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[HOUSEKEEPING] You’re invited… #OtherSpace #storytelling #amwriting #roleplaying #indiegames
ByWes…to a celebration of OtherSpace turning 19 years old! We’re holding a virtual party on our Slack site, which you can easily join using Slackpass! We’ve had a great first few months making the transition from Telnet MUSH to Slack roleplaying platform, with players launching new adventures on classic worlds such as Demaria, Ungstir, Luna,…
[HOUSEKEEPING] New Slack channels 2/19
ByWesWe’ve added the following channels for out-of-character discussions and roleplaying scenes on our Slack site: gamedev-otherspace: For talking about development of the OtherSpace Slack RP project. ooc-books: Chatting about books. (Spoilers possible!) ooc-movies: Chatting about movies. (Spoilers possible!) ooc-television: Chatting about TV shows. (Spoilers possible!) ooc-videogames: Chatting about video games. (Spoilers possible!) rp-drrrn: Roleplaying activities…
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[APPRECIATION] Player of the Month – March 2017
ByWesCongratulations to nickpalaz0123 (also known as Razorback, Vrex, Fedya, and more) on his second consecutive month as our OtherSpace Player of the Month. As a reward, he gets a $25 Amazon gift certificate! The PotM is chosen based on roleplaying activity, community engagement, retweets of OtherSpace-related links, and other social media sharing! Want to be…
[HOUSEKEEPING] They always come back
ByWesIt’s been a little more than a year since OtherSpace made the shift from MUSH to Slack. Here’s what I’ve learned: Slack’s a great connector for community We’ve been able to re-forge old ties and make some new ones with players on Slack, talking about our lives, jobs, movies, books, TV, politics, even parenthood. Slack…