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Announcements & Plans - Feedback Please
Hey guys, this is Tari here.
So, the activity level in Tones bears no mentioning. We've been thinking on how we can boost activity here, and we have some really big changes planned. To everyone who's still hanging around, I hope you can take some time out to read this post, leave a comment or two...this would really help the game out and I appreciate all feedback I can get.
First off, WE HAVE A NEW SITE LAYOUT, featuring μ's from Love Live. We couldn't get Nico-nico-nii and Kotori-chan to fit inside the header, but we love them all the same.
Next up.
Fore...note?
None of these are set in stone. If you dislike any of these changes, please tell us so we can discuss about how we can meet midway, or whether the change needs to be dropped completely.
1. Site - Automated services
Taking a leaf from Himitsu TCG's book, we'd like to rely on the website more.
This is the biggest and most important change we want to bring to Tones. We currently use MyTCG to manage the site, and we’re going to make it do even more work for us so we have time to focus on other fun stuff. We plan to have the following automated:
You will obtain your rewards instantly on the site, and receive an auto-generated email with a copy of your rewards. There's also a temporary card log on the site in case you need to retrieve the prizes for your own card log. Your info will also be instantly updated on the website. Sounds pretty good, right?
That said, a big number of services (member cards, donations, record store, bargain bin) will remain on DW. Most games and events will stay here too. So don't worry about Tones becoming a completely site-based game - it's a mainly DW game and will stay that way. ( '-')b
There IS a catch to this though, and that is you need to make a game account on the website. More on this in Point 4.
2. Site - Automated games
We got a suggestion requesting more games and activity. While fiddling with the site service pages, I decided to add in a bunch of games. We have these games ready for your enjoyment!
Planned Weeklies
-Tic Tac Toe
-Mini Lotto
-Spin the Wheel
Planned Biweeklies
-Music Mix Up - This game is now run on DW.
On hold - if I can’t get them to work with the new layout, I’ll have to ditch them
-Card Puzzle
-Jigsaw Puzzle
-Memory
These are really simple (so simple we technically don't need a mod to man the weekly games :'D), but hopefully these will be a good bolster to the number of cards you can get each week since I understand card income is pretty low at the moment.
The games won't give email notifications. BUT the prizes will be recorded in the temporary log in your game account if you missed them the first time round. The con is that you will need a game account on the site, which I will talk about soon.
With Chrome ditching Java support, finding site games have been crazy hard... please feel free to toss more suggestions my way!
3. Site - Temporary Log
So, temporary log! All service and game rewards you get on the site will be recorded here. Newest activity is near the bottom of the page. Here's a screenshot from my test account:
One thing to stress: this is not meant to replace the card log you keep. For one, it can't record your DW activity or your trades! It's only meant for players to retrieve rewards in case they closed a game page on accident, their own card log got rollbacked...etc. The temp log with MyTCG is rather wonky, so don't rely on it 100%. Please continue to keep your personal card logs.
4. Site - Creating a Game Account...
Credits to Himitsu TCG - I'm following their lead.
Here comes an important point I want to raise!!
For the services to record your masteries and levels, for the temporary card log to record your games etc, all new and existing players will need to join and create an account on the website.
What will you need to make a game account? Besides the info we've gotten from you on the original DW join form, we also need an email address and a password. You'll need the info for the login page, which tentatively looks like this. I promise that joining on the website will be quick and painless (as painless as filling out info on a registration form can get)!
The join form will give you a starter pack again, which we would love for you to keep. And once you are approved (you will get an email notification on this), you're free to start using the services and playing games. Sweet!
Gmail account owners! Gmail doesn't seem to like MyTCG much - I've done a good amount of testing to make sure the email notifs will reach your inbox, but it seems that from time to time, MyTCG email notifs still get eaten, and no one really knows why. :/ Just something to bear in mind.
A note about your password: Important!! MyTCG is a really old script. While there're a couple still under development, it's still the only online TCG management script to date, sigh. Please use a unique password, one that you don't use for other important stuff. It sounds silly of me to say something so obvious, but better safe than sorry.
Now, in case we go through with all this and because MyTCG doesn't allow duplicate names, this is what I plan to do:
Let me know if you have any concerns, yeah?
