Marks and Flitters and Stuff

[**Auria (etc)**]

I have a question regarding the admin post about the firelizard hatching....

We don't want to count our eggs before they're laid...

Or even fertilized, eh heh.

But it's time to start submitting requests for the upcoming Flitter Clutch!

PM M'kel with the names of characters you would like to have the opportunity to Impress, along with at least two colour preferences.

Please limit your interested chars to 2-3. Flitters are now available to purchase using Marks, so the Clutches won't be as big now!

Does this mean that only characters with the marks to do so can apply for a firelizard egg?

While I find incorporating the marks exchange into the rp experience interesting, I have to admit that having to keep track of how many marks we have, what things cost, etc, is kind of ... off-putting for me. Math takes the fun out of life (in my eyes, I'm a VERY not right-brained person, and in fact, am not even sure I have a right-brain. LOL) I really haven't paid a lot of attention, therefore, to how many marks I have, and if I think entering into a role-play means that I have to keep track of what I am spending--

Well, our financial situation is pretty much evidence that I can't do that in realtime, so why on earth (or elsewhere) would I want to have to do that to have fun? ;D

Having to pay for a flitter egg, in addition, isn't canon. Firelizards choose their people -- yeah, maybe food is a primary motivator, but there are certainly examples in the books of people who were chosen for other reasons, or rejected despite the proximity of food.

Sorry if I'm being a stick in the mud, but focusing too much on money definitely takes some of the fun out of things for me.

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So what's my question? LOL I don't know -- I guess, just that if you don't have the marks to pay for a "space" at the hatching, is your character out of luck?

[M'kel]

The announcement has been misunderstood.

This Flitter Clutch will run like every other Clutch before it, with characters Impressing flitts freely, as usual.

What was meant in reference to Marks is that flitt eggs can now be purchased (at Gathers, from traveling caravans, etc.) by characters in the interim period between flitter Hatchings.

In other words, we've added fire lizard eggs to the list of purchasable items.

Thus, now that people can buy them in between Hatchings if they want more flitters, our Fire Lizard Hatchings won't be the humongous 30-egg affairs that they have been in the past. That size might be a little unreasonable, anyways, in considering the books.

Soooo, instead of guaranteeing a flitter for 5 characters per member in each Clutch (previously, we allowed as many requests per member as each person wanted!), we're going to cut back to only 2-3 chars per member being present at the Hatching.

What was intended regarding the Marks, thus, was that if people aren't satisfied with having only 2-3 characters present, they can buy eggs for their other characters year-round.

As well, regarding keeping track of Marks, the Meddlers maintain the tallies themselves, so Members need only check in on their personal thread to see how their Marks balance is fluctuating. Each month, tany pays out salaries to every member, and every time there is a contest, one of us awards winning Marks. If people ever want to use their Marks, they need only post their purchases in the new thread that has been provided, and a Meddler will subtract from their total accordingly.

So yeah, sorry for the confusion, but don't worry, the Fire Lizard Hatching will run in the usual manner.

[**Auria (etc)**]

Thanks for the explanation and sorry for misunderstanding. Don't mind me, I'm feeble-minded.