So we finally have the results for the new moderators of Paixao! Official emails haven't be sent yet but here are the results after pondering over all the applications...

Nep, Raina, Katie, congratulations.

To those that have not been selected, please do not take it personally. Everyone was an excellent candidate for the moderator position and the number was the only reason we didn't chose more moderators (there are traditionally only five mods at a time at maximum). But please feel free to help around the community, get it active again even if you were not chosen as moderator.

( more... ) In short, I'm resigning as an official moderator. I am glad I signed up as a moderator and able to help out the game, now, it's for some others to do so :)

Looks like several characters around Paixao are going to start to be kidnapped.

This is also a pretty new fun thing around Paixao-- a police! WHAT?! Paixao now has a local police force and a 'jail' at the center of the city. More details can be found here. That's the IC information that characters should be getting now...

OOCly this means that anyone stuck in a thread can have a police officer talk to them, or just have a police officer show up so the officer can look stupid. Of course there is a deeper meaning to all of this, but that's all classified information ;) But before doing any dramatic action as an officer, please talk to me about it-- whether it's through my mod posts, email to paixaorpg@gmail.com, or on AIM (less everlasting). The NPCing to do done though paixaonpcs, just like any other 'normal' Paixao native.

Any questions about Paixao's police can be direct to this post.

Expect yet another post from me soon.

OH! And P.S. anyone who needs someone to thread with can hit me up and I'll bring over a police officer to play with you. It'd make a good example too~

(Yeah, three posts in a row-- wow-- and more to come. Sorry guys for the flooding!)

Strange things are happening. Sora has locked the doors to all the worlds, but one remains. Like a vacuum, it sucks beings from other places into its own, yet the reason for this is unknown. Dimensions cross in this place, and anyone can come across different versions of people they once knew—both those alive, and those that have passed on—for there is more than one physical body and more than one dimension connected to every heart. Worlds previously undisturbed have their people and creatures involuntarily placed here, in this city trapped under domes there is no exit, not even a sky; where the citizens are like Victorian porcelain dolls and the native plants and animals are glass and fabric. The only true life are strange creatures called lumens, white and glowing beings whose existence depends on sucking the darkness from and injecting light into the impure. The only help for those who wish to go home can be "offered" by mysterious people in black coats who seem to know quite a bit about this place. WELCOME to the CITY of PAIXAO. TAKEN CHARACTERS. REQUESTED CHARACTERS. CHARACTER RESERVATIONS. Most fandoms are welcome! All information you'll need, including a FAQ, is in the links above. Any comments, questions, etc. may be emailed to paixaorpg@gmail.com.

So, that's the pretty ad that Ang made for us a while back. It's time for us to re-advertise Paixao and annoy the heck out of the communities that we flood every three months. Time to get crakin'!

Here's the code:
<center><table width=300 bgcolor=#f4f4ff><tr><td><a href="http://paixaoguide.livejournal.com/761.html"><img src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p83/dancingxflames/paixao/banners/bannersmall.jpg" border=0></a> </center><p align=justify><font color=#5661bb face=georgia size=1>Strange things are happening. Sora has locked the doors to all the worlds, but one remains. Like a vacuum, it sucks beings from other places into its own, yet the reason for this is unknown. Dimensions cross in this place, and anyone can come across different versions of people they once knew—both those alive, and those that have passed on—for there is more than one physical body and more than one dimension connected to every heart. Worlds previously undisturbed have their people and creatures involuntarily placed here, in this city trapped under domes there is no exit, not even a sky; where the citizens are like Victorian porcelain dolls and the native plants and animals are glass and fabric. The only true life are strange creatures called <i>lumens</i>, white and glowing beings whose existence depends on sucking the darkness from and injecting light into the impure. The only help for those who wish to go home can be "offered" by mysterious people in black coats who seem to know quite a bit about this place. <center><a href="http://paixaoguide.livejournal.com/761.html"><big><font color=#000000><b>WELCOME to the CITY of PAIXAO.</b></font></big></a> <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/paixaoooc/200251.html"><b><font color=#958cc4>TAKEN CHARACTERS.</font></b></a> <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/paixaoooc/248173.html"><b><font color=#958cc4>REQUESTED CHARACTERS.</font></b></a> <a href="http://paixaomods.livejournal.com/473.html"><b><font color=#958cc4>CHARACTER RESERVATIONS.</font></b></a> Most fandoms are welcome! All information you'll need, including a FAQ, is in the links above. Any comments, questions, etc. may be emailed to <i>paixaorpg@gmail.com</i>.</td></tr></table></center>

