The following characters have been removed from game, either from lack of time commitment or for lack of activity:

Genkuro - crazylikethefox
Swan - cygnetsong
Cheshire Cat - frightfulsmile
The Little Mermaid - idontbelonghere
Shuhei - ivegotbigballs
Mowgli - mancub
Howl Jenkins - wickedwizard

Yes, we your mods have chosen to drop some characters as well. If anyone had plots with these characters, you may contact us to help you decide what's the next bet for you. We can also discuss whether you'd like to see some of these characters recast. For the character dropped due to time constraints, the players [mods included] sitting on these characters felt it was unfair to hold them without being very active with them. We hope that if others wish to pick them up, they can feel free to do so and be more active than we can be. Also, as for us mods, we don't like us having monopoly on most off the character sin game. When we go on hiatus, the game could well suffer based on the sheer amount we play. That's quite unfair to you all. So we hope this gets things moving a bit more.

As always, you know where to contact us!

The following characters have been removed:

butterthief
pecosbill

Please use the friends list to update your own. If anyone would like to pick up these characters, or know of someone who would, please let us know. Otherwise we will be advertising for them. If these players would like to return, they are welcome to, but will need to prove they can be active.

Not that Cat's really involved in anything here, but I thought I'd let y'all know that I'm dropping him. Won't be deleting his journal for personal reasons, but feel free to remove/ban him from your flists.

The following characters have been removed:

vengeful_fay
radiant_night

Please use the friends list to update your own. If anyone would like to pick up these characters, or know of someone who would, please let us know. Otherwise we will be advertising for them.

We are considering more strict activity here, possibly something along these lines:

Players are expected to post at least 1 journal entry or log/thread every two weeks as well as keep up with replies to other characters and threads. Activity checks will occur on Mondays and a list will be put up on the OOC community listing journals that need to make a post or risk removal. Players who have not made a post or participated in a thread by the following Tuesday will be removed. Players that make this list more than two times in a row (or continuously meet the bare minimum to resist removal) will be given a warning for not meeting activity requirements. After a warning, this player will be removed on the second offense.

Considering some of us have multiple characters, we'd probably only ask that your activity level be kept with at least half. For instance I play seven characters. I should be posting with three, at minimum. This is still a laid-back game, which is why I'm suggesting two weeks rather than just one.

Another thing to be reconsidered: hiatuses. People go on them for months at a time. If you need that much time away from a game, chances are you don't have time to play at all. I'm considering a hiatus rule similar to this:

Hiatuses are allowed for up to two weeks. A hiatus lasting for more than two weeks (as well as constant hiatuses) could result in your dismissal from the game. However, this will be dealt with case-by-case (constantly being busy with school is a lot different from not having access to a computer for a certain length of time,or personal issues). If a player needs additional time, some exceptions may be made.

Hiatuses are not to be abused, and we will not longer be letting people stay on hiatus for a month [or more] at a time. Also, when you are on hiatus, that means you are not around in game. If you can reply, make new posts, etc while on hiatus, then you do not need a hiatus. If you find you can start replying/being available, you should inform the mods to take you off hiatus. If we see you tagging when you're supposed to be on hiatus, we'll remove you from hiatus, and let you know we've done so.

I hope this doesn't seem harsh, but I feel that the relaxed nature of this game has been taken advantage of, by myself as well, and that it isn't very high on game priority lists. It's an unfortunate thing I'll admit, it's not even high on my own, and that shouldn't be. Basically, this game needs and overhaul to increase activity, and I'm willing to work for it, if you all are. If you aren't, then it was a pleasure having you while we did.

Please comment to this post with suggestions, considerations, reasons you do or do not like the thought of these new policies, etc. Basically weigh in. This is a community, not a dictatorship, and we want to hear your opinions on the matter. If you don't speak up, don't complain later if things are changed to your disliking. Comments are NOT screened, so as to foster communication. If you don't want to say something here, email the mods. pentamerone.storyteller AT gmail.com

ETA: One more thing: I've changed the tag setup from 'list' to 'cloud' so we can see at a glance which places and characters need more activity. I'm pleased to see our !complete tag is actually pretty huge, and amused to see that the Sleeping Woods is by far the most popular place to set threads. I think seeing the tags as is will help encourage people with smaller tags to make them bigger by being more active.

Hey guys! There have been a few removals and a few new peoples. Please remember to add everyone, and remove the players we've lost. At the very least, familiarize yourself with who's no longer in game and plan accordingly. Please feel free to use the friend all list, take care of removals/additions by hand, and/or look through the updated taken and wanted lists to see who's here and who's wanted. Feel free to add some characters you'd like to see around in game to the wanted list!

( For ease's sake, here's a quick list of characters returning vs not returning: )

Comments to this post [to know it's been read] would be much appreciated.

Our Mordred has fallen out of contact - basically hasn't been in any kind of contact since we first moved - and so that character has been removed.

Please go here and make use of the friend list. It is equipped with friend removals as well. This will remove defunct characters from your list. It will not remove you from theirs.

Through the upcoming plot Mordred will now be NPCed. Mods will "supply" NPC Camlannite soldiers to make sure the war is balanced, since so many PCs were on Arthur's side. If I'm wrong please correct me, but the only players on Mordred's side were Morgana and the Beast? I know Oberon's a wild-card.

There's a WHOLE LOTTA PLOT that will be exploding now, and we will be sure to contact the people it might involve. If you have any questions, feel free to ask us.

Let's make some war.

EDIT: Just want you to know. With war, comes deaths. Deaths will only be NPCs unless you specifically want your character killed off in the war. We will not be arbitrarily killing PCs. If you do want your PC to die, please let us know and we can see what we can do.