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Hello lovelies!

Just a note from the mods real quick to cover a few questions we've been asked regarding a recent gamewide development. Namely, the Collector's decision to bring various places/things/beings from other realities to Colligo.

For the most part, this is meant to signify a shift in the game. Now that the city isn't shut off from the rest of the planet, and exploration is possible even if living outside of the city currently is not, the Collector wants reasons for people to want to stick around too. Which is why he's decided to allow things from home to start popping up. However, we of course don't want things to get completely out of hand, so there are a few guidelines.

( Cut to spare the friends page. Please read! )

As each situation is unique and this is something fairly new that can impact the game in a large way, we ask for the time being that anyone who wants to bring in any item/being/place from home that they please ask us first. You can feel free to respond to this post, if you would like, or you can also contact us via our mod post.

Thanks and if you have any comments or questions, feel free to ask!

~ Jessy, on behalf of the Colligo Mod Squad

We have a new idea we'd like to try out with you lovely folks. Essentially, it's a way for players to work together to bring mini-plots to the game to keep interest and activity up. Since everyone here works so fabulously together, we're hoping this idea will work.

We're going to be offering what we're calling a 'Temporary Character App'. ( Click to learn more! )

And, that's about it. The app can be found here and the request thread can be found here. Hopefully everyone will take advantage of this idea and work together to have fun with it, and as always if you have any questions, feel free to contact us!

~ THE COLLIGO MODS

Attention citizens of Colligo! The Collector has decided to take the fact that Earth is a seasonal planet into consideration for this time of year. Characters waking up this morning (November 12th) will note light snowfall coming down for the heavens. The snowfall will remain constant and light throughout the week. Will it stop or become heavier? You'll have to wait and see! We'd advise, however, being mindful of the low temperature and the snow that will surely start sticking to the ground.

If players have any suggestions for Winter-themed events of any kind, please comment with them here! We have a few in mind, but we'd love to do more things you guys want to see happen here in Colligo. :)

Hello wonderful members, Tamara/Rumi!mod here in Kirk's journal once again using his paid account to the advantage of the modly agenda to post a poll. This one involves your preferred preference for the duration of an in-the-works Halloween Event. For this plot, we've decided that the folks in the city are all going to be invited to a large, lavish costume party!

However, as this is Colligo, things aren't going to quite go according to plan. In fact, mid-way through the party, everyone present is going to become their costume. Whatever they are wearing, they will turn into that, for... well, however long the poll below decides. That's right. Rather than decide for the game as a whole, we're asking that each of you please vote for how long you'd like to see this plot take place. Note that we're putting it up the day before Halloween (Friday night), and that the minimum vote is five days to give those who aren't online on weekends a chance to participate as well.

There will be more information we'll provide before the plot kicks off, but for now, please vote in the poll below and answer the questions below the poll for us while you're here. :]

Poll #4443 COLLIGOWEEN '09.
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

How long should the Halloween Plot last?

CHARACTER NAME:
FANDOM:
JOURNAL:
WILL THEY PARTICIPATE?:
IF YES, WHAT IS THEIR COSTUME?:
ANYTHING ELSE?:
<b>CHARACTER NAME:</b> <b>FANDOM:</b> <b>JOURNAL:</b> <b>WILL THEY PARTICIPATE?:</b> <b>IF YES, WHAT IS THEIR COSTUME?:</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>

You have until OCTOBER 19TH to vote in the poll, but until the 29TH to decide on whether or not your characters will be participating and the costume(s) the ones who are will be wearing.

How irritating, The Collector thought to himself as he lounged back in his chair, the monitors that showed him what was happening in his city flashing from building to building and person to person, from this angle and that, showing him nothing of great interest.

This was never his intention, to let his collection get so comfortable within his city and yet, some of them were. They were mingling and making friends, developing romantic relationships and other such bonds that were making their interim here in his city more of an interstellar vacation and not the experiment he'd been conducting. It was an interesting set of details to add to the many notes he'd taken on their interactions thus far, but he did not desire for them to be happy. If he wanted that, he would have left them where they were and observed them in their natural habitats. No, he wanted to collect them, to hoard them and keep them in his city, acting the way he wanted them to act.

And this was not the way he wanted things. Not at all.

"Time to do something about that, wouldn't you say..." He turned to face a figure standing at his right. "...Barbas?"

"Like I said, I'll create your chaos for you... Just so long as I get to do what I wish with the Charmed Ones," Barbas drawled, fingers steepling as his gaze flashed out over the monitor. Piper, Paige, and Prue, all three caged in and in the perfect position for the ultimate revenge.

"Do not let them occupy your attentions. I expect you to make all of them suffer."

"Oh, I will. They will. They won't even know what hit them."

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Okay! We're going to try to keep this as short and sweet as possible, but as this is going to be covering the ins and outs of the next baddie to come to Colligo, everyone please read it all the way through, okay?

