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Several orders of business from your friendly neighborhood mods~ PLEASE READ.
Got a few very important reminders guys, so please listen up.
Firstly, I'd like to direct your attention to the Player Guide and Frequently Asked Questions posts! They're filled with info on DramaDramaDuck and its inner workings, and hopefully will be useful to you whether you're new to the game or an oldbie who could benefit from a refresher on the stuff that's less common. We'd love for you to take this opportunity to go look them over, and feel free to comment here or there with any questions you may have.
Secondly, and most importantly, lately we've seen an increase in players not getting the necessary mod approvals for certain game elements. Certain plots, IC actions, or other elements must have mod approval before they can be used in game. This post details what those elements are, and is the place to go to request said approval, but here's a condensed version. PLEASE READ.
Items Requiring Mod Approval
► World-hopping abilities that aren't based on canon, such as one member giving another a world-hopping vehicle or device
► ALL temporary usages of an appable or non-appable canon character for RLs, journal hacking, etc. This includes but isn't limited to: sentient or semi-sentient talking pets, sidekicks, and other canon characters that aren't a part of DDD's played cast (such as canon-basis family members, friends, or main characters that aren't played in game).
Anyone NPCing a character without having obtained permission beforehand will be asked to stop playing the character immediately, and will be on probation for said character until the proper permission is obtained.
► Large-scale plots that will affect the majority of the community.
► Plots involving the death of one or more characters. (If the death is a canon event, no approval is necessary, but we request that you bring the event to our attention before it happens.)
► Plots involving sensitive subjects. These include but are not limited to: rape, pregnancy (especially including means of ending it, such as abortion or miscarriage), self-harm, death, and suicide (including instances where any of these has a canon basis or is a canon event).
► Personal viruses affecting only a limited number of characters.
► Events (parties, tournaments, meetings, etc., as opposed to plots) involving five or more characters.
See the post linked above for more clarification on these categories, and if you have any questions feel free to ask them here. These lists are also not entirely comprehensive, and in some instances things will need to be approached on a case-by-case basis. If you're working on something that you feel may fall under one of the categories but you aren't sure, please contact one of the mods or modpoles, just to be on the safe side. If necessary, you can even post it in the approval post anyway. If it wasn't something that needed approval, we'll be happy to let you know, and if it was, we'll be able to look it over and give you your answer. :)
Any instances of these elements being used without the proper permission will result in a request from the mod team to stop whatever plot is involved, at which point either permission must be obtained or, if it's decided permission can't be given, said plot might be retconned or stopped permanently. The mods reserve the right to deny or stop the progress of any ongoing plot if necessary, and to remove any NPCs played without permission, regardless of their connection to a player's character.
Aaaaaaand I believe that's it. I'll open the floor to any questions you guys have, and thank you for taking the time to read through my TL;DR. ♥
Firstly, I'd like to direct your attention to the Player Guide and Frequently Asked Questions posts! They're filled with info on DramaDramaDuck and its inner workings, and hopefully will be useful to you whether you're new to the game or an oldbie who could benefit from a refresher on the stuff that's less common. We'd love for you to take this opportunity to go look them over, and feel free to comment here or there with any questions you may have.
Secondly, and most importantly, lately we've seen an increase in players not getting the necessary mod approvals for certain game elements. Certain plots, IC actions, or other elements must have mod approval before they can be used in game. This post details what those elements are, and is the place to go to request said approval, but here's a condensed version. PLEASE READ.
Items Requiring Mod Approval
► World-hopping abilities that aren't based on canon, such as one member giving another a world-hopping vehicle or device
► ALL temporary usages of an appable or non-appable canon character for RLs, journal hacking, etc. This includes but isn't limited to: sentient or semi-sentient talking pets, sidekicks, and other canon characters that aren't a part of DDD's played cast (such as canon-basis family members, friends, or main characters that aren't played in game).
Anyone NPCing a character without having obtained permission beforehand will be asked to stop playing the character immediately, and will be on probation for said character until the proper permission is obtained.
► Large-scale plots that will affect the majority of the community.
► Plots involving the death of one or more characters. (If the death is a canon event, no approval is necessary, but we request that you bring the event to our attention before it happens.)
► Plots involving sensitive subjects. These include but are not limited to: rape, pregnancy (especially including means of ending it, such as abortion or miscarriage), self-harm, death, and suicide (including instances where any of these has a canon basis or is a canon event).
► Personal viruses affecting only a limited number of characters.
► Events (parties, tournaments, meetings, etc., as opposed to plots) involving five or more characters.
