Reims Academy ( OOC )

re-intro

2012-01-07T04:46:00Z

I'm Pip. This is Mystia.

She's in MS-3. She was here before during the spring and summer of last year, but went away to a vocal training camp that she bombed out of. She sings and likes music you wouldn't think a girl her age would like.

Her glasses are a new Thing, but some might remember her complaining about contact lenses being so difficult when she was around last year. She also wears bird-like costume parts with her non-uniform clothes, and walks around almost everywhere with noise-cancelling headphones on because crowds are pretty annoying.

She also totally doesn't crush on bad influences in her life. I don't know where you would ever get that idea.

Her new journal name is a bad pun because she... can't actually read (music, that is).

That's all I got, except her CR-making link is here in case we have any new players who want to say they knew her last year, or knew OF her. She doesn't have such a good reputation; or one at all, really.

Goodbye... on one level

2012-01-06T19:21:20Z

I'd like to take the time to thank all of the players for sticking with Reims through our explosive start and rocky continued playing. I've been with this game since its inception and a mod from the beginning, but I've decided it's time for me to just be a player again.

So, I'm stepping down as a mod here at Reims. I'll still be here with Marisa, as she'll be here as long as possible, but it's time for me to give up the reins. Thank you all for the support you gave me as a mod, but it's time to just be this little hacking mischief maker.

-Sin

Hello!

2012-01-04T02:31:59Z

My name is Lucie, and I'm new! I'm bringing in Reira from the manga NANA, and she will be the academy's choir teacher. Her class registry post is here.

Reira is the lead singer of the popular Japanese band Trapnest; however, I've modified her history to make it so that the band is on an indefinite hiatus. (Her application is here in her journal, if you want to read the AU history.) If your character is from Japan or has any other cause to know the band, that's fine; otherwise Reira isn't going to go out of her way to make it known that she's a famous singer. =)

UM. I've never played in an AU game before, or even a school setting, so please bear with me while I get used to it! ♥ If anyone needs to contact me, plot, or just chat, send me a PM or message me at for my hopes on AIM.

I look forward to playing with you all! ♥

Drop.

2012-01-03T17:34:52Z

Sorry guys, but Sanae is really not working out for me. I likely will return to Reims one day with another character, whether it moves to DW or not, but for now, green-hair is going home.

Holiday hiatus

2011-12-29T09:36:37Z

Alright so sorry but my sister came in to town so i will be on hiatus until some qhere after the first. To be more exact she leaves the fourth.

This effects Yosuke Hanamura...but thats it.

Winter Formal

2011-12-14T17:51:01Z

The Winter Formal will be ICly December 17th and a large log will be placed in reimsactivities for everyone to post to if they'd like. Any planned rule-breaking/spiking of the punch/etc, please let us know here.

Also, feel free to put your own logs up for the Winter Formal an use this post for plotting.

Some crazy sort of hiatus thing.

2011-12-13T05:41:34Z

I'm feeling the need to take a break from RP in general for now, guys. Kind of lacking the motivation at the moment, and there are a couple of IRL factors that I really need to try to get out of the way.

Estimated time of return is January 2, 2012. Koa here is the only character affected, seeing as she's my only character here.

Log idea?

2011-11-20T16:25:23Z

Does anyone have an interest in doing a log for Marisa's Draconian Realms gaming night as she brought up in her post here? Basically, all the characters that wanted to play - even if they didn't respond to the post itself - can be on the same 'wing' and we can do something where everyone is a dragonrider in the game. Or something like that.

Thoughts?

reimsassembly @ 2011-11-14T10:18:00

2011-11-14T16:18:18Z

oh hi I'm back

GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY, GONNA EAT ME SOME... STUFF...

2011-11-10T16:12:26Z

Hey folks. I'm going to go ahead and declare a hiatus today, as by evening tomorrow, my partner Xander and I will be heading into an absolutely internet-less area of Texas known as Todd Mission for the Texas Renaissance Festival and will be camping there this weekend. I won't be back in contact with any of y'all until Sunday evening at most. A lot of threads will probably be dropped unless I'm contacted to continue them, herp.

Anygoo, this effects:
Pyro
Patchouli
Momiji
Mokou
Reso

All of them will be on auto-pilot and godmode rights go to those whom it makes sense. SWILL TO THE KING! HUZZAH!

