Betrayed by mods

Beginning Janurary 1st, Early Morning, a minor rooming change will have occurred.

All of those empty rooms in the rooming hall? GONE. The change happened right at 2:30AM, and any characters awake and in the rooming hall will have experienced a dizzy spell lasting about 30 seconds. Until they go out and look at their door (and why would they for a little dizzy spell?), those that shifted rooms will be unaware they're in a new room. If a character was out and about at 2:30AM, when they get back to the rooming hall they will see that their name is now on a different door, but they will not experience a dizzy spell. If a character was asleep... well, they slept right through it, lucky things. For those who did not shift rooms, nothing happened, sorry.

So who changed rooms? See the rooming post. (For those that didn't record their character's room number anywhere, tsk tsk. It's pretty much everyone Lenalee on down.)

~ Erica

Rema, you are all shouting, yelling, protesting - where was last night's exploration?! I demand a refund. Get in the car, kids, we're going home.

Hold your horses, hold your horses, Betrayed! Do you think that I was merely so far behind in my homework I couldn't post something? Or that between the three of us, we were unwilling or able to tell you what happened with your characters? No, of course not! Now, little halves of keys are not entirely coincidental occurrences, my friends. Where is your fervor, your extreme sense of curiosity? Let me hear your intense desire to find out what the hell is going on.

At exactly 5 PM this very evening, that is December 30th, a very strange thing happened. Lenalee and Balthier, chased by zombies, and against all odds, put the two very strange halves of keys together and opened the front door.

Now, before we start explaining about this, lets bring up the very specific things that this did. The key (which is magic) fit into the lock. The door opened.

Every character was magically taken to the main hall, and the light flooded in reversing the effects of the zombie curse, and thus ending the event. Aside from the Main Hall, the Upstairs Hall, and the Rooming Hall, all doors are locked. Zombie characters get to keep their current stats (so that's good for your strength but not really for anything else, my apologies on that one.)

As the light blinds your face, the harsh and very real light of the sun on your face which has not been tainted by magic, you realize you are free.

( And the world is your oyster. )

Have Fun Betrayed!,
♥ Rema

Activity Check is complete. Please run the following through the admin console for each of your characters:

friend remove atawhim friend remove cockiest friend remove composedshibuya friend remove epitomical friend remove gunsandscalpels friend remove johanliebert friend remove lifeinvitro friend remove telltaleblue friend remove urusaikuzu friend remove zreezree friend add coolerthansora friend add galbanas

There should be 36 journals on your flist.

As you've probably noticed, betrayedbyrpg got a facelift! Things are a little better organized now on the profile page and there's also a new suggest an item post which can be accessed through the exploration post.

~ Erica

Now I know some of the characters on here are planning to drop, but it's not official unless you use the drop post. If you are on hiatus, remember that post is there for you. At the end of the check we'll give the items people who have dropped away, as well as a refresher for your friends' pages.

Remember, all you need to pass is one post or one log between now and next Tuesday, September 1st. If you fail to post you will be dropped from the game. I will try to find the people on the list and contact them to let them know to the best of my ability, but if you know these people a gentle nudge is always nice.

( And the list )

Also an flist refresher, go to your admin console and copy and paste the following:

friend remove cheifofcheifs friend remove cruxignis friend remove go_karuma friend remove unbidden friend remove wannahitthat friend add atawhim friend add hammermachine

Boys, girls, and others,

A few orders of business to take care of, good things, bad things, thing-things.

First Order of business: To keep your friends pages current, please go to you admin console and copy and past the following:

friend remove hammermebaby friend remove grin_reaping friend remove kyokomogami friend remove shinratwotimer friend remove twiceuponadream friend remove turkish_blondie friend remove lady_dalmasca friend add steelalchemy friend add wannahitthat

We're down to 46 characters (so you should have 48 journals friended, including the mod and npc journals), which is a little low but nothing we haven't dealt with before, right?

Second Order of Business: For exploring, you are welcome to go back and visit a room you've already been in (except you can not re-enter the same room on one turn), but if someone has identified a shard in a room you are welcome to go get it. Remember, if you have found a shard you can no longer find another one.

Third Order of Business: Well if you took a peak at the calendar yet, you'll have noticed today is Christmas Eve in-game. Right now the entire house is decked out in Christmas cheer, and in the sitting room you will find a giant tree and stockings hanging off a shelf. Each stocking has a different character's name on it, feel free to speculate about this as you will. The mistletoe is now in more malicious places, like the centers of rooms and other things. Due to the magics of the house, you are free to assume there is mistletoe anywhere until Early Morning December 26th. The mistletoe will come and go from various locations, due to this magic, so have fun with that while you still can.

