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Pokespe Mods ([personal profile] teamboba) wrote in [community profile] bobasaur2020-10-01 09:53 am

OCTOBER ANNOUNCEMENTS

OCTOBER ANNOUCEMENTS

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GENERAL MOD NOTES

Welcome to the second month of Pokespe! We are very excited to jump into October and we hope that you'll enjoy what we have planned. Please read these announcements carefully. As this is our first month, we will be having a general feedback/HMD in the commentson your thoughts on the game so far! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask them also in the comments.

⬥ As a reminder, October will be a no-plot month. This means that players can take a break and wind down from investigations. During these no-plot months, there will be a higher focus on building CR, but there will still be a few investigations ongoing for those who want to dig deeper and gather hints towards the overall plot; it just won't be anything too heavy such as the on-plot months.

⬥ Starting from today, Pokespe has increased its player cap to 30. As a reminder, players each have one invite and when they use it, they must comment underneath their invitee's application to confirm that the +1 was indeed intended for that person.

⬥ Also starting from today, the character cap per player has increased to three. Players may app in a third character, but only after they have passed one round of AC.

⬥ Character tags have now been added to the main community ([community profile] pokespe). Please ensure that you use your character's tag whenever you comment on an entry.

⬥ The calendar for October is as follows:
    10/01 - Game feedback
    10/03 - Event log #1 is posted
    10/15 - Event log #2 is posted
    10/31 - Activity Check closes

SETTING CHANGES

The following characters have been dropped from the game with the following statuses: These characters will be briefly mentioned in the first event log to confirm their statuses in-game.

In addition, these are the following changes within the setting:

⬥ With the case of the Drifloons being solved, all the missing children have been returned to their parents and the rumours about the balloon Pokemon being evil child-snatchers have been put to rest. They now roam around Toran peacefully and the townspeople are beginning to warm up to them.

⬥ With the case of the Murkrows being solved, they are now welcomed into the hospital with open windows. They play with the patients and often befriend whomever they can find. They are no longer chased away from the building and are even considered as good luck.

⬥ With the case of the boba zombies being solved, nothing... has changed. Nearly all of the townspeople already knew that the zombies were nothing but just sugar-crashed dummies, which is why they just ignored them. However, with the insistence of Efi and Fai, a few of them will be moved either to the hospital or Pokemon Center.

⬥ The Pokemon offered at the Game Corner will be swapped on the first of October. Mudkips will no longer be available and will be replaced with an Onix. This Onix's special move is that it already knows Dig.

OCTOBER 3 - WELCOME TO MANGO CITY

For those who choose to leave Toran and travel through the raging waters, they will eventually make their way to Mango City, but only after a few rough nights through a dense forest. Assuming that no one wanders off or dies during their fun camping trip, Mango City will offer trainers a new environment where they can enjoy themselves. Some notable locations and things that everyone can do and enjoy:
    ⬥ Pokemon Gym: welcome to your first gym! Trainers may attempt to challenge the leader inside and receive a badge to show off their strength. More information will be shared when the log goes up, but as a sneak peek, the gym type is Steel and bonding with the leader may be a good way to get a powerful ally on your side. Though it may be ironic if you somehow made them the villain instead, haha.

    ⬥ Pokemon Contest: if your character isn't the type to duke it out, then head on over to the contest hall to show off your beautiful Pokemon! The hall will be holding normal rank competitions for Coolness, Beauty, and Cuteness. Winners will get a ribbon and maybe even a little gift from their fans!

    ⬥ Bug Catching Contest: every Sunday, a contest is held that awards trainers for catching the largest or heaviest bug-type Pokemon within a two-hour window. Winners will be randomly chosen and given a prize. Characters may choose to either keep or release their bug-type Pokemon at the end of the contest.

    ⬥ Boba Shop: there's a new boba shop!! Stop by to get your card stamped. Luckily, there are no boba zombies in Mango City and that's because they don't overdose their drinks with a ton of sugar.

    ⬥ Pokemon Towers: located directly next to each other, there is a tower for radio and another tower for a cemetery. For the former, they've been in some serious trouble as there hasn't been any phone or radio signal for the past two months. They can't figure out what's happening and they're on the edge of bankruptcy if they can't get back on the air. For the latter, it's a solemn resting ground for both Pokemon and trainers. The townspeople often come to visit and pay their respects. A faint static is heard in the air.

