[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

Happy (belated) American Thanksgiving to those who celebrate, and happy weekend for those who don't! HERE ARE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

1) Please remember to put NSFW, CW, et al notices in thread subjects when threading out sexual or sensitive content! You don't have to ftb and take things off the community because we are a locked game, but the warnings are appreciated. No one has done anything wrong because you are all EXTREMELY good about this (THANK YOU ♥) but I realized that someone asked me about this a while back and I never made it an official policy. Sweats. The Game Info page will be updated accordingly to make this more clear!

2) I'm going to put up a check-in post next weekend, on December 4. I'll leave it up for a week for people to just mark that they're still interested in playing in the game, and sweep anyone who doesn't respond by December 11.

3) The next game will begin on December 4. It is extremely experimental in its design, so let me lay out what I plan on doing!

The game will be an extended war room-type game with mingle elements, and 100% PvP.

Teams will be asked to choose one team other than their own to protect, with any unprotected teams being punished at the end. Punished teams will likely either suffer IC death, complete and total monster possession (for a temporary period), or some combination of both. This will not be known ICly but I'm giving you a heads up OOCly so you can plan accordingly!

I am going to give y'all an OOC two weeks to come to a team consensus on who to protect. During this period, teams will be encouraged to politic and mingle with each other, or to make appeals to the other teams for why they should be protected. Anything goes when it comes to trying to convince another team to protect yours, be it violence, or bribery, or wheeling and dealing, or whatever is fun for you! Teams can talk about the game openly with other teams and can let other teams know who they intend to protect.

That said, each team will have a locked post for any SECRET TEAM MEETING THINGS y'all need to do. The post will be open and available for the entire two weeks and can be used by teams whenever they want.

If all teams wind up protected (which is possible, with this setup) all teams will be punished and no team will win. This will be warned for ICly, and OOCly I am 100% sticking to it, so! This does not mean you can't play the game to ensure all teams are protected, if it's what your character would do ICly! But there will be IC consequences for doing this.

The outcome of the game is not as important as the journey you take to get there! My goal with this game is to help teams bond through OH NO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PROTECT OURSELVES or even THIS GAME SUCKS WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY APPEALS FOR WHY WE SHOULD BE PROTECTED TO ANYONE YOLO. I also want to encourage some team vs. team activity through politicking, making deals, and potential betrayal, cuz I think it'd be fun!!

If this game is not to your taste, that's okay! You don't have to participate. Normal posts can and will be made during the two-week game period, and characters who are playing the game won't be able to talk about said game with those who are not playing. And if that doesn't sound fun, I will have a hiatus option available, too!

As a reminder, please treat each other kindly! I know team vs. team things can get a little heated, so remember that IC =/= OOC, and if something is not fun for you to personally thread out, you can step away from it with no problems at all. ♥

I HOPE THIS KIND OF GAME SOUNDS FUN TO PLAY!! I'm pretty excited about it personally, and I hope the mechanics work out ;w;/ If they don't, that's okay! Like I said, this is very experimental, and I wanted to see if I could capture the war room bonding that occurs in locked room games without having to sit us down at a computer for six or so hours at a time. If you have any questions or concerns, don't be afraid to bring them to me.

ANYWAY, WITH ALL THAT SAID. . . PLACEMENTS!

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That's all! Thank you so much and have a wonderful weekend. ♥