But what would Christmas Day be without some kind of event, am I right?

( The Christmas Event )

Since you all got the powers that you asked for I suppose this is rather superfluous (also they got them July 12 but shush), but hey. Also, in regards to the haunt, hang tight. We're giving a little time to finish up the ball log since we're all taking our time which is good (also I'm guilty as charged) and we'd really like to wait for Erica to come back from internet-less land. She should be back tomorrow so look for lots of Haunt related announcements come Monday. However I'm going to put up a list on this post as well of the current registered characters for the Haunt so necessary changes can be made if anyone wants in or out.

( Powers )

( Haunt Participation )

And have an flist refresher while I'm at it. Go to here and copy and paste the following:

friend remove daybreakwaltz friend remove godsgift2you friend remove whatisjustice friend remove bearer_of_shame friend remove archadianliege friend add emptyrouge friend add dewdrop_pebble friend add stfunewb friend add eternitywitch1 friend add firstclasswings

-Rema

The anniversary event has started, so remember, for this in-game day, no characters will have powers. If you character is new, you are still welcome to take a second power. The offer is good for any new characters before tomorrow.

Time to give your flists a refresher, no? It's been some time since we did this - remember, the flist update thing is generally all up to date (except this very second because of the activity check) but you can always remove everything and re-add the people you need.

Go to your admin console and copy and paste the following:

friend add caffeineaplenty friend add sun_blessed friend add researchcrazed friend add archadianliege friend add eternallyfirst friend add reclusivedawn friend add betray_vincent friend add ondancingflames friend add unbidden friend remove morebulletspls friend remove fontechnophilia friend remove enginesoul friend remove azothmaiden friend remove ridingvalkyrie friend remove colorfulidiom friend remove aziraforthewin friend remove omnomnomsweets friend remove hollowphobic friend remove godsavethe friend remove acedickhead friend remove impala_man friend remove shewhowhips friend remove lets_split_up friend remove zoooinks friend remove sharpestbelief friend remove grimmykitty friend remove formydream friend remove semper_fi_agent friend remove herpesme friend remove daughterofnayru friend remove 21xxhero friend remove metaldoodads

Yes... that is horribly disproportionate.

Anyway, onwards and upwards.

~Rema

So I've been remiss. While had mentioned in the PAQ some of the details about the network and the system, I had not thoroughly explained the way the system works. As I've mentioned to a couple of you, the post format is much like livejournal, without userpics or usernames, instead, the name appearing on their door would be there.

The device itself looks like a palm pilot, or even a bit like an iPhone. You use a stylus pen with it, which is stored in the side like a palm pilot would be. These cannot be turned off. There is a speaker, a mic, and a camera in each device, the placement of these would be more akin to a phone.

The main menu, which will be what is normally displayed when your character has it out lays out the options your character has, in button form, like an iPhone. For the moment, those options are: "Contacts", "Access the System", "Text Post", "Video Post", "Voice Post", "Documents", "Office Suite", "Connect to Terminal." [For the most part, the computer terminals have these same options, the exception being that it would have "Connect to PDA" instead of terminal.)

Contacts: The contact list reads like the rooming list, and then lists options. An example of this:

Ffamran Mid Bunansa Balthier, Room One. Call? Text? Pic? Video?
Fran, Room One. Call? Text? Pic? Video?
Rand al'Thor, Room 2. Call? Text? Pic? Video?

And so on and so forth. Each option would be clickable. Call and text are straightforward, the "pic" and "video" options would be sent directly to that person. It would not be a filter, as it is direct, so it could be notated as "[Video to Balthier]". These would not be able to be hacked, unless you have gotten mod permission for hacking the system or a communication device itself.

Should a character leave, a message will pop up on your screen that so and so has left, and the inverse is true:

System information updated for:
Yuffie Kisaragi, Gone
Rhode Kamleot, Room Twenty

Recapping, this message will show for character who have left, come, or moved rooms.

Access the System: Accessing the system will bring you up the list of posts which have been posted at that time. Should someone post, your PDA will beep once. If the System Manager posts, it is a continual beep until you open it. Getting something filtered and/or sent to you will be a vibrate, and a call will be a standard ring.

The list you would see would be entirely text based, and read something like:

( Here I'm saving your friend's page )

Text Post / Voice post / Video Post: The Voice Post and the video post work the same way. You basically have a field like the one we all post with in livejournal. With each one you can set the filters as you wish. The keyboard for text posting would be on screen, and you would use the stylus (or you can plug in the terminal keyboard) When posting, you may use any combination of the three different styles, add attachments, etc. This part is really pretty open and free. There is also a "save to documents" feature instead of posting to the network, which can be used for recording video or voice you don't want to post.

