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escordviooc( QUICK UPDATES )
( AC RESULTS )
( EXTRA NOTES )
( STORYLINES INTEREST CHECK )
( HUNTING COMPETITION )
( LAST WORDS )
seawarden posting in escordviooc( QUICK UPDATES )
( AC RESULTS )
( EXTRA NOTES )
( STORYLINES INTEREST CHECK )
( HUNTING COMPETITION )
( LAST WORDS )
« manta board: november 2025 »
Nov. 1st, 2025 11:28 amseawarden posting in escordvioocThe MANTA Board is posted every month, but the quests are on a "2 month cycle." This means quests can last for two months with possible updates or new additions in the second month before it completely refreshes for the next cycle.
Quests are separated into five categories and all have flat point values: General (4pts), Corsair (4pts), Paladin (4pts), Bounties (6pts), and Specials (12pts). Crew quests are listed under "Specials" and are worth the same amount of points (12pts). Although these quests are intended for established crews, non-members are allowed to assist if the crew invites them. However, non-members would only receive 6pts. Similarly, characters helping opposing armada quests will only be rewarded 2pts for participation unless specified otherwise. Special quests won't always be available so it may appear blank at times. These can range from group quests such as for special ship upgrades or island related quests, or they could be special event quests. All quest points can be used for the Rewards Shop.
If you wish to submit a quest, comment in the appropriate field during Activity Check with the quest written and we'll add it to the next month! Crews are also still allowed to make their own quests without our approval, but if uncertain players can comment here about them.
If you have any questions regarding any current quest, comment to this entry.
Quests are separated into five categories and all have flat point values: General (4pts), Corsair (4pts), Paladin (4pts), Bounties (6pts), and Specials (12pts). Crew quests are listed under "Specials" and are worth the same amount of points (12pts). Although these quests are intended for established crews, non-members are allowed to assist if the crew invites them. However, non-members would only receive 6pts. Similarly, characters helping opposing armada quests will only be rewarded 2pts for participation unless specified otherwise. Special quests won't always be available so it may appear blank at times. These can range from group quests such as for special ship upgrades or island related quests, or they could be special event quests. All quest points can be used for the Rewards Shop.
If you wish to submit a quest, comment in the appropriate field during Activity Check with the quest written and we'll add it to the next month! Crews are also still allowed to make their own quests without our approval, but if uncertain players can comment here about them.
If you have any questions regarding any current quest, comment to this entry.
( MANTA BOARD )
« activity check: october 2025 »
Oct. 28th, 2025 09:14 pmseawarden posting in escordvioocAhoy, mateys! Here be the monthly Activity Check!
In the Extra Notes section, please note the following, as well as anything else worth noting. In the Extra Notes section, please note the following, as well as anything else worth noting. Please include brief notes on how the situation was handled (or, in the case of a thread not being complete, how it has been handled so far and/or how you expect it to conclude if possible).
Please check our Activity Check guidelines on our Game Info page for complete details, but here is the quick list of what you need to know:
There will be no warnings. All submissions are due Friday, October 31st 11:59PM US Eastern.
If you have any questions, ask them here.
In the Extra Notes section, please note the following, as well as anything else worth noting. In the Extra Notes section, please note the following, as well as anything else worth noting. Please include brief notes on how the situation was handled (or, in the case of a thread not being complete, how it has been handled so far and/or how you expect it to conclude if possible).
- Any further results about Thread Wars and the missing pearl art piece
- Results of destroying or keeping the labrubrus/lafrufrus
- Bread curse: Any discoveries or developments regarding ovens, potential remedies or cures, illegal harvesting, or other suspicious activity
- Nilatast: Any further investigation or discoveries, and any backstories developed for the souls
Please check our Activity Check guidelines on our Game Info page for complete details, but here is the quick list of what you need to know:
» Only threads dated from October 1st through October 31st count towards the month's activity. (With the exception of certain backdated threads, read the linked AC guidelines for more details.)
