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oocinthenight2020-02-15 04:12 pm
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MOD ANNOUNCEMENT: APP CYCLE SCHEDULE
Hey there, players! Given that we've switched up our app system to a two-month cycle, here's what you can expect in terms of scheduling changes for the game at large:
The ferry will still show up on the first of the month, every month. We want our OOC decision to switch up the app cycle to have as little effect ICly as possible. There's no meaningful lore behind it, so we don't want to mislead characters! Plus, we don't want item requests to drag out over the course of two full months, so, the ferry will still arrive each month as scheduled... just, sometimes it won't have people. Portals are weird!
The TDM will replace the intro log in the off months. Anything meant strictly for players currently in the game, such as ferry deliveries or the Postmaster General's yard sard, will be posted as a "ferry arrival" announcement in the OOC comm. Nothing will be posted to the log comm; instead, we'll be incorporating the ferry arrival into our future TDM prompts. This will allow prospective players to test out the setting and do all the regular TDM stuff, and current players can toplevel, tag around, and otherwise enjoy the mini event/prompts like an intro log but with a lil somethin' extra. Threads with characters not currently in game can even be counted as game canon! It'd just have to be chalked up to a weird dream or something, but by all means, finagle away.
To match this new joint TDM/"intro log" event thing we're trying, TDM threads submitted for AC will now be counted normally, meaning you can now get a full point for log tags on the TDM! (For anyone unfamiliar with the old system: all TDM threads had to be counted as network threads for AC purposes.) TDM network comments will still be worth half a point, as per usual with network comments.
And that's all for now. Thanks for bearing with us, and if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments below!
The ferry will still show up on the first of the month, every month. We want our OOC decision to switch up the app cycle to have as little effect ICly as possible. There's no meaningful lore behind it, so we don't want to mislead characters! Plus, we don't want item requests to drag out over the course of two full months, so, the ferry will still arrive each month as scheduled... just, sometimes it won't have people. Portals are weird!
The TDM will replace the intro log in the off months. Anything meant strictly for players currently in the game, such as ferry deliveries or the Postmaster General's yard sard, will be posted as a "ferry arrival" announcement in the OOC comm. Nothing will be posted to the log comm; instead, we'll be incorporating the ferry arrival into our future TDM prompts. This will allow prospective players to test out the setting and do all the regular TDM stuff, and current players can toplevel, tag around, and otherwise enjoy the mini event/prompts like an intro log but with a lil somethin' extra. Threads with characters not currently in game can even be counted as game canon! It'd just have to be chalked up to a weird dream or something, but by all means, finagle away.
To match this new joint TDM/"intro log" event thing we're trying, TDM threads submitted for AC will now be counted normally, meaning you can now get a full point for log tags on the TDM! (For anyone unfamiliar with the old system: all TDM threads had to be counted as network threads for AC purposes.) TDM network comments will still be worth half a point, as per usual with network comments.
And that's all for now. Thanks for bearing with us, and if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments below!