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TEXTS FROM LAST CHAPTER

2021-07-28T17:29:29Z

Posted by: shiro2hero

you know what to do

aka Texts From Last Night - Deerington Style

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Chapter 2: Official Release

2021-07-12T18:37:33Z

Posted by: sodder

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Never Have I Ever Meme

2021-07-12T00:40:01Z

Posted by: arclightning

A meme to pass the time!

How To Play:

1. Everyone is at a big party!
2. Post an IC comment with a subject that finishes the sentence "never have I ever".
3. If you see something your character has done, reply with them taking a shot! If they've done it many times, have them take many shots or down an entire bottle. Shots do not need to be alcohol, especially not for underage characters.
4. All characters must be honest. It's more fun that way.
5. Bother other people. Demand details. Don't wreck the house, please, and post warnings if things get 18+.

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Final Farewell...For now!

2021-07-01T18:41:26Z

Posted by: sodder

A FOND FAREWELL FOR NOW

Hello for the last time for a while, Deerlings!

As of July 1st, our game’s first chapter has officially ended. After this point, our game will be sandbox only. Communities will be left open so that our current players may continue to back tag things or start new threads (log or network) for the remaining months of Deerington’s existence (June, July, August respectively). The entire town will be gone by September and all characters will have either returned home or will be waking up in the new game.

We will not be processing any new requests this point forward. We will be processing waiting questions/requests in the meantime. We ask for a little patience as our head mod has been dealing with persistent health issues this month - but don't worry, we haven't forgotten about anyone!

Please follow our OOC community for updates on the new game! I hope to release the full game information well ahead of time so people can read through its information pages and start planning for the new chapter! Since I’m a workaholic you can anticipate seeing a release of the full game sooner rather than later.

At this time you are welcome to use old events, tag back on things you had missed, catch up on threads, conclude character arcs, etc.

The Summoning Stones and the Great Sleep will no longer be accessible. Canon updates will also no longer be effective during this time. If you have a canon update occur during the summer you can still use the half-application - just make sure to include the canon update section when you do.

Per Death Certificates: Characters may still die but hauntings/deer statues will no longer be relevant. If a character dies at this point in-game, they will simply wake up in the new world/their home. There will be no dream for them to be brought back to. If you have any requests waiting from prior to July 1st, we will get to you soon!

If at any time you have a dire question for our team, please let us know on this page or contact Milk directly via Plurk or Discord. Do not PM the mod journal/plurk. Do not use any other page in the game for any lingering questions. We will no longer be tracking pages.

Door Voting Reveal | Chapter 2 Information + Application

Important Dates to Look For

We have our official calendar and schedule planned for the upcoming months and Early Access dates. These are the official dates and will likely not change.

The full release of all game information will be dependent on when it is finished in its entirety by Milk. As soon as it looks good to go, we will update this community, Discord, and Plurk to let everyone know! At that point, you will be able to follow the new game for new game information.

Earlyish August: First TDM goes live. This TDM will be open to the public and you will not need to have previously played in Deerington to play on it. Keep your eyes peeled! We will drop this at random.

August 27th: Early Access Reserves Open. Early Access is for prior Deerington members only.

September 1st: First Newsletter.

September 1st-5th: Early Access Applications Open on 1st and close by the 5th.

Plotting details for the event are posted.

September 8th: Transition/Early Access Event. This event will exist specifically to bridge original Deerington Sleepers into the new setting and allow for a "reunion" atmosphere before the game gets rolling.

September 26th: Early Access ends. Official Reserves open to public. Chapter 2's first TDM goes live.

October 1st: Chapter 2 officially opens. Anyone can now apply regardless of having been in Deerington previously or not.

October 1st-5th: Official applications open to public. All allowed to apply in. Applications open on the 1st and close on the 5th.

Plotting details for the event are posted.

October 8th: First official event goes live.

October 15th: First official CR meme goes live.

October 27th: Reserves open + TDM posted.

November 1st: Newsletter posted. First AC cycle starts.

January 1st 2022: We will no longer accept split-applications from old Deerington players. All applications from this application cycle moving forward will have to be the full Chapter 2 application.

Dates will always be routinely given in Newsletters as will reminders for AC and the like. Thank you!

If you have any questions at this time, please let us know in a comment below. If you feel like anything has been missed from before July 1st, let us know in a comment below!

