Here are some proposed rule changes for Game 3. First there's a detailed overview of all the changes and then a poll at the bottom.

( Description of rule changes )

( Poll )

Feel free to comment with questions, comments, reasonings, etc. Anonymous commenting is allowed.

Please take this poll to determine rule changes for Game 2.

( Description of rule change proposals )

( Six questions )

Thank you! :)

Hey everyone, two more things we'd like community input on:

1) moogle_workshop has a rule that fic featuring original characters will not be given points. But the Final Fantasy MMOs, FFXI and FFXIV, were brought up, and we weren't sure if fic set in the world of those games but featuring player characters rather than the canon NPCs would fall under the original character rule or no. So basically, should FFXI/FFXIV fic set in the game worlds but only featuring original characters be given points? (Note: in either case, fic of that type can definitely be posted, but we're just trying to figure out if they'll be awarded points like other fanfic would be given.)

2) lightofeilia had an idea for ff_minigames based on Munchkin that would actually be, well, more of a community-wide mega-game that would involve fighting monsters and leveling up! We want to know if people would be interested.

( Longer explanation )

Here's the poll:

[Poll #1679475]

If you have any questions / concerns, let us know in the comments, and we'll answer/address them ASAP. :)

Hey everyone! So many people have applied and voted, so thank you so much! I'm pumped. :] I just wanted to give an update on what's going on, and also ask for some opinions.

→ I've been kind of quiet lately but I've actually been working hard to set up the other communities. I'm hoping to have them all set up within the next 24 hours so that roax can start stamping people! So with that in mind, be sure to get your votes in, especially to the first few apps because those will be the first to get stamped. :)

I'm going to call this WAVE 1: [bean_bunny] [pinkified] [roax] [chacusha] [silvertigerx] [aeroja]
And WAVE 2: [papercloud] [the_404_error] [far_to_nowhere] [breyzyyin] [lumati] [crescent_dreams] [zerrat] [surmise]

Fourteen apps! I'm sorry for the deluge -- make those first few apps the priority and pace yourself with the sorting. :)

→ I'd also like to call people's attention to the mod application in judge_magisters. If you're interested in helping run this community and making decisions, don't be shy. I will gladly welcome people to be on the mod team.

→ Finally, I have two points that I can't decide on. One is the name for the Monk team comm. I've thought of the other five (mythril_swords (soldiers), curaga_casters (white mages), firaga_casters (black mages), gil_stealers (thieves), & heavenly_lances (dragoons)). So in that vein, help me pick a monk team name in the poll below.

The other point I'm trying to decide on is whether you'd like entries in the various activity comms to be members-locked by default or no. So far here is what I've decided:
moogle_workshop (fanworks comm): Public by default; the poster can choose whether to f-lock their entries.
ff_minigames (games comm): Locked by default? Probably most of the activities we do will only apply to members.
airship_lounge (social comm): Locked by default. Again, this is mostly meant for in-community discussion.
ultima_arena (contest comm): Either all entries public, all entries locked, or only unlock challenge entries. The benefit of keeping at least the challenge posts unlocked is that people can see what kind of contests we do and decide to join based on that. But some people might feel uncomfortable with having their contest entries shown publicly by default? Help me decide:

[Poll #1671842]