» Activity requires one thread of at least 5 comments. The comment count is from your character.
» Any thread counts, including those made within your own entries and subthreads within your own toplevels. Individual entry posts do not count, only the threads within the posts. TDM threads with non-game characters will count.
» Continuation threads are considered as part of the previous thread so they count as one thread not two. For the sake of ease, we would like the two threads linked together.
» You are exempt from any checks for hiatuses that last for over 21 days. Anything less and you'll still need to submit your AC unless there are other circumstances.
» Because we are a capped game, there is no strike system. If you do not make the AC requirements, you will be cut.
» Bonus AC points: All extra non-quest threads not used for AC will be worth 2 extra points that can be used for reward redemption. Please check our Rewards page for more details.
» Activity requires one thread of at least 5 comments. The comment count is from your character.
» Any thread counts, including those made within your own entries and subthreads within your own toplevels. Individual entry posts do not count, only the threads within the posts. TDM threads with non-game characters will count.
» Continuation threads are considered as part of the previous thread so they count as one thread not two. For the sake of ease, we would like the two threads linked together.
» You are exempt from any checks for hiatuses that last for over 21 days. Anything less and you'll still need to submit your AC unless there are other circumstances.
» Because we are a capped game, there is no strike system. If you do not make the AC requirements, you will be cut.
» Bonus AC points: All extra non-quest threads not used for AC will be worth 2 extra points that can be used for reward redemption. Please check our Rewards page for more details.
There will be no warnings. All submissions are due Friday, October 31st 11:59PM US Eastern.
EXTRA FIELDS: This is not required and completely optional, but included in the submission form are two optional fields: Extra and MANTA Board Posting.
For the Extra field, this is just a space for players to note anything that occurred in their threads that they think might be fun for us to know. So if something particularly interesting happened (for example: discovering a new creature or location, an old artifact, or perhaps a character has stolen something), we highly encourage players to jot them down! Who knows, we may even find a use for it… In addition, we may ask players to submit certain activity related to an event.
You may also submit MANTA board requests to be included in the upcoming board. We will try to add them immediately, otherwise we'll save them for the next Board or a time we deem fitting. If you don't have one in mind at the time of AC, you can post it later to the upcoming Captain's Log announcement.
For the Extra field, this is just a space for players to note anything that occurred in their threads that they think might be fun for us to know. So if something particularly interesting happened (for example: discovering a new creature or location, an old artifact, or perhaps a character has stolen something), we highly encourage players to jot them down! Who knows, we may even find a use for it… In addition, we may ask players to submit certain activity related to an event.
You may also submit MANTA board requests to be included in the upcoming board. We will try to add them immediately, otherwise we'll save them for the next Board or a time we deem fitting. If you don't have one in mind at the time of AC, you can post it later to the upcoming Captain's Log announcement.
If you have any questions, ask them here.
FORM: Fill out the following form and comment directly to this post. If you have multiple characters, please put them in one comment.
EGGMAN'S WORKSHOP OF HORRORS | OPEN
Oct. 27th, 2025 03:42 pmreneggadetinkerer posting in escordviWho: Eggman and You
Status: Open
Where: A large warehouse complex on Eltrut
What: Eggman is bored and wants information on riftfarers. So he's challenging you with a Chaos Emerald powered Haunted House!
Warnings: Intense theatrics
( Enter If You Dare~ )
Status: Open
Where: A large warehouse complex on Eltrut
What: Eggman is bored and wants information on riftfarers. So he's challenging you with a Chaos Emerald powered Haunted House!
Warnings: Intense theatrics
( Enter If You Dare~ )
Database maintenance
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dw_maintenanceGood morning, afternoon, and evening!
We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)
I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.
Ta for now!
AWS outage
Oct. 20th, 2025 10:11 amalierak posting in dw_maintenanceDW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.
Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.