I was shocked too). So it isn't like there's nowhere else to post our stories, but I think that the writers and readers of stories here have become attached to the site and posting stories, personally I've always seen it as a lot more personal than say, Fanfiction.net or any other Fanfic dedicated site, and to me that's a huge plus in terms of getting people to write.
Would we have the interest? I would suspect we would, I can only imagine what some of the creativity that's involved in Tamriel Tales could do when paired with Dragon Age, The Witcher, Star Wars, or any other game really. But I am curious about whether that interest would be there, so that'll be my first question.
Would you write a GGSC Story?
What Games would you write for?
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As for the practical effects of the group, that's where I find myself more than a little stuck on suggestions. I can suggest as much as I want, and pitch a damn awesome group (I hope), but there would still be two major problems with considering getting it running. In a hypothetical scenario where the group is given the go ahead the two major problems would be posting and hosting.
Posting the actual chapters would be the first difficult step to solve. The blogs are currently being pushed through the section they have at an incredible rate, and adding new games in would only overcrowd it...Obviously that's something we'd like to avoid in this scenario, so how would we solve it? Well, personally I think it's quite simple, we just give them a group and post discussions instead. Negatives? Well it would offset that the Blogs are purely used for stories, it would require another group. Positives? Increased control over traffic (more chapters can be featured on the page than we currently can with blogs), easier navigation when searching for old stories (outside of the ToC), ability for Host to organise everything within the group easier, ability to use Chapter Previews by having 250 words shown when looking at a discussion (Rather than just the title, poster and time, we could also have the first 250 words of the story to draw people in), less of an impact on the currently situated groups.
It could either be structured to include ToC's as well, with a bit of tag work that could definitely be done, or we could consider alternate placements for them (Forums and the Gaming Corner are just two suggestions), but personally I think posting them as Pages in a group might work, that would separate them from the stories but still allow someone to sort through all of the content from a central location.
Hosting the group, well the only problem would be finding an active writer who's interested in Hosting the group, and would responsibly take care of it IMO. So I suppose that's where my next line of questions come in.
Would you be willing to Host this group if it made?
In the above Hypothetical Situation, what would you do with the group?
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Hmm, let's see. General Pitch? Check. Possible Problems? Check. Let's see, right the most important question of all...What would we name it? I'm hopeless at naming things, and have an instinctual need to make them all corners. Gaming Corner, Workshop Success Corner, Workshop Feature Corner...Eh you get the point So really that would be cool to talk about.
Alright, in reality I have a few more things to ask that are most directed to the Admins. After that I suppose that's it. Thank you for reading my group proposal, and don't hesitate to mention what you think of the idea (in fact do it twice if you want 
). These are just my thoughts, so feel free to comment on what you think might work.
Could you see this group working?
Would you be willing to implement it if the interest appears?
Consider this the first of multiple discussions from me here, I've had time to think about stuff lately, and there are a few things that I've thought of that could be interesting to see what other's opinion is. This is a bit of a part pitch/part idea and part questionnaire, so I'll discuss things that only really effect the group if it's made, something which is obviously not set in stone (or even something that I've discussed with anyone else). Plus as we all know, I love rambling so I'll be talking too much , you can just look for the bolded text to find the questions that sum up what I write
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The GGSC (The name is obviously a WiP) is the first of those ideas, and the one that could contribute the most to the site directly. At the moment we only have a place for Elder Scrolls and Fallout fanfiction, but it could be beneficial to open up a General Gaming version. I've seen people discuss writing more times than I can count, it's something I think the majority of the site is at least partially involved in, whether it's through Builds, RP Profiles, Lore Articles or actual Stories/Poems, and at the moment we have creative outlets for all types mentioned for all games, except for Stories.
Now we aren't the only place for Fanfiction (I know, I was shocked too). So it isn't like there's nowhere else to post our stories, but I think that the writers and readers of stories here have become attached to the site and posting stories, personally I've always seen it as a lot more personal than say, Fanfiction.net or any other Fanfic dedicated site, and to me that's a huge plus in terms of getting people to write.
Would we have the interest? I would suspect we would, I can only imagine what some of the creativity that's involved in Tamriel Tales could do when paired with Dragon Age, The Witcher, Star Wars, or any other game really. But I am curious about whether that interest would be there, so that'll be my first question.
Would you write a GGSC Story?
What Games would you write for?
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As for the practical effects of the group, that's where I find myself more than a little stuck on suggestions. I can suggest as much as I want, and pitch a damn awesome group (I hope), but there would still be two major problems with considering getting it running. In a hypothetical scenario where the group is given the go ahead the two major problems would be posting and hosting.
Posting the actual chapters would be the first difficult step to solve. The blogs are currently being pushed through the section they have at an incredible rate, and adding new games in would only overcrowd it...Obviously that's something we'd like to avoid in this scenario, so how would we solve it? Well, personally I think it's quite simple, we just give them a group and post discussions instead. Negatives? Well it would offset that the Blogs are purely used for stories, it would require another group. Positives? Increased control over traffic (more chapters can be featured on the page than we currently can with blogs), easier navigation when searching for old stories (outside of the ToC), ability for Host to organise everything within the group easier, ability to use Chapter Previews by having 250 words shown when looking at a discussion (Rather than just the title, poster and time, we could also have the first 250 words of the story to draw people in), less of an impact on the currently situated groups.
It could either be structured to include ToC's as well, with a bit of tag work that could definitely be done, or we could consider alternate placements for them (Forums and the Gaming Corner are just two suggestions), but personally I think posting them as Pages in a group might work, that would separate them from the stories but still allow someone to sort through all of the content from a central location.
Hosting the group, well the only problem would be finding an active writer who's interested in Hosting the group, and would responsibly take care of it IMO. So I suppose that's where my next line of questions come in.
Would you be willing to Host this group if it made?
In the above Hypothetical Situation, what would you do with the group?
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Hmm, let's see. General Pitch? Check. Possible Problems? Check. Let's see, right the most important question of all...What would we name it? I'm hopeless at naming things, and have an instinctual need to make them all corners. Gaming Corner, Workshop Success Corner, Workshop Feature Corner...Eh you get the point So really that would be cool to talk about.
Alright, in reality I have a few more things to ask that are most directed to the Admins. After that I suppose that's it. Thank you for reading my group proposal, and don't hesitate to mention what you think of the idea (in fact do it twice if you want ). These are just my thoughts, so feel free to comment on what you think might work.
Could you see this group working?
Would you be willing to implement it if the interest appears?
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