mafia attack plotting post

[detectivetroll]

All right, so here's an OOC plotting post for the attack on the mafia! There's no date set for it, because I wanted to make sure it worked for whoever wanted in, but ideally it'll take place in the next week or so.

The meeting will have Albero present, along with a large number of high ranking mafia members. Mods will be NPCing Albero as needed, and may also provide any other NPCing, if people want/need other stuff. I'm assuming the other mafia members can be NPCed by players attacking them, however.

I'll set a couple of threads below for specific plotting - date discussion, those going to the meeting, and those who'd want to do something with the recordings and other information Nick has. And, of course, feel free to start your own threads.

If you want your character to participate but don't want to tag into the network post, just comment here and we can handwave them signing up or whatever! I know it's a busy time of the year for people.

UPDATE on the date of the attack and structure of the attack log here! Unless anyone has conflicts, the attack will take place on the night of Monday, December 8th.

Six months until the end!

[theearth]

Or five, if we stay on schedule. (Which, let's face it, makes it a really rough estimate because of StE's dependence on player actions.) But six sounds better. ANYWAY.

First of all, a quick c/p of the original announcement for those that are tuning in only now:

SaveTheEarth is a game that works with seasons; two that last roughly a year and a third that is comparatively very short. Since the development of season two now allows for a scheduling of its end, that means that the end of the game is also within our sights.

Save The Earth will endgame sometime next spring.

The exact when and how heavily depends on character actions (or inaction), but by the current rough outline of events, season 2 is set to end around late March/early April, so the game itself should end by the end of April. This is a rough outline and changes might take place, but it is the best estimate that can be given right now.

To make it easier for new characters to still app and get up to a decent number of echoes, characters that have been in game for more than a year are now able to cause echoes in all characters who have received less than 15 echoes.

As mentioned before, the rough outline below is dependent on what players do, so it might change and has to stay a thing of vague "if this happens" pieces.

• The three locations Locke City, Las Vegas and Neuschwanstein Area will stay fixtures in the game and stay relevant to the plot until the end, Locke and Neuschwanstein more so than the two others.

• Additional locations will join them over the next months, between the second half of December and late April; some of them will be up to suggestions and popular vote, some are already decided on. All of them will stay open after their part in the plot is done, so characters may start there/restart there, but no mod plot will happen in them after a certain point.

• Timeline info:
- Nick's plot (kick-off: IC post and OOC post) will end the mafia subplot as it is now, if the numbered manage to kill Albero. After the attack, there will be an eerie calm over Locke City for five days; depending on what the people involved in the attack do, there might be a brief surge in chaos after that, but just in time for Christmas, Locke City should have returned to being a relatively safe place for the numbered. For a measure of safety, anyway; distrust, dislike and fear in the population don't go away that easily, but no systematic targeting of the numbered in the style of the mafia will take place anymore. The playing field in the city will be levelled, so to speak.
- Look forward to two (2!!!) new locations this Christmas. They will be appropriately Christmassy~ Following these, new locations will continue to show up in a much faster frequency until April, making the numbered issue more and more global. Other things will of course also happen.
- At this point, the short third season will start.
- After the game has ended, there are two options: Either it simply ends, or a musebox with little modly invention continues it, or someone else can start an StE 2.0 (there is a game mechanic that would allow for that to happen stringently building on the plot of the current StE).

• There will be a Fourth Wall!
Date: 2nd-5th of January
Details: Opt-in through a "4th wall" tag; allowed will be all fictional characters (who will stay the way they are in their original universe and timeline); afterwards, all that happened or that the visitors altered will vanish, with an exception: If the player wishes so, every character can keep one brief memory and one minor item. Visitors will be unable to leave the echo boundaries without going poof, but can otherwise show up wherever they want.
More information will go up closer to the date.


Please direct questions and comments regarding this post to the thread below and not the post in general.

november activity check

[theearth]

Activity check will remain open through December 7th. Only activity from November 1st through November 30th will be acceptable. NOTE: Activity on the Halloween Monster Mash event post will count towards activity for November.

• You require three threads with different characters, of which the shortest should be 3 long or 5 short comments in length. The other two threads must be longer than that.
In case that more than one thread only reaches the bare minimum length, bolster threads (which may be with repeat characters) can be used to make up for the shortness. Alternatively they can be used to prove that one is worthy of leniency because of special circumstances (due to none of the threads having been dropped by oneself/to avoid swiping/etc). A bolster thread must be at least two long or three short comments in length.

