Post by Smoke on Sept 19, 2009 14:48:27 GMT -5
Hello~
Vero's player is getting a bit burnt out and is wanting to pass the torch onto the other admins for a while. Since Gussu's internet is for the time being still very limited- though this should change soon, yay- this means I'm actually going to be doing work.
I signed up for another chat client for you guys. My dedication is deep here. :V (MSN/AIM/YIM: MGreenling)
Sadly, this also means I probably need to catch up on a lot of things. Also, the adminfolk have been talking, and there are a lot of things we need to do.
What does this mean for you?
1) If you have plot going on right now, please IM/CBox me at your earliest convenience, just to make sure we're on the same page. I will also make a serious effort to check PMs, but IMing is easiest since it's all in one place. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I cannot promise I'm not going to make some kind of decision- in fact, this is likely in some cases. Part of the reason I'm being asked to help out here is because Vero has, well, realized she has unintentionally okayed things she only vaguely remembers the existence of. This is not good, for obvious reasons.
2) We have bent a lot of rules since we've started, and while this isn't a bad thing, it's begun to make it confusing for some people as to what is and is not actually allowed/possible. So, one of the things we're going to do very soon is revise the magic system. It needs to be far more specific so far as power level goes, for one.
We were mostly just eyeballing nMage as you might have guessed, but that doesn't seem to work anymore! Especially since not everyone here now even knows what I just said- it's a pen and paper RPG. We'll try to do this without some sort of terrible retcon, but we shall have to look over what's required, what powers are there, and see. Also, after this, we're going to look over the other character types.
3) We are instituting a temporary moratorium on new characters. Very tentative date end: Christmas Ball plot. We will consider characters you were just about to post before we said this and such, but it starts now. We are also going to institute a character limit, exclusively for our own sanity, but that's not going to take effect until later.
We're also going to go back to allowing admin accounts only- Smoke, Vero, Yaodensi, and Himmel- to approve characters, partly because of the issues in (1), and partly because we no longer know who the vast majority of characters are and this is bad. (All new characters of ours will be approved by a different admin for the same reason.)
4) The Midwinter Night's Dream/Hallow's Eve plots are going to happen soon. This means metaplot. This means "will affect your character". We have clearly not been specific enough about what we're doing, and that's cool- if you have issues or questions of any kind please do not hesitate to contact someone. We will hash out a way to summarize things without spoilers the next time a Plot Event happens, and for the symbols/sigils if anyone has other questions or concerns.
If there's anything else you need, post here!
One last small note: I have Vero and Gussu sitting here beside me, so despite my apparent prior absence, I do mean we. Please take this seriously.
Vero's player is getting a bit burnt out and is wanting to pass the torch onto the other admins for a while. Since Gussu's internet is for the time being still very limited- though this should change soon, yay- this means I'm actually going to be doing work.
I signed up for another chat client for you guys. My dedication is deep here. :V (MSN/AIM/YIM: MGreenling)
Sadly, this also means I probably need to catch up on a lot of things. Also, the adminfolk have been talking, and there are a lot of things we need to do.
What does this mean for you?
1) If you have plot going on right now, please IM/CBox me at your earliest convenience, just to make sure we're on the same page. I will also make a serious effort to check PMs, but IMing is easiest since it's all in one place. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I cannot promise I'm not going to make some kind of decision- in fact, this is likely in some cases. Part of the reason I'm being asked to help out here is because Vero has, well, realized she has unintentionally okayed things she only vaguely remembers the existence of. This is not good, for obvious reasons.
2) We have bent a lot of rules since we've started, and while this isn't a bad thing, it's begun to make it confusing for some people as to what is and is not actually allowed/possible. So, one of the things we're going to do very soon is revise the magic system. It needs to be far more specific so far as power level goes, for one.
We were mostly just eyeballing nMage as you might have guessed, but that doesn't seem to work anymore! Especially since not everyone here now even knows what I just said- it's a pen and paper RPG. We'll try to do this without some sort of terrible retcon, but we shall have to look over what's required, what powers are there, and see. Also, after this, we're going to look over the other character types.
3) We are instituting a temporary moratorium on new characters. Very tentative date end: Christmas Ball plot. We will consider characters you were just about to post before we said this and such, but it starts now. We are also going to institute a character limit, exclusively for our own sanity, but that's not going to take effect until later.
We're also going to go back to allowing admin accounts only- Smoke, Vero, Yaodensi, and Himmel- to approve characters, partly because of the issues in (1), and partly because we no longer know who the vast majority of characters are and this is bad. (All new characters of ours will be approved by a different admin for the same reason.)
4) The Midwinter Night's Dream/Hallow's Eve plots are going to happen soon. This means metaplot. This means "will affect your character". We have clearly not been specific enough about what we're doing, and that's cool- if you have issues or questions of any kind please do not hesitate to contact someone. We will hash out a way to summarize things without spoilers the next time a Plot Event happens, and for the symbols/sigils if anyone has other questions or concerns.
If there's anything else you need, post here!
One last small note: I have Vero and Gussu sitting here beside me, so despite my apparent prior absence, I do mean we. Please take this seriously.