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METHODS OF CONTACT

1. Commenting to this screened post (or other posts set up for player contact like the FAQ).
2. Mod Account PM.
3. Email. (But only as a last resort, such as if you have logs to send us. PM and posts enabled for comments are our preference).

Best Ways To Contact Us

Please send everything through those centralized routes above, so the mod team can stay on the same page on things and don't accidentally overlook questions. We will generally not respond to questions or crit by AIM, our private plurks, pps or @ mentions to the mod plurk, or other forms of contact. We only plan to use the mod plurk for announcements and if you try to ask questions any other way we'll just redirect you.

Wait Times

For urgent crit/questions, we will try to answer back within 1-3 days to either give the answer or let you know we received your comment and that we need more time to confer over something (and we'll give you an estimate on how long we think it'll take). For less urgent issues like FAQ questions, plot requests, and requests to add new settings to the game info, we ask that players give us 4 days to respond. So if you want to run a plot at a certain time, please try to get the plot to us a few days ahead of time. For apps, we ask for a max of 7 days for us to get back to players with a response.

THE MODS

KAYLIN - App/Main Mod

owls_in_moss

KOREL - App/Head Mod

atippleofyourtears

PLATINUM - App/Main Mod

modop

SAM - App/Main Mod

estamir

HELPER MODS

AVIE - Plot Mod

aviekokyre

CAROLYN - App/List Mod

greenanddying

MARIE - App/Plot Mod

seemarierun

ZITA - List Mod

zitasaurusrex

If you have general questions about the game/setting, please ask them in the FAQ.

You can use this post for logged in or anon crit/comments/questions for the mods that otherwise don't fit in the FAQ. Or for anon crit you want passed to other players that don't have an anon-enabled hmd.

Posts are screened, anon is enabled, IP logging is off (however, it will be turned on if there's abuse).

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I understand that Imp was banned recently in your game. She's also in Mask or Menace, and she has been making offensive remarks in her plurk, to put it lightly. However, she tends to delete them rather quickly. I was wondering if you would be willing to talk to the Mask or Menace mods, as well? I apologize if this is a strange or rude request, but thank you for your consideration.

Good evening anon,

We definitely understand your frustration with this situation. However, we're not the most comfortable reaching out to contact your mods, since they may not want to take action on the situation and we don't want them to feel as if we're interceding on how they run their game.

That said, if they reach out to us, we are definitely willing to share information about discipline issues with the mods of other games. We suggest in this situation to contact your mods with your concerns and let them know we'd be willing to make the information available to them if they reach out to us.

We hope this helps.

A question regarding powers. What is the ruling regarding a power that includes a number of other abilities? The case I'm thinking of is "Spider Physiology" which includes with it: wall crawling, superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, spider sense, healing factor. And that's just a few.

Would each power be counted separately or would they all be included under the "Spider Physiology" label?

Hi there! We'd be happy to help you with this.

In the case of Spider Physiology, because some of the powers are often superpowers in their own right, many of them would be counted as separate powers.

That said, the speed/agility/reflexes/stamina, we can count as one power: "enhanced physique."

Since with the spider-people, all these powers tend to be pretty low-level (like only low level superstrength), you could pretty much choose any three of them that you like and put them together as a 3-power set. And since web shooters are a very minor weapon, the character would be able to keep those (or have them created by the science guys) without them having to be folded into the powers rules, much like a Jedi would get to keep their lightsaber.

So as an example power set, you could potentially do 3 powers like: "enhanced physique, wall crawling, and super strength," plus artificial web shooters as gear instead of a power.

Thanks for the reply, and examples. Also, when characters are making their costumes, can they make one that looks exactly like what they already wear? Just with the added bells and whistles that come from being in-game?

Yes, they can! Usually the most noticeable addition is just a belt buckle or patch with the Legion's symbol slapped on somewhere. Otherwise, if they have a superhero costume, it can generally stay the same. We have a few characters that went with their usual costumes.

How often are characters expected to wear their uniforms?

That's mostly up to them! The only time it's really required is when the characters are on missions. They're free to wear civilian clothes most of the time. Though if they choose to go around in uniform, no one will really bat an eyelash, either.

Hey mods, I'm not really sure the best way to word this, but some people were talking on RPA about the game's caps and how they put some people off? I think they make sense for everything that's planned (although you might want to consider upping the player cap to 50) but because of the impression they give, an anon on rpa suggested some things that could help offset that:

Here: http://rpanons.dreamwidth.org/64753.html?thread=201118193#cmt201118193

Is something like this something you'd be willing to consider doing? Either maybe action 4th walls or memes, or just including info on upcoming plots on the ads? I think the caps make sense but I really think we need to do something to offset the impression that the game's small and too insular. It's really not been but I think with the small size it's just really hard to fight that impression, just because small games usually have lots of problems in DWRP.

