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To Our Beloved Beta Testers:
Feb. 8th, 2015 07:22 pmThank you sincerely for playing with us thus far, and we apologize for so severely dropping the ball over the recent weeks. We have recently decided to approach the game's function from a completely different angle, and we will be continuing to run it if players are still interested.
We will be applying and working on the following changes:
The game will function in Story Arcs. Due to the game being rather NPC heavy and player decision making being the focus of the game, we feel that it would be better to run the game short term with a plot arc in mind. The game will run for several months and come to a close for a break time as the next "arc" of plot is set up, provided that everything runs successfully.
There will be a limited number of characters allowed into the game. The cap will be 30 total, with 15 Fighters and 15 Sacrifices. Casts will have 3 for their cap, and 5 if they are part of a larger franchise (such as the Tales series, the Pokémon universes, the Final Fantasy series, et cetera...) Players will only be allowed one character, but you are free to continue playing with the characters you currently have for the remainder of the beta period.
The beta phase will be coming to a close within the next few months. There will be a significant amount of plot leading to the close of the beta phase, at which point further information about the next arc of the game will be worked out and announced.
ZEROs are no longer limited to bonding only with other ZEROs. They remain unable to feel pain, but we feel that only being able to bond with other ZEROs will be too limiting with a restricted number of players. They'll be able to pair with any other bondless in the game.
Players will have control of castmates that are not being played. We realize that it's limiting to not be able to control what close castmates that your character regularly interacts with (such as classmates, coworkers, or family members,) especially with a limited amount of characters and castmates. Players will therefore be able to handwave and NPC the actions of characters not currently in the game. Ideally, they shouldn't be involved more than the average character's pet- this is to give a more naturally flowing game experience, not to play six characters at once.
We are removing our leveling system. With a smaller population, measuring involvement is unimportant and irrelevant, and strength will be gauged narratively. There will be plenty of event opportunities to get a True Name with a pair of characters starting in the first arc.
Septimal Moon and Gora will have an information page. This will make the experience of being in Gora/working with Septimal Moon much clearer, so that players can freely understand what state their characters are in.
Wisdom Resurrection will have an information page. Since it is one of the common meeting points for many characters, there will be much more information on the game and any relevant events in the MMO will be included in the setting update posts.
The existing Info Posts will be updated with more information. Namely, information that more thoroughly explains what players are capable of doing, what they can get away with using their powers, and general attitudes of the world of NPCs as they stand.
In this post, we will also have a Check-In AC. If you'd like to resume playing, just comment and let us know! If you'd like to take this opportunity to drop any characters, just say which characters are staying and which are going in your comment. Over the next few days, we will be cleaning up the comms and repairing the information pages, including the Taken page. Check-in is due by February 15th, 11:59pm EST.
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please feel free to share them with us!
We will be applying and working on the following changes:
The game will function in Story Arcs. Due to the game being rather NPC heavy and player decision making being the focus of the game, we feel that it would be better to run the game short term with a plot arc in mind. The game will run for several months and come to a close for a break time as the next "arc" of plot is set up, provided that everything runs successfully.
There will be a limited number of characters allowed into the game. The cap will be 30 total, with 15 Fighters and 15 Sacrifices. Casts will have 3 for their cap, and 5 if they are part of a larger franchise (such as the Tales series, the Pokémon universes, the Final Fantasy series, et cetera...) Players will only be allowed one character, but you are free to continue playing with the characters you currently have for the remainder of the beta period.
The beta phase will be coming to a close within the next few months. There will be a significant amount of plot leading to the close of the beta phase, at which point further information about the next arc of the game will be worked out and announced.
ZEROs are no longer limited to bonding only with other ZEROs. They remain unable to feel pain, but we feel that only being able to bond with other ZEROs will be too limiting with a restricted number of players. They'll be able to pair with any other bondless in the game.
Players will have control of castmates that are not being played. We realize that it's limiting to not be able to control what close castmates that your character regularly interacts with (such as classmates, coworkers, or family members,) especially with a limited amount of characters and castmates. Players will therefore be able to handwave and NPC the actions of characters not currently in the game. Ideally, they shouldn't be involved more than the average character's pet- this is to give a more naturally flowing game experience, not to play six characters at once.
We are removing our leveling system. With a smaller population, measuring involvement is unimportant and irrelevant, and strength will be gauged narratively. There will be plenty of event opportunities to get a True Name with a pair of characters starting in the first arc.
Septimal Moon and Gora will have an information page. This will make the experience of being in Gora/working with Septimal Moon much clearer, so that players can freely understand what state their characters are in.
Wisdom Resurrection will have an information page. Since it is one of the common meeting points for many characters, there will be much more information on the game and any relevant events in the MMO will be included in the setting update posts.
