// tonight was a lil wild and crazy ride with @eladead and some ooc shenanigans. but i'm here lurking and i'm gonna do a lil bit of things before maybe bopping over to sammeh or good ol' foul mouthed jerk ass disaster dude. either way! hi!!!
youre not a bad writer for taking a break!! youre not a bad writer for not writing often!! youre not a bad writer if your characters are fickle or if your inspiration is fickle
youre not a bad writer if you suffer from anxiety or depression or if youre neurodivergent and that makes it hard for you to write.
youre not a bad writer if you struggle with writing.for struggling. youre not a bad writer if youre writing in a language that isnt your first language.
the only thing that would make someone a bad writer is if they were to use their writing in a way that causes harm to others.
Hydaelyn Rolplayers Coalition - or as it is best known, The RPC:
https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/
Is a community website originally created back in the days of 1.0 to support roleplayers in FFXIV.
Since then a lot of things have happened, and today the RPC boasts a number of functions and features that all support roleplay and the management of it. This post will explain in some detail, what these features are and how to use them, in hopes that it reaches even more people who may not be aware of them currently! This post was last edited on: 06/23/2018.
Free Company and Linkshell Listings, Community Hubs:
The Free Company and Linkshell listings exist for all servers, with the major ones such as Balmung and Mateus having their own easily searchable sections. Acting as what has been named as “clubs”, beyond being a simple listing, when you create one you get:
- Your own mini forum
- Your own gallery
- Your own calendar
- Your own blog.
You can request anyone registered on the RPC to join your listing, and adjust settings to allow access for certain things. The features are completely manageable, so you can have a listing with just a calendar, if that is what suits your needs.
As a brand new thing, we have made a section specifically for FFXIV/RP/RPC-Related groups that are not Free Companies or Linkshellls. These groups can now also benefit from the features above. Naturally as well, the front page displays the most recently active clubs as well for an extra visibility boost!
The Forums itself:
The forum is perhaps a somewhat legacy feature on the internet, however it still has a reason for hanging around. On the forum you can:
- Advertise your events in details
- Advertise your characters in details
- Show off your creative art-skills and advertise commissions
- Engage in forum-based roleplay through the Town Square
- Discuss topics in a safe environment; The RPC is moderated, call-outs are not allowed, and you do not have to link your character to your RPC account if you don’t want to.
- Find resources about lore, lists of various nature like where people have their houses
Just to highlight a few things. In the case of the forums, it also is what you make it! If you think a topic is missing, make it :)
The Calendars
Through multiple feeds of the Balmung and Mateus Calendar Initiatives, with the addition of the Community Calendar which spans across the servers you get the complete picture of what’s moving, where and when. We warmly encourage adding a listing of your own event to the community calendar even if you use the other calendars which gets imported; this ensures that your event will always be visible on the RPC regardless of errors.
It can be chaotic to look at, but you can use for example the daily view function to cut down on the clutter. Bask in the productivity of the community!
The Gallery
You can use the pre-determined categories to add your screenshots or artwork,
or even create your very own gallery. If you’ve ever gone “Why can’t I hold all of these screenshots” then maybe this will be a good idea for you!
The Wiki
In addition to all of the above, The RPC also runs a wikipedia for all of your character needs. We have several templates you can copy and paste if you’re not comfortable with editing your own code. A step beyond a making connections post, a wiki is a great place to go in depth with your character, describe their history and relations without worrying about caps on post length.
Additional tips and tricks for the wiki can be found in this post.
