empatheias_ooc | Mid-Month Announcement: October

— MID-MONTH MOD ANNOUNCEMENT: OCTOBER —

We'd like to welcome our new players again! While we have a monthly mod announcement post at the start of the month, we also have mid-month announcements for reminders and introducing new ideas and the like. Please read this post to be updated with the state of the game!

» CALENDAR

The main calendar spreadsheet is here as reference.

Here are the basic dates to keep up with:

10/16: Event start.
10/17: Test Drive.
10/25: Activity Check starts; Reservations open.
10/31: Activity check ends.

» EMOTION TRACKER UPDATE

As always, it's kind of early to tell where the Emotion Tracker is going.

As a reminder, this is just a "mid-month" check to give everyone an idea of where the Emotion Tracker stands. If you haven't had a chance to submit your threads, don't worry! You can still fill out the main survey here.

Here is the screenshot for this month so far:

So far, in the green! Will positives be good enough for this month, or will these points prove to be dangerous in the end?

» OCTOBER EVENT

Aiada has been trending positive for practically forever, however she’s reached a new level of manic in the past few weeks. Unfortunately this means trouble is brewing for Verens, as we all know that the Arehtei don’t handle being out of balance very well. While it’s not likely Verens and the island will get through this unscathed, perhaps this time there’s something on the surface that can be used to help Aiada’s situation. The OOC event post and initial signal post will be posted tomorrow!

» BRIARLAN

As promised, we’ve written up more information about Briarlan, its people, and the island it resides on. If you’re interested in this information please head over to our Locations page to see the new map or click here to read up!

» AREHTEI COMMITTEE SIGN-UPS AND UPDATES

Arehtei committee sign-ups are open again this month over here! For more details as to what this committee does, please check the related post on the Arehtei journal.

As a reminder, the Arehtei committee logs are posted bimonthly on the tenth, or on an as-needed basis. We've also modified the AC requirement to allow five comments across a maximum of two threads for those that choose to thread in the committee log. We have also included a "Questions" and "Proposed Projects" header under the committee journal entry for ease of plotting and raising any relevant inquiries. Please do not hesitate to use them! Likewise, we welcome any feedback regarding the committee!

Here is this month's Arehtei Commitee meeting log.

» HELPER MODERATORS

Earlier this month, we opened slots for 2 Prompt Mods and 2 Application mods. We'd like to announce that we now have our 2 Application mods!

Please welcome Belmont (player of Auron) and Nata (player of Steven Stone and Penny Polendina) to the team! While both players will be helper mods and will not be overseeing the game like Ryoko, Ryn, Slip, and Monica do, we still hope you extend them the same courtesy you have been giving us.

We are still looking for 2 Prompt Mods. These helper mods will be brought onto the team immediately. Applications for prompt mods will remain open indefinitely, until we receive enough to fill the positions. These are important slots, and would greatly help the mod team in managing just how much prompt writing we need to do in order to keep the game running. Please consider tossing your name into the hat to help out!

For more information regarding the positions and the responsibilities, as well as the application for the slots, please see here.