Are you ready?

[Cowboy]

I think I am ready.   Twenty-five characters in various degrees of completion.  Some name and short description only, some that add the long description but no background, and completed ones with a background.  I've reread all posts regarding recent changes.   Tested myself to see if I still remember the common commands. (I am a little shaky on that) Put in a karma review request.  I like playing half-giants now and then.   Asked my wife if I could play a leadership role and she said no, just like she has for the last 10 years.  But I am ready.  Real ready!

[Kavrick]

I'm currently dying due to wanting to play like four different concepts. I'm pretty damn excited but at the same time I feel like I'm gonna miss out if I pick the wrong thing. The gemmed temples stuff seems like it could be really cool, but the stuff with Kurac with the riders is interesting and it's my favorite GMH and I've always been a Two-Moons fanboy so that's also on my list of things I wanna do.

Really kills when it feels like there's gonna be so many great options, especially with the new nobles mixup and how that should touch on things.

[Riev]

I only wrote one character, and they're not even that good.

I just want to get in game and do what I do best. Sit at the bar and beg staff to let me wear a "glowing, rune-marked cap" that is just a big yellow exclamation point.

[Kavrick]

I just want to get in game and do what I do best. Sit at the bar and beg staff to let me wear a "glowing, rune-marked cap" that is just a big yellow exclamation point.

Bonus points if you only reply with canned responses.

[Riev]

Ha ha ha. [Kavrick] you are so right. Now, about those scrab shells, do you have the (number_not_defined) that I asked for?

[CirclelessBard]

My only preparation has been requesting PTO on the 17th.  I haven't pre-planned any characters for season one, beyond writing a few very brief 1-2 sentence concepts based off of random ideas that popped into my head while reading the season update newsletters. I'm looking forward to seeing which sponsored roles are available this Saturday, but mostly I'm just excited to play something I haven't tried before in a brand-new environment.

[flurry]

I was considering a few character concepts and eventually settled on one. I'll look at the list of sponsored roles, but I doubt that I'll apply for one, because I don't think I play enough hours per week.

I've done my karma review. Now I just need to actually write up my sdesc/ldesc/background.

[eska]

but mostly I'm just excited to play something I haven't tried before in a brand-new environment.

I always thought that the gameworld won't change. Will it?

Back on the topic, I have a couple fully fleshed concepts in mind. I just want to check the new documentation of the clans, to make sure which one I am going to apply for.

[Halaster]

but mostly I'm just excited to play something I haven't tried before in a brand-new environment.

I always thought that the gameworld won't change. Will it?

Correct, the gameworld is the same.  There are some reasonably 'big' changes that have taken place in the 50 in-game years that have passed since the game closed, but it's still the same world.  When you log in and start playing, it's going to feel like the same game as before at first.  The changes won't be obvious, necessarily, until you start playing and doing social things.

[Roon]

Can we expect the same general NPC population as well? Like in places where there were gith before, there are still gith in S1? And the twitchy, slack-jawed man continues to flex his apparent immortality on the poor rinth rats?

[helix]

Returning player from a long, long time ago. Super excited for the Seasons content - I have been working on my descs and my background. I know exactly what I want to play. I expect to die horribly.

[Valkyrja]

Returning player from a long, long time ago. Super excited for the Seasons content - I have been working on my descs and my background. I know exactly what I want to play. I expect to die horribly.

Good to see you back! 

[Dracul]

Nope!

Haven't submitted any karma review despite intending to, got two or three initial concepts I've thought through but haven't written out, and the opening day is actually my birthday! So while I'm excited to jump on I also have a couple other plans that weekend so my binging will follow shortly after.

[Fredd]

I have a couple concepts for roles I want to app. I'm looking forward to dying in dumb ways with you all again.

[Kavrick]

Can we expect the same general NPC population as well? Like in places where there were gith before, there are still gith in S1? And the twitchy, slack-jawed man continues to flex his apparent immortality on the poor rinth rats?

