Hi:: 54 Low:: 29 Feels Like:: 70 Chance of Precip.:: 30% Sunrise:: 7:09 AM Sunset:: 7:54 PM Other:: Rain! That hasn't hit Ascetia in awhile. Alas, it has been pouring all day and isn't very pleasant at all. It should continue on into the night, but stop by early morning. Breeding:: Yes. Foaling:: No.
8. 11. 08
We are officially open! Welcome all new members!
8.15.08
Okay everyone. I'm going to be gone until Sunday. I'm leaving tonight and I won't have access to a computer this weekend. I think you all can manage without me for a couple days.
8.17.08
To all members: I've put up a poll in the Chat board so please, I need everyone's opinion! Please vote!
8.18.08
I've made the weather a bit more complex. Check it out!
p.s. You may now also have an unlimited amount of characters. =)
8.19.08
Okay, lots to report today. So I've decided to replace the MOTM with staff (for some reasons...) and I'm going to try my best to keep up with changing the weather daily. Oh, and you should all be really proud of me because I finally updated the COTM. Last thing, we have a mini banner!
8.20.08
Yes, the moment has finally arrived. The moment you have ALL been anticipating:: Staff Auditions!! I will be posting a form under the Chat board for all to fill out. Positions available:: One Co-Admin, one Global Moderator (possibly two), and at least two moderators (that may be changed). Good luck to all! And please don't be a sore loser; if you don't get to be staff, don't quit.
8.22.08
So we have a new board, The Desolate Road. This board is for those of you who like to wander...
Also, we really need a new banner. I'd really appreciate it!
8.23.08
I made a new banner for the site though it may be changed again, soon. Also, I resized the side tables so no more complaining about scrolling from side to side!
8.24.08
So I'm really sorry to all about the maitenance mode mishap! I thought I had turned it off but I guess it didn't work and I was very busy that day so I didn't have time to go check on the site!
Also, if you still have to scroll left and right, let me know, I can fix it.
8.25.08
Staff Auditions end tomorrow at 8 PM so get your auditions in! There are plenty of spots to give out! Remember, anyone can try out, no matter how many posts you have made or how new to proboards you are. We need more auditioners! Also, again, I am sorry for the maintenance mode mishap!
One last thing:: The site is going into maitenance mode again. I'm sorry to stop all of you from posting but there are some changes that I am making. Don't freak out, I just have a lot to change about the site and I promise it will come back out of maitenance mode this time :P. The site is going to be VERY different when you come back! Thank you for understanding.
8.26.08
Well, your staff members have been chosen! Check it out in the Staff side-table! Congrats to you all!
09.30.08
Well, this is Kempsie reporting. I will be using the admin account to make changes to the site and nothing more. It's now autumn. Let's get Ascetia back into full swing! I know we had that dormant period, and Cerise HAS quit (I'm taking over) but she is still guiding me via email (I almost said spirit! LOL!) and so you guys aren't alone. I hope I'm not! I hope Ascetia takes off again. I'm going to try and get us a new fall banner! =D 10.15.08
NEW CONTEST in the chat board (announcement everywhere, though!). Please enter!
The Puppet::Kzak The Puppeteer::Kempsie Quirks:: Kzak is the lead stallion of Emerald Waters. He was the fourth charrie ever created on Ascetia and has two twins with his lead mare, Anntho. He's had a rough start in life as the weakling of his band, but he found a new leash through an elderly mentor and overcame the odds to become herd stallion. He misses his mate Anntho, and he's been sadder than usual with the loss of his band, but you can still find him in his territory: Emerald Waters, and we're sure old Kzak will stay there.
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Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Thread Started on Aug 26, 2008, 12:40am »
Mkay, I've got a few suggestions now after my time being here and quiet a bit of research last night.
Numero Uno I don't know about you guys but it really bugs me when I'm reading the updates and I have to scroll ALL the way down. Could the newer entries be on top?
Numero Dos The Member of the Month should be brought back. It sucks that Player A who has one charrie posts a ton, all with that single character, while Player B may post more with several charries, but Player A is recognized because he/she had more posts on that single character. If you don't understand what I just said that's alright cuz I think I just confused myself.
