Heyas everyone! I hope and wish everyone a wonderfully relaxing weekend, I think we all deserve it, eh?
Kei, I'm glad to hear you're safe <3 And I'm also super sorry to hear about all the damage to your grandparents' home. D: And... I'm also sorry for laughing so hard at the comment of thinking your dog peed on you, lol. But the most important thing is that you're safe and doing okay. I wish you and your family the speediest of speedy recoveries and that everything gets back to normal asap. Don't worry about posting today, so long as you're okay that's all that's important to me.
37 minutes to write your posts, Rex?! Dayum! Now you kinda know how I'm able to write so quickly for my posts, being a GM and knowing what you want to write makes it a lot easier... |D I'm proud of you! And I'm looking forward to reading them super soon! I also hope your cousins are doing okay too... D:
Buns your Sims designs are... really bizarre. I'm not sure whether I like them or not... ene...
For the benefit of our new starters, Aki and Ryver (when she's finished her character's sheet) as well as a reminder for everyone else, I've composed a few key rules and regulations for the rp that I'd like everyone to read over sil vous plait~
• The RP expects daily posting. With the exception of Tuesday and Wednesday, which due to my generosity and the majority of players being busy has become a 2 day posting round where players can post on either one of those days and miss the other, players are expected to be posting on every single day. The only exceptions and allowances I give to players missing posting are for:-
• Exams
• Holiday
• Sickness
I am lenient and understanding enough to also allow players the need to miss a day for other reasons, depending on the circumstances (such as Kei's own predicament, which again I hope improves asap), however one thing which I won't accept as an excuse is 'school'. If I was to accept busy schoolwork or whatever as a valid reason for missing a post, then this rp would never get updated with, and as players know I've explained and made it clear plenty of times why this rp is structured with daily posting the way it is.
As I've mentioned above, I am pretty lenient when it comes to this rp. So long as it moves along and it gets consistent posting, I'm happy. But lately there have been instances where posting has been anything other then consistent, and I'm cracking down on this starting now. If a player is proving to be an inconsistent poster, then I'll first pm them a warning. If it persists, they'll be removed. Help me help you guys to not have to do this...
• Keep regurgitation within IC posts to a minimum. It adds nothing to just repeat what another player has written and instead causes the more unneccessary need to read the same thing over and over. Proactivity is key, and posts that move the scene on and give fellow players something to build from is what's sought after. A good way of knowing whether or not your post works in this regard is to imagine if your post would work within a 1x1 and give your sole partner enough to actually work with and build upon the rp with it, and vice versa. If not, it'll need editing. Give what you get - this doesn't just extend to post length, but post content too.
• The miminum posting length for this rp is 150 words, with general post length sizes being what can be seen currently in the rp. I don't like massive posts filled with pointless regurgitation and fluff, it's not fun, especially when needing to read it daily. This just helps to keep the rp focused, moving and developing, and works well for everyone. A 150 word minimum is also there so that, if people are exceptionally busy on a day, they should theoretically be able to post, because 150 words is... not that difficult to write at all.
• Calling IC posts. Because the rp has daily posting, it's best to make a post within the OOC announcing when you are working on an IC post, effectively 'calling it' and making sure we don't get any instances with people posting at the same time. However, if players' characters are not in the same scene together, and thus their posts wouldn't infringe on the other, it's okay for both players to post. When calling an IC post, please try to make sure that the IC post is then up in a timely manner, such as within an hour. The following bullet point plays into whether or not any problems crop up, but this is fairly self explanatory.
• OOC Communication. Speaks for itself. A healthy ooc means a healthy IC and rp overall. I like that this has been improving recently since I mentioned it just recently, but of course keep it up! If anyone has any questions about anything relating to the rp, the OOC is a fantastic place to ask for everyone to see and respond to. Anything personal towards me, a PM through RPG or Skype works just as well too and I can assist automatically there and then. For co-gm chapters, the same can be done for our co-gms, if not making a group pm with all those neccessary involved. Don't be shy or embarassed or anything like that. Communication really is super important <3
• Kathi, Kei, any help you guys can give me with giving details regarding plans for co-gm chapters the sooner and better, I'd be most appreciative of it. There's no rush for you Kei, considering everything going on atm, but I'd be extremely grateful if some headway could be made towards this.
I think that's everything important and relevant enough for now, although I could be forgetting something. If I am, someone point it out for me, lol. But hopefully that's clear for everyone? If not, please say and I'll do what I can to help hopefully explain things better.
That aside, I again hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
What music is everyone listening to?
From our lovable host, Don:
And Poppy is pretty awesome, Buns! I definitely think I'm going to introduce Isabella and Abram in my next post!
