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Jade Steele · Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:05 am Post subject:

Hi everyone! I hope the new year has gotten off to a great start for everyone so far!

I briefly want to update all of you on some of the more immediate things we are presently working on for the coming year. This is by no means an exhaustive list and there is undoubtedly more to come. But here are a few, as a start:

- Updated City Guide At last!! A new and improved guide! This one should be easier to read, reflect many changes in the evolution of the roleplay in Midian City and all the new various groups. It will hopefully make it a little easier and less intimidating for new comers to get involved. A huge thanks goes out to Chandra Meehan and Camilla in this undertaking.

- Midian City Museum Camilla and I want to put together a museum of sorts. The goal in this is to offer a way for newcomers to get a better feel for the roleplay. We hope for them to be able to access photos and notecards which detail past stories and significant events. Hopefully it will offer the new a better understanding of the roleplay and a bit of nostalgia for the old. We'll be accepting your photos and notecards in time, so start thinking and gathering them up for your factions!

This is one of many ways we want to try this year to make the roleplay more accessible to newcomers trying to get involved.

- Faction Leaders Who Mysteriously Poof I have decided that I have been way too tolerant of faction leaders who for whatever reason inexplicably disappear for long periods of time. I know everyone has RL from time to time and that everyone needs a break from roleplay now and then. I have tried to be fair and understanding of this fact. However, I've also come to realize that in the end my past softness in this regard does a greater injustice and unfairness to all the members of that faction, and in the end to the RP community as a whole. So when faced with this in the future, I will be leaning more towards replacement for the sake of continuing a group if a leader disappears and hasn't left any sort of 2nd or 3rd left in charge of the group. More details on this will go out to faction leaders themselves in the near future.

- MUHAHAHAHAAAAA! Long before any sort of cynical ranting, Camilla and I had already been discussing ways to establish more of the gritty atmosphere we have all come to know and love. This is not to disparage where we presently are, but rather establish where we want to go. Or as Baal once so nicely said to me just prior to the opening of the full island sim, "We have a bad reputation to uphold".

We want to make sure we maintain a dark and gritty atmosphere that allows IC both the good AND the bad alike an opportunity to thrive and develop as characters. Camilla and I have tossed around many ideas on this, one of which is putting together a “Midian City Manifesto” for faction leaders … a sort of resource guide so that the atmosphere is established from the top down. Any input is in this is welcomed.

- Character Sheets This isn't definite yet, but have been working on some ideas with Charles and Camilla on putting together some basic character sheets that establish a framework to ensure that everyone is on the same page and allow for a more of a reference of abilities and roleplay interests. The goal in this is to help cut down on some of the godmodding and completely unrealistic scenarios we have all seen in the past (like attack birds who suddenly pull a two ton nuclear warhead out of their ass during a roleplayed fight), while still allowing for the sort of flexibility that currently exists. It will also serve as a reference for those seeking certain specific roleplay, especially in the kinkier realms.

- www.midiancity.com This is still well in the works, but hopefully not premature in announcing that we will likely be opening up a full blown web site for Midian City sometime this year. It will include other resources in addition to the forums … including, hopefully, the Dark Times in an online web page format that is much easier to reference than a notecard, as well as includes photos.

(Edit: I want to thank Angel Slocombe for voulnteering to take this on. She is also taking on the Dark Times as mentioned below. I'm sure it is safe for me to say that anyone interested in contributing to either would be appreciated by her).
- Your Ideas! Your ideas are important! We want to know your suggestions for future RP stories, factions and anything would like to see! You thoughts and ideas are always welcomed and appreciated.