5. Site/DW - Housekeeping and Being Prepared
Before the move, all interview, masteries and levels apps will be replied to and updated on the site.
And after the move, the links on the site and in the DW comm profile will be updated to point to the site forms. The old DW forms will still be kept though in case players have problems on the site.
6. DW - A new activity!
UPDATE: Superstar! is now open for business!
Commencing Idol project! Are you excited? I am!
I got inspired by the idol theme we had going during prejoin, and all the smartphone idol-centric games, so here we are. Superstar! Idol Project allows players to play the part of a manager or producer or anything you want to be. They pick a character to be their idol, complete tasks in-game and level up their idol as they play.
You are welcomed to apply for any character, as long as they have official art. Mascots are okay, Vocaloids are okay, duplicates are okay. No mecha, though. No real-life singers, like chelly and ClariS, either.
In this activity, you level up your character just by doing things you already do in Tones - play games, master decks, trade with people. Your character starts out at Rank N, and slowly climb up the ranks (R, SR, UR) until you reach the max rank of EX. Every month, your character will also bring in a little bonus, stuff like special deck donations, choice cards and so on.
I'll go into further detail when the activity officially kicks off, in the meantime have a look at this sweet template designed by Chuu!
I also have a few test idol pages up here, if you want to see the full range of card templates. There's a slight error on the SR card template though, and don't worry about all the card templates looking the same. I won't be so lazy with your pretty idol cards. |D
Until I get a feel of the kind of activity level to expect, Superstar! Idol Project will be 100% DW-based. It’s expected to be up before mid-August, most likely as soon as this coming weekend.
7. Tones - Promoting the Game and Better Referral rewards
We want more people to join our game, so we’re thinking of boosting referral goodies for a couple of months. Maybe 2 extra cards and a random music note on top of what we’re currently offering. But each new player can only list up to two names under their referrals. For referrals with more than 2 names, the first two names listed will get referral rewards. Boosted referral rewards will take effect for September and October’s deck releases.
And then I’ll be putting Tones’ link in those TCG exchanges and becoming affiliates with more games, so more curious visitors can drop by!
7. When to expect these changes?
Now, as I've mentioned before, if you don't like any of these changes, please let us know! Then we'll discuss workarounds or if we should just drop the idea completely. There are a couple of changes we feel strongly about, but we also want to hear your thoughts.
That said, here's our proposed timeline for the changes:
Basically, expect some shakeup between mid-August to early-October! Superstar! Idol Project will go up before mid-August regardless.
8. Mayday Mayday We Need Mods
Edit: Thank you to everyone who sent in PMs offering to help! We've hired a pretty good number of people to help out, but there's still a service seeking a mod, so feel free to PM us. :)
We're in need of moderators to help out with games. No application forms to fuss over! Just drop Aletha, Chuu or myself a PM, telling us what you want to help out with, letting us know how your schedule is like, and we'll hopefully get back to you soon. Do note I most likely work when you sleep and sleep when you're up lol so it'll take a while for me to reply you. :') Final decision to hire will rest with Aletha and Chuu.
It's an idea that needs a loooot of work, but my idea is to move away from a fixed roster that only a select few can join. If you can help out, WE WANT YOU. If you have an idea for a game or activity, WE WANT YOU TOO. You'll get modpay every month for helping out.
For now, the following games and services are looking for mods:
Games
-Tipping the Scales (permanent)
-Painting with Beryl (temporary - covering for Noxie)
-Pick a Vocaloid (temporary - covering for Noxie)
Services
-Record Store (permanent)
Auditions (and eventually Private Auditions, permanent)
I plan to put up a Job Opening page on the site or the main comm. Either way, don't forget we're always hiring, and you're free to go if you need time for other priorities as long as you let us know well in advance.
9. Site - Testers?
I'm looking for volunteers to help test out the site and see if the services are giving out correct prizes, if emails are getting received, weird formatting, updates not being reflected, and so on. I’d also like to hear your ideas on how to make it more user-friendly.
