Inaugural Game Announcements

[magicademymods]

Inaugural Game Announcements A Word From Your Mod Team Hello and welcome to our game! We're incredibly happy to see the excitement and energy you've brought to the test drive, your applications, and the intro post. All we can do is our very best to keep that energy alive by providing you the best game we can. When Does It Open? The game will open tomorrow at 8PM Eastern, the same time as applications close. We will do our best to have every application processed by that point. If you need more time on your application, let us know! Is The TDM Canon? The prompts The Airship There and Rain, Rain may be canon if both parties involved were accepted to the game and agree to it. Thaumaturgy 101 will not occur for about a week in-game; you may declare them canon once classes begin if they aren't otherwise superseded. Bala-inlota Practice contains somewhat more magic than beginning characters should possess, and as such should not be considered canon. This Month In Diatu Orientation Week gives new students the chance to learn about the campus, its rules, the faculty -- everything in the information pages, essentially, if they so choose. You'll also get to experience the various receptions from staff, faculty, and other students (and also possibly ghosts, for you Ka students and Keep visitors). Classes Begin after Orientation Week ends, and everyone will find themselves beginning their education in the magical and intellectual arts. Are you ready for school? Bala-inlota Tryouts begin once classes are in swing. You may or may not be entered into them voluntarily; Captain Lominia is not exactly known for respecting consent when it comes to her student teams. Older students might trade or sell you the location of good places to hide from her. This Month In Anastara City Event: 'Say Hello To The Sundered' encourages the new students from other worlds to come experience the wonders of Anastara, from its sights to its shops to its fine buildings to its wandering canals. Forged entirely of good government intentions and lukewarm buy-in at best, the event manages to be patronizing and hopelessly naive all at once. Some people are in the spirit; most want nothing to do with the whole thing, and a few negative souls are using this to fan flames of suspicion and hostility against the Sundered. Have fun? Adventures As detailed on our Adventures page, you may sign up for an adventure by responding to the appropriate comment on this post. We will respond with your adventure setups in a few days. (We're waiting to see how the responses and application cycle work out this time, so we can determine an official policy on timing in the future. Bear with us, please!) Actions To represent characters working long-term towards a goal, you can submit up to two actions on the appropriate comment below that your character will be focusing their time towards (or one action twice). This can range from studying, to exploration, to trying to gain points for the Colormarch, to buttering up NPCs, to others. At the end of the month, once you submit AC, you will be given your results. BBS Question! Please give us your opinion on the following topic: Should the BBS include all IC communications? Or should it be limited only to actual messages on the BBS, with other means of communication handled through IC inboxes? We can't wait to see you all on the intro log. Enjoy your RP!

Comments

Re: Adventures

[puzzlers]

How could he not... A Children's Card Game.

[paradoxical_personality]

The Secrets of Sundering - This could be an interesting one for Hel, since sundering could pose a threat to all civilization and well canonly she'd been trying to prevent Ragnarok. Just seems to fit.

Re: Actions

[puzzlers]

Yugi is going to work on his relationship with his familiar and start his studies on Thaumaturgy.

Re: TDM Discussion

[perfectenn]

I'm open to considering any of my TDM threads as in-game and continuing to build CR from there. (And even if the thread didn't include an introduction, you may assume Tenn gave his name at some point!)

Side note that I will be dropping/wrapping up my TDM threads so I have a clear inbox for tag-outs tomorrow.

[king_of_egypt]

I find it more complicated to keep up with things that are posted outside of the game proper. Posts that aren't on the BBS would just need to be labeled as such. Naturally, if the decision is made I'll figure out how the IC box thing works.

[woo_oo]

Webby will try to get away with exploring "The Library of Fire and Ash", since that's her special knowledge.

But when she isn't getting her tailfeathers burnt, she'll be diligently studying, with a focus on History of the Tenscore Kingdoms.

[darkenedmoon]

If you want Yotsuyu's tags with you to be canon, I'm all for it...save for whichever Thamuaturgy 101s exist, because that's going to take some time, judging by mod decree up there.

Alas.

On the other hand, if someone doesn't want tags to be canon, please let me know, because that's fine too. I'm easy!

[darkenedmoon]

We started late, I'm cool with just taking what interaction we've got if you are, and going on from there so we can just keep on keepin' on in game. One less test drive tag you need to worry about!

[delusionsofleveilleur]

Definitely fine with canonizing any airship / rain, rain threads for both Alphinaud and Sakura (revidolize)! Feel free to comment here to confirm/deny and/or discuss anything further if necessary! ♥

[delusionsofleveilleur]

Totes up for keeping their thread and Sakura's as well!! I shall try to poke back at them soon so that they're a little bit longer haha ♥

[revidolize]

I am definitely fine keeping the interaction and also wrapping up the thread there to continue elsewhere later!

[bluebloodyblazes]

Rin will go along with this too!

Re: Actions

[bluebloodyblazes]

Rin will be trying to learn Thaumaturgy the fast and loose way - because studying is hard and for other people, he's more an experience kind of guy.

He'll also be working on training his flames more, because he can kind of do it from his point in canon, but not to a great degree (can choose what to and what not to burn, but is the least precise thing to ever grace these halls)

[idealistic]

same with Lloyd!

[delusionsofleveilleur]

I don't terribly mind either way! I like IC inboxes since it's a cute little aside, but I don't mind if they're all posted to the BBS community.

[delusionsofleveilleur]

Alphinaud will also use the opportunity to explore his secret knowledge location, the Crystals of the Gods. And also studying, of course.

Sakura will probably explore the general premises, just for the heck of it, and also maybe try to study a little.

[bearshermark]

Yes, good. I had a lot of fun with Eleven and Alphinaud's thread. Definitely in favor of canonizing it as a further cr launchpad!

[delusionsofleveilleur]

EXCELLENT yes same here!!

[bearshermark]

Eleven will focus on studying Intimation, as well as spend a lot of time visiting the temples and offering prayers.

[perfectenn]

Outside the Academy
While exploring the city during free hours, Tenn will be observing the local music scene: dance and singing styles, popular tunes, and so forth. The research isn’t all for fun; he hopes to secure a part-time performance job in the future. Establishments with good reputations that are open to students and new talent will be especially considered.

Within the Academy
Between lessons, Tenn will be occupying a box in the Music Room, practicing what he’s observed and figuring out how to control Fantastics: namely, how to sing with and without it. (And his familiar will join him, if he can fit!)

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

"Right Twice A Day" for Jecht, please.

[stillnewatthis]

Orisa will be studying at the library, and attempting to do good deeds around campus. HERO!

Jecht will be trying to get on the Bala-inlota team, and trying to figure out if there's any weirdness like dreams and fayth and all that crap.

Re: Adventures

[stillnewatthis]

"Good, Bad, I'm the Guy With the Gong" please.

[king_of_egypt]

Atem will be working on trying to find a better way to communicate with his familiar/getting to know his familiar better, and beginning his studies on Thaumaturgy

[paradoxical_personality]

Hel will be trying to familiarize herself more with the school grounds, and hitting the books. As much as she wants to start looking for a way to get back home, she doesn't want to be completely useless in this dimension.