ANNOUNCEMENT

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ANNOUNCEMENT

As everyone knows, Singularity is growing and as the game grows, changes must be made to deal with the increased traffic and work load. We've been discussing a few things for a while, and finally we've settled on what we feel would be appropriate changes for the game. It's very important that everyone reads this post thoroughly.


Activity check

The Activity Check is something that's always been fairly lax in Singularity, consisting of a post that just requested presence of reply. While we want to maintain a relatively stress-free environment in the game, we feel like we can no longer keep the Activity Check on the random schedule it's been on, nor can we continue to request no show of activity.

From now on, we've decided that the Activity check will be on a bimonthly schedule. What this means is that the AC will occur every other month.

Requirements for the check have changed as following:
• 1 singularity_rpg post + comments
or
• singularitylogs activity (participation in a log). Action logs taking place inside a singularity_rpg post are also acceptable, so long as there are at least 15 of YOUR comments. In a 30 tag thread or action log between two players, 15 should be your tags and 15 should be the other person’s tags in order to count as activity
or
• At least 15 comments in someone else's singularity_rpg post.
Note: The requirement for activity must fit within the activity period. That is, from the end date of the last Activity Check, to the end of the current one.

These changes will come into effect immediately. The latest AC will be up tonight. If there are any questions, please feel free to ping a mod or ask here. Apologies in advance for the lack of heads up.

NOTE: We are enforcing the use of the Hiatus Post. Please remember that a hiatus posted only to singularityooc is not valid, and at the end of AC, failure to respond still makes the character subject to removal.

RP With Me

The RPWM meme is considered one of the 'official' memes in Singularity, such as the HMD. In the future, players are asked to not post up their own version of the RPWM and to just be patient in waiting for the official one. There will be plenty of opportunities in between to discuss potential plans for CR.

The RPWM meme will also be on a bimonthly schedule, in between the months designated for Activity Check. The next scheduled RPWM meme will occur in February.

How's My Driving

The HMD meme will also, from now on, be on a bimonthly schedule, on the same schedule as the Activity Check. The next scheduled HMD will be in March. Those who might have missed it, the January HMD went up a few days ago and late tag-ins could still use some replies. That post can be found here.

New Game Info Pages and Canon Updates

We’ve made some changes to the Game Info pages found in the OOC Comm, specifically the Requests page. The Requests page will now be used strictly for Item Requests and also Canon Update Requests. Plot Suggestions now has its own page, found here, which should also be used for general suggestions like jobs you’d like to see appear on the Job Board.

Please note: the IC explanation for canon updates here in Singularity is a little different from other games. Instead of characters "going home" and returning through the rift, updates are going to be governed by teleporter use. Essentially, all characters in Sing will be assumed to be in their most modern form, but thanks to the rift, memories and abilities and even physical changes to their bodies have been sealed off or regressed. When a character updates, the teleporters are literally unlocking an already existing state, not sending them home to live out the experiences and return. A more detailed explanation can be found on the Requests page and we encourage all players to read it.

Applications and Reserves

As most know, we've recently changed our application process. We weren't as prompt with getting the Reserves page up as we would have liked, but it's up now if any would like to make reserves. Applications will be open again as of 2/1/11 and will be open for 2 weeks, meaning they'll be closed again on 2/15/11.

Again, any questions can be directed to a mod or left here.

Mod changes and additions

As everyone has noticed, the mod related duties in Singularity have had a major slow down as of late with holidays, vacations, and other Real Life Stuff coupled with the growth of the game. We quickly came to the conclusion that everyone would benefit from the addition of another mod to the mod team.

Everyone please congratulate and welcome Mouse to the Singularity Mod Team! Mouse plays Raptor Red (Raptor Red), Virgil (oc), Red Pyro (TF2 Amat AU)and Jack Ryan (Bioshock). Mouse can be reached at her AIM sn, whatuhflamer.

This is just a heads up, but there is going to be a large event going on in February. Details are to come, along with a set date, but if you want a basic idea what the characters are in store for, you might want to have a look at this youtube playlist.

Comments

[alwaysf-aithful.livejournal.com]

A question about the activity check: does this mean for the logs you have to have fifteen comments or thirty? I'm a little confused.

[singularitymods.livejournal.com]

At least 15 of YOUR comments must be showed via log participation for it to count for AC. (The log would be at least 30 comments long due to the other player's 15 comments)