Numero Tres There should definitely be more common grounds for mares and stallions of different herds to visit without 'crossing' onto other peoples territories. Plus maybe a stallion only herd would be nice. It happens in the wild, why not here? Maybe even an all mare herd...
Numero Cinco A gender counter would be nice too.
Nemero Seis Tokens and a store similar to this one Here. I believe there's a code for the tokens thing on SoCal.
Numero Siete A place where people can keep a diary, or blog, as some know it for their characters. This is very popular these days.
Numero Ocho Definitely a credits area at the bottom of the left side for you who made the skin and plot.
Numero Nueve Maybe a mini Plot board. It seems to be popular among newer games.
Numero Diez Leave the lands undescribed till claimed so that the lead stallion can choose it's name and description. It seems to give people the feeling of actually making it their own.
Numero Once Ha ha I can count all the way to one hundred in Spanish so prepare. A staff lounge would be freakin' awesome.
Numero Doce Also make a separate board for adoptions.
Numero Trece Make a board where characters, who have been killed, or are dieing, can go and post their death.
Numero Catorce Possibly shorten the seasons to two weeks=A season. It just seems so looooooooooooooooooong.
Numero Quince Maybe spruce up the background with a pretty design. This was an idea just on a whim. =D
Numero Diez y Seis An optional playing music player would be coolio. And we could all work together to pick a playlist! Yay for teamwork!
Numero Diez y Siete When a member claims a land, allow them to name and describe like, idk, five sub boards for their terra.
Numero Dieze y Ocho Add more claimable lands. If this happens name one Indigo Lake and I will love you forever!
Numero Diez y Nueve Add a quick Navigation bar to the side. Probably list things like the Rules, Advertise/Affiliate boards and stuff like that.
Numero Viente Advertising on HL can be very good for attracting members. So I was thinking of maybe creating an Ascetia club on there. I'd help fund it if someone decided to do it. That'd be pretty awesome. And for those of you who read this, if you haven't already done it'd be pretty awesome if you put the banner on your homepage. It's good advertising. Like a billboard. =D
Numero Viente y Uno It's just a little pet peeve of mine but I hate how the "Hey, X, you have x messages, x are new. Month Day, Year, Hr:Minam/pm" thing sets off the banner. There's this code that will move it as seen Here. It's not a must but in my opinion it would look better if the banner was centered.
Code:
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I hope you enjoyed my ridiculous espanol, but that's it for now. Mostly just my totally and completely personal opinions on things that I'd like. Hehe I was selfish in this. Sorry if it annoys anyone. =P
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Re: Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Reply #2 on Aug 26, 2008, 1:07pm »
Eins Hm, this doesn't really bug me so much. I just drag the little scroll thing down to the bottom. But I guess that makes sense that the newer updates are at the top of the little box. Either way, I have no preference with this one.
Zwei Don't care on this one. MotM would be neat, but I don't think that it should be based just on post count. If Player A had a single character and Player B had a lot of characters and both of them posted the same amount, well... pscht, that shouldn't matter. I think MotM should be based on activeness, literateness, yadda yadda. It shouldn't just be the person who signs on a lot and posts every where. Like me. X3
Drei Haha, with F.C. and Temp's little adventures through peoples' territories, I was just about to bring this up. Is there any way there can be neutral lands? Just unclaimable places to go, a common grounds for horses of different herds to meet up? And yeah; I like the idea of an all-stallion herd or an all-mare herd. (: That would be neat-o.
Vier [[ you skipped cuatro. xD ]] Mmhm, also a good idea. ^^
Funf Hmm, I like this one, too. Though it doesn't seem absolutely required. They're using tokens for what we just do for fun and sincerity. Like making graphics; since when did you have to virtually pay for that? And paying to win a fight also seems unfair. I dunno. I guess I don't really like this one. But if more people wanted to start it up, that would be fine. ^^;;
Sechs Personally, I know that I'd be too lazy to type up said diary/blog for any of my characters. But what would be cool is having a Character Tree/Plot, whatever you call it. Just a place to keep track of your relationships with everyone else.
