NotEvilAtAll

OOC: Hello there! This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible. Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible. SoL Event Checklist (Optional): -Wake up ( ) -Eat something ( ) -Do some task ( ) -Interact with someone ( ) -Eat another thing ( ) -Go to sleep ( ) RP: [!] A notice is nailed to the Dúnwen Noticeboard: "Meet in the greenhouse (the one in the big ol' Town Hole) for a quick demonstration on gardening and how to start your own burrow-front (or top, or sides) garden! ~Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot, Mayor of Dúnwen" ((2 PM EST tomorrow, Sunday the 27th of August, 2023. Located in Dúnwen, the capital of Dúnfarthing, the home of the halflings on Braevos))

[!] A Quest is posted for members of the Cobalt Enclave FOREST DUNGEON A dark, mysterious figure known only as 'The Harvest Lord'* has corrupted the good wilderness of the cherry blossoms forest and turned it into his domain! You must drive back his evil minions to save the forest! Only the bravest of adventurers will be tough enough for this quest! Pack your bags wisely and be prepared for anything! *unrelated to Lord Knox Speak with Mimosa of the Dúnwen branch or Galivar of the Lurin branch for access to this foul dungeon in the woods! Note: The Cobalt Enclave is not responsible for any loss of limbs, eyes, teeth, or other organs obtained during guild-sponsored quests.

[!] A notice is pinned on Quest Boards across Aevos "KILLER flowers 'ave bloomed in Dúnwen. We must clear them out! These are NOT the nice, helpful sort of flowers! I think we've angered them somehow! Cobalt Enclave adventurers are CALLED to duty! -Mimosa Applefoot, Branch leader of the Dúnfarthing branch of the Cobalt Enclave" ((Event at 4:30 PM EST today))

"Wha' 'n t'ah name o' Knox is t'is? Glad t'ese EVIL SCHEMES 'ave been THWAR'ED!" says Mimosa Applefoot, a proud halfling nationalist

[!] Pro-halfling propaganda finds its way into your aviary mailbox BIG-FOLK TERRORIST DESTROYED! This very morning a plot most foul was FOILED by the brave Thain-King of the shire, Cyris Collingwood the First! A bearded big-folk about five stones in height was in the kitchen of our tavern with Cyris' ex-wife, Magnolia. He revealed his foul plot to invade Haense and kill Haense's KING! Upon realizing that Magnolia was not receptive to his insane terrorist scheming, he tried to cover his tracks by KILLING MAGNOLIA! Thankfully, the would-be cold blooded murder of Magnolia was ended when Cyris himself came to the scene brandishing a cattle-slaughtering pole! The terrorist was then slaughtered just like the pig he was, saving both Magnolia and Haense from terrorist schemes The brigand had a small hoard of Haense coinage on him (no doubt to buy weaponry to realize the terrorist's plots!) which was donated to a good cause within Haense's capital. Praise be to His Royal Majesty King King Cyris Collingwood the first, the second. Thain of Dunfarthing and her vassals, Protector of the Wee, Lord of Greater Bramblebury, Honeyhill and the Hillmen. Father of Foxes, Liberator of Frogtopia, Slayer of Gods, The Oathbreaker, Grand Wizard of Bogwartz: School of Shamanism and Housemagery, Tamer of the Forest, Chairman of the League Of Super Best Friends, Wielder of most holy Knoxscalibur, Emperor of the Holy Orenian Empire of Bywater, Shogging Champion, Attorney at law.

I'm not fond of how the mine cooldowns take 15 minutes to reset. This allows players to either loop around and collect multiple tile resources before the 15 minute cooldown is up or tab out and watch YouTube videos or TikTok videos while setting a timer for when the resource regenerates. This is hardly a proper way to do a resource system. Ideally, instead of getting 16 resources per 15 minutes, you should get just 1 resource per 1 minute such that you can't tab out or run off to do some other errand while the mine regenerates. This way, the server can maximize the feelings of joy and accomplishment at grinding for materials. No longer will miners be distracted in their harvesting, for instead they are forced to stare at their monitor to await the exact moment the single node goes off of its short cooldown to collect it again, and again, and again, and again, and again until all of the iron or netherite or copper or gold or whatever they need is collected. Ore by ore, minute by minute, the mines of Aevos will be filled with miners dutifully awaiting their next piece of iron instead of AFKers doing something else. This is my honest and sincere feedback pls implement it now devs.

