March Updates

Hello friends! A few updates.

COVID-19 and DR:TX

Currently it is our intention to still hold game and if that changes we will let you know asap. We do encourage those who feel they are at risk or immunocompromised to use their own best judgement for their health and safety. Anyone who wants to change their ticket to a non-attending ticket should contact us so we can re-do your check-in. info@dystopiarisingtx.com is the email. If you checked in without a ticket and decide not to come, let us know so we can take you off your NPC shift.

We have checked with the campsite to ensure lots of soap is on hand in the bathrooms. We have ordered extra makeup wipes, makeup, and applicators so that we will be able to prevent cross contamination. Here are a few things you can do to help yourself reduce the risk of getting sick:

• 30-60 seconds of hand washing with soap anytime you may have been exposed to contaminated surfaces like door handles, bathrooms, etc.

• Don't share things that have been in/on other people's mouths or faces. Like cups, food, makeup wipes, etc. Please get a new makeup applicator or wedge instead of double-dipping. We ordered extra for this purpose! If we run low, let staff know and we'll go buy more.

• We'll have some multi-surface cleaner in ops for wiping down weapon handles and masks at the end of each shift.

• Cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough. Bring your own hand sanitizer but still use soap regularly as it's more effective. Try and keep from touching your own face or mouth as much as possible.

• If you are feeling crummy and decide to leave, let us know.

• Shower, eat, and sleep regularly so that you are well rested. LARP can tank immune systems when we stop taking care of ourselves. Please be smart about overextending your body's reserves. Shower to prevent becoming human viral soup in your costuming.

• Even with novel coronavirus going around, our good old friends the regular cold, sinus infections, and allergies are still around too. Let's respond reasonably to folks who happen to sneeze once in a while ;)

XP Buy Up and Back Buy

Those of you involved in the larger DR community have probably already read this blog update from Kyle (the owner of Dystopia Rising franchise). http://www.dystopiarisinglarp.com/news/2020/3/5/the-return-of-buybacks-and-additional-xp

Basically, 3.0 now supports additional XP purchases and event buyback retroactive to the start of 3.0 (Sept 2019).

Beginning in April, players will be able to check-in with additional XP online. We have added the XP buy up option to our online storefront to go live when tickets for April go on sale next Tuesday at 1pm. You can also purchase extra XP at the door on site starting at our April event.

Note:

• You can only purchase extra XP for an event you have already purchased a ticket for.

• You can only purchase extra XP for travel events you attended. Contact each chapter to arrange payment directly, not through DR:TX.

• If you are backbuying XP, just email us directly so we can send you a custom invoice total. That email is info@dystopiarisingtx.com

Reminder of Game Schedule

This is your reminder that we moved up our start time on Fridays!

• Gates open at 3pm

• Pre-reg opens at 4pm

• Reg line opens at 5pm

• New Player Guides are on hand starting at 6pm in the breezeway off of the Kitchen

• Announcements are outside of Ops/Dining Hall at 7pm

• Game on, first NPC shift, and New Player mod all start at 8pm

Everything else should be the same overall. See a guide if you have questions!

October Event Announcements

Faction Tokens

To help save trees, casted characters holding faction contracts may have phys-repped faction tokens (shown below). These tokens represent contracts that can be inspected for forgeries like any other contract by using the Basic Financial Skill and checking in with the Guide on the mod. Using these phys-reps allows us to reuse the most common faction contracts without wasting a lot of paper.

Premiere Build

Premiere Build is available for purchase at the door this event. So if you want to add +5 to your character(s) build, it will cost $50 and we can add it to your sheet directly.

If you have an advanced membership, this will apply to all characters. If you have a basic membership it will apply to whichever character you choose. Attending travellers and non-attending locals can purchase this add-on as well at any point in the future.

If you pre-regged for our Premiere Event, bought the Premiere Ticket add-on, and checked-in, that build has been manually added to your pre-reg sheet. This build will show up on your digital database sheets post-event.

3.0 Back Buy

You can now back-buy 3.0 events from your home chapter:

• Buy-back is available from the Deathcon 2019 dates on (Sept 15, 2019, the launch of 3.0). This means someone could buy-back the Sept 2019 TX event, but not the May 2019 TX event.

• Buy-back is available only at the branch the player was housed at as “local” on the dates of the event.

• If you had an Advanced Membership on the dates of the event being purchased, all characters will be checked in as though you attended the event in person.

• A player may buy-back their home branch’s Premiere Event and build, but must purchase the event to also get the build. To prevent transfer abuse, a player may only purchase one local Premiere Event as non-attending per calendar year.

• If you wish to back-buy non-attending Deathcon Build you can purchase that here.

If you wish to back-buy a Texas 3.0 event, please email us at info@dystopiarisingtx.com.

Sounds of the Lonestar

One of our goals for this season is to make the soundscape of the site more dynamic. To this end, you may see more things like wind-chimes appearing around the site. We encourage you to add to this ambiance by bringing your own and hanging them around your play spaces.

Vehicles on Site/Early Site Access

This is a reminder that driving on site for any reason needs to be cleared with Shan or Aesa directly. Likewise, if you are looking to get on site early, you must have permission from staff. Our site requirements mean we have to be very selective about traffic past the gate. Thank you.