it's only the beginning of the adventure;

28 February 2014 @ 03:23 pm

Hello one last time, Polychromatids--

Caru here, in case you didn't know by now. Sure, I'm using the ol' Robot Mod account, but this is me blathering. It's more personal than a mod announcement. I guess I've gone rogue, making wild, unofficial mod posts here at the end of things. But I just want to take a moment, here at the last, as the closing credits of POLYchromatic start to roll, as a retiring mod, to say one thing:

Thank you.

( And because I am nothing if not TL;DR, I'll spare you with a cut tag... )

All things have their time. And here, it seems, it POLYchromatic's. So I will say it again: Thank you. For everything you've done and said and created here with us. It has been made and done and it cannot be unmade or undone now or ever. We have made this place and it is ours.

Thank you,
POLYchromatic♥

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robot_mod

18 February 2014 @ 07:12 am

We Are All Just Prisoners Here of Our Own Device...

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes—and ships—and sealing-wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling hot—
And whether pigs have wings."

Dear POLYchromatic:

It is time for us to talk about what is going to be happening as the game draws to a close. We know that reading this post is going to be bittersweet, at best, but please read the entire post to understand what will be happening from February 22 to February 28. This is a long post, but it explains, day by day, how the final plot of

poly_chromatic will work.

( Any time of year...you can find it here... )

As of March 1,

poly_chromatic will close.

Thank you for everything, Poly. For all the plots, all the laughter, all the inside jokes, all the schemes, all the ideas, even all the challenges. It has been an honor and a privilege playing with you all these years. And we hope that this final story, with its potential for happy endings, will be a fitting end to the game.

The City will stand forever, as a world for those people who were born and raised in the City, for those whose families have lived for generations in the City. The City will never disappear, the Carousel will always turn, and the Clock will always tick.

If you have any questions about how this final plot will work, please feel free to ask them here.

Thank you, POLYchromatic

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robot_mod

01 February 2014 @ 05:11 am

On Things Which Have Not Yet Come to Pass

Hello, Polychromatids:

As you know, February marks the last month of gameplay here at POLYchromatic. The calendar is now up and, as you can see, the 22nd to the 28th mark the Endgame Plot. We're not going to spill everything about that plot yet--it's customary to keep a few secrets to ourselves, especially about big plots. But we're going to spoil a little bit of the ending so everyone can get their plots and thoughts organized.

We want, more than anything, for all player characters to have the opportunity for a happy ending.

That said, all player characters will be required to leave the City at the conclusion of the endgame plot. You will see why and how as the story unfolds. But don't fret: remember, there's a happy ending in there.

All characters will have to leave the City, yes. But they are by no means required to go back to their canon worlds. You read that right. They can go back to their own worlds, but they don't have to.

Characters will be given the chance to go anywhere they please at the conclusion of the endgame storyline--their canon world or anywhere else. So a character who is dead, whose world has been destroyed, who doesn't want to leave a friend or a lover, who just wants to start world-hopping? They can go somewhere else. They can go somewhere else with someone else, even. It's all up to you and your ideas.

Maybe you'd like to pick up this character at another game that allows previous game CR and memories--maybe this is where they enter that game.

Maybe you'd like to create an AU or a PSL for your characters--here's a way into that.

Maybe you'd just like to leave your characters happy, at peace, or content after their time in the City--they can step into that story if you so choose.

Maybe you'd just like to leave the door open for PSLs or stories or other ideas after the endgame storyline--perhaps this is the beginning.

Maybe your character will be going back to his or her canon world, but maybe you'd like to make that canon world secretly an AU and allow for doorways between worlds to happen again--it could happen.

We intend to leave this open to you, your ideas, your plans, your plots, and your creativity, and you'll see how it will all work as we get a little closer to the actual events.

But we do have one request: the story we are creating will require all player characters to leave the City. That's an absolute. So we, the mods of POLYchromatic, have one request: if you choose to musebox or PSL stories between Poly characters with Poly memories, all that we ask is that that the setting not be the City or that it at least be the City before the events of the endgame take place. It could even be a place very much like the City, but we ask that it not be the City itself.

Given the story we're writing, we'd like to let all player characters depart in their respective ways and the City will have its own kind of ending (happy, of course).

We hope that will make more sense as the story is told over the next few weeks.

Thank you for so much Poly. Let's let this story end on a high and triumphant note♥

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sphinx_mod

13 January 2014 @ 09:50 am

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Hey Poly,

We, your mod team, have some sad news. After a lot of deliberating, and a lot of discussion, and a lot of observation of the state of the game, we decided that we’re officially closing Polychromatic. We decided that we love this game and we love you guys, but that it's become increasingly obvious that it's time for us to enter endgame.

