How's Taxon's Driving?

[taxonmods]

Hello all! It is time for our semi-quarterly HMD for the game, an open forum for both players and mods to discuss the game, what's working, what's not, and to go over future events and changes. Let's get going!

Reminder: Check the Gamewide Permissions Memes!
We've got a very diverse group of characters (and writers) who have lots of different powers (and preferences), and as such we have a quite thorough permissions meme designed to cover most situations. There's a wealth of information there, everything from whether it's cool to read a character's mind to how a mun would like to handle threadjacking. Note that if anything has a "please ask me" attached you DO need to contact the mun about. Communication is everyone's friend, and it's easier to ask permission than to force a retcon on OOC behavior.

If you have not filled out the permissions meme, please do so and link it. Linking a general one for your character is also acceptable.

Wanted: Canons and Characters
app_this_plz is happening next Saturday, 4 August, and with apps re-opened we're going to be in full recruitment mode. If there are any characters you'd like to augment your casts, or casts you think would augment the game (or even character and canon types), get to the wanted post and drop some suggestions!

The Economy
It's on everyone's minds, including your mod teams'. Specifically, Taxon's wonky economy in which characters can provide goods and services to each other but who don't get paid other than via the aliens' generous stipend. We are considering changing this, as we have (and have had) characters in the past who are capitalists and to whom amassing wealth is sort of A Big Deal.

So: how do you feel about characters having the ability to exchange credits with each other, and thus be able to amass cash for luxuries? Housing and utilities will still be free, but that yacht you've been eyeing could some day be yours!

Events: Up Next And Onwards
First off! Thank you SO MUCH for the big ol' shipwreck plot, we had a great time with it and we hope you did too. We've decided that there will be something of a memento for the citizens to remember it by, watch this space!

For August we're going with a good ol' fashioned musical event, as it is both lighthearted and low maintenance. Dates and details forthcoming!

That said: we are always always ALWAYS longing for input from you guys for what type of events you'd like to have, and wish to remind you that individual character glitches and player plots are certainly more than welcome! This post can be used to bounce ideas around as you have them.

The Map:
We're revising Taxon's map to include clickable locations, to give everyone a better idea of how the city is laid out and who goes where. A test version of the map can be found here. If you have a location or character residence which is not listed, please comment in this post and give an idea of where it will go and Dien will get right on adding it. Because she is a wizard like that.

The above is just some topics we've been batting around ourselves, but any and everything is up for discussion. Anon is enabled, but if there is anything you'd rather share privately we have screened posts for both suggestions and complaints. There will be a top comment for feedback to us as mods, but everything else is left as an open forum. As said above, communication is everyone's friend!

Comments

The Mods

[taxonmods]

Dien → Jason Blood; Mayland Long, Paul Smecker
Keri → Glitch
Sofo → Bagoas, Mick St. John, Wyatt Cain

Post here with feedback for us as mods, collectively or as individuals.

The Mods

[genequeen]

I like the idea of being able to amass large amounts of wealth or at least enough wealth so that you could, in fact, have a yacht or something like it. I think it would be nice to be able to pay each other for things/services as well - especially if someone is better at hatching items than others. Maddy, for instance is not toying with the idea of starting an airplane tour - not really a luxury but a way to keep busy.

It would be sort of funny to try to take out a small business loan from an Extra.

[genequeen]

Hi!

Kat - Feedback for Madelyne Pryor and Spike, please.

[aintnoconvict]

Hi bb, just so you know this isn't an HMD for individual players but just a state-of-the game for everyone to discuss general stuff. The next player HMD will be 10 August according to the calendar.

If you want feedback though, that's cool and I'll get to it in the morning ♥

[genequeen]

Meep.

*sheepish*

I've been a bit scattered the past few weeks. Sorry guys. I am still totally up for the feedbacks, though, since it is out there.

[buffy_slayer]

Can I ask how the magic will work for the musical interlude? Will it be something you literally cannot stop? Or if you don't talk, it won't happen?

[sofo]

We haven't figured out all the things yet, but one of the thoughts we have goes a little something like this:

Character A and B are talking.

Suddenly Peculiarly Fitting Lyrics sneak into the conversation oh well this is awkward.

Moar on this later :3 ALSO HI YOU! HOW GOES THE CON-ING!?

[buffy_slayer]

I ask mainly because if it's something that can be stopped by not talking, I would like to ask that Buffy's hatch (and any hatch she asks for stuff from) be glitched to make sure she can't duck around it by getting something to write with/on.

Con looms! A week from this Friday. I am alternating between nervous and excited, and hoping that moar people buy tickets!

[aintnoconvict]

I think it's going to be one of those "the more you fight it, the more the music longs to burst forth" deals. So what could have been a couple lines of Natalie Cole if Buffy's just gone with it will come out as a full-on Bollywood number.

There will be no bursting-into-flames side effects tho.

[infinitelystranger]

Hey, I'm super-new so I have no idea how useful my feedback actually is at this point, but a. as I already said to Dien, the clickable test map is fantastic and helpful and b. I like the idea of being able to transfer credits with other characters, I think it opens up possibilities for a lot more interactions and "enterprise" that wouldn't be possible otherwise.

also totally stoked for musical glitch ngl

[infinitelystranger]

Oh, belatedly, Sherlock is going to stake out a residence wedged at the end of the Prosectus line in Osten, where the Prosectus and Orbis lines meet in the bottom-left corner of the map. I should pick out a house for that.

[aintnoconvict]

Oh oh we have a tumblr for that! And for other locations around the city, I linked to the Osten tag but really you can browse around anywhere for inspiration.

[infinitelystranger]

This is sooooooo awesome. (And reblogs several of my favorite Tumblrs, like beautifulportals.) I am definitely picking something out!

... alien trolling is the best tag.

[genequeen]

Hi, hi!

Maddy and Scott will be moving to this lovely place. I figure it is not too far from Jason's house and on the Metior line.

Hooray map!

[starknaked]

I play capitalists! MONEY MONEY MONEY! :D :D

Loving the new map and Dien is owed my immense thanks for helping me with it with the Tower and all.

Otherwise, you guys know my feelings on the game. I adore it and the people here, and throw things at us! Bring it!

[dustandhope]

Places: Tomb of the Sarafan, which is Raziel's programmed possession and nominal 'home'. It's in Central, not far from the church.

That map is awesome and I love it.

I like the idea of characters being able to pay each other.

[angry_salad]

Chez Dream Team--AKA Arthur and Ariadne's apartment--is along the Transverto line in Shelley. :3

As for the economy--that is a damned good idea, I'd love to be able to do that with Arthur n' stuff.

Sooo helpful, I know.