17 May 2015 @ 06:10 pm
puzzle room test drive - sign ups  
This is a sign-up post for the upcoming test drive of the puzzle rooms! We have a handy form you can comment with, so fill one out with all the required information and we'll contact you on the 21st with further details.

 
 
01 May 2015 @ 06:55 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room/Calhoun Hour/game-wide event you participated in.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms/Calhoun Hour/game-wide events, or two threads totalling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.
    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: April 1st - May 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.

For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room, Calhoun Hour, and game-wide event that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms/Calhoun Hour/game-wide events, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: April 1st - May 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.

For strikes:
    ✖ Please fill out the reduced AC form and mention that you are taking a strike in the reduction reason.

    Note: You may only take a strike once every four months, unless you have spoken to the mods beforehand. After four months, the strike will be erased.

Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on May 7th, 2015.
 
 
01 April 2015 @ 10:33 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room/Calhoun Hour/game-wide event you participated in.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms/Calhoun Hour/game-wide events, or two threads totalling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.
    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: March 1st - April 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.

For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room, Calhoun Hour, and game-wide event that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms/Calhoun Hour/game-wide events, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: March 1st - April 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.

For strikes:
    ✖ Please fill out the reduced AC form and mention that you are taking a strike in the reduction reason.

    Note: You may only take a strike once every four months, unless you have spoken to the mods beforehand. After four months, the strike will be erased.

Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on April 7th, 2015.
 
 
03 March 2015 @ 12:44 am
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room/Calhoun Hour/game-wide event you participated in.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: February 1st - March 10th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room, Calhoun Hour, and game-wide event that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: February 1st - March 10th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.

For strikes:
    ✖ Please fill out the reduced AC form and mention that you are taking a strike in the reduction reason.

    Note: You may only take a strike once every four months, unless you have spoken to the mods beforehand. After four months, the strike will be erased.

Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on March 10, 2015.
 
 
10 February 2015 @ 05:55 pm
DOUBLE BLIND - EVENT PLOTTING POST  

double blind plotting!

This is a plotting post for the most recent event! We have a handy form you can comment with, so fill 'er in and get to plotting! Don't forget to also sign up!

We encourage that you also take communication to plurk or aim, where it may be faster, so share your contact info if needed!

Tags:
 
 
01 February 2015 @ 03:50 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room/Calhoun Hour event you participated in.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: January 1st - February 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room and Calhoun Hour that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: January 1st - February 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.



Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on February 7, 2015.
 
 
31 December 2014 @ 11:30 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room/Calhoun Hour event you participated in.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round, should there be one.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: December 1st - January 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room and Calhoun Hour that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: December 1st - January 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.



Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on January 7, 2015.
 
 
29 December 2014 @ 02:45 pm
character updates  
It's been 54 IC days since Vivarium has opened. With such limited resources and all these traps, characters have certainly changed over time, whether it's physically or mentally. So, this post will come in handy to track all that down! It's both for yourself and for others to see where your character is, especially if they look different than when they've first arrived.

Just copy-paste the form below and then comment around, if you please!

Tags:
 
 
16 December 2014 @ 03:11 pm
SECRET SANTA  

secret santa!

Whooooo wants to do a Secret Santa? I know some of you do, so by request, here is Vivarium's first OOC Secret Santa!

You don't need to be an amazing artist to participate! It can be fics, graphics, paids, whatnot. We will try to pair up people based on what they would like with what people who can offer, but we apologize beforehand if we can't exactly get you a proper pair! We will do our best to work it out.

So, if you want to participate, fill out the form below by December 18 at 11:59PM EST. After the deadline, we will PM everyone who their Secret Santa recipient will be. The deadline to get your gift in will be December 30.

All comments will be screened.

 
 
11 December 2014 @ 06:38 pm
CALHOUN HOUR - ESCAPE PLOTTING POST  

calhoun hour: escape plotting!

This is a plotting post for the most recent Calhoun Hour event! We have a handy form you can comment with, so fill 'er in and get to plotting!

We encourage that you also take communication to plurk or aim, where it may be faster, so share your contact info if needed!

Tags:
 
 
02 December 2014 @ 01:53 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room you participated in or that puzzle room was completed. Have ten comments in each Calhoun Hour.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totaling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: November 1st - December 8th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room and Calhoun Hour that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: November 1st - December 8th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of this month (December).

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.



Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on December 8, 2014.
 
 
17 November 2014 @ 01:38 pm
announcements.  
Hello everyone! A few quick announcements as usual, so please give them a read!
    ✖ Let's welcome Moss into the game, who will be playing Writ from Over the Garden Wall! You may find the IC intro posted here.

