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Re: Cloaking Gems (Again)
Even with this concern... I'd rather have newbies think there are people playing and stick around than think that the game is dead, regardless of org.Ayisdra said:I can't help but think if we had everyone shown, how it would effect people picking things when they see Mag or Seren having 12 people online vs Glom or Hallifax having half (or less than) that. That people are going to go to the top 2-3 places without even trying other orgs.Lillirallia said:Aetolia seems to show everyone that's online and they're doing fine.Are the breakdowns of org pop in Aetolia more or less even? Celest, Mag, and Seren having around 12 people online with Halli, Gaudi, and Glom having half that. Showing everyone online may just make deader orgs even more dead for people won't even try them out because of the lack of people.
Xenthos
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Re: Running Cultural Events
The google calendar really trivialised all of this for me, because you just see the event in your timezone so it takes out the conversion step plus you can sync it to get reminders. Seems like it'd be pretty neat for ascension as well and it's constructive metagaming in the end.Gurashi said:I've seen people get burned so much over using the DATE conversion and relying on the IC half to be accurate but in truth the further out you try to predict a date, the less accurate it's going to be. Always include some note somehow, somewhere when announcing when something is going to happen OOCly (like 8 pm CST or something etc). It isn't immersion breaking! It saves everybody headaches and having to deal with re-posting the correct date once the error is realized.
Saran
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Re: Running Cultural Events
It's been a while since I've done anything useful or memorable as Cultural Minister but I love this thread.Xiran said:Tossing suggestions here. Feel free to add your own or discuss. I am not an expert. Please don't take this as prescription.
Communication
Getting the word out feels like the biggest part of parties and contests. Much of this won't apply to casual get-togethers.
- OOC Calendar: Convert those dates somewhere, like Uzriel's post of the Bloodfaire. Or a Google Calendar to share.
- Town Crier: If you have aides waking at different times than you, they're great to assist with being a town crier. And New Celest has an actual NPC for this role?
- OOC Tweet: Give a town crier message before it happens, using Twitter. Since this is how conflict events and notices before admin-run things are given, best to tweet for something happening Soon. Can only do it once a RL month, unless you Issue yourself with a request. If doing the latter route, Issue early so admin have time to respond.
- Org Messages: Probably the best place to get people's eyes on it in-game without expending energy. This works best if there aren't messages that have been there for a long time. People's eyes will skip a block if they see a familiar line at the top. Consider moving those lines somewhere else. (It's a lot of messages for people in all commune/city, guild, and order organisations.) Or swapping the message to be at the top. Changing the colour seems to help for visual folk. Consider the TMS Vote message in comparison.
- News posts: Best format for getting out info, including tiers of prizes if relevant. These will fade from people's memory if it's not an activity in the next week.
- Individual invites: These work for more formal events or big bashes. Make sure the invite won't decay before the party.
- Not advised: Flyers at nexuses. People's eyes don't go to mortal letters or scrolls at nexuses because there's a lot of stuff already there. (However that special scroll to signup or the Ascension Gala would have the useful feature of acting as an RSVP and letting you get a headcount of attendees for goodie bags. Possible PR request?)
I've seen people get burned so much over using the DATE conversion and relying on the IC half to be accurate but in truth the further out you try to predict a date, the less accurate it's going to be. Always include some note somehow, somewhere when announcing when something is going to happen OOCly (like 8 pm CST or something etc). It isn't immersion breaking! It saves everybody headaches and having to deal with re-posting the correct date once the error is realized.
Also if you're working with lots of people from lots of different timezones, having a shared Google document or something you can all throw ideas into is immeasurably helpful. Color coordinating, etc. That's what we did for the Glom 2019 Solstice event. Assigning 1-2 people per activity makes it so no single person gets overwhelmed and you have a backup if someone can't make it to something.
Gurashi
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Re: QUOTES 8: THE QUOTING
You begin to turn a Censer of Wonder rapidly, twisting its pieces and it begins to waver and change
shape before your eyes. It finally solidifies as Censer of Wonder.
shape before your eyes. It finally solidifies as Censer of Wonder.
