OOC community for Upcycle

Sweeps:

Historia Reiss | selffound
Tsubakiko Harumiya | kikochan
Kasumi Yoshizawa | foundheart
Corran Horn | donttellmetheodds
Battler Ushiromiya | zanzandameda

Drops:

Reno | aeroll
Shigure Rangetsu | morgrim
Artorius Collbrande | armati
Flat Escardos | escardos
Russell Seager | selforphaned
Sam Porter Bridges | bridgetothefuture
Sasuke Uchiha | aoda
Keiichi Maebara | keichan
Mion Sonozaki | sononizaki
Rika Furude | miiraculous
Atsushi Nakajima | undermoonlight
Rena Ryuugu | quietblueflame
Shion Sonozaki | angelmort
Felix Hugo Fraldarius | brothered
Ryoko Asakura | loveedition
The Mandalorian | muffled
Satoko Houjou | clamoris
Arima Kishou | prodigism
Suzaku Kururugi | 711
Lelouch vi Britannia | ludicrous
Papyrus | highstandards
Chikai Kuji | measuringdistance
Hinami Fueguchi | fortunateflower
Ferdinand von Aegir | revenues
Rey | reydacted
Abby Anderson | strictpress
Sakura Haruno | katsuyu
Naruto Uzumaki | gamabunta
Claude von Riegan | bowfaire
Hakuno Kishinami | sealeted
Ochako Uraraka | infreefall
Craig Boone | thumbsdown
Yukio Okumura | meltsdown
Rufus Shinra | coinages
Xavier | softwarelacunae
Crow Armbrust | accrowed
Paige Guthrie | omnimorphs
Akira Kurusu | survivaltricks
Light Yagami | godly
Miles Morales | envenomates
9S | bestaround
Sandalphon | unnecessities


Strikes:

None


There is a 24 hour grace period for people who forgot to post activity check to do so after these results go up. Please don't hesitate to come to us in that time if you see yourself on the swept list!

Happy New Year everyone~

Hello, everyone.

This mod announcement is meant to address the many concerns that our players brought to us since the conclusion of the latest app round. We’ve received your feedback, and rest assured, it won’t go ignored. All of us want this game to thrive. For that to happen, we mods need to foster an environment in which our players feel comfortable enough to truly get creative.

Which is why we’d like to start off with an apology.

Our application review has been poorly handled. We received feedback on this in the past and have attempted to improve our process since, but the attempts have been haphazard and not always cohesive. This seems to have only made the inconsistencies in our review process worse. Though this was not our intention, it was the ultimate outcome, and we are truly sorry for the double standard we created. On top of that, the word choice in our rejections was unhelpful and at times accusatory. This was a failing on our part, and we make no excuses. Our potential players did not deserve this treatment, and they will not receive it in the future. This, we promise.

In light of this, we have re-reviewed this round’s rejected applications and decided to offer all rejected applicants a fair chance to revise.

Going forward, we will be doing our utmost to alleviate the aforementioned issues. The first step is to significantly change our application process. Instead of having one mod review applications, a team of mods will be taking on the task each round. Our hope is that this will not only ensure that our app mods are never forced to rush the process but also increase the odds that any given app will be reviewed by someone with canon knowledge. The more present and knowledgeable we are, the more likely we are to catch mistakes. In conjunction with this, we plan to establish a concrete grading system in order to make the process more consistent and fair in subsequent cycles. This system should ensure that every mod on the team uses the same evaluation criteria across the board.

Many of you have also come to us with concerns about favoritism. It was never our intent to keep plot information secluded to certain player circles, and we have never prevented players or characters from seeking it out. However, we readily acknowledge that not all of the information characters learn gets filtered to the game at large in a timely manner.

One of our players came to us with a brilliant suggestion, and we have been working with them to establish an official in-game document that will make it easier for characters to share information with each other. It will be an editable Google doc, linked in the game’s Full Navigation for easy accessibility. We had planned to ICly announce it during a network intro mingle this month, but our choice to hold off announcing it OOCly was a mistake.

To give us the time we need to kickstart these changes, this month’s OOC Meet n Greet has been delayed! It will go up Thursday. Please pay attention to these posts from now on as they have undergone important reconstruction. Information relevant to that month such as event timeframes, weather, and possible monster encounters will be displayed here. The plan is to announce player plots as well, so everyone can get in on the fun.

On Friday, we will be posting a network mingle for all characters to participate in. This is the mingle that will introduce the game’s information sharing document. It will also be the first in a long line of regular monthly network mingles.

Ending things on a more positive note, the game’s information pages have been under review for a while now, and we’re glad to announce that all of them have been officially updated! We would like to extend our thanks to Wind for taking on this project. Feel free to glance over the FAQ and other renovated pages, and please contact us if you have any further questions!

