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synfluxmods) wrote2023-07-19 09:57 pm
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▶ FAQ / INFORMATION
▷ FAQ
BASICS / ARRIVAL
What is this game?
As the premise states, Synflux is a mission based game in a post-apocalyptic, cyberpunk setting. The world is a world just like ours, containing Earth and all of it's planet. Think of it as simply an alternate timeline. It is the year 2277. Only 1/3rd of humanity is left on Earth, and the main cause of their extinction is cause by the wrath of various kaiju and monsters.
The name comes from the prefix "syn" which means "together" and "flux" meaning "constantly changing." Together, LILITH has a changing team of characters suitable for giving this version of Earth a last chance at survival.
Synflux is based off of cyberpunk and post apocalyptic series such as Akira, Evangelion, Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Ghost in the Shell, Bladerunner, etc..
Wait.. kaiju and monsters?
You are correct! Various monsters have been appearing from mysterious rifts that have been seen popping up around the entire world. What causes these rifts is unknown (for now) but one thing is certain, they need to be stopped before all of humanity is wiped out. That's where LILITH comes in.
What is LILITH? What does it stand for?
LILITH is an organization that works closely with the government specifically to fight these monsters and rebuild the population. They are not the government, but an emergency safety team. They're desperate for suitable soldiers at the moment, so that's where you all come in... LILITH isn't an acronym for anything, but LILITH is said to be the first woman on Earth according to holy books. LILITH is working on rebuilding Earth, so they all thought the name was suitable.
How did my character arrive here? What happens to them back home? What will my character have on their person?
LILITH has one of the highest technology left and they are using it to materialize characters from their worlds and bring them here. A few buttons in their ADMIN ONLY control room, and voila! A fresh new somebody from somewhere will manifest!
Back home, their self will continue to exist and thrive.. but their consciousness here won't have those memories. Characters will be informed of this if asked, and if asked for proof LILITH will disclose their futures back in their home world.
As for what they have on their person, nothing but the skin on their backs. No pets/companions, weapons, anything on their belongings.. they're all gone. Characters will lay in a stasis in a pod until they are fully healed from their surgical process. As of November 24th, 2023, characters will find one personal item in their locker or in their room, where ever it will fit.
Isn't this kidnapping?
Not exactly. Your character's existence still goes on in their world! It's just.. you know.. kind of a partial kidnapping. Characters will be aware of this at some point during their first simulation experience. You could say it is a kidnapping of sorts, but then again we never said LILITH was a saintly organization. They're willing to do shady things to get the job done.
Once a character is materialized, their body here will remain unconscious and be escorted to the medical bay where they will undergo a small surgery to enhance... well.. a lot of stuff about them! As for your super-cool OP / gamebreaking power, well.. some of the those things that got left behind in the process. Sorry about that. It seemed to have either gotten lost in process or reduced to 30% (see: POWERS for more information.)
"Enhance a lot of stuff about them?"
Yep. After all, they gotta blend in here. It will consist of an ocular & brain implant followed by a microchip in one of their wrists which is urgent for survival here. To learn more about this operation, read the TECHNOLOGY page.
My character doesn't give a crap about any of this. They just want to sit in their assigned room and eat snacks.
That's totally valid, however...! There was quite a tampering with characters when they arrived in the medical bay. Not only did they receive some cybertech, but they also have been microchipped! No matter how uncaring or ruthless (or lazy) a character may be, something will make them determined to help out in some way and slowly not care as much for their home. Was this some kind of brainwashing? AI influence? Maybe. Possibly. They don't know and they won't find out. It could be they just want to do this to receive praise from others! Or maybe they didn't care about humanity before, but now they do! However you want to alter your character to care even the slightest bit will be acceptable.
Nope. My character is still mad and wants to go home.
They're allowed to feel this way to an extent, however a large part of suitability is selecting a character who can run with this. Ideally, LILITH will not select those who would continually be non-compliant. For characters that doubt LILITH, they will find that LILITH can show them "proof" of their claims. While in the future, there may be plots related to this, we didn't want this to be a main focal point of the game, or become a deterrent for people participating in events. For any further questions in regards to this, please also view our PLAYER PLOT page.WORLD / SETTING
Explain more about what kind of world this is.
