Post by Silvy on Dec 27, 2018 0:03:05 GMT
The Canine Chronicle
Hey all! We hope everyone is having a great holiday season! As per usual, during times of great stress and business, our Chronicle is a little late this month - sorry! Though, we’ve got a few exciting updates that we think you’ll like! Stay tuned!
Top Posters
November's Top Posters
First Place: @brett with 21 posts.
Second Place: @bentley with 19 posts.
Third Place: @astaroth with 18 posts.
December's Top Posters
First Place: @banister with 14 posts.
Second Place: @rama and Juno tied with 13 posts.
Third Place: @tito with 12 posts.
Congratulations to those who have won! Your prizes have already been sent to your player accounts!
November Spotlights
MEMBER: Artsy
- She makes both the site and the Discord a joy to be around with her characters, plots, and art
- Not only are her plots and characters interesting and she's incredibly active in posting with them, but, she as a person is just incredible to be around. Sweet, welcoming, and always fun to talk to, she helps liven up the discord - I'm glad to have her as a member of the site!
- She is so nice and friendly, has beautiful writing and amazing characters!
- This girl brought me to this lovely site and she loves this place so much and always talks to me about the great things about it and she's truly just a member that loves the community she's apart of and the people. And on top of that she's running around with some fantastic characters and plots to contribute and always doing her best to help other people where they're lost with things.
- I haven't roleplayed with her quite yet, but I have chatted with her on discord several times and she's a nice person and I can't wait to chat with her more and hopefully roleplay
DUO: Choppa & Chase
- These two brothers man! I love the parallel/contrast between the two! Chase, the big vice of the Dodgers, loved by all and just that 'one guy who you can talk to'. And then Choppa, 'chase's brother', who suffers from being so doubting of himself and desperately wanting to improve. I'm really curious as to how their sibling relationship will change as the troubles Choppa's having becomes more noticeable {and chase starts picking up on them social cues better smh} and...I'm really ready for that juicy angst of 'job vs family'! Super excited to see both of these babies develop and how it'll, respectively, effect their relationship!
- I know Rose campaigned her little butt off to see Choppa on the board with her Chase and Artsy as always does a great job of sliding into a character and making it her own. Their differences make them super dynamic and I'm really looking forward to seeing some more of them in the future!
- They just need a little bit of comfort in each other. Just reading how close they are to each other makes me happy and their threads are just entertaining to read in general.
SCARIEST: Crime
- A hulking monster of muscle, scars, and drool. Crime is a jerk and he likes being a jerk, he wants to be powerful, he wants to hurt others and have them worship the ground he walks on. If it was up to him, he would be boss and likely rule with a very opinionated iron-paw. He's hard to tame, such a lose cannon of anger.
- He is that kind of dog that is both physically scary and has an intimidating personality. To other gang dogs, he comes off as unpredictable, which can be terrifying with the street dog life. Overall, he's a great character and expertly crafted as an individual.
- Ya big ol' beefcake with a bite. All of Silvy's characters speak for themselves in such strong ways but gosh Crime's is just so aggressively in your face and lasting for me. He's terrifyingly large in his presence and I have such a strong desire to both throw my characters at him and see what happens or hide them away so he never sets eyes on them.
- He is the scariest of the month in my opinion especially in his physique and personality. I read a few of his threads and he seems to be a very intimidating dog and very jerk-y as well. He may not be scary in the most stereotypical way with "scary", but I find him scary anyway.
FUNNIEST: Echo
- She is charming and adorable, making me laugh when I read her funny antics when surrounded by serious adult saints.
- The most adorable baby that the Saints never saw coming.
- She is the funniest with her fun puppy antics around the grown, overly serious Saints. She makes me laugh with her threads and I always enjoy reading them.
MOST UNIQUE: Johan
- First of all, loving that 'old man' look. Rockin' those greybrows! What stood out to me though is his complete and utter disregard of gang drama though. He just wants to be healer and do what he does best; heal. He doesn't care if Karma wants the Crabs to stay sick or something - his duty as a healer is first, and he wants to 'solve' this sickness. He's truly a 'neutral' figure, and I love it.
- I adore Wolfgang, Chase, and Jaladri to no end but this month it's Johan. His opinion of dogs being dogs, his ambition for equality and he's so determined to quell the sickness. It's really heroic?! That dog has guts, not to mention Lurky rps him beautifully like omg.
- He is unique as an old and wise dog.
- When I think healer I always think there's some degree of care and loving and being inviting like a sweet mother and child sort of thing? I always forget there's a flipside opportunity where Johan steps up to the plate. I guess in a gang like the Saints you've gotta have some sort of quirk to make it or break it there, but Johan is just such a cool ghostly take on a character in a healers position I just cant help but really appreciate it.
- I ended up giving it to him because of how just all around unique he is personality-wise.
THREAD: Mistakes Were Made
You can read it here!
- It showcases a very different side of Juno than we're used to, and that's not a bad thing! It's nice to see her more vulnerable and open.
- I really appreciate these two characters. I love Juno to pieces and I'm not making that a secret and Choppa's been such a good character to see around the board. But I like seeing these two interact and Silvy and Artsy just do such a good job with both of them and how they're acting around one another.
QUOTE:
"Beg from humans? Psh. I don't beg, I take. Especially from younger ones."
-- said by @taz
- It sounds like a dumb throwaway quote, but it's a great representation of the pride that most of these street dogs have and their hatred of humans.
