Phantasmal Rift OOC+Memes

Hello, and welcome to the OOC Intro for Phantasmal Rift! This post also serves as a CR meme for existing players and new!

Due to the unusual format of this month's dungeon and its extended length, the official IC intro won't be until the first week of January. The usual state-of-the-game update will also be at that time. In the meanwhile, new players can tag into either the first or second part of the dungeon log as they please! (You can also continue tagging your test drive threads, or move them over, as you desire.)

(And yes, you get loot for any further comments you leave on the dungeon log, up to a max of five, same as in-game players. Any loot earned thusly will be appended to the sign-ups under a header with your character's journal name.)

As a reminder, all players get a free pass for activity check this month, so that you can have a relaxing holiday season here at Phantasmal Rift! Points will be tallied as normal on January 7th and posted with the State of the Game update, the in-game weather, and the teaser for the next dungeon at that time. Happy Holidays!

CR MEME FORM;

<b>Your name</b>:<br /><b>Contact info</b>:<br /><b>Who are you?</b>: [Short blurb about yourself goes here!]<br /><b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Canon</b>: [If AU or CRAU, that info goes here, too!]<br /><b>Permissions</b>:<br /><b>What's their deal?</b>: [Standard CR meme shitpost about your character blurb goes here]<br /><b>Plotting</b>: [What kinds of things would you like to do in the near future?]<br /><b>Memeingful GIF</b>: [We all know you won't be happy without an excuse to post one of these...]

Hello, and welcome to the OOC Intro for Phantasmal Rift! This post also serves as a CR meme and overall state-of-the-game update!

IC Intro will go up on Monday, at the conclusion of the dungeon - but if you'd like, you can go ahead and jump into the tail end of the dungeon log now! You're welcome to top your own top levels using whatever prompts you like, and if nothing works, we'll be back at base soon!

(And yes, you get loot for any further comments you leave on the dungeon log, up to a max of five, same as in-game players. Any loot earned thusly will be appended to the sign-ups under a header with your character's journal name.)

Due to the delay in app responses, loot for new arrivals will be rolled including Monday's activity. Sorry about the mess!

STATE OF THE GAME

Goes Bump: The next dungeon will be Silvereagle Manor - an entirely appropriate dungeon for Halloween, set in an abandoned castle manor. Or perhaps it's not as abandoned as you think... As long promised, this is our species swap dungeon, so feel free to plot ahead what you want your characters to become in the dark of the night!

This is just temporary: A new points spending option has been added - Single-Time Effects! You can check this out on the Points Page .

Permissions post round-up: If you have a required opt-in/out permissions post for your characters' powers, please make sure to drop it under the appropriate comment header below! Existing characters' permissions are already linked there, for your convenience.

Anything else?: As usual, the questions and feedback header is here for you!

CR MEME FORM;

<b>Your name</b>:<br /><b>Contact info</b>:<br /><b>Who are you?</b>: [Short blurb about yourself goes here!]<br /><b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Canon</b>: [If AU or CRAU, that info goes here, too!]<br /><b>Permissions</b>:<br /><b>What's their deal?</b>: [Standard CR meme shitpost about your character blurb goes here]<br /><b>Plotting</b>: [What kinds of things would you like to do in the near future?]<br /><b>Memeingful GIF</b>: [We all know you won't be happy without an excuse to post one of these...]

And now, the weather;

8/20-22: Sunny and bright; warm but not baking.
8/23-25: Hot, but with low humidity and a constant breeze.
8/26-28: Warm, higher humidity, sunny with patch clouds.
8/29-9/3: Sunny, but with stormy late afternoons and evenings prone to sudden intense rainfalls. The clouds typically clear up again about midnight.
9/4-5: Sunny, bright and clear.
9/6: Overcast and muggy all day.
9/7-9: Mostly clear, with patchy clouds.
9/10-11: HEATWAVE, as summer breathes its last upon the station. Not as hot as previous heat waves, but significantly more humid. Still patchy clouds.
9/12: Strong winds, clear.
9/13-17: Overcast with occasional sunbreaks; weather steadily cooling.
9/18-19: Sunny with occasional clouds; moderate wind.
9/20: Absolutely dead air; humid, overcast, and not even the station's typical lowkey ocean breeze unless you're right down on the beach.
9/21-22: Rain, mostly drizzling, occasionally intense. Dark, heavy clouds.
9/23: Rain continues, but with more intensity; thunder cracks and lightning visible overnight.
9/24-28: Largely clear with stray clouds; breezy, cool.

Hello, and welcome to the fourth OOC Intro for Phantasmal Rift! This post also serves as a CR meme and overall state-of-the-game update!

IC Intro will go up on Monday, at the conclusion of the dungeon - but if you'd like, you can go ahead and jump into the tail end of the dungeon log now! There's scary boss fight going on in the final area (which is also now on the info page, for easy access, though minus all that terrible boss info), and you're also welcome to top your own top levels using whatever prompts you like!

(And yes, you get loo for any further comments you leave on the dungeon log, up to a max of five, same as in-game players. Any loot earned thusly will be appended to the sign-ups under a header with your character's journal name.)

STATE OF THE GAME

THERE HE GOES AGAIN aka calendar update - Based upon mod discussion, the game is being updated to a six week cycle (instead of the current five weeks)! This is primarily to allow players a chance to run their own plots during the month or so of downtime between Fissure logs. IC dates have also been added up to the next dungeon.