Thank you everyone who has stayed with us until now and who plans to check out Chapter 2 in the future!

In the meantime, happy hauntings, Deerlings. We hope you enjoyed the dream as much as we did. We'll see you in the Waking World soon.

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Final Event Plotting + Chapter 2 PLotting

2021-06-05T04:36:57Z

Posted by: sodder

( Plotting Post )

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A Little Something From Me to Youse Guys!

2021-06-03T10:20:37Z

Posted by: quipsandthwips

Hey everyone! With the game winding down, I figure now would be a good time to post this thing I've been working on the last week (see, I wasn't ignoring tags for no reason!... I'll get right back on those ASAP). This is a music video I made after compiling every taken character in the game currently! And a few dropped ones, if you're have lucky to have slipped in there. Honestly I am a mess and I'm terrible at managing things, so please forgive me if I missed anyone! Some characters only got a short shot compared to others, but I admittedly... ran out of room, and also maybe had a lot of program crashes by the end. Ha. Hahaha.

Anyway, enjoy! A token of my love, for how much you guys have made the last 3 years awesome here!

... Mobile is the best viewing experience; I really had to work hard to make some of my lower quality clips work, forgive me. ;u;

If you can't see the video and need a mirrored video on another website, let me know! I'll be sure to upload it to dailymotion or somewhere like that. ♥

- with ♥♥♥, Ashlee

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Welcome to Your New Home

2021-06-01T04:36:23Z

Posted by: sodder

( Chapter 2 Game Summary + Application )

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A DOOR HAS OPENED IN DEERINGTON....

2021-06-01T04:35:52Z

Posted by: sodder

( CUT-TEXT )

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soddersays @ 2021-06-01T00:01:00

2021-06-01T04:02:23Z

Posted by: sodder

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. We have capped at 148 votes. Thank you to all who participated! We will get the results up as soon as possible. Please standby.

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Voting Reminder - 2 Days Left

2021-05-30T03:02:38Z

Posted by: sodder

Hello Deerlings! As a reminder, voting ends at 11:59 pm the 31st. You can follow our countdown for the votes here.

To cast your votes, follow this link.

For any voting corrections, please comment your original votes here so we can subtract them from the overall total at the end. Voting changes should only be due to an unexpected outcome from an ongoing thread that ultimately changed a character's mind. It should not be general voting regret. After posting your original votes to that page, you can submit new votes to the form as you typically would.

At the moment of posting this, we are at ~~117~~ 141 votes! Thank you so much to everyone who has participated. We are so excited to reveal the door and the new world with it!

The Door Reveal Post

We would like to remind players that the Door Reveal post will include the exact tally of votes, what your votes could have meant, and what the fates of the NPCs will be. These fates will be connected to a proper narrative companion event posted along with June's event for those who are interested.

June's main event prompts will include:

1) A prompt for characters who intend to go home.
2) A prompt for characters who stay behind in Deerington.
3) A prompt for characters who brave going through the door.

For the most part, characters will be able to make these choices on their own terms. Prompt 2 can be spontaneous if that is a player's desire.

The Door Reveal post will also include a summary of the new game, its power system, setting, some other basic mechanics, as well as the new game's application. It will be a huge post so please make sure to read over the information carefully. We understand there may be a lot of questions about the new game and some may be easy to answer right away - but there will be plenty of helpful information pages that will probably answer many questions once Chapter 2 is set up and going.

Date Reminders

June 1st: Voting Ends and Door Reveal posted.

June 5th: Final Event + Companion Event + Final Plotting Post.

July 1st: Chapter 1 concluded. Game officially "closed" to all mod activity. Sandboxing will commence.

August 27th: Reserves for Chapter 2 open for Early Access members.

September 1st: Applications for Chapter 2 Early Access members begins.

Whenever Milk is finished with the information pages and set up of Chapter 2, they will post the information to the game's Discord, Plurk, and the OOC community so make sure to continue following for updates!

Thank you to everyone who has stuck it out until the end of our first chapter! You're an amazing playerbase and we're excited to move onto the new chapter with those of you who are coming along for the ride!

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Dare Meme

2021-05-25T20:34:52Z

Posted by: clocktowers

NO TRUTH, ONLY DARE
It's a game of Truth or Dare but the only option is Dare and you HAVE to do it! Your character is now obliged to carry out the whims of other characters! This won't be awkward or weird for them at all!