    ⬥ Severe Sandstorm: continuing north and past Mango City, characters will reach the sea; to the east, the forest and eventually sea once more; and to the west, a sandstorm that makes further progress impossible. The townspeople say that it's been like that since August and although sandstorms are common in that area, they have never lasted this long before.
This log will be posted on October 3.

OCTOBER 15 - SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS

If you thought we wouldn't have a Halloween event then you clearly don't know us.

Unfortunately, we cannot give away too many details without spoiling the entire event, but a strange occurrence will cause all the ghost and physic-types will go on a rampage. The mad Pokemon will cause both humans and other Pokemon to turn on each other, bring their worst fears to life, and send them into neverending nightmares. If characters band together to try and solve the origins of the sudden changes in behaviour and put a stop to the incident, they will discover a few clues that will give further inside into the plot. If they fail, well... they can just experience their trauma over and over again until a more competent group comes along.

Fun!

This log will be posted on October 15.

GAME FEEDBACK

Now that the first month of Pokespe has passed, we would love to hear your thoughts on the game!

Whether they are positive or negative, we would like to hear your comments about the game. Was there enough to do in the intro log? Were the investigations too convoluted? Did you feel as if your characters were contributing to the plot? Please leave whatever feedback you may have under the appropriate top-level or if you would like to contact the mods privately, please send the mod account ([personal profile] teamboba) a private message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks for reading!
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[personal profile] authoriser 2020-10-01 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Dani and I had an investigation thread going on here, which made the man seem ridiculously suspicious and shady, but it wasn't continued for several days. Is there a conclusion to this? Does the man get arrested?

[personal profile] weenwoon 2020-10-01 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Just checking, but for the Halloween event: will it affect owned Pokemon as well? (I assume yes, but still, would like to confirm). Hythlo will likely get one or two more ghosts or psychics if I have anything to do with it, so that would be fun. :D

Speaking of which, is there a limit on the number of Pokemon we can catch per week/month? Aside from the general 6 per party 20 per player, I mean.

EDIT: I'm super pumped about the Halloween event, but I worry that the juiciest nightmares I could play out for Hythlo are kinda spoilers for the latest installment of his canon? I assume I should avoid them in that case?
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[personal profile] scension 2020-10-01 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
1) Knowing the direction they're going to sail in ahead of time due to the mid month meeting, how much could characters find out about the next island and Mango City before leaving? Are there maps or any other indication that they're going to have to camp out for a bit?

2) ...where are the character tags for the comm, I see from the profile page that we have 30 but none of them show up when I try to add them to a post? are they hidden?
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[personal profile] robincould 2020-10-01 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Two questions!

1) Will there be a way for characters who go to Mango City to contact those staying in Toran?
2) Is there a way for characters to go back and forth between the two cities (despite the rough trip from Toran)?

[personal profile] weenwoon 2020-10-04 10:57 am (UTC)(link)
New questions!

1) I'm thinking of apping a new character, but I'm not 100% certain where they would end up if I apped them this month? Would they still wake up on Toran shore? Er, in fact, can I app a new character this soon or is there a restriction on time between apps? I'm sorry if it was mentioned somewhere and I didn't see it, I'm terrible at remembering things.

2) If I app from a CRAU, can it be... uh... from a different Pokemon-themed game... that I played in 6 years ago... My prospective character's canon is a slice of life sports manga, and he would have little to no motivation to do things here. His previous-game self would, however, have a lot more investment and I feel like he would probably shine here. By which I mean be a total little manipulative bastard.

3) Asking for A FRIEND WHO PROBABLY STILL HAS NOT ASKED THIS: do you accept "doubles"? Said friend wants to app the FFXIV protagonist (like Rhel); they cannot conceivably exist in the same universe, so I suppose they would technically count as doubles despite being different in terms of personality, appearance, etc?

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[personal profile] weenwoon 2020-10-02 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Probably redundant, but still wanted to say thank you for the game! I've been off the DWRP map for literal years and I honestly can't handle any big game anymore, so I'm really loving the format (also thanks to Skarme for dragging me into it). If you organize more games like this in the future, I'd love to take part!

Also wanted to say thanks for agreeing to include the toplevel view link in the posts! It def helped with my chuggy comp. :D
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2020-10-02 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
This might sound a bit nitpicky, but I do have a minor issue and a possible solution for it. Dreamwidth has recently implemented its website to be more mobile-friendly. I'd like to think there are a handful of players who do their tags on mobile too, aside from just me and my mobile-crazed self.

