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By The Necrodancer
Ladies. Gentlemen. Mortals. Welcome to the Halloween Masquerade of 2020! I will be your host, and you may simply call me The Necrodancer. And providing this year's entertainment will be... you! You're all invited to visit my crypt for the event of the year, and you don't have the option to refuse! Might as well make yourselves useful and help me conjure up some entertainment while you're down here. But what IS this event, you may wonder? I'll keep the explanation brief.
The Halloween Masquerade is an annual event where members are given special permission to create an alternative "monster" account in addition to their main account. From there, these monsters are encouraged to stir up some shenanigans, get people talking, perhaps make a forum game with some point prizes, and create a fun atmosphere. We only get the one major event per year on this forum, so make use of it!
But I'm in charge now, and it's high time we did some refurbishing! This year's event comes with two major changes from the usual song and dance. Firstly, the Monster Hunt is being done away with on an official level. Monsters still won't be allowed to blab on about their true identities, of course. If you find yourself wanting to guess at who each monster is played by just for fun, be my guest, but you won't get any prizes for it this year. Second, and more importantly, you're in MY turf now! In this crypt, everything moves to the beat of MY music. That means we won't have every monster running amok at once like you're used to. Instead, every day, only a couple of monsters will be in the spotlight for that day. I'll talk more about that later.
Before I get back to the schedule, let's lay down some rules. It would be such a shame if I had to snatch away someone's heart for stepping out of line, after all.
1: At the start of the Masquerade, monsters will be given a sum of points to dole out as they please, though you'll probably be expected to give them out as prizes for a forum game. You are to play fair with these points; no immediately handing them all off to your main account, or using your knowledge of your monster's game to cheat. Have some sportsmanship!
2: Speaking of sportsmanship, don't forget that you are forbidden from abusing your monster account. Giving yourself disproportionate amounts of likes, abusing your monster's wallet like we just discussed, and other such activities will result in getting kicked out of this Masquerade and blacklisted from future ones.
3: Don't tell non-monsters who your monster account is! In the past, we frowned upon telling even other monsters who you are, but in this year's case, with the Monster Hunt shutting down, I encourage it! Everybody loves a good duet, so don't be afraid to get chummy with your fellow monsters and come up with some collaborative efforts.
4: Keeping in line with the above, don't talk about your monster ideas in this thread! If you're interested in signing up, send a PM directly to me instead. There is also a Discord server available for this year's monsters to better network and collaborate. When you submit your request to sign up, speak up on if you want to join that server or not.
5: This year, we're taking in anywhere between 10 and 20 monsters. Ideally, at least 14 of you will step up to the plate.
Now, let's reprise that whole "everything moves to my beat" bit. It's very important. On opening night, all monsters will be permitted to do their activities as normal. After that, however, we'll be operating on a new system. Every day, I'll announce a new set of monsters that will take center stage. This will be an opportunity for those monsters to demonstrate just what they can do with a bit of planning and a predetermined timeframe. However, other monsters will be allowed to continue posting in any AMAs or games they've created, and may also operate outside of their scheduled day if it's part of a team project with an active monster.
This will all build up into the crescendo that is Halloween itself! On the final day of the event, every monster will be let loose for their final encore, and then it's time to wrap things up. Since I'm a bard and not a time traveler, I can't say what the schedule looks like just yet, but what I can tell you is when the event starts and ends. This thread was put up a couple of weeks early to bring it to everyone's attention, but the event will be starting on October 18th, at 5:00AM GMT. Wrap-up will start on November 1st at 5:00AM GMT, and doors will be forced shut 24 hours later if need be.
If you've any questions, post them here so they can be answered!
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By Blake
Yes, dearies, it's that time of year again! No, not the one where you channel a monster, the one where you figure out the exacts for the process of bringing these monsters to our fair forum.
So, I feel like we need a bit of a shake-up. No, not in the form of a theme or anything, but the event hasn't been performing as well in the past few years. I would posit this is due to it being static, instead of adopting to its community.
