Pre-Opening Address: Welcome to El Nysa.

[natha]

Good evening, El Nysa. Thank you for your continual patience as we tidy up the communities in wake of game opening. We know it has been quite an extended application cycle. All this preparation is to secure a smooth and worth-while game opening that you, our players, expect and deserve. We are nearly there with five days left, and we are just excited as you are.

There are some topics we wish to go over with you tonight, some more important than others. We’ll start with the most important:

Application Cycles, and subsequently, Activity Requirements.

The next application cycle will begin Friday, September 1st. That means we'll be here for a good month and a half before potential fresh blood comes in. The initial reason for this is fairly simple: because the game opens on mid-month, July 15th, we wanted our players to get their footing with the game's setting, as well as get accustomed to our approach at events and plots before it gets chaotic for the application cycles again.

This extra time will also allow us, the mods, to see what works and what doesn't. We will be observing to see what our playerbase tends to gravitate towards when the write-ups and quests come around. And finally, this also gives us the mods and you the players an opportunity to get to know each other's styles.

All that to say that a 4-week cycle is simply too short for all of this to be possible.

That brings us to our next topics of discussion, in two parts: first, activity requirements. Despite the extended activity check cycle, we will not be changing the requirements outlined here for the first round, so you may rest assured of that. Activity checks will begin on Sunday, August 27th and will last for four days. Please consider tracking modposts as a helpful reminder.

Now, this raises an interesting issue that we would like to propose and discuss with you as our playerbase: because of everything outlined above, we are considering the possibility of keeping these 6-week app/activity cycles permanently. If we do, that means that activity requirements will subsequently be bumped slightly to match the extended time. While we are pretty set on the 6-week cycle proposal, we are still open to discussion about activity requirements. Please let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Rooming & Housing Arrangements.

This is a topic that has been brought up several times. We initially wanted to randomize rooming arrangements complete with a list, but had decided against it because we found we wouldn't have time to maintain another list. That is why all rooming and housing may be arranged by you.

There are two primary locations your character will find themselves: first, Olympia's "starter" dormitories, and second (to a far lesser degree), Thesa Station living quarters.

Thesa Station's living situation is completely randomized, but no one has "permanent" rooms unless they personalize their area somehow. Additionally, it will be rare that all of the Refugees will be back at the station at once; once they descend to El Nysa, they will be able to return to the Station whenever they please. For this reason, we don't feel it's necessary to have a list of the rooming assignments for Thesa, but if you would like to, by all means!

For Olympia, the starter dormitories range from 2-4 people quarters, all unisex, and again randomized. We will have a section on the CR meme Wednesday for you to declare your rooming plans. Emi, the player of Porpentina Goldstein (goldsteins) and Artoria Pendragon (estimable), has stepped up to volunteer to set up an organized rooming list. If anyone else is interested in helping, please be sure to contact her. Once she has gotten a group, mods may again be approached so that we can disclose the dormitory floor plans for this benefit.

For plot reasons, we will not be releasing the rest of Olympia's locations page until game open.

On Discord, Taken list, Username Directory, Natha REP, and TDM.

THE DISCORD CHANNEL. For those who are unaware, we have a Discord Server that is created for players to get to know eachother. While it's not a requirement, we do answer minor questions there quite frequently. Like all communities, there are ground rules. Please be sure to check the #rules channel before chatting.

THE TAKEN LIST has been updated. Please let us know if there are any errors.

THE NETWORK USERNAME DIRECTORY. Zee, our Bruce Wayne (beknight) and Asha Greyjoy (laveers) has created a Network Username Directory for your reference. This is an opt-in. As written by Zee themselves: "your character will need to ICly install a phone app to view the entire list. If your character wouldn't do that, please right click and delete the row." Please contact Zee if you have any questions.

YOUR FIRST NATHA REP. Please remember to submit your Training Module threads for your first NATHA REP. The deadline is this Saturday, July 15th. While the thread would count for both characters as long as they're of qualifying length, we require both players post their own comments. Include your character's name and series in the comment for ease of reading and listing. Thank you!

Finally, THE TEST DRIVE MEME. We will not be providing an additional overflow. Please move the threads into your journals if reCAPTCHA becomes an issue.

That concludes our first mod address. We will not be giving access to the OOC community until after the CR/Intro meme to avoid mass confusion. Please refer to the thread below if you have any questions.

Comments

[coolerjunpei]

i will agree w/ this