Welcome to... Paixao?

Except this isn't right at all. Paixao is a ruined ghost town. Well, city. For those who have been in the city a very, very long time, they'll recognize that the layout is the same as it was pre-Sin attack. Larger, more buildings, shops that had disappeared after Sin had attacked. (See old map here.)

There's no sign of any life. Not a single Lumen. No weather beneath the domes. All the buildings lay abandoned and in disrepair, remnants of rotten food left behind in shops. If not for the strange, distorted voices from outside the domes, there would be complete and utter silence.

St. Destino remains forlorn in the distance as a collapsing ruin, much like the city itself. There's no door to a different world floor; the room where the door had been looks as though it never existed.

Where they arrived in the fields, behind them is a similar glowing, orb shaped distortion that if touched will send them back where they came.

And then there's the castle, that floats above. It's interiors are long, winding and monotonously all white and grey.

And, well... we don't have to tell you what's that in the sky, huh? :3

We have posted a new log HERE!

ALSO, important note: No, the journals do NOT work here.

Hey guys!

Thank you to everyone who responded to the AC! Good stuff!

At this point we have a couple announcements.

1. Door opening -- With Hayley's help, it's being pushed forward, as she noted below. Please feel free to continue tags above, but let's also get that going, ne?

2. Officially shutting down apps. There's not really any point in suggesting anyone app at this point, after all. Lol The pages will be edited soon accordingly.

3. AC -- We've, sadly, reached the point that we're just such a small group that we're going to go ahead and see if a change to the AC might help take off some pressure, given everyone seems to be going through a lotta stuff right now. (Annnnd truth be told, we've been sinking into musebox territory for a long while now...) While we don't want to do with the AC entirely, given it does help with motivation, that will have been our last formal AC. For future we might just do informal activity pokes to check that everyone has at least tagged something recently.

4. Despite no real AC, that doesn't mean we don't want to see things get done! I'd like to propose maybe having a couple designated Paixao Tag-a-thons or something? Tagging is always more exciting when you can get some rapid tagging done... I suspect with what's about to come, everyone will certainly be more in a tagging mood, but I want to keep that push going. Might just schedule a couple days over the next few weeks or something. Y/N?

ACTIVITY

CHECK!

I think you guys know now, BUT just in case: we're looking to see what your most recent activity is in the paixaorpg community is. Activity considered recently is between the 16th of last month and the 15th 20th of this month. And, remember, we're looking at dates of YOUR comments to a log, not the date the log itself was posted! So even if the log is from two months ago, if it has recent activity in it, it counts!

Those due to show double activity this month:

Timon
Ma
Rinoa
Jenny
Cid
Rinzler
Shantotto
Twilight

As mentioned last time, anyone looking for activity, Krichevskoy posted to the mb that matches with a log that is a GROUP EFFORT door opening. GO TAG! :|b

So for a person with normal activity it'd look like this:

Laharl overlords_wrath - March 9th

A handy form for those who need it:
YOURCHARACTERNAMEHERE (<user name="USERNAMEHERE">) - <a href="POSTURLTORECENT3rdPERSONRPHERE">DATE HERE</A>

Also, remember, if you are on hiatus and have not posted to the hiatus post, go do so! It's here! If you miss posting to the AC and you didn't post to the hiatus post, you will be marked as inactive!

The Activity Check will end on March 20th!

The Week in Review

With more and more 'outsiders' disappearing in mass, it has, if nothing else gave many characters a sense of urgency. Obviously a certain someone had ideas about making a hole to the next floor, but his idea was thwarted, however Krichevskoy and many others are now on the floor attempting to track down the door.

What lies beyond the door? Another floor? Or...? And why have so many vanished? Are they really going home or is the world beyond the castle as empty as it appears to be?

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR OUR HEROES AND VILLAINS ALIKE? STAY TUNED!

Anything else happen this past, very long week, you'd like to add? Put a comment in the post below!

New Characters

We were blessed with one last new character since last week change: One vampire by the name of Valvatorez.

Announcements

Obviously the mod team has been a bit crippled the past month or two, with me unwell, Rue facing many life difficulties and ultimately stepping down and Heather drowning in school (and now what appears to be a crashed HD, ack) it's made getting things moving difficult. I'm finally starting to recover, so I'm going to do my best to keep forward momentum going.