While the comment section is fine, most of the tables for the entries stretch out horizontally, which also stretches the page.

Original post on mobile: link
"Fixed for mobiles" post on mobile: link

The quick fix to this was replacing the original "width: 1000px;" with "max-width: 1000px; width: 100%;" every time a new section started. The main concern was the horizontal stretching, which makes things pretty annoying to read. It doesn't make the letter spacing and all look pretty for mobile, but I'm just looking for better accessibility instead of aesthetic.
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[personal profile] scension 2020-10-03 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
minor thing but would it be ok to add "(click to expand)" or similar text to the expandable subheaders on top posts, maybe? i was showing the most recent log to a friend, the expand/collapse arrows weren't showing up properly for some reason and they were finding it hard to differentiate where the actual writing was and what was just Fancy DW Code, so i think labelling where they actually do expand might be useful for accessibility? possibly?

it looks like this for them compared to this for me so it's possible other people could have the same rendering error in the future
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[personal profile] yokeye 2020-10-01 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
As usual, I'm up for anything and all of the threads! o/
General "plans" so far:

Atsushi is leaving solely because he has a Mudkip. He's not having a good time, and is depressed that all the mysteries he tried to help with were solved while he was having a breakdown in a hospital storage room. He won't have any issues with camping, and once getting to Mango City, he'll probably try to get another boba shop job or enter contests if there are cash prizes. Going hard on investigating the radio tower and static because he needs to help and make an impact or he will never get out of his self-pitying funk. However, he'll be completely useless once the worst fear and nightmare things start. Like just cowering in a corner useless. He already hallucinates the person he fears most and this won't help.

Toki is staying, and he'll just hang around in Toran with Hana-chan, participating in shenanigans and whatnot. Fortunately, at this canon point, Toki hasn't made too many solid emotional connections and he's still dissociative as fuck. He purposefully forgets anything that upsets him and so his fears and nightmares are things like "responsibility" and "making decisions". He'll be fine and maybe even accidentally help fix it.
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2020-10-02 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Haki and I'm here for threads! I also play Efina, Sooyoung, and Hien. Hien is the newest addition here and he looks like he walked out of a cliche design store with a mask and a tattered cloak that makes him resemble a rain doll with legs.

Efina will be sticking with Theo mostly. She will probably have a wild Wailmer try to eat her on the way to the new island. Fun. She also has a bonus where she punches her problems away, with the addition that every time she sneezes, she punches the closest person/thing next to her. She's gonna be a punching machine. Beware punches from dragon baby. Also yeah, this means she'll attempt to punch the wild Wailmer. The thing that'll make her upset is probably Theo dying/overwhelmed with lies again, but she has a good head on her shoulders! It'll be fine. Hopefully.

Sooyoung will be sticking with Joonghyuk and Dokja. She'll probably get drunk on water due to her bonus. Other than that, she'll attempt the steel-type gym, participate in bug catching contest in hopes of finding a useful bug pokemon, and basically playing tourist. I'm always up for negative CR with her, whether it be her mugging you or just straight up decking your face with her fist.

Hien is... new. He's used to hopping from world to world, but this will be the first time he's gone to a pokemon-based one, and he's a gamer nerd, so he'll recognize pokemon and their mechanics. His voice is heavily distorted and will remain so until he regains his power to turn into another one of his alternate selves with a normal voice. He's basically like a guy who's 24/7 into Halloween, but it's hard when your existence is just Like This. He's nice. Kinda. At least he tries. He's just here to have a good time and see if whatever is causing the balance of this world is going out of whack as he usually does. He'll be freely traveling wherever he wants to go, but he'll probably stay in Toran for a bit to help people evacuate once he figures out what's going on.
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[personal profile] goldsend 2020-10-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
First of all, I'm sorry about disappearing in the second half of September, but things got busy irl. If anyone wants to handwave any September threads to figure out the conclusion, I'm down! I'm gonna stick to one character here not to spread myself too thin and maybe actually take part in investigations because they seem really fun.

Beato had a rough time in September after making that terrible decision to send Misdreavus out to battle Gyarados, oops. Unsurprisingly, her Pokemon still isn't really over what happened even though Beato tries to be nice to her. Beato willl be hanging around people more in October. It's the best month of the year for the witches, after all. I got some fun bonus effects for her last month and I would like to do something with these before they expire:
1) Beatrice swaps bodies with someone for an entire week.
2) Beatrice can now read minds for one full day.
3) Beatrice's personality does a 180 degree flip for an entire day.
Since 1 and 2 require some plotting beforehand, but I'm open to all things so hit me up if you're interested! 3 will definitely happen in the 10/3 log.