As mentioned, this is an alternate reality from Earth. Real life locations, people, history... etc.. all of that exists in the world as we know it (which might be different than the world your character is from!)
However, due to a lot of factors that never improved (such as corrupt governments, climate change, and of course.. the monsters that exist in this world) most of the world and its population is destroyed. There are countries that are unsafe to live on and some that are entirely underwater or destroyed. There are certain animals that are completely extinct and children who are being raised in this era may have never seen certain animals that we would take for granted here (such as a penguin.. what's a penguin anyway?)
It's also set way in the future so technology is highly advanced, but it's a bit polarizing considering most of the world is in shambles.
What's society like here?
The crime is pretty bad.. very high in most areas. People are doing anything they can to keep surviving. Law enforcement is scarce around here, though they will definitely interfere if you get caught.. depending on who you are and what you're trying to do. Some people are thrown into a heavily guarded prison without being given a trial, and sometimes crimes will go unpunished entirely. Most of the population's moral direction isn't what it used to be. Justice is definitely skewed.
Drug restrictions and laws have mostly lifted for all kinds, the recognition of different sexes and genders is acknowledged and accepted and rebelling against most governments is highly inappropriate. Those who work hard are rewarded, those who need help are overlooked. Some hospitals will do everything they can to help others; some hospitals only care about being paid and some hospitals have people who technically don't have much experience or practice. Those are the back alley ones that citizens will go to when they're very desperate. You can be under qualified for a job and still get it in some cases, depending on how desperate the company is.
School still exists the same as it always has, but the classroom structure and way of learning is different. Some teachers are human, some are robots or AI. Attending class means sitting in a reclined chair with other students and getting educated via the holoscreen and implants. School trips, haydays, getting outside as a way of learning is a thing of the past.
A stroll around areas dense with shopping will bombard citizens with advertisements, calling them out by their names and flashing pop ups on their holoscreens. It's an annoying hassle to go shopping, but with a proper pop-up blocker, maybe it'll make shopping more peaceful. Most cashier clerks are robots or AI.. in fact, most mundane jobs have been replaced by them.
Fortunately, restaurants exist but sadly aren't flourishing as much as they used to. This world is living on limited resources, but things have slowly been getting better since technology has started to provide artificial food and ingredients.CYBERTECH / TECHNOLOGY
Everything about the tech is covered over here on it's own hefty page! We do encourage players to worldbuild as much as they want with things such as this, so feel free to give us technology suggestions which can be located on the TECHNOLOGY page as well!POWERS / SKILLS / ABILITIES
Will my character arrive with their powers?
Most of them, yes! LILITH is targeting people to recruit based on their abilities, so characters who possess powers or have skills that would be useful in this type of setting are the ones they are looking for. If a character is a wizard with spell casting powers, they will have those intact. If a character has the ability of transformation to another creature, they will have that. If a character is a standard human but possesses skills with a useful background (say, a military background) they would also be someone that LILITH would want to recruit. Another example would be a standard human who is well-versed in martial arts or handling weapons.. all of these are suitable for LILITH's recruit.
My character is insane and has an insane amount of powers. They're kind of OP as fuck. Surely LILITH will recruit them with this power, right?
Absolutely. They will definitely try, but for OOC purposes and making this game fair to all, any overpowered characters (example: All Might from My Hero Academia, Superman from DC) will have to fill out a NERFED POWER section in their application. The player will have to explain how this power is nerfed or if it discarded. For IC purposes, we are saying characters lost their ability in transition. If you're unsure about if your character's power needs to be nerfed, you can ask in your application or respond to POWER INQUIRY below and we will talk. The goal is to nerf anything that makes monster killing too easy, anything that alters this world, anything that alters another character, anything that allows a character to cheat death. Here is an example of what we mean:
Immortality: Any character who has an immortal ability will be nerfed of this. Death is permanent here and nobody can cheat death without some assistance from LILITH's medical crew. Characters who have a rapid healing ability or some means to heal themselves will not be nerfed in any way, but if something were to instantly kill them, such as a decapitation or being crushed by a big monster, they will die.
Necromancy: Discarded entirely.
Time / Reality Bending: Characters who can control time in any capacity will be nerfed. This also means freezing other characters in place, changing perception of time and space, etc. This power is discarded entirely.
