User blog comment:JayeMalik'/Old, New, Underused, Overused RP Locations/@comment-1613839-20180523124502/@comment-26090648-20180524164816

Okay, so... I'll try and formulate responses to try and... cover your fears/questions in a logical order.


 * 1) Hogwarts and Ilvermorny are both massive schools that, like Hogsmeade and Godric's Hollow, are enchanted with protective charms. Harry Potter Wiki states: "The castle is located in the mountains near a loch. The precise location of the school can never be uncovered because it was rendered Unplottable. To Muggles, the school looks like an old abandoned castle. Similarly, most wizarding schools locations are protected in order to prevent their ways of teaching being revealed, as well as protect the students and schools themselves from any harm." If castles of that magnitude can be rendered Unplottable, my thought was that they'd be able to do the same with Lincliff City - especially if Lincliff City is based in an area that doesn't usually have visitors or the like. Right now, I'm working out all the logistics here, and you're welcome to check out the page every now and then for updates, or just drop suggestions to make this process easier! Likewise, it'd be an in-progress thing. We won't say it's been around for so long It'd be unveiled next IC year, probably.


 * 1) A lot of businesses are in London and Diagon Alley, and that's true. I don't intend to take anything away from Diagon Alley other than the ones I listed in this blog due to misuse. If S&S has other plans, then that's S&S's job right now. My little project is just Lincliff City, its creation, and what it'd entail. The way I saw it being was that we had Hogsmeade Village, which is mostly aimed at younger students aged thirteen and fourteen, who were beginning to learn responsibility/earn Hogwarts' trust/begin to be allowed to interact with other people in a safe, controlled environment. Then we have Diagon Alley, where a lot of the economy was based for a very long time. There we have the shops that are essential for adults - basically the need-to-have. Cholmeley Lodge is attached to Diagon Alley, if I'm not mistaken (I might be) and so is Magus Diaetam, because of the easy access to the wizarding world. Then we'd have Lincliff City, which would become the center of the wizarding world - think the London of the wizarding world. Entertainment, shops, and a touristic hotspot. We'd have an aquarium, restaurants, a mall, and even more. The point of Lincliff City is to weave together the elements of the adult world and the student life, because a super common denominator in all the pages being purged is that they target a specific crowd, which limits the amount of people that can RP there. If we brought Lincliff City in, it'd be to bring together every aspect of DARP and put it together in one place. It's messy, it's chaotic, but it's beautiful because it'd become the heart of the wiki, right after Hogwarts and the Ministry. It'd be the tie between both worlds.


 * 1) Currently, as you know, measures are being taken to ensure that Lincliff City doesn't potentially break attention away from Hogwarts and also makes sure people post in classes in a yes or yes kind of way. People don't only not RP in Hogwarts - they don't really RP in places outside the go-to spots like The Hmm Cafe and The Three Broomsticks, with the occasional RPs around other places. My hope is that Lincliff City restores some of that attention. Likewise, I tried to structure it so while students would be able to go to the City, it'd only be the top 3 years. Third and fourth years would still be allowed to go just to Hogsmeade, and the first and second years would continue to stay at Hogwarts to ensure they get top education and don't lose their focus in the two most important years. So to an extent, I'm trying to honor that education system Hogwarts has. Plus... they'd only be allowed to go on specific weekends, much like Hogsmeade, and definitely not more than one weekend a month. It'd be a choice between Hogsmeade and Lincliff City, as the trips would occur the same weekend. I understand your concern of trying to keep students focused on their education, but it's sort of the same as the Hogsmeade trips... just at a slightly larger scale, because they wouldn't be going to a Village. They'd still be allowed to interact with their family and other characters if they were at Hogsmeade, but let's be realistic for a second - people don't RP their characters with anyone other than their friends. You don't really see a fifthie hanging out with their parents, aunts or uncles in Hogsmeade... why would that happen in Lincliff City? There'd be more exposure, yes, but again, it wouldn't be all too different from the dynamic that Hogsmeade has.


 * 1) Foreign locations won't be deleted yet, because that's something worth talking about alone in another blog, since I know a lot of users may be interested in RPing their characters back home.


 * 1) I like the idea about a registration for just locations overall, but that's not my jurisdiction anymore... that's S&S. I'm sure Vic would be more than open to discussing that either here or in another blog.

I hope I addressed some of your biggest concerns/questions, and... tried to lay them to rest, to some extent.