“‘E’s back? Well, good for ‘im den. ‘ardleh propah t’ae be gone frem da shire for so long!” states Mimosa Applefoot when she hears the news.

Where's the wheat?

OOC: Hello there! This is an event designed to simulate a single day of halfling life as best as possible. Everybody starts at the beginning of the hour, having just woken up. Their characters then go about their day as they would IRP, eventually falling back to sleep at the end of the hour, which ends the event. Working, eating, talking, and other things your character typically does in a day can and should be roleplayed. There will be a single roleplay prompt happening during the hour to promote interaction, but attending it isn’t mandatory. Feel free to do as you wish. The intention isn’t to attract a large quantity of halflings into one location at a time, but rather to create as much immersion as possible. SoL Event Checklist (Optional): -Wake up ( ) -Eat something ( ) -Do some task ( ) -Interact with someone ( ) -Eat another thing ( ) -Go to sleep ( ) RP: [!] A notice is nailed to the Dúnwen Noticeboard: "We NEED more alcohol for our tavern! It's been far too long since we've last brewed anything together as a community! This time, let's not throw lava into the brew as well. That'd be a nice touch. ~Mimosa Applefoot-Nimblefoot, Mayor of Dúnwen" ((3 PM EST tomorrow, Friday the 18th of August, 2023. Located in Dúnwen, the capital of Dúnfarthing, the home of the halflings on Braevos))

IMO it's mostly the rise of Discord + older folks moving out without the server establishing a good pipeline to transition people from roleplay takers to roleplay makers. It's said that for an online community, 90% of users only read others' content, 10% will engage and reply to existing content/narratives/whatever, and 1% will actively go out and create their own stuff. We need to build a stronger creator community on LOTC so that the players who DO decide to run events, narratives, do crazy stuff like builds and exploration sites or whatever, etc aren't burned out as much trying to support their communities. When old players cycle through and are replaced with new players, those new players need to get comfortable with being creators so that the net number of LOTCers actively engaging their peers in dynamic roleplay doesn't go down. Additionally there's the problem of old players burning out and ceasing to start up stuff on their own, taking a more passive role in their RP and thus reducing the number of creators on the server without reducing total server population. Discord compounds this issue by making it easier to do things OOCly vs RPly and easy to get RP without starting it yourself. Discord is a very efficient way of organizing your LOTC community such that it's almost natural selection for more discord-heavy communities to thrive while others die out. Many communities (including my own to some extent) have made the gradual transition from being in-game communities with a discord to a discord with an in-game presence. Discord makes it way easier to passively engage in LOTC RP and encourages a lazy RP mentality where you wait for RP to come to you instead of seeking out and starting it yourself. Many people don't log on at all unless they're pinged for it on discord. tl;dr LOTC needs more roleplay makers, not more roleplay takers. ppl get burned out from running events and leading communities b/c they're not able to be supported and backed up by other roleplay and narrative creators (also b/c the server sometimes has very high expectations of community leaders but that's a separate issue).

Can mods stop editing everyone’s replies to force the Mature Roleplaying term?

Try to change name of PvP into MRP revert back to calling it PvP within a few sentences why not keep calling it PvP every other server calls it that

EZ coal VIP perk to get people to donate $5 who have not already. While y’all staff folks are at it maybe add in a few extra colors for non-VIPs. The purpose of extra colors as a VIP perk should be to show individuality or have the color relate to your persona, not to have the perk be chat visibility in general.

