Lively campus life RP has never been created by helpfiles and room descriptions, it has always been through the blood, sweat, and tears of players who collaboratively push campus RP, often against the tide of lazy predatory narratives. I don’t disagree with Mirabel’s list of useful features, but rather than listing off what used to be, perhaps it might be useful for people in the sphere to petition for things that would be useful in the here and now in a magic university in an openly magical city. If pof Sister Abigail from 6.0 is still involved in the college, that’s 60% of the heavy lifting done for everyone already, all that’s left is for other people to want to put in the effort to play college students as the main focus of their character and not just when there’s a calendar event. Bring your own lunch to the cafeteria (but also petition for cafeteria food).
