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intothepines

WELCOME TO THE PINES!


And welcome to our monthly out-of-character intro post. Come say hello to your fellow players and drop a line here so others can get to know you and find out the best ways to contact you, as well as see who you are bringing in! (Current players are also encouraged to use this post to let us know about new characters.)

Don't forget to check out this month's important dates for a peek at what the coming month is going to look like. It will continue to be updated as more dates solidify behind the scenes, especially regarding May's event(s).

Our in-character intro log will be going up May 1st after midnight EST; keep an eye on our mod plurk (thepines) for that as well as all future announcements.

Additionally, we've got a Discord chan for the game! If you have a Discord account, join us!

Have fun and make friends!

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intothepines

Hello, Pinecones!

While most of our monthly announcements will roll out in the May Newsletter on the 3rd, we have one we'd like to get out in the open a little early to clear up a matter of lingering confusion.

The game was initially shaped almost entirely around the source material — the Wayward Pines books by Blake Crouch. The places in which the game deviated from the source were few and far between, mostly adjustments made to make the concept more 'playable' as a DWRP or to fill in blanks that the source material failed to answer.

As the months have progressed, we've come to realize that the game has taken on a direction of its own. This is absolutely a good thing — we love what the game is evolving into, more and more as each month goes by — but it has led us to the conclusion that some of the aspects of source canon which we initially planned on featuring in our game just no longer fit with the tone that has been established in The Pines or the momentum we hope for going forward.

As such, we've decided to remove the fete mechanic from play. From the start, we've had a less-than-clear process for initiating a fete, and our reluctance to make it a frequent facet of gameplay here in The Pines should have been a sign that it was an aspect of the game that we needed to rethink.

How will this change the game as you know it? Honestly, not much. There's nothing we've done or released deets about so far that needs to be retconned based on this change. There are still very strong consequences for those who choose to subvert the most fundamental rules of Wayward Pines, they just no longer involve being hunted down by your friends and neighbors.

We've adjusted the FAQ to reflect this change. Additionally, we've replaced what would have been the Deaths page with a Crime & Punishment page, complete with a spreadsheet to keep track of who has and hasn't gotten in trouble. This hopefully clears up a lot of the questions surrounding rule-breaking in Wayward Pines, but if not, you're welcome to drop a line on the FAQ!


A final note: We'd like to thank every single one of our players for your patience as we work through the process of making the game the best it can possibly be for you guys. You've seen us make some pretty big changes from month to month and have been nothing but supportive and encouraging, and it means a lot to us. As always, we welcome any feedback you might have over on our Mod Contact page!

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intothepines

Greetings, Pinecones! Welcome to our April event, featuring another mess along with another way to hop on the metaplot. Though the event technically starts today, the first few days are pretty metaplot-free anyway, so there's no rush here. :)

Now, on to the write-up.




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intothepines

Hey there, Pinecones -

In light of the delay of our April Newsletter to the 4th rather than the 1st, we wanted to give players a heads-up on where the Outbreak plot ended up so that players can know the status of their characters in time for the April intro log posted earlier this evening!

While a more thorough summary of the actual metaplot thread and how it went down will come in the Newsletter, it's safe to say that all characters who went to the hospital for assistance are now cured. The water is no longer contaminated in any way, and enough blood samples were collected for an antidote to be synthesized. By the 30th of March, that antidote was distributed amongst all patients exhibiting symptoms. Those who are still sick but have not gone to the hospital will continue to exhibit symptoms until April 5th, though they become decreasingly dire by the day.

Just wanted to give y'all an update! Keep an eye out for the Newsletter on Sunday night.

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intothepines

WELCOME TO THE PINES!


This is an out-of-character intro post. Come say hello to your fellow players and drop a line here so people can get to know you and find out the best ways to contact you, as well as see who you are bringing in!

Don't forget to check out this month's important dates for a peek at what the first month is going to look like. They'll be updated as more dates solidify behind the scenes, especially regarding April's event(s).

Our in-character intro log will be going up April 1st after midnight EST, keep an eye on our mod plurk (thepines) for that.