Post it in your personal Livejournal, and communities that you think are suitable for it :)

Once again it is time for Paixao to open up the moderator applications. This is due to the less activity on two out of four of the mods.

And to explain my own personal situation... ( Read more... )Anyway, before I ramble more and get nostalgic...

WE NEED MODS!!

I'm sure that some of you are interested in becoming a mod and helping out! Zeth and I would really appreciate it as well. So the application is the same as before:

Name: Age: Email/AIM: How long have you been in Paixao? How many characters do you have? How many days a week and hours a day are you online? Are you available for chat often? Do you have any previous moderating experience? Do you plan on going on hiatus anytime this year? (Granted, please answer honestly) Which of the following jobs would you be willing to do/learn to do? Updating lists Perform activity checks Reviewing applications Fixing tags Handling technical questions Handling OOC problems, fairly and civilly Helping with the storyline Putting together and posting informative posts Do you work best alone, with a partner, or in groups? Are you good at problem solving? Are you good with people? Why do you want to become a moderator of Paixao? If you were made a moderator, would you prefer to work with people or on a "background" job such a updating?

Fill that out, and send it to the mod's email at paixaorpg@gmail.com. This might be a given but please, please be honest for all of your answers. If you are losing interest in Paixao, please don't apply for a mod only to drop out after being accepted. If you are going on hiatus or will not be able to get much access to the Internet for extensive period of time, don't expect to be accepted either... (wow, I'm ranting) ANYWAY. THANKS GUYS!!

So, "we" have finally pulled it off! Hopefully, if things go right, we might be able to start the experimentation starting next week sometime. This is a repeat of a post I made before SO, once again, anyone still interested in the character experimentation, comment with the name of your character and his/her/its journal. Thanks!

SO! As the title suggests, Paixao RPG will be putting a new rule for proposal! The first rule that me and Zeth are passing as mods alone, may I note with a bit of pride. Here's the official bit that Zeth wrote up:

When a player declares a hiatus, other players threading with that player may continue or leave the thread, if they so desire. Please note that this does not include short hiatuses of a week or less, such as if a player spends a weekend out of town, unless the player gives permission for the other characters to continue the thread in the meantime. This is intended to prevent multiple characters from getting stuck in threads with characters that are inactive for long periods of time, not to punish players for going on a camping trip or other short vacation. In addition, players going on extended hiatuses are encouraged to write their characters out of threads if possible, since this avoids the problem completely.

That's the complete rule. We'll probably shorten it or something for paixaoguide but the specifics are right there. We know that A LOT of people have been held up in threads... heck, I held up a couple people and still holding back one. But hopefully with the new rule in set, we'll be able to prevent future events like this. Any amendments should be left as a comment as Zeth one of the mods will fix up the rule. That's it for now.

(Remember to thank Zeth guys! Thank him until he's sick of it X3)

I figure it's time for a bit of character experimentations, eh? I know this post isn't very elaborate just of yet but "we" need to get some characters for offerings-- then some more details will be provided ;) And also because I might make some horrible mistake and leak out too much. So if you are willing to have your character undergo some kind of experiment, which may possible hurt them but by no means kill them (unless you want it to...). Leave the name of the character(s) you're okay with having experiments done on as well as their journal.

Thanks again guys!

[EDIT] Organizing this is going to take a while so feel free to put out characters that are in threads. The experiments themselves also have to be arranged between the muns that are going to take part in the thread and such so don't worry about whether or not your character is in a thread since this is for reference to see how many characters we can get...