Edited to Add: We have locked this post to active game members. While we're willing to continue hearing suggestions and crit from members of the community, having dropped players or socks come in to argue with the playerbase was never the intent of this post. If anyone not in the game has additional commentary to make, they're welcome to direct it to the mod contact page.

Edit 2: Hi guys, we're unlocking this post again. The initial locking was a kneejerk reaction, and for that we're truly sorry. In becoming a little frazzled, we haven't been taking your comments to heart the way we should have been, and our replies may have come across as cold and uncaring. We're going to step back from this post for a day or so to cool off, but we're hoping to allow civil discussion here between both members of the community and onlookers alike.

Hey everyone!

We just wanted to remind you that Activity Check is due on December first, at midnight pacific time!

That's when it becomes December first, not after.

Permanent Activity Check can be found here.

Also be sure to check the Taken page here, to be sure that all of your information has been written down correctly.

We also want to remind everyone that it is consecutive network/log tags so it counts for Activity Check.

Thank you!

Hey guys!

After doing some thinking, we decided to do an OOC permissions meme concerning the Silence/World Speaker stuff! This way, people can know straight up if there's the desire for one thing or the other is addressed.

We'll repost this meme every few months, in case things update one way or the other!


For those infected with the Silence:

<b>Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Where is the infection located:</b> <b>Do you want this acknowledged ICly?</b> <b>Do you want your character to be helped?</b> <b>Any plans on doing stuff with the infection?</b> <b>Other: Anything you want to add to this?</b>


For those with World Speaker/Blessed Status:

<b>Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Did they come into the game with this status?</b> <b>Are they aware of being one?</b> <b>What are their abilities as a World Speaker/Blessed?</b> <b>Are they aware of their attraction to the Silence Infected?</b> <b>Any plans on doing things with their World Speaker/Blessed abilities?</b> <b>Other: Anything you want to add?</b>

Those who have neither:

<b>Name</b> <b>Canon</b> <b>Are they aware of the Silence?</b> <b>Are they aware of World Speakers?</b> <b>Can they sense or discern one or the other? </b> <b>Did you want OOCly for your character to get World Speaker Status or Infected?</b> <b>Does your character IC want to be one or the other?</b> <b>Other: Anything you want to add?</b>

Hey everyone!

We just wanted to remind you that Activity Check is due on November first, at midnight pacific time!

That's when it becomes November first, not after.

Permanent Activity Check can be found here.

Also be sure to check the Taken page here, to be sure that all of your information has been written down correctly.

Thank you!

Hey everyone! This is a multi announcement page, so hang on tight! We’re going to be covering a lot today.

First off…

We are happy to announce new helper mods!

For Activity Checks, we have: Wind and Steff!
For Lists, we have: Pixle, Sharn, Vu, and Mandee!

We’re very glad to have them as part of the team! They’ve already been very hard at work behind the scenes.

As before, Nammah will continue as Head Mod and Plot Mod! So if you have plot questions, Nammah is the only one with the answers.


Applications

This round was rougher than the round previous. For that, we sincerely apologize for the misunderstandings and the hurt feelings that may have occurred.

In order to avoid this from repeating, we are going to do three things:

- Telling the Application results in round intervals, every second day. This may mean more waiting, but this also gives more time for deliberation.

- Further Elaboration and Clarifying the Application sections. We want to make sure that what we want is very clear, so as to eliminate confusion on both sides.

- Asking for sample applications from current players. Sometimes, it’s easier when there’s an example to refer to.

If there are any other suggestions that people may have, please refer to the Suggestion or the Mod Contact page.


And finally, Activity Check!


We’re glad to see all of you here! We had no idea that the game would grow so quickly. This is exciting! However, we’d like to tighten it up a bit.

This doesn’t mean there’s any change of the requirements! We simply wish to clarify that if you :

Only threading with one person with no evidence of tagging other characters

- Repeatedly posting AC at the last minute

- Post AC early in the month and decide not to do any more interactions repeatedly

Should any of these happen, we reserve the right to have a discussion with you. This does not mean a strike or fail! We just want to know what’s going on, and if there’s anything that we can do to help. However, if we have the discussion and this repeats the following month, we will have to consider giving you the strike.

Let us know if you want examples of any of what we discussed, or if there is any need for clarification! We are happy to listen to any suggestions and answer questions.

Hey everyone!

We just wanted to remind you that Activity Check is due on October first, at midnight pacific time!

That's when it becomes October first, not after.

Permanent Activity Check can be found here.

Also be sure to check the Taken page here, to be sure that all of your information has been written down correctly.


On a further note, we will be posting an announcement when Applications go up tonight.


Thank you!