SOTG AUGUST 2023

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AC RESULTS


Hello and happy August to our lovely players! First we start with AC results:

DROPS: prophylactic nonbinding thornygunner prozaic beautifulleopard megatheorem heavensdragon wrenchedup mehanizovati morsangel threadhop

LORE / FREE REGAIN



These are all the characters who got the AC reward for the month!

usarinpa bulleting rebellions nullificates fatalism quizpersona ticket218 heartofsalvation beshackled likethestars theskyaccepts kiseijuu orphne chemex murderingjustice entreats laserguy

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WHAT'S NEW?

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PAGES

We’ve been working on overhauling some of our pages! We now have a calendar, flora / fauna page, business / Aldrip page, and a navigation so players can see all the links in one spot. We’re still working on some of them, and if anyone would like to contribute or add anything, let us know! We’re also working on a map, references, and other things like that so everyone can visualize the game. So stay tuned! We’ll announce more updates in state of the game posts, but you might see some new links added to the nav every now and then in the meantime.

HOUSING

As of this post, we have additional npcs who are helping out to make new housing for the Chosen. These will be completed by September, so feel free for characters to assist as needed so they can get in something that’s not the cramped inn. The housing is going to be the barest minimum, small single bedroom/bathroom housing for now, and details on how to customize or make the houses larger will be in the September state of the game post. But for now, we gotta build them before making any sort of upgrades.

TABLETS

The npcs from the desert accumulated the pieces of tablets, chargers, batteries, and other parts and brought them to Aldrip with them. Characters are welcome to tinker with them, clean them up, and charge / put them back together, but they won’t get much to happen for now. The new npcs aren’t sure how to fix it, and Aldrip npcs certainly don’t know how to fix it. But maybe we’ll get some more information about them during the mingle log, after the app cycle…

For a more extensive overview of what’s changed in Aldrip, please check the event result post here.

SMALL AC CHANGE

As of this app cycle, we’re getting rid of the rule of using only one thread from the TDM for ac. You are allowed to use multiple TDM threads now, which hopefully will encourage tagging out to new players who want to voice test. The TDM is semi-canon, which means players can take or leave what they want from the TDM. Strange things happen in Aldrip all the time, after all.

SMALL POLL CHANGE

Instead of only a week for the polls, the modteam has decided to go to a ten-day poll cycle to give players a few more days to absorb the event before voting. The reason why we’re only extending it a few more days is so that players and characters who might want to move on from the event or weren’t involved can move on if they’d like. This is also something we’re going to be monitoring however, so if it’s necessary to extend or shorten it back to a week, we will adjust accordingly.

THIS MONTH, IN ALDRIP

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TDM / HAPPENINGS

As we’ve said, the TDM is semi-canon to the game. While we are still going to have the separate overall log for new players in the meme comm, characters who are already in the game are free to make their own posts or logs in the normal expiation comms to interact with the scenarios, if they so choose. The TDM goes up on the 7th, so posts and things could be interacted with after that date.

As for the TDM:

FESTIVAL OF THE SUN

It’s time for what the locals call “The Festival Of The Sun.” It’s kind of a lowkey festival, and with the new npc additions to the city, more artsy. The new locals have regained their love for art, so crafts, paintings and sculpting will be additions to the festival. Characters might get roped in to help decorate!
There will be a sandcastle building contest, a seashell hunt, and boat racing contests. Other contests that Chosen would like to put on will just enhance the festival! Small food prizes will be awarded for these events.

THIS IS ECOLOGY

There’s been new additions to the flora and fauna (as seen on the new page). There will be the ability to make friends with and keep some wildlife for travel or other uses.
On the flipside, there will be wildflowers blooming in the fields next to Aldrip that will have status effects– such as sleeping, confusion, temporary loss of sense (sight, touch, taste, etc), powerlessness, forgetfulness, or inability to speak. Think rpg status effects! So long as they’re not game breaking, they’re free game.

STRANGE MACHINATIONS

As said above, there won’t be a whole lot that can be done with the tablets for now. If characters are able to get it working, there will be a whole lot of beeping and error messages. In between that, characters might be able to see a glimpse of some apps on the home screen: mAPP, snake, solitaire, calendar, notepad, contacts, a paint-sort of program, and what looks to be Aldrip’s version of a news app. Trying to tap on most of this will give more error messages, almost as if it’s not connected to a network… at least, until they realize that the tablets are beeping. Wandering around may provide an insight as they seem to beep louder or more often at random points- that is, until they find another tablet. Characters will find that they can send text messages and photos while they're close, but get too far away and it'll disconnect again.

The world might seem more odd throughout the month. The locals stop in place more often, forgetting what they’re doing. The animals come around looking abnormal in various ways, almost mutated. Chosen will also hear voices outside at night… but everything’s fine. Right?

LOOKING AHEAD / MISC

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AC

We did receive in our first mod posts some suggestions about the AC. The modteam is still keeping an eye on things as they are right now, but we haven’t ruled anything out as of yet. This is just something we’re monitoring.

QUEST BOARD

We are still working towards a quest board! That was something that was mentioned as well, to make more use of a day-to-day life in Aldrip. Look for that in the coming months as this mod team continues to settle in to their positions!

AC REWARDS

This is something we will be revamping in August! We are going to take a look at what’s available and what can be saved up for, including additions to housing and things of that nature. Goal is to be finished by the mod post in September.

INFO / FAQ PAGE

This is another thing we will be revamping in August! We are going to realign it to reflect the way the current modteam would like the game to go, and hopefully clarify some things at the same time. If there’s anything you guys would like to see in particular, let us know either in the comments or in the info post!

SENTENCING

Those who have sentencing this month, don’t forget about it!! whatsamada, nullificates, illusionbreaker You have until the end of the month to finish it! Also, we may be tweaking this in the future as well, but we’ll keep you tuned in for that.

CALENDAR

We also readjusted some of the dates for the calendar again. Bear with us The link is further up in the post, so please peruse at your leisure! We went ahead and finished it up for the rest of the year, but as things come up and potential player plots happen, we can still add it into the calendar later.

GET ON WITH IT ALREADY,

Thank you to everyone who gave feedback, and who’s still shown enthusiasm for the game in this period of change. We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but we hope to have our plans going soon. As always, use the comments below to let us know how we’re doing, if there’s anything we’ve forgotten (because this month has been A Lot), or if you’ve just got questions that you’d like answered. Here’s to another month!