outofalpha | September Updates

Alpha is growing by leaps and bounds thanks to your word of mouth! Here are a couple of changes that have been made since the beginning of September.

The cap of three characters in game per player at a time has been changed to allow for more than three characters on a case by case basis. Rule #9 under Playable Characters has been changed to the following:

"Players may have up to three characters in the game at any given time. Requests for additional characters will be reviewed on a case by case basis, depending on player activity and character history. Please choose your characters carefully, apping and dropping a character in a short period of time doesn't help development for anyone involved."

The waiting period still applies to these additional characters. Meaning if you are approved for an additional character, you have to have met activity for all of your current characters for the current activity check period before bringing them in, or wait until successfully passing your first activity check for your most recently added character.

The rules in regards to failed activity checks has been changed. Rule #4 under Activity, Absences and Dropping has been changed to the following:

Characters who fail to remain active will be warned and players must meet activity for all of their failed characters within the following month post failed activity check. If they fail to meet activity within the next month, these characters will be dropped from the game.

This is to ensure that a character isn't held for four full months (or two activity periods) without meeting activity. Please don't hesitate to put your character on hiatus if you need to, or to discuss any issues with the mods early.

We now have a Mod Contact Post where you can reach myself or Jen for any Alpha questions or needs. Please also feel free to direct potential players here if they have any questions.

The Contact Page has been updated with details on how to join the Alpha Slack Chatroom. This is a great avenue for plotting and getting to know fellow players.

Steve Rogers, Alpha's very own #27, has been granted permission by the computer to form sort of a welcoming committee. Spencer (Steve-mun) explains this beautifully in this Out of Alpha Post she just made about it. If you're interested in having your character join or participate, please contact her at the post linked above,

flyawayblackbird, or pm

a_man_out_of_time. Thank you, Spencer for putting this together for us!

If you have any questions or concerns about any of these changes, please let me know. As always, we value your feedback and your input. It's you amazing players who make this game great!

Thank you,
Sam