The 8th Floor Mods (ministry_mod) wrote in thbreakroom, @ 2011-07-15 14:13:00 |
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► Mod Notes ► find_a_partner, find_a_player, find_players, gamesearch - these are amazing communities where you can go and post requests for characters, or directly recruit people for this game. We'd like to ask each one of you to go to those comms and either post an add yourself, or scour the ads for characters you want or you think our game could use. Everyone here has someone else they'd like to play with, so let's all work together and make that happen! ► CHANGE IN GAME RULES! As noted in the OOC post, all pregnancy storylines MUST be approved by a mod. You may consult with one of us if you have questions. There is also a change in the number of characters a new player can have. They may only hold and app one character at a time and may not pick up the second until they have met activity requirements, or at mod discretion. ► If your count is off for threads on the right, it's because you didn't tag them. Yes, your mods are equally as guilty of this and that is reflected. No worries, you still have time to fix it before the end-of-the month post by going back and tagging your threads. If you're in a thread with someone, go ahead and tag them; if you're feeling generous, you can tag people in other threads too! ► Stars is looking for someone to do the interview for the Weekly; also, if you have pictures of people your characters would interact with, or just something fun [here is Ginny's daughter, here's Lavender's co-star, hey he looks like he could be the new Hogwarts professor!] or embarrassing pictures of your characters, please visit the drop box! Ideas for Prophet articles or Weekly articles/tidbits can also go there. ► Instead of just commenting and letting us know that you've read these, we've got a modly question! How are you guys feeling on plot? More of it? Less of it? More variety? Darker? Lighter? Are you good? We want to make this the best gaming experience ever, and we value your feedback. ► Way back early on, before a lot of you remember, there was a plot going on where former Death Eaters were being hunted down. That turned into OSTENDO, but would you be interested in having a Death Eaters plot? I mean, we do have Lestrange around going crazy, but we haven't done anything with him in a while. Any other plot ideas or events? We're not requiring you to come up with one, but if you have any, we'd love to hear them! ► Character Gains/Losses We lost Katie Bell. Please type your username into the box below, then press "Friends Button." Remember to do it for each of your characters. You have to be logged into a journal to use it for that particular journal. A note about requirements. From here on out, if you have an 'X' next to your name at the end-of-the-month check, you MUST meet monthly requirements at the next end-of-the-month check, or your character will be removed from the game. If there's any reason you find meeting the requirements difficult, let us know! We're here to help! If you'd like to help us, we'd love any suggestions you have on how to make being active easier for you. Otherwise, you need you need 2 journals, and 1 thread to pass the July activity check at the end of the month. ► Ongoing Events none ► Upcoming Events Just like every year, the third Monday of July is Hengist Day! Hengist Day celebrates the founding of Hogsmeade by Hengist of Woodcroft, who was driven from his home by muggle persecutors. He travelled across Britain in search of a new home before deciding to settle near the recently-built Hogwarts. Unfortunately, a giant had claimed that land as his own and was threatening the school. Although the Founders were able to keep the giant out of the castle, the students were still frightened so Hengist killed the giant and took his land. He built the Three Broomsticks Inn as his home and invited witches wizards from all over Britain to join him in forming the only all-wizarding village in the country. All businesses, including the Ministry, are closed on Hengist Day - except for the Three Broomsticks. July 24th is the grand re-opening of Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour. Fortescue's, which has been closed since its owner disappeared in 1996, is being opened again in the same spot (with much of the same decor) by Florean's granddaughter, Cecily Fortescue. In honour of the occasion, everyone who drops by will be given a free scoop of ice cream. On the 26th, the ban on new Apparation licenses is removed. Within hours, a student apparates into a muggle diner in Leeds. Obliviators are sent to the scene and the threat is contained. The ban is reinstated immediately while the Ministry works to figure out why their safeguards failed. QUIDDITCH: The Prides will play the Kestrals on the 2nd and the Magpies will play the Falcons on the 9th. On the 16th, the Kestrals and the Falcons will play for third place. The British and Irish Quidditch League Cup match will be on the 30th, and will feature the Pride of Portree and the Montrose Magpies. ► Behind the Scenes The London bombings will create a great deal of fear and unease among many witches and wizards, and even some who were in favour of lifting the restrictions are starting to wonder if total separation really would be easier and safer. There's an increased anti-muggle sentiment, with a lot of previously neutral people beginning to think of muggles as dangerous. The combination of Morag's brutal death and the unsuccessful attack against Padma Patil and Pansy Higgs will put the list of enemies back at the forefront of everybody's minds. Most of the people on the list are more frightened than they have been since it first came out, and even those who didn't take it seriously before are starting to worry. OSTENDO, is still recruiting new members. For those of you who don't remember, OSTENDO's goal is to reveal the existance of magic to muggles. This group operates in independent cells, with each cell having only a passing knowledge of the rest, so that one turncoat can't take the rest down. While every cell knows that OSTENDO's purpose is to repeal the Statute of Secrecy, different cells hold different ideas about what should happen once the Statute is gone. For example, some think that muggles and wizards should be fully integrated, some think that wizards should be the masters of muggles, some think that wizards should come out to muggles but still live apart and some are just plain weird. Within our game, there are two cells, one for those who are generally pro-muggle and one for those who are generally anti-muggle. If your character wants to be in either cell, they have until the end of this month to consider themselves recruited. They do not need to be recruited in-game, though some sort of mention to a member of their cell, or a journal to let us know they are in is required. If you would like to have your character unsuccessfully recruited, please see a mod for approval. |