- I love this quote said, as it not only defines Taz as a character, but also to life of a street dog in Komorrah.
DECEMBER SPOTLIGHTS
Since we weren’t able to get a Chronicle out last month, due to the holidays and such, we’re skipping January’s Spotlights in favor of giving December’s a chance in the spotlight! Any nominations submitted to the Spotlights thread will be counted for February’s Spotlights!
COOL NEW THINGS
THE NEW REPUTATION POINT SYSTEM
Anyone remember that weird survey we told you guys to do a few months ago? It asked about ranks and stuff? Well, that was just a hint at what we were up to! We are revamping our promotion system until we get it right! -bangs fist on table- Hopefully, this time, it works out right!
Our new system, Reputation, will rely heavily on your ability to finish prompts and other job-related / task-related threads for points! These points will enable your character to climb the ranks (or social status) of their job in order to eventually make their way to the top! The base level for most threads is 5 points, however, if your character completes a relatively important or large group task, we may award 10 points instead!
We will provide new prompts to use for threads for every in-game month; sometimes these will entail group threads, one-on-one threads, and threads with outside gangs to carry out specific tasks! You're more than welcome to use these prompts as a main basis for your thread, but we encourage original, creative ways for your character to perform their job as well! Since these prompts, more often than not, relate to the current plot, some of them may yield higher points! You can find these new Prompt in our Classifieds Board, each gang has its own prompt thread, though it’s always good to make sure a different rank or outside gang isn’t needed for one of the prompts!
A few players voiced their concerns about starting from the bottom when their character has ICly been in the gang a long time, and we’ve remedied that by allowing everyone to submit job-related threads from the past (Real Life) 6 months (from June 2018 to present) for a bit of a points boost. Your character’s success will greatly depend on your participation with them. If you’ve roleplayed a lot with them and have featured a bunch of threads pertaining to job-related tasks, great! They will likely be promoted or close to promoted after you’ve submitted them all. Submit your threads to Gang Maintenance using the proper forms, please!
There’s just so much more information to tell you than we can provide in a few paragraphs here, so we’ll link you to a few important pages!
Find all information on the new system here on the Reputation page. You can find the point spreadsheet here, and the prompts are stationed in the Classifieds board here! We encourage you to read the guidebook page thoroughly, including the FAQ section!
For any and all additional questions, please ask in the Discord or in the Help & Questions board! Someone will be able to clarify them for you! We’ve got a small FAQ going on the Reputation page itself, but we’re sure you all will help us add to that c:
BRATS, TAILERS, + RECRUITS
In addition to the new Reputation system, we’ve decided to remove Brats’ Promotion Tasks, but thought it was still important for both Recruits & Tailers to still keep and do theirs, as both their promotions require them to be learning and practicing new things within their gang!
If you’ve got a Brat character who has become of age, please reach out to your gang leader to set up a ceremony for them so that they can obtain a Mentor and become a Tailer!
WANTED ADS MOVED
We moved our Wanted Ads to the Character Creation board so that they get a little more love and attention! We’re hoping this will get everyone’s Wanted Ads filled a little more often now!
AN UPDATE FROM OUR STAFF TEAM
REGRETFUL FAREWELL TO A FELLOW STAFF
Tobi has decided to take a break from staffing for personal reasons. Her accounts will be put on a hiatus in hopes that she’ll come back to us when stuff calms down for her; and her characters are to be treated as NPCs for the time being (save for her High Ranks, which will be removed with a future plot).
Tobi, we wish you the best and hope you’re able to return to Infidelis one day to see it flourishing! We love you!
THE STORY CONTINUES
PLOT THREADS + NEW MONTH
To those of you who are in plot threads currently, we’d like to say thank you! January in Infidelis was such a slow month, and we promise we’re working towards getting these months chugging along faster! Please continue to post regularly in your plot threads so that they can still be finished in a timely manner!
There are only a few plot threads left in January, and we think it’s safe to move on to February! From this point forward, you may begin February threads! Please head on over to our Sitewide Plots and check out the new Plot Chapter for this new month!
We’ve done it a little differently this time, hoping it’ll help us all move onto new months a little faster! This new chapter focuses mostly on broader, larger-scale plot points, rather than relying so much on thread sign-ups. We’re hoping doing it this way will open up each event to everyone, allowing for more players to participate with their own thread spin-offs and rely less on major plot threads to be finished in the timeline. Of course, there are still things to sign up for and threads to partake in, so head on over and see what you can contribute! But remember, this time around, we’re allowing everyone to have their own threads featuring the content in the plot timeline!
WINTER FESTIVAL CONCLUSION
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our Secret Santa, Create-A-Territory, and Advertising Raffle! Below are our chosen winners for both the Create-A-Territory and Advertising Raffle!
Create-A-Territory Winners
Palestone Manor by @milkbonez
Candon by @river
Whimsy Orchard and The Iron Lung by @artsy
Cerulean Falls by @collie
Artisan Avenue by Panicky
Retirement Village by Rose
200 kibble per accepted submission has already been awarded to your ooc account! Congratulations!
Advertising Raffle Winners
500 Kibble - Rose , @artsy , @dragons , @coldcoffee
Drawn Hover Image - @dragons
2x Graphics Tables - Rose , @dragons , @artsy
Art / Table prizes will come shortly! We ask for your patience as we play catch-up with everything else!
