It is time for Darkest Web’s monthly report on the state of Darkest Web, and I want to kick this off with a shout out to all our new players and a thank you to all our old that have stuck around for the past two years. We as, an admin team, are more than grateful to you guys, and without you, this board wouldn’t be as wonderful as it is.

Okay, so the list of updates that are going to be happening over the next month or so.

001: Narrowing the Active Territories

First, we shall start with the biggest change that is happening. Over the last few months, your admin team has been looking at the activity on the board, and we are getting the feeling that we are spread too thin, but character and player wise. We know that things are hard for a ruler to pick up vital characters to help with keeping their territories active, and it is just as hard for non-rulers to make sure that there are enough characters/players active in an area to keep that character busy and you happy. So we have come to the decision that will be narrowing down the active territories for each realm to 4 for a total of 8 Territories.

The reason for this move is basically an attempt to keep allow characters to bunch up in the few active territories instead of spreading out and finding it hard for someone to post with. Also we feel that with 8 open territories, we might encourage people to only place 1 character in a territory, and yet still not feel overwhelmed by the amount of characters they have. If everyone spreads out their characters, we believe that if only 15 of our 25 players are actively active at any one time, there will be no lack of others to play with and those active will not find themselves up a creek without a paddle. And while this is not a requirement, it is something to think about for yourself and maybe look at just “where” your characters are all located.

While this is an action that we, as a team, think that is best for the board, we are still taking suggestions and “complains”, and if the board as a whole has an issue with, we will revisit it. Characters in the 3 territories we are shutting down in Terrielle, and the 1 territory we are shutting in Kaeleer will not be lost and nor would you have to get rid of them. We are attempting to come up with plots for each area to be worked into our overall plot, and hopefully give you guys something to do with those displaced character. That being said if you would like to revamp your characters that will be acceptable too. The object of this move is to create more opportunities for those characters to get involved, and not to lose them in the shuffle.

So without further ado, the list of territories that we are currently looking to close down on Nov. 1 is:

Askavi, T – There will be a force that overtakes Askavi forcing those loyal to the current Askavi court to move to Gabriel’s hideout in mountains of Raej (Montagne Stronghold). There they will plot to take back what is rightfully theirs. This should allow for the players in Askavi to be forced together, and well, a group of violate Eyriens forced in one place always means that there will be a party.

Pruul, T – COMING SOON!

Shalador, T – Raej and Mel will be conquering Shalador (that is if it is okay with Esbe and crew), we have been talking about Reaj attacking Shalador for a while now, so instead we will just have Mel win. Shalador character could either be enslaved or join up with the rebellion group in the outskirts of Raej, or could maybe try and help Askavi in exchange for help getting Shalador back. Of course, these are just suggestions, and you are not forced to take any of these routes.

Nharkhava, K – Well, as we have no activity there yet, this one shouldn’t be a big move. We are thinking about once the Dark Jewels start taking back territories from the Sisterhood, maybe moving the Have and the camp and the characters to Nharkhava and playing out that storyline there. But this will require a large ACTIVE group to pull off.

We will have rules and regulations about how to open a new territory, and we are working them out now. Currently, we are looking at 3-5 PLAYERS with active established characters (IE no newly created characters) wishing to open a new place, and they will have to have a fully fleshed out subplot that will be submitted to the staff for approval. At any point the character/players involved go inactive for more than 2 weeks, the plot will be subject to denial and we will close down the territory once more.

Oh, one more note: Ebon Askavi will still be on the board, but it will become one board instead of 2. Post there will just have to state which Realm they are in. We are also going to be looking for a Priestess of Opal Jewel strength to be the Seneschal of the Keep. This character will be important (or could be important for the upcoming Cleaning of Kaeleer Plot).

002: Subforums & Provinces

We will be evaluating the use of each subforum in each Territory. We would like to narrow Territory down to 2 active provinces with the potential to have more with active players. (IE If you are a ruler of a Province you will not lose your rulership.) This is for the same reason why we are narrowing down our field of play. We would like to group up characters into one area, than have them spread out. Ruling courts are barely filled out in most cases, and we would like to see the courts become more fleshed out.

003: Who’s Who List

I am going to be posting a new Who’s Who List for us to update again. While I still will be doing the monthly activity checks, I will be using the Who’s Who list to update the ratio XL file in between; this will also allow new players to have one list to look at. This will be added to the character acceptance policy much like face claims.

004: Staff

We may or may not be looking for a few non-admin staff. These staff members will not be required to approve or even be responsible for doing large stuff around the board; instead it will be small stuff. Some examples are: updating the face claim or the who’s who list, or even just posting our ads on boards that are posting here. There will be no requirements time wise instead it will be whenever you have a few moment. This is to help out mainly me and the other admins to keep up appearances on the board, and possibly allow the admins (especially me focused on posting and doing the major stuff). After if a bunch of people help out with the small stuff, it will only take a few moments of everyone’s time. This will be voluntary work, and I just need to be able to give you guys mod controls.

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If you need Mods for the site, I'm totally game. I don't mind keeping the Face Claim and the Who's Who up to date--it will give me something to do while waiting for others to post. :) (has read it)

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Siaralinde gets to be part of a takeover of a territory. She says yay!

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Question, where did my profile for Isabella go? She was under Zuulaman before, but she's nowhere in the Terreille section for profile.

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Read it. And Melisande is happy...bwahahahaha. Although she is not too thrilled about brother dearests friends running around her territory. ;)

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