Hoping to have 2~3 testers, preferably using Chrome and/or Gmail. Feel free to sign up if you'd just like to see how the new site stuff is going to work. I'm sad to say I can't offer any nice rewards in return, and there's a chance we might not even go through with all these change, depending on the feedback we get... But Tones and I are very grateful for your help in smoothening the transition!
I need to get the puzzles and memory games working first before testing can start. But feel free to PM me if interested and I'll give you the links and stuff.
10. Help help where's the deck release
It's coming up this weekend, 08/09 August. Both June and July’s donated decks will be combined together in one release. Very sorry for the delay, and thanks so much for being so patient with us!
11. Thoughts and Feedback
FIRE AWAY. This is a lot to read and comment on, so you'll get 3 random cards and 1 random music note as my appreciation for your time.
Because this is so freaking long.
TL;DR version (important points in bold):
This post will be kept up till end-August. I'm estimating that mid-Aug to end-Aug will be the time when we can make a firm decision on the changes.
Thanks, everyone!
So, the activity level in Tones bears no mentioning. We've been thinking on how we can boost activity here, and we have some really big changes planned. To everyone who's still hanging around, I hope you can take some time out to read this post, leave a comment or two...this would really help the game out and I appreciate all feedback I can get.
First off, WE HAVE A NEW SITE LAYOUT, featuring μ's from Love Live. We couldn't get Nico-nico-nii and Kotori-chan to fit inside the header, but we love them all the same.
Next up.
Fore...note?
None of these are set in stone. If you dislike any of these changes, please tell us so we can discuss about how we can meet midway, or whether the change needs to be dropped completely.
1. Site - Automated services
Taking a leaf from Himitsu TCG's book, we'd like to rely on the website more.
This is the biggest and most important change we want to bring to Tones. We currently use MyTCG to manage the site, and we’re going to make it do even more work for us so we have time to focus on other fun stuff. We plan to have the following automated:
- Join form
- Masteries - both regular and special
- Levels - all rankings
- Members’ Info Change/Quit Forms
You will obtain your rewards instantly on the site, and receive an auto-generated email with a copy of your rewards. There's also a temporary card log on the site in case you need to retrieve the prizes for your own card log. Your info will also be instantly updated on the website. Sounds pretty good, right?
That said, a big number of services (member cards, donations, record store, bargain bin) will remain on DW. Most games and events will stay here too. So don't worry about Tones becoming a completely site-based game - it's a mainly DW game and will stay that way. ( '-')b
There IS a catch to this though, and that is you need to make a game account on the website. More on this in Point 4.
2. Site - Automated games
We got a suggestion requesting more games and activity. While fiddling with the site service pages, I decided to add in a bunch of games. We have these games ready for your enjoyment!
Planned Weeklies
-Tic Tac Toe
-Mini Lotto
-Spin the Wheel
-Music Mix Up
On hold - if I can’t get them to work with the new layout, I’ll have to ditch them
-Card Puzzle
-Jigsaw Puzzle
-Memory
These are really simple (so simple we technically don't need a mod to man the weekly games :'D), but hopefully these will be a good bolster to the number of cards you can get each week since I understand card income is pretty low at the moment.
The games won't give email notifications. BUT the prizes will be recorded in the temporary log in your game account if you missed them the first time round. The con is that you will need a game account on the site, which I will talk about soon.
With Chrome ditching Java support, finding site games have been crazy hard... please feel free to toss more suggestions my way!
3. Site - Temporary Log
So, temporary log! All service and game rewards you get on the site will be recorded here. Newest activity is near the bottom of the page. Here's a screenshot from my test account:
One thing to stress: this is not meant to replace the card log you keep. For one, it can't record your DW activity or your trades! It's only meant for players to retrieve rewards in case they closed a game page on accident, their own card log got rollbacked...etc. The temp log with MyTCG is rather wonky, so don't rely on it 100%. Please continue to keep your personal card logs.
4. Site - Creating a Game Account...
Credits to Himitsu TCG - I'm following their lead.
Here comes an important point I want to raise!!
For the services to record your masteries and levels, for the temporary card log to record your games etc, all new and existing players will need to join and create an account on the website.
What will you need to make a game account? Besides the info we've gotten from you on the original DW join form, we also need an email address and a password. You'll need the info for the login page, which tentatively looks like this. I promise that joining on the website will be quick and painless (as painless as filling out info on a registration form can get)!
