Brave New(s) World : November 2015 Edition

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BRAVE NEW(S) WORLD : NOVEMBER 2015 EDITION

OOC Announcements | Upcoming Events | Ongoing Events | Swarm Watch | Questions

Hello everyone, and welcome to the new monthly state of the game post! After some deliberation by the mod team, we decided that it would be a good idea to keep people informed of the things going on in the game in one collective post. We will still be putting out periodic updates when it comes time for events and the like, but you can always look to one of the monthly updates to keep you in the loop of what will be going on. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover today. We’ll get to the Event in a moment, but there’s going to be some changes going on that we want to get through first.

OOC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Below are a few housekeeping things that are going on throughout the month of November. Here you'll find information about our calendar for the month, activity check, and other important news.

GOODBYE, OLD FRIEND
First and foremost, we are saddened to announce that WIGHTY will be stepping down from his role as a mod. Wighty was with us since the game began almost two years ago and the game has thrived in no small part to his tireless dedication and constant willingness to go above and beyond for the team and the players. Wighty has been an invaluable member of the team and his wit, writing talent, and enthusiasm will be sorely missed. He’s done a fantastic job these last two years, and I hope you will all join me in thanking him for everything he’s done for us.

Wighty wished to share some parting words with everyone, which you can read here.

As a result, we’ll be bringing on more mod staff. We hope to have an announcement on that shortly.

SECOND ACT
As we wrap up the year, we’ll be entering Phase 2 of the game. While Phase 1 was characterized by finding new civilizations and building allegiances and rediscovering the world, Phase 2 will begin to shift focus into the conflict between humans, nations, and gods. That said, there is still much of the map left to be uncovered, and more civilizations to be met, and the core engagements of Phase 1 will still absolutely be present. What you can expect, however, is that starting in January many events will become larger and the stakes and more clear plot direction will become the norm - the Reshiram event is a taste of what to expect moving forward. We will, however, still have funner and simpler events to make certain to round out the experience, we don’t want to make the whole game dour and serious all the time!

A FEW CHANGES
as we change our organization and move into Phase 2, we’ll be changing a few of our existing mechanics, cleaning them up in order to make less-used mechanics more enticing and reduce our bookkeeping. A list of the changes is below:

‣ Catch-All: We will be retiring the catch-all post. This post has been under-utilized and bonding logs in general are much less frequent. We will instead be offering a bonding log to all new players to help them get a feel for how our own setting differs from the World of Pokemon. All bonding logs will take part in a post by the character in question.

‣ Breeding Center: We will be revising the mechanics on the Breeding Center. Now, the Breeding Center will offer one free egg to all active characters every two weeks. The selection of eggs will be taken from the Starter Pool and a random selection of 3 eggs will be chosen every two weeks. With the amount of Pokemon available, the amount of eggs available may increase, and submissions will still be accepted to add Pokemon to the starter pool. Pokemon submitted will be inactive for two weeks starting from the day they are submitted, and it will still require 5 submissions of the same Pokemon to make an egg available.

‣ Danger: We are revising the Danger rules to help reduce mod impact and make it more meaningful. For every level of danger above your current level, you will incur a chance of danger. Danger increases in increments of 10%, with a 100% danger chance if the Danger rating is 10 levels above yours. If Danger is rolled, your character will be injured. You will still get the bond you were seeking, but you will be unable to bond or gain levels in the following week while you recover.

‣ Monthly Pokémingle: Starting in November, we will be hosting a Monthly Pokémingle for trainers and their Pokemon to thread. Each month will be hosted with an active NPC and will have a specific theme, so feel free to bring out your Pokemon and let them stretch. This will go up around the middle of the month, so look out for it!

ACTIVITY CHECK
ACTIVITY CHECK IS LIVE
There have been a few minor changes to the Activity Check that we felt should be addressed. While this should not affect most of the player base here, we are tightening our rules on the Warned List and timing. Players are now expected to post proof of activity withing 72 hours of the Warned Post going live. A full list of the Activity Check rules can be found here for future reference.

