Priority Dispatch!
Hello, Everyone! There are some updates and reminders, but this time I thought I'd let some of our resident NPCs lend a hand! Not that they had a choice in the matter, so if they look a little upset... my bad! -Brett
1) Please recheck your asylum invites for sog_gothamcity. We realized that you wouldn't even be able to click on profiles without being a member here. Yay! Patch complete.
2) If you haven't introduced yourself and your character yet, please do so! Also, if you haven't given your two cents over at Meme #1, help a sister out! We hope to have a Wanted Canons page up when the first Bi-Weekly update comes up. Introducing yourself is worth 20 AP, and contributing a suggestion to the first meme is 10 AP! You want to level up, don't you?!
3) On the points topic, don't forget that simply writing a plot-related post is worth extra points! That's 20 points, and you can earn it twice an activity period! (Though I'mma let C-Man explain the quirks there...) This period is REALLY EASY. You just have to introduce your character and their situation, and have some reaction to the fact that Mr. Wayne died :(.
4) As fun as narratives are, we're even more excited about seeing players thread together! Because of this, I'm volunteering Dick Grayson to everyone. (That's what you get for making me defrag and update drivers on every computer bank in the freaking Batcave, Boy Blunder!) Brett will also volunteer to play an NPC from our featured NPC list if you wish!
5) Last one is less announcement, more posting strategy. Here it is: "ABC". "Always Be Closing." Often used in sales, this means something else entirely. While threads are fun and no one wants to end them at a specific time, it helps to have objectives and to know what you want to cover, so you can work toward it and have less chance of a dangling, incomplete scene. Any tag to a thread that is 8 or more days old will not be counted in activity checks. Please consider the benefit of using email or GDOCs with another player to write your scenes and complete them before posting. Please include breaks between each response so your activity count can proceed more smoothly. Posts without line breaks will simply be totaled and split for all participating characters.
Take it away, Cray Cray!
CALENDAR MAN'S CORNER
Tuesday. Two NPCs. Too much to two, no Dent, though, no Dent. Thank y-YOU, Proxy.
LISTEN UP!
I. Bi-Weekly updates ar-AREN'T even BI-WEEKLY. They are SEMI-MONTHLY. Two weeks is always 14. 14 days. This only happens in non-Leap February. Otherwise, your pe-pe-ACTIVITY PERIOD will always be 15 or 16 days. Since they're not changing the name, be aware of this. Because your po-p-POINTS have 'weekly' caps. The first 'week' ends midnight, August 23, EST. Because EST is more relevant than GMT, no off-OFFENSE to our p-p-players from Greenwich Mean. S-so, if you want to maximize your point earning potential... get your first 120 points in by then.
II. The activity period you join in is 'free', meaning it's the one time you're okay to be under points as you get ac-ac-QUAINTED with the game and p-p-PLAYERS. There will be no deductions in that period.
III. The Public Funeral for Bruce Wayne has been moved up to Friday the 24th. P-p-PAY your respects in this group OTA event. Attendance not mandatory, unless you're... h-h-HEH Bruce W-Wayne. Mayor Hamilton Hill officiating. Y-y-YES, contributing an entry to this thread qualifies you for plot-related bonus points in the second week. Friday. NOT SATURDAY. (But you should tag in any time in that next week, chums.)