Tu Shanshu | OOC

Hello chelonauts! Here is your slightly more than one week reminder that the Tu Shanshu game communities will be closed to posting and replying on February 1, 2018. We'll make another post announcing the closure at that time.

We would like to reiterate that no logs or network posts are being deleted, privatized or moved! You'll all be able to re-read everything you've written from the game's open to its close. For housekeeping purposes, some core posts will be tidied up and their contents screened (like the Taken list, since it has player contact info, etc).

If you have any questions regarding the game closure, please let us know here or by PM, thank you!

Hey chelonauts, I just realized we hadn't officially announced this, so sorry for leaving it to the last minute or leaving people scratching their heads regarding AC.

Tu Shanshu is moving to a check-in/summarize style activity check (like we did in September for the remaining couple of months while the game winds down, so there won't be any comment counts required. December has always been a check-in month for us at this game anyway since HOLIDAYS, so it's not going to be a huge change in that regard.

Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns, and thanks!

Hi chelonauts!

FIRST -
Due to August sucking mightily on all fronts, and lots of important RL things keeping people away from online time, we're going to be making September a no itinerary month. That is, pretty much everything from August's itinerary will be carrying over for the state of various factions in the city, and only a slight reprieve from the heat.

SECOND -
Additionally, August's AC which will be posted shortly, will be a check in only month. (Sorry we're announcing this so late in the month, we try to give people more lead time so they're not stressing about making AC, but August literally zoomed past!)

As always, let us know if you have any questions!

Hi chelonauts!

Since we've been getting into the habit of allowing late-in-the-month posted event logs to be used for AC across two months, we've added a new tag to make it easier to find those posts. From now on, these logs will be labeled with %ac-carryover - but if you have any questions regarding these kind of logs, don't hesitate to let us know :)

With the shift of governmental organization in Keeliai, and the designation of the Guilds, the Foreigners have been tasked with setting up an internal structure for their guild.

They have been informed that they have complete freedom to organize this Guild as they see fit, whether that means they have a group leadership (several people in charge), a hierarchy based leadership (one or two people in charge, then their subordinates, then the next level of subordinates, etc) or to entirely do away with a formal leadership setup at all and have all guild members carry the same authority level. Or any combination or alternative of those options!

The Council's decree has assured the Foreigners complete autonomy in governing themselves within the framework of their Guild, with these ( core stipulations... )

The first Courtyard meeting will take place in May, in order to establish the list of High Crimes (things like murder, etc) which require sentencing by agreement of all the Guilds; the other guilds will expect the Foreigners Guild's leadership and representative structure to be in place by that time, which can then be made official.

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Player Discussion

This post is for the OOC plotting of the Foreigners Guild getting set up. This is an entirely player-controlled process -- the mods are NOT involved in the end result of how this plays out. So it's important that everyone has a chance to participate in the process, as the decisions of the Guild's setup will be used to develop plots and events in the future!

Here are some some things for your consideration, although this is not an exhaustive list, simply suggestions:

- Is there going to be a defined leadership within the Foreigners Guild, and if so, who are they?
- What are their levels of authority, within the Guild's structure and in relation to the rest of the city and other guilds?
- Are these the same individuals for the spokespeople for Courtyard participation?
- How will the Guild handle treatment of Foreigners that are part of their guild?
- How will the Guild handle the treatment of those who perpetrate crimes against Foreigners?

And other input that may arise through this discussion post!

NOTE: This post is for the OOC/players side of this process! You don't need to justify your character's thoughts for your suggestions, as an IC log will be made once this discussion has been established, where characters themselves can also go through their version. (As we well know, player and character opinions don't always line up!)

Please direct any clarification inquiries to the Questions comment below.

Just letting everyone know that posting access for the 4th Wall visitors has now been removed in both the Network and Logs comms. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

Greeting chelonauts and visitors! This post will contain all your OOC needs for the fourth-wall event--feel free to use it for asking questions and plotting.

This season's theme for the 4th wall is "Make It Better", where the Great Turtle Tu Vishan -- or Asti, as he has mentioned his name to be -- feels that between the hurricane and the strange memory-sharing shenanigans that are happening, his denizens could use some emotional pick-me-ups.

The Dreaming and Life Planes are currently merged, but that doesn't stop the former from beginning to produce all sorts of strange occurrences. Characters may experience persistent feelings of deja vu, or that they are being watched. Items of some personal value -- everything from small trinkets to large belongings -- are prone to disappearing, only to resurface in someone else's possession. Even stranger are instances where certain objects suddenly appear, particularly if said things were topics of discussion or wishful thinking.

But appearing objects aren't the only strange happenings...

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As we go into 2017, I have some tragic news to share.

As some of you might have seen on Plurk, on Christmas Eve we very suddenly lost a fellow player and dear friend, Leon (player of Fletch/Peter/Alek).

Although he'd been ill for a couple months, he'd just been released from hospital and was looking forward to getting back to things. He joined TuShan back in March of 2015 with Shay Cormac, and was a joy to interact with both ICly and OOCly, and he was much more than simply a roleplay acquaintance for many. He was always willing to listen and talk with people even about non-RP things, and his upbeat personality and sense of humour will be enormously missed.

I offered a message of deepest condolences to the family, and asked if there was any preferred charity or organization that could be donated to in Leon's name, for those who are interested in doing so. If there's a response, I'll update this post with links and information.

Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.

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EDIT 01/03/17: His mum replied and said that since Leon (Dean) drove volunteer for St John's Ambulance, she felt that's where he would want any donations made.

I spoke with both his mum and dad online and they said they didn't know much about his online friends but were interested in learning. I thought maybe we could each write something small about how we knew him and what sort of things we'll remember him for, etc. They gave me their email and I've screened the comments for this post, so if you want to write a letter etc here, I'll group them all together and forward them this weekend.

Hello chelonauts! It's the end of the year again, and time for a new State of the Shell.

As we wrap up 2016, there's been lots of development in the game and we as mods are thrilled that players have embraced the character consequence-driven style of play in TS. It's exciting for us to construct plots based on player's choices, and we hope it's enjoyable for you too!

GAME HMD



PLOT SELECTION

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( A WILD PLOT(S) APPEARS! )

That wraps up this State of the Shell! We didn't have any process changes this time around, but if you've noticed anything in the game that needs updating, please let us know.

Thank you for a fantastic year and we're looking forward to 2017!

- Your Mods
Li, Makari, Rivers, Seal

Hello chelonauts!

Your mods would like to apologize for the lack of Oct itinerary so far, but three of us are at a wedding and one of us is the bride :P So it might be another few days before normal mod duties, including apps processing and itinerary, are posted.

Thank you for your patience!

- Modly Turtle Team