Hi all,

As you know we started this community very strong at the beginning of the year and over the past couple weeks, we’ve fallen short of activity and fixes that were long overdue. I will definitely take responsibility hear for that – I had a number of RL projects and events (too many Pisces birthdays!) that kept me from delivering on items that required my attention.

With that being said, we’re still fully committed to making this community a model for immersive role-play and I’m in it for the long haul. With the honeymoon phase over for us, I’m refocusing my attention to the following areas to make sure we’ve got a sustainable setup:

• Identify the leaders and staff that are currently active or willing to give Outbreak another shot – please post your ideas to rejuvenate your group in your own thread in the Leaders subforum!
• We need to rebuild the Story Weaver team now that we have some guidelines and a subforum dedicated to story arcs. If interested, please see the link at the bottom.
• Income has been released! Players who work jobs or run businesses will be able to cash out their paychecks for the prior week.  Simply click on the cash register in the business to get started.
• Though the PVP combat feature is rarely used in our immersive RP-style sim, I’ve gone ahead and fixed the critical bugs that made it unusable.  We are currently monitoring its use on sim and will determine whether it is a feature that should be a part of our community HUD.
• We will be releasing new guns now that the Income feature has been added as a way to boost your cash flow. Be on the lookout for those!
• We've launched a new Help section on the website to fast track you to the right people or resource. It's a work in progress, so feedback is welcome!
• We are featured as an Editor’s Pick in the official Destination Guide! This means we’ll see an influx of visitors and potential writers joining us … and we need your help to bring it all together!

I think we’ve started something really special here in Outbreak and Espi and I plan to expand over the next few months. This means we will be looking for additional GMs and possibly Admins (see link below). Though I have a few more tricks up my sleeve to boost activity, your feedback will always be important. Please, let me know what needs to happen to help you overcome whatever issues you see or had!

Thanks!

Open Staff Recruitment Form