Planeocracy

Due to the storms hitting the east coast and that a fair few of our players may be without power for upwards of a week, we will be postponing our event by just a few days. I'm sorry for anyone that this upsets, but I think we all agree that it would be a bit unfair to run something while certain players are not able to participate due to circumstances beyond their control.

We should be resuming on Wednesday unless given reason otherwise. For those players on the east coast, please be safe!

And thus, the event has ended. Aethr has been destroyed, but some of its people are still alive and are acclimating to their new world. While you are encouraged to continue to take an active interest in their general integration and aid, that will all be left completely to the players. Note also that the actions regarding Aethr, both what you have already done and what you will do, will continue to effect the game from here on out.

For all characters that were tainted in some way, thanks to the efforts of the specialists a cure was created to minimize costs dramatically. The treatment is very similar to chemotherapy used to treat cancer patients but without the hair loss. It is also a fair bit more painful, most people will receive it while under a general anesthesia. If you received a mild version of the taint, your character will be in and out of treatment for one to two weeks, but after that they will generally be physically fit. Those with moderate taint levels can expect to be bedridden for about a week, and in and out of treatment for the rest of the month.

Characters with serious cases will require additional healing magic from the resident cleric. They will be bedridden for a week or two and in treatment probably for about a month, month and a half. In addition, they will now find themselves in some rather serious debt, and may need a corporate sponsor of some sort to help them out.

There are a few new things in the works, the most notable of which is a revamp of the ranking system. Departments have been added with different specializations, allowing your characters to move into either combatant or noncombatant roles that they are most suited to. Under the new rules, only Commander-rank Enforcers can promote to Councilors, but any characters who were already on track to do so may submit an application now and be accepted into the Under-Councilor position without first having to promote to Commander. Additionally, any current Specialists or Special Task Force Unit characters can move freely to whatever department and role they desire. Currently active Agents and Enforcers will all be accepted into whatever department and rank they desire, but are still required to apply. We encourage people to make use of this system, for future events we will be designing them around the idea of the departments and roles so as to provide something for everyone to do within their chosen specialty. Note also that committing to a role doesn't mean your character is pigeon-holed into just that, characters with diverse skillsets are still encouraged to use them, even if they have one particular set they use more often than the others. Indeed, a character isn't even required to enter a department at all, for some it may be perfectly IC for them to stay a general at large Agent or Enforcer, which is their right (although they may be looked down upon as underachievers).

As with the last event, we are requesting feedback on how the event worked and didn't work so we can make future events better. This time around I would like to stress that we want to hear the GOOD as well as the bad. For one thing it's extremely disheartening to only hear complaints after an event, and it makes us not want to run them in the future, which I don't think anybody wants. Also, knowing what people liked lets us keep doing it, so positive and negative feedback are both very important. Comments here won't be screened, you are of course free to use the suggestion post if you don't want to make the comments public.

As this is the end of chapter 1, we have updated our profile layout, banner and journal layout, do check them out as Sheepy has worked diligently to make our community less ugly and more bureaucratic. Although the two things may be somewhat mutually exclusive. Be sure to check the blurb at the top of the new layout regularly for small updates on current events or the weekly lunch schedule. Be sure to hover over the header to see the calendar for the current month of posts.

We are, as of now, officially opening the "Planeocracy" canon. You may now create OCs based on a selection of the worlds we have created (found on the Setting Information page). As with any other canon, you may have 2 characters as part of the "Planeocracy" canon, and they do not count as standard OCs for purposes of character limitations. You are highly encouraged to discuss Planeocracy characters with the mods before apping, we reserve the right to reject any application that does not meet the criteria of the established setting.

Minor bookkeeping issue, the World-Blending proposal post has been folded into the Event Calendar.

Finally, activity check! I got busy with the event last time around, so everyone got a free pass. This time you won't be so lucky!

( Activity Check rules )

It has been brought to our attention that while advancement to Councilor is possible, it tends to favor more combat-oriented characters, which it really shouldn't since many Councilors are not particularly suited to field work. To that end, we have created the Specialist Enforcer role, a promotion to regular Enforcers that is based around skill in less combat-oriented fields such as research or engineering. Enforcers may now apply to either the Special Task Force Unit or the Specialists, and from either position they can be promoted to Undercouncilor, should they so desire.

