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ddd_news2009-02-24 09:10 pm
samuraiprosecutor) wrote in ddd_news2009-02-24 09:10 pm
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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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Okay, yeah I'll talk to Bowser and Peach and see if they'd be interested! I'll have to figure out how it would work 8)
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Awesome! And if you ever need any advice on organizing a big event, there are lots of people on the comm who'd be willing to help. You could check with some of the people who've done big tournaments in the past (look through the events comm) and ask them what did and didn't work, for starters, and get with any castmates you have to talk things over.