Additionally, we've got a Discord chan for the game! If you have a Discord account, join us!

Have fun and make friends!

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intothepines

Greetings, Pinecones! Welcome to our latter March event and the first of our metaplot-related events. As with all metaplot to come, when and how the event ends will be highly dependent on characters' participation and choices, so don't hesitate to get their hands dirty.

Without further ado!




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intothepines

Hey there, Pinecones! It's slightly past time for March's first event write-up. This one's pretty simple, but we think you'll have fun with it.

( ! ) An important heads-up! Based on the feedback we've gotten, we'll be doing a single catch-all log for this event, as well as the storm on the 16th and the St. Patty's Day festival on the 17th. Players looking to participate in any of these happenings are welcomed to utilize the catch-alls for their threading needs.

Now, on to the event!




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officialnotice
intothepines

WELCOME TO THE PINES!


This is an out-of-character intro post. Come say hello to your fellow players and drop a line here so people can get to know you and find out the best ways to contact you, as well as see who you are bringing in!

Don't forget to check out this month's important dates for a peek at what the first month is going to look like. They'll be updated as more dates solidify behind the scenes, especially regarding March's event(s).

Our in-character intro log will be going up some time after midnight EST, keep an eye on our mod plurk (thepines) for that.

Additionally, we've got a Discord chan for the game! If you have a Discord account, join us!

Have fun and make friends!

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intothepines

Hey again, Pinecones! We hope everyone's having fun so far. Now it's time for our first event post!

Typically, the schedule will go a bit differently. At the start of the month, a post will go up which outlines the coming month in a passable amount of detail so that players have an overview of what's to come. Then, event posts will go up 5 to 7 days before each event detailing the event in full, with a mod Q&A and general plotting occurring in the comments. Because we didn't have the start-of-the-month overarching post, this post will cover both of February's main goings-ons.

All in all, this month is a bit of an introductory settling-in month all across the board, with actual metaplot-related happenings beginning to unfold in March.

Now on to the events!




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intothepines

What up, Pinecones?

We wanted to let y'all know that thanks to your feedback in our Plurk poll, we've settled on what seems like the simplest system for you guys to collaborate on and play with the optional false Wayward Pines memories mechanic.

A summary for those still digesting the info-pages:

As a totally optional (but highly encouraged) side mechanic, as new characters begin to remember their actual memories, they also begin to remember false ones in which they grew up in the town of Wayward Pines. These can be solo memories, like the park they went to as a kid or the desk they sat in during homeroom in Wayward Pines Academy, but they can also involve other player-characters.

These false memories should keep the characters at least mostly IC, but other than that, they don't need to have any real adherence to canon. Two characters may have been friends back home, but these false memories could say they're siblings or enemies or maybe just strangers passing in the street. The only real rule is to only include false memories involving characters whose players have agreed to the same memories! This rule is in place because all false memories are relatively cohesive and if Character A remembers a false memory with Character B, B would by nature remember the same memory with A.

While canon memories typically return completely by two weeks into your character's stay, false memories will continue to spring up as time goes on, presumably jogged by familiar faces, places, or activities. This allows you to build new false-memory CR with characters even if they've come in months after your own character arrived.

Want in?


A HANDY STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO FALSE MEMORY FUN:

• Step 1: Create an entry on your character's journal. This will be your Wayward Pines false memory plotting repository. It doesn't have to be fancy, you can leave it totally empty, but if people want to hit you up for false memory plotting, this will be the place they can do so. (Consider using the entry to state your false memory plotting preferences and/or to keep a running list of the false memories you've established so far!)
  
  
• Step 2: Reply to the Taken page with your character's name and a link to your new false memory plotting entry. This will go next to the link for your IC inbox in the taken list.
  
  
• Step 3: (Optional.) Reply to this entry with your link, as well as a brief blurb about what kinds of false memory CR you're looking for. The actual CR meme is in less than a week, but this will be a good place to chat soon enough to use it in your intro log threads.
  
  
• Step 4: (Optional but suggested.) Include the link to your false memories plotting page in the appropriate section in our upcoming CR meme.

Have at it, folks. :)