We want to be really clear: we’re really sad about this decision, but we wanted to give Poly an ending that it deserves. We’re an old game - almost eight years old! And that deserves an end. For several of us on the mod team, it was our first LJ/DWRP experience, and we know that for a lot of you it was the same. We didn’t want just it to limp out into nothing.

That said, we have a timeline. February will be the last month of Polychromatic, with the game officially closing on March 1st. AC will be suspended for both January and February, and apps will close on February 1st. There will be a month of favorite curses in February, and an endgame in the last week of the month.

We love you guys and we love the game, and we’re so honored that you guys stuck with us for so long. Thank you so much for all your dedication and loving hard work. I know that those of us on the modteam are going to remember this game with a lot of fondness and we hope that you guys do, too. What this game is and was is definitely something that will stick with us.

It was good times, Polychromatic. Please help us end the story just as we started, together. Let’s let this last month and a half go out with a bang!

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sphinx_mod

01 January 2014 @ 02:27 pm

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise two minimum instead of one for the next month--that's this JANUAARY.

○ If your character is here because you forgot to post to the Activity List, PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVITY HERE.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped unless you can prove activity.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( December Inactivity List; )

Tags: activity!

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sphinx_mod

26 December 2013 @ 01:09 pm

Activity Check-in!

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 1st of January at which point the AC list will go up!

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly OR Tampered community, either of which must have been done in the month of December - please remember, phone posts do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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robot_mod

06 December 2013 @ 11:01 am

Poly Player Plotting Post & CR Meme。

Poly Player Plotting Post。

Hey, POLYchromatic! Have you seen what's been going on in the City? Have you seen that calendar? Are you itching for some plots and plans and schemes and things?

Let's make some plans!

✖Comment with your characters. Please feel free to use the form below!
✖Reply to other comments if you want to suggest a plot, help with some plans, get in on a scheme, develop some CR, whatever!

Now go forth and plot!

As an example, if you have an idea you'd like to play out, but you need, say, a villain whose favorite form of communication is via tin-cans-and-string, then please just say so. And hopefully a player of such a villain will be willing to play along in your plot. And then lovely RP things can happen after ♥

Put together some ideas! Big plots, small plots, all plots! Plan things for this month, next month, or farther out! Plan things for this month's curses and events, plan things completely unrelated to curses! Make some friends, get some enemies! But most of all...

Have fun!

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sphinx_mod

01 December 2013 @ 10:47 am

Activity!

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise two minimum instead of one for the next month--that's this DECEMBER.

○ If your character is here because you forgot to post to the Activity List, PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVITY HERE.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped unless you can prove activity.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( November Inactivity List; )

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robot_mod

29 November 2013 @ 12:03 am

H. M. D.?!

H.M.D.?!
[WHAAAAAT??!!]

How It Works:
[1] If you choose to participate, list your name and your characters for which you would like some feedback (use our handy form, if you like)!

[2] Please refrain from posting pictures, .gifs, videos, giant text, sparklies, blinking and moving tags, and &c. outside of collapsed threads. For the sake of our sanity and our load times.

[3] Go forth and leave some polite thoughts, crit, questions, concerns, comments, suggestions, or any combination of the above for your fellow players about their respective characters. In this, we really encourage you to ask questions and get explanations about what has gone into characterization decisions. Communication is key. Find out what went into an action or decision and you may come to understand it better. Let's talk it out.

[4] Please try to be polite and constructive. Can't stress that enough, can I? Give suggestions and ask questions! Be constructive! But please also refrain from using "placeholder" comments. HMD isn't going anywhere, I promise!

[5] As per our community poll, Anonymous is off. We'd also like to request that sockpuppets not be used on this HMD. You are welcome to post a link to a personal HMD thread where Anonymous is allowed; these threads are your own lookout.

[6] Go forth and answer the eternal question: "How's my driving?"

The form:

Thank you, POLYchromatic!

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sphinx_mod

25 November 2013 @ 03:11 pm

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 1st of December at which point the AC list will go up!

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly OR Tampered community, either of which must have been done in the month of November - please remember, phone posts do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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sphinx_mod

03 November 2013 @ 01:14 pm

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise two pieces of activity minimum instead of one for the next month--that's this NOVEMBER.