THE RULES ARE THUS:

Post your character's toplevel!
Respond to others with your character daring them to do something. (e.g. "i dare you to hug 3 people", "i dare you to kiss [specific character on the meme]", "i dare you to swap clothing with someone", etc.)
No daring people to do or say things to you (e.g. "i dare you to give me a kiss")! It has to involve tagging out to a different character (e.g. "i dare you to give a boy a kiss").
React to dares ICly, go find someone to complete the dare with, and link the dare-giver to the fruits of their daring!
(EXAMPLE: Your character was dared to punch Ozpin in the face. Find Ozpin's toplevel, tag him with a punch in the face, and reply to the dare-giver with a link so they can watch it play out.)

(Dares can be ICly uncomfortable, but if you get a dare you OOCly don't want to thread, just reply with "pass"!)

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Voting Updates!

2021-05-20T17:35:12Z

Posted by: sodder

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Should NPC/Door voting end sooner? Vote now!

2021-05-16T16:31:26Z

Posted by: sodder

Hello everyone!

We are currently deciding if it would be a better move to end voting on June 1st instead of June 5th. This would allow people to know the new setting 5 days sooner and I'd be able to get the final event/companion up sooner as well!

We want to hear back from our players what they think of this idea! Let us know on this voting form.

EDIT: We added an "Im not voting" option to the list for those who aren't participating!

We have no problem keeping the end date for voting be the 5th so don't worry if you need more time!

Thanks!

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END CHAPTER 1 FINAL CR MEME

2021-05-15T21:03:56Z

Posted by: sodder

( Get your CR on )

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Love Meme for end of Chapter 1

2021-05-09T07:57:42Z

Posted by: bklynspider42

Since this Chapter comes to a close I figured. Why not?

You guys know the drill. Leave a comment, who you are and who you play and others comment (and you can comment around to others) to spread the love and tell each other how awesome they are!

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Eggstagram

2021-05-08T08:36:59Z

Posted by: livingforce

As part of this month's event, everyone gets their own egg!

YOUR EGG: This egg is meant to represent your character. It can look/feel like anything, but it should have some unique interior to represent the "core" of your character's life - whether that's a heartbeat, a flower, mechanics, stardust, or whatever substance. Characters will know immediately that this is their egg and that they have a soul-deep connection and that this egg represents the potential for their "new life." [ source ]

So share what your character(s) eggs look and feel like! Comment on them ICly? idk i'm not your mom go wild

There's a picrew eggmaker you can use to make a cute picture of an egg if you can't find a picture that suits what you're going for elsewhere.

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Final OOC Introduction Post

2021-05-08T01:02:12Z

Posted by: sodder

( Introduction Post )

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Door Voting

2021-05-07T04:45:56Z

Posted by: sodder

Please go here to cast your NPC votes once you are ready!

Please let us know if there are any further errors or problems with this! Thank you everyone who helped try and fix things with the old poll but it doesn't seem like it will work on Dreamwidth.

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MAY 2021 PLOTTING POST

2021-05-07T04:10:43Z

Posted by: sodder

( Plotting Post )

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Superlative meme

2021-05-06T22:52:43Z

Posted by: laminae

Everyone is most likely to do SOMETHING in their life... even if it's literally nothing.

▶ INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Post a blank header of your character
2. People respond with superlatives!
3. People can agree or disagree or add their own
4. Have fun, stay chill, enjoy some silliness!

(Thanks to Jax for the meme format and text!)

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soddersays @ 2021-05-06T12:00:00

2021-05-06T16:04:55Z

Posted by: sodder

ACTIVITY CHECK IS NOW CLOSED.

Results are under the cut.

( AC Results )

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soddersays @ 2021-05-05T13:55:00

2021-05-05T17:56:00Z

Posted by: sodder

Reminder that activity check closes tonight at 11:59 PM EST.

This is your final Activity Check for Chapter 1!

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Final Reminders!

2021-05-01T00:50:54Z

Posted by: sodder

FINAL CALL FOR CHAPTER 1!

LAST ROUND OF RESERVES: Starting tonight at midnight - 5th.

LAST ROUND OF ACTIVITY CHECKS: Starting tonight at midnight. AC will not be required for May but to those interested in Early Access for Chapter 2 you must have an AC comment posted to the AC page within the last seven months (Dec 2020 & Jan, Feb, March, April, May, and June of 2021) to be qualified.