    ✖ With this new additions, here are our upcoming teams:
      RED SOLO - Hershel Layton
      BLUE SOLO - Ema Skye
      GREEN SOLO - Akane Kurashiki
      GREY SOLO I - Snake

      RED PAIR - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu & Wirt
      BLUE PAIR - Alfendi Layton & Clive Dove
      GREEN PAIR - Jake Muller & Sasuke Sagami
      GREY SOLO II - Heiji Hattori

    ✖ Again, we will have two SOLOs for this round, due to the uneven number of characters in the game. Calhoun will give the same IC excuse of working as fast as he can, gosh, he didn't think you would want him to kidnap more people, what "nice" test subjects.


That's everything! If you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!
 
 
07 November 2014 @ 11:43 pm
announcements.  
Hello everyone! Just a few announcements today, some already covered in our plurk, but others are not! Therefore, let's get this ball rolling.
    ✖ Enjolras, Zelos Wilder, and Simon Keyes have been dropped from the game. In exchange, we are welcoming Akane Kurashiki, and Alfendi Layton. Ange has switched Simon with Keyes, but Beato is coming in fresh with Akane, so please give them a warm welcome! You may find the IC intro over here.

    ✖ With these new additions, here are our upcoming teams:
      RED SOLO - Heiji Hattori
      BLUE SOLO - Piper Chapman
      GREEN SOLO I - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
      GREY SOLO - Akane Kurashiki

      RED PAIR - Ema Skye & Snake
      BLUE PAIR - Hershel Layton & Sasuke Sagami
      GREEN SOLO II - Alfendi Layton
      GREY PAIR - Clive Dove & Jake Muller

    ✖ As seen, we will have two green SOLOs for this round, due to the uneven number of characters left in the game. Things will remain as normal, however, and the IC excuse Calhoun will give will be "ughhh, you guys want more work from me? I'm being worked to the bone here! Sheesh, why don't you try kidnapping more people, demanding test subjects."

    ✖ Finally, our last matter is a new rule in place. Due to the limited number of slots in the game, we will now place a limit on the number of characters per series. There will be a maximum of three characters per series in Vivarium at once. For example, the Professor Layton series now has three different characters in the game (Alfendi, Clive, and Hershel), so no one else may app into the game from the same series, unless they wish to be placed in the queue.


And that's all, folks! If you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!
 
 
31 October 2014 @ 07:32 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK + GAME/MOD HMD  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room you participated in or that puzzle room was completed. Have ten comments in each Calhoun Hour.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totaling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: October 1st - November 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room and Calhoun Hour that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: October 1st - November 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of the month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.



Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on November 7, 2014.
 
 
12 October 2014 @ 12:32 pm
CALHOUN HOUR - SURVIVOR PLOTTING POST  

calhoun hour: survivor plotting!

This is a plotting post for the most recent Calhoun Hour event! We have a handy form you can comment with, so fill 'er in and get to plotting!

We encourage that you also take communication to plurk or aim, where it may be faster, so share your contact info if needed!

Tags:
 
 
01 October 2014 @ 12:34 am
ACTIVITY CHECK + GAME/MOD HMD  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you in each puzzle room you participated in or that puzzle room was completed

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totaling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: September 1st - October 7th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: September 1st - October 7th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of the month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.



Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on October 7, 2014.
 
 
09 September 2014 @ 03:48 am
announcements.  
Hello everyone! We have a lot of announcements, a few of them being very important, so please read carefully!
    ✖ Colette Brunel and Aoi Asahina have been dropped from the game! In their places, we are welcoming Simon Keyes and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu to the game. Please welcome Tiger and Cake to Vivarium! Their IC intro is here.

    ✖ With this, here are our next teams:
      RED SOLO - Simon Keyes
      BLUE SOLO - Hershel Layton
      GREEN SOLO - Ema Skye
      GREY SOLO - Piper Chapman

      RED PAIR - Sasuke Sagami & Snake
      BLUE PAIR - Enjolras & Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu
      GREEN PAIR - Heiji Hattori & Jake Muller
      GREY PAIR - Clive Dove & Zelos Wilder

    ✖ We’ve had a few concerns brought to our attention about puzzle rooms not getting completed in the timeframe. We understand this makes both voting and AB Voting Round reactions more difficult as well. We’ve been brainstorming on a way to encourage the rooms get completed or mostly completed by the end of the timeframe, so please read our changes to the puzzle rooms:

      ✖ Puzzle rooms will now last four OOC days, instead of three. The calendar will soon be changed to reflect this. This four OOC day change will only affect the puzzle rooms and Calhoun Hour events, normal IC days remain three OOC days.

      ✖ We will send out private plurks one OOC day before the actual puzzle room begins, so plotting can be discussed beforehand. We ask that people use this time to plan when all the players in the team can be around to tag the room. If people cannot be around or do not answer in a timely manner we encourage the people who can to go ahead and tag together.

