The 8th Floor Mods (ministry_mod) wrote in thbreakroom, @ 2012-02-01 11:09:00 |
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► Mod Notes ► Please do us a favour and go here here and here to make sure all your information is correct and up-to-date. ► Every Monday this schedule will be updated with the Quidditch scores for the week. Yes, we frequently forget. If that happens, just make up whatever you want and do us a favour by leaving a comment in the post. After that, it's all on you to talk about your games, what happened in them, etc. The team bios page has a list of both in-game and OC players on the teams. If you want to make up names for the other players on your team, just drop box the names and pbs to us, and we'll get them on the list. ► You're still more than welcome to do our OTAs. If you've taken one and not posted, please do so promptly. ► Any 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 Mel has added Bill Weasley. Maria has joined us with Natalie McDonald, Hughes with Theodore Nott, Jo with Rosalind Bungs and Jori with Roger Davies! Welcome! We're so glad to have you! Spoon has dropped Parvati Patil but luckily she's still playing Hannah, so yay! 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. 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. ► Ongoing Events The Daily Prophet will still be mentioning werewolves and reporting on wizarding children in Muggle school. There are also still small instances of random violence against known werewolves that you're free to invent/comment on, provided you don't get too melodramatic with it. Nothing that requires more than a short trip to St. Mungo's. We're heading into the last few weeks of the Quidditch season before the play-offs. As it's a World Cup year, there's a lot of speculation about who is going to get picked for the various home nations' squads. There's been discussion of the details in the comments of the Drop Box, which professional Quidditch players and ardent fans might want to read. Any further questions on the subject should go there so we can keep everything together. With the Quidditch World Cup just a few months away and a lot of organising to be done, the Department of Magical Games and Sports (among other areas of the Ministry) will be taking on new employees, so there's room for new career opportunities if anyone wants them! ► Behind the Scenes Obviously, 2006 wasn't a leap year and 2012 is. For the purposes of the game, February 2006 has 29 days. It's not unusual, it's not a leap year and nothing that characters should comment upon. ► Upcoming Events On February 3rd, the Wizengamot announce a ban on wizarding children attending Muggle schools. On February 8th, Adrian Pucey will be mauled by a graphorn in his own home. Pansy Higgs and Lee Jordan will be behind the attack, carried out for entirely personal reasons, but that information won't be known to the public. Some will suspect it's in retaliation for his recent anti-muggle statements, some might suspect a Crumple-Horned Snorkack and some will believe it's just random violence. Those who take the third approach will not be comforted by the fact that Adrian isn't on the list, which is a reminder that not being on that list isn't a guarantee you'll be safe. To celebrate its grand opening, Diagon Alley's newest sweetshop The Peppermint Twist decides to promote itself by handing out free samples of chocolate. Unfortunately, a love potion that was intended for another batch of sweets fell into the chocolate when it was being made so not only is this chocolate being sold, but it's being given out to innocent passers-by. Effects will last from February 12th to February 18th. Within the next day or two, a post will go up fully explaining things and offering you the chance to sign up. On February 15th, we'll put up our mid-month mod post. I know we've been saying that and not doing it for the past couple of months, but we haven't had anything new that required an update. This month, the second half of our calendar is rather fluid. We've got a few possible events that haven't been settled on yet, so everyone sort that out amongst yourselves and then comment to claim a date and let us know what we as mods need to do to help you set up. ► Claim a Date If you're involved in the following plots or have another plot you'd like to add to the calendar, please comment and let us know when you'd like them to happen. We've given you a couple possible dates, intended to keep things spread out neatly, but dates can be changed to accommodate you if necessary. ► Harry Potter is targeted by OSTENDO. ► Gwen Montgomery and/or John Dawlish have yet to be attacked by OSTENDO, which is something that should happen soon. ► Macnair targets Justin Finch-Fletchley's family? ► A possible OSTENDO meeting? |