Shae here, throwing up a quick sign-up post for Natural Born Ghyyler!

Synopsis: During the fauxbellion, some of the Ghyyl escaped into Stacy's inner workings. Some of the brigged characters being forced to work manage to slip away after them into a restricted area of Stacy to see what they're up to and how it might hurt the rest of the crew.
Plot Length: 2 weeks
Plot Size: 4-5 characters
Plot Location: On-ship
Plot Runner: Shae

This plot will start on May 17th. There are five slots total, and only open to people who would have been brigged during the fauxbellion. If more than five people sign up, characters will be randomly selected.

You'll still be able to backtag the fauxbellion itself, so no worries there!

1. Anwei Ayles
2. Beast Boy
3. Mark Allan
4. Starfire
5. R2-D2

Hi everybody! Zoki here with another mod update. There's not a lot to cover this time, but it could be important.

First, as Saphie said (locked post), we're down to three mods at the moment. Shae's handling delegation and lists, and Chi and I are still plot and discussion, respectively. We're going to do our best to keep everything moving on schedule regardless, but please be patient with us.

Second, I'd like to remind you all about the rebellion! Keep an eye on the plot calendar for details. There will be more signups and discussions soon, so watch this space! You can also continue to jump into the fake rebellion whenever you wish, on either side. Have fun with it!

Third, our departments are looking a little lonely and understaffed at the moment. This is a great opportunity to sign up! There will be a specific post on the OOC comm for starting to get your characters involved on Monday, but you can start thinking about it now.

That's it for this time! I'll see you for a game discussion post later this weekend, but as always, feel free to comment below if you have any questions!

Since ATP is up, just letting folks know, there are no limitations at all on what kind of ads you can do like there used to be (when we were invite-only, we had it so people could only respond to character ads and not put up game ads, but that is no longer the case). You can put up ads and grab anyone you want. Apps open again June 1st, and when they are, they'll be rolling.

If anyone would like to coordinate who's putting up what ads so you don't accidentally do doubles of different departments and casts and such, you can use this post for it.

Last update for the night with an important change with setting and how we do plots.

( Ship Constitution, Player Intro Process, and Milk Runs )

Some new announcements and new discussions.

( App Results, Mod Jurisdiction, the Ship Constitution, and Rebellionplot. Discussions in the comments. )

Saphie here, just a few notes on some changes. Several things have been added to the wiki.

( Wiki Changes )

Greetings meatlings! This is Zoki on behalf of the mods, and I'll be updating you on what's changed in the running of our game lately.
( Shufflin' down the road ahead... )

The mod team would like to treat the app system as something adaptable, based on the needs of the game. At the moment, we feel it'd be in the best interest of the game to loosen up app restrictions, but wanted to put exactly how it would be done up to vote by the players.

Please note that if we go with a system like rolling apps, we will work out some sort of system with the players such as big brothers/sisters or some form of meet n' greet for CR and will likely have another poll for the playerbase on that after discussion about it, if rolling apps are what we go with. So getting rid of cycles won't be the end for CR-building things like meet n' greets.

This poll will be open for 7 days, closing on 4/27.

Karl has stepped down as a mod and from the game as a whole. He'll be greatly missed, and we thank him for all his help over the years.

At the moment we're reorganizing mod duties, updating links, doing maintenance of tags, and shifting some things around for ease of use and updating by the various mods, so please disregard any repostings of things like the plot calendar. The links on the sidebars and wiki will be updated accordingly.

The following plots have been approved and have confirmed dates. Approved plots that do not yet have confirmed dates will be listed in comments below. If there is a plot that should be listed but is not, please email the plot email (trans9plots@gmail.com) with the plot in question and the dates it is supposed to run.

( Plot Calendar )

Due to the mods having various RL things going on, podpop will be delayed until April 4th. We understand that this is a disappointment for some of you and are very sorry, but we can't in good conscience introduce new players while three of the four mods are hiatused.

On the plus side, this means that apps are open until midnight, April 3rd. So if you want to go pick up some people at ATP or put in a last minute app, you now have the chance!

Due to feedback from the recent game discussion post, we will now be requiring IC department heads, Council members and the Captain to do at least one open thread or log per AC. This policy will come into place after the next activity check, which will be soon. We don't want to drop a new policy on anyone and only give them a few days to do it in.

At this time, we have also decided against the idea of creating a mod plurk, but the idea is not completely off the table. We mostly don't want to discourage people from checking the OOC comm and feel that the game and signups move slowly enough that even those who only check TransPilgrims every few days will have every chance to participate.

Hello everyone, it's Lisa, one of your new moderators. I'm thrilled to be brought on to the team and hope I can help everyone have some fantastic times here. As a moderator I'll be helping the current team with conflict resolution, helping run and approve plots, and responding to player concerns. I've had a wonderful time in this game in the last few years and I hope to do everything I can to help you guys have a good time too.

For those who don't know, my IC journals are Howard Bassem (iselldrugstothecommunity), Eva Salazar (economicalrhinoplasty) and Punchy (nunpunching) and I can be reached OOCly through my plurk (hotpinkcoffee) and AIM (lisacharly). I will also be checking all the mod emails daily. Basically, feel free to pester me anywhere, anytime with questions or concerns.