NON-REPLYEES OF ACTIVITY CHECK
Aerith Gainsborough - flowersatheart
Chrno - fallenfromeden
Larsa Ferinas Solidor - lil_royal
Mervyn Pumpkinhead - pumpkinwithagun
Player B (Rodney) - notreno
The Prince - highrollinpimp
Rufus Shinra - talionisshinra
Sai - smilinglines
Vexen - touch_of_ice

CHARACTER(S) TO BE REMOVED
Reno - zoto

If you know if the muns of any of the character are on haitus (in which case, I made a mistake) or the character did respond, please please tell me. (Please tell me if I made a mistake D:) Or if the mun of a character is around but just didn't reply to the activity check, please reply in this post. If a mun fails to respond and has not given any notice of why... I'll track you down before... stuff.

[EDIT] Knew I made a couple mistakes X3;;

As traditional of every month~ What you've all been waiting for... THE!!!

ACTIVITY CHECK!!

Sorry it's a day (or two for some of you) late guys... I guess there will be an extension. So! Yeah. Please try to reply to this post by the 22nd of March. As always, mention the following: the character's names, journal names, date of the last post, and a link to the last post. If you haven't posted with your character in March, please leave some sort of explanation for why-- it can just be a sentence or memo type of thing.

Please use the following format:
Roxas (destiny_key) - March 1

Anything close to it is fine too-- I'm not particularly picky about it ^^;

And so, we come to the end of this post.

But before that, because I know that everyone should read this post, I would like to mention that some of you aren't following the posting order. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE following the posting order and don't make me hound you down. Unless the mun of the character says that you can skip him/her, please please don't. It might take longer to finish the post but life like that... (wow, that was lame)

On a somewhat official note! Organization XIII members, get your little butts over here and start replying! >| It'd be bad for all of Paixao if the thread wasn't successful~

REMINDER!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE keep the order in the threads. If you have an established number of characters in a thread, please keep the posting in the orders that the characters first post. PLEASE do not start to exclude characters in a thread simply because the mun is slow at posting and you do not like the wait.

And also on a less mod-ish note. Kana, sorry I haven't posted the thread yet for Xigbar and Ivy. I was planning to today but a couple things came up so if you insist I start the thread, it'll probably be posted around Thurdays if things go well. Sooo, what do you think?

THE FOLLOWING WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING TODAY

PART 01; From now on, there will be a maximum number of 10 character per player. This was decided upon by high number of characters that individual players have applied and have been accepted for-- and how this had been affecting the pace of numerous threads, usually one for each character. That is, if the character is not being somewhat neglected by their mun in the first place. As any roleplayer should know, the pace that a mun (yourself perhaps, or another) affects how quickly the thread will be completed. And a quick pace usually maintains the interest in the thread from all those threading in it. Keeping a 'good' pace is difficult if one has many characters.

Furthermore, more characters per player causes an imbalance in an RPG such as Paixao-- it's a monopoly. And being the paranoid individual I am, I personally do not think that this is a good way to ensure that this RPG is kept alive. Also, I'm hoping that when we re-advertise, this will increase the number of potential number players. So- moving on to the next part.

PART 02; The only new restriction isn't going to be just applied to the number of character per player... it has been extended to the number of characters one can have in each fandom. Each player is allowed three character per canon. This is an RPG, the point is to role-play with other people, not yourself. If you want, please feel free to role-play with yourself, as much as you want, by yourself. It is understandable that you have a strong muse for each character you are applying for. However, like I said, this is no reason to monopolize certain aspects of an RPG.

Anyone who is currently "violating" the new restrictions taking place today will not be effected-- they will be allowed to keep their characters. We (referring to the moderators, I guess) will no longer take any more exceptions. Those who are currently exceptions to the rule that decide to drop characters will NOT be allowed to maintain a number of characters higher than ten.
If anyone has any objections, suggestions, questions, or a combination of the three, related to this post and/or an individual case, please leave a comment, to this post or poke me on AIM and I'll try to reply to it as soon as possible.