( Cut to save the friends pages )

Hello, everyone! Tamara [mod] here, once again taking advantage of Kirk's paid account in order to post a poll for the modly agenda. This time, we would like to poll the game in regards to a possible Big Bad for the near future. We could easily select one at random from the lists we have compiled, but instead each of us chose one from that list and we'd like you to pick from one of those three.

( POLL & POLL RESULTS BELOW THE CUT! )

You have until SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH to vote. Please try and avoid voting more than once (ie: only vote with one of your character journals) in order to keep the voting totals even with the number of players in the game. Comment here or contact us with any questions, concerns, suggestions, etc you might have. Thank you for your impute!

POLL IS NOW CLOSED!
- THE MODLY TRIO

Attention players!!

At midnight EST, it will be the 10th of August and the current event taking place in-game will be over. As we realize that not everyone is online at the same time, we are going to allow everyone to somewhat space out their characters' return to normal over a 24 hour period. This means by midnight (EST) on the 11th of August all characters should be returned to normal. There is only one exception to this and it is as follows.

If you want to keep a character of yours AU/older/younger, please reply to this post with the appropriate information. However, please note that there are a few stipulations.

• If you have five characters or less, you can only keep one their AU/future/past self.
• If you have five characters or more, you can only keep two their AU/future/past self.
• If, at any point, we feel that you are losing sight of the character and turning them grossly OOC, we retain the right to request you change the character back to normal or, in extreme cases, drop the character entirely.

Obviously, the third stipulation is only for situations where it is painfully obvious that the character is OOC without a significant change in canon to explain such a major personality change. We don't want rampant OOCness and borderline OCs and/or Sue's and Stu's overrunning the game so this is simply a precaution. Thus far everyone has been amazing at playing their chosen AU!characters!!

And really, that's it. As of midnight, feel free to begin turning characters back to normal and all characters should be back to normal within twenty-four hours of that mark.

Thank you all for your amazing commitment to this game and for an extremely successful Event! Keep your eyes peeled for the next one to take place and, as always, if you have any suggestions for a possible event and/or 'baddie of the week' simply respond to this post with the information!!

As always, if you have any comments/questions/concerns feel free to contact us here.

~ The Colligo Mods

The results of the voting are in and have been tallied! Junior officially locked all of the colligo_network posts that took place before the current in-game Event kicked off. This means that none of the characters - whether they were affected by this plot or not - are able to read any posts dated before July 11, 2009. If they try, it will just show that 'no posts are available' much like if you scroll back too far in a community/forum somewhere online.

Feel free to have your characters notice this and comment, or don't. The choice is obviously up to you!

Now, on to something else in regards to this Event. A lot of folks have been asking and after a brief chat amongst us mods, we've decided on a few things. First and foremost is the most important:

THIS EVENT IS SET TO END ON AUGUST 10, 2009.

( Click for more! )

Quick question for everyone!

We realized, a bit belatedly, that there is a way for characters to 'see' what their non-AU/past/future selves were doing in Colligo before the Event kicked off. Essentially, all they'd have to do is check the old message board posts that date back to before the Event began. However, as some people may not want their characters to know that they really were here before, or see their 'true' selves, or what-have-you, we've come up with a solution: Junior, when he snapped his fingers and changed the people he opted to change, he also put up a 'block' on the old message board posts. So as far as the characters are concerned, they can't see any posts from before this weekend (when the Event began).

Now here's the thing. Because this Event is meant to be player-driven (ergo, minimal mod 'guidelines' to follow) we don't want to make this call ourselves. So we're asking for your vote!

Please respond to this post and tell us: Do you want the characters able to read the old message board posts or would you rather Junior have put a block on all of them?

We'll give you until FRIDAY, JULY 17TH, MIDNIGHT EST to reply. Once that deadline comes and/or everyone responds with their vote, we'll tally them up and let you know what the official outcome is going to be.

Also, to keep people from feeling 'pressured' to vote either way, we're screening all posts.

Thanks!!
~ The Colligo Mods

It's just about time for another gamewide plot. However, unlike the last one that involved a Big Bad and something being done to the city itself, this time we're going to do something that directly affects the characters. Essentially, we're going to be turning those who are volunteered into a different version of themselves!

What does this mean, you might ask? Well, allow us to explain.

( THE VARIOUS OPTIONS AVAILABLE... )

Now, we do have a bit before the plot is going to kick off, but we don't want to wait too long. In order to keep moving in a forward direction, we're asking everyone to please reply within one week (by SATURDAY, JULY 4TH, 2009 @ MIDNIGHT EST) with one of the following forms from the categories as explained above. Should you wish to change your mind about the choice you made before the plot kicks off officially, we ask that you delete your original comment here and re-submit with a new form as this is going to be our Master List of the changes the characters will (or will not) be going through.