Hypnosis / Mindcontrol: These sorts of powers will be discarded entirely.
Power Erasure: Taking control of another's power or snuffing it out will be discarded.
One Hit KO's: Such as dismembering or decapitating a character or creature with the blink of an eye, energy attacks that obliterate other objects into pieces / to death, super-strong punch through the chest or head that would kill instantly, etc.
World Altering: Anything that alters a broad mass of land, such as weather changes, earthquakes, tidal waves, etc will be nerfed. A power like this can be reduced to 30%, only effecting a small amount of area.
Blast Attacks / Energy Attacks: Reduced to 30%.
Summoning a familiar/assistant: Will be reduced on case by case basis. Is this summon also a monster? Well, now it's a smaller monster. Is it a super strong summon? It's strength will also be reduced. Is it a Pokemon/Digimon? It probably got left behind.
Psychometry: Discarded entirely.
Types of powers that typically don't need any nerfing: Most powers won't require any nerfing such as: enhanced healing, healing others, flying, x-ray and heat vision, shapeshifting, telekinesis, enhanced strength / speed / endurance (most of the time),reading thoughts / emotions, invisibility, element bending / control, hammerspace, enhanced senses such as keen sense of smell, vision and hearing, night vision, clairvoyance / seeing spirits, breathing underwater / in space, hyperawareness (of other's presence), speaking to and understanding animals, teleportation, creating portals...
If you're unsure where your character's power lies, please reply to the POWER INQUIRY comment below. Comments not placed in the proper category will be ignored.
TEAMS / MISSIONS
What's with the Team mechanic in this game?
Characters will be organized into four different teams depending on their personality + skills they possess. The teams each have a code name and a color. They are as stated below:EVERLIGHT REVELATION BRIMSTONE REDEMPTION
How characters are organized is a secret kept by LILITH. OOCly, players will fill out the personality traits section of their application and the mods will sort characters where they seem fit.
Can we pick which team we are on? Or switch teams?
Team organizing will be by mod judgment only. In the event of a CANON UPDATE that drastically changes a character, there may be a chance that the character will get resorted depending on their personality and skill changes.
Does this mean we can never interact with other teams?
Absolutely not! Team organizing is mostly for housing purposes and there may be some prompts that are team specific, but most prompts will involve teams interacting or all characters involvement. All teams live on the same base and can easilyharassvisit one another as well. For more information, check out the housing portion of the MAIN BASE page.
How do missions work?
Missions are debriefed bi-monthly. There will be an announcement of a new monster and its location along with a travel / setting up camp prompt. If the mission involves any signing up requirements, pairing requests, etc, all of that will be on this debrief section. The log after this one will contain prompts for the actual monster fight followed by any aftermath prompts.
How are all of us going to fight one big monster?
Some monsters will be smaller sized and appearing in clusters in which players can NPC their monster fights. There may be bigger monsters that require a more thought out way of defeat. For example, one large one may have a hidden HP and players can comment to receive a hit or miss or some kind of result from their attack which they may implement into their threads. Most of the monsters will appear in clusters, however.
What's the calendar of events like?
You can check out the CALENDAR page for more information, but it goes something like this..
Month One: Applications & Reserves will be open. First log of the month will double as a TDM / Simulation and Team Building log. OOC introduction meme. Later on in that first month, there will be a social media mingle similar to Twitter (or.. I guess X.. which is so fitting.)
Month Two: Applications and Reserves will remain closed. Monster appearance and debriefing will occur along with an OOC plotting meme near the beginning of the month. Right after, a travel / setting up camp log with activities on the designated area will occur. The last log at midway through the month will be the monster fight and disposing of the rift along with aftermath prompts. Rinse and repeat.
Won't this get old?
Absolutely not. There are all sorts of different monsters we have in store for you all. There may also be occasional player plots or times when no monster appears where we will provide other things for characters to do, but for the most part, this is the vision we have for the events.LOCATIONS / DOWNTIME LIFE
Where is my character located most of the time?
LILITH's base is located in Shinjuku City in Tokyo. Like most countries, Japan has suffered greatly from various monster attacks, but has progressed significantly with rebuilding it's country. Although Japan is lacking many buildings that we all knew and loved, it has definitely rebuilt plenty of shopping malls, entertainment, restaurants, cafes, and more.
