OOC COMMUNITY

Hello everyone!

We understand that there has been a lengthy period of radio silence from us that has caused some confusion regarding the state of the game, and we would like to thank you all for bearing with us. We truly appreciate everyone in this game that has continued to participate and play in this world that we've created, despite all the bumps in the road that we have encountered along the way.

Earlier this year, we announced June would mark the endgame for El Nysa, and that the game would thereafter be left open as a sandbox for players to use as they please. However, as we're sure many of you have been able to sense, it seems unlikely that we will be able to continue the plot until June. There are a variety of reasons for this, primarily the dwindling size of our modteam, which has put an undue burden on the remaining mods as we're less able to manage and delegate our duties, particularly when some members of our team become unavailable due to real life events. As such, while we would very much like to give the game the conclusion that this playerbase deserves, we no longer believe this is possible.

Essentially, this means that what we had hoped would be a transition to becoming a sandbox in June will instead be taking place effective immediately. We apologize for bringing this news forward so abruptly, but as we were meant to have a TDM and app round this month, we have decided that it would be better to address the state of the game sooner rather than later. As such, following this modpost membership to the communities will be made open for anyone that should like to participate in the El Nysa as a sandbox.

Again, we would like to apologize for not delivering the conclusion as promised, as it is genuinely something we hoped to see through. It has been a difficult decision to make, which is why it's taken us so long to finally issue this update.

Finally, we would like to thank all of the players, new and old, for making this game what is, and for allowing us to share this story with you. We hope that it was as enjoyable for all of you as it was for us, and we hope that your stories continue on, wherever it may be.

Thank you,
El Nysa Mods

Hello again, El Nysa!

Thank you for your patience as we continue to reevaluate how to move forward with the game. Thanks to your input in our previous modpost, we were able to decide on a few things that will hopefully make your experience better in future events. First, we would like to announce upcoming dates relevant to you and potential players:

Fri, 08/24: Enable Me/App This Plz
Sun, 08/26: Test Drive Meme
Tues, 08/28 to Fri 08/31 11:59pm EST: Activity Check
Sun, 09/02 12:01am EST: Applications Open
Tues, 09/04 11:59pm EST: Applications Close
Thu, 09/06: CR Meme + September Outline
Sun, 09/09: September Intro/Event

The calendar has been updated to reflect these changes.

You may notice that the application period has been shortened to 72 hours. This hopefully comes as a solution to the problem of events being mid-month. In the past, we had the application period span for five days, which meant a full week of waiting to get to the CR Meme, which in turn delayed when the intro events went up. By shortening the application period, we will be able to put the intro events up sooner and give us more time to start on the following month's event.

We know it's not a perfect solution, but we hope that this will help in providing more time to play in an event by making them closer to the beginning of the month, rather than the middle.

For potential appers, we have slightly tweaked some wording on the Application page to reflect some recent changes. These changes include: Natha being no longer around, but your characters may still vaguely remember making a deal with someone in a dream. Additionally, we now require two log-style prompts that demonstrate your character's voice for players submitting their TDM top level as their application. For characters submitting threads as their samples, a mix of text and log tags are acceptable, however we will ask for a revision if one of the samples is mostly dialogue or in text form. If you have any questions, feel free to hit us up either here, our FAQ, or Modbox!

Speaking of the FAQ, the page has been updated to reflect many changes that we have failed to post. We will continue to rework the page and hopefully catch up with everything in due time!

Additionally, we've had an understandably shaky response to monthly outlines in the past. Through a lot of feedback and reflection, we now have an understanding of how to improve them. We’ve concluded there was too much time between the outline and the events themselves, and that the outline was at times too vague to properly plan. To rectify this, we will be combining the CR meme and monthly outlines to give players a better idea of what kind of CR they're looking for in conjunction with an upcoming event. Our hope is that this tightening of the schedule will help keep momentum going instead of keeping players in limbo as we prepare the next event.

Moving on, to belatedly celebrate our one-year anniversary, we decided that players are only required to do half AC this period. What this means is that you will only have to turn in one proof as opposed to two this month. Because this summer has been pretty busy for all of us, we hope this will also lessen your load for the summer, even if just a little!

Finally, we have had some requests for a summary of the game. This has been a long-term project of ours and has only been hindered by summer business. Rest assured, we are still working on it, and hopefully we will be able to get it up before long! On that note, we're also working on the details of our next batch of quests. Due to a number of reasons, they will not be as complex as they were in the past, but quests will debut once again mid-late September and will be a way for players to gain REP outside of events. Please look out for that!

All in all, as we've said before, there is still much for us to work and improve on, and we hope that these changes will be a step in the right direction. As always, we welcome criticism and feedback, so please always feel free to come to us privately, publicly, or whatever is most comfortable for you! Thank you for taking your time to play in our game! We'll see you next in the EMP/ATP!

- El Nysa Mods

Please note that we have decided to change the new canon waiting period from two (2) months to one (1) month - now, new canons need to only have been released one month prior to the application period before characters from them can be apped.

This change is in effect for the current app round. FAQs will be updated to reflect these changes. We apologize that the decision wasn't reached sooner.

Hello El Nysans! Just a quick update regarding quests:

Due to the delay in quest information and upcoming plot, there will be no scheduled quests in June. To make up for this, we will be extending all deadlines to May 31st. After this date, characters will find that Cree and Voss are ICly unavailable — they will be missing, and all updates in their respective establishments will cease. Perhaps they're vacationing in Flona Cove? One can hope.

Come June, we will be posting a mysterious message on the network hinting at some upcoming changes in both location and direction on the date of the 14th. The quest board will return in August, and we hope you have fun with what will be in its place.

Cheers,
El Nysa Mods

Hello, everyone!

Here are the results from April Activity Check. The following characters did not respond to AC within the given timeframe and will be removed from the game:
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Please let us know if there are any mistakes or oversights.

Additionally, please visit the REP Tracker to confirm you have the correct amount of REP. We screen comments after they've been processed, but we apologize in advance for any clerical errors. Just comment below if your count doesn't add up, and we'll work with you to get things sorted.

ACP requests for this month will continue to be processed over the next several days, but are due by May 4th, so be sure to get your points in soon!

If you have any questions, please refer to the thread below. Thank you!