Regarding Claims

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Because of the staggeringly high number of character claims we've been getting, this phase we took the time to track, on a cursory basis, which characters were and weren't played. The intention isn't to call out anyone in particular, just to lay out some numbers to give an idea of what's going on.

In this last phase, 178 characters were claimed.

More than 60 of them, which is ONE THIRD, were not played even once during the phase.

In addition to that, there were at least a dozen more characters that commented once or twice and never again.

In addition to that, there were a few characters who were played that had never been claimed in the first place.

Some people had as many as 15 characters that they claimed, but never played. (Yes, one of your mods is aware that she had 6 unused characters, and has pledged to claim WAY fewer characters this phase, in case you're wondering.)

We are not currently adding more restrictions, just trying to make everyone aware of what things look like right now. By claiming a character but not playing them for four weeks, you're depriving another person of the chance to play that character, which isn't fair to someone who could actually be active in that time.

Please, when you're claiming your characters, consider this. Please remember that if a character isn't working out for you or if you don't have time to play him or her, to drop to allow someone else the chance to play that character. If it's been two weeks and you haven't played a character yet, think about dropping them. It's a matter of being considerate to other players, so that we can have a fun and active community. We will continue to monitor this throughout the new phase.

The new claims post will be up within a couple of hours. Thank you.

Phase 7 Claims

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Explanation via thewonderkitten:

We have a Claim Post! It can be updated whenever. People can claim as many damn people as they want to. It's largely to have a sense of organization and make sure we don't have fifteen different Stileses running around.

So like let's say. "Phase" (for lack of a better word) starts -- I decide I'd really like to play an elephant, Nicki Minaj, and my left shoe. So I hop right in there the start of the phase and claim 'em.

A few weeks later, I decide I'm really shit at RPing my left shoe. I don't want to play it anymore. I would, however, really like to play Dani's bra collection and the whole cast of Urinetown. So I go back to that claim post, remove my left shoe from my claim, and add Dani's bra collection and the whole cast of Urinetown. I can do this at any time throughout the phase because goodness knows we get sick of characters or want to break out new characters every five seconds or so.

At the end of like... a month or so, we scrub that motherfucker clean and everyone has to go in and reclaim characters. So if I was playing Nicki Minaj last phase, you are totally welcome to claim her for this phase and we can cycle through characters that way.

Guidelines for each new phase: We're leaving it up to you to decide, but please try to leave your characters that you believe are popular (i.e. the ones that are played most often in mafia or the ones most quickly snatched up) to be claimed by someone else. Maybe wait a day and if they aren't claimed, you can claim them again. Also, as soon as I mark you on the spreadsheet, I will link you to a new bios post (to be made shortly), so please try to fill that out with all of your characters so people can refer to it to get a feel of your characters.

However, this doesn't mean everyone has to wipe their slate clean, they can if they want. It's just a good way of knocking out inactive characters and letting people have a shot at playing previously claimed characters.

Suggestions for you: These are just suggestions and not requirements. Just some things that will help everyone involved. When you are claiming, or reclaiming, please try to include full name/full fandom. I, unfortunately, am not Google personified and I'm not sure whether X-Men and XMFC are the same fandom. Also, if there are different adaptations, please try to clarify which one you are using. For example, instead of saying Sherlock, say Sherlock (BBC) or Sherlock (2009 film). Also, for reclaiming, please try to just reclaim your most active ones at the beginning of the phase. If you have some that you don't play very much, maybe it'll be good to let someone else have a try.

Claiming Rules: Within the first 48 hours, each player will only be allowed to claim fewer than ten characters. Refer to this post for our reasons why.

I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY CLAIMS WITH MORE THAN 10 CHARACTERS. I WILL REPLY TO YOU ASKING YOU TO TRIM THEM DOWN.

YOU MAY NOW CLAIM MORE THAN 10 CHARACTERS. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE BELOW POST, HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE ARE STILL MONITORING THIS ISSUE.

PLEASE READ THIS POST ABOUT CLAIMING AND NOT PLAYING CHARACTERS

Claims Spreadsheet

Bios Post - Phase 7 and 8

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Stolen from azuremonkey

Who is your character? How old are they? Are they in a relationship or are they looking for fun? What's some of their history -- that may or may not be fandom canon, but has now become canon? Etc.

Drop off your character bios here. Feel free to make it as short or as long as you want to. Don't forget to mention what fandom your character is from.

Please create a new comment for each character. And of course, as things change, you can either edit your comment or reply to your own comment with additions/updates.