Thank you to everyone for your continued patience, support and for simply just sticking around! I know most of us want to see things through to the end, I know I do, so let's give this our all! *fist pump*

I'd like to encourage everyone to go check out that log with Krichevskoy and co. to be part of the last door opening. NGL, you're all pretty much on the precipice of... a lot of things, SO GO FORTH.

Feel free to use the week change post to discuss any planning or anything! Communication is really key right now, so go nuts!

ACTIVITY

CHECK!

I think you guys know now, BUT just in case: we're looking to see what your most recent activity is in the paixaorpg community is. Activity considered recently is between the 16th of last month and the 15th of this month. And, remember, we're looking at dates of YOUR comments to a log, not the date the log itself was posted! So even if the log is from two months ago, if it has recent activity in it, it counts!

There's actually no one due for double activity this month! (Whoot!)

I will note, anyone looking for activity, Krichevskoy posted to the mb that matches with a log that is a GROUP EFFORT door opening. SO what are you waiting for? :Db

So for a person with normal activity it'd look like this:

Laharl overlords_wrath - Febuary 6th

A handy form for those who need it:
YOURCHARACTERNAMEHERE (<user name="USERNAMEHERE">) - <a href="POSTURLTORECENT3rdPERSONRPHERE">DATE HERE</A>

Also, remember, if you are on hiatus and have not posted to the hiatus post, go do so! It's here! If you miss posting to the AC and you didn't post to the hiatus post, you will be marked as inactive!

The Activity Check will end on February 15th!

Hey guys!

I'm gonna wall of text at you a bit here, but few important notes here to be read!

- Yes, we actually skipped our week change the other week. We're keeping an eye on the situation, just with so many people on hiatus/having crap happening to them lately, it seemed like we weren't really ready for a week change when it came up, but we can't put it off too long. Ideally, this coming weekend I'd like to put it up, so with that warning in mind, let's try to finish up some of the backlogs and get some new stuff moving, yes?

- I updated the reserves and application page noting the fact we are heading towards end game here. No decision on when we will close applications, but obviously it is something that we will have to look at and come up with a date for soon, since I think the time to close apps is getting closer.

- Also did note that there are some ideas floating around for a sequel game. It has come up a little in plurk and while I can't go too much into specifics, since, you know... spoilers~ for the end game, I thought I would least make public a few thoughts on the matter:

( Cut for thoughts. )

- And lastly! WHERE ARE YOUR CHARACTERS NOW? Wondering just who's where and stuff. :3

...Oh, I lied. One other quick thing: A week today I am going to England. :D It's my first time ever being not home for Christmas. X_x I'll be around, however! Everywhere we're going to be staying should have internet. I'm just going to be 6 hours ahead of EST, so it'll be at odd times. XD

Week 45

The Week in Review, by you!

What have your characters been doing the past week? Write a comment and let the game know where your characters are at/doing!

New Characters

Galaxia (inflation) is our newest character!

Announcements

Laharl has made a post on the message board, "inviting" people to be able to stay in his castle in the Netherworld. Might beat staying in a tent, eh?

Meanwhile, obviously things continue to be on the slow side right now. Lot of hiatuses still lingering--hang in there guys and DO keep tagging! Hard for things to move if no one tags. ;)

Also, don't forget to comment on the hiatus post to let us know when you're back! Or too extend a hiatus. Keeping us mods informed there is muchly appreciated!

And that's it for this week change!

The Week in Review!

The past week has been largely spent recovering from the shock of Paixao's destruction and picking through the rubble remains. Two camps have formed, one camp of the outsiders, near St. Destino for those who have not yet decided on another floor to migrate to and another closer to Niflheim gate where many of the Paixao residents are currently residing. Outsiders have become unwelcome in their midst, and the Mayor himself spoke up at the start of the new week with an open post to the message board on the journals.

New Characters

Jenny lovestherunning returns once more, and an old time player returned with a new character, Chrono magicissrsbznz. Be sure to friend add! (And unban Jenny)

Announcements

If you haven't seen yet, the good Mayor has made a post on the messageboard.

