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5:50 PM
Hey Everyone!
We were planning on a mod post anyway, but we had a few things come up that need to be addressed and if we are being honest with ourselves, should have been addressed earlier.
Concerns were raised about reactions and interactions in Kingsley Shacklebolt’s and Evan Rosier’s recent journal posts. Both characters publicly posted very similar neutral messages yet received a very different reaction.
There could be numerous reasons for this. We would like to think that there were different people around to comment at the time. Difference characters are going to have different reactions. There is also the possibility that people are taking out of character knowledge and applying it to in character interactions. We’ve noticed that several people are failing to respond to new character intros and are falling back on the HP canon. Due to the AU nature of the game some traditionally held knowledge of the HP world isn’t applicable. Things mentioned in chat might be useful for long term plotting, but might not be immediate character knowledge for any or all characters.
If you are unsure about something about a character please check with the player. If you are unsure about something affecting the whole game/world building please check with a mod. If neither of us are in chat/unavailable please shoot an email to the mod email (reduxmodlies@gmail.com) over our personal emails. This just ensures that everyone is kept in the loop.
With that being said, now that the game has been open for six weeks and characters have been given a chance to settle in we are looking to get some plot moving forward. Right now we have two veins of plot we are looking to explore: the change of a new administration after Fudge retires and the fact that someone has started to put together the pieces that someone (Aberforth) messed with the timeline.
We have no interest from swinging from one extreme (a relaxed, happy, social game) to the other (a dark, angst-driven, skyrocketing body count game with outrageous laws), but we know that we promised plot to you, our wonderful amazing players, when you joined. We should be held to those promises.
What we would like is for you to comment here (they are screened) is to let us know what you are comfortable with in terms of game play, what you might be looking forward to when it comes to your characters, any ideas you might have for the plot posts, and certainly what you are NOT looking for in a game. We do not want to lose any of you because you felt like your opinions/characters were not wanted or valued. This game is as much yours as it is ours. This community would not exist without you and everything you all have put into it.
What you can expect from us shortly is a Daily Prophet article detailing how the ‘election’ process is supposed to go. Whose names people can expect to be in the running/rumored to be in the running. The different ideologies floating around. Hopefully this will clear up some confusion and get everyone on the same page.
Please let us know if you have any concerns. If we don’t know something’s going on we can’t fix it. We’ll have another mod post in the next week or so/around the 1st that is more general housekeeping and all of that. Thank you for all the hard work and amazing lines you've created. We couldn't do it without you.
Jen & Lis
We were planning on a mod post anyway, but we had a few things come up that need to be addressed and if we are being honest with ourselves, should have been addressed earlier.
Concerns were raised about reactions and interactions in Kingsley Shacklebolt’s and Evan Rosier’s recent journal posts. Both characters publicly posted very similar neutral messages yet received a very different reaction.
There could be numerous reasons for this. We would like to think that there were different people around to comment at the time. Difference characters are going to have different reactions. There is also the possibility that people are taking out of character knowledge and applying it to in character interactions. We’ve noticed that several people are failing to respond to new character intros and are falling back on the HP canon. Due to the AU nature of the game some traditionally held knowledge of the HP world isn’t applicable. Things mentioned in chat might be useful for long term plotting, but might not be immediate character knowledge for any or all characters.
If you are unsure about something about a character please check with the player. If you are unsure about something affecting the whole game/world building please check with a mod. If neither of us are in chat/unavailable please shoot an email to the mod email (reduxmodlies@gmail.com) over our personal emails. This just ensures that everyone is kept in the loop.
With that being said, now that the game has been open for six weeks and characters have been given a chance to settle in we are looking to get some plot moving forward. Right now we have two veins of plot we are looking to explore: the change of a new administration after Fudge retires and the fact that someone has started to put together the pieces that someone (Aberforth) messed with the timeline.
We have no interest from swinging from one extreme (a relaxed, happy, social game) to the other (a dark, angst-driven, skyrocketing body count game with outrageous laws), but we know that we promised plot to you, our wonderful amazing players, when you joined. We should be held to those promises.
What we would like is for you to comment here (they are screened) is to let us know what you are comfortable with in terms of game play, what you might be looking forward to when it comes to your characters, any ideas you might have for the plot posts, and certainly what you are NOT looking for in a game. We do not want to lose any of you because you felt like your opinions/characters were not wanted or valued. This game is as much yours as it is ours. This community would not exist without you and everything you all have put into it.
What you can expect from us shortly is a Daily Prophet article detailing how the ‘election’ process is supposed to go. Whose names people can expect to be in the running/rumored to be in the running. The different ideologies floating around. Hopefully this will clear up some confusion and get everyone on the same page.
Please let us know if you have any concerns. If we don’t know something’s going on we can’t fix it. We’ll have another mod post in the next week or so/around the 1st that is more general housekeeping and all of that. Thank you for all the hard work and amazing lines you've created. We couldn't do it without you.
Jen & Lis