And I am excited to announce that Zoki has joined the team as a plot mod!

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Hi everyone!

I'm Zoki, one of your new plot mods and the player for Nine, Billy, Applejack, Starfire and Cedric. What that means is that I'm a player like you, but I know the full plot of the game. It's my job to get you involved in it, and to leak as much information from it to you as I can! And let me just tell you that this game's plot is AWESOME. I'd tell you, but it'd melt your face off and undo reality as we know it.

I'll be helping to run question and answer sessions about the main plot so far, getting everyone caught up, and helping to approve your player plots. Send us your questions and ideas! I'll be happy to help you put things together...and mostly gush at you because your plots are tons of fun.

I can also be reached through plurk (zokiblue). The plot email is trans9plots@gmail.com.

Hello Trans 9!

As of today, I am officially stepping down as one of the main mods of the game. A mixture of Real Life and Time Constraints, combined with the plot kicking into high gear soon has made me realize that I cannot juggle everything with as good efficacy. Having sent my resignation letter to the other mods, I will become a helper mod, specifically serving as a liaison with the rest of the helper mods. I apologize if I can't do anything this weekend in regards to it (Birthday Saturday, Skating Sunday) but starting Monday this will be my task in the game. That way I can still help out in the game in any way I can (also sorry helper mods, now you're stuck with me).

This being said, my departure from the mod table along with Rini's opens up two mod positions that will need to be filled.

If you are interested in applying, please send a word at transmigration9 @ gmail [dot] com. If possible, please explain to them why you'd make a good mod. Good luck!

Additionally, I will dropping Jiraiya for the time being, and GLaDOSing Sonic for a few weeks while I finish some work. However! People in threads with me involving the characters (Valentines), please don't worry! I plan on finishing them. I will just be stuffing putting them away in the pods, and making Sonic hate science even more for a while and not using him for any new logs. This reduces my group to three girls for a few weeks. And then I only played girls woops.

WELCOME TO THE FUTURE!

...well, more like welcome to Dreamwidth.

As of today, we have officially moved to Dreamwidth! Our wiki is (mostly) up to date with links to DW rather than LJ. There will be an update soon with new wiki links once Pixle irons that out, but there will be another announcement when it happens so no worries. All the comms have been imported as of right now as well. You can still finish up logs on LJ if you'd like; we'll run the importer a few more times over the next couple of months to catch those tags. But, as of this day, January 31, 2012, all new logs/posts are to be made on DW!

THE COMMUNITIES
If you have not done so, make sure you JOIN and SUBSCRIBE to the follow communities:
trans_9 (here to join & subscribe)
trans_pilgrims (here to join & subscribe)
trans_channel (here to join & subscribe)
insertmeathere (here to join & subscribe)

PLAYER INFORMATION
Once you are accepted, make sure all the information in the Contact Info is correct and up-to-date.

OLD LOGS
Regarding old logs, you are allowed to both continue them on Livejournal OR finish the log on Dreamwidth. MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN THE LOG (Or that part of the log involved) IS OKAY WITH THIS. Please post here for everyone to get coordinated.

LOG FORMAT CHANGE (OPTIONAL)
You do not have to do this, but we've set up a new log format for those who want to use it that might make it easier for anyone reading/skimming the community:

Who: (Character and who else. OPEN of it's open)
Where: (Where the action takes place)
Summary: (This is like a line or two so anyone quickly passing by can know what the log is about. It also helps Pixle with the link log summary)
Warnings: (If any)
[Log goes here under a cut]

Feel free to use it if you wish!

MERGE YOUR ACCOUNTS
This is not necessary, but if you so desire, you can merge your DW Open ID with your Dreamwidth account. For example, Lash's was merged with anything that was things-go-boom.livejournal.com from the importer. This, for the most part keeps the icons from your old account if you have them in your new one! It's more of an aesthetic thing than anything else, but it does look nice for all those old imported logs.

http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/claim

AND FINALLY... THANK YOU!
Thank you for being with us and we hope you continue to enjoy the game in our new home!

Hello players! It's that time again for a Player's Check. Please note that the link is on Dreamwidth so that no one has problems with the layout. This is also the perfect time to post with your new Dreamwidth accounts. Don't have them yet? Don't forget to post here so that Shae can add them to the list!

The next part is information gathering! Stacy Census 2012 seeks to help the mods see who is in what organization, what pets they have, what buildings they say in, and so on. It's fun, painless, and makes Pixle's information gathering all the more...gathered. Head on to this link and please fill it out with all your characters!

Pixle here on behalf of the mods--we've begun importing logs from the logging community over to Dreamwidth to make the move at the end of the month much smoother.

Please continue to post all your logs here (unless it is the DW plot currently being run) until January 30th when we move over. We will be redoing log imports every week until then and will continue to do so once a while, so you can continue to finish all your logs on LJ until you are done even after we have moved, if you so desire.

Please also give us your Dreamwidth character names! Thank you. Shae wants them all right here. Our list mod enjoys having everything together so GO DO IT.

There's a lot to cover tonight, so please read everything and ask questions if you have any.

( We're moving to Dreamwidth )

( Mod Changes, Helper Mods (we need you!) )

( Council, Big Sister/Brother, Departments, Rebuilding Post system Shock, Constitution )