Week 4 Write-UpSeptember 9th - September 22nd



We had previously planned for the docking event to Jurassic Park to take place now, on week 4. Due to a number of irl issues that came up, I (jao) wasn't able to produce a write-up in time that was the same sort of quality that we've shown in the past. The other mods offered to help, and I turned down their offers in an attempt to do it myself. It was my mistake and my lack and not the fault of any other mod. I sincerely apologize to you and them and I regret that decision. We're going to work together and come up with a solid plan for a better workload division to prevent this in the future.

Along with reserves and apps this week and the next, there is a lot of behind the scenes work to be done to make Exit Void a better game for everyone. By ic week 5, we'll have a better work model, new players, and a write-up that represents one of the best parts of our game: the docking event. Postponing Jurassic Park till ic week 5 will also allow the new characters coming in to participate.

✘ Before we go on to talk about this ic week's events, I'd like to bring up one more thing that we wanted to discuss with everyone. We currently have a death toll limit of 10 deaths. This was decided so that death would still hold some weight. If death is cheap and doesn't hold consequence it robs the gameplay of fear or tension. However, 10 may not be enough given the violent nature of some of our events. For those planning to play for the long run, it may cause some players to be reluctant to allow their character to be harmed or killed which restricts gameplay and also robs the game of the horror we're trying to inflict.

That said, we were considering extending the death toll to 20, or introducing an item of some sort that would allow for a death free of penalty. Before making anything official, we'd like to hear back from you guys. Is 20 too many? Do you think a revive-type of item would be too exploitable? If you have a better solution in mind, please share it.

Week 4 Events

Week 4 will be an extension of week 3. The mannequin room and its effects will still be active. As of day 1, those who have been punished are healed as planned and described in week 3's write-up. This is a good time to begin and expand on rebellion plots and movements and for the moles to start their work. With everyone healed, is the Project Head trying to make amends like Eike said? No, not really, but it might seem that way. Maybe she's just screwing with everyone's minds? Maybe she wants everyone to drop their guard.

The heat wave is also still going strong and thanks to Guy, all the water on the ship is hot or scalding. The ocean is still cool, and the morgue and walk in freezer are good places to beat the heat.

Weather

Day 1 ( 9th - 10th ): Sunny. 98°F / 36.6°C
Day 2 ( 11th - 12th ): Sunny. 102°F / 38.8°C
Day 3 ( 13th - 14th ): Sunny. 96°F / 35.5°C
Day 4 ( 15th - 16th ): Sunny. 95°F / 35°C
Day 5 ( 17th - 18th ): Sunny. 90°F / 32°C
Day 6 ( 19th - 20th ): Sunny. 95°F / 35°C
Day 7 ( 21st - 22nd ): Sunny 90°F / 32°C

If you have any questions or suggestions, they are always welcomed and appreciated. Thank you, truly, and again I apologize to those who were looking forward to dinosaur shenanigans this week. I promise it will be worth the wait.