LAST ROUND OF APPLICATIONS: May 5th-10th.

Per CHAPTER 2

Recent Chapter 2 Preview

Reminder that voting will start on May 7th. These votes are generally considered to be IC decisions that will be heavily reliant on character perception of the major NPCs of the game and what to do with them. We strongly urge players to have characters ICly discuss the voting decisions for a more realistic approach - but of course, we also know there are a dozen or characters who don't need to have conversations before making their own brash decisions (and we love them for it).

There will be an NPC-companion event that will provide further insight into NPCs and their roles within the game as well as their current point of existence. Between this companion event and the prior mini-events, we hope characters have enough general information to make a decision on. This decision should generally feel Intense and Important because...Well...It is!

A companion event will also be posted towards the end of June that will detail the exact results of the votes and their impact on the NPCs. Both these companion events are entirely optional and will not serve as the focus of the core events of May or June. They will have some explanations about the core story of Deerington and some of Chapter 2 so for those interested in lore, we highly recommend partaking!

While we have supplied a good chunk of information for Chapter 2 presently, we will be supplying more information about the powers/setting once the door has been voted on. You can anticipate this post after June 5th when the voting has concluded.

If you have any questions about Chapter 2, feel free to ask on the Preview post linked above or on this post. We will continue to provide players with updated posts and give people chances to ask questions whenever they need. Even after the game closes in June, we will continue to post to our OOC community with any new information or developments.

HOUSEKEEPING

As clarified on our Mod Contact page, directly messaging our mod journal is not the best way to contact us as we have frequent problems with getting messages that way. Please always make sure to look at our Contact Page to ensure you are using the proper means to reach us so we can help you as quickly as possible with any questions or concerns you might have.

Thank you to everyone who has been patient and understanding of things getting shuffled around and a bit lost in the transition period! We genuinely appreciate those who have been respectful during such a hectic time!

If you are waiting on anything or feel anything might have gotten lost, please feel free to use this post with a link to whatever you're waiting on so we can make sure to get it touched on! We will do another housecleaning post at the end of May and at the end of June to make sure we have caught everything.

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PLAYER PLOT | DEERVISION! (BLACK AND WHITE 1950/1960S SITCOM)

2021-04-27T21:08:54Z

Posted by: explosion

content warnings: mind control; loss of identity; reality warping; mentions of ptsd and grief.

tl;dr: Wanda's having a breakdown and turning Deerington black and white and into a 1950s/1960s sitcom.
timing: ICly: Sunday 2 May - Saturday 8 May.
plot log: here!

( deervision! )

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Chapter 2 Preview

2021-04-23T02:09:42Z

Posted by: sodder

( Chapter 2 Preview )

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OOC Community

TEXTS FROM LAST CHAPTER

Chapter 2: Official Release

Never Have I Ever Meme

Final Farewell...For now!

A FOND FAREWELL FOR NOW

Door Voting Reveal | Chapter 2 Information + Application

Final Event Plotting + Chapter 2 PLotting

A Little Something From Me to Youse Guys!

Welcome to Your New Home

A DOOR HAS OPENED IN DEERINGTON....

soddersays @ 2021-06-01T00:01:00

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. We have capped at 148 votes. Thank you to all who participated! We will get the results up as soon as possible. Please standby.

Voting Reminder - 2 Days Left

Dare Meme

Voting Updates!

Should NPC/Door voting end sooner? Vote now!

END CHAPTER 1 FINAL CR MEME

Love Meme for end of Chapter 1

Eggstagram

Final OOC Introduction Post

Door Voting

Please go here to cast your NPC votes once you are ready!

MAY 2021 PLOTTING POST

Superlative meme

soddersays @ 2021-05-06T12:00:00

ACTIVITY CHECK IS NOW CLOSED.

soddersays @ 2021-05-05T13:55:00

Reminder that activity check closes tonight at 11:59 PM EST.This is your final Activity Check for Chapter 1!

Final Reminders!

FINAL CALL FOR CHAPTER 1!

Per CHAPTER 2

HOUSEKEEPING

PLAYER PLOT | DEERVISION! (BLACK AND WHITE 1950/1960S SITCOM)

Chapter 2 Preview

Reminder that activity check closes tonight at 11:59 PM EST.

This is your final Activity Check for Chapter 1!