Characters are free to roam Japan as they please. They are welcome to get a part time job at any of the mod created locations or any place that players may suggest for a location. Characters under 18 may attend school if they want, but it is optional. When brushing shoulders with civilians, characters will be required to used their alternate identity, civilian clothes and cloaking device (if applicable). Read the TECHNOLOGY page for more info.
To learn more about LILITH's main base, look at the read the MAIN BASE page.
What other locations can my character go to?
As of now (December 2023), characters will reside in Japan. However, in the future, there are a few countries that are safe for characters to teleport to at their leisure via LILITH's dataportal technology. Say you wanna visit Russia, or India, or Singapore.. these are a few countries that have a dataportal to teleport to. More on these specific locations are on the LOCATIONS page.SMUT
Is smut allowed in this game?
Yes, please. Any kind of smut is allowed in the game under the condition that it is PROPERLY TAGGED AND WARNED. Synflux's communities will remain private to members only, but players are REQUIRED to warn for any kind of adult content. What you do in your threads is your business, but please be mindful of other members who might come across your filth.
Are characters sterilized upon arrival? Is pregnancy an option?
Characters will arrive as they are and should take proper actions to prevent pregnancy and the spread STDs. LILTH's main base will have plenty of things in vending machines for characters to use. Anything you can think of that your character needs or wants, it'll be in a vending machine.
Even if I want to play (insert terrible taboo kink)?
Do what you want. Just mark it and make SURE that all participants are comfortable with it. The mod team will not tolerate players making each other uncomfortable as this is a means of harassment. If anything uncomfortable crops up, you can contact us.
Can my character get sterilized themselves?
There are back alley medical procedures that offer this and your character may undergo sterilizations for a cost which we won't be implementing or monitoring. It's up to you.GAME MECHANICS
What are the different communities?sinfucks - The OOC comm, used for posting memes, announcements, TDMs, and general player notices.
What's the OOC / IC day ratio? Is the calendar the same as real time?
1 : 1 and yes, the seasons and day of the year will go off of the same day via GMT time.
What kind of characters can I submit an application for?
Human, inhuman, robots, AI, fantasy races, folklore/myths, original characters, anything, really. Characters who exceed the height of 304cm / 10 feet will be reduced to 304cm / 10 feet or shorter upon arrival. Characters who have an alternate form that is larger (such as The Hulk) will have no trouble transforming while in their plug suit; it will adjust to their size automatically. Characters who are dead can arrive from their death canon point (they die and then wake up here) and characters who have injuries will arrive with their injuries. It's up to you if they recover in the medical bay after their arrival or if you'd like them to still be injured after their procedure.
More information and specifics on what characters are appable can be seen on the APPLICATIONS page.
Characters who are under 13 are not applicable regardless of suitability. Characters 13 and over are appable, but the closer they are to 13 the stricter we will be on suitability judgement.
Why is this game to strict when it comes to suitability?
We've seen it happen many times before-- an overabundance of unsuitable characters disrupts the vision and overall theme of the game. Synflux will have some slice of life and lighthearted moments, but for the most part, we encourage characters who are suitable for this type of setting to app and have the right to reject characters if we find their suitability is insufficient.
What's death like here?
It's permanent. That being said, if your character ends up dying on a mission, LILITH has ways of reviving them by.. rebuilding them, in some ways. Try to avoid dying at all costs, but if your character does die, you can reach out to us and see what we can do to revive them. LILITH can materialize them again and have them glitch, losing more parts of their body or they can try to work with the remains that are left over. Either way, it will permanently alter your character quite a bit. Characters who have an immortality mechanism of sorts (besides those who have rapid healing abilities) will be nerfed.
How about game pacing? Is there an overarching plot?
The game will be a medium to pseudo-fast game. There are two mod posts per month (TDM / Simulation, X Social Media, Debrief/Travel, Kaiju Fight/Aftermath.) There will be times that the schedule will change a bit or there will be no monster to fight at the time.