Sieben Yeah. ^_^
Acht A mini plot? As in like, a plot within the plot? That would be cool, if people could come up with one. I've had that problem in the past; no one has the ambition to actually thing of one.
Neun But people should have a little idea of what they're claiming. I agree with the name and partly with the description. Maybe just a small description before it's claimed? Like, "A large meadow with a small stream running through the bottom. Vegetation is plenty but the stream tends to dry up in the summer" or whatever. And then the person who claimed it could expand on the description more to make it to their liking.
Zehn I second the staff lounge. Even though I'm not staff. xD;
Elf Yeah, that probably would make it easier. Or even just a subboard?
Zwolf No preference. I like my little horsies too much to allow them to die. -huggles- ^~ But maybe have a "Graveyard" board or something were dead horses reside? I dunno.
Dreizehn I agree to this one. Making a season two weeks would really speed things up and add a little spice to everything, so it's not just summer-summer-summer-summer for a whole month. (: On the subject of long, I want to bring up the post count towards claiming a land. Fifty seems awfully high. And plus, that counts in OOC, too. If someone just posts fifty posts on the OOC threads and never roleplays, it doesn't seem fair that they should get to claim a territory. Maybe twenty, thirty posts IC?
Vierzehn Personally I find backgrounds with designs distracting. D: But that's just me.
Funfzehn I agree to this one, but one thing - don't make it start automatically. It gets really annoying when you're already listening to music and you load the page and they start on top of each other, and then you have to pause it each time you refresh. Or if you are listening to it, each time you refresh it just starts all over again. So usually I have one window open for music, and the other for posting. But every time I preview my post or something, the music starts playing and blahhh..
Sechzehn Five seems high, but I like the idea. (: Maybe three? That would be cool.
Siebzehn Hear, hear! =D
Achtzehn Agreed. This would make it easier for newcomers and guests to look around the site.
Neunzehn Sounds good. =D I never knew anyone on horseland who could roleplay, but you can, so hey. I don't go on there much any more, but I could pop on and join the club. ^^
Zwanzig Mmhm. Personally I don't mind the message, but it this case it just makes the banner off centered. =D I think it would look cooler if there was no little message right there and the banner was in the center.
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Re: Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Reply #3 on Aug 26, 2008, 1:33pm »
2 Ya, I really don't know how the whole judging works. I'm a bit clueless in that department. But how you said it should be judge is a definte must. But I totally would like MOTM to be brought back.
6 I have to agree that the whole winning a fight and graphics thing is a bit foolish. There were a few other things I disagreed with but it looked like a good structurual example. ANd it would give people the drive to be well, not necassarily active but it'd keep them posting.
10 Ya, a little descrription would be good.
12 A subboard sounds better.
13 Ya, I've just seen so many people create charecters and then want to start a "new generation" and then kill off their charries. Then other players are standing around trying to figure out where that charecter went.
14 Haha I think the timeline for claiming was my quatro.
15 I think I was just listing rendom things I kept seeing. ^^
16 Definatly not an autoplay! FlashFetish.com gives you a choice of autoplay or no autoplay.
17 Your right hree would be better.
20 Ya, it could be a way to reach out to members who are good RPers and play on HL. I have met a few that could.
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Re: Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Reply #4 on Aug 26, 2008, 3:34pm »
One It doesn't bother me too much... that way I can see stuff from the beginning. Unlike a blog.
2 It's fine that we don't have member of the month, because you're not much of a member if you don't have any charries to rp with... but that's just me!
3 You shouldn't be going into others' territories as it is. That's what the claiming grounds are for! All-mare herd (lol, the whole thought going through my head was gay. O.o) doesn't sound like much fun to me. I thought that was the rule originally, that the herds had to be realisitic, y'know? So I did that, and my herd has two mares and one stally. ^^
4 You did skip four!
5 Gender counter? You mean like census or somethink?
6 Oooooh, yeah! I wanted those, too! On Wildfang they have catlons, and on Mesuline we had MeluDollars, so the things were kind of expensive because you recieved some with every post.
7 I'd like to do that.
8 Or you could just pop that in somewhere..... besides, I wrote the plot so it sounds good to me.
9 Mini plot? There is a plot inside the plot. It's writing itself.... haven't you ever wondered what "the chosen ones live" means?
