JULY ACTIVITY CHECK

[groundrules]

Heya! A couple of items this round, starting wiiiiiiith —

ACTIVITY CHECK

To pass activity requirements, you need to have produced one of: 1 network post or 5 log comments or 10 network/text-style comments in the month of check. Activity can be carried out in game communities or in character inboxes.

In June, insufficient activity was found for:

Lilah | alterare &dmash; swept as a result of two consecutive AC strikes
Okita Souji | deathcough — RECLAIMED
Su Xunxian | topoiran — RECLAIMED
Diego Hargreeves | gladiokinesis — RECLAIMED

Check in here by 23:59 on 5 July to reclaim a character, or if they have activity that may have been missed. You will be required to meet regular activity requirements this month, if you reclaim.

Don't hesitate to PM by the same deadline, if you have any extenuating circumstances you don't feel comfortable disclosing publicly.

ADMIN

■ UPDATED: the July calendar.

■ Activity is waived for July except for those who reclaimed in June. This is just for one month, because of some mod upheaval.

■ APPLICATIONS: our next applications cycle will take place between 24-30 July, on an invite-only basis. It will be the last one for some two months after, and we may need to see how comfortable we are with numbers and whether we want to implement any kind of caps after.

■ YE OLDE ENABLING: ahead of the app cycle, do you folks want an Enable Me / Characters I'd Love to See Meme? Chip in here.

■ SMALL REQUEST: it's been a bit more the case recently that characters obtain NPC or plot information, but don't get around to sharing it with the group ICly — in turn, this can create bottlenecks for those who are trying to uncover the mystery of the day. As usual, A+ if we can please try to post ICly about these items.

Also, if anyone has an idea for how characters can relay information more efficiently, we can brainstorm here.

Comments

[chosenbylight]

Hmm, I would say yes and no?

If it's 100% the responsibility of the people that are interested in the plot to drag it out of the other characters who were given info but are hanging onto it then that would be super draining. I think there would probably be some element of that in the advertisement of there BEING a group of characters who are interested in knowing what they can about the mystery -- but to keep asking all the time WHAT DO U KNOW WHAT HAVE U HEARD would just be annoying.

But I think like if there were some mechanism to be like "hey club I talked to this NPC here's what he said", which happened on a regular basis and like. If people did not all attend then they might at least share their info with those who did? Idk IF THAT MAKES SENSE I am loosely basing this on several different mechanisms in other games when I used to run Monster Hunting Orders lmao

[groundrules]

I think, maybe if you're okay to give an example of the mechanisms or structures you're referring to — possibly, this is where I'm not following 100%.

Because right now, in my head, I'm thinking this sounds pretty much like the player-run study group, but on a set or more frequent schedule. (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)

[chosenbylight]

I'm not 100% sure of the mechanisms that would work in this game, or the interest in what I'm describing tbh. But like I said I think we could benefit from more structure besides "everybody should post when they have information" since it's difficult to get an idea of when that is, and IC-ly it may not make sense to do so.

In one of the games I was in, for the Hunter Group, we did have a regular check-in with each other for anything that they had going on/what they had learned. This WAS conducted in an OOC format but it had a lot of engagement back and forth. It also served as something of a regular post for us to use as a sounding board to plan other interactions/posts off of. WHILE I AM in favor of handling mostly everything IC, if OOC things like that are used to then PRODUCE IC interactions, this is good also! I mainly just am not into a bullet list dump of information and that's where it leaves off.

[groundrules]

I think Wrath's player has put forward a solid solution that might answer some of what you flagged.

[chosenbylight]

I'm not sure whether to reply there or here, BUT now that I have slept and given this some more thought...

I do not mean to play devil's advocate (lololol) but I feel like I do need to speak up for the IC logistics for something like what's being proposed below? I understand what people are trying to get at, making it easier to find the info and therefore garner more participation, but I have a whole boatload of questions like what the IC mechanics of it would be? ARE they meeting like a study group? if not, HOW are they sharing this information?? Who is organizing it all?

At the end of the day, however much we all as players want the info, this IS rp and that at least is what I am here for.

[groundrules]

I think it would imply an element of, "X has alerted the group via network about Y" without the player having to go through the show and dance of a whole post.

If you've got a concrete different proposal, though — definitely happy to have it, we're not married to this one or anything like that.

But I feel we do need, at this point, outright proposals, because we'll be at standstill otherwise.

[chosenbylight]

That wasn't 100% the impression I got, given the IC threading off of the OOC bullets part, although maybe that's bc I still had Study Group in my head.

If that wasn't the case, then that's what I would propose, which is arranged by a character as some sort of a log or meeting. It then could have OOC bullets toplevels which is where the information is shared of what they know at that moment in time, followed by IC threads off of those of the characters talking about it and putting their information together.

Because again, Anduin would never have made a whole post about everything he learned from Mr Briggs -- it isn't important enough on its own. I had to wait for the bit about the dead before I made my most recent post. But the Briggs stuff is information he would have shared with the group as a back and forth. But combined with someone else's information, that might have been enough for something more -- like a REAL network post, etc.

[groundrules]

It can't be as a single log/meeting, I think. That would only capture what you've unearthed in the period, say, 1-15 May, before you have another post on, let's say, 15 June.

If we want this to be workable, I think the best way to do it wpuld be having a post that's "open" for submissions for, let's say, 30 days before a new one pops up. In that period, folks can top level as a response with a brief summary of the clue, adding some kind of time indicator for reference, and people who want to can respond ICly.

So something like:


Anduin comment header: after the bush fire

Comment: ( Anduin learned this one dude X smokes on the regular! Link to an Anduin post, or where he learned it, if you want. )

Everyone else, in IC comment responses: Duuuuuudddeeee X, not on. We loved that bush, it gave us life.

Wrathion: Wait, I heard Dudette Y was actually always in cahoots with X, maybe she had access to his matches?


In theory, this would work to capture "scrap" clues — mod nudging could still be deployed for bigger clues, like what comes out of RNG NPC posts, to be shared out in individual posts.