As such, I have an idea that I would like to hear some thoughts on: Monster Showcase.
Instead of having the monsters be active 24/7 for the duration of the event, it would instead look like this:
Opening Day: Every monster is able to introduce themselves, interact, and make a general first impression.
Day 2 through October 30th: Either 1 or 2 monsters for that day, intended to make a stronger showing on their own, without overstaying their welcome for the entire event.
October 31st-November 1st: All monsters are able to post, like opening day, with them maintaining their role on the 31st and saying goodbyes on the 1st.
AMA/Game/Intro threads: Monsters will be allowed to use their own threads of these types regardless of the day, so to keep some sort of presence up, should they so choose. It just means people have to go look at the monsters they're interested in, instead of the monsters taking that day's limelight.
This way, it keeps both the players and the community observing them from growing bored of it as quickly. However, this is only an idea on paper, not set in stone, and I really want to hear feedback on it.
I understand that this would require working around people's schedules, and I would work hard to make sure it works for everyone.
Additionally, I will probably make a Discord Server for this year's Event, most likely in late September. I would consider asking people to make burner monster accounts on discord... but that seems too much like a hassle.
Instead, I would instead say that we do away with the actual Monster Hunting facet. It is largely ignored, instead just letting the monsters run around and act, so the players could join a server where everyone knows their identity. Treat it more like one grand stage play.
However, even if this happens, monster identities would still be private until the deadline for signing up. The anonymity of the monsters is still a major factor in the event's fun, even if there's no real hunting going on.
So, yeah, please let me know! I don't want to charge forward and act on something the community wouldn't enjoy, after all.
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By Blake
Alright, the votes are in! Most categories had a winner who stood out, but there were a few that had to be solved by Yui, Tormented, and myself. Not much point to droning on, so let's get to the first ever recipients of the NCM Awards!
RE:Member
@Yui
RE:Creator
@BGMキャノン
RE:Writer
@Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
RE:Connect
@Nyx
RE:Hearse
@Thar
RE:Public
@Yui
RE:Fine
@Sleepy
RE:Born
@radio414
RE:Pair
@Tormented and @Daemon the True Admin
I believe Yui might post tallies for the votes soon, but it is up to whether he wants to or not.
So let's give a round of applause to everyone who won an award! And fore those who voted, your 1000 point bonuses will be coming soon after the awards are given out!
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By Blake
Welcome ladies, gentlemen, and anyone in-between, to the first Annual Neo Card Maker Awards! We're here to celebrate our first year together as a new site, as well as look back on the past fondly! With the RP Awards wrapping up, it's the perfect time to come in with some more general awards for the site as a whole. And, what luck, it's just before the anniversary! In fact, the awards will be given out ON the anniversary!
Thank you all for your support in getting NCM off the ground! This is the final event of the Year of Rebirth, but the site still has a long ways to go. I, and the rest of the mod team, hope to have an even brighter, even more exciting year in 2020! So let's ring it in with a bang!
However, we do need to have a few ground rules before I move us to the categories.
In contrast to the RP Awards, all votes will be via PM. You will send them to me, @Blake, and @Yui, who will assist me in tallying. Discussion of votes is discouraged. This thread can be used for discussion, but please do not make cases trying to sway opinions. Please make sure to specify they are for the 2019 awards in the PM title. Please do not vote if you are not active. This is mostly a matter for oneself, I'm just asking you use discretion. You cannot vote for yourself. You cannot vote for the same person more than 2 TIMES, with the exception of one award, which is specified. Similarly, someone cannot receive more than 2 awards. You must vote in at least 5 categories. You must have your vote in by 12 AM PST, January 5th. You can edit it up until that point. Those who vote receive 1000 points when it ends! Get working on those shop items, like a Custom Member Group or Profile Video! Alright! With that out of the way, the categories for this year are:
RE:Member
Simply vote for the best all-around member of the site! A Jack-of-all-trades. Someone you see a lot. The person who you're happiest to see. Whatever criteria, vote for who you think is the best!