The join form will give you a starter pack again, which we would love for you to keep. And once you are approved (you will get an email notification on this), you're free to start using the services and playing games. Sweet!
Gmail account owners! Gmail doesn't seem to like MyTCG much - I've done a good amount of testing to make sure the email notifs will reach your inbox, but it seems that from time to time, MyTCG email notifs still get eaten, and no one really knows why. :/ Just something to bear in mind.
A note about your password: Important!! MyTCG is a really old script. While there're a couple still under development, it's still the only online TCG management script to date, sigh. Please use a unique password, one that you don't use for other important stuff. It sounds silly of me to say something so obvious, but better safe than sorry.
Now, in case we go through with all this and because MyTCG doesn't allow duplicate names, this is what I plan to do:
- I'll let everyone know some time (a week or two) in advance when the site join form goes live.
- Before the day itself, I'll move all players to the inactive section, with edits to the names and DW usernames. Meaning to say I'll add a number to the names and usernames already on the member list, so that you can rejoin back with your name and info with no issue hopefully.
- Once ready, I'll post the link to the interview form on the main comm, and you can all get ready to rejoin. I'll approve you asap.
- And when you're approved, I'll remove your old (and now duplicate) name from the list. People on hiatus and inactive people will still remain on the list.
Let me know if you have any concerns, yeah?
5. Site/DW - Housekeeping and Being Prepared
Before the move, all interview, masteries and levels apps will be replied to and updated on the site.
And after the move, the links on the site and in the DW comm profile will be updated to point to the site forms. The old DW forms will still be kept though in case players have problems on the site.
6. DW - A new activity!
UPDATE: Superstar! is now open for business!
Commencing Idol project! Are you excited? I am!
I got inspired by the idol theme we had going during prejoin, and all the smartphone idol-centric games, so here we are. Superstar! Idol Project allows players to play the part of a manager or producer or anything you want to be. They pick a character to be their idol, complete tasks in-game and level up their idol as they play.
You are welcomed to apply for any character, as long as they have official art. Mascots are okay, Vocaloids are okay, duplicates are okay. No mecha, though. No real-life singers, like chelly and ClariS, either.
In this activity, you level up your character just by doing things you already do in Tones - play games, master decks, trade with people. Your character starts out at Rank N, and slowly climb up the ranks (R, SR, UR) until you reach the max rank of EX. Every month, your character will also bring in a little bonus, stuff like special deck donations, choice cards and so on.
I'll go into further detail when the activity officially kicks off, in the meantime have a look at this sweet template designed by Chuu!
I also have a few test idol pages up here, if you want to see the full range of card templates. There's a slight error on the SR card template though, and don't worry about all the card templates looking the same. I won't be so lazy with your pretty idol cards. |D
Until I get a feel of the kind of activity level to expect, Superstar! Idol Project will be 100% DW-based. It’s expected to be up before mid-August, most likely as soon as this coming weekend.
7. Tones - Promoting the Game and Better Referral rewards
We want more people to join our game, so we’re thinking of boosting referral goodies for a couple of months. Maybe 2 extra cards and a random music note on top of what we’re currently offering. But each new player can only list up to two names under their referrals. For referrals with more than 2 names, the first two names listed will get referral rewards. Boosted referral rewards will take effect for September and October’s deck releases.
And then I’ll be putting Tones’ link in those TCG exchanges and becoming affiliates with more games, so more curious visitors can drop by!
7. When to expect these changes?
Now, as I've mentioned before, if you don't like any of these changes, please let us know! Then we'll discuss workarounds or if we should just drop the idea completely. There are a couple of changes we feel strongly about, but we also want to hear your thoughts.
That said, here's our proposed timeline for the changes:
- Ideally, and if everyone is okay with these updates, I want to have the services, games, join forms and Superstar! ready in mid-August because that's when I actually have time, hah.
- But it'll probably take a while before we get a good number of feedback from all of you still here. So realistically, end-August or early-September?
- I would like to have everything ready before end-September/early-October, latest.
Basically, expect some shakeup between mid-August to early-October! Superstar! Idol Project will go up before mid-August regardless.
