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outofsticks2023-07-18 03:50 pm
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July Mod Announcements
Game Announcements!
Hi friends! Sticks & Bones is going through some changes that we wanted to address in a semi-quick announcement post. The first note we'd like to make is to welcome Wolfie (
Onto the other announcements...
!Public Game Opening & Application Changes
After some discussion with the mod team and the players, we have decided to open Sticks & Bones to the public starting in August, meaning no more invites are required! This could change in the future depending on how the dominoes fall, but for now, all players are welcome to apply. The mod team has a short ban list, but it largely contains the usual suspects.
Due to the game going public, our application has changed. We now require 10-comment samples no more than a year old from you. Additionally, we have retooled the taken page so the form there is a little less intensive to fill out, and there have been some minor code tweaks all around. As always, the mod team is open to feedback, so please feel free to shout if we missed something or you have something you'd like to see/say/etc.
Due to the game going public, our application has changed. We now require 10-comment samples no more than a year old from you. Additionally, we have retooled the taken page so the form there is a little less intensive to fill out, and there have been some minor code tweaks all around. As always, the mod team is open to feedback, so please feel free to shout if we missed something or you have something you'd like to see/say/etc.
!Rewritten Rules & FAQ Posts
Again due to the public opening of Sticks & Bones, we have retooled our FAQ Page and Rules to better reflect moving away from a for-friends-only sandbox. We recommend all players, prospective and current, give everything a once-over to make sure nothing is missed.
A special note on some of the retooling: The mod team has decided to include a new player cap of 25 people and a cast cap of 6. Currently, we have the cast cap operating under the rule of "one series, one cast" i.e. bucketing all Marvel, DC, Final Fantasy, etc big canons under one bucket for the time being. This means that when processing apps for Clive FF16, he'll be in the same "cast" as Cloud FF7. We don't foresee this being much of an issue, but if we suddenly have 6 FF16s and 4 FF7s apping, we will consider changing the cast cap appropriately.
A special note on some of the retooling: The mod team has decided to include a new player cap of 25 people and a cast cap of 6. Currently, we have the cast cap operating under the rule of "one series, one cast" i.e. bucketing all Marvel, DC, Final Fantasy, etc big canons under one bucket for the time being. This means that when processing apps for Clive FF16, he'll be in the same "cast" as Cloud FF7. We don't foresee this being much of an issue, but if we suddenly have 6 FF16s and 4 FF7s apping, we will consider changing the cast cap appropriately.
!Game Structure Changes
Summer has been rough both on the mod team and the players, and I think we can all admit that Sticks & Bones has been lacking in structure thus far. To rectify this and keep us on track in the future, we now have a game calendar. From here on, barring extenuating circumstances, we plan to have an OOC Plotting Post go up on the last Friday of the month, and an Event or TDM/Event post go up on the first Friday of the month. Our TDMs are bimonthly, meaning that the next one will be in August.
This month, we do not have a proper log, as one of the mods is moving (!!) and the other one is buried in non-hobby related work. Our mini-event will serve as this month's only mod post. Real life got hands, y'all.
This month, we do not have a proper log, as one of the mods is moving (!!) and the other one is buried in non-hobby related work. Our mini-event will serve as this month's only mod post. Real life got hands, y'all.
!Future?
The mod team is working on a Story So Far page for all the major events that have happened, as there have been quite a few! Stay tuned for that; it takes a bit to remember the last several months of plot.
Sticks & Bones has gotten off to a rough start thus far, and we are hoping to rectify it in the coming months. We don't want the game to close, after all! Please let us know how we can do better on our mod contact post, or on this post, if you'd like. Otherwise, we'll see you all in the spooky woods soon!
Sticks & Bones has gotten off to a rough start thus far, and we are hoping to rectify it in the coming months. We don't want the game to close, after all! Please let us know how we can do better on our mod contact post, or on this post, if you'd like. Otherwise, we'll see you all in the spooky woods soon!