folkooc | Pre-Game Open Announcement + Details

WELCOME TO THE PRE-GAMING PHASE

Hello potential future Folkies! I'm thrilled at the reception so far and am excited to bring this game up to speed and polish it out to perfection.

Since this is an invite-only private game, I'm going to be operating the "opening" in two phases.

The Pre-Gaming Phase includes all of you fine folks who have been invited to join via my personal Plurk. You guys will get to partake in the first reserves and application round and get yourselves settled into the game. You will get to enjoy the first event and be the first general batch of players!

Then once our first formal Story of Us post has been made, you will be able to invite your own friends, and so on and so forth! We gotta start somewhere, right?

Our game will formally open once we have gotten the Pre-Game Phase over with, Mod Helpers sorted out, and the first batch of your reserves/applications processed! This will be the second phase~.

THE INVITE (CLOSED)

Invites are now closed! Thank you for your interest!

MOD HELPERS WANTED

I will require some Mod Helpers to get on board with this project to help things run smoothly. You will never be obligated to do anything you're uncomfortable with or do not have time for. You can bow out of being a Helper at any time. You can focus on one task or multiple tasks.

All that I ever ask of Mod Helpers is clear communication ahead of time! If you don't think you will be able to help out during a certain app round or got sick, just let the rest of the team know so someone can pick up the slack! I am also hoping for reliable helpers.

I will be managing the core content of the game: events, world-building, etc.

What am I looking for per Mod Help? Great question!

★ General Co-Mod: You will likely help regulate alongside me and be able to confidently take over if I'm sick/out of bounds. You should be comfortable with the idea of interacting with players, processing any potential problems, etc. If you want to take on Co-Mod with another Head-Mod position, you're more than welcome to! You would also be helping answer basic questions on various pages with me.

★ TDM Writer(s): People who feel confident in ideas that they may have that would suit our TDMs. You will need to coordinate with me to make sure TDMs thematically fit months / will not contradict or overlap with upcoming events. I would prefer multiple TDM writers mostly because it can be task heavy and require multiple hands. This would also include you answering any TDM-based questions. I have no problem writing the first few TDMs but generally speaking, I prefer to focus my energy on events.

★Spoon Helpers: People to help manage the spoon spending page. I suck at math so...pls help! You will mostly be approving of requests for item gains, making sure tags generally add up and aren't being reused, and that unique requests are appropriate for the setting and add up to the number of spoons.

I would like a Spoon Head Mod to regulate everything and work with other helpers if necessary on this page.

★App Readers: I would love a multitude of app readers to help process applications! I would like people with a generally wide variety of media understanding. I try to get several App Readers since app cycles can sometimes be quite overwhelming and task-heavy. The goal is to always have enough people available even if others are busy/sick/etc at the time apps open.

★List Helpers/Page Organization + Check-In: People who can keep pages like Reserves, Taken, Housing, Schooling, Drops/Hiatus/Updates, and Shops updated. Your job will basically be to ensure that all information is consistently up to date and that drops and sweeps are always processed.

I usually tie this together with whoever does Check-In since it goes hand in hand, but generally speaking, I try to have a team of players who can work together on this side of the game. I prefer to have a Check-In Head Mod to help keep this side of the game organized and help delegate tasks to other helpers when necessary.

If you are interested, fill out this Google Form here.

If you are applying for any Head Mod position please be confident in your ability to self-regulate and time manage! Generally speaking, I would like to work the closest with all Head Mods and have a collective team with clear communication.

For those interested in minor mod helper positions who would prefer to stay out of anything too heavy, don't worry! You're extremely valuable and we always love to have back-ups in case of busy times. Don't worry if you don't hear back from us on Mod Helper application stuff! It could be that enough people applied that we simply didn't need anyone else, but I always keep a document of people who have applied as Mod Helpers in case any current helpers ever drop out of helping.