Mod Post. 3/14/18

[awashmods]

Hello everyone, and welcome to Awash! Thank you for your interest in the game, and we hope you have a good time here!

We wanted to extend you all a warm welcome, and also go over a few things to make sure that we’re all on the same page and ready to play. So please be sure to read this post, and then fling yourself on over to the OOC Meet and Greet, if you haven’t already!

AC

• We will be processing AC this month. Because only half the month is left, we will be requiring half-AC.
  
• Those requirements, as well as the AC post, can be found here.
  
• Please be sure to also read the general AC guidelines, here! It is very important that you do, as we will not be granting AC exemptions due to the capped nature of the game.

Second characters

• Apping a second character will be possible as soon as you have passed AC with one character. Passing half AC this month will count, and will make you eligible for apping a second.
  
• You will have to wait for applications to open to apply for a second character until the game has hit cap. When the game has hit its player cap, there will be application windows once every other month for second characters.
  
• Second characters will not count towards the reserves/app cap; you can reserve your second character at will, and it will not take a spot from incoming players -- it will simply assure that you can reserve that character.
  
• Please remember that two characters are the max we will be allowing for this game as of now!

Applications/Reserves

• First and foremost, we are sorry about the intense rush for reserves; we weren’t expecting the rush to be quite so bad. Unfortunately, we cannot think of a better system as of now, and so apps will continue to follow this current system -- we will allow proxy reserves, and will still be following a first come, first served process.
  
• Starting this next round, reserves will be capped at 40 reserves OR until we hit gamecap. If there is not a large turnover from this round, there may be fewer reserves slots, for instance. Currently, there are 20 slots for new players next round.
  
• The next app round will be May 7th, with reserves opening May 1st.

Gameplay Mechanics

• Character housing, now that the application round is over, can be found here! This is where characters can find their laptops, though they are by no means required to stay there; they can move at will, and their laptop will function in whatever new home they pick.
• The spreadsheet is editable, so please feel free to move your characters around!
  
• Many people will likely notice that the so-called “sticky forum post” is not up on the IC network comm yet -- it isn’t up ICly yet either! Characters will be able to find it when the first proper event occurs later this month. However, characters are welcome to post to the forum even so with their own posts!
  
• The game’s weather can be found here at the Calendar.

Onto more fun announcements! As we stated above, the OOC meet and greet can be found here. The intro log will go up tomorrow, March 15th, 9 PM EST, to provide a general introduction to the game. After that, you will all be welcome to create your own logs and posts as you please! Please be sure to read over the FAQ once more before you begin playing.

Following the intro log, there will be an event, as can be seen from the calendar. Where the intro log is meant to allow people to enter the game and get situated, the event will be a more proper representation of what can be expected from in-game events, which will range from silly and nonsensical to outright creepy and uncanny.

As ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on this post, or at the FAQ. Thank you, and welcome again to the game!

Comments

[parodeity]

i have a question re: housing! are the line slots the only houses available, or are there more? just figuring out if they can disperse more or no, since dave would consider it. thank you!!

[awashmods]

There are absolutely plenty of housing options in the Town -- more than we've put into the spreadsheet for sure. Feel free to add extra lines as necessary for spreading out! Typing in Ruga, Bluo or Flavo into the leftmost column will change the color for the row so the spreadsheet is uniform.

[parodeity]

fancy!! okay, thank you