We still have a lot of hiatus' going at the moment, but remember, if you come off hiatus be sure to also note your back on the hiatus post? We appreciate it. :)

As we are obviously beginning to push towards endgame, now is probably the time to say: Is there anything you want to do with your character before the end? Any plot you'd love to happen? Some kind of event you'd like to possibly see? (If we can work in a reason for it anyways XD)

Let us mods know if there is! We are more than happy to see what we can do to make your RP desire granted. :)

Hey guys!

With the AC up, I know a lot of people might need to find activity for their characters, as a fair number are stuck in threads. Not to mention, we have almost half our playerbase on hiatus right now, so that's probably not helping things. ^.^; So let's make an attempt to sort things out a bit?

Anything else your character might be doing right now? Where are they? Or maybe more to the point, where do you want them to be? Is there anything you could really use for your character that someone might be able to help with? ALL THAT STUFF.

Important notes! PLEASE READ:

1. Taiga need's some assistance here. If anyone can help, please do! And also if you were involved in her witch plot, please do get in touch with her about what's going on and everything.

2. There IS a new floor in the mix... http://paixaoooc.dreamwidth.org/932955.html Obviously people are still trying dealing with Paixao dome collapse aftermath, but don't forget about this eh? XD;

3. The state of Paixao and the current situation with the natives is kinda important. XD; There's probably a kinda "Outsider Camp" by St. Destinos. Some makeshift tents and shelters, etc, perhaps? :Oa

...Actually, would people maybe be interested in a new large multi-thread post for happenings out there at St. Destino perhaps? :Oa It would be dated around a 4-5 days ro so after the collapse, I'd think? JUST A THOUGHT.

Hey guys!

So here's the results!

Those who need to show double activity next month:

Squall Leonhart maybeimaleon
The Doctor (Tenth) sir_doctor

And those dropped from the game:

Florian fonflower

And that's it for this month! :D

I've updated and fixed some problems on the Add/Remove list! So please do go run it through the console!

Hey! Hey guys! You know what ends tomo--later today? ACTIVITY CHECK. THAT'S WHAT.

If you haven't checked in like I haven't, what are you reading this for still? Go do it!

ACTIVITY

CHECK!

Though this is our third AC with the new rules, here's the post about them in case you've gotten!

Basically, we're looking to see what you're more recent activity is in the paixaorpg community is. Activity considered recently is between the 16th of last month and the 15th of this month. And, remember, we're looking at dates of YOUR comments to a log, not the date the log itself was posted! So even if the log is from two months ago, if it has recent activity in it, it counts!

Anyone who was marked as needing to show double activity last AC, needs to do just that! Meaning, in addition to showing up a recent comment in the main community, you must also show EITHER another comment in the main community OR two examples of first person activity (as in posts/comments mb, journal posts/comments, AIM logs, etc!) And remember, if you are due for double activity and do not reply to this AC, your character will be removed from the game, even if you are active. You need to show us!

Characters Required to Show Double Activity
Austria - foramelody
Donna Noble - oi_earthgirl
Flonne - love_freak
Nemo - herholyname
Cid Highwind - limitbreakpilot
Hades - lordofthedead
Florian - fonflower

So for a person with normal activity it'd look like this:

Laharl overlords_wrath - July 31st

A handy form for those who need it:
YOURCHARACTERNAMEHERE (<user name="USERNAMEHERE">) - <a href="POSTURLTORECENT3rdPERSONRPHERE">DATE HERE</A>

Also, remember, if you are on hiatus and have not posted to the hiatus post, go do so! It's here! If you miss posting to the AC and you didn't post to the hiatus post, you will be marked as inactive!

The Activity Check will end on August 15th!

Week Change - Week 41

We held off week change due to lots school and other busy-ness that seemed to hit almost everyone, but now that most of that is over for everyone, here's the week change, finally!

The Week in Review, By You!

What have your characters been up to lately? Did they sit on their rump all week or accomplish anything interesting? Anything interesting plots afoot? Comment to this post and let us all know!

New Characters

Since the last week change, we've welcomed: Little Red Riding Hood (redrepels), Yuuri (evil_ditto), the pirate with a scarf (number2) Alice Liddell (madcuriosity), Lina Inverse (dragu_slave) and Xigbar (graviga)!

