[UPDATE POST - JULY 15TH]

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OOC NOTES

▢ Originally posted to the mod account accidentally on July 15th! ▢ The intro logs have taken off and there's already some player plotting going on. Hope you guys are having fun! ▢ Because Spellbind doesn't work on a date system that syncs up with our own, a post will be devised that keeps track of what day it is in game. For now, all worlds will work on a 1:1 ratio, and if some worlds work differently, you'll definitely be notified! The date tracking system will essentially work based on the question "How many days has Spellbind been open?" Today would be Day 8, next Saturday would be Day 16 and so on. For now, you'll have to calculate this on your own, but a post should be up by the end of the month to make things easier. ▢ The month is half over and reserves will be open next week. Based on the game's demand and character cap, there was a question of whether or not people would be able to app second and third characters up to the game's limit. For now, the limit of three characters is going to be kept. Existing players can app a new character next round if they like, and the limits will again be looked at next month, based on the number of apps and reserves received for the July cycle. ▢ The locations and points of interests discovered by characters on the 17th and onward will be added to the physical setting post after this date. The characters that they have been assigned to get a sort of "first dibs" on finding these locations, but other characters are also allowed to utilize these locations to their benefit after this date as well. ▢ Here's what you've been waiting for: next week, on the 20th, characters will finally be going to their first new world! This world will have an aquatic theme, but that's the only detail that will be released for now! More setting information will go up on the 20th. ▢ The original plan for visiting new worlds was that characters would stay in new settings for approximately two months, with new world plots fitting into that amount of time. For the first world, this will be the targetted amount of time, but since the game is new nothing is set in stone. The storyline and plot for the new world are already "storyboarded," if you will, but it's important to actually see how these plans fit into that amount of time organically. No one wants to be overwhelmed, but there should also be a decent amount of things to get involved with. TL;DR Based on player reception and how the mechanics all work out, world hopping may be shortened or lengthened based on how this initial world works out. ▢ Also, the Calendar lists a game poll being held on August 1st. This is going to be moved to September 1st and will include questions about game limits, world hopping and game mechanics. As of now, it's hard to form full opinions on how these mechanics and limits work OOCly and ICly, and there won't even be a month's worth of playing to accurately assess these factors of the game. These game polls and discussion posts will be bi-monthly for now! So September 1st, November 1st, etc.

IC EVENTS

▢ On the 17th, Brie will look for explorers and adventurers to get a lay of the island a little better than she could. There will be a mini log for this mission for anyone who wants to sign up. What will they find? On the west side of the island, there's another sizable house that contains a few supplies, molded food and some knickknacks. If you want your character to explore to this area OR explore on their own and see what they find, reply to this thread to reveal your character's haul. (This is a repost from last week; you can still take advantage of signing up!) ▢ On the 19th, Brie and Genette will announce that the group will be traveling to their first destination the next day. Characters will be encouraged to collect their things and prepare for the journey. This includes last minute exploring, foraging and packing. Their objects will be loaded into Qri's caravan, though they are free to carry whatever they would like on their person. If these items aren't on their person or in the caravan, they'll be left on the hub. ▢ There's not much in the way of prompts this post because there's already a few logs to utilize and the new world is coming up. More prompts for things to do can be found there once the post goes up!

IMPORTANT DATES

▢ The new world initial exploration log will be up at ~8 PM EST on the 20th. An OOC update post will also go up then, specifically in relation to the new setting with other notes. ▢ The TDM goes up next Saturday on the 22nd. The TDM is monthly and will always go up the Saturday before reserves open. If reserves open on Saturday, the TDM will go up the Saturday before that. ▢ Keep track of the calendar here!

Comments

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If you're willing to fiddle with Gdocs a bit, Excel can calculate how many days are between Today() and the start date:

=SUM(TODAY()-A1)

Where A1 was 7/8/17