WHAT IS DAY ZERO gaia_star Day Zero is a meta-plot based on
players surviving seven IC days. All players, regardless of if they survive or not or if they "complete" the meta, will be eligible for the raffle, which will be in the form of tickets that you can redeem daily. The metaplot is scheduled to start Sept 15 until October 5th, a pre-Halloween metaplot!
gaia_star In contrast to events (such as Miasma Village), which run more on a player's own time, Day Zero will have daily mini updates and 48 hour "larger" updates that players have the option to interact with. This will up a player's survivability rate as well as give them the potential to solve what is happening. Players will start off in
one of four factions in a city (may be 2-4 pending on player signups!) that has been
quarantined and closed off. This city is surrounded by water and barricaded at all sides: there is a wall at the very end and it simply says that the gates will be lifted in exactly
seven days, when the virus is supposed to pass. There is something
growing inside the city, spreading the infection, though it is up to players to discover what exactly it is, or if they even want to. It is crucial for you to collect as many items to up your survivability. This is the first time we are trying a survival-scavenging-trading system like this and we are very excited to bring it to this meta!
gaia_star You will be playing
as a disposable character. These characters CAN and WILL die. This is determined by their HP pool: when their HP hits
zero you are dead. There is the chance that your character CAN get infected too, so it is important for you to consider
what your character needs to do to survive all seven days. You will be given items both ICly and as an RNG "foraging" option to survive. These items will let your character equip a "weapon", up their health, and keep their hunger and thirst at bay. To keep track of where you are in the city and what items you may obtain, as well as what items you can trade with other players, we have set up a system on the minis site for meta use only.
gaia_star Once again, all
rp will be done in the guilds, all
statistics trackers, other than your HP, including monitoring your thirst, hunger, and clothing warmth levels, will be done on the
minis site. The site will be accessible to all players in the meta, though if you do not have an account, we recommend you sign up ASAP
here to get your account ready. Once again, the minis site is just to track the items you own/ track your hunger/thirst/trading items, it has nothing actually to do with minipets! A simple step by step instruction of how to do everything, as well as GMs to help you facilitate the process in a blast chat/ in the QNA will be ready for you once the event starts.
gaia_star Are you
new to this shop? Don't worry! Our playerbase AND gms are extremely friendly and ready to help you out during the event! As we are all starting with disposable characters with the SAME stats, it will be easy to keep track of.
gaia_star Signups will begin TOMORROW and last for A WEEK. Everyone is very strongly invited, you have nothing to lose, and all rp points you obtain as well as raffle tickets are yours to keep regardless of if you just post one day or all points. As mentioned earlier, all rp points
are transferable to a max of 20 points, and all
characters that survive gain a special item that they may transfer (via rp) to existing characters!. Newbies that rp and have a surviving character may transfer this item later at the shop's discretion.
gaia_star Unsure of if you want to join or not? Here's some fun statistics:
- There are over 20 premades to give away (including 10+ Hunters!)
- There are potential customs and newbie nominations to give away
- All and any rp you do there has points that are transferable to your existing characters.
- You will get the chance to RP as any "human civilian survivor" in a modern (Canadian/US) city. You can RP any gender/type/age within ages 13 - 60, though keep in mind characters that are too young/too old will have a severe debuff applied to them.
- You will get the chance to be part of a group/team, have your own blast chat, figure out efforts of how to overcome obstacles and quests, and ultimately and hopefully, survive all seven days with your group! If you do not like your group, you will be given the IC option to "defect" to another group, as long as it is done via RP
- You will
get a chance to write a most horrible and gruesome death for your character- There may be ships involved. That is
all you.