Since we noticed that players haven't been happy with how the current Bill system is worked we decided to go in and make several changes to the system:

First off, there will be grace periods where bills will not be screwed with unless the Loophole is very obvious (i.e: A Bill banning purple dragons will not ban Purple Dragons who paint themselves pink but will ban lavender dragons), and the incidents of bills being twisted to backfire on the proposer will be greatly reduced overall. Constant failure is just as boring as success, with the added problem of being frustrating.

And to help keep interest in the system itself, we should have more NPC Councilors involved to create more tension and conflicts - our apologies for the lack of that. For now on, at least one if not two NPCouncilors will get involved with various proposals made by PCouncilors.

Secondly, the NPCouncilors will also start proposing bills themselves of various usefulness, one a week. Sometimes they will be helpful, sometimes they're bad for the PCs, or can be just out and out there.

And on that note, to help prevent bills from dragging nowhere and dying on the floor we're setting a time limit: From now one, Bill cycle will start Sunday and end the following Saturday, and Bills can be put in no later then Tuesday. Discussion should take Four Days Max, and Three Days for voting.

And as a last note? Those of you Councilors who failed to vote or even discuss bills will be on watch. You have privilege that the Agents and Enforcers do not have, and are expected to do at least this much. Failure to act on any bill for two months will lead to a Demotion. to Under-Councilor.

On other notes, we now have a page for Hiatus Posting, and an Event Calendar to help organize the game. The NPC Page is also updated to reflect the current metaplot.

With the end of this event, it's time for some announcements.

Firstly, we have added descriptions and generally expanded the rank list on the promotion page. There are now two more positions open, the Special Task Unit, which is available to any Enforcer, and the Undercouncilor, available to Special Task Unit Enforcers.

Also, we are, as of now, allowing people to expand their character slots.

During an activity check cycle, if you make double the required activity in either two separate threads, two separate posts, or a post and a thread with all five of your characters, and you can gain one additional slot. This can be repeated every activity cycle indefinitely, so long as you can maintain activity with your characters. Should you not be attempting for more slots, you aren't required to meet more than the minimum one thread or post per activity check, no matter how many characters you may have.

And speaking of activity checks...

You must comment here with your activity or it will not be counted. Posts or comment threads made after this post may, of course, be used to meet the activity requirements. You have one week to post your activity. Starting now we are also making it an official rule that being on hiatus will exempt you from one activity check, so all players currently on hiatus will be exempt from this one activity check (if you need a further exemption, you may contact the mods and request it, but we will never extend it past two activity checks).

Posts must have been made no earlier than July 3rd to be counted.

Hi all, now that the ball and the world event are winding down, we've got a number of announcements.

Firstly, we've done a bit of housekeeping, you'll note some of the info posts have been changed. The most important of these is the addition of a new community, plane_bills. We are slightly changing the way we handle bills now. Instead of keeping everything in a single post, whenever anyone, PC or NPC is proposing a bill, it will be proposed over the comm. You will still need to make a discussion and voting thread, and bills will function essentially the same, but this way whenever a new bill comes up everyone will see it. Even if you aren't a councilor, you can still propose bills with the 6-agent support rule, although only councilors can vote. Also, in some circumstances, non-councilors will be called to discuss and give input on the bills, so it's well worth it for everyone to add the community. Also note that several posts are gone, and the market has been updated to reflect its new function.

Next, we have a new ruling on gaining powers from other worlds. Currently, you may gain the ability to use exactly one ability from another world if you so choose. The opportunity to do so will be presented with various job events at mod discretion. In order to learn another ability, you must already possess the aptitude for the supernatural, if your character is normal, normal they shall remain. We may extend this limit later, but as of now, the ability to learn the abilities of other worlds is strictly regulated. These learned abilities will function normally in their own world and within Confuto Ordinatio, and will be subject to the same power alteration functions imposed by other worlds. That being said, there is nothing preventing normal characters from attempting to learn mundane abilities such as swordplay or mecha piloting, and the opportunity for that will show up as well.

