Application & Placement Info
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kohosmodsApplications & Placement Info
Applications for gods are currently open!
Applications for ghosts are currently open!
Application Information | Applying! | Placement Considerations
Application Information
✒ How many characters can I app?
You can app up to three ghosts to Kohos. Currently, the plan is to start the game with a small group of teams and gradually introduce more as we get into the swing of things, so we prrrobably will not be placing multiple ghosts from the same player right at the start. If you do submit multiple ghost apps now, you're allowed but not required to indicate which one you'd like to start playing first, if you have a preference. As far as gods go, there is no current limit on them, although we may set one depending upon how things go. You could theoretically have a lot of gods, especially if they are task-focused gods (more on that over here), but we encourage you to choose gods carefully and not overwhelm yourself.
✒ How many characters will be in this game, anyway?
The current plan is for Kohos to max out with 66 ghosts--a small game that allows us to give more individualized attention. The number of gods is a little more fluid, perhaps thirty to forty. It's possible that the game could expand in the future if there's demand, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
✒ What is the acceptance/placement process for ghosts, and what kind of turnaround should I expect?
Currently we're going to be processing a big batch of initial apps, so we expect things to be a little different in the future, but it'll look something like this. First we read an app for general quality, and let you know whether you've been accepted. (We'll do that on Monday the 24th.) Then we'll post the relevant parts of your app on OK God to find you a patron (more info on that here), and contact you when that's done. In the meantime, we'll be working to assemble starting teams, and we'll aim to send out those placement notifications and announce those teams mid-week. Ghost intros can start on Friday. Placement for ghosts is a little complicated, yes, since both your team and your patron must be pre-assigned before you can enter play.
To be frank, we have no idea what turnaround is going to be like as the game goes on, as it depends very much upon interest, how well the OK God system works, and other such things. We'll do placements of new characters every Friday, so you could be placed within the week if there isn't a queue.
✒ What about the acceptance/placement process for gods?
Much simpler than ghosts, to be honest. We'll read apps for quality, as well as balance with other gods either in play or in the app pool, and if accepted, we'll notify you which sphere your god is affiliated with; you're then free to enter play and start cruising for proteges.
✒ What if two people app the same character at more-or-less the same time?
We'll review both apps and select the stronger one. If both apps are awesome, we'll ping those players with additional questions or sample prompts.
✒ What if one of those apps is a ghost and one of those is a god, since you can app fandom characters as gods?
We'll probably still only accept one, though if there's strong justification for a future version of a character being present in Kohos as a god, we might consider accepting both, particularly if both players deliberately conspired to do that for the sake of hijinks. We tend to approve of hijinks.
✒ What if they're both gods--like two people apped very different takes on Thor or something?
We also might consider accepting both under such circumstances, though they would have to be very different takes, and we'd probably want to speak with both players first.
✒ So why's the first-placement god deadline earlier than the first-placement ghost deadline?
We'd like to have a group of gods already accepted and settled in before we start putting ghost apps into OK God and assigning patrons. So if you're excited to play a god and start patroning ghosts, now is the time to app! The plan is to read and accept those first while ghost apps come in. Nothing preventing you from apping later, of course, but we figured we'd point this out. (Task-focused gods would be a second app anyway, and can definitely wait until later.) If there's interest, we might even throw up a post for gods to begin play mingling amongst themselves before ghosts are placed and start introing.
Applying!
✒ Enough of this, I want to app already! What do I do?
Ghost Edition: Make sure you've read the game rules, patronage and amnesia info, and the detailed info on apping and playing ghosts. (Reading the god edition doesn't hurt.) Check out the sample app: Roxy Lalonde. And then fill out the ghost application in the body of an email, with the subject line of "KOHOS: Ghost: [character name]," and send it to kohosmods@gmail.com!
God Edition: Make sure you've read the game rules, patronage and amnesia info, and the detailed info on apping and playing gods. (Reading the ghost edition doesn't hurt.) Check out the sample app: Persephone. And then fill out the god application in the body of an email, with the subject line of "KOHOS: God: [character name]," and send it to kohosmods@gmail.com!
Placement Considerations
✒ How does team placement work?
Right now, we're going to be assembling teams out of the pool of initial apps, looking for people who would work well and be interesting together, and taking into account any requests made on individual apps. We'll try to create functional teams unless people specifically want dysfunctional ones; we don't want to make anybody's placement deliberately screwy if they're not interested in that, since ghosts are permanently stuck with whatever team they get. We will never place canonmates on the same team--especially with teams this small, that could leave the third person being a third wheel--and we'll try to avoid it within partner teams when possible (though lol Homestuck.) We will not create playercest between partner teams. Basically we'll be combining mod discretion with player request and common sense.
✒ Can I request to be put on the same team with this other character I know my friend is apping?
Sure! We can't absolutely guarantee that we'll be able to honor such requests, depending upon other factors, but we'll definitely try. :)
✒ How are gods assigned to particular spheres?
This will be entirely at mod discretion, and is mainly done by divine affinity/domain, though we'll do our best to make sure that the distribution remains roughly even, both for simple numbers and for a good balance between gods who will patron a lot and gods who will run tasks a lot. The umbrella domains covered by the various spheres are very flexible and multi-faceted, and not particularly transparent, and are intended to allow very different sorts of gods to exist in the same sphere.
