7.18 - Common Knowledge and an NPC Raffle System

Hello, players! Newly appointed GM1 Kiri here with two pretty nifty announcements:

GM Staff is releasing a common knowledge story review covering the last three years of plot every citizen of Novashan would generally know about. We hope this will make it easier for new players to create characters by having a sense of what’s currently going on in the world. You can find it at the link below.

Common Knowledge for All Players: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ivO4Tl8wvMGpFrVvwODMyWqC1uk58xOuizXRSaThZ28/edit

Secondly we’re trying out a raffle ticket system to incentivise players to put in NPC hours!

Players will get a raffle ticket for every 30 minutes they NPC. This includes NPC hours over the event XP cap! After players receive and sign the tickets they’ve earned, the tickets can either be put into random-chance drawing boxes for a shot at fabulous prizes or given back to GM staff to be stored in a labeled envelope and spent later on items from our prize tiers. The tiers are similar to a ChuckECheese-style arcade: the higher the prize tier, the better the prize, and the more tickets it costs. We’re starting small with a few lovely raffle rewards and the lower-tiered prizes; if everything goes well, GM staff will begin expanding this NPC appreciation system and hopefully make it a long-term fixture. Please be patient with us while we get this thank-you up and running!

Important points:
1 ticket for every 30min of NPC time (for all ticket levels) Two spending options: random drawing boxes or multi-ticket prize tiers
If players want to save their tickets, GM staff will keep them in an envelope with the player’s name on it. This is just starting up, please don’t try to break it before it’s established

If you have questions, please email gm@kanar.club, or find me at the event if you need a quick clarification. Here’s to us, and here’s to our future, and here’s to a weekend with daytime temperatures below boiling!

Kiri, GM1

7.17 - From the Desk of CBM1st

Hello everyone. I hope you all are doing well and having a great morning.

Lately we have been receiving a lot of emails regarding department XP and donation xp and the fact that some of you have not received your xp, etc. That being said, I felt it might be useful to explain the process to the membership to better prepare everyone moving forward.

When a member submits for bonus xp, be it from money donations or otherwise, that submission MUST be approved by a manager or an appointed person from that department. We as the CBM cannot put it on your sheet until it has been approved.

Once it has been approved, the CBM team will add this bonus xp to your sheet during the NEXT character sheet update cycle. This is after an event and the 8 day time limit has passed.

When the CBM team starts performing sheet updates, we do the bonus XP first in order to be sure we have all of your xp at the time of the sheet updates. We only do this ONCE. If the department manager has not approved the XP by the start of each sheet update cycle, it will likely not make it to your sheet this time around. Same goes for if the department manager were to approve it during or after the updates have been completed.

The CBM team knows how important your XP is to you and we want you to have what is due, meanwhile its important to understand that if your xp is not on your sheet, it's likely because it either has not been approved yet or it was approved after sheet updates were completed. Rest assured it will eventually get there!

I hope this helps everyone to better understand the process and to explain the delays.
As always, feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you
Glen “Rath” Adkins
CBM1st

7.16 - BLD Gravel Day

Hello everyone!

BLD would like to announce our next work day - Saturday September 7th & Sunday September 8th. We will be spreading gravel.

Work times will be:
10am - 8pm on Saturday
&
10am - 5pm on Sunday

Be sure to bring a pair of gloves, work boots, water, & any sunblock / bug spray you might need.

Hope to see you there,
BLD Team"

7.15 - From the Desk of CBM 1st

Hello everyone!
Just your CBM crew here to let you know that your character sheet updates for the June Agelong (10day) Live Event have been completed.

As always, if you find something of concern or you did not get an update, please be sure to check the ""Staff Comments"" tab on your sheet first for possible information. Otherwise, feel free to reach out to us via email and I am sure we can get you taken care of.

That all being said, we thank you all for your understanding and patience.

See you at the next event!
Your CBM Staff!

7.05 - Last day For Membership Voting for the Logo Competition

Hello Everyone!

Here is a reminder to vote in the new Logo for our community, today is the last day! The Logo committee is happy to share with the club our favorite 5 logos out of those that were submitted. Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the competition!

Here is the link to the poll, which will be live until the end of the day today! https://forms.gle/pfeyJeRE4JowEhZ18

After the poll has run its course, the logo committee will then use the votes for each logo to help guide our decision on what the final logo will be.

The winner with the highest number of votes will receive an additional free event ticket Level B.

If you submitted a Logo that is in this poll we would ask that you refrain from telling others which logos you submitted until after the poll closes to prevent any vote skewing!

Thanks,
The Logo Committee