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Concept is a complete form of art on its own~ Nobody wants a shop just like the one next door, and the next shop, and the next shop, and the next shop...all just with different art. No matter how wonderful your art is, I refuse to buy a pet if your theme is whenever you take your dog/cat/mouse/brother on a walk, it fights with the other person's dog/cat/mouse/brother and then they say sorry and it happens again. What's the fun of that? I know that many people like some nice long, thoughtful roleplaying with a plot that everyone can follow. So, as a conclusion, read these do's and dont's of concepts when you're creating a shop yourself.


-NO MORE FLIPPING ELEMENTAL WOLF PACKS!!!!
-No, seriously, don't even try to bend it. We have -counts on fingers, grabs another guy's hand and counts, gives up- TOO MANY elemental wolf shops.
-Don't even have a wolf shop in general...
-Don't have a story completely unrelated to the plot.
-Don't have RP plot events for an lol shop [one that's completely irrelevant to anything]
-Actually, don't have an lol shop in general. They never last more than a few weeks.
-Don't make it too complicated. Remember, people have to be able to get the gist of a shop. Try to be able to summarize it in 2 sentences.


-Take constructive criticism.
-Work it together piece by piece.
-Work it out with your staff; ask them for their honest opinion of this idea or that idea.
-Come up with a story AFTER the concept is built, and try to think of a creative way that explains how everything was put into place.
-Post your ideas in this thread for myself and others to strip appart and murder your soul give constructive criticism.

Post away~

Also, what is 'an lolshop'? I've heard of 'an hero' but not an lolshop!

"Don't have a story completely unrelated to the plot." O_o could you say this again? How can a story be unrelated to the plot, aren't the two the same thing?

Also, while not necessarily something for this thread itself, having a listing of what the different shop type abbreviations are would probably help shop owners. X3 'I/T' vs 'B/C', etc. I still can't fathom the first though have discovered that 'B/C' must mean 'breedable/changing' given the fact that it's used so often!

I have a lolshop that's lasted over a year, no rp or anything. 3nodding I think commitment to the shop by the owner is a better indicator than a shop's actual seriousness/atmosphere.