Oct. 31st, 2016
A long overdue announcement
Oct. 31st, 2016 07:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leeshajoyOn Halloween of 2006, ten years ago today, I posted into Milliways for the first time, bringing a certain blue-skinned computer sprite into the bar at the end of the universe.
It was a very different community then. We were still being hosted on LiveJournal; most of the current players had yet to hear of the game; and the regulars of Milliways included the Endless, Roland Deschain and his ka-tet, and most of the cast of Rent and Veronica Mars, among many others. It took me four months to work up the nerve to app Bob in the first place, and it wasn’t until the tofu plot in December of that year that I started to really feel like a part of the community. From there I went on to app dozens more characters (some of which only lasted a few posts before their headvoices fizzled), introduce others to the game, and even organize a few bar-wide plots myself. Through roleplaying here, I have met new friends, discovered new canons to enjoy, improved as a writer, and I believe I’ve improved as a person.
But, alas, all good things must come to an end.
For the last year or so I’ve been struggling to get any RP done. After a great deal of soul-searching, I have decided to officially retire from Milliways, effective as of today. I’ll still be around on AIM and Dreamwidth, as well as on various and sundry forms of social media, but my time as a denizen of the bar at the end of the universe is done.
Long days and pleasant nights, folken, and thank you all for everything.
- Leesha
It was a very different community then. We were still being hosted on LiveJournal; most of the current players had yet to hear of the game; and the regulars of Milliways included the Endless, Roland Deschain and his ka-tet, and most of the cast of Rent and Veronica Mars, among many others. It took me four months to work up the nerve to app Bob in the first place, and it wasn’t until the tofu plot in December of that year that I started to really feel like a part of the community. From there I went on to app dozens more characters (some of which only lasted a few posts before their headvoices fizzled), introduce others to the game, and even organize a few bar-wide plots myself. Through roleplaying here, I have met new friends, discovered new canons to enjoy, improved as a writer, and I believe I’ve improved as a person.
But, alas, all good things must come to an end.
For the last year or so I’ve been struggling to get any RP done. After a great deal of soul-searching, I have decided to officially retire from Milliways, effective as of today. I’ll still be around on AIM and Dreamwidth, as well as on various and sundry forms of social media, but my time as a denizen of the bar at the end of the universe is done.
Long days and pleasant nights, folken, and thank you all for everything.
- Leesha
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Oct. 31st, 2016 12:35 pmmnt_mikeGreetings Milliways!
Happy Halloween to those wot observe it!
Before we get to Happy Hours, I'd like to remind folks that Apps open tomorrow! They'll remain open until November 11th.
App early.
App often.
Tell your friends!
Secondly, the contact list is a bit out of date. I'm afraid I've fallen a touch behind with its upkeep.
Rest assured that Cast List is current, and contact accordingly!
Thirdly!
Happy Hours for this week include!
Tomorrow!
Wednesday!
Thursday!
Friday!
Saturday!
Sunday!
Have at!
Happy Halloween to those wot observe it!
Before we get to Happy Hours, I'd like to remind folks that Apps open tomorrow! They'll remain open until November 11th.
App early.
App often.
Tell your friends!
Secondly, the contact list is a bit out of date. I'm afraid I've fallen a touch behind with its upkeep.
Rest assured that Cast List is current, and contact accordingly!
Thirdly!
Happy Hours for this week include!
Tomorrow!
Wednesday!
Thursday!
Friday!
Saturday!
Sunday!
Have at!
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Oct. 31st, 2016 04:53 pmfather_chrisGOOD EVENING MILLIWAYS
Thanks to approval from our lovely mods, I can tell you what Maru and I have planned for this year's Saving Christmas plot, starting about a month from now.
This plot is open to all with no sign up required to join in, however as usual we are looking for a couple of volunteers to help get things started at various times.
This year, the Ministry of Elf has decided that Milliways is obviously a hotspot of trouble, and has decided to take preventative action. From the beginning of December, they will be sending Elf on the Shelf dolls to monitor the levels of Naughtiness at Milliways.
