So as you've probably noticed, things have been a little slow around here and the mod team has largely been absent for the last month. All three of us have had a lot of real life issues to deal with and as much as we love the game, we've had to prioritize our work/family/health. Unfortunately, we've also dramatically underestimated just how busy and distracted we would be, which has led to us making game/plot commitments we haven't been able to keep. We're sorry for that and we're going to try to be better. We've reshuffled some of the admin responsibilities so we have more time to play our characters (and NPCs) and have put together a backup plan for if we all get pulled away from the game at the same time again.
Because everything got away from us last week, we're rescheduling the big battle for this month and pushing it back one week to February 3rd. The battle doc should go out tomorrow. All of the scheduled aftermath will be pushed back as well (it'll be on the February pcal), Voldemort will post to the Death Eaters tomorrow or Wednesday and the Order meeting will be later this week. If there are other plot slots you signed up for but missed, consider this a great big do over. If it's a game wide thing, reschedule it with us, otherwise just run with it whenever works for you.
Moving forward, our pcals are going to be less intense, limited to game wide events and major plot and with a little more flexibility in terms of dates. We hope this will give all of you more room to explore your own plot ideas. We've set the overarching plot for the game but we really do want the details to be filled in collaboratively. We want a heads up for recruitment plots and things that will have game-wide repercussions but we also want you to feel free to run with your own plots. As long as you clear things with the people who are involved, go nuts!
Finally, because this month has been a mess, the January activity check will be a check-in only and we'll get back on track next month.
We're really lucky to have such a great group of players and we love this game and want it to succeed. We appreciate your understanding.