Mod HMD | Multi-Event

[ironwood]

As before, and for anyone who may have missed it, at the end of every mod-run event in Tu Shanshu, we try to toss up an open dialogue post so that the events can be discussed. This is mostly to see if everybody's as happy as possible with the direction the game is going, whether or not the events could be considered a hit or a miss, that sort of thing.

This particular HMD covers the multiple mod events that occurred between March and now, including: the decay, the rationing, and the Atam landfall events. This is where you all come in!

Did you like them? Did they run too fast? Too many posts? Too few? Was there enough variation for everyone? Did you guys have fun, or did you feel like you were overwhelmed with it all? Was there too much NPC direction or not enough?

OBVIOUSLY if you have more comments, questions or concerns than those listed above you can add those as well! This is pretty much just a general list.

Please remember, ANON IS ON for this and IP LOGGING IS OFF so if you have anything you'd like to say but maybe you're more comfortable putting it forth anon that is a-okay! You can also feel free to PM us at this journal, or to toss a private plurk at either of the mod accounts (those being vonnerdyce or reignsdown) if that suits your fancy. Any and all comments are welcome, and though participation in this meme isn't required it's definitely encouraged if you're up for it.

Thanks again, guys, and happy turtling!

Comments

[angermanaging]

Yeah, he's actually thought of that and specifically wants to make sure he involves the kedan in it. He doesn't want to be seen as hoarding food, and is humanitarian enough that he wouldn't discriminate between distributing the resulting food to either kedan or foreigner. So I will for sure get back to you on this. :3

I think my only other two cents here is that you might want to include 'ongoing' events. Not anything plot revealing, but just a heads up that it's going on right now, with perhaps a link to the OOC plotting post. imo that would take care of any falling through the cracks.

That sounds great to me! :D

[ironwood]

RE: 'ongoing events' - I think that's a matter of simply checking the ooc comm? All of our event posts are tagged #event, and they usually provide all the information as to dates and goings-ons at the time as applicable.

For reference, when I sit down to do an OOC event post (since I (I being Roy)) usually handle those, I can expect an entire day to be dedicated to answering the questions that come up, etc. I usually spend between eight to twelve hours - not including the write-up of the original post - doing all the mod work that shapes a single event - not including IC posts or anything that comes up later. There's a significant investment of time in doing so, and I don't think that it's necessarily feasible to do that and maintain a real-time 'this is what's going on' post on the side, when all the applicable information is readily available in the OOC comm itself, and in the event summary post by the end of each month.

[angermanaging]

Oh no, I definitely don't mean adding all that onto the summary page. I fully understand what an immense and ridiculous amount of work it is to run an event-- there's a very good reason why I don't mod, lol. And I think repeating it would be unnecessary in the first place.

I literally mean just adding a note at the bottom that's, "Ongoing -- Landfall at Atam" with the link to the post itself. That way you don't have to repeat all the information. But you're right that they are tagged on the OOC comm, so perhaps even just a simple note like "remember to check the #event tag for what's going on right now" would suffice.

It's really not a big issue, I'm just throwing my two cents out there.

[ironwood]

Ahh, I see what you're saying. I like the idea about just adding a reminder at the bottom to check the OOC comm, I think that's probably what we'll go with. That way, we can still do our overall event summary update on a monthly basis without having to worry about being 100 percent on the ball at all times.

[angermanaging]

Yeah, I like that idea, too. I'm all for giving you guys some leeway. xD Updating things is a pain and you already have to do a ton of it, so this way you don't have to worry if you don't find the time.

[ironwood]

Consider it done! I am making Alex be my code-monkey today but yeah she added a note to the bottom, and also added at the top a 'this was last updated XXXX' so people have a rough idea of where they are timeline wise.

Excellent suggestions, thank you! If you can think of anything else chuck it our way and we'll be happy to figure things out.

[angermanaging]

Ohhhh that's another good idea, having a last updated time stamp. I WILL CHEER HER ON IN HER CODE MONKEYING.

I'll be sure to, I'm not shy. XD But I've really been very impressed with how smoothly everything has been run so far, so I really have nothing else to say at the moment!

[cowled]

Awh, thanks. We definitely appreciate the feedback, too. Frankly it's one of the components that allows us to keep things clipping along at a pretty even keel.

I think I'm mixing my metaphors there...

[angermanaging]

Yeah, it's very difficult to keep plugging away smoothly in a vacuum. I know that for sure. Don't worry, I'm here for all of your opinionated needs. :|b

I will not judge you for your mixed metaphors.

[cowled]

Excellent, excellent.

Is that because I'm almost into my Reid tags?? And speaking of which he will totally help with that garden.

[angermanaging]

LOL sometimes I do find my characters influencing how I talk, ngl. And Bruce would love help with the garden. What he especially wants is someone to be a front man so he doesn't have to talk to people (Tony? Pepper?) and who is willing to take charge of the project. He just wants to sit in a quiet corner and science, okay.