I know. But the thing is, the newbies and middleies dont know what the old Cb was like. If they don't know it, they can't bring it back. All the old people who do know what its like, are leaving because they think its hopeless. 

So don't leave.

You cant expect little kids to be left on the earth and to build something out of nothing. They have to learn from someone, but if there is no one to teach? What is there to learn? You can't hand someone a musical instrument and expect them to suddenly be a professional.

And you can't keep people from joining the CB; we are supposed to welcome new people.

But I do understand.

The CB is an unorganized mess.

And we need to fix it.

But we can't return it to what is was without the people who actually know what that is.

It's insane!

Just as insane as the adults wanting the old America and leaving, possibly to return to see if it gets better. Just leaving the kids and expecting them to find out what it was in the past!

So don't leave!

Stay! Help build up and untie this giant knot of strings! 

I don't want you to leave, HAB.

Well, what can we do about this problem? Can we restart old games? Stop starting new RPs for a while? 

The CB I joined, (about a year and a half ago) had older, more mature CBers. Now, I am not saying that y'all on here are immature, but let's be honest. We are, to some extent. The number of older CBers has gradually dwindled down to a select few.

But what about them made the CB more enjoyable? How can we be like them? I don't think asking ourselves 'would SC or BHR have posted something like this?' would help much, but if we could just watch ourselves and pay more attention to our posts and how we phrase them. 

What are your ideas about fixing this?

I would care a lot if you left, HAB. Even if you promised you would only be gone for a while, I would worry more and more each day that you would never come back. 

I know the CB is changing, although I don't know what the "old CB" was like. I don't think the "newbies" should be blamed for this. It's not exactly their fault that the CB is like this. The people that join now are just a much more crazy and energetic generation of CBers. I think that if the people that have been here for at least a few months stay on, then we can show the "newbies" what to do, and over time, things will turn out OK. When I first joined there were posts all over the place about Brookeira's impersonation, that I didn't understand at all, so I just didn't post on them, I clicked around until I found some more happy, easy to understand threads. After a few days, my love for the CB grew and I was posting nonstop. If we make a few more happier threads, like games and places to just talk, instead of just gloomy ones like "I'm leaving" and "the CB is boring" then maybe the "newbies" will stay long enough to learn from us. I agree that the CB was getting crazy, but we need that now. Right now this is more of a gloomy place with an overloaded Inkwell. Please don't go. If we leave the new CBers to explore the depths of the CB alone, it may crash and burn. The more of us that stay, the faster the CB will regrow and improve. I'm going to come up with a game or something and try to help cheer this place up.

~Dragonrider 

You guys have already seen my views on this, and I've been keeping kind of quiet.

But here goes.

I can understand the older CBers now, from the last CBer War. It went from "posts that take five minutes to read" to "posts that take two minutes to read," and they were upset by that. Now it's gone from "posts that take two minutes to read" to "posts that take two seconds to read."

I will admit, yes, I am upset by this. But I don't think leaving is the answer either.

I agree with Jarvis and Katydid on this count. If we are to fix this, we need to help the newbies. Because we don't want them leaving, and we don't want the older CBers leaving either.

I saw the "writing classes" thread. That was a good idea.

Just reading over others' posts is a good idea too!

Young RPers just have to remember that everything they write has to correspond with what their RP partners do. That's rule number one, the Golden Rule. Don't try to take control of another's charrie. It's tough sometimes, I know, because if you don't get into a conversation with another character in one post, it will be two paragraphs. So do it a little, but don't make the characters do anything very specific, like making a decision: just more like, "Hey! Who are you?"

If the character is shy, and that was said in the profile, then you might say, "Um, I-I'm Amber."

If the character is bold and hot-headed, you might make them say "Who are you?" or "Why would you ask?" 

And if the character is friendly and sociable, you might make them say, "Oh, hello! I'm Amber! Nice to meet you!"

Remember: if in doubt, don't write it.

Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry... I started writing about writing. XD  That's besides the point. Sorry about that.

But the things I'm trying to say can be summed up here:

-No more people should leave. It just tears the CB up even more.

-"Newbies" are still learning. Help them learn.

And my last statement is: H.A.B., OF COURSE I WILL MISS YOU! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! You're such a great person! A core CBer! I don't see why anyone couldn't miss you!

Well... peace, love, and frogs.

I don't visit the CB very often, but each time I do, it's with increasing dismay. This used to be a place where...I don't know, I felt safe. Now it's different. Somehow, it's different. We need to sit down and teach what it used to be like. In fact, I'm going to do something right now...

P.S.

Hi Admins! Remember me? The one who left then came back? Hi! This just a big shout out to you for everything you do for us each and every day.  

Yes, I remember you, Young Writer. Welcome back!

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