Big Changes to Beacon Academy
Aug 18, 2016 1:47:51 GMT -5
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Post by Grim on Aug 18, 2016 1:47:51 GMT -5
Changes to Beacon Academy
Hello! Big changes are about to happen here at Beacon real soon, on August 20th in fact, and this thread exists to inform you all on what you need to know! If you have any questions about any of the information presented to you, please, do not hesitate to either get in touch with me via PM, or leave a response. Thank you!
Hello! Big changes are about to happen here at Beacon real soon, on August 20th in fact, and this thread exists to inform you all on what you need to know! If you have any questions about any of the information presented to you, please, do not hesitate to either get in touch with me via PM, or leave a response. Thank you!
Member Arcs
Member Arcs are wonderful new feature at Beacon that I personally enjoy. However, it already seems to be... getting slightly out of hand. Well, I don't really want to have to shut the idea down, I like the community being able to express themselves and tell the stories they want to tell.
So, what's being changed here then?
Well, I want to get it more organized firstly, I saw recently that there was a lot of confusion and such about an arc supposedly being hosted at a certain time, but then wasn't, but then was again. So, I will be creating an official scheduling chart for Member Arcs so that they will be able to run smoothly, in fact it will now be possible for more than one Member Arc to be hosted on the same day. Every Member Arc will have a certain time slot, nor will it be able to start before. To get your member arc scheduled you will have to come to me.
Which brings me on to the second, and final, change to Member Arcs. Member Arcs will also now have to be approved. The reason for this is to assure that quality user created content that doesn't break any of the group's rules is all that is put forth. Mainly to ensure that Arcs containing excessively out of place violence, or to be blunt, stupidly out of place themes are denied. If you put in effort and work on your arc, then there's no reason it should be denied, think of it simply as quality control.
So, what's being changed here then?
Well, I want to get it more organized firstly, I saw recently that there was a lot of confusion and such about an arc supposedly being hosted at a certain time, but then wasn't, but then was again. So, I will be creating an official scheduling chart for Member Arcs so that they will be able to run smoothly, in fact it will now be possible for more than one Member Arc to be hosted on the same day. Every Member Arc will have a certain time slot, nor will it be able to start before. To get your member arc scheduled you will have to come to me.
Which brings me on to the second, and final, change to Member Arcs. Member Arcs will also now have to be approved. The reason for this is to assure that quality user created content that doesn't break any of the group's rules is all that is put forth. Mainly to ensure that Arcs containing excessively out of place violence, or to be blunt, stupidly out of place themes are denied. If you put in effort and work on your arc, then there's no reason it should be denied, think of it simply as quality control.
The Member Suggestion Thread
I've already put forth threads that allow members to file complaints, and ask questions, both of which have thankfully been of some use so far. I'd like to thank KaasKing for suggesting the idea. The Member Suggestion thread will be a place you can put forth your ideas for changes to Beacon that you think would be beneficial in any regard, think of it as another way of getting the community more involved with the staff.
The Universe Re-balance
This is the biggest change coming to Beacon. Beacon has become something... else. Over the past three years, Beacon has evolved heavily. In the past few months especially. Beacon has grown out of being RWBY, and grown into being RWBY mashed with Marvel, mashed with Bionicle, mashed with several other franchises.
I want Beacon to return to the way it used to be, where it felt like RWBY, not an obscure knock off of RWBY. I don't know about you.
So what's changing?
A lot, but I don't feel there's a lot to worry about. I'll put most of your fears to rest and save you the complaints, the things that happened with the timeline reset of the last arc won't be happening. You keep all the character development and progression you've made, all your relationships are intact, nothing changes on that level.
What is changing however, for one, character strengths. The two strongest characters in our universe will be Cinder and Ozpin. There will no longer be any characters at strength levels where they can even fathom lasting in a fight against either. That's not to say these characters are gone, they're still here, just weaker. We're taking Beacon's combat and driving it away from Dragonball Z and more to RWBY.