Thanks and we now return you to your regularly scheduled roleplay!

~ THE COLLIGO MODS

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SPECIFY WHICH CHANGE YOUR CHARACTER IS MAKING IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR COMMENT!
AU CHANGE FORM

CHARACTER:
FANDOM:
POINT OF CHANGE IN THEIR CANON:
HOW DID THIS CHANGE AFFECT THIS CHARACTER?:
AGE DIFFERENCE (IF ANY):
ANYTHING ELSE?:
<b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>FANDOM:</b> <b>POINT OF CHANGE IN THEIR CANON:</b> <b>HOW DID THIS CHANGE AFFECT THIS CHARACTER?:</b> <b>AGE DIFFERENCE (IF ANY):</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>


FUTURE CHANGE FORM

CHARACTER:
FANDOM:
POINT IN THEIR CANON THEY'RE COMING FROM:
IF POST-CANON, GIVE SPECIFICS: (a brief summary of what has happened in this character's life since their canon ended)
HOW HAS THIS CHANGED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT STATUS?:
AGE DIFFERENCE:
ANYTHING ELSE?:
<b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>FANDOM:</b> <b>POINT IN THEIR CANON THEY'RE COMING FROM:</b> <b>IF POST-CANON, GIVE SPECIFICS:</b> <b>HOW HAS THIS CHANGED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT STATUS?:</b> <b>AGE DIFFERENCE:</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>


PAST CHANGE FORM

CHARACTER:
FANDOM:
POINT IN THEIR CANON THEY'RE COMING FROM:
IF PRE-CANON, GIVE SPECIFICS: (a brief summary of what has happened up to the point you are pulling them from)
HOW HAS THIS CHANGED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT STATUS?:
AGE DIFFERENCE:
ANYTHING ELSE?:
<b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>FANDOM:</b> <b>POINT IN THEIR CANON THEY'RE COMING FROM:</b> <b>IF PRE-CANON, GIVE SPECIFICS:</b> <b>HOW HAS THIS CHANGED THEM FROM THEIR CURRENT STATUS?:</b> <b>AGE DIFFERENCE:</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>


STAYS THE SAME FORM

CHARACTER:
FANDOM:
<b>CHARACTER:</b> <b>FANDOM:</b>

We're about to kick off our second game-wide plot. Be looking for a post from The Collector soon, as well as the Baddie we've chosen to use this time around. Before we do that, however, we wanted to cover a few things in an Out of Character capacity so that any questions that anyone might have can be addressed before the plot swings fully into motion.

( Game-wide plot ahoy! Everyone must read! )

As most if you may remember from the last game-wide plot, every month there is going to be an all-encompassing plot at Colligo courtesy of The Collector. Last month was two weeks of neverending rain - a fairly mild plot, really, and something he just tossed at those first arrivals to remind them that they most definitely aren't in Kansas back home anymore.

Now, however, it's time for some of the more involved and potentially "dangerous" type plots. We already have a few in mind but there's one idea that we'd like your help with. Just a few minutes of your time, a couple of names and info, and we can take it from there. Or, rather, The Collector can!

So. On with it!

Introducing our Baddie of the Week plot. Essentially, here's the concept.

Various villains from various fandoms will randomly drop into Colligo via The Collector. These villains will run amok for a while, causing all sorts of havoc and chaos, and then they will go away. They can be defeated via a pre-existing plan decided upon by players and mods beforehand or, in the event when we have no characters suited to stop them and/or those who are meant to do so are unable, The Collector will simply remove the villain from his city before it can be destroyed too much.

Now, keep in mind that these villains will not be around all the time. Just like other game-wide plots, they're going to randomly appear and then go away via one of the means previously listed. The damage they wreak and whatever issues may arise between other characters due to their presence, however, is not simply 'forgotten' when the baddie goes bye-bye. Also note that there will be a lull, just like there will be with other plots, so as to give everyone (characters and players alike) a chance to recuperate before having something else go awry.

As for what we need from you, the players:

Give us villain ideas!

Seriously. We need input, folks. We need the names of villains - preferably with links to information about the villains in case we're unfamiliar with them. We can't promise that every villain listed will be used, and it's up to the discretion of the mods as to which order they're chosen and if/when they'll drop into Colligo, but we need ideas. We only know so many fandoms and are only familiar with so many bad guys. So really. We'd rather have too many ideas than not enough.

Please use the following form to help us out!

<b>BADDIE'S NAME:</b> <b>FANDOM ORIGIN:</b> <b>LINK(S) TO INFO:</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE?:</b>

Or, alternatively, if you have any sort of game-wide event idea you'd like to see possibly take place, respond with:

<b>EVENT IDEA:</b> <b>INSPIRATION FOR EVENT (if any):</b> <b>LINK(S) TO EXAMPLES OF EVENT (if any):</b> <b>ANYTHING ELSE:</b>

- THE MODS