Quote:You could use standard investigation skills, or tracking, to find individuals. Additionally, if you perform "jobs" for regional powers, or for information brokers, you might get somewhere there as well. Of course, this was will take much longer than having a Vita Compass. For more detailed and nuanced guidelines, read - http://omniverse-rpg.com/fights.php#Initiating_Fights

Quote:I tagged threads as either a question, an update, or a typo (title change, thread deletion, general typos, pestering request to approve a pending thread, log errors, etc).

I merged many stand-alone threads into an exist 'mega' version. Like 'Name Change', 'Reactive Me', and typo threads from before we made the switch to user-initiated edits.

I also purged many, many threads. These either fell under the following category: Orphan threads (a member asking for an update or asking a question and they never received a response for some reason); Broken threads (the switch to mybb didn't port over some posts, leaving threads with seemingly random responses); Out-dated rules (threads discussing rules or in-character game elements that have since been changed, updated, discarded, whatever); Out-dated forum features (members having issues about old features that don't apply to our MyBB board); Fortnights (threads of people complaining about and/or requesting something related to weeklies or fortnights); General Nonsense (some threads were babbling nonsense). I also moved about a half-dozen threads into the Community Stars R&D that were member suggestions or concepts that I wanted easy access to.

The end result was to create a leaner Help Desk archive. I know that we don't often expect members to actually use the damn search feature, but they might and this will make sure their searches are a little more fruitful. Same with you guys, if you ever find yourself using CTRL+F to try and look up some precedent to an issue a member has or the answer to a question that has already been answered. And trust me, I just went through 4 years of questions... members ask the same crap all the time.

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As part of this whole process of making the Help Desk archive more efficient, as well as to eventually create a 'centralized move catalogue', I went through Move Approval I. We're all aware how the process has changed, and anyone who looked at the thread knew most (not all) of it was out-dated. I went through and purged a lot of posts including Moves that were never finalized and/or scrapped mid-processing, as well as some moves from unexisting characters that were only a sentence or two max (stuff we'd probably laugh at nowadays.

I split apart along segment with a back-and-forth on Power Rings, some remarks about Telekinesis, and another long discussion about poisons and trying to balance those

Then I took the remainder of the thread and merged it with Move Approval II.

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I manually went through both Quick Questions threads. I removed questions or answers that have since changed (due to our evolving mechanics), but I'm also splicing/splitting out long debates/questions into their own threads and giving them easy to digest titles. The goal is to ultimately trim out all the out-dated stuff, remove the bloat, and be left with smaller threads that are genuinely just answers to short, simple questions. The end result was a 'Quick Questions Archive' that's only 30-some pages and consists entirely of: "Member Question -> Staff Response."

A new Quick Question thread was christened at the conclusion of this.

As I mentioned throughout... the point was to make the Help Desk more helpful and less filled with outdated nonsense and clutter. I think that's been achieved, and as we move forward, we the staff will try to ensure the same standards about making the forum as helpful as possible to members.

Quote:As mentioned up above, it is possible for our writers to create their own faction. Will you form a band of blood-thirsty mercenaries? How about a nice little fishing kingdom? Or will create a shadowy organization that prefers to operate behind closed doors and influence events through subterfuge and deceit? While anyone can say they are a faction, there are requirements that any nascent organization must fulfill to receive official 'faction' status.

1. At least 4 PCs must be a part of the group
2. Those four PCs must have met in-character
3. One member (usually but not always ‘the leader’) must own a Base. This base must be established in-character and should have been visited by the other members
4. Faction must be listed in the <Faction Megathread>, which means the faction must have an identity and goals of some sort.
5. It has been at least 2 months since items 1, 2, and 3 have been satisfied.

A faction that has satisfied these conditions shall receive the following (if they desire):

1. If desired, a sub-forum for planning, storing information, and communications
2. Added as an option for the ‘Faction’ postbit field
3. May start to accrue <Faction Recognition>

Quote:efore you set down this path, you should make sure that your faction has met the initial requirements for Faction Creation.

Faction recognition is both similar to and different from Player Recognition. While Player Recognition grants in-character and out-of-character bonuses, Faction Recognition is just an in-character bonus, in the sense of being a recognized (whether due to being beloved or loathed) organization in the grand scheme of the Omniverse.

• A recognized faction is added to the Information Thread of its home verse (location of the Base).
• A recognized faction is also added to the official 'Faction' listing on the Factions Rule Page

Gaining Faction recognition is a similar process to personal Recognition. To ensure a story qualifies toward faction recognition, you should plan group stories that involve at least 2/3rds of your faction. NPCs do not count, there must be other writers involved. Anything less may not be deemed a 'faction storyline.'

Note: If a faction has been around for longer than 4 months and has a leader who already has personal Recognition or gains it during that period, that faction automatically becomes Recognized due to the fame/renown/status of its leader. The leader's Recognition must be in the same verse where the faction's Base has been built.

Quote:For OM transfers, both parties must post in their logs accounting for the exchange.

The person giving away OM:
Consumed OM (OM): +X (Transfer to [Prime])

--Make sure to adjust your 'Spent OM' as well.

The person receiving OM:
"Received OM from [Prime],
Total Earned OM (OM): Old OM + X = New OM

A link to staff-member approval for the transfer must be included as well.