We hope to contact and announce new staff within the next 5 days, however in the meantime, we have had some requests to answer the questions regarding the site on the application.

Now of course we didn't expect everyone to get these right, and many more covered above and beyond what we considered the basic answers to these questions.

Newbie Helper Application Answers:

#3: Differences between white and tan and secondary markings, including opacities.

White and Tan are non secondary markings that overlay secondaries up to secondary #5, underlay secondaries between #6 and #10, and they cannot be adjusted for opacity. Secondary markings are various markings on a dog that can be adjusted for opacity. Although there are many options, you can only have up to 10 on a dog. Opacity is the strength of a marking, a low opacity like 20% only shows up slightly, where 100% shows it at it's full strength. You can have markings over 100% or under 0% and these are considered glitch markings, because they are outside the normal percentage range and often end up showing the marking in unnatural colors like pink, purple, blue or green. Opacities over 128% and under -128% will not pass to future offspring.

#4: What makes Newbies important to Alacrity and why are NHs just as important to older players.

The site survives due to players, and new players ensure that survival. Each new player is a future long term player, donator, and site advocate. By welcoming and helping our new players, we help to keep this future alive. Newbie Helpers are just as important to older players for several reasons, although the largest reason would be that we're currently evolving as a site, and so the Helpers have the most up to date and accurate information. They also help older players who have returned from a break acclimate to the new site, and answer questions about the more intricate parts of Ala that not even older players know sometimes.

#5: If a newbie was spamming chat and a moderator was not around.

A first attempt should be made to locate an online mod or admin via AIM, if they are not in Alacrity Chat. If no mods or admins are online or are not responding, the NH should screenshot the spamming and report it to the issue hub. If the spamming was of something upsetting in nature or something that would break General Rule #1 or #3, the NH should attempt to defuse the situation without mini modding and keep the peace in chat while continuing to screenshot and attempt to find a mod/admin.

#6: If you did not know the answer to a question in chat and no other helpers were online.

Again, firstly check AIM for other Helpers/Mods/Admins and ask them if they know the answer to the question. Then be honest that you do not know, but you are figuring out the answer right now. You can check the FAQs or Alacrity Wiki to see if it has the answer. If nobody on staff is about, ask the player to submit to the issue hub because you do not wish to give them the wrong answer and you will make sure they have an answer ASAP. Then go bother the first staff player you see online, so you can both learn the answer and make sure the player gets their answer!


Mod Application:

#9: "I have a beautiful Custom GSD for Sale, you can see here Here! She's 13 bones, message me, ZJ!" What is wrong with this post if I put it in Main Chat? In a scribble? Where are the correct places to put this post?

It is wrong to put this anywhere on Alacrity, as if you click the linked "Here", it takes you to a non-custom GSD that is an immortal 2nd gen. It violates General Rule 6: False Advertising for this reason, so there is no correct place to put this post. However, if it was in Main Chat, it would also be a Chat Rule 7: Sales in Sales Chat Only and if it was in a scribble it would violate General Rule 13: Advertising only in Sales Chat, Sales Forum, Personal Status, or Shout Box. To be fair to all mod applicants, not one single person noticed the General Rule 6 part! I'm a tricky, tricky admin and was told this was a mean trick!

Yours,

Well, Alacrites, this is an issue we've been discussing for a while and we finally feel we need to do something about it ASAP. Not all of you will like this, but the Aviator Caps being stackable was an unforseen game-breaking mistake. Not only did this give an incredible advantage over other players, but also over-rode our previously implemented TP cap of 9000, and allowed these Aviator dogs to continue climbing past that cap.

Due to this, we are currently working on fixing the Aviator Caps so that they will no longer be stackable. To address the additional issue of the overcapped dogs, we've put up a new poll to give options to those whose dogs have gone beyond 9000 TP. We want to hear from you, and while leaving things as they are is not an option, we care about your thoughts and opinions about potential solutions! If you don't like either of the options we've made available, please go here and offer up any alternatives you might have thought of.

As recompense for all those affected by these changes, we will be offering a special achievement trophy, as well as an exclusive companion that will boost speed and drive! We're not out to punish anyone, because we know nobody was out to break any rules. This was an error on the part of staff who hadn't thought ahead far enough to see the problem this would create, and we're truly sorry for that. :C But now, we're going to set it right, and do what's best for Alacrity and our members.

We will also be retiring the Top Dawgs list, to be replaced with a new system alongside our revamped trials as soon as they're ready to be released!

Thank you all for your patience and understanding! Be sure to make your voice heard in the polls!

Hey All,

I know everyone is excited to see who will be hired for staff but we think it will be another 3-5 days until we have chosen them. This is because all of the applications we received are from players who are qualified for a staff position, and so it will be extremely difficult to choose.

It's not a bad thing though, to have it be this tough! We're floored by how many amazing players on Alacrity wish to work on staff as well, it just means it will be a little bit longer for us to finally decide.

Regardless of who is hired, we will keep all of the applications on hand for the future, so even if you are not apart of this batch, we'll keep you in mind in case we have staff openings between now and the next application opportunity.

Thank you for your patience and hold onto your excitement for a little longer!