8. Mayday Mayday We Need Mods
Edit: Thank you to everyone who sent in PMs offering to help! We've hired a pretty good number of people to help out, but there's still a service seeking a mod, so feel free to PM us. :)
It's an idea that needs a loooot of work, but my idea is to move away from a fixed roster that only a select few can join. If you can help out, WE WANT YOU. If you have an idea for a game or activity, WE WANT YOU TOO. You'll get modpay every month for helping out.
For now, the following games and services are looking for mods:
Games
-Tipping the Scales (permanent)
-Painting with Beryl (temporary - covering for Noxie)
-Pick a Vocaloid (temporary - covering for Noxie)
Services
-Record Store (permanent)
Auditions (and eventually Private Auditions, permanent)
I plan to put up a Job Opening page on the site or the main comm. Either way, don't forget we're always hiring, and you're free to go if you need time for other priorities as long as you let us know well in advance.
9. Site - Testers?
I'm looking for volunteers to help test out the site and see if the services are giving out correct prizes, if emails are getting received, weird formatting, updates not being reflected, and so on. I’d also like to hear your ideas on how to make it more user-friendly.
Hoping to have 2~3 testers, preferably using Chrome and/or Gmail. Feel free to sign up if you'd just like to see how the new site stuff is going to work. I'm sad to say I can't offer any nice rewards in return, and there's a chance we might not even go through with all these change, depending on the feedback we get... But Tones and I are very grateful for your help in smoothening the transition!
I need to get the puzzles and memory games working first before testing can start. But feel free to PM me if interested and I'll give you the links and stuff.
10. Help help where's the deck release
It's coming up this weekend, 08/09 August. Both June and July’s donated decks will be combined together in one release. Very sorry for the delay, and thanks so much for being so patient with us!
11. Thoughts and Feedback
FIRE AWAY. This is a lot to read and comment on, so you'll get 3 random cards and 1 random music note as my appreciation for your time.
Because this is so freaking long.
TL;DR version (important points in bold):
- We need your feedback, please. You’ll get 3 random cards and 1 random music note as our thanks for your time.
We want to automate some services (Join, Masteries, Levels, Member Info Change and Quit) on the site, and add site games! But for the services and games to work, we'll need you to make a game account on the website. You'll need to provide the info you gave in the original DW form, an email address and a unique password (one that you don't use for other important things).Game account creation is now open and site services active! Read this post for more info.Game account creation will not be up so soon. I will inform everyone about 1 or 2 weeks before the page is up and ready and we make the move to automated services.- Most heavy services will still remain on DW. That's Member Cards, deck/graphics donations, Record Store, Bargain Bin and others not listed above. Same thing with most games and events. Tones TCG is a DW-based game and will stay that way.
Commencing Superstar! Idol Project! Look forward to a brand new activity on DW, where you can claim characters and level them up by playing in Tones. Superstar! will be up before mid-August.UPDATE: Superstar! is now open for business!If most players are generally okay with the new plans, I hope to have them ready in mid-August earliest, early-October latest.- We're hoping to get more new members! For September and October’s deck releases, we're bumping referral rewards up by an additional 2 cards and a random music note. New players may refer a max of 2 existing players.
- We’re always hiring mods. Always. PM Aletha, Chuu or me with your schedule and the things you want to help out with. If you would like to bring on board a brand new game/activity, we welcome you! Final decision to hire rests with Aletha and Chuu. No more long-ass forms to fill out, yay!
I’m looking for 2~3 volunteers as site service/game testers. Preferably using Chrome and/or Gmail. PM me for more details.- Don’t like any of these ideas? Feel that we should focus on other areas? Voice your thoughts and let us know so we can discuss further.
- July/August Combined Deck Release: 08/09 August.
This post will be kept up till end-August. I'm estimating that mid-Aug to end-Aug will be the time when we can make a firm decision on the changes.
Thanks, everyone!