There is a somewhat overarching plot that will gradually be revealed as time goes on, but from the start of the game, it is mostly recruiting, missions, team based events. Expect more action packed scenarios then slice of life and expect more gritty and darker themes such as violence, trauma, corruption, gore, drugs, brainwashing, death, end of the world scenarios.
Are there NPCs?
There are! You can view a list of all named NPCs and a short description on the NPC page. They won't be too involved with what goes on here, but there will be times that they are present. Most, if not all of them, will be members of LILITH's administration. Nurses and doctors, clean up crew, chefs, etc, all live on base wihttps://synfluxmods.dreamwidth.org/3109.htmlbsinessth Outsiders. Feel free to NPC any of the lesser staff as you wish.
Can my character own a business?
While Outsiders are encouraged to keep themselves mainly focused on their mission, we are allowing both business suggestions, as well as the potential for character-owned businesses. If you'd like to submit an idea for a business, you are free to do so at any time on the LOCATIONS page. Help us build this world together! In the instance that a player with a player-ran business drops, the business will automatically be taken over by an AI bot.
Since characters are divided into teams, is this a faction game?
This isn't a faction game, per se, but as mentioned, there may be times where specific teams have specifics duties. Sometimes a team's target goal may coincide with another team's goal, but for the most part, teams are not against each other.
Applications? Reserves?
Reserves open on the 1st to 5th of the month; Applications open on the 5th to 10th. Applications & Reserves are bi-monthly. Reserves are not required to submit an application, but are appreciated to help mods gauge interest. Applications will be screened while reserves will not. Reserves will expire three days after applications open. Players cannot change their reserve once it is placed. This is a public game with a player cap and players may app two characters total and only one character per round.
Applications are read on a first-come-first-served basis, and then further judged based on suitability. In the event that more apps are received than slots, the mods will make use of a rolling application system. More information and specifics on the app process can be seen on the APPLICATIONS page.
Proxy reserves are permitted. Proxy reserves are limited to one per applicant for each round.
Players who are seen making a repetitive attempt to reserve and not app risk the result of being banned. This is shitty to do in case someone else who is willing to app keeps losing the opportunity to do so.
That being said, the mod team reserves the right to deny a person a reserve or pre-ban a player.
I have an issue with someone in the game. How is this handled?
It should be sorted out amongst players and we encourage a do not interact between two players who cannot get along. However, if this escalates from there, reach out to the mod team and we'll step in. If there is any harassment that crosses boundaries, also reach out to us.ACTIVITY CHECK
What is the AC like here?
Activity Check goes by a point system of 20 points per month and anything over 20 points can be banked up for Rewards if you'd like, but that is completely optional. Comments must be from threads started in the month you are submitting AC and Bonuses for. Bonus points can still be submitted even while a player is on hiatus.
Inboxes, and Network comments equal 1 point.
Player Created Logs, TDM / Simulation Logs, Mission Logs equal 2 points.
AC can only be used across three threads in any combination that will give you 20 points. You could simply do one comment in a log with 10 comments and that would be enough, or a log with 5 comments and a network of 10 comments, or a log of 5 comments, a network of 5 comments and a character inbox of 5 comments. Whatever you can come up with for Activity Check.
Activity Check can be submitted at any day for the month you're submitting AC for. AC will close at midnight GMT going into the next month. There will be no official warning or grace period for missed AC. Characters will be swept and can app back in next Application round which is bi-monthly. New characters are still required to submit AC the month they are accepted.
For more information about AC, look at the ACTIVITY CHECK page.PLEASE DO NOT PM QUESTIONS TO THE MOD ACCOUNT.
PMs are auto-deleted and often lost when the Dreamwidth inbox hits capacity. PMed questions also prevent others from being able to see the answer. If you have a private question, you can drop a comment into our screened mod contact page.
Please do not ask questions involving another player's character, as this often results in miscommunication. We ask that all players come directly to us if they have a question regarding their character.
If you don't see an answer here you need, you can comment on this page and start a NEW THREAD with a question and title of the question in the HEADER COMMENT. This is to make it easier for others to find a certain question. Failure to ask questions correctly will result in us eventually deleting it. If you are referring to another question, please link it in the question you ask.
We ask that you give us enough time to respond before reaching out to us again! If we haven't gotten back to you in 2 weeks, feel free to contact us again. Thank you!
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