Communication Preferences!

[sanctuaryrpgmods]

Hello lovely players!

Okay so there's been some discussion about the way we're communicating outside (and inside) the game.

Now - before we get started: The Mods would like to make it clear that all in and out-of-game communication is entirely at the players discretion. (With the exception of replying to mod emails. We'd really like you to respond to those, please and thank you!) No one should feel any pressure to communicate in a way they do not feel comfortable with or would have a negative impact on their lives/mental well-being. We all live in the digital age and we all know how overwhelming it can be to be flooded by these things.

So! These are our current ways of player to player communication:

Slack - general chat for all players.

OOC Comm - for anything game/player related, plotting, new character intros, hiatus notices, slowatus notices and the like.

Playground Comm - Memes, Character Tryouts, anything else we think of that's fun down the road.

Twitter - Twitter Tracker (thank you Lacy!) for all comms, personal twitter for players.

Mod Email - for game-wide announcements.

Couple of notes on those things:

Slack: If anyone is missing an invite and would like one, please let the mods know either here or in the modly email! There's already been one case of a players invite being eaten so it's possible you've had one and it's gone missing or been munched by an overzealous spam filter. Just to be clear though: THIS IS OPTIONAL.

Comms: Now again, this is discretionary, but we strongly recommend you track the game, ooc and playground comms. Especially if you decide Slack isn't for you. This way you don't miss any of the funtimes!

Here are the links to the tracking pages for each:

Main Comm

OOC Comm

Playground Comm

As a side note here, the OOC comm is probably the best place for plotting and general discussion about the game. This is where the Mods will be putting game announcements and such, so it makes sense to have it all in one place.

Twitter Tracker: Lacy!Mod the Tech Guru has made a great little twitter bot that picks up all the posts for the game on all the comms and posts a tweet about it with a link. For those that would like to follow it please click here.

Mod Email: The mods are here for any questions, comments, rants, flailing etc that you have and the email can be found here.

So that's what we have at the moment. If you have other suggestions we would love to hear them so please make them in the comments below! We're very open to change and we want to know what works best for you, so if you all agree on some other method of comms, then the mods will certainly look into it.

Thank you for your attention! As a reward, here are some corgis:



And a ferret trying really hard:



Cheers!

Rach - for the mods

Comments

[malachai]

I am dead. Corgis got me.

I like the options we have - mostly because I'm starting to seriously hate Twitter and Slack serves that purpose so much better and without the spam.

[cora_hale]

Aren't they awesome? I like Corgis.

I like Slack too. It feels less like you're screaming into the void!

[eibbil_libbie]

Yes!! All the joy of a good place to communicate with other players without Twitters unfortunate issues.

[annnamarie]

As long as everyone feels like they can reach everyone for plot, fun, and other emotions, I'm okay.

[sanctuaryrpgmods]

Yes exactly! I just wanted to make sure that was the case.

[cpt_harkness]

I love slack. I have it open always and am the lurkiest lurker ever. But if I get a DM I answer as soon as possible so if you need my attention that's the best way! Or email. I'm on top of my email.

[malachai]

I'm with you. Slack has become the "where have you been all my life" website. It's everything I wanted from Twitter with none of the crap I can't stand.

[rememory]

I've grown used to having an email list that players use, and I find Slack tends to make it very hard for me to focus on work and RP. Not using it, though, makes me feel like I'm missing out on the community aspect of them game.

I think what we've got now works fine. I can just adjust to having a more opt-in style of communicating and use the OOC comm if I want to reach everyone (who wants to be reached).

[makemeastone]

I have zero preference, I can't Slack at work becasue - firewall- but my google chat is usually open if people want me or email. And I track all the comms so I don't miss posts. :)

[boywhoflew]

Slack is definitely a boon, but I will say that anyone who wants to contact me directly is strongly encouraged to use email or DM me on Twitter because I'm not on Slack very often. My account is locked just because I often bitch about work, but anyone who requests to follow me will get a quick response. :)

[annnamarie]

👍👍

[gshawk]

I prefer Twitter and Email. Slack just moves too fast for me since I can't guarantee I'll be sitting at the computer long enough to hold a conversation in it. But it sounds like awesome things are coming from it!