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SLAMS IN HERE SO HARD
HONESTLY I think this is a GREAT IDEA from what I've seen a lot of the modwork is from rewards handing out so if we can have a script to do it for us it'll be a lot more convenient for mods so they can focus on what the script doesn't handle, so A++ o/
Site log helping to write rewards is also SUPER COOL bc the most difficulty I've had with logging is typing out the card names - I haven't had this problem with tones YET (since I'm new) but for colours I needed to squint on multiple occasions to discern card names, so if the script can help with that it saves on headscratching + eye strain.
While on the topic of eye strain, I do have one request though - could you use colours that differentiate the bold/italic text and the background more? It's kinda difficult to read the text on my phone (no issues on desktop) so if you could tweak it a liiiiiittle that would be fabulous. <3
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HELL TO THE YES I really like this concept, and it ties in with the music theme as well. GO FOR IT I'm so excited! o/
I'm curious, if we finish leveling up one idol, do we get to pick a next one to continue chaining the process, or does the level stop at EX and that's it?
promoting the game
boosted referral awards are a+. I'll work on getting publicity out too!
lastly a huge THANK YOU to the three of you, modly types, for doing all this for us. <3 I love you guys.
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Site: Yay, I'm glad to have your support on this. And no problem, I'll make the font colors a bit darker so they can be seen clearer, I had a feeling this might be a problem!
Idol: My idea for this is that you have a choice. You can choose to stick to your EX idol, or you can retire your EX idol to work on a new one. :) The retirement thing is to keep the rewards balanced. When you see the rewards for having an idol, I believe you'll understand why there's a need to retire the old idol.
Promotion: Thank you again for your help too!
We love you too, have these rewards on us:
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i love the automated game ideas too! i especially enjoy puzzles, so i really hope that you can get them to work! maybe you could automate freebies as well? that's one that works well on sites in my opinion, and one that's pretty boring to do manually since it's just a bunch of cards without even any answer-checking.
i also think that the idol project! it seems like a fun and unique thing that fits well into the theme of the tcg. i'm looking forward to it!
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Good point on automating freebies - I'll talk to the mod currently running the game and see if they'd like to automate it or keep it the way it is!
And here's my thanks for your comment :)
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I am so excite. Guys, really. Like, I love Tones, the cards are beautiful, and I'm ecstatic that we're only going to have the opportunity to make it grow; being so quiet during July really truly had me worried. And yaoirueasg there's so much here to process...! ♥
1.) I must admit my kneejerk reaction to the automation was a big no... but I guess allowing it to percolate a little, I might just have a few questions.
-First, in the past, when joining the person's post was checked to sort of "make sure" it had all the basics it really needed, which was two-fold to ensure that the page is really working, and that especially for newer folks to TCGs that they should have all the bits and bobs they should on their page. Will the automation cause this to no longer be a thing? Or will they just get their initial pack at the site and then let you know so that it can be checked and they get their MC and additional cards?
-Second, and in the same vein, are we no longer even at least cursorily checking that someone has actually completed their master(ies) or levels?
-Third, perhaps I missed, but do folks who quit have their cards moved to Bargain Bin with this system or not? I would assume not.
-Lastly, will someone still be able to go through the list and sort of prune it for those who actually aren't active after several months of no games or trades? This actually is one of the hugest things that to me makes a TCG more approachable and fun - because I like to trade! So going through someone's post only to find they haven't played in months doesn't allow me to pin my hopes or dreams on getting those "last few cards for the deck" in a quick fashion. xD
I guess my biggest concern is we'd be losing some major visibility by choosing this automated system.
2.) I'm not really sure how much time I'd spend at the site to play games, because I've played TCGs like that in the past, and found them extremely... sterile? Eh, but you know, if it maybe gets others to be more interested in playing, and perhaps being more social here on DW, probably wouldn't be that terrible. :p I would offer to help with testing them, but I'm afraid I just have Firefox, and Yahoo mail. If you'd like I can help anyway though; I want to help however I can. :3
3.) THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SIDE QUESTS. Like, seriously. I'm convinced that the Idol system is exactly what's needed to keep people interested in the TCG - in any TCG really. Giving folks some long-term goals to keep cracking at!
-Would there be goals in there which involve Graphic Donations? Because y'know, while I can make them plenty, I acknowledge not all of them are great, and I really like having more musicsheets to see besides my own. xD
-To clarify, it can these be any anime, manga, or video game character of Japanese origin? Or are other characters also potentially qualified? (See: RWBY etc)
4.) Better referral bonuses is also perfect, too~ Anything to help more people find us, yo.
