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Announce Post #3304: Happy Egg Hunt!
Egg hunt or squirrel hunt? Either way, the devious duo that kidnapped baby squirrels from the Reserve appear to have unleashed them, now grown, upon the Basin of Life. Thrown overboard from the airships of the kidnappers, the squirrels have landed all over safely thanks to built-in parachutes. Many still float about, pulled by the winds.
If you come across a cage, be sure to PROBE it and then find a good spot to OPEN the cage so the squirrel can be rehomed. Each squirrel type likes a different tree-laden environment so don't be surprised if they are picky!
You will be able to assist in rehoming the squirrels from now until noon on Monday, 10th of April (server time). Why should you help the squirrels? Because they're adorable! Isn't that reason enough to vo- help them?
If you come across a cage, be sure to PROBE it and then find a good spot to OPEN the cage so the squirrel can be rehomed. Each squirrel type likes a different tree-laden environment so don't be surprised if they are picky!
You will be able to assist in rehoming the squirrels from now until noon on Monday, 10th of April (server time). Why should you help the squirrels? Because they're adorable! Isn't that reason enough to vo- help them?
Re: Ministry of Research Part II
Nicely written proposal, explains the problem and proposes a solution.
The problem, in summary, appears to be threefold:
1) Absent GMs endanger Research Projects.
2) Trying out a different Research Path is very costly.
3) Inability of checking status of Guild Research by anyone but the Guild.
I'll go through each of those one by one.
1) The Research privilege can be invested into Guild ranks, meaning more people than just the Guildmaster can manage Research Projects. This has been added so that the whole responsibility does not rest just on the GM, especially should there be absences.
2) Switching research is costly, that is true. That is by design because of the powers it bestows in return. Introducing a whole new way to circumvent the cost is, essentially, agreeing that the cost is too high. However, we believe the cost is fair for the powers. While we are not opposed to the idea of temporary research, perhaps just for a single power, we do not believe it is needed right this moment. The costs are steep, but it is a research project and an opportunity for a Guild to rally, save up, and make a proper project out of it.
3) This could certainly be improved, someone should likely be able to have an overview of research taking place on the whole. Just this alone is insufficient to justify a Research Ministry right now, but such a power could be given to the CL. No names for the projects, as some are very secretive, but a general overview could be done.
We'll keep this in mind as we work!
The problem, in summary, appears to be threefold:
1) Absent GMs endanger Research Projects.
2) Trying out a different Research Path is very costly.
3) Inability of checking status of Guild Research by anyone but the Guild.
I'll go through each of those one by one.
1) The Research privilege can be invested into Guild ranks, meaning more people than just the Guildmaster can manage Research Projects. This has been added so that the whole responsibility does not rest just on the GM, especially should there be absences.
2) Switching research is costly, that is true. That is by design because of the powers it bestows in return. Introducing a whole new way to circumvent the cost is, essentially, agreeing that the cost is too high. However, we believe the cost is fair for the powers. While we are not opposed to the idea of temporary research, perhaps just for a single power, we do not believe it is needed right this moment. The costs are steep, but it is a research project and an opportunity for a Guild to rally, save up, and make a proper project out of it.
3) This could certainly be improved, someone should likely be able to have an overview of research taking place on the whole. Just this alone is insufficient to justify a Research Ministry right now, but such a power could be given to the CL. No names for the projects, as some are very secretive, but a general overview could be done.
We'll keep this in mind as we work!
Uilani
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Announce Post #3299: Update Successful
Earlier today, Lusternia was taken down as scheduled and our engine has been updated. Outside of a few edge cases, everything has been working as intended. We have our eye on the source of earlier complications and are working to patch it up throughout before further problems occur. If you cause an untrapped error, be sure to bug it immediately and, ideally, do not attempt the action again until your bug is resolved. Also, be on the lookout for any oddities surrounding curios.
