NEWS -- August 2011 Updates
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News & Updates - August 2011
Organized alphabetically by topic


Auxiliary Procedures

The 'SA discussed publicising more about how auxiliary requests are handled. This includes an explanation of how posts during certain times are evaluated, and more in-depth assessment of the 2:1 primaryConfusedecondary ratio, and a few suggestions on how to get your request approved. This is still in development!


Contests

Christmas In July was officially closed. Thanks to all who participated! Smile


Ghosts & Possessions

Some questions about ghosts and possessions were cleared up. It was determined that short-term possessions by ghosts or spirits will be allowed, as per Section 3.5 under our Super Natural Guide in the RP Guide.


Joining Page Redraft

We've recently received a number of applications which failed to meet the 200 word minimum in the profiles. We are currently working on redrafting our Joining page to make this expectation clearer and hopefully make it easier to understand in general!

We also discussed whether we should require a profile and examples for new members, but decided against it, instead preferring to allow members to continue to choose how they would like to join.


Realism Guide

The 'SA drafted a Realism Guide to add to the Wiki and it is currently in development. So far, it covers skills (and acquiring skills), character creation, and setting. More will be added!


Member Services

A Member Services idea was discussed but not implemented; the idea involved members having their own ooc listing of things that they are good at so that they might help others on the site with things OOCly. (Like language, math, etc.) But it was decided that such a thing isn't really needed.


Open Characters Listing

We received a Formspring question about posting Open Characters listing that we felt was worth mentioning here. If two players control an adoptable, have one of them post the ad. You can make your own rules on how to apply -- since it's your character after all! -- and can choose to require the potential adopter to PM both parents or only one. If they PM one, the PM can be forwarded to the other player.

The reason behind this is to keep the Open Characters list simple and concise. This is also why we have a word limit on the posts, and why we encourage using the Wiki to list extra information. Smile



Pack Formation Requests

We received two pack formation requests; we accepted one and rejected one.


Pup Requests

One puppy litter was declined.


Project re-organization

The staff forms were re-organized to include project forums after we realized we had too many and couldn't keep track of them! That being said, there are a lot of ideas in the works that will be revealed in a few months' time.


Spotlight & Community Souls

Congratulations to Cait, winner of Spotlight Soul for August 2011 as Tawny Wagner! There is no elected Community Soul for this month. For more information, check out the Community/Spotlight Soul thread!



Want some sorbet?

We’ve decided to release a new catacomb for the major Aniwaya conflict plot that’s been going on for a while. To earn this catacomb, members from the involved packs have to participate and finish three ic plot threads. For uninvolved loners and other packs not participating in the plot, one ic plot related thread is required! So if you haven’t already, make sure to get your threads in time for this wonderful, sorbet flavoured IC catacomb! Yum!


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