First of all, I would like to start off by thanking our staff members Liz, ks, and t0l for participating in the recent storyline done by Bucket, if even tangentially. I will be posting more about that in an in-character post from the news service.
In addition to the scores posted about previously, since our top spots are entirely staff members right now, we will be adding a new spot for each (forum and wiki) for the top non-staff contributor each, which will be worth 1000 points each.
For Running Plot
Buck Approves#3038 is awarded 1000 guild points to his score for running his plot involving the Vex on Soteria un Blazing Umbra. Thank you Buck, we appreciate it.
For the Wiki
As previously discussed, this is based on the Contribution Scores extension for MediaWiki over the last 30 days.
- Cyclops
- Red
- Darktrooper501
The user Ks0908 is a close 4th place.
The user Spartan889 is the top non-staff contributor to the wiki.
Those users produced a combined score based on number of revisions and new content added to the wiki. We thank them for expanding our collective universe and helping to create a more robust setting.
For the Forum
These are awarded based on replies to threads over the last 30 days and does not take into account new threads started.
With a close 4th place of Spartan_889, who is also the recipient of the new non-Staff award for participation and contribution, being the top non-staff contributor on the forum by number of replies.
Thank you all for keeping things going on the forum.
Bonuses and New Leaderboard
- Titan Shadow#1701 gets 2000 points (1000 for Wiki and 1000 for Forum 1st Place)
- Red the 15th#2304 gets 1500 points (750 for Wiki and 750 for Forum 2nd Place)
- Imperatoris Lacerta#8924 gets 1000 points (500 for Wiki and 500 for Forum 3rd Place)
- Chaos Sorcerer Spartan889#7660 2000 points (1000 for Wiki and 1000 for Wiki Top non-staff Contributor)
New Leaderboard Direct from Tatsumaki
| User | Score |
|---|---|
| Imperatoris Lacerta | 252032 |
| Titan Shadow | 233498 |
| Red the 15th | 192832 |
| t0l | 155285 |
| ks | 153304 |
| The Chubby Gamer, Sloth Boi | 144860 |
| Dr. Winterdawn | 99202 |
| Thatotakugalaxy | 88248 |
| JumpingScript | 83913 |
| Buck Approves | 79577 |
Some Notes about Contribution and Participation
While our overall forum participation has gone up as well as wiki contributions, it is still mostly staff doing the role playing. We do like this! However, we’d also like our non-staff members to participate more. Thus, I would like to encourage all Staff members to reach outside of the bubble of other Staff members to new players or even players that have not participated in a a while to see if they’d like to participate in role plays.
We have some superb role players here and everyone has something to contribute to the game. This is why we recently put out our participation survey. This survey is here to help us (me) determine how to better run the server. We’ve got some great responses so far, but there is a lot of talk in the comments about plot and people not feeling like they have anything to contribute or not sure what to do if they do participate.
This is entirely normal! Putting ones self in a position to participate in a plot without the defined structure of a dice-based or video-game-based system is difficult, there are a lot of options. Thus, I would like it if any player unsure what to do would ask, just simply ask for help. I realize that the group has gotten a bit… Well, a bit less-than-supportive as we’ve gotten a core group of role players but we’re working on changing that. I invite anyone who has been here a while but hasn’t played in a while to pop back in and if you’re not sure what you can do or contribute, just ask. If any issues crop up, don’t hesitate to bring them up!
The strength of our community relies on the simple idea that everyone can contribute something and have fun doing so. Not everyone has to get along perfectly, not everyone has to have the same political or religious views, not everyone even has to agree on what morning is. The goal here is to have fun writing stories where the world can turn out better than the one we live in. I personally think that is key to staying sane in the times we live in, where so much is up in the air.
Again, thank you all for your continued contributions and support.