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• Announcements

  This is mostly for maintenance and board-wide stuff from admin.

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  Banned a bunch of bot accounts. Hopefully just bot accounts. Added another layer of spam filtering. If I banned a real account, uh, my bad.

• Game Ads

  This is a place for game runners to post about their games. Discussion on those games will happen elsewhere. Please respect this!

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  Hey True Believers!

  Excelsior is approaching our second anniversary (November 10th), and we’re incredibly excited about it! We’ve got plenty of stories left to share, and I’m here to update former players, future players, and everyone in between on what’s coming up. I’ll also give you a glimpse of the characters you can expect to see soon!

  Yes, I did mention a limited roster. The admin team has received a lot of feedback about our roster-only approach, so I’d like to clarify why we’ve chosen this path. While our admin team may seem large and we do have all the Infinity Stones in attendance, not all of our staff are involved with rosters or storylines. We have a dedicated CSS admin (Hi Blu!) and a staff member handling administrative tasks (Hi Mind!), but only a few staffers focus on story development (Hi Power, Reality, and Time!).

  We strive to maintain a roster that ensures our story staff can manage it without being overwhelmed.

  Now, let’s talk about what’s coming soon!

  Some upcoming characters will join an all-new team, while others will slot into existing teams. We’re currently running a storyline that will bring the Exiles into our world with a unique twist.

  Here’s a list of characters to expect in the next few months:

  Brielle Brooks, Cerise, Monica Rambeau, Kamala Khan, Felicia Hardy, Hercules, Jacqueline Falsworth, Leiko Wu, Yelena Belova, America Chavez, Billy Maximoff, Brandy Selby, The Stepford Cuckoos, Daisy Johnson, Eli Bradley, Franklin Richards, Laura Kinney, Luna Maximoff, Madelyne Pryor, N’Jadaka, Nathaniel Richards, Rachel Summers, Talia Wagner, Teddy Altman, Tommy Maximoff, Valeria Richards and Vivian Vision.

  This roster will be rolled out through the end of fall. The Exile characters will be introduced sporadically at the end of August, with some listed characters following through September and early October.

  We’ll use storylines to introduce them and provide reasons for their interactions with existing characters in the game.

  If any of these characters catch your interest, chat with us, and see what we have planned for the next few months. All of our characters have unique twists on their canon counterparts, and we hope you’ll join us for the adventure!

  https://excelsior.troll20.com

• Game Gab

  Conversations and questions about current, upcoming, and advertised games and the hobby as a whole.

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  I’m going to start writing a setting document soon.<tm> Proooobably going to use Cairhien as the quote-unquote hub. Though with Traveling being a thing, people will be able to go wherever pretty much.

  IN PROGRESS.

• Helping Hands

  When you want to talk about HOW to do something when running a game, bring it here: Code, Theme, Policies, Game Design.

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  @Faraday Oh that’s not too bad, and I think I’ve still got some of the stuff around from last time I did an Ares game, might be worth a shot then. Thanks Faraday, very glad you’re still about the community.

• Pals and Playlists

  Please post a playlist if you feel comfortable doing so, and if you are looking for old friends -- try here! If you are looking for old enemies, consider a nap.

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  I noticed you messaged me (Minerva) on Atharia. I ended up with fractured ribs and have been awol. If you’re still around/interested feel free to login/message me/whatever. Sorry about the absence.

• Rough and Rowdy

  Gloves off, but don't be a total asshole.

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  @Roz Meh, updates/clarification were promised to @Popes and @Juniper, and so updates/clarification were delivered.

  Back to planning Iceteroid base.

• Comments & Feedback

  Comments, criticism, suggestions, feedback?

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  @Roz said in Inuki Ban Thread:

  @dvoraen said in Inuki Ban Thread:

  @Meg said in Inuki Ban Thread:

  i have to admit, i feel like this is a situation where it deserved at least a warning. i get that the behavior was gross. i called it out as gross.

  but i think there’s a line where like, idk, i think that it wasn’t a clear cut ‘would i expect to get banned for this if it were me’ in the rules.

  of course, i’m not a mod and i don’t make these calls and i understand it can be frustrating to make these calls and no call is going to make everyone happy. that’s my disclaimer. just speaking an opinion, even if it is from the minority.

  tbh, I’m of the opinion that this (the ban) was warranted. Much like how some games have banned players for their behavior in other places, that felt applicable here. It was really pretty apparent, from multiple threads, that this person’s behavior has involved multiple questionable decisions and comments at best, with questionable intent attached to them.

  Mm, don’t totally agree there. Games do preban, or ban based on behavior on other games, but the forums generally haven’t. I think they’re pretty different venues with different risks.

  Yeah, I think I can agree with that on the surface (meaning, I trust our admins as far as this forum is concerned). I think, speaking for myself only here, that my mindset has changed on certain things, namely giving chances, especially when the scenario is: “Person X has repeatedly shown ban-worthy behavior in the past, and is clearly showing signs they haven’t changed, in the present.”

• No Escape from Reality

  The place to put non-game things.

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  Here’s a really good “steps to protect yourself from a worst-case scenario” thread on bluesky from a person who is very reasonable about these things (rahaeli, if any of y’all use dreamwidth): https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3labvxce57a2r

  If you’re in a spiral, having concrete steps to take will help you out of it.

  If you need legal assistance in the States, regardless of where you are, and you don’t know where to go, reach out to me. I will help you find people who can help.

  If you’re in Louisiana and can’t leave, reach out to me. I will help you myself, or find people who can. Also, like, reach out to me so I can have more friends.

  I don’t care if we’ve fought like cats and dogs in the past. If you need legal help and don’t know what to do, reach out.

• Other Games

  Video games, tabletop, etc.

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  I kinda just have trouble with the Dragon Age series in general. Played all of them except Veilguard on launch. Origins skyrocketed to my favorite game when it first came out, then Dragon Age 2 was a big shift away from all that. Inquisition was a huge game that made you do a lot of MMO-esque grinding to get to the good stuff.

  Just feels like the games have been struggling to get a concrete identity on how they’re played for so long. I want it to be good, it’s a really cool world. I’m just hesitant.