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a small complaint
I don't feel the change was necessary, and believe it cuts out various fandom characters that are perfectly capable of functioning in the setting. I am particularly annoyed because it cuts out characters I'm personally really interested in seeing (Eiko and Vivi from FF9, specifically).
I suspect the ages were set as 5-25 in order to accomodate for such characters, and the rule change has rendered them unappable.
As a side note, I did previously ask the initial mod team how Garden would handle the youngest students previously (here (http://wrmods.livejournal.com/1676.html?thread=375692#t375692)) - it appears that the intention was not to have the younger characters participate in the same classes as the full SeeD program unless they were individually capable. There could most likely be a way to justify the entry of younger students, but cutting them out entirely is - in my opinion - rather unfair.
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We understand that there are special exception characters and we will amend the rules to acknowledge that there are certain younger characters (Vivi and Eiko from FFIX, Rini/Chibi-Usa from Sailor Moon, plenty of other examples) that would, plausibly, fit into the setting and premise. These characters will not be prohibited to apply. However, the Garden Rules were initially created and considered for potential cadets of the canon world; as children in the canon world do not have any special powers which would make it plausible to enter Garden prior to the age of ten, this will not change. Garden Rules and Game Rules are different; for example, while in Garden rules it states that pets are prohibited, technically they can still be housed in Garden so long as the faculty and Disciplinary Committee do not find them.
More or less, we failed to expand further on reasoning the change in the rules; OC and AU characters that are native to the world will not be able to enroll within the academy if they are younger than the age of ten unless there are extraneous reasons (such as a special ability that needs to be controlled) for an early enrollment to be permitted. As noted, we will add on a subnote to the change of rules in the Garden Rules section, and also add on another part to the Game rules/ FAQ to explain our reasoning.
Please don't hesitate to let us know if you see any further problems which our change in rules may spark.
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However, I would like to quickly correct you on the canon admission age (sorry!) - my copy of FF8 actually does have it as "5-15" year olds, according to the classroom terminals. Of course, mine is the PAL edition, which has a few small differences (like Selphie's weapon being "shinobu") - I don't know if this is one of them.
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After a thorough discussion with the rest of the mod team, however, we've decided that for the purpose of this game we will keep the admissions age between 10-26 with the special exceptions amendment still in effect. The plot and setting are a bit difficult to incorporate younger characters with no special abilities into, especially since they would be considered junior cadets and their education will have to be prolonged even further; they would require a completely different course selection which, at the time, would not be possible for us to structure given the amount of tasks the mod team already has on their plate. Ultimately this change in rules wouldn't effect most future applicants as younger characters with abilities will still be able to apply; this is geared towards characters native to the world and the number/type of NPCs assumed within the school.
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This is a lovely rp. Thank you for making it.
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Just trying to avoid another triple booking mishap /o/
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I will feel dumb is this was purposeful.a question
Re: a question
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Thank you!
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the taken link is broken on this page :>
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We've gone ahead and put him back on the taken list and the dorm rooms. Is there anything else we accidentally took off? :( Or is that it?
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-Edward Elric's journal link links to "journal" instead of his actual account "talktothearm"
-Jack Spicer is listed as "Jack Splicer"
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I think what caused the "journal" journals on the dorm list is that we update the dorm list when we process apps, but the taken list when y'all actually comment on it with the journals you'll be using (and often the person who updates the taken list isn't the one who does apps). Now we know to keep an eye on and update the dorm list too |D
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We try to process apps at least once a week, but the mod in charge of processing apps has a wildly fluctuating schedule, so the days differed each semester.
We've edited it now, and hopefully it makes some more sense than it did before.
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Anyway, just my two cents. Keep on rockin', WR.
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