Winners, OOC Joining, and More

We've got a lot of updates to announce today, including new joining procedures and new activity rules regarding puppies. So please read through carefully to make sure you got it all!

Easter Egg Hunt Winners

Thanks to everybody who participated in our annual easter egg hunt! We had a lot of participants and several winners. The hidden word was Egg Frenzy. Below are all the locations of the eggs:

1. Today's Top Posters - "n"
2. Join Relic Lore - "f"
3. Date & Time Options - "z"
4. Gossip Wall - "e"
5. Fun & Games - "r"
6. Birth Records - "g"
7. Appearance Guidelines - "e"
8. Subterritories - "y"
9. Pitch Pine Trail - "g"

Congratulations to @Cezanne, @Maksim, @Datura, @Ace, @K'arnae, @Borlla, and @Aideen for correctly finding all of the eggs and unscrambling the word! You guys can collect your Easter Egg ribbon in the Maintenance thread.

OOC Joining

Due to increasing wait times to join packs, the staff has decided to introduce OOC joining to RoW on a trial basis. More information will be posted in the upcoming week, but this OOC joining will require lone wolves to respond to a specific post prompt for the pack they are hoping to join. Leaders! You have an important thread in the leader board concerning this. Please respond to that thread ASAP!

Puppy Activity Rules

Due to some confusion over the current puppy activity rules, the staff has discussed them and hopefully eliminated some of the "gray area" that existed previously. These rules will apply to the 2014 puppies and beyond.

1. Puppies older than 8 months are treated as adults in terms of survival. They can survive on their own.
2. Puppies younger than 8 months cannot survive without an adult. If you want your puppy to leave Relic Lore, they must leave with an established adult character (ie. The adult must be a member on the site, no NPC wolves who took your puppy character away)
3. The joining age of all characters is still 12 months, so if your character leaves at 8 months, you must wait 4 months to bring them back.
4. If a pup goes inactive, the parents have 2 weeks to find a replacement player or the pup will die.

These rules have been added to our Game Rules in the Library for future reference. We would advise all adopters of puppies to familiarize themselves with these rules. Taking on a puppy character is a big responsibility - these are key plot characters who cannot just disappear willy nilly because the player doesn't have time for them. So out of fairness to the parents and other family members of these characters, please be considerate of knowing your own time constraints.

OTM Voting

Hey, it's that time of the month again! You've got 4 days to vote for your OTMS for April, so get to it!

Spirit of Wildwood Wrote:4. Gossip Wall - "e"
7. Appearance Guidelines - "e"