STATE OF THE GAME 2
Apr. 24th, 2015 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mansionstaffThis Saturday, April 25th, Smash Academy will be seven years old. It's been a long time, and some of have been here since the very beginning. Last month we opened discussion for new beginnings, game growth, and change. Everyone had insightful ideas, and thoughtful concerns, and we've been discussing since then.
Unfortunately in that discussion we've also come to the realization that we as mods are burning out. We deeply apologize that this may seem in poor timing in light of the state of the game post, but rather than deny it we want to be forthcoming with you. We've been doing this for a long time, and for some of us, we think our time has come.
However, we think it would be a terrible shame to at least not try and implement these ideas in some way, so we propose to you these final choices:
We are looking for a moderator to take over our position. Ideally three (or more), but even one person who is driven and ambitious enough could reasonably run Smash on their own.
If someone(s) volunteers to mod, we current mods will help train and implement game setting changes with them. These setting changes will be dependent on the new mod(s) and their ideas, but we believe the consensus of the majority of the players is: open nexus style adventure island game named Smash Rising with a rustic mansion that needs repair, and bi-annual tournaments that draw characters in to test their strengths and weaknesses. After we set up the new mod(s), we will let them fly on their own and Smash Academy/Smash Rising will be their responsibility afterwards to run as they please.
If no one steps up to mod, we will turn Smash Academy into a Dressing Room style game. There will be no applications and you may post with any video game characters as you please. There will be no activity checks. There can be duplicates of characters, and any limit of characters. Events will be entirely player governed and run. Lists will be locked and not maintained as they will no longer be necessary. Any updates or changes to the setting will also be entirely player governed and maintained.
If we turn Smash Academy into a DR we can go about that any number of ways, and given the discussion from this post, we could potentially have two dressing rooms to fulfill everyone's desires; Smash Academy (with the school setting) and![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
smashrising along side it (with the mansion + floating islands setting). Game continuity/inter-game mingling will be up to player discretion.
Please contact us by May 1st if you are seriously interested in modding, and willing to dedicate the time to running this game. We will not officially step down until one of these changes is implemented. Along those lines, we will be waiving April AC in the interest of a smooth changeover that will hopefully take place during normal graduation time (end of May).
Please feel free to comment with any thoughts and ideas! Thank you for your understanding, love, and many fun years of time, Smash Academy.
Unfortunately in that discussion we've also come to the realization that we as mods are burning out. We deeply apologize that this may seem in poor timing in light of the state of the game post, but rather than deny it we want to be forthcoming with you. We've been doing this for a long time, and for some of us, we think our time has come.
However, we think it would be a terrible shame to at least not try and implement these ideas in some way, so we propose to you these final choices:
We are looking for a moderator to take over our position. Ideally three (or more), but even one person who is driven and ambitious enough could reasonably run Smash on their own.
If someone(s) volunteers to mod, we current mods will help train and implement game setting changes with them. These setting changes will be dependent on the new mod(s) and their ideas, but we believe the consensus of the majority of the players is: open nexus style adventure island game named Smash Rising with a rustic mansion that needs repair, and bi-annual tournaments that draw characters in to test their strengths and weaknesses. After we set up the new mod(s), we will let them fly on their own and Smash Academy/Smash Rising will be their responsibility afterwards to run as they please.
If no one steps up to mod, we will turn Smash Academy into a Dressing Room style game. There will be no applications and you may post with any video game characters as you please. There will be no activity checks. There can be duplicates of characters, and any limit of characters. Events will be entirely player governed and run. Lists will be locked and not maintained as they will no longer be necessary. Any updates or changes to the setting will also be entirely player governed and maintained.
If we turn Smash Academy into a DR we can go about that any number of ways, and given the discussion from this post, we could potentially have two dressing rooms to fulfill everyone's desires; Smash Academy (with the school setting) and
smashrising along side it (with the mansion + floating islands setting). Game continuity/inter-game mingling will be up to player discretion.Please contact us by May 1st if you are seriously interested in modding, and willing to dedicate the time to running this game. We will not officially step down until one of these changes is implemented. Along those lines, we will be waiving April AC in the interest of a smooth changeover that will hopefully take place during normal graduation time (end of May).
Please feel free to comment with any thoughts and ideas! Thank you for your understanding, love, and many fun years of time, Smash Academy.