Initially the number of Elf Dolls will be quite small. However, when people do anything Naughty in front of the Elf Doll, it summons more Elf Dolls. We encourage people to be Naughty in the first three weeks of December until the bar is overrun with them by the time people cotton on to what is going on.
If this interests you, see the section below called TEAM NAUGHTY.
In approximately the last week of Advent*, we will get at least one person to spread the word that the only way to get rid of the Elf Dolls is to do Nice things in front of them. At the end of the week we will have an official Nice Day, where everyone including the bar's naughtiest citizens will be asked to try and be Nice for one day, to finish off the Elf Doll invasion.
(If any pups want to Opt Out of Nice Day, we'll say that Santa will round up any remaining Elf Dolls on Christmas Eve, but the idea is that the numbers greatly reduce.)
If this interest you, see the section below called TEAM NICE.
The Elf Dolls you can NPC yourselves unless you want help. Please read the detailed description below before doing this.
( Elf Doll Guidelines and Description )
( TEAM NAUGHTY )
( TEAM NICE )
You can join in with one team, both, or neither, whatever floats your boat. As above, no need to sign up, unless you want to be a volunteer to help get things going, in which case please let us know so we can plot with you :).
Ideas?
Problems?
Date clashes?
Questions?
Volunteers?
Fire away!
ETA: I actually did mean to say this first time and forgot - if anyone has a major doll/puppet phobia and doesn't want to see pictures of them all over the place, give me a discreet shout and I'll make an alternate set of Team Naughty/Team Nice icons and ask people to use a, pardon the pun, Elf Warning.
[*Somewhere between mid December and February I have to have surgery and may be offline a couple of days. If it falls during the plot I might have to jiggle the dates slightly]
Thanks to approval from our lovely mods, I can tell you what Maru and I have planned for this year's Saving Christmas plot, starting about a month from now.
This plot is open to all with no sign up required to join in, however as usual we are looking for a couple of volunteers to help get things started at various times.
This year, the Ministry of Elf has decided that Milliways is obviously a hotspot of trouble, and has decided to take preventative action. From the beginning of December, they will be sending Elf on the Shelf dolls to monitor the levels of Naughtiness at Milliways.
Initially the number of Elf Dolls will be quite small. However, when people do anything Naughty in front of the Elf Doll, it summons more Elf Dolls. We encourage people to be Naughty in the first three weeks of December until the bar is overrun with them by the time people cotton on to what is going on.
If this interests you, see the section below called TEAM NAUGHTY.
In approximately the last week of Advent*, we will get at least one person to spread the word that the only way to get rid of the Elf Dolls is to do Nice things in front of them. At the end of the week we will have an official Nice Day, where everyone including the bar's naughtiest citizens will be asked to try and be Nice for one day, to finish off the Elf Doll invasion.
(If any pups want to Opt Out of Nice Day, we'll say that Santa will round up any remaining Elf Dolls on Christmas Eve, but the idea is that the numbers greatly reduce.)
If this interest you, see the section below called TEAM NICE.
The Elf Dolls you can NPC yourselves unless you want help. Please read the detailed description below before doing this.
( Elf Doll Guidelines and Description )
( TEAM NAUGHTY )
( TEAM NICE )
You can join in with one team, both, or neither, whatever floats your boat. As above, no need to sign up, unless you want to be a volunteer to help get things going, in which case please let us know so we can plot with you :).
Ideas?
Problems?
Date clashes?
Questions?
Volunteers?
Fire away!
ETA: I actually did mean to say this first time and forgot - if anyone has a major doll/puppet phobia and doesn't want to see pictures of them all over the place, give me a discreet shout and I'll make an alternate set of Team Naughty/Team Nice icons and ask people to use a, pardon the pun, Elf Warning.
[*Somewhere between mid December and February I have to have surgery and may be offline a couple of days. If it falls during the plot I might have to jiggle the dates slightly]