5.) Kinda working backwards maybe, but for the new site design - I feel like the top banner is rather large. CUTE. But large. I don't generally like having to scroll so much to get to the meat and potatoes of each page, and I'm on a 1920x1080 screen so, yeah. lol
6.) For the combined deck release... does this mean we get extended slots? I ask only selfishly, because holy crap I have so many decks I have managed to force on myself to collect by donating them. XD
7.) ILU, Tari. (And yes, the other mods, also.) Please continue to be awesome, even if you're not the most out-and-about person there is. :)
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1) -On Joining, it'll be as the second way you described. Member cards will be separated from the join form and become a separate service on DW. So, new players get their starter pack first, and after updating, they have to come to the DW service post to apply for member cards. Only when their card post is in place will they receive their Member cards and 2 extra cards and be approved in the member list. Otherwise, they're stuck at the Pending section at the top of the list.
-Whenever someone submits a mastery/level-up form, the staff also gets a copy of the email. It's...working backwards sad to say, because by then the mastery and level-up would already be updated on the site, but we're still able to check and make sure those apps are actually completed.
-Yes! When a player submits their quit form, a mod still has to manually remove them from the member list. I added textboxes to the form, so if the player is kind enough, they can fill in with the cardnames from their post and make the mod's work easier. Otherwise, the mod will have to go through their post and gather the cardnames. The process is not all that different from DW.
-Sorry, I didn't understand this point very well. Do you mean if there'll be changes to the member page? The member page will still be as it is right now, so yes, we'll still be able to check through the links to players' cardposts to see who is still playing. Let me know if I interpreted it wrongly.
-You made a good point on the lack of visibility though. I see now it'd only be the mods who know which players leveled up, who mastered what, among other things. If enough people want it, we could do what site-based TCGs do: have regular updates which detail masteries and new levels. That way, everyone is aware of the new info. Not perfect at all, I'm aware, but it's a start.
2) Yes, while adding the games, I found them so simple I wondered if I should even offer them here. :/ But I guess you could think of them as hit-and-go, just spend a few minutes on the site and then grab the cards when you're done. Out of these, I guess the big Jigsaw and especially Memory would be most time-consuming. They're not the most obedient and refuse to work still grr, so there's a good chance we'd only end up with 4 out of the intended 7 I wanted to add. Otherwise, all trivia games will be on DW where it's easier to manage. No slots either because dang that game. And no worries, if you'd like to test things out to have a feel of the level of automation we hope to have, I welcome you. :)
3) SIDE QUESTS MAKE A TCG I live for these activities.
-No, I didn't include requirements for graphics (or deck) donations. Imo the requirements I put are pretty challenging, but they're also so basic you'll probably be disappointed actually. :p My biggest reason is to not discourage people who can't make graphics.
-After thinking about this, I'm going to keep it limited to anime, manga, novel or video game character of Japanese origin only. So RWBY or its upcoming Japanese adaptation (dub?) wouldn't qualify. Mainly because it's easier for me to check, and I'm lazy, sob.
4) \o/ Glad you like!
5) Ah all right, I'll forward your feedback to Chuu about making it smaller. Thanks for your comment!
6) Just checked and, yes! Everyone will get 2 additional regular and 1 additional Pz/Sp slot on top of the current rate. So yay, a total of 10 regular slots, 1 puzzle, 1 special and 1 puzzle/special slot. The next Remix round may or may not be just round the corner. Idk.
7) WeLU too! Thank you for your questions, it was really helpful having a second opinion to consider. :) I hope the above helped to clarify your doubts, feel free to come back with more questions anytime.
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Anyway, I really appreciate the feedback, and it does make me a bit more comfortable with the transitions.
If you'd like to give me the info for testing the games at the site, I'd be happy to do so then~ I take it you have a short list of people volunteering already. Just send me a PM!
And oh boy, now to edit my slots post at the trading comm. x3
Thanks again for your efforts. ♥
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Hope this clarifies, but feel free to let me know if you have any concern.