RE:Creator
Who do you find to be the best at making cards? It could be a design buff, someone who posts a lot, someone who does zany things, or whatever other criteria you have when it comes to creating cards.
RE:Writer
Like to RP? Like to Write? This is the award for you! Select the person whose writing you either find the most properly executed or entertaining!
RE:Connect
Who's the kindest member you can think of? Or most helpful? Maybe just the most willing to listen? Maybe they're just super cordial and/or pleasant? This award is for whoever you think has the most positive impact on people, be it you, the masses, some other individual, or a combo there-of!
RE:Hearse
Okay, this one isn't very obvious at all... But it's for the ultimate jokester! Who makes you laugh until your ribcage hurts? Who posts the memes that draw your eye? Who makes you grin and show those pearly whites? Well, you should have a funny bone to pick with whoever you think fits!
RE:Public
Who seems like they're the most involved in site happenings? Whose voice do you hear the most? Who has been a force of change? Whoever you think of, that's who goes here! The most influential member, in your eyes. However, please note that you cannot vote for @Tormented, @LordCowCow, @The Warden, @Yemachu, or myself, @Blake for this award.
RE:Fine
You ever see a member who you just think has a snazzy avatar, signature, profile, or all of the above? Well, give them a shout-out! This award is for whoever is the most stylish member!
RE:Born
In past years, we've had awards for veterans or newbies... But neither of those feel quite right with the state of our little site. We're all new, yet old, with a few exceptions. So, I asked myself, what is the thing that can be quantified similarly? Old, yet new. Or new, but old. And it clicked. This is the Year of Rebirth! Who do you think you've seen change the most over this past year on NCM? Who has been reborn, in your eyes?
RE:Pair
This is a bit of a fun award, but it's not really that difficult. But, for this one, you vote for 2 instead of one! Yes, this is an award where you name the most iconic duo on NCM! This award does not count towards the voting restriction, so feel free to pick whatever twosome you want!
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With that, I wish everyone good luck! Let's usher in the second year of NCM with applause!
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By Mettaton NEO
And that concludes our program for this year! It wasn't as bombastic as some previous years, but we certainly improved over last year's flop. Friendships were made, quests were embarked upon, and multiple lives were nearly lost! Now that's what I call: Drama! Romance! Bloodshed! Now then, with this year's festivities concluded, it's time to move on to the final stages of this year's Halloween Masquerade. Monster Hunt prizes, the Monster of the Year poll, and the annual unmasking. This year's prizes were relatively small, but even smaller was the amount of players who participated. Only two players submitted monster guesses at all, but both of them managed to pinpoint every monster's identities within the first few days of the event! And so, @REP and @LordCowCow shall each be awarded the grand prize of 1,500 points!
Moving on down the agenda is the Monster of the Year poll. I would like to encourage anyone who plans to vote in this poll to vote before reading the true identities of the monsters that will inevitably be listed below, to avoid potential bias in favor of or against certain players. Additionally, monster players are forbidden from voting for their own monster! There isn't any prize for winning this poll, but somebody always makes a poll like this after the Masquerade ends, so I figured I'll just do it myself and save everyone else the effort! What a wonderful host I am!
Last and not least is the unmasking! This is the part of the program where the players who participated in this fine event will come in and reveal who they played as this year. Of course I won't do that myself! Where's the fun in that? And so, let's give a round of applause once again to our player cast! Will the below members please reveal their monster identities now?
@Blake @British Soul @Forgotten Home @MetalSonic @Mr Spaz @Mr. Hyde @Nyx @radio414 @REP @Thar @Yui
Last and not least is a more personal confession. Remember at the start of the event when I said "I look most forward to working with all of you one last time?" Well darlings, I don't know if you know this, but this form - as well as the EX form I used last year - can be quite tolling on my battery. Sadly, I will not be able to participate in future events. This is my final adieu, good people of the Neo Card Maker forums!
Hopefully you all enjoyed the event! Please do look forward to next year's Halloween Masquerade as well, even if it won't have a host as drop-dead gorgeous as I am! Merry Christmas, everybody~!
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