The existing Info Posts will be updated with more information. Namely, information that more thoroughly explains what players are capable of doing, what they can get away with using their powers, and general attitudes of the world of NPCs as they stand.
In this post, we will also have a Check-In AC. If you'd like to resume playing, just comment and let us know! If you'd like to take this opportunity to drop any characters, just say which characters are staying and which are going in your comment. Over the next few days, we will be cleaning up the comms and repairing the information pages, including the Taken page. Check-in is due by February 15th, 11:59pm EST.
If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please feel free to share them with us!
NPC Contact
Nov. 9th, 2014 02:08 pmJust comment to this post (with a link, if you'd like) and let us know the situation. We'll bring the NPCs where they are most needed.
The Premise
Oct. 3rd, 2014 02:43 pmBut suddenly, there's a change. You feel it. There's something surging in your body, something is different. It stays like that for a while, and within the next few days you receive an email.
| Fw: Welcome to Magic! | ▼ X |
| sent at 6:00 PM (two minutes ago) | |
| FROM | OUTLIER-KUN <outlierkunsansamasenpai.magic@gmail.com>; |
| TO | You <email.name@emailprovider.com>; |
 wisdomresurrection060.exe  thisishowyoureadthecode.mp3   Welcome to the world of magic. You're part of the universe's grand experiment... and people like you are even more special than you know. Though that seems like gibberish to you, probably. ┐(ー_ー )┌ Oh well, it's not important right now. What's important is getting you to meet the others like you. Join this game. Download your free ticket from this email (or else you have to pay every month!) and download the game software itself. Make your character! Have fun, level up some! Then follow these instructions (you'll figure it out): W066S006W001T0000 The door stays open for 8 hours each day. The "T0000" means "show up at midnight"!! Hope you're late-nighters or morning people! (人´∀`*) ~OUTLIER-KUN | |
FORWARD REPLY REPLY ALL |
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Who is this weirdo? How did he get your personal email (it doesn't even look like it was properly sent to you)? But he seems to have answers...
And whether you like it or not, you are now a part of a new world. One with magic, real magic, and a world that is a lot more sinister than it seemed before.
As players and moderators of a game there are certain rules that everyone should abide by, we request that you take your time to read over this list and acquaint yourself with the some of the regulations that this community upholds. They are listed below. Any time a new rule has been added it will be posted in the OOC community (![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
wordspellooc) to let players know what is going on and keep them informed.
1. Drama between players is not tolerated at all. This is the internet, not serious business; we're all here to have fun. If any problems do occur, it must be brought to a moderator asap. We would prefer if you didn't take any issues to wankgate or rpanons, as it will get back to the moderators eventually.
2. No godmodding. For people who don't know what that means, it means you're deciding the actions of another person's character without that mun's consent. You need permission to do things with another persons character, you can't just be all willy-nilly about it. You get one warning if this happens and if you do it again, you will be banned.
3. The Fourth Wall is not meant to be shattered over your knee. Pay attention to posts where things are private and hackable. Just because you know something about a character, doesn't mean your character knows it. This is also known as meta-gaming and not tolerated.
4. Staying in character is an absolute must. People are also not their characters, so if someone's character is a dick to yours, it doesn't mean the mun is a dick to you. If you think someone is blatantly ooc, you are allowed to report it to the moderators. Before you do that, we do require every character to have a mandatory HMD post in their journals - take advantage of these posts to critique someone in a civilized manner.
5. All Loveless canon beats your character canon(s). This means that when you apply, you're making that character fit in the game, not the other way around. You have to think 'how would their canon convert to this type of setting?'
6. Your character is either a human, or a human. Maybe a human. We might also allow humans.
7. Plagiarism is not tolerated. This goes for your application, it should be in your own words and not copypasta from wikipedia or any other source of online information. If you're caught doing this, you will have to wait two weeks before being allowed to reapply.
8. Stay active. Our activity requirements are 1 post/log OR threads totaling 20 comments a month. A post is any IC post inwordspell and does not require a specific number of comments to count toward activity. Activity Check is posted on the 1st of every month, and must be replied to within a week, please provide links to your character(s)' activity. We're not going to babysit you and go 'hey, why aren't you posting?' If you're on hiatus, it's also your responsibility to post it on the hiatus page.
9. If you drop a character, you must wait a week before applying or putting another character on hold. That being said, if someone drops a character that you'd like to try and play, you are not allowed to apply for a week.
10. We tolerate all forms of relationships inwordspell. Remember though, building up to a relationship is just as much fun as diving in. If things go into nsfw territory, it must be locked to the community with warnings, and tagged on the logs.