○ If your character is here because you forgot to post to the Activity List, PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVITY HERE.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( OCTOBER Inactivity List; )

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sphinx_mod

26 October 2013 @ 03:45 am

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 3RD of November at which point the AC list will go up! (this month's delay DOES mean that the AC list will be open for reclaiming until the 10th! I apologize for the delay, it has to do with some situations beyond my control!)

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly or Tampered community, either of which done in the month of October - please remember, phone post comments do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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sphinx_mod

01 October 2013 @ 08:51 am

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise three posts minimum instead of two for the next month--that's this OCTOBER.

○ If your character is here because you forgot to post to the Activity List, PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVITY HERE.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( September Inactivity List; )

Tags: ac

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sphinx_mod

24 September 2013 @ 10:53 pm

AC check in!

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 1st of October at which point the AC list will go up!

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly OR Tampered community, either of which must have been done in the month of September - please remember, phone posts do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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sphinx_mod

01 September 2013 @ 11:50 am

Activity!

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise three posts minimum instead of two for the next month--that's this SEPTEMBER.

○ If your character is here because you forgot to post to the Activity List, PLEASE POST YOUR ACTIVITY HERE.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( August Inactivity List; )

Tags: activity check

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knight_mod

31 August 2013 @ 09:58 pm

on a steel horse i ride

... if you see a trail of blood leading from you to me it's only a flesh wound.

Ahem. Hello Poly. I'm Sarah, you may know me from such films as Bucky Barnes is a weirdo with a gun and Stiles has abs issues! Well now I'm starring in SOMEONE LET SARAH BE A MOD, RUN. I'll be here to answer all of your questions / concerns and anything in between. Unless it's a medical issue, then I'm out.

You can feel free to find me any time at

onamerrychase or by email at countingcoffeespoons[@]gmail.com or by aim under brokebackmutant.

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robot_mod

30 August 2013 @ 12:07 am

H. M. D.?

H.M.D.?!
[WHAAAAAT??!!]

How It Works:
[1] If you choose to participate (

poly_chromatic's HMD is completely optional), list your name and your characters for which you would like some feedback (use our handy form, if you like)!

[2] Please refrain from posting pictures, .gifs, videos, giant text, sparklies, blinking and moving tags, and &c. outside of collapsed threads. For the sake of our sanity and our load times.

[3] Go forth and leave some polite thoughts, crit, questions, concerns, comments, suggestions, or any combination of the above for your fellow players about their respective characters. In this, we really encourage you to ask questions and get explanations about what has gone into characterization decisions. Communication is key. Find out what went into an action or decision and you may come to understand it better. Let's talk it out.

[4] Please try to be polite and constructive. Can't stress that enough, can I? Give suggestions and ask questions! Be constructive! But please also refrain from using "placeholder" comments. HMD isn't going anywhere, I promise!

[5] As per our community poll, Anonymous is off. We'd also like to request that sockpuppets not be used on this HMD. You are welcome to post a link to a personal HMD thread where Anonymous is allowed; these threads are your own lookout.

[6] Go forth and answer the eternal question: "How's my driving?"

The form:

Thank you, POLYchromatic!

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sphinx_mod

26 August 2013 @ 06:17 pm

AC check in!

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 1st of September at which point the AC list will go up!

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly OR Tampered community, either of which done in the month of August - please remember, phone posts do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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sphinx_mod

01 August 2013 @ 10:52 am

○ You have seven days to reclaim a character on this list, and in return, you promise three posts minimum instead of two for the next month--that's this AUGUST.

○ For hiatus exemptions, I go off the Hiatus Notice Page, so, please, everyone, post there! poly_tldr is all well and good, but I don't remember every post there- if you did one, link me and I'll get you covered, but PLEASE use the hiatus post.

○ I make mistakes, so if you're listed as inactive and shouldn't be, just comment saying so, and I'll fix it, with my apologies.

○ If you've made the inactivity list twice with a character, (this also includes trying to use hiatus to cover more than one full month's activity), they're marked for removal in the "Second Strike" column. These are automatically dropped.

○ If a character on this list has been dropped, don't worry about it. The end results just end up removed anyway.

( July Inactivity List; )

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sphinx_mod

25 July 2013 @ 11:46 am

AC Check in! Check in will be open until the 1st of August at which point the AC list will go up!

-Please fill out the form for each of your characters, even if you're on hiatus! If you have a new character this month, please fill it out anyway for that character, and note that it's new and so it's activity exempt.

-As per the new AC rules, you must have one post OR 30 comments on the Poly OR Tampered community, either of which done in the month of July - please remember, phone posts do not count! For more on the kind of threads you can list to meet your AC requirements, go here.

Thank you!

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