Re: Absence Thread
Work is sending me to Japan for work and I am following that up with vacation. So starting next week I will likely be largely absent and on the opposite from my normal times if I am here.
I shall see everyone in a month or so at that point. Huzzah, first vacation in years.
I shall see everyone in a month or so at that point. Huzzah, first vacation in years.
Malayn
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Announce Post #3297: Producer Ride-Along
I would like to invite you all to an experimental digital ride-along with me that will take place tomorrow. It will be hosted on a stage channel on our Discord server (see HELP DISCORD) but the ride-along itself will be text-based rather than voice-based. If you are unfamiliar with how stage channels work, the gist of it is that you join them and are auto-muted and cannot speak even if you wanted to. You become an audience member and you join/leave quietly. You can open text chat for stages the same way you would for voice channels, a button at the top right.
The event will start on March 12th at 5pm GMT (server time) and end at 2am GMT. It may last longer if necessary to wrap things up for the day. There will be short breaks for food and drink. As mentioned above, the event will be in text form rather than voice. There are two main reasons for that. One, you will be able to jump in and out throughout the day and not miss a beat, and two - my poor vocal cords!
Now, onto the content of the ride-along itself. I'd like to take you through an ordinary producer day. Sometimes I will be able to go into detail and other times I will need to be vague as to what is on my plate. Even so, I can discuss the process, the steps, and the findings or resolutions, and you can ask questions. There will naturally be pauses while work happens, but I will do my best to comment on things as I move along.
Provided there is no world-shattering disaster that Ealix needs to handle instead, he may join me at some point for a bugfixing session. If that happens, we'll switch to screensharing and voice. If not tomorrow, we'll instead livestream some bugfixing another time.
If you cannot or do not end up joining me tomorrow, the stage channel will still be there for you to read through. Hope to see you there!
The event will start on March 12th at 5pm GMT (server time) and end at 2am GMT. It may last longer if necessary to wrap things up for the day. There will be short breaks for food and drink. As mentioned above, the event will be in text form rather than voice. There are two main reasons for that. One, you will be able to jump in and out throughout the day and not miss a beat, and two - my poor vocal cords!
Now, onto the content of the ride-along itself. I'd like to take you through an ordinary producer day. Sometimes I will be able to go into detail and other times I will need to be vague as to what is on my plate. Even so, I can discuss the process, the steps, and the findings or resolutions, and you can ask questions. There will naturally be pauses while work happens, but I will do my best to comment on things as I move along.
Provided there is no world-shattering disaster that Ealix needs to handle instead, he may join me at some point for a bugfixing session. If that happens, we'll switch to screensharing and voice. If not tomorrow, we'll instead livestream some bugfixing another time.
If you cannot or do not end up joining me tomorrow, the stage channel will still be there for you to read through. Hope to see you there!
Re: Gurashi Draws: An Autobiography
Even though I'm still on break, there exists in my head a Pokemon AU where Gurashi is living their best life with their Pokepals.
(these two are actually from late 2022 but looks like I never shared them!)
(these two are actually from late 2022 but looks like I never shared them!)
Gurashi
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Re: Portrait Gallery: show off character or lusternia related fanart you've commissioned or created!
My first ever commission from someone else! I got a beautiful sketch page from the talented gaybravado on Twitter/Tumblr/everywhere 
They drew Gurashi and Calioliahali so beautifully, I could cry! And this is just the pastel online version, I have an even more beautiful version I can't stop looking at even more!! So lively! So cute! My favorite changelings!!
You can see their Twitter post here!
(i also had to shrink this by like half for the forum LOL otherwise it'd take up the whole dang screen)
They drew Gurashi and Calioliahali so beautifully, I could cry! And this is just the pastel online version, I have an even more beautiful version I can't stop looking at even more!! So lively! So cute! My favorite changelings!!You can see their Twitter post here!
(i also had to shrink this by like half for the forum LOL otherwise it'd take up the whole dang screen)
Gurashi
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