This is actually a good point, would be cool if npcs would age and die rather than always having the same npcs everywhere, although I know that's a pretty big task.

[Valkyrja]

Can we expect the same general NPC population as well? Like in places where there were gith before, there are still gith in S1? And the twitchy, slack-jawed man continues to flex his apparent immortality on the poor rinth rats?

This is actually a good point, would be cool if npcs would age and die rather than always having the same npcs everywhere, although I know that's a pretty big task.

We have revamped hundreds of NPCs. Some of them got a lighter touch than others, but all of them are ready to go if they're in game.

I can say for Tor I've fully replaced about 30 NPCs and have another 10 or so to do once Seasons launches. Same with my other clans. Other places/clans got similar treatment. In general, we gave NPCs a heavier re-draft if they would receive attention from PCs.

[Riev]

Can we expect the same general NPC population as well? Like in places where there were gith before, there are still gith in S1? And the twitchy, slack-jawed man continues to flex his apparent immortality on the poor rinth rats?

This is actually a good point, would be cool if npcs would age and die rather than always having the same npcs everywhere, although I know that's a pretty big task.

We have revamped hundreds of NPCs. Some of them got a lighter touch than others, but all of them are ready to go if they're in game.

I can say for Tor I've fully replaced about 30 NPCs and have another 10 or so to do once Seasons launches. Same with my other clans. Other places/clans got similar treatment. In general, we gave NPCs a heavier re-draft if they would receive attention from PCs.

I can't remember if I read it, or dreamed it, but does this include more up-to-date Discuss scripts? And regardless of the answer, has there been any thought into using Discuss scripts to start people on 'potential plot points'?

And also when can I just make sure my character's background actually fits with the game? And by that, I mean open the game so i can tell people I'm a secret last scion of House whatever

[MarshallDFX]

I am ready.

Spoiler, I am going to play a non human for the first time ever

Known, watch out. Ready your player complaints.

Em grunts.

[zealus]

Waiting patiently. Soon, my precious, soon.

[Valkyrja]

I can't remember if I read it, or dreamed it, but does this include more up-to-date Discuss scripts? And regardless of the answer, has there been any thought into using Discuss scripts to start people on 'potential plot points'?

And also when can I just make sure my character's background actually fits with the game? And by that, I mean open the game so i can tell people I'm a secret last scion of House whatever

The Noble Houses that are available for play are posted in our updates. Being a Last Scion of House Whatever sounds like a specapp, though. It also will be handled when we're handling specapps, in the timeline that was posted in Seasons updates.

As for discuss scripts: Yes, we're fiddling with them. We are on hold for a lot of javascript-related things currently though, to make sure we fix some game crashing stuff. So we might not get around to DISCUSS scripting a lot of stuff until a month or two into Seasons. (We had started but stopped.)

[RheaGhe]

I've got like 20 character concepts at the ready.

I've got an order of operations for what I'll apply for.

I've got 15 backups for if those fail. In decreasing amounts of seriousness.

I've got concepts within concepts. I've got concepts based on songs. I've got varient concepts of those concepts.

I've written close to 20k words and thrown out 19k of it because it was shite.

[Lizzie]

I have one character written up, still haven't written the background yet. It'll be fairly generic though, and brief. I can always add more in a bio add later, once the personality takes shape.  That always happens organically. Every time I try to build in a character's personality to the background it ends up changing. So I try not to do that.

[papertiger]

I have a noble app that is no longer relevant and can't be used anymore (its probably for the best). I liked the character description but it can't be used for anything but a noble, but I don't have much interest in the listed houses because I don't know much about them.

I have another spec-app I submitted and cancelled just before shutdown, but there are things I want to see first before using it.

There's a clan I've wanted to play since starting and I've been too chicken since I want it to go well. I've flirted with it on two characters but didnt commit. Inevitably I'll die the first day.

I am hoping the rolecalls inspire me. I was really hoping for a rinthi elf clan.

