(01:59:08) Pjeil: (whispers) Indeed. By the way, your enthusiasm for Miz is infectious.
I thoroughly enjoy what you write.
(02:09:01) Kreig_Messer: *cuddles Quint*

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Okay, you've all seen the chat quotes. Bits like the lines above cut and pasted for your viewing pleasure. Well, this blog entry is not for the two or three dozen regulars that the place seems to have. (Though they are welcome to read along.)

Rather, this entry is for those of you who haven't come by the chat room and had a recent look and listen. This site has had 13,578 characters, and even assuming an average of three and four alts per person, or user accounts, or people who joined, made one post and then vanished--- we are still talking almost 13,573 or even 13,574 people. (My math may be off a bit.) So that means that there are at least a good dozen or two unique people who haven't been in chat but might enjoy and benefit from it.

I do understand that this is a site about writing. Writing and playing the role of a character, so it's a bit like LARP acting except behind a keyboard. And therefore some people don't want to bother with chat or videos or blogs or scrapbooks; they are just here to post for Character X and then go back to whatever they were doing before that, be it playing Candy Crush Saga or Pipes/Bridges or Clash of Tribes. Or work or school or life itself, be it dinner, movies, dancing and so forth.

And that's great. Everyone should participate the way they desire. This is after all entertainment, a pastime, and no one can dictate to you how you should have fun. Some will join for a day, some will join for a month, some will last a year or two, moderate or grade threads before moving on, and some will join and stay.

When people go off to do other things either because this place wasn't their cup of tea or because other pursuits caught...

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I have decided to Advocate for this site.

Because I think this place is awesome. It is a really unique collection of artists and writers who have come together in pursuit of a goal no one person could achieve solo: a shared vision of a single world that is a truly amazing round-robin collaboration. We all of us have different strengths and weaknesses, and we all emphasize different things and focus on different things, and that fusion of all these different viewpoints is what makes Mizahar wonderful. You guys inspire me with your talent and enthusiasm.

That's why I've decided to become an Advocate. It make take a month or two, but I'm going to attempt make a 'fan site' for this place that drives in some traffic. I have no idea if it will work or not, but it never hurts to try.

One of the TV shows I watch is NCIS, and they just announced a replacement for the actress who played Ziva David. This show is #1 on CBS, has been around a decade, and has some heavy acting firepower with Mark Harmon and David McCallum, among others. Now some poor new soul is about to jump into that. Maybe fans will love her; maybe they won't. But I have some empathy for her situation. This site Mizahar has been around for 4 years or so, maybe longer depending on how long it was in development.

I'm here now because I like it and because I think it will be fun for me; I've already gotten a few days of enjoyment just from reading threads, looking at OOC Lore, watching Tarot videos and hanging out in chat. And that's great for me, but what do I bring to Mizahar?
Ideally, I'd like to eventually feel that I entertained some other people and sparked some enthusiasm in some people that might otherwise have found themselves fading or not posting so much anymore. But there's no way to predict the future. Sometimes characters click and sometimes they don't. I may end up writing 3 posts and disappearing, or I may end up sticking around for 60 days or longer. All possibilities exist; this is like the first page of a novel and anything can happen! In television, some new and replacement characters last; others become one-episode wonders. (Personally, I hope I stay: I'll be the better writer and role-player for it.)

I can tell you this: so far I have enjoyed every thread I've read. If you're here in Mizahar and you're reading this, chances are I've already glanced at your words and found them interesting. And if you're not reading this because you're too busy writing, then good for you! The thread always gets most interesting one post after you and your character are stymied with no apparent idea what to write/do next.