BWP Wrap-up, Site Survey Responses, & Puppies
We have a lot of updates for you guys today and planned over the next couple of weeks. We're wrapping up our winter activities and diving on in to our spring and summer events and updates. So without further ado...
BWP: Adventure is Out There!
Last December, several residents of Relic Lore were lost in a series of snowstorms and blizzards. They ended up in a new region to the north of the known lands of Relic Lore. Although efforts were made to find our lost comrades, ultimately, it took spring and the melting snows to help them find their way back to their friends and families. However, that means this new area is accessible to everybody and free to be explored.
Introducing Snowmarch Expanse!
For years, the lands to the north of Relic Lore had gone unexplored. That changed once winter blizzards trapped Relic Lore inhabitants in these foreign lands and wolves began to discover the Snowmarch Expanse region. The region is characterized by boreal forests, clear rivers and lakes, and hilly terrain. However, forest gives way to tundra the further north one travels. Crossing Serpent's Pass, Snowmarch Expanse connects the eastern and western halves of Relic Lore together, significantly lowering the traveling time between the two.
This new region features six new territories for your characters to explore. Even more important, Snowmarch Expanse serves as a bridge between the Eastern and Western halves of Relic Lore, reducing the travel time between the two sides by several days. Details about this new region will be added to the Library over the next week, but we look forward to reading your exploration threads!
Site Survey Responses
In January/February, we posted a site survey to get your guys' feedback on how we are doing as a staff and how we can improve your RP experience. We got a lot of great feedback, and we sincerely thank everybody who took the time to respond to the survey. Our goal is to make RoW enjoyable for all of you, and using your feedback is one of the best ways we can do that. Some of the changes are smaller and will be implemented over time, but we do have one potentially big change to introduce now: word counts.
RoW has held to a 250 word minimum for posts for the last several years, but after some internal discussion and looking at the feedback from the site survey, we're considering changing that minimum. Because this is such a big change and will have a site-wide impact, we are holding a separate poll (found here) to get your opinions on the issue. The poll will be open for the next 7 days, and we really hope to get as much feedback as possible from it. If you have questions or concerns about the word count issue, please respond to the Word Count poll thread.
Puppies
Finally, we have posted our 2015 Cub Adoption listing up in Wolf Central. You can check it out here! Instructions for adopting a puppy can be found in the first post of the thread. Expectant parents, please see the first post of the thread for your character's due date. It isn't required that you begin your thread on the date posted, but it cannot be started before that date. Puppies will be playable beginning two weeks after their birth date.
If you're wanting to adopt a puppy, we strongly recommend that you read through our Puppy Development Guide. Puppies are fun, cute, and adorable, but they have their own restrictions when it comes to RP, so please keep this in mind before applying.
That's all for now! Happy Spring, everyone!