Which leads me into another thing, Violence. Violence is going to become a big no-no. Excessive Violence that is. There's a big difference between an acceptable level of violence and taking it too far, hopefully that divide is rather clear. The RWBY universe is, of course, home to some pretty sick weaponry and fights. But, if you look at the show, mainly Volumes 1 and 2, which is what we'll be trying to go back to feeling like, there is no excessive violence. When a student fights another student, they shouldn't be aiming to bring them to the brink of death and then leaving them there.
Everyone has aura, aura is your shield. You can't open a fight by breaking someone's limb, because they have aura. If you keep attacking someone after their aura has broken in a controlled setting, you can expect a staff member to intervene and strike your character down. If it's not in a controlled setting, your character will face criminal punishment.
Actions such as assault, murder, attempted variations of either, manslaughter, etc. are all punishable by having your OC sent to jail. Which means that you won't be able to use them for a while, and expect the relationship impacts with other characters that arise from committing such acts and going to prison.
And if you try to be cute with "I broke out of jail", then that just makes your character more of a criminal, don't bring them back to Beacon, they'll just get arrested and sent away to a higher security facility, meaning you'll probably never be able to use them again.
Another thing, there are no custom forms of Grimm anymore. Only the canon ones. Beowolves, Ursa, Nevermores, Deathstalkers, etc.
In the end, your characters dont really change at all, the world is changing around them. If you have any questions at all, please, don't be afraid to ask. I'm more than open to opinions and suggestions, I want to provide the best experience as possible for everyone here at Beacon.
Thank you.
- Grim
I want Beacon to return to the way it used to be, where it felt like RWBY, not an obscure knock off of RWBY. I don't know about you.
So what's changing?
A lot, but I don't feel there's a lot to worry about. I'll put most of your fears to rest and save you the complaints, the things that happened with the timeline reset of the last arc won't be happening. You keep all the character development and progression you've made, all your relationships are intact, nothing changes on that level.
What is changing however, for one, character strengths. The two strongest characters in our universe will be Cinder and Ozpin. There will no longer be any characters at strength levels where they can even fathom lasting in a fight against either. That's not to say these characters are gone, they're still here, just weaker. We're taking Beacon's combat and driving it away from Dragonball Z and more to RWBY.
Which leads me into another thing, Violence. Violence is going to become a big no-no. Excessive Violence that is. There's a big difference between an acceptable level of violence and taking it too far, hopefully that divide is rather clear. The RWBY universe is, of course, home to some pretty sick weaponry and fights. But, if you look at the show, mainly Volumes 1 and 2, which is what we'll be trying to go back to feeling like, there is no excessive violence. When a student fights another student, they shouldn't be aiming to bring them to the brink of death and then leaving them there.
Everyone has aura, aura is your shield. You can't open a fight by breaking someone's limb, because they have aura. If you keep attacking someone after their aura has broken in a controlled setting, you can expect a staff member to intervene and strike your character down. If it's not in a controlled setting, your character will face criminal punishment.
Actions such as assault, murder, attempted variations of either, manslaughter, etc. are all punishable by having your OC sent to jail. Which means that you won't be able to use them for a while, and expect the relationship impacts with other characters that arise from committing such acts and going to prison.
And if you try to be cute with "I broke out of jail", then that just makes your character more of a criminal, don't bring them back to Beacon, they'll just get arrested and sent away to a higher security facility, meaning you'll probably never be able to use them again.
Another thing, there are no custom forms of Grimm anymore. Only the canon ones. Beowolves, Ursa, Nevermores, Deathstalkers, etc.
In the end, your characters dont really change at all, the world is changing around them. If you have any questions at all, please, don't be afraid to ask. I'm more than open to opinions and suggestions, I want to provide the best experience as possible for everyone here at Beacon.
Thank you.
- Grim
