✮ THE MODLY TRIO ¬ (colligomods) wrote in colligo, @ 2012-10-07 19:44:00 |
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Hey everyone.
Like we said yesterday, there is a new plot starting tonight at midnight. This plot is going to be a lot different than things we've done before. As we said a few days ago, there are some real problems with activity and interaction in the game, and we hope this plot will help to address some of those issues. But there's only so much that we can do, and the rest is up to you all as players. We're going to be really watching during this plot, and we hope that we'll see an improvement in the problem areas we've discussed before.
Starting tonight at midnight, every character in the game is getting a clean slate. They will all wake up, with no memory of ever being in Colligo before. The last three years never happened, at least for the next two weeks. To be clear, this is not permanent. We're not undoing everything that's been built up in the course of this game. Players are simply going back to canon point. In that vein, characters can be from the same canon point they were when they came into the game, or you can use this opportunity to update them to current canon, but you cannot take them back to an earlier canon point. This is still the same version of the character you've been playing before this plot, their memories of Colligo are just removed.
Here are some things to clarify some concerns you might have.
- Characters won't remember Colligo at all. They will only remember their canon. You can take them from the canon point they were at originally when they came to the game, or bump them up to a new canon point, but you cannot take them backward in canon.
- These are still physically the same characters. Any changes that happened in the course of the game (i.e. - Clint's robotic hand, your character getting a tattoo, anything that might have changed while you played them) will still apply, the character will just have no idea how the change happened. This also applies to abilities gained in the city or other non-physical changes.
- Similarly, characters who have been aged up in the city (Damian Wayne, Molly Suresh, Jude Harvelle, Jesse Turner) will all remain older. They just won't have clear memories of the time between their childhood and now. So it'll be like they're suddenly older with no understanding of why. For characters born in the city (Jack and Meri Winchester), they won't remember anything beyond that they are siblings. They won't know their parents or anything about Colligo.
- Though characters will not remember Colligo, we acknowledge the importance of relationships in the city. If two characters were incredibly close, you are free to have your characters feel a sort of connection there though they won't understand why they feel that connection.
- That said, we do expect players to use this opportunity to have their characters make connections beyond canonmates and existing relationships in the game. If we see that players are only having their characters interact with people they already would, we will address that. And, if we see that players are not playing during this plot (and waiting until the last few days does not count), we will remove people who are not playing. We were serious when we said that activity and interactions were issues and we feel that this plot gives you all a good opportunity to address that. If you don't, that will be a problem. We're not saying you can't interact with castmates or people your characters already knows in the city at all, but do your best to balance that with new interactions.
- The locals are back to not giving any information, freezing up when asked questions, and generally being incredibly unhelpful. Characters are mostly on their own in this. Also, the shield around the city is up again, so characters can't leave.
- If your characters have jobs with non-locals and miss work, they will not be fired. Their job is on hold for the next two weeks. All characters will have a bank account of a thousand dollars, but can't access any of their money beyond that.
- For the duration of the plot, any and all network communication or comms from before the plot will be completely inaccessible, as if they don't exist. No matter how good your character is at hacking, they will not be able to find any information on the networks. They will be completely blank, save for new posts made during the plot.
In addition, characters will be waking up in the site of their new living arrangements, rather than the library. For the duration of the plot, all characters will be living in a communal building. There is a living area, a large sleeping area with lots of cot beds, bathrooms and an area for washing up, and a kitchen area with plenty of room. Characters will all be required to live here for the course of the two weeks the plot will last. This is to further ensure that characters interact and branch out.
- While the plot is taking, the apartments will be gone as will any other buildings and locations brought to Colligo by the Collector (the Sanctuary, the X-Mansion, Stark tower, the TARDIS).
- Characters will not be required to spend all their time in the communal housing, but they will be required to sleep and take meals there. This is true for all characters, even those who normally would not eat or sleep.
- If players try to leave the city three times, they will be confined to the communal housing for forty-eight hours and unable to leave.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation in this plot and look forward to seeing how it goes. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us.
♥ - The Mods