MASSIVE RULE RETOOLING AND FUTURE IDEAS!

[Nothingness]

Alright, so, putting the past behind us and all, we have all realized that we need to fix some stuff up. Here's a list of aaaaall the suggested ideas, and feel free to edit it with any new ideas that come to mind!

RULES

• Character death: In the event of ANY character death, either planning or warning should be issued before hand to ALL members participating in said thread.
  
  Also, should the character death be unplanned (IE, there was no prior discussion and it happened because of the nature of the thread), compensation for the character's abilities will be given to the RPer at a rate of 50%. (Subject to change)
  
• There is to be no god-modding of any sort. You can't dodge EVERYTHING EVERYTIME. That being said, you also can't make an attack 100% unblockable without good reason, give your character insane stat boosts, etc.
  
• If a thread is closed, it may NOT be crashed by anyone, unless express permission is given by all involved. Even then, it would be best to clear it with a mod.
  
• While making a strong ability is fine, you must be aware that your ability can only have one primary effect--if it has a side effect such as a status effect, that's fine, but if it wanders into the territory of an entirely different ability, then it may come under question.
  
• If you think something is overpowered, it probably is. Worse comes to worse, make it seem slightly underpowered.
  
• Summoned minions/any for of assists need to be checked with a mod/bought in the store (pending updates to shop), and even then not a ridiculous, unbeatable amount.

IDEAS & OTHER

• The shop needs to be revised. In about every aspect. No one's gonna argue with that.
  
• Keyblades! They need to have a lot about them revised--price, upgrades, what they do, how you get them--let's just make it a full 180.
  
• The staff is going to be changed up, no ifs ands or buts. Time for some fresh faces in old positions.
  
• ALL CHARACTERS WILL HAVE ABILITIES RE-EVALUATED! We all have been going a tad crazy with things, and we're changing that. First, you'll go through your abilities and edit them how you see fit to balance them, and then a mod will give their opinion, and any further edits as necessary until both parties are happy.
  
• No character shouldbe able to have more than 2 abilities in effect at once, and if 2 abilities are in effect no minions can be summoned. Nothing more is necessary and is complete overkill. This also goes for abilities that don't to damage but provide stat multipliers.
  
• Any ability that affects another character should be limited to two at a time, other passive/defensive abilities can be combined. Stat multipliers limited to two at a time, able to combine with an attack but not with anything that alters perception, mood or the other character's defense.

[Oathkeeper Emi]

I will add in the character death stuff since I seem to be the main advocate for its removal.

Also, the closed thread crashing has been edited.

[Fate]

Okay, I've got a few things that need to go on that list. I know you have some general ones up there, but I'm going to get specific.

1. In-Character Rules and Out-of-Character Rules: Need to be less arbitrary, more professional, and clear consequences for breaking. All rules should apply to the IRC as well. I think we'd be best starting over and just working from the ground-up.

2. Standard Operating Procedures for Staff Members: Staff members need clear procedures to follow when dealing with issues so they can have some foundation. What we have right now is too willy-nilly. This also goes for procedure in the IRC room.

3. Less moderators. We've got too many. We're a small site and don't need that many. In my opinion, we should have three and that's it.

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[Nothingness]

Here's an agenda of stuff. Yeah, self-explanatory. Too tired for a big show of it all.

• 1. Go over the rules with the rest of the members, see if they agree and if anything should be added or taken off the list.
  
• 2. Design a new plot.
  
• 3. Assign staff positions.
  
• 4. Make list of lost characters and figure out what to do with them.
  
• 5. Write up SOPs for staff.
  
• 6. Revamp shop.
  
• 7. Make Archive section of the forum to put unfinished/closed threads in.
  
• 8. Re-do plot point stuff (put all plot point related information in one thread).
  
• 9. Work out the nature of the Keyblade.
  
• 10. Make new advertisement to advertise on other forums to expand member base.
  
• 11. Find a coder to make a new skin.

JAY WAS HERE AND CROSSED OFF #7 AFTER MAKING THE ARCHIVE.
JAY WAS HERE AGAIN, AND HE CROSSED OFF #8 BECAUSE HE JUST FINISHED THE COMPILED PLOT THREAD.

Nothingness edited his own post and is speaking in first person for consistency. Oh, yeah, he also crossed out #3 since we finished assigning staff positions.

[Castle]

Lost character list:


Lanying
Aerith
Axel
Alanix
Nadia
Ethan


Shisou
Lethe/Kyza
Jericho
Xether
Xaldin
Daniel
Matthew
Saix
Gabriel
Aixfeur

[Fate]

Thank you very much for doing that Sorky. And thank you Jay for doing the archive thing. I'm going to do some more delegating here right now. Sorry if I'm being bossy, but I just want to see things get done and done evenly.

1. Revamping of the shop, plot points, and assigning of staff: Jay

2. Archiving threads: Cait and Josh

3. Working out the Nature of the Keyblade: Dan

4. Writing out the SOPs: Aly (Jay, you'll obviously have to make sure they're okay when I'm done)

5. Figuring out what to do with these lost characters: Everyone. Well, anyone who was deeply involved in the plots of the lost characters.

6. Designing the new plot: Everyone. I want everyone to give input on this and make their ideas known. That can either be done through the chat and/or PMing me so I can compile the ideas and then go from there.

This is what we have on the agenda right now guys. After we get all of these other things done, we'll do the other things. I don't want to make a new advertisement until we've gotten the plot squared away. I'll write up a new advertisement when that time comes, but Dan, if you could make a new banner when the time comes, it'll be greatly appreciated (and you'll get paid for it-- I'll make sure of it).

Ideally, I'd want to do that AFTER the site is made pretty again with a new coder, but finding a coder who will do this for free will be difficult. I do have a friend of mine who is a coder, but for his work I would need to pay. If I have the money at this point to do so, I will do it. He's an excellent coder and can make this site look AMAZING.

Something everyone needs to do: Look through your characters and their abilities. Make sure that their abilities are good with the new rules put in place. If they're not, post an update thread. If you're not sure how to fix your ability, talk it over with the staff or anyone in the chatroom-- we'd be willing to help.

That's all I got to say. Let's get to work everyone!

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[Oathkeeper Emi]

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