Major Announcement

2011-11-05T02:25:35Z

Attention all players:

Reims Academy has reached it's six month of being open. Over the time, we mods have noticed many things, including the large number of drops and the very slow pace of the game. This has been a big concern for us and we've been brainstorming possible solutions to this. We have also noticed that those of you that have stuck with the slow pace, the lack of major events and the rapid loss of CR, are very dedicated to your characters and still enjoy the game. To balance the losses with the slow but steady current with our current players, we're instituting several game-wide changes. We think these changes will be for the better to help lighten load and instill some more enjoyment in the game, including the moderator team.

The format of Reims Academy will be changing. We are going to transition the game from a strict, formal AU game to a more semi-formal AU game. There are a few changes being done to facilitate this.

We are expanding the types of posts allowed on the main community. Before, the main community reimsacademy was to be only used for posts characters make on the school's Intranet. Now it can be used for cell phone conversations, emails between characters, flyers posted in the hallways/dorms, IC mmorpg chats, and even 'action spam' posts along with the standard Intranet posts. Basically, if it's not third-person prose or an event (LaSalle, Halloween Party, etc), it can go in the main community. reimsactivities will remain the community for logs.
We are going to revise the applications and application guidelines. To this end, we will be reducing our four types of applications to one standard application with sections only required for original characters and faculty characters. The new application will be simpler with less requirements to encourage new players to app into Reims. We are extending our heartfelt thanks to all of you who spent the time on your character applications under the current system.

Whereas we know the revised application will not require as much work as you all put in, we need to encourage new players and our current application system is too bulky for both players and the mods with the four separate application types. While some standards in the new application may be less than before, making it seem more like players are 'claiming' characters, we are still going to be very strict on AU Histories to ensure realism and on any subject with the potential to upset our players or make them feel uncomfortable. This game is not becoming a dressingroom where anything goes.
We are removing the limitation on faculty characters. Players may now have more than one faculty character if they choose and we will not be capping the number of faculty positions except for Guidance Counselor. We still have a limit of five Guidance Counselors and have no intention of changing that. We're also going to expand the electives available at Reims Academy. The core classes - History, English, Math and Science - are still required, so players are encouraged to have their faculty/teacher characters offer something else. We want common sense to prevail here. This is a middle/high school, so keep the course subject material age-appropriate.
We are transitioning from a Monthly Activity Check to a Trimester Activity Check. We will only do three activity checks a year, every four months - January 1st, May 1st, and September 1st. As we have extended the activity period from one month to four months, the requirements will change. Instead of one piece of activity per month, we will now require two pieces of activity per four months. One of these two pieces must be either an open post or open log that any character can interact in. We will not be accepting comments as valid activity for both pieces of activity. They will still count for one piece of activity, but not both.

Things that will not change.

The Rumor Board will be posted OOCly once a month by the mods if there are rumors to filter through the student body. We can only make so many up, so please submit rumors for us to post. We will continue to drop little setting tidbits and rumors from NPCs onto the Rumor Board, but please submit rumors.
The school's IC rules and setting will not change. Making the game more relaxed does not give players free reign to have their characters get away with anything they want. Rules are enforced by NPCs. We're not going to police you all over what your characters are doing, but please keep the rules in mind and everyone gets caught sooner or later. We still encourage game-wide player-run plots. Feel free to contact us regarding any you might have.
We will continue to have the Administration Approved Weekends to LaSalle. These occur during the second weekend of each month except when breaks interfere. Please use the communities calendar function to keep track of them. We mods will only post one open LaSalle log each activity period (only one of every four), but you are always welcome to post your own open or private logs for LaSalle during the weekends the students can visit the mainland.
The Academy's two big formal dances will be posted by the mods as planned. The two in question are the Winter Formal and Prom. The Winter Formal is coming up soon, so be on the lookout for announcements regarding it and start planning your character's attire.
The Intranet hacking ooc rules are not changing. Please don't make us unleash the rabid wombat.

As always the mods are available to answer questions. We hope these changes will increase the enjoyment of Reims Academy and keep this small game on the right tracks. Thank you for taking the time to read all this.

-Reims Moderators

Drop

2011-11-04T03:31:34Z

Sorry, Reims. This muse crawled off in the corner to die.

Thanks for all the fun times and I hope to see you around.

choo choo

2011-11-04T01:50:01Z

So sorry to all, but I'm gonna be heading out as well. I'm super inactive right now and I don't really feel good character squatting, so that's it for me.