      ✖ We also want to note again that tagging order in puzzle rooms is not supposed be concrete. They are made to be tagged when people can get around to it.

      ✖ Please note that all of this is subject to change as we figure out what works best for the game and playerbase. We’ll keep you updated on any future changes as they come.

      We would love to hear feedback on this, so please comment below with your thoughts!

    ✖ We’d also like to announce a meme comm! It is [community profile] memearium, so please join if you’d like.
      ✖ It’s open to current players, but also former ones! So, if any players have dropped from the game, they can still come into the meme community to play with everyone.

      ✖ Players are welcome and encouraged to post memes of any type there. If you want the mod plurk to advertise it let us know! We’ll put up memes from time to time as well, so we hope everyone has fun.

      ✖ If you are posting a meme that includes extreme violence or sexual content, please just put a warning in the subject!

      ✖ We will now have a permanent test drive open to potential players, which will be open at all times. It will be a sticky post, so it will remain first on the community for everyone to see. We will also link to it on the navigation and profile.

      ✖ We already have our first meme up, and it’s a CR meme! Please head on over here for it!

    ✖ We have updated Calhoun's Corner with a few new items! If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them over here!

    ✖ Don't forget about our Character Info Sheets! New characters have been added to the list, and anyone is more than free to go in and add new things in, modify, or do anything!

    ✖ Finally, we've added a navigation to the community layouts, for easy access, so you don't have to click on the profile to see the navigation!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please use our mod contact page and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading!
 
 
01 September 2014 @ 04:19 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK + GAME/MOD HMD  



A C T I V I T Y C H E C K
G A M E / M O D H M D


Hello, test subjects! It's time for another Activity Check and HMD.

This post will double as the Vivarium and mod HMD. If you have any critiques or things you want to mention, this is where you comment. Let us know if how we're doing, good or bad, and what you would like to see in the game. Anonymous will be turned on, IP Logging off, so do not hesitate to let us know for anything.

As for the Activity Check, it will be a little different this round since both Calhoun Hours and a game event were introduced. Please read carefully to understand how this round will be judged!

For full AC, you must:
    ✖ Have 10 comments from you during Calhoun's Bingo.

    ✖ Tagged at least one 'Heart of the Matter' plot posts and have at least 10 comments in total from you.

    ✖ Complete the most recent puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in the puzzle room.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totaling 15 comments.
      ✖ If you would like to use your AB game pair thread, you will need to use it as part of the latter option.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: August 1st - September 8th.

You have reduced AC if:
    ✖ You were accepted mid-month.

    ✖ You were on a hiatus for less than a month.


For reduced AC, you must:
    ✖ Complete every puzzle room or have 10 comments from you in every puzzle room and Calhoun Bingo that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Tagged at least one 'Heart of the Matter' plot posts and have at least 10 comments in total from you.

    ✖ Have submitted a vote for every AB Voting round that was put up when you were not on hiatus.

    ✖ Have one thread with 10 comments from you outside of puzzle rooms, or two threads totalling 15 comments.

    ✖ Have these tags within the following time span: August 1st - September 8th.

You are exempt if:
    ✖ You were accepted in the first week of the month.

    ✖ You were on hiatus for a whole month.


NOTE: Treat Calhoun Hours as puzzle rooms. For the Calhoun Party event, we do not require a mandatory amount of tags in it, due to its messy nature, so tags done in the reaction and the game itself will count for the AC's portion of 10 tags in one thread or 15 tags across two threads.

Please copy-paste the following form that is relevant to you, and comment below. Everyone must comment, including exempt characters.

Full AC
Reduced AC
Exemption

Activity must be posted by 11:59PM EST on September 8, 2014.
 
 
23 August 2014 @ 01:43 am
announcements.  
Hello, test subjects! It has been a while since our last announcement post, so please give this a read through!
    ✖ Kariya’s player, Erry, has dropped from the game, sadly, so we will have a post concerning this later tonight or tomorrow.

    ✖ However, we will like to welcome Lisa to Vivarium! She will be bringing in Piper Chapman from Orange is the New Black (TV Show). Please welcome her to the game!

    ✖ We will resume AB Rounds starting on August 25, Day 18. Characters will be given access to the second floor of the warehouse starting on this day. We will have a post put up concerning this on the day we begin our AB Round.

    ✖ Characters will continue to have a grey BP and statuses until Day 18, but for plotting purposes, here are our next teams:
      RED SOLO - Zelos Wilder
      BLUE SOLO - Ema Skye
      GREEN SOLO - Hershel Layton
      GREY SOLO - Colette

      RED PAIR - Clive Dove & Jake Muller
      BLUE PAIR - Akiko & Heiji Hattori
      GREEN PAIR - Piper Chapman & Snake
      GREY PAIR - Aoi Asahina & Enjolras

    ✖ As everyone can see, we have four teams of SOLOs and PAIRs, instead of three teams of all PAIRs. For this, we have decided to add a fourth room, through the grey coloured door, for the next few AB Rounds, but this will not be a puzzle room. This is something that will give characters more freedom than the other rooms, and they are not necessarily solving any puzzles. We will release more details once characters enter through this room, but until now, it’s a secret as to what this mysterious fourth room is.