[EDIT] Sorry about this but... even current character reservations probably won't be considered if someone is applying for a character that would be an exception to the new rules.[/edit]
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Also, a reminder about tags:
Make sure that there aren't multiple tags you're creating for your character-- gotta be organized ;) Really, I'm not a Nazi about tags. Also make sure that the tag for your character is in the form it would be in their culture (i.e. characters from Japan or associated with Japan would have have their tag so it's [family name] [first name]).

Thank you for your cooperation.

[EDITx2] Bit less modly note-- Would appreciate reply from.. uh.. three-four more Organization muns at paixaoxiii for the possibilities of... eh.. Org stuff happening. Yeah.

As all of you should know, Paixao is a rather large game and in addition to that, our moderators have limited time in their hands. Especially around this time. So it has come around to the point that "we" (who exactly shall be unnamed. for shame!) recruit at the very least, one more mod for the RPG. Which is exactly why I, once again, plagiarize take a previous post and erm. Do stuff. Yeah. Anyhow!

Below is the application that is asked of those who wish to apply:
Name: Age: Email/AIM: How long have you been in Paixao? How many characters do you have? How many days a week and hours a day are you online? Are you available for chat often? Do you have any previous moderating experience? Which of the following jobs would you be willing to do/learn to do? Updating lists Perform activity checks Reviewing applications Fixing tags Handling technical questions Handling OOC problems, fairly and civilly Helping with the storyline Putting together and posting informative posts Do you work best alone, with a partner, or in groups? Are you good at problem solving? Are you good with people? Why do you want to become a moderator of Paixao? If you were made a moderator, would you prefer to work with people or on a "background" job such a updating?

I am sure that there are more than several people who wish to help keep Paixao alive. Please do not feel intimidated or feel that you are not good enough to be a moderator! If you do not mind being a moderator, want to help out as needed, and have the time, please fill out the application above and send it to paixaorpg@gmail.com.

I look forward to reading the applications.

NOTE: To anyone who is not currently in the game, feel free to send in an application. However, please realize that it would be preferred if you were already in the game, therefore have an idea of what is happening around Paixao.

[ EDIT ]
REGARDING THREAD SUMMARIES, it has been decided that the post is not helpful not to mention it takes forever to load, and that many members do not read the summaries--- it is now ABOLISHED. There is no need to post of there. Okay people? Good.

So, the time has come for me to personally beg ask for any members interested to please apply for an Organization member. Why? Because we only have four Organization-muns (I think!) and a total of seven Organization members. Basically, to sum it up, if it would be possibly to get more ideas relating to some aspects of the game that is discussed only within the IC and OOC Organization, that would be really really really really awesome.

The available Organization members are: Xemnas [I], Vexen [IV], Lexaeus [V], Saix [VII], and Luxord [X]. And of course, as many of you might or might not know, the first two listed will be given *extra* attention-- not that the other Org. members are unimportant or anything D:

PLEASE DO NOT send in an application for an Organization member if you are not interested in playing the character "all out"-- but hopefully, that was a given. Also, PLEASE DO NOT send in an application if you are pressed for time! Thank you :3

Also, Organization-muns, here's another post for you guys.

EDIT: More reasons to come into the Organization as explained by Mer (Paixao's Marluxia, Axel, and Xaldin-mun) :D

Because Jon said he did not like the tag 'mod post by aud', which makes no sense to why I wrote the subhect as "small notice" but that's alright.

Hopefully, some of you know me through RPing or because of the OOC aim chatroom (which is paixaoooc btw, hinthint). I'm Paixao's current Roxas-mun, Xigbar-mun, and Loz-mun. You can call me Audwin, or Aud, or Oddwhim, or variations of the first listed. Just to let you guys know, I'll be helping with stuff around Paixao. This might last around two months or perhaps longer depending on.. er.. circumstances.

I guess the biggest thing would be helping build up a plotline: which I guess Jon and I will organize together alongside the Organization. However, any suggestions directed at hyminc@gmail.com or less everlasting (AIM) regarding the plotline from everyone in Paixao would be awesome. You can bother talk to two people about it now~

I will try not to act like a complete dork I look foward to "working" with everyone.