11. There is currently a 4 character limit. You may play only two Fighters and only two Sacrifices - and you must app from each side. You can't app two Sacrifices and no Fighters, and vice versa (but you are free to have a fighter and two sacrifices, for example).
12. Valid characters to apply are as follows:
wordspellooc) to let players know what is going on and keep them informed.1. Drama between players is not tolerated at all. This is the internet, not serious business; we're all here to have fun. If any problems do occur, it must be brought to a moderator asap. We would prefer if you didn't take any issues to wankgate or rpanons, as it will get back to the moderators eventually.
2. No godmodding. For people who don't know what that means, it means you're deciding the actions of another person's character without that mun's consent. You need permission to do things with another persons character, you can't just be all willy-nilly about it. You get one warning if this happens and if you do it again, you will be banned.
3. The Fourth Wall is not meant to be shattered over your knee. Pay attention to posts where things are private and hackable. Just because you know something about a character, doesn't mean your character knows it. This is also known as meta-gaming and not tolerated.
4. Staying in character is an absolute must. People are also not their characters, so if someone's character is a dick to yours, it doesn't mean the mun is a dick to you. If you think someone is blatantly ooc, you are allowed to report it to the moderators. Before you do that, we do require every character to have a mandatory HMD post in their journals - take advantage of these posts to critique someone in a civilized manner.
5. All Loveless canon beats your character canon(s). This means that when you apply, you're making that character fit in the game, not the other way around. You have to think 'how would their canon convert to this type of setting?'
6. Your character is either a human, or a human. Maybe a human. We might also allow humans.
7. Plagiarism is not tolerated. This goes for your application, it should be in your own words and not copypasta from wikipedia or any other source of online information. If you're caught doing this, you will have to wait two weeks before being allowed to reapply.
8. Stay active. Our activity requirements are 1 post/log OR threads totaling 20 comments a month. A post is any IC post in
wordspell and does not require a specific number of comments to count toward activity. Activity Check is posted on the 1st of every month, and must be replied to within a week, please provide links to your character(s)' activity. We're not going to babysit you and go 'hey, why aren't you posting?' If you're on hiatus, it's also your responsibility to post it on the hiatus page. 9. If you drop a character, you must wait a week before applying or putting another character on hold. That being said, if someone drops a character that you'd like to try and play, you are not allowed to apply for a week.
10. We tolerate all forms of relationships in
wordspell. Remember though, building up to a relationship is just as much fun as diving in. If things go into nsfw territory, it must be locked to the community with warnings, and tagged on the logs. 11. There is currently a 4 character limit. You may play only two Fighters and only two Sacrifices - and you must app from each side. You can't app two Sacrifices and no Fighters, and vice versa (but you are free to have a fighter and two sacrifices, for example).
12. Valid characters to apply are as follows:
We are currently allowing:
• Canon Characters of all media types
• This includes Webcomics
• Alternate Characters; a character introduced in an anniversary edition or a re-release or something like that is perfectly welcome so long as it doesn't cut too close to the duplicate character rule.
• Original Characters
• Fandom OCs/"NPCs"/Low-Canon-Content Characters (if you've written a story that gives a backstory to some Bug Catcher from Pokémon or you expand on the personality of a League of Legends character then by all means have fun AUing them into the game. I'm sure it'll make getting icons easier.)
We are also allowing the following character types with stipulations:
• Inhuman characters are allowed, but they must be made human
• Characters from incomplete canons, given that there is sufficient information for characterization.
We are not allowing the following characters:
• Characters from the Loveless canon.
• Duplicate characters.
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Fire Emblem Awakening
Laurent | Sacrifice
Free!
Nagisa Hazuki | Fighter
Haikyuu!!
Hajime Iwaizumi | Fighter
Kenma Kozume | Sacrifice
Tooru Oikawa | Sacrifice
Naruto
Naruto Uzumaki | Sacrifice
Paranoia Agent
Tsukiko Sagi | Fighter
Persona 3
Elizabeth | Fighter (Zero)
Pokemon
Green Oak | Sacrifice
Red | Fighter
Pokemon Special
Gold Wakaba | Fighter
If you are dropping, please fill out the text box below and make a comment with it. Please put your character's canon in the title of the comment.
Suggestions
Sep. 26th, 2014 05:44 pmDo you have an idea of how we can run the game better? Feel free to let us know how we can improve. Though we may not use all suggestions, we will consider each carefully. We're always looking to make the game as good as it could ever be, so we will eagerly accept criticisms or ideas!
Comments are open, and anonymous comments are on.
Comments are open, and anonymous comments are on.