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I do love tones, Its a fun TCG, but I think having weekly site games will help out, as I feel with the current games, its very limited, with about 2-3 games a week sometimes, and a few of them requiring extra knowlege or just having the right cards, it can limit prizes to about 5 cards a week for average players. I think with more site generated games (tic-tac, puzzles, ect.) it could help out a lot of people who might feel discourage for joining a TCG that requires a lot of Knowlege. Its good to have a mix of both games I think, cards for people who are not to smart or good with music or trivia, and then exra cards for people who go 'hey, i do know this song!' or 'these lyrics, i know them too!' (if this makes sense?)
However, the Idol project sounds like a great idea! Its fresh and new, and I love the idea of having Idol cards!
as for mod work, I am always willing to help out with some things. Ill probably wait till a job post is made (sicne you plan on doing one for the site?). But ill go ahead and PM you guys as well as posting that here.
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And I'm glad to hear you like the Idol Project. I'm excited to make this happen soon because I think it'll really help make Tones a more unique TCG.
And thank you again! Job post might take a while to go up, but feel free to PM us anytime.
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The Idol Project sounds AWESOME, thanks for coming up with such a cool idea! Question for that, though I'm sure you're still figuring it all out; do you only have one character for it? Or do you level up your character to the max, and then get a new one? (This is just me assuming from the Exia example, I might be totally wrong, lol)
Reading a few comments above, thank you for not making goals graphics related... since my computer doesn't let me do them, and it's super discouraging when you just can't complete something like that.
TL;DR, thank you so much for everything you guys are doing! I'm super-excited to see the direction that Tones goes in. c:
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I hope you'll enjoy Idol Project once it starts proper! Once you level a character to the max, you can either choose to keep that character for their nice rewards, or you can retire the max-levelled character to work on a new one. The retirement thing is to keep rewards balanced. And duplicates are allowed for Idol Project, so if you want to pick the same character as your next 10 idols, you're free to do so. |D That's how our player test came to have 10 Exias
And yeah, I have reasons why I didn't want to make donations part of the tasks. My personal feeling is people should donate because they want to, not because they need to do it.
Once again, thank you!
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i don't mind there being automated services, i feel that would be less stress on mods and nice for players because then it would be instantaneous? the services that will remain on dw make sense to be run that way, so no qualms from me
i think a few site based games would be alright for income, but i feel like we should still also have dw games on top of them?
i don't think an account on the website it too much of an issue since a lot of us play non-dw games and are used to that setup anyway?
i'm excited about the idol thing!
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I'm currently & have been a member of many site-based TCGs so using automatic forms and stuff doesn't bother me at all. In fact, having them be automatic so you get your rewards instantly when you want and need them might just encourage players to use them more (and thus be more active?) because you don't have to wait for however many days it might take for a mod or staff to manually reply for things like that.
I know from experience that recently, I have trouble staying active on journal TCGs as much as I used to because of the (usually, but not always) long wait time between doing something and actually getting the rewards because by the time I do get rewards, I've become too lazy or just don't feel like updating that my post for that TCG LOL.
Also, when you newly join a TCG (or even if you're not new) and it takes a long time to get enough cards to actually be able to trade with others then it turns off players (or well, maybe just me?) from the game and it doesn't make me want to play it that much. If that makes sense?
Anyways, automatic anything is great. Players get their rewards faster and mods/staff don't have to do even more work than they already do or stress over replying as fast as they can!
Also (again), the new layout is cute (I love me some Love Live!) but I've been meaning to ask this for a while: is it possible to add a sidebar link for the main community and the trade community? I always forget/miss the regular link on the main page because it's not ~in your face~ and I remember the first few times I was checking the site out after finding the TCG for the first time, it took me forever to find the community link so I can check things out. OTL
ALL THAT ASIDE!!! I look forward to the new changes, I wish the mods and staff good luck, and thank you for working so hard! I'm going to try to be a bit more active because the superstar project is super cute and is the type of activity I've always liked to see! ^^
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And no problem, I've added the links to the main and trade comms on the site! I'm not sure why I never thought to add them haha, and I'm glad you brought it up.
I'm super happy to hear that you like Idol Project and have started applying there already, thanks so much again for your support!