Post by lithle on Jan 19, 2011 14:20:19 GMT -5
Right. Three announcements in one!
1. We are currently able to say that the hatching will be the second week of February. We don't have an exact starting date, do to unpredictable work schedules and the like. It probably won't be over the weekend, unlike most hatchings. Noz and I don't have weekends off.
2. Because of this, GET YOUR CANDIDATE FORMS IN! If we don't have a candidate form from you three days before the hatching (and we'll give a more exact date as soon as we can) your character will not impress. They can still stand, but there won't be a dragon for them. Candidate forms. To me. When it grows closer, we'll post a list of people who haven't turned them in.
3. Okay, lecture time, also on the subject of candidate forms and impressions. After looking over some forms, and having conversations with a few different people, I just want to reiterate how we do things here.
Hatchings are not merit based. 'Special shinies' do not go to our very favorite candidates. We do not, in fact, have some secret grading system. Doing more will not make you more likely to impress a metallic. Having a character whose personality suits a specific metallic will. That's it. Playing the right character.
Further, Warden's Weyr does not really have the same metallic roles as other Weyrs. The Weyrleader is a bluerider. L'vey, a greenrider, is currently changing history. Impressing a small dragon does not limit your characters opportunities. They could still rise to squadleader, or for that matter, Weyrleader. And, as players of clutch-mothers don't have a role in planning hatchings, impressing a clutching dragon doesn't mean you get to do more.
Now, if you do have your heart set on riding a dragon of a particular size or of particular albedo, be up front with us. We love all our dragons. If you're going to be upset about getting say, a blue, or an irregular of similar size, we don't want to give you one. Because we want our dragons to go to people who want them! Of course, limiting what you want means limiting your chances of impressing, but I'd rather see a candidate left standing than give them a dragon they're not going to play.
1. We are currently able to say that the hatching will be the second week of February. We don't have an exact starting date, do to unpredictable work schedules and the like. It probably won't be over the weekend, unlike most hatchings. Noz and I don't have weekends off.
2. Because of this, GET YOUR CANDIDATE FORMS IN! If we don't have a candidate form from you three days before the hatching (and we'll give a more exact date as soon as we can) your character will not impress. They can still stand, but there won't be a dragon for them. Candidate forms. To me. When it grows closer, we'll post a list of people who haven't turned them in.
3. Okay, lecture time, also on the subject of candidate forms and impressions. After looking over some forms, and having conversations with a few different people, I just want to reiterate how we do things here.
Hatchings are not merit based. 'Special shinies' do not go to our very favorite candidates. We do not, in fact, have some secret grading system. Doing more will not make you more likely to impress a metallic. Having a character whose personality suits a specific metallic will. That's it. Playing the right character.
Further, Warden's Weyr does not really have the same metallic roles as other Weyrs. The Weyrleader is a bluerider. L'vey, a greenrider, is currently changing history. Impressing a small dragon does not limit your characters opportunities. They could still rise to squadleader, or for that matter, Weyrleader. And, as players of clutch-mothers don't have a role in planning hatchings, impressing a clutching dragon doesn't mean you get to do more.
Now, if you do have your heart set on riding a dragon of a particular size or of particular albedo, be up front with us. We love all our dragons. If you're going to be upset about getting say, a blue, or an irregular of similar size, we don't want to give you one. Because we want our dragons to go to people who want them! Of course, limiting what you want means limiting your chances of impressing, but I'd rather see a candidate left standing than give them a dragon they're not going to play.