Gokudera's finally heading back home to Italy before going to school in Japan where he'll meet friends etc etc. Kyon's going back to Japan too after finally talking his mom out of being at Reims and winding up at the same school as Nagato by coincidence or something idk.

See ya around.

drop

2011-11-02T23:27:08Z

Well, I guess I should stop squatting here and take my leave. I'm really, really sorry I hardly did anything with Robin (no one will probably miss her anyways since she didn't have much CR orz) especially since she's been at the school since around the time it opened.

Um uh drop story! Professor Clover found a school closer to his research facility so he's sending Robin there so they can stay in touch with each other more often. Since she didn't have any close friends at Reims, Robin will be leaving without a trace.

And yes, she will be taking her snake with her.

Thanks for everything, Reims. <3

dorp

2011-10-30T15:59:25Z

Wow I feel bad about kind of doing this and not talking to everyone individually about dropping. But that'd kind of be like telling the whole game I'm dropping anyway? Plus what is feeling bad about letting people down.

But I kind of already decided a few weeks back that I'd drop after the Halloween Party. >: It really just boils down to that can't really think of much to do here anymore.

At least I came up with really elaborate drop stories? Hatate got sick of doing nothing to help other people so she took a huge chunk of her parents money, dropped out of school, and flew to a third world country to be a reporter and in general just to help out. I wish I was joking but this is kind of the direction she wanted to go in life anyway so she just kind of... went ahead and did it. She was disowned by her parents but it's all good because she's happy and she writes letters to her friends still in school! Sakuya, your cooking skills have come in handy because she's now feeding starving children with them. Be proud.

Yuki's story is a little less exaggerated. She started getting pretty homesick for japan so she flew home to go to a private school there instead of attending Reims.

I'm sticking around long enough to finish threads in the Halloween post but after that I'll remove the communities and everything. I had tons of fun, no regrets ever. Now I'm gonna go mope around and be sad about dropping because wow this is a bandaid drop.

Halloween Party!

2011-10-29T01:28:50Z

The Reims Halloween Party, as announced by Student Council President ~~For Life~~ Hatate over here is NOW HAPPENING over HERE! Come and get it!

Mod Announcement - Application & Reserve Changes

2011-10-20T19:20:14Z

Hello all! I have here just a quick notice about policy changes:

-As you've probably noticed, the volume of incoming apps has decreased significantly since the game opened. After discussing the situation, we've decided to change from a set, weekly schedule of application acceptance to a "judge them as they come" system. This simply means that instead of having the weekend deadline, we'll be processing each app when it's submitted and responding to them as soon as possible. Hopefully this will just make everything more convenient for everyone.

-In addition, we'll be reworking the reserve system as well to reflect the above change. Instead of having reserves expire every Saturday when we do apps, reserves will now last one week from the posted day.

The FAQ and app pages will be edited shortly to reflect this change. Thank you for your time!

+1 intro at almost 5 in the morning

2011-10-20T08:40:48Z

Hey Reims, guess who's back?

Yep.

For anyone not familiar with me already, my name is Mike. I was here before and am returning with the same exact character: Koakuma from that one PC game series where pixelated Skittles, Life Savers, and candy corn go flying everywhere and you have to do something about it that usually involves throwing even more Skittles, Life Savers, and candy corn back. Here at Reims, she is Patchouli Knowledge's adopted sister Corinne, a highly-distractable thirteen-year-old klutz in MS2 who runs a constant 50/50 chance of either tripping over her own shoelaces or pulling off silly childish pranks. Also books. Gotta have them books. And a decent laptop. In regards to internet-y things, her canon name serves as her handle.

And this time around, she will be rooming in South 213 with one Kuri Masachika.

Contact info, if needed, can be found here.

So yeah. Hi? Hi.

mod reminder - fall break!

2011-10-18T22:11:47Z

Hey guys,

Just a quick reminder that fall break officially started on Sunday! It ends on the 28th, so any Halloween plans are still good to go. If there are ever questions about the calendar, it's up here.

Thanks, everyone!

calling all aliens, time travelers, espers, and sliders...!

2011-10-09T21:50:58Z

Hi there, everyone! I'm Manda, and I am FRESH MEAT to Reims here. Confession: I actually planning on apping this girl before the game... even opened... but things happened and it just didn't work out. BUT I AM HERE NOW AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANT PART.