The times that will show up will all be in the 24 Hour format. So after noon, 13:00, 14:00, etc.

Documents / Office Suite: The documents is anything you have saved to your PDA; pictures, videos, text documents, voice recordings, saved posts, etc. The Office Suite is like Microsoft or Open Office. It's got a basic drawing program, a word processor, a calculator and spread sheet system, and, yes, even power point. All of the documents you make in the suite are transferable between terminal and PDA, and can be sent over the system. Plus the system is super fast so no waiting on pictures to load!

Connect to Terminal: There is a cable plugged into all of the terminals to do this. If you want to get data to or from the terminals, this would be the way to do it.

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In the future applications may be add to either the PDA or the Terminals separately, so just keep on the look out. I'm sorry I hadn't done this sooner and I hope this cleared up any questions you had.

Faithfully,
~Rema

Following up B.M's invitations to the ball, we will now give you a kind of overview on what's going on. (As a note on that, if your character has just joined, the invitation will be waiting for them when they get to their respective rooms.)

Betrayed's One Year Anniversary is July 8th! Which is the morning of December 19th. But who wants to have a ball at six in the morning, am I right? However, the anniversary event will last for the entire in game day, which means our celebrating will start on July 7th and end on July 11th.

Starting from the Early Morning of December 19th (July 7th), none of the characters will have the use of any of their powers. That means everyone is exactly as weak as everyone else!

Then, during the Morning portion of that day (July 8th), each character will find new clothes laid out for them. If they chose to go, they must wear whatever has been left for them. While the design of their ball costume is up to you as a player, there are guidelines involved here (and male characters have really very little to chose from, so they get kind of gyped, I'm afraid.) The male characters will be wearing tuxes, tails are encouraged (but optional). They may wear a vest or a cummerbund, in the color of your choosing. The women, on the other hand, have fewer parameters. Women must be in formal dresses. And by formal we mean something akin to Victorian Era dress, although you may take as many Hollywood liberties with that as you please. The basic concept is that the dresses are not too modern, not too flapper-esque, and maintain a sense of elegance. But other than that, the concept of the dress is up to you. For both men and women, whatever they are given they will get to keep for the remainder of their stay at the house, even after the house resets, etc., etc.

During the Day (July 9th), they will find their bathrooms stocked with things like nice shampoo and smelly soaps and even bubble bath. There will be clean brushes and an assortment of personal care items, which, once again, they get to keep forever although they may run out of shampoo before the end of forever. Aren't you all lucky you also have hot water to go with that?

Now comes the fun part, Early Night and Late Night (July 10 - July 11). As B.M. wrote, the ball will start at five, there will be plenty of food and drink (include alcoholic beverages so someone please keep the younger characters away from that stuff we don't need a hand full of drunks around here.) But something seems off about the whole affair. The servants serving the food, the bartender, the string quartet - they're all...sort of transparent. Yet they hold things and hand you things but you get the distinct impression they're not entirely alive. But other than that, this seems to be an innocent night of dancing and partying. And, who knows, maybe you'll finally meet B.M. himself.

The following morning, (July 12) when your characters wake up again, they will have all of their powers, plus one. If you are taking another power, please leave a comment here and we will release the list that morning, as we did for the 50 character power give away.

Advisees, Seers, and American Girls,

It is that dreaded time we have fled from for so long - activity check time. Now I know some of the characters on here are planning to drop, but it's not official unless you use the drop post. If you are on hiatus, remember that post is there for you. At the end of the check we'll give the items people who have dropped away, as well as a refresher for your friends' pages.

Remember, all you need to pass is one post or one log between now and next Tuesday, June 30. If you fail to post you will be dropped from the game. I will find the people on the list and contact them to let them know to the best of my ability, but if you know these people a gentle nudge is always nice.

( And the list )

Get posting,
~Rema

Dreamers,

The Dream Event has officially begun. It's Midnight in CSTland, so have at it.