10 But then Cerise can't put an image up! Maybe we could do that when they're all claimed.
11 It would, I agree, just to talk staffly stuff and go over suggestions like these.
12 I don't really mind having just one.
13 Nobody ever uses those. Couldn't you just die on desolate road? It takes a long time to age anyhow. It's supposed to be a safe haven!!
14 I guess, but there's more time for the breeding season and all that.
15 Too distracting for me....
16 Ugh, I hate this. Because every time you go to a new place, it starts automatically and you have to push pause every time. Noooooo wwaaaaaayyyy for me.
17 Why? Just make multiple threads.
18 That sounds familiar, Indigo Lake... and there's really no point in that while there are lands still open.
19 That's what the stuff under the banner is for, right? I'm confused. There already is an affliate link.
20 Yeah, but that's how I found this place anyway. We have ads on the rpg collection and other affliated sites.
21 Another site I played had that. It freaked me out when I first joined, I had no clue how to get to my messages! xD
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Re: Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Reply #5 on Aug 27, 2008, 12:30am »
1 Well I get bored seeing the same old update every single time I look over there.
3 We weren't talking about going into other people's territories, we were talking about places were charries of different herds could RP together without going into someone else's herd.
5 Yup.
8 If it were at the bottom of the side tables it would be easier for people to spot.
9 I know what it means. And I wasn't talking about that I was saying something more specific then "the chosen ones live."
10 That's why I said Temp's idea was better because then all they would do is elaborate on her basic description/picture.
11 Exactly.
13 Really? I've seen plenty of people use them in my time.
14 But if the seasons were shorter
16 As I said in my reply to Temp, there are ones where you can choose it not to have auto play. Therefore you would have to hit the play button for the music to go on.
17 It makes the board more diverse and interesting.
18 That was a long term plan for when we get more members. And it would only be familiar if you played Full Moon.
19 This would be a quick nav to important things like the rules thread. This would mostly be for guests.
20 Well if you found it on HL we could probably pull in more members with more advertising on there with a club.
21 Well as you can see in the example I gave it's right under the navigation bar at the top so it shouldn't be that hard to find. Lol
Re: Here's My Opinion Of Twenty One « Reply #7 on Aug 29, 2008, 5:09pm »
Alright, well here's my opinion. (and I speak french)
Un I leave it this way so that all of the updates will be read.
Deux I got rid of MOTM because I didn't want people asking me why they didn't get it. I wasn't going to do it by posts because it would be unfair, I was just going to judge every month but I don't think that's going to come back.
Trois The only reason I didn't make an all stallion herd was because I didn't think any of you would actually join it. If you would all really like one, I'll make it. Also, I know we need more neutral lands. I'll work on that.
Quatre Find me a code and I'll add it
Cinq Why do we need a store for wild horses? Just wondering.
Six That's a great idea! I'll work on that, too.
Sept I'll add that.
Huit What do you mean a mini-plot board? Like one of those things where like new things happen once and a while to keep the site interesting?
Neuf I'm thinking of adding lands like that that are 'to-be-claimed.' Would everyone like that?
Dix Adding a staff lounge soon
Onze I don't think I'll add a seperate board but maybe a sub-board.
Douze I like Tempest's idea of a graveyard. You could just post your horse's stats in there instead of like describing their death or whatever.
Treize Like Kempsie said, characters need time to breed and give birth.
Quatorze I thought about that but I feel like it would make the site kinda confusing, like it might be too much.
Quinze Ehh...I don't really need music to listen to while I'm roleplaying. I have my own ipod
Seize Kinda the same as neuf.
Dix-Sept Same as above
Dix-Huit Yeah, that would probably be helpful, huh?
Dix-Neuf If you could get the funding going for that club, that would be AWESOME!! And it would make for such good advertising!!
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All-mare herd (lol, the whole thought going through my head was gay. O.o) doesn't sound like much fun to me. I thought that was the rule originally, that the herds had to be realisitic, y'know? So I did that, and my herd has two mares and one stally. ^^
Couldn't you just die on desolate road? It takes a long time to age anyhow. It's supposed to be a safe haven!! 
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