A Better Place To Live

event end: the beginning of the end

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 04:56:06 GMT

[At the Church of Salvation, the doors have been blasted open as if by a grenade. The interior of the church is normal- normal, that is, save for the glitch pockets surrounding the pews, growing and widening with each passing second. As with every glitch pocket you've encountered thus far, there are whispers tugging at the edges of your mind... but here, strangely, they're rather quiet despite your close proximity to the holes. The whispers are muted, as if something is suppressing them- and it's not hard to figure out what that something is.

A man is kneeling in front of the central pulpit, head bowed, unmoving. You've never seen him in person before, but somehow, instinctively, you know who this man is- or was. As you approach, his body flickers, rippling with the same sort of chaotic nothingness as the glitch pockets. You know, without asking, that Jonathan Zemekis won't be here for long.

As you stand before him, he raises his head and looks at you. His eyes are weary, broken, and surprisingly human; his voice is hoarse and defeated.]

So.

It's you.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2012 04:42:58 GMT

[The words are in your head, again. Part man, part woman, part machine, all of them furious.]

HOW DARE YOU.

ENOUGH. ENouGH. I WILL SUFfER NO MORE. YyOU WILL nOT RESisIST ME. THIS IS is MY TOoWN, MY WORLDlD. I aM THE AiIrR YOU BREAThHE, THE LIghT YOU SeE, THE THOoUGHtS IN YOUR mINdD. I AM evERrYTHInG and YyOU ArE NOnoTHING.

I BROUGHtT YOU HErE. WHeN I BrREAThE LiFE, YOoU LIve. WHEN I ORDeER YOouUr DEaTH, YOu dIE. YOU DON'T COme BaCK. YoU DOo NOt DiSisOBeY.

get out of my head get out of my head get oUT GET OUT GETOuTgEeTOoUTgETouOUout-

NO. nO. NO.

I AM MAYFIELD. I aM THE WorLD. IF I FaLL, ALL FAlLS WITH Me.

BUt YoU wILL SUfFER, BEFORE THE END.

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player plots

Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:23:42 GMT

Welcome to Player Plot Page II: The Plottening! Because we're on a tight schedule with endgame, we will no longer be accepting player plots that do not relate to Mayfield's overall plot. In other words, please do not ask for permission to run a bodyswap aged-down zombie prom plot, as we will say no, no matter how cool it sounds.

What this page is for is requesting NPC interaction and mod involvement! If your character wants to break into a building, or your resistance group is planning on blowing up City Hall, this is the place to go. Please keep in mind that especially right before or during events, it may not be possible for us to respond quickly or do anything that requires heavy mod involvement because of time constraints. Additionally, not every location will be open to player plots, whether due to being impossible to infiltrate or simply not having anything there to interact with; you can find the list of places currently closed below. This list is subject to change as events progress, so be sure to keep an eye on it!

Finally, interacting with and antagonizing the more dangerous NPCs carries with it a strong likelihood of injury, droning, psychological trauma, brainwashing, or death. We will be asking permission for serious injury, godmodding/brainwashing, and killing your characters; however, we will also be assuming that minor injuries and droning are both fair game.

And that's it! If you're interested in running a town-related player plot, please fill out the form below. Comments will not be screened so you can see what your other players are planning and work together with them.

CURRENTLY CLOSED LOCATIONS
The Dairy (locked; no possible way to damage the building)
The Library (empty of any relevant NPCs or clues)

CURRENTLY OPEN LOCATIONS
City Hall
Police Station
Smiths' House
Post Office
Highway
Hospital
You're free to suggest other locations not on this list as well, although there may not be something to do in all of them.

Plot Approval Request:

Player(s) Organizing: Just let us know who will be running this plot! Characters Involved: Which characters will be involved? If it's a plot that involves a large group of characters, you can just put down the title of your resistance group. Mod/NPC Involvement: What locations or NPCs will you be targeting? Proposed Date: This doesn't need to be set in stone, but we'd like to know about when you're thinking of doing this and how long you think it might run. We'll let you know if there's a conflict! Summary: Just a brief summary of what you'd like to do. Again, this doesn't have to be set in stone, but we would like to know what you're planning. Permission for serious injury: Permission for godmodding/brainwashing: Permission for character death: We won't be permakilling anyone in a player plot, this is just for temporary Mayfield death. Questions or Comments: Anything specific you'd like to say or ask?