[!] A simple fetch quest request inked in on old parchment finds its way into your to-read pile. A Simple Request I need a humble, not-so-brave adventurer to fetch me the following for making lovely beverages with: -Pumpkin Flowers, which grow near orchards -Wind Flowers, which grow near windmills -Magical Peonies, which grow near greenhouses All can be found in the halfling village o' Dúnwen. Ye will be rewarded with Questing notoriety and maybe even some brew if ye are to fetch these! ~Mimosa Applefoot, Dúnwen branch leader of the Cobalt Enclave

[!] A poster is nailed to your local Quest board RATS! Dark, ugly, disgusting creatures known as 'rats' have infested the crypts of Dúnwen! We'd send the local golem to deal with them, but sadly the rats are too nimble and quick for him to handle! As such, we're forced to rely on ye adventurers to clear them out, seeing as ye are much more dexterous and nimble-fingered! Any adventurers o' the Guild may participate! -Mimosa Applefoot, Dúnwen Branch Leader of the Quest Guild

[!] Those dreaded 'Quest Managers' have begun organizing again. One of them, wearing the traditional 'Hey look at me I'm a Quest NPC' attire walks up to you, question mark above their head, and hands you this flier: The Quest Guild! ~A halfling hard at work in the Dúnwen branch of the Quest Guild!~ Despite providing such a vital service to the realms of Aevos, adventurers have gone unorganized for far too long! As such, with the official merger of the halfling Quest Office and the Caritas Quest Guild, we are better prepared than ever to offer ye the best questing and adventuring experience ever seen! To organize our services as procurers of adventure, we've organized dungeons, monster slayings, escort missions, fetching duties, and other such tasks into different ranks (known as "stars") to be offered to adventurers of similar rank. The ranks be as follows: Thrill Seeker: A fledgling adventurer who is only offered one-star quests. These folks spend their days slaying rats and gremlins before proving themselves to the Guild. They do receive a discount in Guild-associated taverns just for joining, however. Trepid Explorer: More than a beginner, but only just. They are allowed connection with the highest tiered 'Harper Agents' for advice and training. It is rumored than only a few such adventurers exist. They may also access double-star quests, usually a lesser monster slaying or minor undead infestation clean-up. Hardened Adventurer: The true backbone of the Guild, these adventurers may access triple-star quests and delve deep into dark dungeons to obtain delightful delicacies (gold and silver)! As such, we tell these adventurers where these dungeons are. Can't have the new folks throwing themselves into the dungeons as we have profit margins to maintain safety standards to care about! Fearless Dungeoneer: An adventurer who has proved themselves worthy of quadruple-star quests that start to actually matter on a grander scale (almost). They also receive free room and board at Guild locations. Harper Agent: These rare, hyper-skilled adventurers are called upon to clean up the horrifying of problems potentially even earning a small profit in doing so! They may access the highest-tier quintuple-star quests! These folks are almost celebrities, sorta, you definitely want to become on! So, what are ye waiting for? Sign up to be a registered adventurer today after paying the (oh so generous) application fee of 15 minas (leather is also accepted, I rule such as a Branch Leader and if the other Branch Leaders complain I will raise such a fuss that the Guild will never recover). Adventure awaits ye! Apply below! Name: Residence: Race: Class?: What ye bring to the Guild: Do you swear to not kill your fellow adventurers to steal their stuff mid-dungeon crawl?: ~Mimosa Applefoot, Former Manager of the Halfling Quest Office, current Dúnwen Branch Leader of the Quest Guild.

Wait it got disabled? Oh crud I better hold onto my current axes so I don't lose them and have to use stone axes. Does the gold axe recipe still work so you can /edit roleplay it for building?

[!] After some well fought battles, trap-evasion maneuvers, and glorious amounts of wealth obtained, everyone jumps into a random pit and dies the end.

[!] A note is pinned to the Noticeboard of Dúnwen DUNGEON! Stay safe folks! I've found some strange, foul-smelling hole within the ruined city near Caritas. I haven't the faintest idea what lays within it, and I haven't the heart to find out either! Keep clear of the ruins until the Adventurers handle it! -Mimosa Applefoot, Manager of the Quest Office.