On the bright side, this means that we can in fact have our Halloween dungeon during Halloween weekend! Yay! Spoop. Other previously discussed calendar matters - namely, the lighter December dungeon catching the IC calendar up a bit more with the OOC calendar - are still going forward as planned. As before, the schedule is currently updated to the end of the year - helpfully, the last AC check of the year now falls on December 31st!

A list of start dates for the next group of dungeons/application openings;

• JULY 20TH
• SEPTEMBER 7TH
• OCTOBER 26TH
• DECEMBER 14TH

THE NEXT DUNGEON WILL BE... decided based upon an IC poll that will be posted along with the IC intro on Monday. As far as OOC concerns, without giving too much away - the first dungeon option will be resource heavy and effects-on-characters light, allowing everyone a bit of a breather after a heavy-hitting dungeon and a transformational dungeon. The second option... Not so much, and will likely be a high-stress dungeon for a lot of characters. Whichever dungeon is not chosen will be the following expedition.

[S] END OF ACT ONE: The aforementioned two dungeons will wrap up the first phase of our metaplot! Expect to see some new plot elements - and perhaps some new faces - going forward. We're almost at the one third point of the overall planned plot, but of course, anything and everything is subject to change until we get there, based on your feedback and IC actions!

STATION UPDATES: The Annex page has been updated with two new areas! One is the long-promised AV room - new home of the DDR machine - and the other is a special surprise brought to you by the hard work of Team Stay-At-Home!

Permissions post round-up: If you have a required opt-in/out permissions post for your characters' powers, please make sure to drop it under the appropriate comment header below! Existing characters' permissions are already linked there, for your convenience.

Anything else?: As usual, the questions and feedback header is here for you!

CR MEME FORM;

<b>Your name</b>:<br /><b>Contact info</b>:<br /><b>Who are you?</b>: [Short blurb about yourself goes here!]<br /><b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Canon</b>: [If AU or CRAU, that info goes here, too!]<br /><b>Permissions</b>:<br /><b>What's their deal?</b>: [Standard CR meme shitpost about your character blurb goes here]<br /><b>Plotting</b>: [What kinds of things would you like to do in the near future?]<br /><b>Memeingful GIF</b>: [We all know you won't be happy without an excuse to post one of these...]

And now, the weather;

5/22; Starts sunny as the week previous; goes increasingly cloudy as the day wears on. By nightfall, it's clear that a storm will soon break - best not get caught outside after the expedition.
5/23-25; Wind storm, with harsh rains and the occasional burst of thunder. Smaller characters and pets (eg Morgana, Sunshine the chocochick) advised to stay inside or be carried by someone with a bit more weight to them to avoid getting blown away.
5/26-30; Wind settles down to a steady breeze, and the sun returns. Clear and warm.
5/31-6/2; Sunny and clear, but unusually sticky and humid. Dead air, even the sea breeze almost going still.
6/3-7; Sunny, warm and clear; the breeze returns. and the humidity backs off.
6/8; Overcast and grey; cooler, but still pretty warm.
6/9-11; First half of the day or so is cloudy (until noon-1pm), at which point the clouds burn off into clear skies.
6/12; Extremely grey and overcast, to the point of being oppressively dark. Thunderstorm breaks about 4pm and lasts most of the night.
6/13; Cloudy in the morning, clears up in the afternoon.
614-19; Clear and sunny with the occasional single cloud. The temperature average goes up again and settles in the low 80s, which is the standard for the rest of the summer.
6/20-22; Somewhat cloudier but still more sun than not.
6/23-27; Heat wave, somewhat humid but mostly hot, breaking low 90s all days and getting as high as 97F. Some clouds and thunder in the evenings, but no rain.

Hello, and welcome to Phantasmal Rift! This post serves as our OOC intro post as well as a CR meme and general game update post!

GAME UPDATES:

SETTING: Nothing new here! Since the game's only just opened, you don't have any new setting pages to explore. But if you haven't yet, be sure to check out the Keystone Station page for all the info on the station itself, as well as the Housing Page to find out about your characters' living situation!

DUNGEONS: This month's dungeon will be the Keystone Shoreline! More information will come later in the month, but there's quite a bit more to it than the beach you explored on the test drive...

CALENDAR: The Game Calendar is currently up to date through the first week of May! This part of the game updates also comes with a poll! Do you want weather updates for the game? Do you want them on the calendar, or as a part of the regular game update, or something else?

APPLICATIONS UPDATE: Due to the near universal difficulties with the app word limit this round, we're upping the maximum to 2000 words. Also your mod is an idiot who forgot the contact info line that's also been fixed.

OTHER UPDATES: Especially since the game is brand new, we're always looking for feedback! If you have any commentary or concerns about the game, please respond to the QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK top-level comment on this post!

AND ONE MORE THING: Because I was a silly goob and forgot to put a line for contact info in the app, pleasepleaseplease fill out that line in the CR meme form so that I can get it on the Taken list, thanks!

CR MEME FORM;

<b>Your name</b>:<br /><b>Contact info</b>:<br /><b>Who are you?</b>: [Short blurb about yourself goes here!]<br /><b>Character name + Journal</b>:<br /><b>Canon</b>: [If AU or CRAU, that info goes here, too!]<br /><b>What's their deal?</b>: [Standard CR meme shitpost about your character blurb goes here]<br /><b>Plotting</b>: [What kinds of things would you like to do in the near future?]<br /><b>Memeingful GIF</b>: [We all know you won't be happy without an excuse to post one of these...]