NEW JR ADMINISTRATORS
We are very happy to welcome SMITTY and BYRN as Jr. A's in the updating field. We thank Whit, Abba, and Linds for their dedication and service! Time will remain as a Jr. A for judging, and Brit and Frostie will remain in Mythical. However we had lots of amazing candidates, and as this learning curve starts to even out, we'll be happy to call on more of you for help!

Congrats!

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RULE CHANGES AND UPDATES!
1. Previously you needed to have three different types of clues, and once a clue had already awarded you a 'point', you could not get another point for that type of clue (appearance, gender, personality, etc). The admin have decided to eliminate this rule. But please keep in mind that you do still need 3different types of clues. 

Example, if your stealth had 
[personality ]
[appearance ]
[gender]
[personality]
[history]
[rank]
The most amount of points you could get would be 5, since personality would not be counted twice. Now you could possibly get 6. However if you had the following:
[personality ] - +1
[appearance ] - 0
[gender] - +1
[personality] - +1
[history] - 0
[rank] - 0
Even though you have 3 points (which is what you need to pass a stealth), because there are not three types (two personality, one gender), the stealth would still fail.

2. Clues can only ever earn you one point. For example, if a stealth said [Bitch], this could not be a gender ref + personality ref. Similarly [Frosty] can't reference magic AND colour. Or, "Her eyes are the ocean" [her eyes are blue like the ocean so appearance ref] [she also has water magic so magic red] where you're using the same phrase to mean multiple clues. We define a clue/phrase based on the words you use in your reveal and we will judge by whatever you stipulate the clue to be, but you can only ever get one point for it. 

3. There will be changes to the Absence Board! Because we've had difficulties with people making multiple threads, not updating their statuses, or going off of incorrect information, we've decided to amend how the board will operate. 
From now on...

- There will no longer be a prefix for 'busy'. For the most part, we are all busy. You are either here, or absent. Busy isn't informative from a rules-perspective
- YOU MAY ONLY HAVE ONE THREAD (this isn't a new rule, but it is apparently hard to follow :P )
- Only Sr. Admin may ever 'update' someones thread. If you are going to be away and cannot update it yourself, you must let Aud, Blu, or Tamme know. It is acceptable to have a friend let one of us know, but we need screenshots/emails/texts (etc) of the request.

4. Hidden Account Update: 

When accounts meet a certain criteria after exceeding the Absent Abyss 8 month limit, they may become hidden for purposes of saving vital character information for other active characters.

Going forward, those who communicate with the Helovia administration about long term absences that must exceed the already extended time of absent abyss, will continue as normal within Hidden.

However, when accounts are moved into Hidden without communication, and are then later asked to be played again, they may only return as an active character stripped of all assets (magic/companions/items). The IC justifications are that the extended absence from Helovia and its gods leeches the characters of the things which Helovia has granted it. Similarly, if an account is deleted, either normally, or after 8 months in AA, those characters will return stripped of all assets as well.

Absent Abyss was never meant to have an additional safety net to exceed it. Hidden is meant to be a final rank for a character that earns it. Absences from one player/character affect all the other characters that participated, causing a ripple effect among the community. This is why we enforce our "love your character" policy so strongly, and why unannounced absences have repercussions.

5. Please refrain from asking any of the admin, or jr. admins to update things via skype. We are happy to field questions and chat about Helovia, but we ask that all rank updates, character updates, absences, or other requests that have designated threads, be directed to those threads. This includes 'poking for an admin' on Skype and asking us to check the update threads. If there is a place or account on Helovia where you can ask for what you need, please use it, rather than Skype.

6. Herd Champs Update - We are SO pleased to see such competition for Herd Champs! While we want to make sure that post counts aren't over-inflated to try and win, we love the activity! For your information, we wanted to let you know how herd champ prizes work - both as an incentive to win, and a goal to work towards! 

1-2 Months Consecutively :: Extra roll in drops for that month, passive magic, immunity from SWP related things
3-4 Months Consecutively :: Unlimited crafting 
5-7 Months Consecutively :: Granted a herd quest 

7. Items can now be upgraded!  There will be a 'how to write/create items' guide written shortly. Each item can be upgraded a maximum of two times via questing. 

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If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to post below, or PM Official.