END OF BETA ANNOUNCEMENT

[utopiamods]

Dear Everyone,

Thank you for sticking with us through the first three rounds! It was tough, and there were a few bumpy spots, but thanks to you we've gotten through it and we have a pretty good idea of how best to run the game from here on out. So, thank you. We couldn't have done it without you.

Round 1 starts next Saturday. Until then, go ahead and backtag on old threads, enjoy some memes on crackuen, and come hang out in our AIM chat, exaclan! We're just as impatient for the new round as all of you are, but this week will pass quicker than we expect.

For now, we have a few more things to say...


1) The Post-Beta Award Show!

We couldn't have made it this far without all of you. To show our appreciation, we are handing out the following awards to all of you. (Non-refundable, non-transferrable. Awards cannot be exchanged for cash.)

Aki: Chainsaw Good Award for Most Horrific Non-Shadow

Cel: Sappho Award for Best Unintentional Yuri

Cesia: Boogeyman Award for Most Horrific Shadow

Char: Baka Hentai Award for Most Anime Moment

Chibi: Undercover Spy Award for Fastest Integration Into a Cast

Elle: Popped Bubble Award for Most Invasions of Personal Space

Grey: Falling Portcullis Award for Latest Entry Into Beta

Hya: Goat Eyes Award for Most Yandere Character

Kari: Waving Handkerchief Award for Please Come Back to Us

Kashmir: Most Foppery Award for Best AIM Handle

Katy: Iron Woobie Award for Most Trauma Inflicted on a Character

Ketsu: David and Goliath Award for Most Courageous Child Character

Kururu: Sir Robin Award for Most Cowardly Character

LA: Tiny Damn Hero Award for Attempted Shanking of an Immortal NPC

Lance: Oscar-Bait Award for Most Milked Death Scene

Nala: Hired Professional Award for Most Efficient Death Scene

Pepsi: Wasting No Time Award for Fastest Non-Canon Ship

Pyth: Stradivarius Is Crying Award for Highest Number of Violin-Related Posts

Rift: Uncle Ben Award for Saddest Yet Most Useful Death

Ru: Grand Admiral of the Fleet for Most Ships in Two Weeks

Ruri: Hydrogen Explodes Award for Contributions to Science and Alchemy

Sam: Starlet Award for Best Use of a Song in Keywords

Seki: I Live for the Present! Award for Steadfast Use of a Single Tense

Sele: God Knows Best Award for Most Cunning Deployment of Apple Bunnies

Squeak: Blowing Up The Dam Award for First In-Game Battle

Terra: Little Owl Award for Most Perches On Modly Heads

We seriously love all of you. Keep up the awesome work! ♥


2) As we mentioned previously, all characters will initially see the events of Round 0 as a horrible, vivid dream. You are free to have them remember as much or as little of it as you like, but memories from that round will be out-of-sequence and jumbled.

And then you woke up and it was all a dream.

Or... was it?

You don't know. The details are fading. Some of it seems as clear as if if had happened minutes ago, whilst the rest is as hazy and vague as a long-lost memory. You remember blood and screams; a girl with a bright smile. Need to get rid of you, someone said. For a little while. Sometimes you were running, fighting, facing dark shadows with red eyes and mocking smiles. Sometimes you were hunting yourself, hurting people, feeling the power of your weapon coursing through you as you headed towards your prey. Sometimes you were watching your friends die, or your family, or your enemies.

Your shadow is you, and you are your shadow, and its voice is all around you.

Free us. Free them.

Static. More images, some you will remember and some you will not.

...But, your shadow whispers, the Demon King always returned... Didn't he?

You are outside, and the sky is blood. The towers glow, humming atonally as a star lights up the sky. The campus blazes with its light; the lines of the symbol span the horizon, and a tiger smiles.

Once, the knight sought a sage...

The tiger smiles, and the world is consumed in fire. You're falling, falling, and the shadow's voice falls with you.

There is a story everybody knows.

3) We're pretty sure we have a good idea of what works and what doesn't after the beta, but we still want your feedback. Those of you who are interested: Could you fill out this little questionnaire to let us know what you liked, what you didn't like, and what you think could be improved? You don't have to, of course, but if you'd like to let us know your opinion, here's your chance!

<i>On a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), how would you rate the following aspects of the game? Feel free to include any comments you have, too!</i> <b>Availability and accessibility of game information?</b> <b>Application processing?</b> <b>Handling of player questions and concerns?</b> <b>Mod availability?</b> <b>Battles?</b> <b>Round Zero?</b>

Here is another kitty, because you've all been so good:

Comments

[dominates]

the exaclan part mostly? OKAY EVERYTHING WAS MOVED TO THE WIKI I ONLY NOTICED THIS TODAY but yes, that's the one i got most confusion from before.

aaah so even if those who like-- arrived a few days before the end of a round then?

o/ i'll try to get back on my feet again by the end of this week orz. but i'll take that offer to go to infirmary if i don't /)_= shoujou can fret a little more ahahaha~

[allurprincess]

That's right, all characters accepted during that round will arrive ICly on the tram on the round change day. That is to say, characters will arrive every two irl weeks. We were a little more slapdash about it during the beta, but the actual game will be fairly organised in that respect.