    ✖ We have noticed that the Calhoun Hour weeks have been very hectic and fast, when paired up with plot events. For this, we are planning on making the next Calhoun Hour events last for four OOC days instead of three to hopefully make them more manageable for everyone. We will certainly have more mingle-based events as well, seeing how well Bingo has turned out for everyone.

    ✖ We will continue to have the puzzle rooms last for three OOC days, as we feel that that number of days has been working out decently.

    ✖ We are still learning what works best for this game, so we want to apologize for that and hope that you will be patient for us. We will love to hear some feedback on how everything has gone so far, and any suggestions! Your opinions matter to us greatly.

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04 August 2014 @ 07:23 pm
announcement.  
Hello, test subjects! We apologize for putting up an announcement so soon after the previous one, but we have a few very important things to announce.

    ✖ First of all, we are sad to announce Starry, Kotetsu's player, has dropped from the game. Here is a post to address this, along with the IC introduction of our new characters.

    ✖ With a slot open, we will like to welcome Marie to the game! She will be playing Colette Brunel of Tales of Symphonia, so please say hello to her!

    ✖ Reminder: Please do your Activity Check if you have not done it yet! Also, we will be having our Mario Party game on the 7th, and another event on the 16th! We will resume AB Rounds starting on the 25th.

    ✖ Now, this next part is going to have a large impact to the plot. It is mandatory OOCly to participate in upcoming plot, so please read this carefully and fill out the appropriate forms below! Newcomers must also partake in this.

    Near the end of the two week break period, Calhoun will be pulling characters into a private room to speak with them individually. In here, he’ll do one of two things:

    Threaten to reveal a secret: Maybe your character has something that would be very disadvantageous for the group at large to know! Of course they wouldn’t remember it, and it might be possible that Calhoun is less than honest with his wording, but the evidence he’s going to give is very damning…

    For example, Character A was once a prime suspect in a murder! Sure, he was framed but Calhoun doesn’t need to tell Character A that. The group finding out about something like this sure wouldn’t be good for his image and future chances of allying, and these police records aren’t exactly making Character A look sweet and innocent in all this.

    Even if your character doesn’t believe Calhoun, would the rest of the group be so understanding when they read those reports?

    Shown a memory that the desperately want a conclusion to: There might be something in your character’s life that they hold very dear, like a family member or best friend. Of course, they might not remember them, due to the memory loss, but Calhoun will gladly show them a memory with this important person. Out of context, however, this memory will be more alarming than comforting, and will end abruptly without a clear conclusion as to what has happened to them.

    For example, Character B remembers that she was very close to her family, and this memory contains her house burning down, with her family still trapped inside, a fire that she might have started. Before she can figure out whether her family got out or not, the memory stops there.

    Calhoun will refuse to give any hints as to how the memory ended, and leave them with a dying curiosity as to what happened.

    Note: Calhoun will be going through their memories to find the one thing that will give them the most conflict, so when deciding on what your secret or memory is, please choose one where it will make it difficult for your character to decide what to do.

    If you’re having trouble with creating a secret or memory, remember that this is an AU game, so you may create something for this event. Just ensure that it is IC with your character to fall within this situation. If you are still having difficulty with coming up with something, please contact the mods for help.

    Also, you may be wondering the reason behind this fun sounding request: Calhoun will be announcing an ultimatum in the next few days, something he hopes will stir things up.

    The test subjects will be given a simple choice, give Calhoun a ‘show’ or not only will their dirty secrets be revealed but they can kiss ever seeing the end of these troubling memories goodbye. There will be a timeframe, either put on this show before the next AB game or during, and once voting is done time’s up!

    If you think your character will be desperate enough to do something, say so in the form. What does a ‘show’ entail, you might ask? Well, that’s all Calhoun’s going to say! Maybe he means betrayal, maybe he means a fight, maybe he wants a full production of Hamlet performed in entirety in the lounge. It’s more than likely he wants some conflict, and how much will please him is hard to say. He’s not going to be forthcoming about any of it, so if your character is truly desperate they may need to take truly desperate measures...

    If someone satisfies Calhoun’s boredom with a good show, everyone’s memories and secrets are safe! The person who Calhoun deems the most entertaining may even win that one cut memory back or a memory of their choice if they’re being threatened with a secret.

    Please fill out the following and comment to this entry by August 9, 11:59PM EST.
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