~Rema

Bookworms, Bookmen, and Internet Users,

1. The Rules post has been updated. It has added on, now, the explanation of what's required for activity checks as well as some rules about hiatusing. You really don't need to read what's written, doubtless you know already however one thing of note about hiatusing is that we have a cap on the length of hiatus, there will be no indefinite hiatuses and the longest one you can take will be Three Months. The other change is that the character limit has been increased to Four.
2. The PAQ has been given some new answers [perhaps I should make it the SAQ, Sometimes Asked Questions]. These are things which have come up in chat but I haven't formally adressed, including breaking and fixing things in the house, moving rooms, and why the Final Fantasy VII characters have magic without materia.
3. Activity checks are coming up this month and you all are well aware, I'm sure.  A list of people who have not posted once in the last month will be posted June 23, and they will have one week to make a post, at which point they will be dropped from the game. Remember, now that it's summer you have friends who need things to do, so bring in more people to join us.
4. Something special is coming up soon. No, it's not Christmas, you'll hear more about that as we get into July.  But Betrayed!'s one year anniversary is coming up! The date is July 8~! So what's going to happen? Well, Christmas isn't the only thing the System Manager has been getting ready for, so keep your eyes peeled for some details about what's going to happen. That's less than a month away.
5. Don't forget the Dream Event runs from June 12 to June 17. So I hope we can all be active.

~Rema

Time for a flist refresh.

admin console

friend add johanliebert friend remove chibikuya friend remove clockingout friend remove ecksth friend remove innocenceheart friend remove ivalice_dancer friend remove lookingforglory friend remove otherspromise friend remove rose_enchantee friend remove sisterlybonds friend remove suckmychupa friend remove thelieshaveit friend remove true_to_heart

You should have 56 journals on your flist along with the four comms.

We have one item for pick up. Comment if you'd like your character to find it.

Pearl Necklace - To Frederic

~ Erica

Lakers, bakers, and candlestick makers,

Alright, I'm going to spend time getting everything updated today. Just as a note, the system messages I skipped have an IC reason, which he may hint at in the forthcoming one, but we'll see.

In any case, we've been losing people, so we need an flist refresher here. Remember, if you love Betrayed! you should help us entice people over so we can grow and be amazing. Of course, we'll miss all of those we have lost.

Go to your admin console:

friend add go_karuma friend add sharpestbelief friend add lifeinvitro friend add urusaikuzu friend add fontechnophilia friend remove magicalwright friend remove suckmychupa friend remove juniorheroes friend remove maninducksheets friend remove carry_my_shit friend remove wolfbangle friend remove aimforheaven friend remove illjustfadeaway

I know this month is super busy for everyone, but we'll get through it. I imagine the summer will be a really productive time for Betrayed!, and, of course, our birthday is coming up so we've got lots to look forward too.

As a note, again, please put a note in the hiatus post if you are on hiatus.

Best of luck to everyone on exams, etc. We'll try and sneak an event in at the end of the month, as a celebration for making it through the evil month of May!

~Rema

edit: Right. Items. Comment if you want one, and stats will be adjusted accordingly, etc.

Sealed Envelope #1 - To Sho
Rag Doll - To Linaly
The Pearl Necklace - To Roxas
The Compass - To Kanda

Just a quick note, but, if you are on hiatus/semi-hiatus/not here, or are planning on not being here in an instance where you may fail an activity check (remember, everyone needs one post or a log with 10 comments by the beginning of July) please comment on the hiatus post.

I know I've been not handling things, and I'm very sorry. Musical and tech has kept me from doing anything other than homework these last two weeks, (and going to Disneyland Wednesday but shush) but I should get everything updated tomorrowish and get back on schedule.

Although...it is AP/IB testing. Wish me luck?

Love and apologies,
~Rema

Angles, Tangents, and Derivatives,

It is that special time, activity check time. The very first activity check ever. Consider this post your "in danger of failing post" and then on Sunday (May 3rd) the purge list will be released. For this time around, we require one post for the last six months, accepting only those characters who are less than a week old.

( Without Further Ado )

Also, to keep your flists updated, please copy and paste the following to your admin console:

friend add telltaleblue friend remove firaga friend remove ruh_roh_raggy friend remove resonair friend remove lolorly friend remove jinkies_aclue

Remember, the next activity check (you'll get an in danger of fail notice at the end of June, and it will be completed on the first of July) will require you to have one post for that two month period. We don't want anyone to fail, alright? So lets keep up the activity.

Stay awesome,
~Rema

Edit: Because I didn't address this. A log of more than 10 comments will also count towards activity.

Quick reminder about the cast requests post. I'm going to start using it this weekend~

Also, in case anyone needs one, a little flist refersher. Plug into admin console. There should be 71 people one your flist now.
friend add maninducksheets friend add morebulletspls friend add azothmaiden friend add true_to_heart friend add lookingforglory friend add cockiest friend add composedshibuya friend add epitomical friend add fightforastar friend add ridingvalkyrie friend add gunsandscalpels friend add zreezree friend add metaldoodads friend remove sisterlybonds friend remove hoerozabimaru friend remove fullofcuriosity friend remove braidedwisdom

~Erica