HMD | April 2014

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

Trainer Tip: play nice and keep it civil.


things to keep in mind:
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Comments

MOD/GAME HMD

[these_balls]

INCREDIBLY SRS POLL

[these_balls]

At some point we should have another prom-like event and dub it the Poké Ball.

A) VERY YES
B) YES
C) NO
D) VERY NO
E) A JAR OF ALMONDS

i'm allowed to vote

[lullabytes]

> A

this is a terrible pun

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

a though e was very tempting

alas I cannot take the credit for it; I just heard it through the Plurk grapevine

[these_balls]

can we have a great pokeballs of fire reference too

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

[usedswift]

A yes. important.

SSH

[pianosongs]

I too am allowed to vote.

I want a party so spectacular it has people talking about what a Great Ball it is.

[these_balls]

Fortunately, I'm getting pretty good at this party-throwing thing.

You might even say I'm a Master (of) Balls.

[saxsongs]

A

[imthe_shit]

B

[(Anonymous)]

Would you please consider going back to the badge system where a player just had to check with one mod to get a near-immediate response about whether or not they had it or allowing people to decide whether they do or not themselves? Tomorrow will mark exactly a month since the earliest badge request on the post was put up and not responded to and this is something of a trend. While I realize the mods have lives, a month or two to three weeks to process requests can really put a strain on travel plans in the game and can mean that characters get stuck in places for long stretches of time where nothing much happens because they need to see if they get the badge or not.

I expect that it would have gone on past a month without the post being touched if I had said nothing which is disheartening.

sa

[(Anonymous)]

If it were detailed responses that were being waited on a longer wait would be understandable but since those are closed everyone seems to be waiting on simple yes or no responses which is why I am speaking up.

[these_balls]

Hey, anon!

Thank you for speaking up about this; what actually happened this past month is that I volunteered to pinch-hit on badges for the duration and then it completely slipped my mind because it's not one of my usual duties, so it wasn't in my routine cycle of "things I need to remember to keep up on". So that delay has been my fault and I sincerely apologize. It was less RL being too busy and more just a miscommunication that everybody thought somebody else was handling it, and it slipped through the cracks.

I'm off to go have a look at those right now, but again, I appreciate you bringing it to our attention and I'm sorry for the long delay we've had on those.