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PLOT ENGAGEMENT (ARCHIVED)
What is Plot Engagement and how does it work within Meadowlark? This is the page where players can come discuss with us how to facilitate plots within the setting. However, there will be occasions where a plot doesn't work within Meadowlark's world, and we'll suggest alternative routes. For small worldbuilding or gameplay details, please direct your question to the FAQ. If you're ever not sure if you're at the right page, don't worry—we'll help you get it sorted out. We know we have a load of info!
WHEN WILL YOU HEAR BACK?
◉ All Plot Engagement answers go out on Sunday, except during events.
◉ The deadline to submit a question and ensure you'll hear back from us on Sunday is 11:59 PM UTC on Saturday.
PLOT ENGAGEMENT INCLUDES
◉ Player plots! If you'd like your character to become a mafia boss, this is your place to start. Typically, this involves anything that could impact the setting or other player characters.
◉ Character career advancement that gives the character additional power or status within the setting.
◉ Metaplot exploration and information! We plan all events to give characters something to explore after the event ends. This is the place to do it!
SUBMISSION TIPS
◉ Specify what your character is looking for when they're investigating. What questions are they asking and what angle are they trying to explore?
◉ If you have a specific goal in mind but don't know how to reach it, please let us know.
◉ If you link a thread to us, please summarize it! That helps us process the plot in question.
◉ Don't worry about not knowing the setting like the back of your hand before you submit the plot—that's up to us! We're here to help you with any adjustments to get you on the right track.
NOTES & THINGS THAT YOU CAN HANDWAVE
◉ Characters always start out in entry level positions. Characters can update their skill sets to the 2512 standard through paid apprenticeships or internships.
◈ If a character is advancing within a major corporation (as noted on the Setting or Locations page) or one of its subsidiaries, we will need to approve this advancement.
◈ If a character becomes a supervisor at a local bar or other small business, we do not need to approve this advancement.
◉ Joining the police force within a city requires three months of IC training (six months OOC).
◉ We'll approve whether someone has social media fame, but we will not be providing social media follower counts. Once you have a plot for how to use those followers, that's where we step in!
◉ All Morningstar business goes on our Morningstar page. Please feel free to discuss specific plots here (including joining), and go there for signups and anything else.
◉ Characters getting jobs, finding apartments, participating in the fighting rings, getting married, making workplace friends, the creation of minor NPCs, etc. do not need to be run by us. Please let us know if these expand into player plots or other plot bits!
QUICK LINKS
◉ FAQ: For small worldbuilding or gameplay details.
◉ Setting: Our setting page! We'll update as needed.
◉ Jobs: A reference for who's working where!
◉ Locations: Both major and minor locations within New Amsterdam, as well as outlines for other megacities.
◉ Mod Contact: For wider game concerns.
◉ The Story So Far: Gamewide plot events up to current (your CTRL+F best friend!).
◉ NPC page: Includes NPC blurbs and inboxes.
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1. It's certainly not difficult to self-publish and self-promote. Actual publishers have shifted focus more towards being distributors of specific content to niche audiences. Getting a book in with one of these would be difficult as you would expect these days, with more reputable publishers being quite difficult, but not impossible. To gain notoriety, Loki would need some kind of edge, so we would ask that you provide some more information about how he would distinguish himself from other authors, either through content or promotion.
2. Releasing a book under a pseudonym is possible, but these are very easy to track back to a real ID for the dedicated fan. Not to mention Loki wouldn't be able to self-promote since all social media ties to Implant ID. Another benefit of a publisher is increased identity protection for authors, and they also take care of promoting the work.
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1. No problem! Loki's writing style is dramatic and flowery, his prose and storytelling would be A+, turning not-so-believable situations into completely believable ones. His books would read like a twisted soap opera, with a lot of plot twists and personal drama wrapped up in the erotica package. It would be a mix of sexualities and genders, as well as polyamory. The setting would be the criminal underground and its ties to the upper tier of society—totally and utterly fabricated, of course.
2. He'd probably reach out to a publisher, but honestly I don't think he'd do much to hide his own identity. The mystery of speculation is always something that he'd want to capitalize on, if that's possible.
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This all sounds good! You can assume Loki's first book sells well within a couple months of its release, but it would mostly sell within niche online circles. Any more notoriety would require a more dramatic marketing campaign.
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If I want to pursue anything else with this I'll let you guys know!