I'm planning to have Beato try to reach Mango City. She'd probably travel alone, but that wouldn't stop her from spooking groups of people in the forest even before they arrive in the city. She'll try to take on the Pokemon Gym most likely, but with Misdreavus not being super fond of her, this is probably going to be a disaster. I want her to obtain a butterfly-like Pokemon and a Bug Catching Contest seem like a good occasion, so she'll be taking part in that as well. Also all the spooky things like Pokemon Towers and the 10/15 log...your favorite witch will be there 👀

[personal profile] thetyger 2020-10-02 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a lot of fun with the body swap bonus in Cetana, so I'm up for plotting things there if you want.

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I want Beato to read Hien's mind and think he's some kind of witch/sorcerer because he thinks about worldhopping often.

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[personal profile] scension 2020-10-02 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm down for Beato reading Sagi's mind if she really feels like discovering the earnest idiot she met that one time is nearly exactly the earnest idiot he seems to be :')

he also accidentally still has a positive impression of her so it could be fun to do investigation stuff maybe! but it depends how much effort she'd put into dispelling it lmfao

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[personal profile] partymagician 2020-10-03 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
i would love for beato to read fai's mind!!!! especially now that he has some magic back 👀

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[personal profile] scension 2020-10-02 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Sagi is leaving the island! He has travelled rough into unknown territory before and should overall be fine (other than possibly sticking ill advised things in his mouth) but will be around for general camping shenanigans if for some reason you want to deal with a teenager who is also a bird.

Once he reaches the city he will have the idea to mail trip reports back to the Toran Pokemon Centre so that people sailing there later can be a little more prepared, but he won't... think to put a recipient on them... so anyone can get in on those or mail back, or the letters can just get lost :') they will include a suggestion to try and convince the Gyarados to come with and hyper beam a path through the forest for easier traversal later so they'll probably look like a joke too, even though he's 100% sincere about it...

He will also almost certainly try the gym challenge, suffer a bonus where he tells lies for 2 days straight, explore around the city and investigate (= possibly unlawfully attempt to climb) the towers; I can finagle some excuse for whatever CR you feel like before the Halloween stuff! A jrpg protagonist never rests o7

During the Halloween stuff he will - most likely be aggressive oops, he is a little too stupid to really do fear or dread outside of it making him angry... I don't know if people are interested in playing around with that, but holler if you are!
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2020-10-02 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
do not throw souls climb grave towers

Aside from Efi having a lie feast, maybe Sagi can understand the compulsion... like Efi's swearing episode.

If you want, I can have Sooyoung report him and Atsushi to the police when they're climbing as if Sagi didn't have enough vendetta against her already... if that's okay with you. :')

I do want more CR with Sagi though. Maybe he can have an anon penpal too. That would be cute...

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[personal profile] weenwoon 2020-10-03 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hythlodaeus is... likely following Rhel around. He's a late arrival so he has a lot less of a grasp on just about everything, so he will either follow her to Mango or stick around Toran for a few more days. But since most people he got to know so far are leaving, he is likely to follow them anyway, if only out of interest. I have several general notes for what I want to do with him:

- As someone who's never really set foot outside of his city (and didn't manage to get any kind of practical clothes), he's going to have A Time on the way to Mango. The burden of making sure he doesn't fall down a crevice, twist his ankle, eat something poisonous or get eaten by bugs will likely fall on Rhel (Fae I am so sorry). I'm up for other people teaching him how to do things in a forest though!

- I'm definitely going to have him in Mango before Halloween hits, however, because I have some fun ideas how to make him suffer there. :) Once it happens, he will pretty much do a 180-turn in personality, become closed off, avoid people intensely, try to wander off into the sandstorm. It might take a lot to get him to snap out of it. He will also be hallucinating almost constantly, so if someone wants to be Full On Evil and mess with him during that time, that would be fun too! :D please just keep my son alive though

- Pre-Halloween, Mango: he will definitely want to participate in the Pokemon Contest to show off his Duskull (and a Misdreavus he will pick up on the way there, if I have anything to do with it). He will also be interested in checking out the cemetery, and probably camp out there for a night or two in hopes of regaining his aethersight by trying to watch departing/arriving souls. It will help his purposes if someone dies during that time! :) This isn't ominous at all :)