TENTATIVE CALENDAR
11/1: Activity Check
11/1: Swarm Watch!
11/1 - 11/7: Soulfasting event
11/1 - 11/7: Dream World Bonding
11/8: Activity Check: Warned List
11/11: Activity Check: Eject List
11/16: Pokémingle
11/16: Swarm Watch!
11/28: New memes posted

UPCOMING EVENTS AND HOLIDAYS
The following will be taking place over the month of November only, and may or may not be accompanied with a mod-run log. These include game-wide events, player plots and holidays celebrated around the map. Participation is encouraged but by no means required.

SOULFASTING
NOVEMBER 1ST - NOVEMBER 7TH
As we approach the holiday season, we will generally be winding down and running less intensive events to account for the limited RP time the season brings. We’ll be back with a bigger event in January. That said, we’ve still got some things in store for the rest of the year. As you may recall, the Soulfasting holiday is fast approaching. At the beginning of Soulfasting, some special visitors will be in Union. For the duration of this event, between November 1st and November 7th, any post in the IC Comm will invite one of these visitors. There will be a general open Soulfasting post, and the special guests may make an appearance there as well. Please look forward to it!

POKÉMINGLE!
The Breeding Center is overrun by baby Pokémon, and Farah, the sweet and loving Blissey shifter, has been tasked with helping find these bouncing bundles of overabundant joy homes. While homes are being secured for these new little miracles, they will need love and attention from other Pokémon for temporary foster care. Don't worry, most of them are well behaved. Well, some. Probably. Maybe. ...Uh oh.

ONGOING EVENTS
These mini events have no active expiration date, and will continue until they are resolved, and may or may not have a lasting impact on the game as a whole. These mini-events can be initiated by any players in the game through a plot request (submitted here), and may garner the attention of an event-specific NPC, so be on guard!

MAP EXPAND
Once again, the world has gotten a bit bigger, and there are a large number of places left unexplored. Those people with a bit of a wanderlust and a thirst for adventure might find themselves drawn to cast out into the world and see what it has to offer, but be careful--it's easy to get in over your head.
CURRENT AREAS UNEXPLORED: Eastern Steppe, Frozen Delta, Hinterlands, Gigan Badlands, Western Coast

A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS (Player plot)
Through the generous work of a few, and the very generous donations of the Tycoon family and other like-minded nobles, construction on a safe home for those displaced by the various disasters and those in great need has begun in the Residential District in Union. It will be a great undertaking, and help will be needed both with constructing the building, funding construction and, once erected, staffing. Will people come together in true Union fashion to make this dream a reality?
STATUS: Active

SWARM WATCH!
New to this month, we will be introducing a new system called SWARMS! These function similarly to swarms in the games. A swarm will appear in a location for two weeks. Pokémon in a swarm act as an Ultra Common to that area and scale with their level. Requests for a swarm Pokémon can be made in the Map Post for that particular week. Players are not required to make a post in the swarm area, but are highly encouraged. Shiny chaining does apply to swarms, and works the same way as in other areas. Swarm Pokémon are not eligible for blurbs and will follow the general behavior provided.

GASTLY | VERDANT FOREST (ALL)
Level 6
Soulfasting is here, and the Gastly are ready to party! Hard. When it's time to party, they will party hard. Slow down, Gastly, you're going to make all of your ghostly brothers and sisters look bad. Taking up residence all over the Verdant Forest, this swarm has proceeded to make a right mess out of everything. It's not uncommon to find them playing horrible pranks on each other, and acting a bit inebriated. One might even find a few passed out on the ground. They're just sleeping it off, it's fine.
AVAILABLE 11/01 - 11/15

FEEBAS | LAKE SHRINE
Level 6
The Feebas are spawning! This is a yearly occurrence, and while they normally cut through rivers, this particular group seems a bit... lost. If only they had asked that nice Slowpoke a few hours down the stream for directions, they wouldn't be in this mess! They just want to get where they need to be to, well, do what Feebas do. Look, it's best not to ask. This particular swarm is very confused, and may have a horrible sense of direction. Or maybe they're trailblazers. It's really hard to say.
AVAILABLE 11/16 - 11/30

Please feel free to ask us questions down below, or use this post to actively plot for things coming up throughout the month!

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