Hey there, anon! We definitely understand your concerns. We've had some of the same ones ourselves and have actually already been discussing some possible solutions so we have a few proposals to make to the playerbase.

1) Lae had to drop and Emerson's mostly just our buddy for plot ideas (and honestly may have to drop as well), so we really could use new helper mods. So far, Kaylin, Zita, and I (Tipple) have been handling things just fine but that's partly due to how rarely we get new players. If we do potentially increase the caps in any way, we're going to need more hands on deck just in case it does encourage more people to app.

So what we're going to do is take volunteers for two more list mods. If we can fill 1-2 list mod slots and make sure we have enough hands on deck, we're definitely willing to up the player cap to 50 players. The 3 character per player cap would stay the same but that would allow a larger playerbase and more overall characters.

2) That idea the anon had about advertising upcoming events on the game ads to make new players see what action is coming and feel welcome to hop right in is a great idea so we'll start doing that in the future on the game ads.

3) We actually already were working on an idea for new tdm memes, so you had good timing. We do want to open a discussion with the playerbase about an idea we had for new tdm memes we can maybe do 1-2 times an AC period. We were considering running them as little action events that would actually count as part of the game's canon. Our current players would be allowed to count them towards their AC, and as long as some of the posts in them hit the app requirements, we were considering allowing potential new players to use them as their samples, AND, if they so chose, even keeping the events as how their characters got pulled into the game. (Obviously, they could opt out if they wanted to intro their characters a different way and then no one would remember them in the event).

Each of these memes would be themed, usually something fun but simple. Pirates! Steampunk! And so on. With some kind of simple goal and good situation for the characters to meet.

Obviously, it's something we need to discuss and see if the kinks can be worked out, and how exactly they'd be handled, but that discussion is definitely going to be put up later this week to see what the playerbase thinks of it and we'll see if people want to roll with that idea or nix it if they don't like it.

But we can say for sure that we can definitely try the first two options right off. We'll start doing that in the ads and put up the requests for list mods this weekend and up the caps if we get what we need.

Also, thank you very much for bringing this to us! We know sometimes people can be nervous about bringing over crit from RPA or WG. We really don't want to make a habit of going on the anonmemes because it's best to leave players a place to just hash out their frustrations, so we appreciate you bringing your concerns and suggestions from there straight to us. If you come up with anything else, please feel free to bring it to us. We do want to stay hands off over there but we definitely want to know what you think.

Edited 2016-02-26 11:36 (UTC)

Holy crap that was fast! Thank you guys for the quick response. All of that sounds great. Thank you for considering upping the player cap, especially, I know that's something you've always had a lot of concerns about and I think it sounds reasonable to ask for more mods first. I'm not sure I can help mod myself but I'll definitely consider it when you do signups and even if I can't hopefully we can get the slots filled.

No problem, anon! We'll start rolling out the signups and discussion over the weekend and next week.

I don't go here, obviously, but I just wanted to add that if/when you mention the event in your upcoming ads, you'd probably also want to mention what types of things various types of characters could do, not just what the event is. "The Emerald Empress ensorcelled Braal and turned the planet to stone! The Legion is in dire need of mages to undo her work and save the planet before it is too late!" And maybe throw in an one-liner about someone else. "Brainy's hard at work on a laser which will counteract her force field and could use help in retrieving the power source from the depths of Takron-Galtos, the prison planet, where the most dangerous criminals are."

One of the most effective random ads I got was someone telling me that they wanted a certain character of mine (they'd take anyone but specifically wanted that one) and they wanted that character for a specific plot they had in the near future, because they needed that type of character. So I knew if I apped that character I'd have a lot to do. So that might help you guys in getting fresh blood, especially given that there's a lot of demand for an intense team based mission game and the two alternative games aren't as intense as some people expected.

Thank you for the suggestion, anon! We'll definitely do that. A lot of the different events and plots will be themed or involve certain things (like diplomacy or exploration) so we'll point out character types that might enjoy hopping in.

I have a question regarding a potential character I'm thinking about apping: Reinhardt from Overwatch. Most of his abilities are tied to his armor, like the shield generator on his forearm, the boosters to charge with on his back, and a rocket hammer. So I was wondering, would they still count as their own powers, or are they weak enough to be alright? The reason I ask is because Overwatch is a class-based shooter, so individual characters are already balanced to not be too powerful on their own. But yes, please let me know, and thank you for reading.

We'd be glad to help you with this!

If you'd like to go with his armor as the source of his power, you can potentially claim a powers exemption. It is allowed that characters can retain some kind of canon power source or technology to be the source of their power instead of an innate power.

