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saveyourselves2014-10-16 07:45 pm
theearth) wrote in saveyourselves2014-10-16 07:45 pm
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[Announcements] Fresh Meat Guide, Activity Check, Mafia Shenanigans.
1. Fresh Blood Guide
We are thinking about creating a "Fresh Blood Guide" for STE, and hope to do this as a group effort with our players, both the actual creation and the brainstorming for what should go into it. But what do we mean by such a guide?
> Not an extended FAQ. This guide is specifically meant for people who are considering apping into STE for the first time, or who are very new, so they may get a first idea of the game and be enabled to app/play - to learn their way around, to understand how the game functions and works icly and oocly, easily gathered in one place. (Loosely inspired by Aather's introduction guide)
> What it should contain: The basic information about the world that one needs to write an app and start playing, the basic game mechanics ... and whatever else seems to be necessary for a starter. Please leave your ideas for what needs to go into it under the brainstorming top level.
If you have the time/brains to help with writing this or comments or questions about the idea that you want to address directly to a mod, please leave those here.
Otherwise go wild and discuss things freely in the comments!
2. Activity Check
• Next AC, we will have revised the wording of the rules to be more concise and easily understandable.
• There will be one fairly minor change: All characters will have to check into the AC from now on, including those that want to use a hiatus (minus those that are on a hiatus all throughout the first seven days of the next month, aka when the activity check can be replied to). (Talking about hiatuses, we'd like to remind our players that a hiatus needs to be called at the latest on the day on which it starts; 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.)
• Potentially, there will be a larger change: We are thinking about changing what activity is asked for, and wish to have our players vote on this.
1. This option is a clearer and more concise version of what is currently in use:
2. This is the new option:
Please discuss this here. To vote, please go here Voting will be open until the 23rd.
3. Mafia
As of today, PMs and PPs regarding incoming mafia trouble have started to go out to those that signed up.
We are thinking about creating a "Fresh Blood Guide" for STE, and hope to do this as a group effort with our players, both the actual creation and the brainstorming for what should go into it. But what do we mean by such a guide?
> Not an extended FAQ. This guide is specifically meant for people who are considering apping into STE for the first time, or who are very new, so they may get a first idea of the game and be enabled to app/play - to learn their way around, to understand how the game functions and works icly and oocly, easily gathered in one place. (Loosely inspired by Aather's introduction guide)
> What it should contain: The basic information about the world that one needs to write an app and start playing, the basic game mechanics ... and whatever else seems to be necessary for a starter. Please leave your ideas for what needs to go into it under the brainstorming top level.
If you have the time/brains to help with writing this or comments or questions about the idea that you want to address directly to a mod, please leave those here.
Otherwise go wild and discuss things freely in the comments!
2. Activity Check
• Next AC, we will have revised the wording of the rules to be more concise and easily understandable.
• There will be one fairly minor change: All characters will have to check into the AC from now on, including those that want to use a hiatus (minus those that are on a hiatus all throughout the first seven days of the next month, aka when the activity check can be replied to). (Talking about hiatuses, we'd like to remind our players that a hiatus needs to be called at the latest on the day on which it starts; 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.)
• Potentially, there will be a larger change: We are thinking about changing what activity is asked for, and wish to have our players vote on this.
1. This option is a clearer and more concise version of what is currently in use:
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.
2. This is the new option:
Twenty comments of any length in at least three and at most six threads with at least three different characters; none of these threads may be shorter than three comments from your side.
Please discuss this here. To vote, please go here Voting will be open until the 23rd.
3. Mafia
As of today, PMs and PPs regarding incoming mafia trouble have started to go out to those that signed up.