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Seeking New Players D&D 5E (Helpful Hint for Directory Use)

Hi everybody, There's an interesting facet of the player directory that I think new players should know about.  The player directory search results begin by listing the earliest Roll20 joining member and only goes for 10 pages.  That's 500 results.  What this means is that if I search for D&D 5E players, I get a list of people seeking a 5E game that joined from June 2012 to March 2015.  Everyone that joined after that and is seeking 5E is truncated off so I can't see you.  I can't reverse sort and have newest joined member first.  So if you are a new to Roll20 player seeking a 5E game, I suggest including Basic Fantasy RPG System as a game you are seeking to play as well, or some other fantasy style game.  I've suggested the player directory search results include more than 500 results and that it have a reverse date sort so newest people to join roll20 are sorted first, but so far that isn't implemented. The reason this happens it seems is a volume thing.  So many people are seeking D&D that query result produces more results than can readily be displayed.  By adding more options for games you are seeking, DM searching can pick a different game and the search produces less than 500 results and thus you will be visible.  I'll keep searching for y'all under different fantasy games and keep running games, so keep an eye out. p.s. Feel free to PM me and see if I have another 5E game starting up.
To put it another way, I want to look through the list of potential players then reach out to the people I find interesting and see if they want to play with me.  Roll20 player directory states that it is supposed to function that way, but for games with more than 500 people interested, it doesn't, alas.
Hi I wouldn't mind joining your campaign if you're starting one up and looking for players. Please PM me if you are
Hi me and my friend are looking for a game, if your starting one up we wouldnt mind joining, i do have a few questions about levels, schedules etc. but the details can be worked out later
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
(Moved out of LFG because this isn't, strictly speaking, someone looking for players for a specific game but instead discussing an aspect of the Roll20 site)
Thank you.