Due to recent events I think it's about time I take a step back and take a break. Insert: It's me, not you guys. Here. I don't know how long this'll be, but knowing me, I might be back in less than two weeks. I'm really sorry guys, and I might need to drop my current threads so I want to apologize for that as well, I really am.

Anyways, stay cool cats, see ya round.

This affects : shiest_sunbeam , expendable_mind , 9tailedtemptress , yourbelovedfuture 

After quite a bit of thought, I realized I really haven't been doing as well as I could by you guys here--and although with a bunch of OCs and an obscure webcomic character, I'm not exactly squatting...well. I still feel like you deserve better, so, it's time for me to move on.

I've had a fantastic time here, at this, my first intro to real journal games. I've made a lot of friends here, and I'm sorry to have to go. Thanks for having me, and keep on rocking, guys.


This affects these journals: combustible_me (Ellyn Vitner), sonofether (Stephen Valkonan), nize_hat,moveslikejaeger (Maxim), and farseer_alastirra (Alastirra).

Chi here. Since we had some issues getting Fauxbellion off the ground and none of the interstitial plots have gotten very far yet, we wanted to ask the players - how shall we handle Realbellion? Shall we play things out and just take longer; or handwave/give the endings away, just play out the essentials, and move on? If we end up handwaving, backtagging can still happen, of course.

There are many, many variations possible with the Activity Check, and the mods have decided that we are definitely revising it.

Given the myriad of options, we tried to put together a good proposal AC to put by the playerbase, one based around the comments we got as well as what we'd be capable of keeping up with given all the other things we have to keep up with. Since a monthly AC would involve a mod being occupied with AC two weeks of every month, we decided to see if you guys would be okay with a bimonthly one.

This is the proposal AC we came up with:

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AC would be bimonthly as it is now and follow the same schedule. Players wouldn't have to make AC with every character but would have an increased number they had to make it with if they played more characters. Someone with 1-2 characters has to make AC with only 1 of them. Someone with 3-4 characters has to make AC with 2. Someone with 5-6 characters has to make AC with 3 of them, and the rare few with 7-8 would have to make AC with 4 characters.

Players could make AC with the following options:

One open post

OR

Two threads of at least ten comments made by your character

OR

One open event/meeting that lets others mingle, such as a movie night or training session.

OR

One plot posted with open signups.

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Now, this AC is only going to be put into place if it passes with a majority vote. If it doesn't, please offer up suggestions/comments/criticisms in the comments. We'll keep tweaking it based on player comments until it reaches a happy medium and gets a passing vote by the playerbase. The poll will be open until May 31st at midnight EST.

Hi, everyone! Chi here with a mod announcement. We've made a bunch of changes recently, per the recent discussion post, so this is just a heads-up.

First off, OOC watercooler memes and IC Meet & Greets will be monthly as of June 1st. So, we'll have one around that time, and then the first week of every month after that. We've also added a CR planning tag in lieu of a separate plotting comm, so that the memes as well as any posts about log/post ideas can use that and be easily found.

Secondly, we have now have a mod plurk at Trans9! Please see Shae's post for details on that.

We have another new addition to our mod team, Mala. Anna has also joined the ranks of the plot mods.

With a fifth mod, we also have a fifth mod role: Housekeeping Mod. This person will pick up odds and ends like updating lists - such as the big brosis list - as well as being in charge of manning the mod plurk. That person will be Saphie for the next month.

The other mod hats have also changed heads as follows:
Anders is now Over-Arching Plot Mod,
Mala is now Discussion Mod,
Shae is still List Mod,
... and I am now Delegation Mod.

Lastly, the Plot In A Can post has been updated to be more general, with Milk Run and general CR ideas in addition to regular plot ideas. It has been linked on the sidebar and will be updated as people comment to it.

EDIT: Also, we'll be doing a monthly thread lottery as a subthread of the watercooler post. That'll be where people sign their characters up and get randomly paired up with some other character.

Group therapy will also be a thing - as stated in the Plot In A Can post, the therapist AI can start going overboard and rounding characters up for that. However, the mods do not have time to run that, so players can use the meat_mooks account to run that themselves.

Also, when apps open we will begin doing a general open post roundup in addition to the intro roundups to encourage people to tag those.

Shae here, with three things!

1. We have created a mod plurk! It is Trans9, and we'll be using it to help keep you updated on things happening in the OOC. We still encourage that players check the OOC regularly without relying on plurk to keep up with game happenings, though.

Please don't friend it if you have plurk. Instead, follow it as a fan; it'll solely be for game-related news.

2. We have added a plurk option on the contact list. It is purely optional, so if you'd like to add your plurk to it, please comment to this post. All comments are screened for privacy.

3. We would also like to know what each player's preferred method of contact is, so it can be indicated on the contact list. Post here to this post for that.