See the post linked above for more clarification on these categories, and if you have any questions feel free to ask them here. These lists are also not entirely comprehensive, and in some instances things will need to be approached on a case-by-case basis. If you're working on something that you feel may fall under one of the categories but you aren't sure, please contact one of the mods or modpoles, just to be on the safe side. If necessary, you can even post it in the approval post anyway. If it wasn't something that needed approval, we'll be happy to let you know, and if it was, we'll be able to look it over and give you your answer. :)
Any instances of these elements being used without the proper permission will result in a request from the mod team to stop whatever plot is involved, at which point either permission must be obtained or, if it's decided permission can't be given, said plot might be retconned or stopped permanently. The mods reserve the right to deny or stop the progress of any ongoing plot if necessary, and to remove any NPCs played without permission, regardless of their connection to a player's character.
Aaaaaaand I believe that's it. I'll open the floor to any questions you guys have, and thank you for taking the time to read through my TL;DR. ♥
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Did Juno not already have the baby before she came on DDD? I remember her telling Edgeworth months ago that she'd given the baby up for adoption a while back.
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I'm assuming if we ever have a RL (or random video post) where we would want him/need him included, those would require approval on a case-by-case basis.
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As the band manager affects more than one character, all players do need to agree on including him, but it sounds like you guys have already worked that out. We prefer actual appearances from that type of character, like video posts, to be kept to an minimum wherever possible, but no approval is required for simply incorporating fanon into your character's life or history. ^_^
One last note: if you get other canonmates in the future, they won't be required to abide by any fanon or non-canon elements you've already established unless they're willing to.
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1) There's a point in canon where Zelda's spirit passes into Midna. Since I have no Midna, or a Link, I've been dragging canon out for a while, and keeping her stuck in her tower. If in the event I ever do decide to move her through canon, would I need to app Link or Midna (hell, or both)? I originally thought she passed the triforce to Midna through her spirit, but it's almost as though she dies. When it comes time for that, if it ever does, I'll get with the mods again.
2) I got permission a whiiiilllle back to use Sheik as an alternate persona for Zelda, since she does it in Brawl (and it's actually her just using her magic to change herself). In order for her to continue posting to the comm (and keep up with the AC >.>) I was wondering if it would be alright if she posts, as Sheik, under the assumption it's a different lj name, blah, blah, blah! Like, using this username, but oocly note it in small!text at the bottom to please be assuming it's a different LJ, and all who might know who she was to please lock responses?
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As for how to handle Midna and/or Link during the situation, how would you be usin Zelda after that happens? Would she be on an IC hiatus, or would you want to have her talk through Midna or something? What you'll need from us will depend on how you handle it. Canon events can be implied in the background without approval, if you want to imply most of it. If you want to actually play any of it out in one or two RLs, or have the journal hacked by Midna or Link, stuff like that, you'd only need to get each instance approved. I don't think there'd be a need to actually app either, unless you plan to use them extensively or make them do things that would drastically change canon.
2) That would be fine! Several of our characters do something similar when posting as their alter egos or secret identities, i.e. Kaitou Kid, Karen Minazuki, Bruce Wayne, Dr. Johnathan Crane, etc. Just be sure to note each time that the characters will see it as a different journal and you should be good to go! ^_^
A-also, did you think about having a Brawl event? It came up when your request was made and it sounds like it would be awesome if the Brawl characters wanted to put one on. *_*
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I can't remember if this has come up or not, orz.no subject
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Will it be okay if I post accidental video/voice posts of the 'bad' kids demises (with Veruca's song thrown in, because who doesn't like it?)? It will involve minimum NPC-ing, but if I go through the video post route, there will be little involvement from non DDD characters.
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I'm going to link to this post in the mod approval post, for reference, so there's no need to repost the question there.
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It does look like your slots for the TMNT canons are full, but if you'd like canonmates, there are a few really good places to advertise for them!
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I also just wanted to let you know, if no one had up to now, that (SPOILER ^_~) Minato is scheduled to die on March 5th. It's a canon event and all of our canon-mates are aware of it, and I believe we're going to try to get him back once canon is completely done at the end of March.
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Yeah, we've been informed of that event! I think Vivi was the one who posted it in the mod approval request post. I told her you guys were good to go, but we'd like to review your method of resurrection, whenever you get one, before you go through with it. ^_^
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I'm talking Timcampy, Hibird, Haro, Scorpy, etc. etc. Anything like those guys since they do have intelligence but can't exactly be apped?
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EDIT; also in the above post it should really be some intelligence.
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I'm gonna link this request from the Mod Approval Request Post for easy reference, thanks!
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At the end of the week or so I want to make a accidental videopost involving Tatsumi and Eris fighting (Both are my characters). It's because Eris it's been..Eris, and she messed with one of Tatsumi's friends (Alice Cullen) to the point that he's going to confront her. Tatsumi will use his shadows against her and it will look like he killed her, but he will just trap her using his powers. I wanted to know if it's ok so people don't think that I killed Eris out of the blue.
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I'm sure that post will make a few comm members veeery happy, even if it's not real.
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