Anyway, I'll be playing the titular character from the Haruhi Suzumiya series! Like her castmates, though, she's not from the original universe that most people are familiar with—she's from the AU manga The Vanishing of Nagato Yuki-chan, which is more of a For those who know the series, this Haruhi is very different from her OU counterpart! Long story short, she's still got her love of everything weird and supernatural, but she's miles nicer than her original incarnation. ALSO THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE SOS BRIGADE. (Yet.)

Iiin any case, Haruhi here is a second year high school student rooming in North 214 with Aya! Her history-making thread is here, and if you'd like to get to know me OOCly, my AIM is heir of breath, and my plurk is rainfell. ENOUGH OF ME BEING TL;DR, it's nice to meet you all, and I'm looking forward to playing here! ♥

Mod Announcement - Student Years

2011-10-05T19:14:51Z

As the game had opened in May, at the end of the IC school year, we had originally given the players of existing characters the option to either advance their character a grade upon the new year or retcon them back to the year they apped in as. Now that we're firmly into the current school year, we would like every player to post here with the year their character currently is in so we can update the student directory.

Please keep in mind when your character joined the game. If they joined in either August or September, they will be the same year they apped in as. Please list all your characters in this post.

Thank you.

well that was fast

2011-10-03T02:08:34Z

Chase here again with a character that was supposed to be apped day one, but I wound up sitting on my ass and doing absolutely nothing about it for months. But, here he is! This is Hayato Gokudera from that one Mafia manga. Only he's not mafia! He's transfered from Italy over a few years ago and has finally joined the network.

So yeah.

Here's a history making thing!

Oh hi.

2011-10-03T01:11:27Z

Hi, this is Xander! I used to play here before RL ate me as Equius Zahhak and BLU Scout. I, uh, sort of idled out the last time. Either way, here's the RED Pyro from Team Fortress 2. His application is here and should answer all questions.

So, uh, HI.

October Rumor Board

2011-10-02T17:02:56Z

( the rumor board )

October Rumors

Are you a socially inept man? Yuushi Oshitari can make you just as smooth with the ladies as he is.
There's a dragon loose in the East Quad. WHAT IF IT MAKES IT TO THE WOODS?!
Did anyone else see those scratch marks down the Phoenix's back? Don't mention them to her... she'll set you on fire. She gets more scratches between the sheets than she does on the streets.
Did Haru Zheng finally become a man? He was seen in LaSalle making a 'special' purchase.
Sakuya Izayoi is definitely a player. Not only has he put another notch in his belt with China, but now he has his eyes set on that redhead in HS-1.
The theater production this term is going to be Death of a Salesman... with a real dead body.
Will the fog roll in to cover the island again at the end of this month or is that just a tale told to the First Years and Transfers Students to keep them in line?
Floe Sibyll has returned! Girls, watch your hearts because she's going to steal them!
Marisa Kirisame and Shinichi Okazaki are either planning something big or having an affair. Or maybe it's both.
Reims Academy's Best New Couple: Yuki Nagato and Kyon.
SBurb may soon fall victim to the Paradoxfucker and be banned from the school's network.
Girls, watch your panties, agents of the Shadow Council are collecting them!
Reims Academy's Most Eligible Bachelor: Hayato Gokudera
The ghost of a girl who died haunts the Quad and even talks to students on the Intranet.
Those shirtless photos circulating of Sakuya Izayoi are just Mei-Ling Hong's attempt to blackmail him into giving her 'cooking lessons'.

Please keep in mind these are all rumors. Some may be true. Some may be absolutely ridiculous. Some may even be absolute lies. Do what you will with these IC rumors. Keep in mind there is no physical board listing these in-game. This is an OOC tool to keep track of what the student body is whispering about.

Come submit rumors throughout the month for the next Rumor Board.

September Activity Check Results

2011-10-02T16:16:40Z

With the welcoming of October come farewells to September and the transferring of students out of Reims Academy. All of the following journals did not make Activity Check requirements and have been removed from the game:

futureravager
icedreaming
ikindakickass
liveinshade
mostpopulargil
nitroglycerined
rawrplay
rebeliune
soncroisement
sweet_socks
veenashuman

If we have made an error and removed the journal of a character that did post of the Activity Check, please respond to this post or contact the mods directly. Student room assignments will be updated to reflect this, but no students will be moving rooms.

Please remember to make use of the Official Hiatus Post when needing to take a break or something comes up. This will help ensure your continued spot with us.

Thank you to everyone that responded to the Activity Check.