There's nothing to fear but fear itself

[lucetimods]

Hello everyone! Just a quick run down of things for the month. I know things have been a little awkwardly timed, but we’re just trying to find our footing by shifting the schedule around. We’ll get our act together before long.


Go do the Activity Check! Some of the rules have shifted a bit to adjust for the monthly app schedule, so be sure to give it a thorough reading before posting. Be aware that it’s not necessarily late this time around, even if it’s later than what it is usually is. So keep this in mind when you’re preparing your activity for the next AC.

The Test Flight is open! From now on, it will be going up every two months on the 15th. And as we said before, Reserves are always open.

More spring fall cleaning! So here’s the deal. A long time ago, the game was getting huge and we didn’t have enough room for everyone and it was kind of nuts. Well, that era is gone and now we’re left with laughable amounts of empty space in the village. So we’re getting rid of two of the Community Buildings 2 and 6. Let’s break down how that will happen:

At the end of the month, we’re going to have an event where EVERYONE will be out of Luceti. This will coincide with our October event, to be discussed later.

Anyone living in those buildings will have their apartments automatically shuffled to another one. You can choose where you want to move by commenting on the Locations page. If you don’t, we’ll randomize a new place for them. Upon returning to Luceti, post-event, they’ll have a message in their journal telling them where to find their stuff. Of course, if they don’t notice the message, they could just panic and wonder where their stuff is.

The remaining community buildings will be upgraded! Finally people can have windows in their rooms. And elevators! Check out the new layout:

Look how shiny that is

Now as for the big event...! We’ll talk about that later. However, we do have a two-month-long Shift to throw at you guys. Since October is the month of fear, the Malnosso are going to give Luceti a little something to be scared of. From the 20th of October to the 20th of December, characters can will gain one new fear. This can be any kind of fear. Maybe it’s a more common fear, like being scared of heights or spiders. Or it could be something a little more unusual, like a fear of pants, rainbows, or the letter M. It’s up to you how you play that fear. Maybe it just unnerves your character or maybe the mere mention of it makes them turn and run. You can play it as low key or as over the top as you like.

This Fear shift does not have to last the full two months, though! Once October is over, you can have your character simply conquer it or just have it disappear on its own. But if you want to play with it long term, it’ll be available til near the end of December!

Finally, what’s coming in the end of October? Well, prepare yourself for a fright fest because everyone in Luceti - and several other enclosures - have been given passes to the happiest place on earth - Malnosso World! In Malnosso World, everyone is happy, happy, happy! We’ve got an amusement park! A zoo! A casino! A luxurious hotel! Everything you could possibly hope for to have a fun and non-traumatizing Halloween!

Because as we all know, nothing could ever possibly go wrong on a Halloween night. Right...?

We’ll see. We’ll have another mod post to give you all the details on that later. For now, stay tuned! Be sure to put your questions in the MOD QUESTIONS thread below!

Comments

MOD QUESTIONS

[lucetimods]

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[hero_of_smiles]

Okay, so here's kind of a not obvious question. With the event since everyone's being brought to an amusement park I'm guessing the Malnosso are not allowing the characters to bring weapons with them right? This mainly due to the fact that I'm guessing some characters would be suspicious about the intent or never go anywhere unarmed unless forced.

[lucetimods]

That part hasn't been hammered out yet. Once the proper event post is up, you'll get those kind of details.

[hero_of_smiles]

Okay, thanks for answering me!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[implanta]

I'm still on hiatus but this is a Very Important Question regarding the amusement park: will John be making an appearance as THE GREAT MYSTERIO, fishbowl on his head and all?

[dammitmasa]

Hmm... good question.

[blessingone]

So, question as I consider my options! I can't think of a good way to ask it, though, so I'll go by example (which is also poorly worded, whoops, but I hope you'll get what I'm saying).

Suppose Fenimore was suddenly afraid of, say, cat lovers. Would she be frightened by people based on who she thought were cat lovers or based on who are cat lovers? Like, say Person A actually loves cats and Person B hates them with a passion, whereas Fenimore thinks that Person A doesn't care for them but she thinks Person B is a stealth cat lady/gentleman. Would she be frightened of Person A (who is a cat lover) or Person B (who she incorrectly thinks is a cat lover)? And if it's Person B (the one she thinks is a cat lover) she fears, then if a cat wandered by and A started baby talking it while B tried to kick it, would she suddenly feel much calmer about Person B while starting to flip out about Person A being near her with their cat-lover germs?

[dammitmasa]

BUDDY...

You can play it how you like. She can even be terrified of people who love Cat Pokemon if you want.

[blessingone]

Thanks, dude. You're such a cool mod.

[weathervain]

... so the Malnosso are taking away individual bathrooms for the apartments and just leaving one tiny one per floor? That sounds nasty.

[weathervain]

Oh wait READING COMPREHENSION FAIL this is what I get for commenting when I'm still all blurry visioned haha.

BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NASTY

[dammitmasa]

Next up, one shower for all of Luceti.

[weathervain]

Oh dear god

[knightofratatosk]

So does it have to be only one fear for the entire length of time, or would it be possible for the fear to change partway through?

[lucetimods]

You can shift it once if you like, sure.

[voidseeing]

Awesome, thank you!

Re: MOD QUESTIONS

[ofwesternwinds]

Not a question, but a suggestion! There should totally be required costumes for the event, y/n? Come on, it's Halloween.

[lucetimods]

A good thought! Keep an eye out for the next post about the event.

[imatreenow]

SOOOOooooOOOOOOO...

What about characters who arrive in Luceti during the November cycle? Will they catch the shift too, or will it only affect characters who are in Luceti at the end of October?

[lucetimods]

Yeah, we'll post a reminder in November so newcomers can get in on it too.

[imatreenow]

Just what I wanted to hear. Thank you!

[blessingone]

And now House 34 gets to have its own private road again. Ha ha, plebians.

(This was actually something Fenimore was sad to lose when C6 originally appeared. Now if only someone would move the battle dome blocking her view....)

[tickle_me]

And now House 34 gets to have its own private road again. Ha ha, plebians.

I don't know why but this made me LOL so hard. Also, wow, a time when C6 wasn't around? /stands and marvels

[blessingone]

I'm glad it had its intended effect. And yeah, it came in...2010? Maybe 2011? I don't think I'd been playing in Luceti for very long, because Fenimore was particularly unhappy about no longer being quite so isolated.

[wise_maiden]

C6 and C7 appeared around the same time. It was either early 2010 or late 2009ish - I know Eggy was headmod at the time.

[blessingone]

Early 2010, then. Fenimore came in December 2009 and I know that House 34 was on its own for at least a couple of months after I got there. Excellent -- that's mystery solved.

[fantheflame]

Haha! I'm going to deliberately not reply to the housing/locations page for the update. Feel free to move Sasuke's stuff somewhere "random" and stupid. :D