ANNOUNCEMENT: State of the Game + September Event

[glencolans]

Hi everyone! Just a quick couple of announcements at the start of this month - one about the state of the game re: pacing, and one about the upcoming plot for this month.

GAME PACING: OOC/IC RATIO

Admin first: It was agreed a few months ago that we would temporarily shift the game over to a 6:1 OOC/IC date ratio, both to help players and the head mod catch up on search requests. September's events have been planned out with this in mind, but I would like to know if you all want to keep this ratio for longer/permanently, resume the 3:1 OOC/IC ratio that the game started with, or if you have any other pacing suggestions you want to put forward.

Here is a poll where you can vote on your preferred pacing. It will remain open until Friday, 9/8, at 11:59pm EST.

Please put any "I have other ideas" recommendations in the comment below and we'll do a second vote if that one option wins. I will post the results of this poll with the event post on Friday, 9/15.

SEPTEMBER PLOT: 1ST FULL MOON

Speaking of the event...we're coming up on the first full IC month of the game, and things are stirring on the island. Some of you may have noticed some oddities in recent search requests post-storm, and those will continue to get Weirder until the full moon rises.

This event will involve two extremely dangerous entities. One of them will appear in Tile VII and another will appear in Tile X. There will be other peripheral consequences of the event in other tiles - some of which are already happening - but if you want to opt out of anything that could be immediately severely damaging or fatal, I would recommend moving your characters out of those tiles before IC Morning 028.

Similarly, if you're interested in actively engaging with these entities, this is a good place to coordinate meeting up and battle strategies! A few hints to plan for:

• They are many.
• They are hungry.
• They must get to the ocean at all costs.

Hope that helps!! Feel free to ask any other questions below.