by Sorry, WOTN. I haven't betrayed yous; I'm still keeping an eye out for you.
Anyways.
I found a site called Naruto's Way of the Ninja. Numbah3.
I was like,
"WHO DARES TO STEAL WOTN'S NAME."
So I joined, stayed a while, decided to mingle for the sake of reviewing it.
HereIgo.
randominfo: Naruto's Way of the Ninja 3.0, or nwotn, is a Naruto RP site. It has standard villages, though it only allows entry into Kiri or Konoha.
;;RP Style/Format:
I actually kind of like it. It's very structured and organized. There's a whole stat/battle system and such which kind of makes logical sense.
Missions, which are to be RP-ed, are evaluated and that gets you shiz and you can gain power.
Jutsus, equipment, weapons, etc. are bought by currency which is earned through missions and such. There are even bingo books, deathlists, etc.
These people are very professional in their RP posts. They get all intricate and lengthy; I do admit, they are very eloquent writers. Their posts are like art. Sometimes the font and length of posts hurt my eyes.
VERY organized. But sometimes it confuses me; all these evaluations and rules and systems and abundance of RP areas that never get RP-ed in.
,,Grade: 4.5/5.
;;Social Zone:
Unlike the RP zones and pre-RP zones, the social zone is very dead. There is barely half a page of threads, and I'm sure all of them haven't even gotten past 5 pages. In the chatbox, I commented on the paucity of threads in the Social zone, and one of the administrators said something along the lines of "if you don't rp, you don't belong here... if you don't rp, we ban you."
And as a person who always views RP skeptically, I find it hard to believe that all these people can sit and just RP all day. I'd rather write a great American novel than to write about my ninja character in third person for 300 more posts.
The Social Zone is not put into much emphasis as the RP aspect; I like balance. Obviously this isn't balanced.
,,Grade: 1.5/5. (At least they have some threads.)
;;People:
The people are actually very nice. Hospitable... to an extent.
However, the nwotn community seems very closed off. As I have mentioned before, this is the third version; I assume that many people already know each other from the 1st and 2nd versions. Although they accept me and converse with me to some extent (in the chatbox, which takes away from the growth of posts, though they are all RP posts) I find it hard to have a long, decent conversation like I could have in the Bar. They seem unwilling to accept new people, and though they welcome new people like we do, that's all they do. A very few say, "if you have any questions, feel free." However, when I asked questions about what to do (because I'm genuinely confused) I was rarely answered, rarely helped out eagerly and actively.
Now that I think about it, the chatbox is mostly used for discussing out-of-character RP stuff...
However, a plus: the majority of this site can spell and utilize proper grammar, something that the new members of WOTN have been neglecting these days. ):
,,Grade: A solid 3/5.
;;Staff:
They know how to do their jobs in a way; they're a tightly knit, well organized group. However, I've noticed that they randomly kick or ban or clear people or messages in the chatbox a bit arbitrarily. That annoys the hell out of me. They also seem extremely unhelpful when they don't feel like working; they are sometimes slow when accepting mission/evaluation requests, etc. They seem to ignore any questions or requests made to them in the chatbox as well, unless it's a member they have known for a while. Or that might just be me, since I haven't been around long enough.
,,Grade: 2.5/5.
CONCLUSION:
I'd rather be on WOTN than on that site. Though interesting, I have neither the time nor patience to write up to 2,000 words per mission and over 250 words per post.
I also hate being told that I HAVE to RP. I'd rather mingle, socialize, post like a normal person instead of writing in third person on how my character will train every day to avenge his/her clan or some shit like that.
Q has pointed out, time and time again, about the flaws of a chatbox. The chatbox takes away the point of a social zone (maybe that's why it's abandoned), and decreases the maximum posts, RP or non-RP, that the site can have. Compared to WOTN's 1,000,000+ posts, nwotn has a meager 12650 posts on it, to this day.
Yes, the people are nice. I'm not saying that they're a bunch of dictators. However, once again, I point out the lack of flexibility when it comes to accepting newcomers; when I enter the chatbox, I get a few hi's. Then they start talking about random things and when I try to insert myself into the conversation (not in like a nosy way, just in a curious one) I end up being ignored; sometimes I got the impression that I was not very well received, or well-liked. Or maybe I was just ignored.
So.
-drumroll-
VERDICT: 2.875/5.
death out.