Those abilities also seem fairly basic, enough to be considered part of the armor as a single power set. Anything more powerful than that would likely have to be factored into something like a 2-power set, but what you've listed could potentially just fall under a 1-power set, as "power armor." On the app, we would need you to list all the armor's abilities just so that we can be sure it works as a 1-power power set. If we need to nix any of his abilities or have you change them, we can work with you on it during the app process once we have the whole list.

Would that work for you?

Yes, this is perfect, thank you!

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This is in response to the anon message that started with "so I have a thing I'm not happy about":

Hi anon, we definitely understand your concerns and have had a few players over a few avenues come to us to voice similar feelings. While you're right that there are no overt problems with behavior, it is fair to have concerns about tone, frequency of certain events, and how certain things play out, especially since there are things the mods can do to offset this with the npcs, there are ways we can guide the game with IC events, and there are discussions we can facilitate between players to help people civilly work through issues.

The mods have certain intentions with the direction of the game and the nature of some of the future conflicts that could prove jarring to some, depending on what their priorities in the game are, and we agree that we need to make sure everyone is on the same page. We're aware that some players are seeking the tabletop campaign party feel that we've frequently advertised in the past and may not be happy with how certain things have been handled recently. For that reason, we do plan on facilitating some discussion to see if everyone can air their concerns, give critique, and maybe reach some compromises.

Since everything is mid plot, and we currently have other issues to attend to (like implementing the new app process with the new player wait queue) we'll be setting up discussion after the current plots are over. We'll discuss the issue in more depth with the playerbase then.

We hope this sounds like an acceptable solution, and if you have any other concerns, please feel free to air them.

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This is in response to the anon crit given on 3/30/17 that starts with: "Hello! I wanted to voice a few concerns I've been having with the game..."

Hi anon!

Regarding issue 1: We've gotten a few complaints about this, and understand why you have concerns. Like we said in the anon response above, we do plan to address this. There have been no overt problems with ooc behavior, but it's still fair to have concerns about tone, frequency of certain events, and how certain things play out. The mods do plan to see what we can do to offset this with the npcs, by guiding the game with IC events, and/or facilitating ooc discussions between players to help people civilly work through these issues.

Since everything is mid plot, we'll be setting up ooc discussion after the current plots are over. We'll discuss the issue in more depth with the playerbase then.

Regarding issue 2, we have passed the crit along to the player. It's not a disciplinary issue, and at this time, we don't feel this is necessarily an ICness issue, so we don't plan to intervene, but we have communicated your concerns with the player in question. We do encourage you to possibly talk directly with the player in question to see if maybe you can find a solution. They have an HMD that is anon-enabled, if you would prefer it to stay anon.

If you do feel things start to press into being an ICness issue to such a degree it breaks the "Be IC" rule, and aren't able to come to an understanding with the player, let us know, and we can intervene from there. Otherwise, we have at least passed the crit along so the player can consider it.

We hope these sound like acceptable solutions, and if you have any other concerns, please feel free to air them.

I think it would be a good idea to have a page that summarized the outcomes of all the plot events that we've had so far, just so that people can have the information readily available to them instead of having to ask mods for reminders on what exactly happened, especially if they might've missed the outcomes or not been particularly involved in the actual threads.

I'm not sure how feasible it is to gather up all that information with how far the game in right now, but I figured it was worth a suggestion.

This is definitely doable, anon! It'll take a while to do a writeup, but we'll try to put one together soon.

Letting players reply to an ac super late is kind of unfair. Why should anyone else reply on time, then, if the deadlines are just for show? Really disappointed by this.

We let it slide this time because we were so late in answering it. That said, the purpose of AC is not to punish people, but to make sure that they're still playing. If someone's a little late and we haven't done up the official drop notices yet, we're not going to be that fussed. People sometimes have busy lives.

I've seen some stuff floating around about the mods making a player uncomfortable with something recently, involving criticizing a player for not checking the mod plurk for a handwave. Can you guys explain that? I think it's fair to ask what's going on.

Platinum made a post regarding issues he'd like to address in the next game he mods, and one comment, made several days after a player realized they missed an important announcement on the mod plurk, was that he'd like to make it mandatory for people to read mod plurks and that he wants to communicate to players in future games that it's their responsibility to keep up with mod communication, so they know they might not get individual notice for important announcements. This was discussed alongside a list of other issues he wanted to address when making a new game.

Another mod pointed out that could be perceived as a dig at the player who'd recently gotten upset. He has since apologized to the player in question and they both have made it clear they understand that he wasn't referring to the player in question and was talking about it as a general issue he's noticed while modding over the years.

Several mods right now are working on building games they want to run after Legion and when they're talking about rule-building, that may entail possibly discussing past discipline, game mechanic, or communication issues they've come across while modding Legion and other games. This isn't meant to be personal or targeted at specific players that were involved in those issues. These issues are being discussed without attaching names strictly for the purposes of preventing similar problems in the future of games they mod.

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