Below is an interview with the three gods of Tibia RP; Zanko, Silven and Graf de la Fere. Within the interview you can learn lots of valuable information such as what is in store for the fansite’s future and much more.
Note: Most of the questions in this interview were asked by players from Tibia. Also, a seperate interviewer who does not work for Tibia RP asked the questions. He does not wish to be named.
Tibia RP: Hello there! Thanks for agreeing to this interview.
Graf: You're most welcome
Zanko: You're welcome... though you'll be regretting it... <evil grin>
Silven: Not a problem.
Tibia RP: What is the site going to be about?
Zanko: Well if you don’t know that, you really do need to go outside!
Silven: <points to the title> I give you three guesses <grins>
Graf: You see a grave. Here lies the RPG part of Tibia. We're going to try to ressurect that.
Tibia RP: How did you get the idea?
Zanko: Well, first we had to go collect some elixir of all-knowledge. After that we murdered a few carrots, and, tada! The idea!
Silven: We've been roleplayers for quite some time, but there was always something missing, there were too few Roleplayers, we were ridiculed, made fun of, etcetera! Hence we came up with the idea of making such a site, where people can know Roleplaying better, where we can write and share our stories.
Zanko: Yeah, and that’s also part of the reason… <mutters> …though for the actual “short story” on it you can visit the “What is Tibia RP” page!
Graf: I've also been an avid roleplayer for quite some time, and when I heard of this idea I decided to help.
Tibia RP: So, now that Tibia RP is up and running, can we expect a bug-free site?
Silven: There will always be some mistakes, we cannot guarantee the site to be bugless. But we're doing our best and if you find a bug, you can report it on the forum!
Graf: Most of the bugs are eliminated though.
Zanko: He's right. I got a club and squashed them myself.
Tibia RP: What big features can we expect from Tibia RP in the coming future?
Silven: Nothing is set, but we do plan to pack out big.
Zanko: And if you do have suggestions don’t hesitate to make a post in our suggestions board!
Graf: Well perhaps we can force CIP to do...<gets a knife pointed to his neck> introduce more animals? Roleplaying spirit?
Tibia RP: Do you think the site has a future?
Silven: I'm pretty sure the site does. There are enough Roleplayers in this world and I have found two players who're interested in Roleplaying already.
Graf: Yes, the future begins today, with TibiaRP <indulges in maniacal laughter>
Zanko: The future of the site depends on how many roleplayers are interested. Though from the responses so far, there probably is a bright future ahead for Tibia RP.
Tibia RP: Are there any goals for Tibia RP?
Silven: To become a Supported fansite, but we haven't really set a clear goal besides that yet.
Zanko: Becoming a supported fansite is one. Though Silven has forgot something, achieving world domination! Although it's a plan for later, we're keeping it in thought.
Silven: (Shush, don't tell them!)
Zanko: And, of course, to create a place where roleplayers can meet. A place for roleplayers to chit-chat, talkity talk, you name it!
Graf: Well, to be honest, besides becoming a fansite and world domination, we just want to provide people with a casual place to roleplay and discuss roleplaying and other things that interest them. They can write stories, submit artwork (very requested!), share pictures, talk about common interest - all in a place where they'd feel home. With TibiaRP we tried to create a tavernish atmosphere where you can drop by and relax.
Tibia RP: How has the creation process been so far?
Silven: Fast, that's the first word that comes up in my head. It went really fast.
Graf: It's been very fast, but painfully slow <sigh> TibiaRP looks very simple, but I'll spare you the technical details of what was needed to achieve that.
Zanko: VERY fast. Well, first it was going slowly.. extremely slowly.. I was planning to buy the site in a few months! Then pow, we've got everything done in under two weeks..
Tibia RP: What problems have you had so far?
Graf: Content problems, as in content not showing at the right place at the right time, and linking content to right pages, getting the hang of it, installing all. Then the graphical part where there are lots of bugs in the website graphics. Some very minor ones are still being worked on. (They're hardly noticeable though, but still) It's not that the problems are big, they just take many hours to solve.
Zanko: LOTS! Literally. First we couldn't find a decent template, and then things weren't happening as they should... but, we fixed them in the end. And anything that is not fixed yet will be soon.
Silven: The workload. There are just three of us and quite a pile of work. Luckily we have our pro-technician Graf here!
Tibia RP: Will there be any other sections?
Zanko: Who knows? If we think of some or somebody suggests them, then yes of course.
Silven: I'm pretty sure of that. Though we cannot tell what and when.
Graf: We're always improving and trying to give the user as much as possible, however I think we got the main part done. Of course some community things will be added and all, depending on what people need. It should be said though that we're always open for suggestions.
Tibia RP: There isn’t a lot of content right now… can we expect a change to this in the coming weeks and months?
Silven: Yes, definitely! If the site continues to grow like it did before, it shall contain enough content to satisfy the Wrinkled Beholder.
Graf: Well, lots of the content depends on the users. If you submit pictures, stories and whatnot, there will be content.
Note: place your content on the forums or mail to info@tibiarp.com
Zanko: I certainly hope so! I know that I shall be writing up a lot of stuff.
Tibia RP: How could someone submit something for the site?
Zanko: Down that path, left, right.. lef-oops, I mean right... and there you are!
Graf: It's in the menu on the front page - pretty self explanatory.
Silven: Don't forget to watch out for the Rat on that path. The blooming beast bit me when I went down there my first time.
Tibia RP: Do you think that Tibia RP could ever match popular fansites like TibiaNews, TibiaCity, Erig and TibiaWiki?
Silven: I don't know, there are not many roleplayers, as far as I know. But I sure hope we could, yes! That would be great.
Zanko: Who can tell? To be honest, probably not. Those sites have much larger audiences, power gamers, roleplayers, the lot! BUT, we will not stop trying because then we won't have any chance at all.
Tibia RP: There was talk about… an opening ceremony?
Zanko: Ah yes, the opening ceremony! We don't know when or where yet (well, we seem to have settled on Antica)
Silven: Apart from that, no spoilers!
Tibia RP: Thanks again!
Silven: Not a problem. <draws knife>
Zanko: <runs>
Graf: Your money or the interview, now.
Posted on Tuesday 29 April 2008 by Graf de la Fere