Announcements

If you haven't looked at the new rules page and the updated AC requirements, be sure to look at the OOC and read up on them!

As for IC related things...

Through this week anyone around the Vanaheim and Muspelheim area might just notice some mysterious damage to streets and buildings in random areas, progressively becoming more common as the week progresses. In places where this destruction has happened one might notice a strange slimey substance. Touch with caution! This slime will disolve clothing and cause short term numbing to any exposed skin it comes in contact with.

Who or what caused this destruction and left behind the slime? You might be better off not knowing!

The next week change will be July 15th!

You're gonna be sick of us posting soon. |D

Rules have FINALLY been updated with a new version, including the new rules concerning activity and hiatuses! Also updated the FAQ with stuff relating to the new rules.

If anyone has any idea for any questions we've missed that the FAQ could use, let us know! It's hard to think up random questions. XD

I've always gone through and fixed ALL the pages to have some white border around them so the background of our info won't conflict with the page background. Annnnnnd fixed some links and old info that was creeping around in the playing the game section. (There's probably STILL few things kicking around, but I THINK that finally killed off the last of them. Ang and her "I"'s lol Knowing my luck there's prolly still few creepin' somewhere. )

And the map link in the sidebar is fixed now! Sorry about that!

Aaaaaaand that should be it for tonight. ^_^

Hey guys!

Hot off the presses, so to speak, here's the new rules for the Activity Check. Please look them over. They are in the process of being added to the new rules page, which should be following (FOR REAL THIS TIME) in the next day or two.

If you have any questions or concerns, LET US KNOW! Nothing is ever set in stone. If there's something that needs tweaking, we can certainly do so.

Important things of note about the new rules you'll notice is:

1. No more first person requirement. We introduced this requirement to encourage more first person activity, something the game was lacking at the time. We really haven't been having that problem as of late, so it's no longer a requirement.

2. No more "Active but missed the check". If you don't comment, you're going to be considered inactive.

3. No more email warnings. It wasn't really accomplishing a lot chasing after people. We really would like to see people paying attention to the comm.

Remember, you can set trackings on tags! Set one on the activity check tag. :D Never miss an AC!

The New Rules

Activity checks will continue til take place on the 8th of the month and conclude on the 15th of the same month.

Activity that will be considered "current" for the check must have happened between the 16th of the previous month up to the 15th of the current month.

Each character must be checked in with the most recent 3rd person activity they have. Specifically we are looking at the date of comments, not the date of the log post itself. (IE, a log might have been started two months ago, but as long as the comment you made to it was within the proper dates, it counts as current activity.)

If any characters do not have current activity, they will be considered inactive and they must show double activity for the next Activity Check.

What we consider double activity would be: TWO third person comments (to either the same log or two different ones) OR ONE comment to a log post and TWO first person comments.

If you do not reply to the Activity Check, even if all your characters are currently active, the characters will be considered inactive and they will ALL have to show double activity for the next Activity Check.

If a second Activity Check is missed, the inactive characters will be removed from the game.

Regarding Hiatuses

Two months is the maximum time you may hiatus. Any hiatus beyond this time may result in you being dropped or asked to drop.

All Hiatuses MUST be posted to the Hiatus Post. If there an Activity Check is missed and there is no hiatus posted to the hiatus post, the characters will be considered inactive.

If you hiatus for over a month, you will be asked to show double activity the next Activity Check following your return. (If you come off hiatus during an Activity Check, however, you will be considered as having been on hiatus for that check.) Failure to reply to the next Activity Check will result in your characters being removed from the game.

Meant to post this awhile back and forgot till thought about it other night.

You know those posts that have your old LJ accounts that are like overlords_wrath@livejournal.com? Want them to be associated with your Dreamwidth account? IT CAN BE DONE!

How to do this:

1. Login to LJ with your character's account.
2. Login to DreamWidth with your characters account.
3. Go to this page: http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/claim
4. Type in: yourcharsljhere@livejournal.com
5. You can pick the just this time option.
6. Wait for a confirmation email. It takes a little, but it'll come.
7. Hit the confirmation link in the email, making sure you're still all logged in to the correct journals.
8. It says it takes awhile to claim the comments, but actually it's pretty quick.
9. Enjoy your old threads, that'll be now say they're from your Dreamwidth journal and be properly icon'd (long as keywords were identical)

And that's how it's done. :Db

Jen here, bringing you the March AC Results!

