OOC: On-Island Fun for Alumni/Expats!

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

So, ever noticed how we have this great population of alumni and ex-pats who so rarely get hand-engraved invitations back to visit their beloved Fandom Island? Meanwhile, a bunch of people are trapped all by their lonesome in their own dimension, living out fanfiction lives. Well, times, they are a'changing!

Effective immediately, no more do alumni/expats need to be invited or submit a proposal to stop by Fandom for lunch or even for a few days visit!

The guidelines, we provide to you in bullet form:

• Every alum/expat has five (5) days each month to be spent as they choose on-island. The five days can be consecutive or spread out through the month, depending on player/character needs.



• Special days/weekends when alumni, expats, or both are invited back do not count as part of those five days.



• While alumni/expats are welcome to post in town and play in any open town posts, they should still check with the club runners before showing up at clubs that welcome guests.



• Alum and expat guests are also welcome to visit teachers during open office hours or talk-to-the-teacher threads, but should only be present during actual classes if invited to do so by the teacher.



• If there's a plot or event that's meant to be just for on-island characters, we'll be sure to let you know ahead of time that the date is blocked out for no visits via the OOC comm and/or the plot calendar.



• There's no sign up required! But be aware that we do tend to pay attention and if we find people abusing the new ability, we will sadly send off an email.

And there it is! Any questions, concerns, leftover pie? OOC icons that are awesome?

Comments

[sensethevisions]

Yay!!

Thank you guys!

[trigons_child]

Wheeeeeeeeeee!

[lickyourmind.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Awesome!

[solo_sword]

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I AM SO HAPPY, YOU GUYS.

[tyler_gone]

Oh, wow, that is AWESOME. Thank you!

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Yay!!

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

You left out the part about me spanking rule violators. You guys never want me to have any fun.

[bitchy_smurf]

We didn't want to encourage the violations....

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Woooo!

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Oh dude, this is shiny in the extreme.

(And for those of you who use the Google Desktop sidebar -- which has been ported to Linux, as I've happily discovered -- the official Google Calendar app will let you sync all your linked GCalendars for handy game event/date blockout sidebar action not dirty.)

[awesomebigsis.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yay!

[takesaftermom.livejournal.com]

Woo!

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

YAY.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Question! Will the alumni/expats be running plots on the island during their five days or is this simply visiting/catching up and the like?

[bitchy_smurf]

They could conceivably run a plot, sure. (Or be involved in an islander's plot.) They'd have to submit a plot proposal in advance like everybody does, though, if it would affect more than the characters directly involved in it. Otherwise, it's just meant to be for visiting and catching up!

[raspberryturk]

I LOVE YOU.

I AM JUST SAYING.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

ILU2!

EXCELLENT ICON.

[furnaceface]

IT SERVES JUST BARELY WELL ENOUGH TO EXPRESS MY EPIC SQUEE OVER THIS.

JUST BARELY.

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

My graduating senior is very happy. It will make the separation anxiety a little bit easier to deal with.

[stykera]

I am full of joy!