Eritheyl
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Re: Economy - Trade Revamp
While I'm not well-versed in trades enough to offer much of an opinion on the rest of it: why would you name a languages skill/miniskill 'lingualism'? It's not, at a glance, a word in English. Why not Linguistics, or possibly just Languages?
Esei
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Re: Astral Nodes and Toxic Behavior
Why not handle it in game? If someone from your organization or alliance is the one being overzealous, you probably have channels to utilize to stop them.
If it's from the enemy organization, well this is a chance for content! If the person(s) you're referring to are attacking whoever is overlinking - or whoever they THINK is overlinking - go up and fight them! Conflict is a good thing, and Lusternia needs more of it. I don't think it's any coincidence the population of the game has declined while organic conflict mechanics have also declined.
Who cares who's right or wrong? Throw your weight around! Fight off the enemy! Teach them not to mess with your fellow alliancemates.
Talkan
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Re: Astral Nodes and Toxic Behavior
Tyrus said:For the past week or so I've had the displeasure of having to hear about and/or deal with drama over astral over-linking. These people are often wrongly accused and still threatened, or griefed, or otherwise harassed because players have chosen to be overzealous in their policing of the nodes.I think it is fostering an unhealthy environment where it will drive several well-meaning players away and still leave behind the offenders. Is that what people want? Make the game even smaller than it has been? It is causing combat, sure, but it's not a healthy combat situation. It mirrors that of why we have Avenger in the first place.People need to consider that this is a game, first and foremost. Try not to take it so seriously with accusations. I thought once to report with adding a LastLink for astral nodes to help catch or deter the true offenders, but I was told this idea was shot down, even though we have something like LastHarvest. If this is true, why?Anyway, this is me saying, ye Enforcers of Astral Nodes need to tone it down a notch. Keep your zealotry levels to motes, please.
If this, in any shape or form, is addressed to me or my character, then I have neither threatened, nor harassed, nor griefed anyone, just because of over-linking of Astral nodes. In fact, the only instance, where I have taken action of any kind, regarding over-linking of Astral nodes, was when I contacted you ICly, specifically for the reason not to put unnecessary pressure on someone who possibly did nothing wrong. If you have been lead to believe that anything was said or done to anyone just over an Astral node, do contact me ICly, or OOCly and I will rectify that.
That being said, I wholly support making LastLink a thing, if for nothing else, then Orgs being able to keep track on their own and sort these matters within their own Org and ICly, because it is a matter that should be addressed. Someone's ignorance and selfishness, not being able to tell themselves that "OK, I guess I won't be bashing Astral today because the nodes are toast", is in no shape or form, "fair" for the lack of a better term, towards rest of the player base, who mostly stick and adhere to the unwritten rule, not to link past motes.
Enero
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Re: Astral Nodes and Toxic Behavior
In the past, admin have decided that astralnodes and related linking matters should player monitored and that we should be careful about our linking. Most us of probably agree that a LastLink would be helpful (more so when things like LastHarvest are a thing), even if it may not exactly be true (in case someone getting mobs for orrery with nearly dead-nodes).
There is also the problem is there is no IG help or line that node recharging is based on the remaining power in the node, its all player told. So when you have a hidden system that isn't even obvious you get people who will over link normal nodes not knowing. Then you have people who will on purpose overlink as a means to 'stop X group from hunting' (although this might be more rare these days)
Enforcers aren't in the wrong. When the main/only endgame area (that isn't demigod-locked like grimkeep) is limited to astral, people have a right to be zealous about making sure the area doesn't take a month to recharge.
Ayisdra
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Re: Astral Nodes and Toxic Behavior
No, they don't have a right to be zealous, especially when they assume innocent people to be in the wrong (and when they don't even look to their own people as possible offenders). And then potentially drive people out of the game with a "thump first and ask questions later" kind of mentality.
Tyrus
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