[Windstorm]

https://whothefuckismydndcharacter.com/

[CirclelessBard]

Mod note: I removed a post containing possible spoilers. The list of clans we know for sure are going to be open are in this post: https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,60369.msg1103145.html#msg1103145

[Usiku]

I have gotten my husband to agree to taking our toddlers on launch day. I'M READY!

[Halaster]

In a brainless moment, I made plans to go out of town on June 15.  It wasn't until a few days later that I realized my silly mistake, and rescheduled those plans.  So I'm ready.

[Valkyrja]

I have gotten my husband to agree to taking our toddlers on launch day. I'M READY!

I took the day off work lol

[Tailong]

I'll be out of town on the motorcycles. Ah well.

[Bast]

Three roles submitted (kinda)    . I hope everyone that has ever played a rock star in any of this round of role calls puts in a solid app! Good luck to everyone lets make this a really great relaunch!

[Bast]

In a brainless moment, I made plans to go out of town on June 15.  It wasn't until a few days later that I realized my silly mistake, and rescheduled those plans.  So I'm ready.

Ill be a memorial for my Dad the 15th-22nd. Hopefully I will be forgiven to be a little late to the party.

[FamousAmos]

What time is it starting?

[Bast]

What time is it starting?

Week of June 15th its in the new newsletter!https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,60419.msg1103559/topicseen.html#msg1103559

June 1st - applications for rolecalls and specapps are open in the request tool
June 7th - Applications close,
June 7th - 10th - Staff make decisions
June 10th to June 13th - Set up of leadership roles
June 13th & 14th - Session Zero for sponsored roles
June 15th - Game launches

[Cowboy]

Will the "Chronology of the Known World" be updated when the game opens?

[Halaster]

Will the "Chronology of the Known World" be updated when the game opens?

Yeah

[FamousAmos]

What time is it starting?

Week of June 15th its in the new newsletter!https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,60419.msg1103559/topicseen.html#msg1103559

June 1st - applications for rolecalls and specapps are open in the request tool
June 7th - Applications close,
June 7th - 10th - Staff make decisions
June 10th to June 13th - Set up of leadership roles
June 13th & 14th - Session Zero for sponsored roles
June 15th - Game launches

Yes, but the actual time the game launches

[Valkyrja]

Whenever Halaster wakes up that day probably.

[Dresan]

I am ready to give the game one more chance after giving up on it several years ago.

I am mostly curious whether the story and lore of this game will become more accessible to all instead of being restricted to a select few favored people. For all its faults, the story of the the girl becoming a sorcerer Queen was the only lore I didn't have to gleam from Dark Sun manuals or read on some shadow forum or find on reddit.

Quite the eye opener to read that while my character got hassled by staff for not solo emoting enough while using peek and forage skills, certain others are complaining their high karma and/sponsored roles that are already enjoying customs stories and quests were not getting 'enough' promotions, benefits, power and skills.  My time is too limited to continue to support this level of disparity in the game experience.

But I'm hopeful and curious so will push aside my doubts and give it a solid go at the game again when it opens. 

[ABoredLion]

I'm paralyzed by my different interests and concern with over-committing or under-committing . The changes to the game world and the relative centralization of season technically speaking pushed out most of the areas of the most interest to me personally, but that also means I have to acknowledge that these different areas that I wouldn't have had that interest in, I need to try to figure out something that draws me in.

I'm stuck in a rut looking at role calls and rolling around ideas, and also curious about the two "secret" clans alluded to that aren't the PC tavern and how exactly they're selecting players for those. Maybe it's a purely IC recruitment thing that will happen in game and they've suggested that somewhere and I missed it.

Just everything at once, in a way that makes me appreciate and also loathe the wait until season starts. Anyone else experiencing the paralysis?

[Riev]

I have my one character I put some thought into.

Beyond that, I'm going to let things roll out in game. If they die? I'm not treating Seasons differently than anything previous in that I will roll up a Bynner. Or a soldier. I will pick a "job" and play a character who has that job, and see where that job takes him.

Unfortunately, I keep trying to achieve the job of "professional wrestler" and its real difficult to get a stable started.