• All characters must also have a link to some sort of "How's My Driving"/crit post in addition to their info/Echoes post. While there's no other requirements (such as allowing anonymous posting or logging IP addresses), comments do need to be enabled.

• If your character was accepted during this last month/activity cycle, you need only to check them in with their name/journal/info post/HMD, and do not have to fill out the three thread links and activity summary sections.

• If your character has an announced hiatus of a week or more in length for this month, this may be used instead of providing activity. Please use the regular form up to and including the activity summary, and then instead of providing threads link us to your hiatus comment on the hiatus post. A hiatus is not valid before the day on which the hiatus comment was submitted to the hiatus post; you may not call retroactive hiatuses - a hiatus called on the 9th which runs from the 5th to the 12th will not cover you for AC, as we'll only count the 9th-12th. But you can of course submit your hiatus comment for the 5th-12th on the 1st.

The only players/characters that are exempt from posting to the hiatus are those who are currently on hiatus throughout the full AC period, though we appreciate it if you do; if such a hiatus covers enough of the AC month, they will be assumed to have used a hiatus, if it does not, they will be assumed to have requested a strike for it. If you have special circumstances and need to provide your activity after the 7th, please speak to the mod processing AC (Mark).
Please note that using a hiatus instead of providing full activity two months in a row will constitute a strike, which will stay in place for four months (you can, however, use a hiatus the month after you took a strike); we therefore encourage players who have sufficient activity to post it to submit it even if they have a valid hiatus.

• If your character does not meet activity requirements and is not covered by a hiatus, you may opt to take a strike for them by replying here. Characters with an existing strike who then qualify for another will be removed from the game, and cannot be apped in again until their initial strike has expired. However, again, each strike only lasts four months before being reset. For example, a character who has a strike from December will need to have activity or a declared hiatus each month up to and including April's activity check.
If you will be late posting to AC or claiming a strike, please notify the mod processing AC (Mark) - however, keep in mind that you will still be required to check in to the post itself, using the regular form up to and including "Activity Summary". Current characters on strike can be found here.

• Another player may provide activity for another (for example, in the case of broken computers/sickness/etc.), as long as permission is given.

Please fill out the following form and add it into a new comment.
Player Section (Paste once.)
<b>Player:</b> [Whatever handle you go by.] <b>Contact:</b> [Should we feel the need to contact you privately, what is your preferred method?]
Activity Section (Paste once per character. Do not alter the form. When using a hiatus/taking a strike, please use the form up to and including "Activity Summary" and then link us to your hiatus comment or tell us that you wish to take a strike in lieu of the threads. If you are new, use the form up to and including "Link to HMD".)
<b>Character:</b> <b>Character Journal:</b> <user name=USERNAME> <b>Character's Info Post:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Here.</a> If your echoes aren't a part of your info post, there MUST be a link to your echoes post/spreadsheet/etc on your info post. <b>Link to HMD:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Here.</a> <b>Activity Summary:</b> [Please briefly describe what this character has been up to in the last month. This does not have to be linked at all, and does not have to be as dramatic as fighting baddies or organizing groups of hitmen; simply discussing or reacting to things on the network with others, gaining Echos, and other such things are fine, too.] <b>Thread 1:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 1</a> | DATE STARTED <b>Thread 2:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 2</a> | DATE STARTED <b>Thread 3:</b> <a href=URL GOES HERE>Thread with character 3</a> | DATE STARTED <b>Anything else?:</b>

What can I use?- FAQ:
• All threads in savetheearth or IC inboxes can be used.
• You may use up to one inbox thread as activity proof. Up to one "bolster thread" can be an inbox thread as well. (Bolster thread: If you feel that your three threads are not enough, you may provide up to two more ("bolster threads"), both of which can be with a character who is the same as in one of the first three linked threads. If more than one thread only barely meets our minimum requirements, bolstering threads are required.)
• Threads can all be from the same entry (for example if your character made a network post, started a log or you were involved in a party log).
• Threads can have been originally started before the month's start. However, at least two threads provided must have been started during the actual month in question, and all threads must have sufficient activity within the cycle duration. Please also refrain from using the same thread for AC more than once.


Characters that cannot use a hiatus this month due to having used one last month are:

brotimaeus
feastorfamine
gobybessie
jasminebloomingshadow
seed_of_memory
sylvanguard