OOC for Castle in the Mist

This will probably come as a surprise to everyone because I haven't mentioned anything to do with this before, but I need to hand the game off to someone else, and as such will be taking mod applications in screened comments on this post.

When I made Castle, it was in the middle of winter break, and I had immensely more free time. I did not anticipate exactly how much school work I'd have this semester, but suffice to say, I am buried in a mountain and cannot give this game the time it deserves as a mod. My initial intention was for it to be cooperatively plotted with the players in order to lessen my time commitment, but I've come to realize that in practice it simply doesn't work that way. The plot will need direct mod attention on a very regular, active basis, and while I can keep up with apps and FAQ questions and the like just fine, plotting is hard work for me and not something I can spare the brain power for amid school.

In short! The game needs someone that can devote a lot of love and time into events to make it flourish, and that can't be me. I thought it was better to do this now, and preempt any absenteeism on my part by refusing to accept the truth. This also means that Casey will step down with me, so that whoever we hand it over to will have a clean break and can do as they like with it.

This subsequently means that apps will be on hold until a new mod is found and established, hopefully not in the order of longer than a week.

I want to reassure everyone that I will be as careful and deliberate as I can be in who I hand it over to, and in light of that, if you're interested in being that person, please reply here with your reasoning why. There is no strict application to fill out; just go for it.

Thank you all for coming along with me on this ride so far and for being such lovely, understanding, wank-allergic people. ♥ I will be dropping Willow as well, and apologize for all of my dropped threads and neglected CR. You guys have been so great. ;;;;

This is the drop list from activity check in! If you're still interested in playing them, you have until February 10th to respond before you will be removed from the communities and taken list. You can, of course, re-apply immediately.

I've also changed activity check to take place every two months instead of every one month. It felt a bit excessive.

sicarius
myownpath
keeping_words
fulfilled
egotrips
akhostic
justforthegun
forgodssakeerik

This is also serving as a reminder that we have a mandatory feedback meme coming up next week on February 15th in which we can tell each other how we think we're doing. Anonymous will not be enabled. These occur bimonthly.

Finally, there should be a bit of plot forthcoming, so hold onto your hats for that! Details should be up in the next few days for your input.

Hello everyone! It's time for Castle's first ever ( Featured Area Post! )

Welcome to the game and congrats on getting in! I promise that we're beyond excited to have you. Your pilot here is Vivi with some serious list-updating and second opinion help from Casey, who has been working behind the scenes this whole time helping me get the game ready for opening. Now that we are finally approaching that day (January 14th! Later this week!!) I thought I should emphasize once again that I intend for Castle to be a player-driven community, and if you ever have any feedback on the way we're running things, I would be thrilled to hear it. Whether that's input on an application we've received for a castmate, disagreement with our character limit, wondering why the heck minor characters count as AU-- do please let us know.

But now onto the fun stuff. Once the game opens for play, a group log will go up allowing the first batch of newcomers to wake up in the sarcophagus room together. It'll be something of a free for all in which everyone can make their own threads. As soon as that post is up, you are free to make your own posts or use that one as you wish; it's just intended as a starting off point to help break the ice.

In the meantime! Our AIM chat, which is named castled, is available and welcome for anyone to come in and talk to us! Being an accepted member of the game is not required, so if you're still waffling on who to app, head on in. Us mods will be lurking in there regularly, and hopefully other players as well. If you need an invite, just ask me for one at a wild vivi and I'd be more than happy to.

Additionally, to help kick things off, let's have a plotting and friending dual meme! Fill this out and go go go.

<B>Player Name:</B> <B>Plurk:</B> <user name="PLURKUSERNAME" site="plurk.com"> If you have one and are open to friending! <B>Characters:</B> Who you play here. <B>Plot Details:</B> Anything in particular you're looking for in the way of CR? Giving a basic description of your character's personality might help here, too.