mod announcement: march monthly plot

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mod announcement

Hi everyone! This is just a quick mod note discussing the monthly plot that is starting today, upcoming events, and some minor housekeeping reminders and info updates!

march monthly plot

Starting on March 13th, as Sampremi winds down into its final two days, residents of Riverview Quarantine will notice that there are intermittent power outages, blackouts and brownouts around the city. These outages can occur anywhere, in residential or business areas, and affect almost all systems inside the fences and walls. Between the 13th and 15th, they won't happen very often and will be very short, but as time goes on they will increase in frequency and duration. On March 20th, the TDM will be posted with details of the exploration mission that needs to be undertaken to end this situation.

During this plot, the walls will not be breached and there are various different services that are linked to an emergency backup system that will not be affected by the power outages: the laser fence that helps defend the city, hospitals, police station and all Perimeter Guard facilities, and the government building. Any other function of the city from the Community Housing to the transit system can be affected as players choose to have them do so.

If you do not wish to participate in this plot, that is completely fine, and your characters can simply be lucky enough to avoid any power outages. If you do wish to, feel free to use the brownouts and blackouts in your threads as you see fit, whether you're stuck in an elevator together, holed up in housing with board games and candles, or stopping (or participating in) a bit of power outage criminal activity. The sky's the limit (unless it affects everyone)!

Please feel free to use this entry to plot for this event.

game info updates and player plotting

I just wanted to post up a few updates that have been made to the game information for anyone who does not follow the mod plurk:

● I am awarding bonus points on a regular basis now. If I have miscounted when I give you your total, or missed any special content (monster fighting, exploration, obvious romantic intent, or your character has posted and participated in a mingle log) please feel free to let me know. This hasn't happened yet, that I know of, but I would definitely like to be told if I miss something!

● As I'm going through awarding points, I'm realizing that you are all tagging machines, and I will likely be raising the prices on the AC Bonus page around the end of Activity Check (April 7th). So if you want to take advantage of the current prices, submit your threads and make perk requests soon!

● I have added a game calendar for a more visual idea of when things are happening.

● The links to player-asked questions on the RULES/PROCEDURES PAGE have been rearranged with subheaders for pertinent subjects on a wonderful suggestion from a player, to make them more readable. There have been a few questions asked that have important information:

➝ Questions regarding whether characters receive money when they arrive and how they are assigned jobs. I have included information and links to these questions on the ARRIVAL PAGE.
➝ Questions about whether characters can make a living as explorers rather than Perimeter Guard members, as well as some additional information about Perimeter Guard Special Units, updated on the PERIMETER GUARD PAGE.
➝ A question regarding network privacy, archiving, and hacking.

● I have also received a few questions regarding what players can plot out on their own without asking or waiting for a mod-posted event. I just wanted to make it clear that Riverview is a game that is intended to be as collaborative as possible, between myself and the players. I am not overly interested in controlling the minute details of the game world, and welcome suggestions and ideas - I love player plots, and I specifically built the setting to be as flexible as possible, to accommodate as many new ideas as possible. You do not need to wait for a mod event or ask mod permission to play with a monster attack on the wall, or to have your character go exploring in the jungle, or for your character to find a random street market even after Sampremi is over, or basically most things that would not affect the game as a whole. In cases where it would affect the game as a whole, please let me know before it's threaded out so I can weave it into the general state of the game, and make sure it won't break anything. My goal is to be flexible, and for players to have fun in the setting. If you want to play something and aren't sure how to make it work, feel free to shoot me a message and ask me how, and I will do my best to come up with an idea for you.

I promise I'll be less wordy once everything gets more settled.

housekeeping

Just a few quick housekeeping reminders:

● The first RIVERVIEW REVIEW post will be going up on March 19th. This will include information on the weather for the following couple of weeks and some smaller mini-events and/or details about ongoing events in the city. Players may submit news stories, whether it's a story about a player-plot that residents might find interesting, a new business opening, a sale, a party your character is planning, or anything else. The deadline for submissions is 10:00 pm on Saturday March 18th, see the Riverview Review page for more info on submitting.

● Our first Activity Check will start on April 1st. There are no activity requirements for this one, as it is everyone's first month in the game. Just to get housekeeping in order and lists up-to-date, I will be requesting that you post a link to your character's comments to the TAKEN LIST, and if your character has taken a job or joined the Perimeter Guard, your comment on the OCCUPATIONS PAGE or PERIMETER GUARD PAGE. This would include any jobs assigned when you received your acceptance note, just to confirm whether or not your character has accepted the offered position. This is going to be the standard AC requests for new characters going forward.

● If you have any problems at all with the housing your character was assigned upon entry to the game, please feel free to submit a request for a change on the HOUSING PAGE or PM the mod account for help.

Also, if you use plurk, the mod plurk account, riverview, has announcements and some notifications of changes whenever they happen.

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