October OOC Introduction Post for New Characters

[sodder]

WELCOME TO DEERINGTON!

Hello new players, and hello old players with new faces! We're thrilled to have you in the game and we hope your time here is horrifically wonderful! Please feel free to use this space to introduce yourselves to one another and show off your new characters! Below is some useful information for all new players of the game and how you can expect the game to function! You certainly do not need to read it in order to plunge into the game, but we felt it might prove useful for some people and help you adjust to how the game works quicker!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS MONTH

Check out this month's Prelude to catch up on what the setting will be for the month! New characters will receive any items/newspaper from the month's Prelude.

Our plotting post with details on our event is live here! Please feel free to dig right on in with the plotting.

Please read our Story So Far post that will be available to all characters ICly. This is a good point of reference for anyone who wants to dig into the meaty core of the game's story.

STUFF

Requirement for all new characters: Please make sure to comment with your character to the AC Page by the 20th. We will assume you've withdrawn your acceptance if we don't see your character on the AC page by then. This would be seen as idling out and you would have to wait for one application cycle before reapplying.

Content Warnings: Please make sure to check out our player-maintained content warnings excel sheet. We strongly encourage all players to fill this out.

PRELUDES, EVENTS, AND MORE

20-25th of Each Month:

You can expect a Prelude post made each month to provide details about Deerington's setting for the upcoming event/month. Prelude posts may just be descriptors of the location or may be deliverable posts by NPCs like Sodder or the Dog Keeper. Preludes occasionally will contain gifts or necessary items for a character! All Preludes are accessible to characters accepted during that month's application cycle. For example: the Prelude for December has gifts and settings that are accessible to every character accepted in December.

4-5th of Each Month:

A plotting post containing the event prompts will be posted so that players can read the event and plan for it ahead of time. There should be time for new players to get in on the plotting since all events officially go live on the 11th/12th.

11-12th of Each Month:

We hold one event per month. Many of our events have a lasting impact on characters that will sometimes carry over a month or two after the original posting. We always clarify what parts of these events may carry over, and even as a new player, you may be able to access certain elements from events posted before you were in-game so always make sure to check out the Preludes for details about any carry-over prompts!

We provide content warnings for each of our events. Each event typically has a specific horror focus, and some events may be more specific than others. Please make sure to read the content warnings closely.

All of our events are specifically designed so players can feel comfortable opting out of any of the events without completely missing out on what's going on. Never feel you have to engage with any part of an event that makes you uncomfortable!

Every other 15th of the Month:

We have a CR meme that is posted every other month. This encourages people to make long-term plans with each other as well as catch up on what characters might be going through in the game!

End of Month:

Our Test Drive Meme is posted towards the end of each month. All TDM events can be used in game canon! You can also use direct TDM posts as AC! 10 points for a top-level (new characters only), 3 points per log comment, 1 point per network comment (all players).

STARTER INFO

While we have provided you with your essential links for joining the game, we have compiled a useful list of links you might be interested in for further immersion of the game!

↪ Social Media in Deerington: Social Media is a large part of how characters interact in Deerington. They use deerFeed, deerlyBeloved and Staggr. Read up more on how each of these apps function in the game and get your pages set up!

↪ Death Certificates: This will help you keep track of your character's deaths in game as well as any symptoms they might be experiencing. Most new characters won't have to worry about this but heck, what do we know? Maybe you'll want to get to dying sooner than most!

We hope our information has been helpful! As always, feel free to ask any questions you may have, and we hope you have fun!

Comments

[theunluckygirl]

Yeah unfortunately RoR is banned in a lot countries bc of the censorship boards completely missing any context for anything lmao. They apparently hear it was some sadomasochistic game w/like semi-explicit lesbian things or w/e and there was a lot of backlash and it was a mess. they never even played the game!!

Thankfully...Emulators...

But yes, its nice to meet you!! I'm familiar most with Clementine and Sakura, but I've heard of Owari and the character is familiar! Though tbh I haven't kept up with TWD games since the first part so i'm like CLEMENTINE YOU'VE GROWN UP....

[darraig]

Given it's banned I haven't even tried like, checking an lp or something on Youtube. I'd be hopeless with emulating since I've never done it, probably, and just get games for console or Steam. Alas. I get the themes are more mature and all but. Context? Is a thing? Just up the rating if there are concerns? It's hardly like it sounds as bad as some other games.

But. Yes! She's sixteen now with the Final Season canon point. Almost seventeen here since someone I saw had figured her birthday was around late October. You're not alone in being ???!!! at her now though, lol. A lot of peeps are more familiar with the first season or two at best with bitty Clem. I still have to get through the other Telltale stuff we grabbed when they went under in getting to actually play through it/watch my fiancé do so lol.

[theunluckygirl]

I followed an LP of it first and then did an emulator to play through some myself. The gameplay is atrocious, unfortunately, even though the story and characters are super solid. And yeah, RoR is largely based entirely in metaphor and symbolism, but the opening trailer of the game does make it seem a bit more sexual and off than the game ACTUALLY is. So people saw the trailer stuff and it blew up. Because of all that tho, the game is like...$400+ to try and get even second hand bc it's so rare now. IT'S CRAZY...

Yeah I played a bit of the first one but I'm soo bad with zombie stuff (i've barely managed to get through Last of Us? Somehow???) and mostly watched my favorite LPers go through it. And I think I became so worried after the first one that Clem would get killed off that I was like I CAN'T DO IT I CAN'T WATCH IT...

I've got the time now though I should pick up an LP again... /strokes chin thoughtfully...

[wieldless]

Ugh I hate when that's the case. In that the gameplay is awful but the plot/cast is actually really good. So frustrating. Let alone...yeah all of that, ffff. Only time anyone pays that much is collector's editions of games and even then. Not usually. That much. Even if new games come out here at like. Over $100.

Lol same. I put TLOU on the easiest difficulty possible and loved the accessibility stuff for the sequel. Telltale is easier I guess in the more click and explore aspect but gods the emotional torment and decisions in who to save or such can be a gut punch. Clem's. Been through a lot. In the years since the first game but I don't wanna spoil you too much about it? (I mean. Spoilers she obviously survives at least till the Final Season since that's where I play her from that she has survived. Eight. Years of this walker and desperate asshole survivors nonsense?)

[theunluckygirl]

I’m actually totally okay with spoilers, so don’t worry about that! I might fuck around and start watching an LP of the other seasons but spoilers tend to enhance the experience rather than detract from it for me!

But Clem omg... bb pls. I guess Deer is an.... improvement?? Kinda???

[darraig]

Alright. Just figured to check since I know some aren't that way regarding spoilers.

But also. Yeah. Sadly. Kinda. Here at least she doesn't have to worry about food or shelter. Has a proper bed. More than she had back home for years with her constantly traveling and on the move p much. AJ not being here could go either way in her not having to worry about him with Deer's Everything but also she misses her little goofball kid.