Thirdly, regarding jobs. Due to the general success of the event, all major jobs will be game-wide events (not all of them serious) from here on out. That said, you are still welcome to run your own jobs, as it is assumed the characters are still doing them off-screen. In general, the mun who proposed the job has free reign to run the job as they please, however, they must refrain from using any major NPCs within their setting without explicit mod permission. In general, we try to avoid using characters that could conceivably be apped, but otherwise, go nuts and have fun.

Lastly, we've been getting a few complaints regarding some of the 4th walling that's been going on. Now, a bit of 4th walling every now and again is perfectly OK, but remember in order to engage in ANY 4th walling you MUST have permission from the mun (in order to get that, either send them an IM, PM, or use a general Permission Post to garner permission. Being 4th walled can have serious implications for someone's characterization, and it's just good manners to ask before you subject anyone to it.

Also, activity check!

You must comment here with your activity or it will not be counted. Posts or comment threads made after this post may, of course, be used to meet the activity requirements. You have one week to post your activity. Starting now we are also making it an official rule that being on hiatus will exempt you from one activity check, so all players currently on hiatus will be exempt from this one activity check (if you need a further exemption, you may contact the mods and request it, but we will never extend it past two activity checks).

Posts must have been made no earlier than May 2nd to be counted.

It's time for another Activity Check! To meet the activity requirements, you link a 5-comment thread or a post made after the last activity check. Characters who don't meet activity will be warned, and will have two weeks to achieve and link the activity or they will be dropped from the game.

You must comment here with your activity or it will not be counted. Posts or comment threads made after this post may, of course, be used to meet the activity requirements. You have one week to post your activity. Starting now we are also making it an official rule that being on hiatus will exempt you from one activity check, so all players currently on hiatus will be exempt from this one activity check (if you need a further exemption, you may contact the mods and request it, but we will never extend it past two activity checks).

Secondly, as jobs and bills will soon be updated, we'll be yet again trying something a bit new with the jobs. Details will come within the next few weeks, but I will share a few details here so you guys know a bit of what to expect.

-There will be one, major job that will encompass the entire RP.
-The job will be linked to a major event.
-The job MUST be completed ICly within a month of the posting.
-If the job is not successfully completed, bad things may happen. What bad things? You shall soon see!

All right gang, Sakura con is over and the mods have recovered sufficiently. That means BIG CHANGES! Firstly, all money is abstracted. The market will remain in place, characters can continue to buy random crap within reason (a few things a week is reasonable, half the market in a week is not, use your best judgment).

Secondly, we will still have jobs and bills. They are moving to a monthly cycle, and all job listings will be for jobs that are logged. You can assume other jobs are taking place, and that they are generally probably really stupid and/or dangerous. Feel free to make them up and complain about them!

Job suggestions will still be accepted, but they will be different. Now, you will pitch logged jobs to us, and it will be generally assumed that you will run them (though you can request or pitch jobs that require mod input). We'll give you the go-ahead if it is a workable, job, and then you will post a sign-up in the job post. Feel free to make an in-character post directing people to the job if you wish.

Bills will now have a greater level of deliberation, characters will be able to interact with NPCs and ask questions about the bill in addition to discussing it amongst themselves to keep them up with the monthly cycle.

Finally, all Worlds and Drops will officially be processed on Fridays, just to keep everything nice and organized. That's about it, we'll get some of the recent bills that passed (like the Garden and the Food) next week. If you've got any questions, feel free to ask 'em here.

Edit: Oh! Almost forgot! All active accounts with at least 1 Platinum in them will net their character 1 free Carry-Over license, active accounts with 120 Platinum or more will receive 2 free Carry-Over licenses. All Carry-Over licenses will henceforth be limited to events.

