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lostcompass2022-03-01 07:13 pm
groundrules) wrote in lostcompass2022-03-01 07:13 pm
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AC RESULTS + GAME PULSE
As a reminder, you do not need to do anything unless your character is on a list below. Please character tags when you make or tag into posts or logs — it helps find your activity!
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. Drop a line until 5 March to reclaim a character, or if they have activity that hasn't been tracked.
Insufficient activity found in February for:
- Rufus Shinra | Final Fantasy — RECLAIMED
Rachel Silva | Original — RECLAIMED
Lorna Dane | The Gifted — RECLAIMED
Yan Zhengming | Liu Yao
Shen Qingqiu | Scum Villain’s Self Saving System — RECLAIMED
Jiang Cheng | The Untamed — RECLAIMED
Swept as a result of two consecutive strikes:
- Lee Chang | Kingdom
Emmet Fox Martin | Original
Bai Mingyu | Original Character
Please wait two weeks before re-applying for a swept character.
We're tweaking a few things to preserve mod bandwidth. Hopefully everything makes sense, but please don’t hesitate to reach out on the anon-loving mod contact post, if that's not the case.
■ AC requirements are tightening a bit to only allow one activity strike or one hiatus across a three-month period. To keep things even, we’re getting rid of the request for more AC if you’re reclaiming. That said, if you end up facing an emergency hiatus situation, please get in touch and we’ll work it out — we’ve all been there!
■ You can now apply for a third character, if you've met activity requirements for both your existing characters in the two months that precede the third application.
This shouldn’t conflict with the player cap, because most people tend to switch up whom they're active with plot-wise from one month to the next — so they don’t need much more mod support when they increase their character load.
It's been a while since our last check-in, so! If you don’t mind filling the below form and leaving your thoughts here, that would be great!
Just to make sure no one feels put on the spot, please don't respond to other folks' comments.
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I am happy with the way that events are structured/themed thus far. The information is delivered in a very clear way that is easy for me to be able to follow, and the variety of prompt options is such that there are enough to find MULTIPLE things for my peace-loving soft boy to get involved in, even if there is a conflict brewing!
Currently, we have a large plot update roughly every three weeks. Do you prefer this, or smaller updates every 10-14 days?
I think I'll +1 what has been said so far, I feel like it does take people a bit to get their feet on the ground sometimes so I think the current 3 weeks is good. I'm probably a more active player (I think so anyway) and so I'd want to get myself involved in everything I could and I think I would start to finish less threads than I do now. (Yes, I actually do finish threads!!)
Are there any plot ideas you’d be excited to run as player events?
As a player I have a sort of more organic approach to my plotting. I *REALLY* like to get involved in modplot stuff and let that determine where things go with my character. See: Rigarda. See: What may or may not happen with Wrathion and the Beastmaster... That having been said!!! I would definitely be into running player event type stuff that make sense for Anduin as a result of above. LIKE: I'd love for Anduin to prove himself as a LEADER of some sort (not to say that he leads the group ofc, everyone is their own person and its a bit like herding cats there anyway). But he took a stand RE: Rigarda and he's butting heads with the Merchant. He DID help to organize that rescue attempt??? Idk, JUST SOME THOUGHTS
Are there any resources that would make it easier for you to go from event plotting to threading? ( Info pages of any kind, etc)
I'm not sure if there are any necessarily that I can speak of off of the top of my head, though I do sort of agree with Cella about IC/OOC divide. I wonder if maybe one of the characters themselves might not be able to put something together as an IC document to solve this that we could link somewhere? We do have those infoshare sessions... (This coming from me, a person with an archivists degree and someone who literally ran a wiki to keep IC information for another game before HAHA)
Currently, plot rolls are custom-written and randomly assigned to those who sign up. Do you prefer this system, or one where all plot rolls can be claimed on a first-come-first-served basis?
PERSONALLY I prefer to be able to volunteer for as much as possible, since when I am volunteering I know that I am able to give the time and attention to that plot myself. I've only been in game for a couple months now and haven't run into the scenario where I've not been chosen yet, but I'd be bummed if I didn't get randomly selected BUT that's just me.
Do you prefer mod-run AC, or would you rather track and post your own AC threads?
If I had to track and post my own AC I wouldn't mind doing that, I do track it myself. If that took some work off of you!
Do you enjoy eastbound as largely invite-only, or would you rather the game went fully public?
I do like the current player atmosphere as it stands, the size and cap feels right. I think we could be a bit more active as players but I don't know that I would necessarily want to open it up to be fully-public, I've REALLY been enjoying myself in this game in a way I have not done in a long time.
Do you prefer the current structure of perma-open applications, or would it be better if we had applications on a strict schedule?
I don't know that I'm going to app another character so I don't know that this necessarily affects me but I will say that I do agree that it's probably easier for the incoming character if they have the structure of a new event to come in with, rather than being accepted in the middle of something? That way we are all posting new and tagging new and it's not just them struggling to tag out and find where to go from there, if that makes sense?
Anything else?
I said this above but I will say it again, my gushy feedback is that I have been really enjoying this game since I joined. A lot of games I've joined in the past few years I've found myself overwhelmed, difficult to get involved with both engaging in the game itself and with my fellow players and I'm really glad to have found my way here. I know being a mod is often a thankless job but I just want you to know that you are appreciated!
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I see your point about activity — and re: player plots, maybe we can have some kind of regular plotting sessions, where we can all brainstorm ideas. Like a meme, maybe, with a bit of structure — much though I love a good CR meme, I'm not sure how much it delivers in terms of actual concrete plotting. So maybe we can make a meme more in that plotty direction, with room for both "I want super srs plot X" and the equally valid, "I'd like my character to lose their pants once every Arc" or some such.
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