#may event

Cozy Cove Crackdown

May Milestones

Hello peeps! We are once again going to be tracking the server's creative progress throughout the month of May.

The basis is the same. In the Cove Cove Discord, members will place their submissions into the directed channel to show their productivity. This can be Writing, Artwork, Schoolwork, and any timed endeavor. All you have to do is follow the pinned format and show proof.

The way we are "switching" it up this year is that the mods will be coming up with milestones to hit. The server as a whole will work toward hitting them. Upon release, there are 4 milestones featured for every category.

"What are the categories?" You ask politely.

Categories:

- Single Fandom

- Crossovers

- Schoolwork (Word Count Based)

- Artwork

- Misc (Time Based)

Anyone is allowed to join and you can do as little or as much as you please. No pressure!

Further information can be found in the discord! We can’t wait for you to join the event!!!! Happy “May Day” and good luck!

To Join The Crackdown: Enter The Cozy Cove

Posting information:

Tag: #CCCrackdown26

I've been playing since 2018, so I'll set the scene. Strap in.

Before we had the Rumble markings, there were some new features added to the May event in 2019. This was a huge month for updates, the relevant ones here being a "Reputation Shop" for both of the storyline NPCs where you can get Brawl and Inverted Brawl marking applicators. These were the first app markings made for this event, and you can see in the responses to this announcement post that they got a fairly warm reception at the time.

Note that Brawl has a very busy and squiggly look to it. Put a pin in that. (I swear I've seen similar textures on foam gym mats. I'm not sure if that's what they were going for, though.)

Then came May 2020. Among other things, the Rumble marking applicator was introduced to the game. It has a similar look to Brawl, only it's somewhat jagged. A few days in, there was a rash of threads in the forums about Rumble, the most serious thing mentioned in them by far was that the marking was a potential seizure risk. Some players brought it up in the announcement thread a few days into the event.

How is that possible, you may ask. Well, let me make this clear: I am not a neurologist and I've never had a seizure in my life. I'm not the person to ask about photosensitive epilepsy (or any other type); I'm just describing things as best as I understand them. From what I can find, there is ongoing research into why high contrasting patterns in still images may trigger seizures in some people with PSE. (Medical News Today has more technical info here.)

In any case, the seizure concerns got the admins' attention. On May 4 that year, the Rumble marking was hidden from view and the applicator removed from the shop. Forum threads about the marking were locked and players advised to refrain from making any more about it. (Source) The next day, the admins made a statement:

Today, we sought legal clarification over the marking. We have been advised that we are compliant and meet all legal requirements and there is no reason that the marking should be removed from the game or that any additional warning notice needs to be given out. Additionally, the marking itself was not flagged as a typical risk. [...] We must ask that if you have noticed any adverse effects while accessing Lioden at any point, to discontinue use of the site immediately and seek medical help from a physician.

(Bolding theirs! Excerpts from Rumble Marking Clarification)

With that, Rumble was reinstated with some faded effects added presumably to make it less harsh on a contrasting base. Lioden operates in the UK, so I think these are the guidelines they're trying to adhere to. However, those are mostly about video content and the May event doesn't have any animations as of yet. (And for the ones that do, you can toggle the animations off.)

But that wasn't enough for some people. Some of the players had already telephone-gamed the whole thing into "DANGEROUS MARKING AT ANY OPACITY" with the growing vibe of "If you have Rumble/Brawl lions, you're evil". Note the reminder of the section of the game's TOS against threatening, harassment; etc. in that same clarification post. This shit was nasty enough that I thought I could get dogpiled just for selling the applicators, so I buried them for a time. (You have no idea how relieved I was to find anyone this December with this marking app on their wishlist.)

You are reading this right: a year after Brawl was introduced, it got lumped in with Rumble. If memory serves, one of the game's artists was also scapegoated because of course that happened.

Finally, on May 8, the marking censor was added as part of a development update. (Announcement here.) This setting allows players to hide any marking they wish from their view without affecting gameplay for anyone else. That should do it, right?

Even then, the hostility didn't completely end there. Short of the entire art team leaving, I don't know what some of these people really wanted here. On a game that has around 2000 players online most of the day, I can't ascertain how many were adversely affected by the Rumble marking that week, but under the circumstances, I think the admins did the best they could. I wouldn't put this incident on the same level of Cyber Soldier Porygon. It was a shock at the time, but ye gods did some people take it too far.

January event - New Year, New Lore

Shakeup! World building requests ONLY!

February event - Lovers Lingering

Two to three cats, already in love, given per ask! Will also do courting/partner traditions.

March event - Egg hunt

trans event Spring and Easter-themed cats and traditions only!

April event - Fool's Folly

Goofy cats! Who knows, you might get a cat with clothes if you request in april!

May event - Birthday Barrage

All may requests are kittens! It's my birthday month so gotta go simple.

June event - Quaintly Queer

GAY CATS. Every June request will be incredibly queer, and many will be poly, no cishets allowed! Get off my blog if you dislike this <3

July event - Summer fun

Just a bunch of sun-loving cats. normal request time no special factors! Request anything for a world or a cat.

August event - Time to Train

APPRENTICES! In honor of folks going back to school, August is entirely apprentices! Nothing else!

September event - Solstice Celebration

Another mostly normal event, but since the fall solstice is in this month, it'll be a focus of the month to have fall and space themes! Will also do religion requests

October event - Trick or Treat

SPOOKY MONTH. SPOOKY CATS ONLY!

November event - Herb Fest

As a celebration of the end of harvest season for many in the north, this month will be entirely cats trained in healing! Will also do fictional herb requests.

December event - Winter Bash

Whatever holiday you celebrate, I don't care! Come to this blog with a request in December and you'll get a wintery suprise! Specify a holiday or specific winter holiday folk story/myth and I'll theme it around that! Will also do sickness requests.

events will change if i start getting flooded

🌷May Event 🌿

May 1st until June 1st

(Event is: Open) Now taking requests✨

Please read all info for you submit your request correctly 💖

*It is free to join events

*You must be following me

*There is no guarantee I’ll get to your request

* I’m only drawing how ever many requests I can get to by June 1st