THE FAULT IN OUR AC.

[agogemod]

There are two major themes we want to cover in Agoge. One is the nature of war, its horrors, and the way it weaves through history. The second is that Pel is always wrong about everything. Ever.

THE WAY WE WERE

So, Nix was originally brought on as a mod to do AC, list upkeep, and coding. But mostly AC, because Lily cannot be concerned with such mortal nonsense, and Pel is a dyslexic idiot¹. But because the game was so small, Pel ended up doing-- fuck I hate talking in the third person. I, Pel, ended up doing AC for the first few months, to save Nix time and make it easier on all of us.

The problem was, I really sucked at it. And no one noticed, because Nix is a nice person who assumes a legal adult who pays rent and does taxes is capable of basic math.

Anyway, this was the first month Nix did AC (because wow this game is bigger than 20 people now) and whoops. Nix noticed some glaring problems.

GLARING PROBLEMS

The rules haven't changed, I just suck at remembering them apparently. Because they haven't been enforced until now and we don't want to blindside anybody, we're giving everybody a pass on this month and all the months preceding it. You don't gotta worry, we got you, fam.

Some of you (sorry, Christy and Ivan) might have gotten, uh, weird AC comments before we decided to just fuck it and be chill.

In short, it fucking sucks to punish you for my mistake(s). However, in the future, we do want to adhere to the actual rules.

THE ACTUAL RULES

These are all detailed on the AC page itself, but have probably gotten muddled to shit due to mismanagement, so let's restate them.

• You need two to five proofs from anywhere in game so long as they take place in the ac period to pass AC, regardless of whether the thread started in that period. The comments themselves, though, have to be within that period, as dictated by CST.
• Bonus AC is more stringent than base AC. This is because we want to encourage our players to do more, not punish them for not doing enough.
• Bonus AC must be log comments.
• Bonus AC must be within the AC period.
• Bonus AC must be in a thread that starts in the AC period

And, guys, since bonus AC is log only, it'd be really helpful if you could just link to the part of the thread where the log actually starts. We'd also like to ask you to count multi-part comments as a single comment from this point forward!

In the past, we had no limit on how much bonus AC you can turn in, because it was a small, slow game and who really cared. We decided to do double AC for December because December is always basically a dead month.

And then December was the most active month we've ever had.

HAPPY CHANUKKAH

Because of the double AC December bonus and some genius² deciding to put no limits on how much bonus AC you could turn in, some of you took full advantage of my naivete and turned in like.... 80xp worth of bonuses.

Holy shit.

Anyway, in order to keep the game evenly balanced, we're shaving that shit down. Those of you above 45xp (you know who you are) will have your XP auto shaved down to 45xp. Your reward for being completely ridiculous will be a major plot coupon in the next month, so stay posted. You'll be contacted privately and we'll set something up that suits your character.

In the future, to avoid this mess, we're instituting a switch; you can now give us as many fucking bonus proofs as you want, but they can only add up to a maximum of 20XP because holy shit. We're also going to be asking you not to link to toplevels anymore, because it just creates more problems for us on the back end. All of this will be edited into the main AC post once I'm done self-flagellating.

ONE MORE THING

We know AC is confusing and weird. And we definitely won't be forgetting anytime soon after this... incident.

So we're adding a new incentive to get your (and our) shit together.

Every month, if you turn in perfect bonus AC that follows all the above rules, with log comments in the bonus category and correct time-stamps (we grade by CST), your character gets a prize. It will always be a small prize, one that doesn't do much and can't actually benefit your character in any major way, but a fun little toy that is us thanking you for being an A+ student of life³.

And it's an actual prize this time, not the No Prizes I've been referencing since before the game opened.

This month, our lucky winners get cursed gachapon.

These are sets of toys that, when touched or handled, will sometimes (but not always!) tell the future. However, the future they tell is always completely useless, and never explains when this future will take place. Their predictions will never be things like 'you will be shot at and have 10 seconds to dodge the bullet'. They will be things like 'you will stub your toe', or 'you will recieve an unsatisfying gift', or 'you will feel the urge to fart at a socially unacceptable time'. Their future-telling properties will only work if you keep the whole set. Yes, you can take them with you to Gallipoli.

Characters will find them on their beds in their capsules. Waiting. They will come with no instructions, and speak in an ominous voice when touched.

Our winners are:

Hei, Achilles, Chiron, Siegfried, Noctis, Travis, Soldier 76, Akira, Ryuji, Yoshitsugu, and Dany.