Player Contact
Sep. 25th, 2014 04:32 pm
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Alice (
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nightserenade) | Avi (
aviatorofscience) | Bella (
flair) | Cam (
camington) | Gage (
gage) | Jensen (
walking_horse_girl) | Kippie (
dandydelphox) | Minder (
minders) | Mizu (
mizu) | Mocha (
mocha) | Peace (
ashitaka) | Violet (
avioletqueen) | To be added, please fill out the text box below and make a comment with it. Please put your name in the title of the comment.
Taken List
Sep. 24th, 2014 08:55 pm
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Jeremie Belpois (
scipio) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by MinderDigimon Tamers
Ruki Makino (
matrixtamer) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by MinderTakato Matsuda (
hazardtamer) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by MizuKozume Kenma(
pawsed) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by BellaShouyou Hinata (
decoyer) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by AliceTadashi Yamaguchi (
tsukkinice) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by MinderTetsurō Kuroo (
provocation_cat) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by JensenTobio Kageyama (
makeinvincible) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by MizuWolfram von Bielefelt (
royalfuss) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by mochaYuuri Shibuya (
divineputz) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by KippiePenny Brighton (
lagatonoir) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by AviAnnie Fae (
secretarial) | Info Post | Fighter| Unnamed | played by MizuLily Baskerville (
littlestbaskerville) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by JensenElizabeth (
elevelvetor) | Info Post | Fighter | ZERO | played by BellaMinato Arisato (
mp3) | Info Post | Fighter | ZERO | Unnamed | played by GageGiovanni (
hotboss) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by mochaGreen Oak (
givespoisonoak) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by mochaHilda Touko (
hardcorehero) | Info Post | Sacrifice | ZERO | played by KippieLeaf (
notpassedinsleep) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by VioletBlue Yamabuki (
craftyevolver) | Info Post | Fighter| Unnamed | played by KippieSilver (
feistytrader) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by CamAdélie (
miss_indepenguin) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by AviEFractured Milla Maxwell (Mimi Maxwell) (
descendend) | Info Post | Fighter | Unnamed | played by BellaLudger Will Kresnik (
mahouchrono) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by GageKurosaki Hisoka (
empathy16) | Info Post | Sacrifice | Unnamed | played by AliceTo be added to the taken list, please fill out the text box below and make a comment with it. Please put your character's canon in the title of the comment.
Once your character earns their True Name, comment here with it so that their "Unnamed" status can be changed.
Hiatus/Drops
Sep. 24th, 2014 04:01 pmHiatus
Please post a comment here when you're taking a hiatus. Use the provided form and list out all your characters placed on hiatus, please keep it to one comment for organization's sake. You may also put a post onwordspellooc, but only comments posted here will count as an official hiatus.
Guidelines:
- A hiatus cannot last longer than a month. If it's longer, please talk to a mod. Indefinite hiatuses are not allowed.
- A hiatus must be posted at least one week before activity check and last at at least ten days.
- Your character will be put on auto unless otherwise specified.
- General Activity Checks and Bonus Activity are monthly and posted on the 1st of every month.
Hiatus Form:
Example
Character Name & DW: John Doe (wordspellmods)
Start date: November 14.
Expected Return: December 14.
Extra Notes: Partner is free to godmod.
Drop
We're sad to see you go, but we understand that interest fades and life happens. Most importantly, we hope you enjoyed your stay.
Please use the following form if you're dropping from the game and please keep drop comments separate from hiatus comments. If you wish, you can also post a drop notice inwordspellooc to let your partner, close CR and canonmates know.
Drop Form:
Example
Character Name: John Doe
Character DW:wordspellmods
Series: Loveless
community wordspell remove wordspellmods
community wordspellooc remove wordspellmods
Please post a comment here when you're taking a hiatus. Use the provided form and list out all your characters placed on hiatus, please keep it to one comment for organization's sake. You may also put a post on
wordspellooc, but only comments posted here will count as an official hiatus. Guidelines:
- A hiatus cannot last longer than a month. If it's longer, please talk to a mod. Indefinite hiatuses are not allowed.
- A hiatus must be posted at least one week before activity check and last at at least ten days.
- Your character will be put on auto unless otherwise specified.
- General Activity Checks and Bonus Activity are monthly and posted on the 1st of every month.
Hiatus Form:
Example
Character Name & DW: John Doe (
wordspellmods)Start date: November 14.
Expected Return: December 14.
Extra Notes: Partner is free to godmod.
Drop
We're sad to see you go, but we understand that interest fades and life happens. Most importantly, we hope you enjoyed your stay.
Please use the following form if you're dropping from the game and please keep drop comments separate from hiatus comments. If you wish, you can also post a drop notice in
wordspellooc to let your partner, close CR and canonmates know. Drop Form:
Example
Character Name: John Doe
Character DW:
wordspellmodsSeries: Loveless
community wordspell remove wordspellmods
community wordspellooc remove wordspellmods