What we look for when deciding who's active/inactive is if they have a recent comment in a log. (The log can be a few months old... it's about the comment date!) Always make sure your logs are properly tagged! Or we might think you're inactive.

Also, we do let characters who're new around the time of the AC auto pass, for the record. :3

Characters who are active, but failed to check in/aren't hiatus'd and who also aren't new enough I'd let you get away with it |D Be sure to respond next month guys! I'm watching you. :| ->

whodoyousee
ninthmelody
jellyfishbrain
creepyfreezone
notched_hate

Those who are inactive (as checked on paixaorpg) and not on hiatus (though got off hiatus not too long ago) and didn't check in. If you don't get back to us asap, you'll be getting some email! ->

somethingblue
timberwings
lovestherunning

And lastly... those who are giving us such mixed signals, IDEK. ;;;;; Let us know what's up please?

beau_sest_leve
watches_over_you
sugaryoptimist
ifyoullexcuseme
tolove_inreturn
mynamenotwhoiam
thescaronhisface
thefutureboy
learntoloveem
oath_ofoblivion
i_killedmufasa

If I've missed someone/made a mistake/whatever, let us know! :)

Missed the AC? Remember, anyone can track a tag, like the Activity Check tag, so you'll get notifications in your email that it's been posted. :Db

Also, this is the Hiatus Post. PLEASE remember it exists! Please see this recent post for reminders about hiatus stuff!

SO, the next AC will be on April 8th!

Week Change - Week 39

The Week in Review, By You!

Having folks tell us what they did last time worked rather well, so we're gonna do that again. :D (Since it's nigh impossible for your mods to keep up with what's going on in every thread.) What did your characters do last week? Anything of note?

New Characters

Welcome oneeyedeagle, flashstepirony, kingdomkeyd, thefutureboy, unyeildingcourage, jellyfishbrain, clumsyjesus, powercorrupts, sevenyearssavior, klutziness and teratological!

Announcements

So, we're looking for volunteers of characters who might think of going to the Netherworld and finding the door to the next floor! We will randomly pick from any of those who volunteer, so leave a comment here saying if you're interested!

And that's it for now! Hopefully we'll have some floor announcements in the near future. :3

Hey guys!

There will be something more official, like possibly a week change, soon! Thought though it would be a good idea to put something up about the current state of things, since, well, everything go messed up. A lot. Thanks LJ.

SO!

1. Snow - It's still there, it doesn't go away THAT easy, but a good portion of it has been cleared/melted etc. The city folk have been busy with shovels. A lot of shovels. Expect a lot of mounds of snow here and there, especially outside the gates. XD

2. Nightmares - NGL, we were going somewhere with this, but the LJ/moving thing really messed it all up. X_x; So at this point you can safely assume the affect seems to have come to an end, leaving you all to wonder what or who caused that~ We are interested in who had dreams and of what, however! Why? That's for us to know and for you to hopefully, eventually find out! Tell us what they dreamed or link to a post of it!

And that is all, I do believe. /o/

Hey guys! I learned something today, and now I am going to share it with you all! :D

When we imported the comms OpenIDs were created for all the old posts, but obviously, that killed all icons.

You can get 15 of them back! And here's how.

Step 1. Login to your character's journal on livejournal.

Step 2. Go to: http://www.dreamwidth.org/openid/ and login using this: ljusername.livejournal.com

Step 3. It'll ask you to confirm your email... I skipped that for now, but you can if you want. The real step three is going to the pulldown at the top "Create" and selecting upload icons.

Step 4. Upload your characters icons, using the same keywords as you have on LJ! (You can do this even using the URL option and copy-pasta-ing your userpic from LJ.) If you have more than 15 on LJ... not much you can do, but I'd suggest setting a fairly neutral, could stand in for any emotion, icon as the default.

And voila! ICONS on your old comm posts!

Now I just have to figure out something for our layouts to not stretch the icon/username box...