THOSE WHO ARE GONE

This is, technically, an AC followup post, so we have to mention the people who still haven't replied for December.

If Kylar Stern (mercurialize) and Kara Danvers (clobbers)' players do not reply to the AC page within the next 24 hours, they will be considered idled and dropped from the game.

As always, any comments, questions, or concerns are more than welcome!

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¹ - Not all dyslexics are idiots. Pel just happens to be both #representation
² - Hmmm.
³ - When I say 'life', I mean 'correctly proving you've spent the last month pretending to be a fake person on the internet'.

Comments

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

[agogemod]

My roommate just looked over my shoulder and shouted "I DO YOUR TAXES FOR YOU."

[mylawn]

are we cursed if we accidentally or on purpose destroy these terrible gachapon

[agogemod]

You are not cursed!

However, they're pretty hard to destroy, kind of like legos or anything else made of industrial grade low quality plastic. You'd have to destroy them on purpose; dropping or throwing them wouldn't do it.

That said, if you're successful, they'd just stop talking. No ill effects.

[hakanai]

Can the ominous voices of these cursed tanuki gachapon sound suspiciously like the Tokugawa Ieyasu Yoshitsugu knows and Takatora serves trying to be spooky? They are tanuki after all, ahem.

[agogemod]

Yes, but peobably only to Yoshitsugu, or those familiar with Tokugawa; the voice is psychosomatic.

[hakanai]

That's all he needs. It's Takatora it will bother. ♥ Thank you!

[horsepowered]

so what happens if one combines these lovely prizes with the norn cards?

asking for Reasons

[agogemod]

They don't really interface, so to speak. One tells vague future predictions based on themes and cycles, the other blithely informs you you'll stub your toe.

[horsepowered]

Got it! Wasn't sure if one could be used to clarify the other and wanted to be sure. Thanks mods!

[chariotry]

LMAO IVAN YOU SUCK.

[chariotry]

Can Achilles' gachapon lie to him and say he'll get head by the person of his choice.

[agogemod]

They will not lie!

They will however say things like 'you will get head' and not offer a timeframe. 'Someone beautiful will pay you special attention', it says, and leaves Achilles in constant anticipation forever.

[fessus]

If this doesn't happen to Achilles and leave him tormented for years months I'll be so disappointed.

Unless the beautiful person is me and the special attention is slapping him for something.

[demonism]

Omfg, Achilles completely misinterpreting the message...

But yeah it's going to happen. He's going to be reading into every little interaction he has with everyone he finds hot bc of it. :(

[masque]

i've always wanted a mini titan. i'd like to thank the academy and my family,

[fessus]

This is one of the most entertaining mod posts I've ever read for so many reasons. (And I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.)

[gerechtigkeit]

HOWLS WITH LAUGHTER sieg is going to wonder why his life is like this, like always, ig

[crownless]

i'm delighted by this mod post and sorry about math just in general, and i want everyone to know that travis is UNIRONICALLY SO HAPPY about his gachapons, ominous voices and all

[crownless]

update hes naming them all after vocaloids

[northerndragon]

IT WOULDN'T BE AC IF I DIDN'T MESS IT UP SOMEHOW.

[agogemod]

YOU KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW sorry i had to.

[dipolar]

[pummelling]

so does that mean hei doesnt want his corn birds cause travis, a bastion of materialism, will take them

[dipolar]

LEAVE HIS BURNT CORN ON THE COB ALONE

[fessus]

Travis you have enough figurines, PUT THEM DOWN.

[crownless]

no he needs MORE

[fessus]

Ask S76, I bet he'd give you his fat army man. Naked sushi lady is staying with ME

[mylawn]

no

[fessus]

That one had me in tears, js.

[mylawn]

tag yourself i'm sweet killer

[fessus]

um Coffee Breaker, how is this even a question

[ryuji]

and they stack

[crownless]

TRAVIS AND RYUJI'S CAPSULE IS GONNA BE POPPIN WITH ALL THESE CUTE GACHAPONS

[ryuji]

one day someone's going to come over and the second the door whooshes open, a flood of gacha will empty upon them

LETS ALWAYS MAKE SURE OUR AC IS PERF

[dorzalta]

Dany's bedroom is going to be filled with weird ass knick knacks like fortune telling cards and weird sushi monsters AND FACE EATING SPIDERS