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lostcompass2021-09-01 06:41 pm
groundrules) wrote in lostcompass2021-09-01 06:41 pm
Entry tags:
activity + state of the game
Hi everyone! Welcome, officially, to………… autumn. Monthly wrap of admin trinkets below!
Hi guys! The activity check (AC) is handled in-house, and you do not need to do anything unless your character is listed below. Please remember to use character tags for posts and logs you tag into — there’s been a bit of a decline in that, and it makes it difficult to hunt down your activity. If you’re uncomfortable tagging all the time, just doing so for posts/threads where you’ve met activity requirements is a-okay!
Regular activity requirements are one of the following during the AC month:
■ a network post
■ OR 10 text/network-style comments across at most two threads
■ OR five log comments across at most two threads
Activity can be carried out on either the game communities or character inboxes.
In August, I couldn’t find sufficient activity for...
- Lee Chang | jeoha | RECLAIMED
Winnifred Prismall |soulsrob | RECLAIMED
Catra |plentystrong
Vanya Hargreeves |remugient | RECLAIMED
Jiang Cheng |consignation | RECLAIMED
Comment here or PM @
groundrules until 5 September if you’d like to reclaim your character, or if they have August activity that was missed!■ Our resident Sith Lord Archeval (
darkeststars ) will be out of Taravast in September on a plot-linked assignment that will span a mod-agreed hiatus. But! He remains reachable for light threading at his inbox.■ The Story So Far page has been updated with a summary of the Taravast plot covered so far, if you need to catch up!
■ As characters are still working in the background to chase a poisoning cure, the next event write-up will go up on 4 September. The calendar page will be updated at that time. You can do last-minute prop/plotting for the very real poison antidote hunt here.
■ An informal discord server has been set up for Eastbound — you should have been PMed a link by now, but please drop a line if that hasn’t been the case, and you’re interested in participating.
■ For a refresher on who's on #TeamVannozza or #TeamMacaluso, the list lies here.
■ GAME VIBES |
eastbound has been alive and somehow still kicking since late March, and now’s a good time to check in on how people are still feeling about the game momentum. If we’re all at the end of our rope, we can plan for a wind-down after Arc II. This is not an endgame announcement — just asking how everyone is enjoying the game! If you don’t mind just dropping some thoughts here, that would be helpful!■ BLOOOOOOD | The game was set up as invite-only while I befriended the modding ropes, and I’m humbled it’s more than tripled in size since. There are player-felt advantages to a larger playerbase (variety in characters/speed/ideas), but speaking from the mod point of view — a larger number of players makes it substantially easier to drive the plot forward, mod-side.
With that in mind, I wanted to ask how everyone would feel about making the game public / removing the invite-only status, provided we kept
eastbound capped, with app sessions absorbing new players in small increments. If you can all leave some feedback here, that would be great! This is likely to be a more sensitive topic for some players than others, so please only respond to the main comment.Minor organic follow-ups or wrenches thrown in, based on recent plot developments or character actions. If you want a character roll, comment here. But please act on designer plot rolls! No handwaving.
■ Over the course of September, the grumpy ghost residents of the haunted house "inherited" by Lily and Wei Wuxian will mention that several necromancers and other magic users keep barging in and ruining their peace and quiet. They never stay long.
■ Wrath obtains two more disciples, also paying their learning fees. In mid-September, they will mention that donna Vannozza has sent out word in the necromantic districts asking for practitioners to carry out a special summon/exorcism rites. They will ask if their master is participating.
■ Diego Hargreeves' suit with Macaluso continues, now with Vannozza's approval and with less competition*. He will receive multiple invitations to various higher-level functions. He and his wolves are accommodated in a separate part of Macaluso's wing of the Spina palace.
■ *following Alina's anonymous reveal to the Piazza, negative sentiment bolsters against Lady Odile, who ultimately abandons her suit and Taravast. Knowing she was likely betrayed by one of the very people she sought to warn, she repays their 'kindness' by inciting all her local acquaintances against them. Throughout September, Fox, Mingyu, Wen Kexing, Zhou Zishu, Xie Lian and Alina will be subjected to repeat instances of court bullying (rumours, fewer event invitations, their rooms raided), also finding they enjoy a frostier reception from sorcery schools.
INVITE-ONLY STATUS
The question at present is whether to stick with an invite-only status, or open the game. Some of the advantages of opening the game are character and interaction variety, as well as moving the plot easier mod-side.
Some of the disadvantages are lower familiarity with new players.
Please leave your views here, particularly if you think any change would greatly affect your enjoyment of the game.
Please respond individually to this comment — just to avoid anyone feeling overwhelmed for their points of view, if they get too many answers.
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I don't know. I like the option for periodic TDMs that are public, so maybe that is a good middle ground?? Kind of "if you have TDM threads you can link that in lieu of a referral"? Anyone with enough interest to participate is just as good as somebody who knows somebody to me.
I'm pretty open to it being public too. If it ballooned to a million characters I'd worry about keeping up, but you could always have caps per app session or some such. Easier plot leading and diversity are pretty great upsides.
Regardless I don't think it would affect my enjoyment one way or the other! These are just thoughts.
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Like Sheep, I'd worry a little about keeping up if it grows past a certain size/pace, but that's a me thing, and ultimately I'd strongly support whatever makes mod life/mod load easier and, of course, majority's preference.
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And especially since there's only one mod, I would worry that making the game public would put more stress on you, but then I'm not you (and I've never modded) so I could be way off. If you're comfortable with it (or even want to!) there's the option to ask for helper mods if things get too heavy, as well.
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I feel going public to allow for new blood to flow into our eager maws makes sense, when I'm not an avid pressurer of "come play with me in this space" and we do need enough of an ongoing core continually and actively engaging to keep things rolling. Spread over more people, it sustains itself better, and the plot keeps momentum better, and I'm not sure how aggressively anyone is or isn't reccing this game to friends to bring in folks to otherwise offset the lack of flow you get when it depends on invitations.
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Though one thing I do like about the invite only aspect is that reserves/applications doesn't require me to sit there waiting for the exact moment things open to throw in my stuff like I did at my last capped game that also had public apps. And that was nice.
You can also have certain periods of open apps. Like when the TDM is up apps are open to the public but other times it's invite only? I do like the idea suggested to use TDMs in place of invites, as well.
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