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$#89&$#%#)(%$2@$)$#

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:26:47 GMT

( a memory, neither yours nor hers. )

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Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:47:58 GMT

Hey, everyone! No witty introductions this time, alas - you know what we're doing, so let's just get down to the nitty-gritty. We're looking for helper mods to, well, help us run Mayfield as we slowly starting getting down to the final wire. Like we mentioned before, we're doing things a little differently this time - we're not just looking for people who can handle organizational duties in timely manner, such as processing drops and helping with AC, but also people who are willing to NPC during events and be involved with the plot. We'll assign tasks based on individual time restraints and interests, and we'll try to avoid major endgame spoilers for those who don't want it, although event spoilers will likely be inevitable. Additionally, while we're perfectly happy with people who just want to admin without having to be involved in the plot, we are not looking for people who only want to NPC! If you sign up and are chosen, you will be asked to handle at least one of Mayfield's many busywork duties.

This will be a major time and RP commitment. We're going to be upfront with you - while the job will not last past January, we're planning some mod-intensive events that will require a lot of effort from everyone involved, including threading with multiple players as an NPC during events. We're looking for people who will be able to dedicate an hour or so a week to modding, as well as significantly more time and work during events. You won't be asked to do as much as the main mods, and as said before we will take time restraints into account when assigning duties, but we will expect you to perform whatever we assign you to do on time, as well as be around when we need you for events or to let us know ahead of time if you won't. If you feel like you won't be able to keep up with these time commitments or that you won't be able to last until the end of the year, please do not sign up.

So why should you apply at all? Well, we're going to skip the jokes about all of our recent plot discussions degenerating into the four of us typing all work and no play makes mods a dull boy for hours on end and be completely honest here: we need your help to make Mayfield's remaining days as fun and fantastic as possible. We have a lot of really exciting things planned for the next six months and we're eager to see what your characters will bring to the table, but without help, we don't know if we'll be able to accomplish everything we want to while still performing at the high level of quality that this game expects and deserves. All of us on the modteam are 100% committed to bringing you a spectacular endgame, but there's only so much we can do on our own. If this sounds like something you're interested in and able to commit to, we would love for you to help us give everyone the best damn endgame we can pull out of our horror-hungry souls and make this last hurrah an awesome and memorable one. It may not always be fun work, but the warm and fuzzy feeling you get when a player screams in horror over the hazmat you're NPCing slowly dissolving their character's eyeballs should more than make up for it! (Oh, and some sentimental stuff about being part of what will hopefully be an amazing endgame and seeing players get excited over your hard work too, we guess. But it's really mostly about the absolute terror on their faces.)

You know the schpeel by now: if you'd like to apply, just sign up on this post giving us your name, the characters you currently play, your timezone, what you're interested in doing, and at least 200 words explaining why you'd make a good assistant mod/why you deserve this most hefty of honors. Failing that, feel free to explain why everyone else in the game would make a horrible assistant mod and we shouldn't pick them over you. This post is screened, so be as nasty and needlessly slandering to your fellow players as you feel you must!

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Sat, 23 Jun 2012 21:35:45 GMT

( Carnival Game Rules )

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Housing Changes

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:07:12 GMT

Golly gee, we just can't imagine why any of you would want to switch out of your perfect little families! If you're set on changing housing though, please fill out the following form. Housing changes will be accepted at any time. While there is currently no limit to the number of requests you can make, we will be keeping track of how often a character changes houses and will impose one if we feel it's necessary. (You do not need to fill out this form if you plan on changing housing via canon-update; please head on over to the canon update page for that.)

Once a housing change has been approved, the character will wake up the next morning in the slot-appropriate bed of their new address. Drones will act as if the character has always lived in their new house and ignore any suggestion to the otherwise.

Please expect up to a month's wait before a reply. Our goal is to process housing change requests twice per month, but this may not always be possible during busy periods.

( Housing Change Form )

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Application and Activity Check Dates

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:28:32 GMT

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Mod Contact

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:56:49 GMT

The easiest and fastest way to get in contact with us is to try to reach one of us on AIM or to send a message to the mayfield_mods journal or one of our personal journals. If there is a question regarding a specific post- such as, a friend add list mistake, a housing list mistake, or a question about a rule, we suggest commenting to that specific post so that a mod will be able to correct the problem or give an answer ASAP. As a note, we ask that even if you have our plurk names, please do not contact us with mod questions on plurk! Thanks!

Please only reply to this post if there is a comment you feel you must post anonymously, or if the above methods aren't working for some reason. Comments will be screened unless requested otherwise and anonymous commenting is enabled. Please note that our replies to your comments will be unscreened, because that's how LJ works. We will screen them upon request.

Mods

Name: BF
DW: [Unknown site tag]
AIM: Blazing Folly

Name: AO
DW: bomber
AIM: dynaomism

Name: Siz
DW: siz
AIM: rinnetg or sizlaria

Name: Cappy
DW: madcap
AIM: madcap jest

Name: Ena
DW: ena
AIM: luthienabler

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