OldSchoolChris
said:
How about a Looking for Players system for GMs to look for players? Like a classifieds section, with you preferences tagged, times/days available.
This is how it works now...if you want to find more players, click the Looking For Players link on your campaign page and you create a "Looking for Players" entry that allows you to screen players that are looking for games. You can put on the campaign details on the page. The only bug (at least I think it's a bug) is that if you close the LFG you lose all your threads from the page when you reopen it. IIRC Riley said he was planning on keeping it intact so you if you lose a player you can just turn LFG back on and you don't have to redo everything. You can invite players directly when they post near their name.
When you tag your campaign with the LFP option it gives suggestions as you type, so for instance mine used Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition and it came up with a Mutants and Masterminds 3e tag suggestion. I was able to get four new players for my Bleach Anime M&M campaign in about two days. I imagine if more people used the tool it would be even faster (I also make sure I get a response from players after they post to make sure they're going to stay involved).
If anything I would argue the LFG forum is the worst way to find a game since you never know if it's already been filled up when you post and popular but "dead" campaigns, or campaigns that aren't open for players but created a lot of discussion, are most likely to fill the top of the forum. It might be worth getting rid of completely or renaming it to "Campaign Discussion" or something to avoid confusion.
