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Steve Rogers ([personal profile] a_man_out_of_time) wrote in [community profile] outofalpha2016-09-10 05:59 pm

The Steve Rogers Welcome Wagon


Hi everyone! Spencer here. I play Steve Rogers (aka guy trying to be everyone's dad) and because of some of his IC actions, I am now inviting anyone interested to...

JOIN THE ALPHA COMPLEX WELCOME WAGON!
  • Help new players and new characters get introduced to Alpha and orient them, Specials-style.
  • By joining, you're signing up to either handwave or thread out an introduction thread with a new character just as they get out of their orientation by the Computer in the Technical Services sector. Your character will be the first PC the new character will meet.
  • If you want your character to be on the welcoming committee, just let me know somehow. Via this post, plurk, PM wherever.
  • If your character doesn't know Steve yet but you want to be on the welcoming committee, let me know and we'll handwave what's necessary to get your PC on board. Only caveat is that Steve won't ask people who he thinks aren't right for the job. Ex: if a Loki (replace with any villains from any canon) show up in game and don't bother to hide their true selves, Steve will not ask said villain to be on the welcoming committee. Of course, villains don't have to *act* like villains, and anyone interested in sabotaging this in any way is ALSO welcome to contact me and we can plot that too. :D
IN CHARACTER PROCESS:
  • When new Specials are about to wake up, Technical Services sends Steve a message. 
  • Steve will then contact one of the PCs who have signed up to volunteer, and ask them to go meet the new Special. Steve does not get any information about WHO the Special is. So your character will just have to find out when they get there.
  • Currently, Steve has the authority to pull you out of your job for a bit if you want to have orientation during the day. Otherwise, Steve can ping you after work as well.
OUT OF CHARACTER PROCESS:
  • Currently, when an app is approved by the mods, characters report for duty on the next Daycycle. Basically, characters that get in from Monday - Saturday start the next Sunday, when the new Daycycle begins.
  • Orientation threads however, happen on the current Daycycle, which gives new players a chance to play instead of waiting until Sunday.
  • Logistically, I will rotate through everyone who has signed up so that no one is overwhelmed with orientation threads, and ping you when new characters/players are introduced. Then, I'll leave it to you and the new player to setup the thread.
  • Characters who are on the welcoming committee will never be assigned to welcome someone from their own canon. (Shhh it's because Technical Services doesn't think it's a good idea for Specials with similar glitches to welcome each other. Don't worry, Steve is IC on the case and might start a war over this who knows.) 
  • I've made a Google Spreadsheet to keep track of all the volunteers so far, which I've embedded at the bottom of this post.
INFORMATION TO GIVE DURING ORIENTATION:
  • If your character says yes, Steve will tell you to make sure to at least communicate the following during orientation:
    • Be careful about what you say, we're always being watched.
    • You can access a special encrypted network, just for Specials, on your PDC.
    • Show up tomorrow morning at 0800 in the Internal Security Headquarters in the IE Sector for your job assignment and any missions.
  • He will also want you to do normal things like show them where they live, walk them around the Wagon Wheel, etc. But those things aren't as obviously stressed as the points above.
  • For reference, this is the new arrival process post new characters are linked to when accepted.
  • If you want some help with what orientation threads look like, here are a few: One, Two, Three. Please feel free to use any of the text from Steve's examples if you like the wording.
  • Questions? Ask away!

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[personal profile] whattingawhat 2016-09-20 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Late to the party, but can I add Buffy to the Welcome Wagon?