damned_lounge | Monster Plot Information + Poll, NS Extension, and Game Plurk!

Hey, everyone!

First of all, we're pleased to announce the start of an upcoming game-wide plot. While we don't want to spoil all the details for you, the basic gist is this: What would happen if Landel announced that several patients will turn into vicious monsters in a few days' time? What if he refused to say who it was, while several people started exhibiting strange, illness-like symptoms leading up to the impending day? Will patients pull their resources together to try to save their fellow patients? Or will someone try to take matters into their own hands by killing off anyone who poses a potential threat to the safety of everyone around them? Will those suffering from symptoms keep it to themselves (perhaps while secretly hoping they don't change into some horrifying beast later), confide in their close friends in search of solutions, or will they instead make the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the many?

As you might have guessed, there are multiple ways characters may react to such a scenario, and therefore multiple ways this scenario can play out. We encourage you guys to be creative and to approach us if you've come up with a unique way for your character to handle the situation!

The first phase of this plot involves organizing characters who would be affected by this turn of events. Basically, each player is welcome to submit characters into the poll using the following guidelines:

• If you have 1-2 characters, you may submit 1 character into the poll.
• If you have 3-4 characters, you may submit 2 of your characters into the poll.
• If you have 5-6 characters, you may submit 3 of your characters into the poll.

Characters submitted into the poll WILL exhibit symptoms that we'll announce at the start of Dayshift. A smaller group will then be randomized from this list to determine who will eventually turn into monsters, and those players will be privately notified. If you'd like your character to exhibit preliminary symptoms, but do not wish for your character to eventually turn into a monster, please place an asterisk (*) by your character's name. Furthermore, if your character is currently on hiatus or hasn't been very active, we reserve the right to not include your character in the monster randomization process.

In order to keep certain things a surprise, poll results will be screened until further notice.

Poll #9615

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 27

Monster Plot Slots

Second, Nightshift will be extended for three days. This is to give us a little extra time to organize this new plot, as well as to give those on Missions a few extra days to make up for the slight delay in working out Mission details. Dayshift will now begin on Tuesday, the 28th.

Third, we've set up a game-specific plurk over at damnedmods. Watching it is completely optional. Since we have quite a few players on Plurk, we thought it would be a good idea to have a designated place for game-related announcements, rather than flooding our personal Plurks with game news. Feel free to follow this account for official Damned-related stuff! If you decide to friend us, we'll definitely friend you back.

Lastly, please welcome Sarah (

valentinite) onto our NPC Mod team! We appreciate all of our NPC Mods and are happy to have her aboard!

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to comment to this post! You can also contact Court, Psyche or me (Jansen) privately through AIM, PM, Plurk or E-mail.

We hope you're looking forward to this as much as we are. ♥

Thank you!

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Neato! No seriously, this all sounds SUPER COOL.

Also, congrats on making NPC mod, Sarah! ♥

Glad you're looking forward to it!

Awesome sounding plot, guys!

We're happy you're excited for it! C:

Question! Are there still going to be consequences of using portal rings, or has that plot been scrapped? (It affects whether/who I would throw into the monster plot randomization.)

I also wanted to know this the other day, since I was kind of looking forward to those.

After talking it over with Psyche and Court, we decided to scrap that plot for the time being. It's been awhile since the rings were first introduced, and we thought it would be kind of odd to have delayed reactions while all this other stuff is going on. Sorry! :(

Hi, just letting you know that we haven't forgotten about you. I've been out of town and Psyche's been out of pocket, so we haven't been able to talk much about this with Court, but we'll get back to you as soon as we can!

Okay, after talking talking about it with each other, the 3 of us have decided that's been scrapped for the time being. The portal rings were first introduced so long ago, and it seems kind of rushed to just have delayed affects.

Let me know if you have anymore questions!

Thanks!

This plot DOES sound super cool.

Question about the monstering, if this doesn't ruin it... if you were willing to turn a character into a monster, would that basically make the character an npc? Or would it be more like a NS-only thing where they're still functional during the day, etc?

It would be more like an NS-only thing, with a couple of different options of how to handle DS.

Cool, that's what I wanted to know. :3

Okay, actually, I have another question. XD "We encourage you guys to be creative and to approach us if you've come up with a unique way for your character to handle the situation!"

How would you like to be approached? ;)

Edited 2012-02-23 15:30 (UTC)