MOD POAST

[mansionstaff]

First and foremost apologies for the delay, we figured it would be more courteous to wait until the DW downtime was over and everyone was awake again before posting mod announcements.

And a HAPPY NEW YEARS to all you wonderful Smashies. Can you believe it's been just about a year since we moved over to Dreamwidth? We've been very pleased with the move, and we hope you have been too. Here's to the start of another great year.

GAME STUFF

• We're doing a pop-up HMD now! Use this one, not the old one from now on (or until otherwise noted). Links in the game navigation have subsequently been updated, and in other places as well. If you find an out-of-date link, please let us know.

• THAT'S IT, PRETTY MUCH. Go post to the pop-up HMD.

EVENT INFORMATION

This was suggested a while ago but we felt it was in poor timing. NOW, THE TIMING IS GOOD.

TIME FOR A BLACKOUT. It'll be just a little mini-event but starting this Friday, January 18th, there will be a series of unfortunate and extenuating circumstances that will bring the downfall of technology to Smash Academy, and everyone will be snowed in for the weekend, as seen on the updated calendar. More details will be given once the actual log goes up but for now here's the skinny:

• January 18th-20th the school will be WITHOUT POWER. That means no electricity, no heaters, no hot water, no TV, no gadgets, no gizmos, no network. The school's backup generators will work for only about an hour before mysteriously failing. The power will eventually be restored (and generators fixed) through FDC Power & Light.

• That won't happen until Monday morning however, as Mother Nature aka a wild and disgruntled Castform andor Articuno has decided it hasn't snowed nearly enough this season. Throughout the week the weather will be white and blustery until there's a full-fledged blizzard bearing down on the Academy by the weekend. Nobody in their right mind will be out and about in that weather until it passes.

You'll be snowed in and without power for a few days, Smash Academy. Better keep warm.

Comments

I TOTALLY ROCK AT THREAD STRUCTURE HURF DURF

[trustycrowbar]

Ohmaigod. Living without power for days during a blizzard?

Lucca at can provide fires for warmth and light and hot water, so there's plenty of chances for CR there. So a lot of reading by candlelight and actually talking to people instead of just handing in her homework.

Gordon has been through worse, but this is coming at a bad time for him because all those teleporter parts are no use if there's no power to test the connections. Using his suit to go rescue people caught in the blizzard is an option but even it has limited power... I also have a mental image of him making a valiant effort with others to fix the generator when it first fails (which of course the thing catastrophically blows up instead. That tends to happen around him.) Whether or not any of those go down, I'm open to suggestions on what to do with him.

[kumagypsy]

Everybody with fire powers gets together and forms a club and figures out how much to charge for their services!

[trustycrowbar]

That's a great idea and she can charge and not tell Lucca, she's surprisingly easy to dupe for being a genius

Re: I TOTALLY ROCK AT THREAD STRUCTURE HURF DURF

[wheresmydamntea]

If there is a "try to fix the generator" adventure, Cid is on that.