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Hey all.
A couple of important things. Firstly, we’ve set June 19 as our closing date, the day when the various forms of transportation will take students back to their homes for the summer. So this raises a question about life post-Feinted.
We got some great ideas a few weeks ago, when we asked you all your opinion, so now we’ve come back once more with some concrete ideas which we would like you to vote on, if you are interested in continuing to play with this group of people as so many of you have professed you are. Please note that comments will not be screened on this post so that you can argue your case if you so desire, but if you want privacy, you’re welcome to IM either of us or email the mod account (feintedmods@gmail.com).
1) A reboot, with the premise of a Muggle exchange program. In this game, a select group of Hogwarts students will spend the first half of their school year at a Muggle school, attempting to get up to speed with some of the Muggle subjects about which they are sorely behind. At the halfway point, that group will return to Hogwarts and an even more select group of Muggle students—mostly siblings or close cousins of existing students—will be invited to attend Hogwarts for a half-year and to gain better insight into wizarding education and the world in general. The details haven’t all been hammered out yet, but that is the basic premise, and it should be credited to BritA.
2) A setting several years in the future, intended to allow you to play these characters closer to adults. Our main concern about postwarts games is that it is harder to do universal plot and have characters connected in ways other than lines you establish so we need some kind of through line. One possibility is a magical extension of a notable Muggle university, such as Cambridge or Oxford (or St. Andrews, as I believe Jane and Cindy were plotting about in game), where students could go to earn more advanced qualifications. We like that it would give everyone the opportunity of camaraderie and living in close quarters the same way a Hogwarts game would, while allowing for more freedom than in a Hogwarts setting. Alternatively, it could be a regular post-warts game with everyone living in the same area to generate plot that way. In addition, we think it would be best to limit the age range of characters so they will be more likely to know each other.
3) A continuation of the current game, with a foreign exchange program that could potentially open up other schools from which characters could hail (we did have more that didn’t make the final cut of this one). A straight continuation probably makes us the most nervous, because are unsure, given the current state of interest and activity, if this would give us enough of a jolt to boost activity back up enough to sustain a game. We are, however, always open to your thoughts and ideas—just know that we are most wary of this one.
Whatever we collectively and individually decide, we are so grateful to you for making this game everything that it was, and we are excited at the thought of playing with you all again in the (hopefully near) future.
A couple of important things. Firstly, we’ve set June 19 as our closing date, the day when the various forms of transportation will take students back to their homes for the summer. So this raises a question about life post-Feinted.
We got some great ideas a few weeks ago, when we asked you all your opinion, so now we’ve come back once more with some concrete ideas which we would like you to vote on, if you are interested in continuing to play with this group of people as so many of you have professed you are. Please note that comments will not be screened on this post so that you can argue your case if you so desire, but if you want privacy, you’re welcome to IM either of us or email the mod account (feintedmods@gmail.com).
1) A reboot, with the premise of a Muggle exchange program. In this game, a select group of Hogwarts students will spend the first half of their school year at a Muggle school, attempting to get up to speed with some of the Muggle subjects about which they are sorely behind. At the halfway point, that group will return to Hogwarts and an even more select group of Muggle students—mostly siblings or close cousins of existing students—will be invited to attend Hogwarts for a half-year and to gain better insight into wizarding education and the world in general. The details haven’t all been hammered out yet, but that is the basic premise, and it should be credited to BritA.
2) A setting several years in the future, intended to allow you to play these characters closer to adults. Our main concern about postwarts games is that it is harder to do universal plot and have characters connected in ways other than lines you establish so we need some kind of through line. One possibility is a magical extension of a notable Muggle university, such as Cambridge or Oxford (or St. Andrews, as I believe Jane and Cindy were plotting about in game), where students could go to earn more advanced qualifications. We like that it would give everyone the opportunity of camaraderie and living in close quarters the same way a Hogwarts game would, while allowing for more freedom than in a Hogwarts setting. Alternatively, it could be a regular post-warts game with everyone living in the same area to generate plot that way. In addition, we think it would be best to limit the age range of characters so they will be more likely to know each other.
3) A continuation of the current game, with a foreign exchange program that could potentially open up other schools from which characters could hail (we did have more that didn’t make the final cut of this one). A straight continuation probably makes us the most nervous, because are unsure, given the current state of interest and activity, if this would give us enough of a jolt to boost activity back up enough to sustain a game. We are, however, always open to your thoughts and ideas—just know that we are most wary of this one.
Whatever we collectively and individually decide, we are so grateful to you for making this game everything that it was, and we are excited at the thought of playing with you all again in the (hopefully near) future.