Any further questions or things that need clarification? Please comment.
Applications for gods are currently open!
Applications for ghosts are currently open!
Application Information | Applying! | Placement Considerations
Application Information
✒ How many characters can I app?
You can app up to three ghosts to Kohos. Currently, the plan is to start the game with a small group of teams and gradually introduce more as we get into the swing of things, so we prrrobably will not be placing multiple ghosts from the same player right at the start. If you do submit multiple ghost apps now, you're allowed but not required to indicate which one you'd like to start playing first, if you have a preference. As far as gods go, there is no current limit on them, although we may set one depending upon how things go. You could theoretically have a lot of gods, especially if they are task-focused gods (more on that over here), but we encourage you to choose gods carefully and not overwhelm yourself.
✒ How many characters will be in this game, anyway?
The current plan is for Kohos to max out with 66 ghosts--a small game that allows us to give more individualized attention. The number of gods is a little more fluid, perhaps thirty to forty. It's possible that the game could expand in the future if there's demand, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
✒ What is the acceptance/placement process for ghosts, and what kind of turnaround should I expect?
Currently we're going to be processing a big batch of initial apps, so we expect things to be a little different in the future, but it'll look something like this. First we read an app for general quality, and let you know whether you've been accepted. (We'll do that on Monday the 24th.) Then we'll post the relevant parts of your app on OK God to find you a patron (more info on that here), and contact you when that's done. In the meantime, we'll be working to assemble starting teams, and we'll aim to send out those placement notifications and announce those teams mid-week. Ghost intros can start on Friday. Placement for ghosts is a little complicated, yes, since both your team and your patron must be pre-assigned before you can enter play.
To be frank, we have no idea what turnaround is going to be like as the game goes on, as it depends very much upon interest, how well the OK God system works, and other such things. We'll do placements of new characters every Friday, so you could be placed within the week if there isn't a queue.
✒ What about the acceptance/placement process for gods?
Much simpler than ghosts, to be honest. We'll read apps for quality, as well as balance with other gods either in play or in the app pool, and if accepted, we'll notify you which sphere your god is affiliated with; you're then free to enter play and start cruising for proteges.
✒ What if two people app the same character at more-or-less the same time?
We'll review both apps and select the stronger one. If both apps are awesome, we'll ping those players with additional questions or sample prompts.
✒ What if one of those apps is a ghost and one of those is a god, since you can app fandom characters as gods?
We'll probably still only accept one, though if there's strong justification for a future version of a character being present in Kohos as a god, we might consider accepting both, particularly if both players deliberately conspired to do that for the sake of hijinks. We tend to approve of hijinks.
✒ What if they're both gods--like two people apped very different takes on Thor or something?
We also might consider accepting both under such circumstances, though they would have to be very different takes, and we'd probably want to speak with both players first.
✒ So why's the first-placement god deadline earlier than the first-placement ghost deadline?
We'd like to have a group of gods already accepted and settled in before we start putting ghost apps into OK God and assigning patrons. So if you're excited to play a god and start patroning ghosts, now is the time to app! The plan is to read and accept those first while ghost apps come in. Nothing preventing you from apping later, of course, but we figured we'd point this out. (Task-focused gods would be a second app anyway, and can definitely wait until later.) If there's interest, we might even throw up a post for gods to begin play mingling amongst themselves before ghosts are placed and start introing.
Applying!
✒ Enough of this, I want to app already! What do I do?
Ghost Edition: Make sure you've read the game rules, patronage and amnesia info, and the detailed info on apping and playing ghosts. (Reading the god edition doesn't hurt.) Check out the sample app: Roxy Lalonde. And then fill out the ghost application in the body of an email, with the subject line of "KOHOS: Ghost: [character name]," and send it to kohosmods@gmail.com!
God Edition: Make sure you've read the game rules, patronage and amnesia info, and the detailed info on apping and playing gods. (Reading the ghost edition doesn't hurt.) Check out the sample app: Persephone. And then fill out the god application in the body of an email, with the subject line of "KOHOS: God: [character name]," and send it to kohosmods@gmail.com!
Placement Considerations
✒ How does team placement work?
Right now, we're going to be assembling teams out of the pool of initial apps, looking for people who would work well and be interesting together, and taking into account any requests made on individual apps. We'll try to create functional teams unless people specifically want dysfunctional ones; we don't want to make anybody's placement deliberately screwy if they're not interested in that, since ghosts are permanently stuck with whatever team they get. We will never place canonmates on the same team--especially with teams this small, that could leave the third person being a third wheel--and we'll try to avoid it within partner teams when possible (though lol Homestuck.) We will not create playercest between partner teams. Basically we'll be combining mod discretion with player request and common sense.
✒ Can I request to be put on the same team with this other character I know my friend is apping?
Sure! We can't absolutely guarantee that we'll be able to honor such requests, depending upon other factors, but we'll definitely try. :)
✒ How are gods assigned to particular spheres?
This will be entirely at mod discretion, and is mainly done by divine affinity/domain, though we'll do our best to make sure that the distribution remains roughly even, both for simple numbers and for a good balance between gods who will patron a lot and gods who will run tasks a lot. The umbrella domains covered by the various spheres are very flexible and multi-faceted, and not particularly transparent, and are intended to allow very different sorts of gods to exist in the same sphere.
Any further questions or things that need clarification? Please comment.
