Daily Stuff

[amymaplewood]

Another suggestion

So I've found that forums that offer something daily to keep people coming back and interested tend to do MUCH better than ones that don't do anything for a week or more (such as only judge shows once a week).

For example:

I come and enter all shows currently open, I then come back daily to see if they've been judged, Nothing gets judged for a week or more, I lose interest and go away (I is anybody in general, not necessarily me)

The better option is to have something new to offer every day people come back. Gives them something to do, even if you just open a new show every day, you don't have to judge every day.

Ideas for things to offer daily-
*Short shows (You could have dogs enter a 'herding' type pose such as a play bow, stalk, or bark..etc..) Short shows would be judged daily.
*Raffles that give out small but fun little prizes (Not sure what the prizes would be though) (Raffles could be held daily, weekly, or monthly).
*Open new shows to give people something to do while waiting for other shows to be judged.
*Forum find it! (This could keep people busy for a while!)
*Fun things such as games, caption contests...etc..


That's all I can think of at the moment, but you get the general idea. I know you don't have a lot of time on your hands, but I think implementing at least some of these would help get the forum moving

[mphk]

I wish there was a way for us to have some sort of currency so that we could hold livestock "auctions" similar to the horse auctions on SS... you know? That could be run daily! I would love to do hexies of livestock for auctions!

[amymaplewood]

^I think Auctions would be fun, but I know currency can also push people away. Plus there's a lot of thought that has to go into currency. Makes things a little more complicated. I wouldn't mind seeing a currency here, but perhaps we could think of other ways to do auctions and such?

[annierock]

maybe currency could be how many points youve earned on all your dogs so far

i find currenty drawing me in and i like the idea of banks

[palecat5]

I love the idea you have annierock. That would give people more of a reason to show their dogs/livestock.

[Dew]

^i like Annie's idea too, let me see what silver says.

The problem with running daily things is somebody has to run them daily lol. I know I can judge shows on a bi/tri weekly basis but daily events take a ton of work and sometimes have very little participation. Weekly events though are doable for me if there is something people would like in particular

[amymaplewood]

I like Anna's idea too, we'd definitely need banks though. And if we buy something, petz would keep their points.

[Silver]

Yeah, I like the idea of daily things, but just don't have the time atm. RL has gotton really crazy all of the sudden, so I don't have a ton of time for petz things, but I'm doing my best with the little time I have. I will definately look into weekly things, and eventually daily.

Currency would be fantastic, I was thinking about somthing like that from the beginning, just need to figure out how to make it work without turning people away! lol

[amymaplewood]

I think Annie's Idea was a pretty good one, so I say just give everyone a bank for them to keep track of their money in.

You could get money from:
*Points your petz win in shows
*Selling dogz or livestock
*Auctions
*Hosting & Judging Shows