Due to voting, the following changes have been enacted:
A technological education project is being drafted. Check the job board for more information.
The library is being expanded, it should be completed in 5-7 business days, barring unforeseen complications.
The Agent Dorms are being expanded, and the number of Agents in a room is now restricted to 2. As a related note, the following Agents are to vacate their room immediately:
Len, Ionae, Garret, Chris, Yosuke, Anna-Lin, Yuber, Akane, Meryl, Gray, Ivan, Rita.

They will be reassigned when the new dorms are completed in 5-7 business days.

With the successful completion of many of the available jobs, further new jobs have been added for your perusal! In addition, greater information has been made available regarding the compound and its services. We hope this will help make your work with Confuto Ordinatio quicker and more efficient!

More items are are available in the Market

With the growing concern over lack of Councilor Penthouses, the Penthouse Suites have been expanded to meet Councilor needs.
The Laboratories are completed!

Gate Key Revocations:
The following Agents have had their Gatekeys revoked under article BCBCWMY-56146166416-I

Chie seventh_key

Activity Check - Gate Key Suspensions

The following people have had their Gate Key use suspended. If they do not post required activity in the next 2 weeks, their gate keys will be revoked:
Eve
Ken
Etna
Rowan
Roy
Roxas
Jace
Snake Man
Tamaki
Marona
Eiko
Fox
Chun-Li
Luke
Zazie
Reisen
Sakuya
Mokuba

To get off warning, post here with a link to a post or 5-comment thread by your character. Has your character made a post and wasn't accounted for? No problem! Just reply here with a link and we'll take them off the list. Remember, when activity check rolls around you MUST post activity, it's hard for us to keep track of everyone, especially with the game growing as it is, so we need you guys to help us out to make sure this list is properly up-to-date.

Announcements (OOC)

As more villainous characters are apped in, we want to give them ways to act within their idiom. Usually in an RP setting it's difficult to properly play a villain, as they require antagonistic relationships that don't tend to work. In order to fix this, we are going to implement a special friends-locked post that only villainous characters who specifically PM the mod account asking to get in on it can see. What does this post contain? Plot threads presented by the mods from other organizations working to thwart Confuto Ordinatio, as well as a means for you to discuss ideas for your own villain plots to be run. BE WARNED. Running villain plots may take awhile to enact, but they are generally expected to resolve one of two ways: the defeat (and subsequent drop) of the character, or the genuine redemption or, at the very least, agreement to not be bad, which may also involve some IC punishment and the like. So, if you are interested, feel free to PM the mod account, we'll get you all set up!

Due to voting, the following changes have been enacted:
Agents and Enforcers can now propose bills! There must be at least 6 Agents supporting a bill, and each Enforcer supporting the bill counts as two agents. The individuals must have a pre-set bribe ready and be able to meet the bribe cost between them in order to pass the bill.

The Mecha Hangar has opened in Confuto Ordinatio! Your mecha will be brought here for maintenance and upgrading during your stay at Confuto Ordinatio.

With the successful completion of many of the available jobs, further new jobs have been added for your perusal! In addition, greater information has been made available regarding the compound and its services. We hope this will help make your work with Confuto Ordinatio quicker and more efficient!

Gate Key Revocations:
The following Agents have had their Gatekeys revoked under article BCBCWMY-56146166416-I

Gemini Man narcissist_019
Yamamoto Takeshi mybatisasword

Announcements (OOC)

All bill votes will now be processed Every Saturday at Midnight (Sunday morning). Bills with at least one vote will be processed, those tied will remain in the queue. Since this wasn't determined, all bills that haven't had an obvious amount of voting will be retained. In addition, bills now have discussion sections, all councilors are able to talk before voting. Finally, bill success/failure is determined solely by PC councilor votes as we have enough councilors for the system to work. As such, proposing a bill now requires a stated bribe you are offering, and players decide ICly if it's enough. Proposing bills without enough money to follow through on all bribes may have... consequences.

We are now limiting the character roles. You may only play one Councilor and two Enforcers, but may play as many Agents as you wish. Those who have exceeded the limits before this rule was made are free to keep all their characters as usual, this only applies from this point on. If you have more than two Councilors, you may only vote on a bill with one councilor you play (though the others may discuss).