2015 Event Dates, Prices, and Policies

[Jacob]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The second season of Occam's Razor, in 2015, will be comprised of full weekend events on the following dates:

April 10-12
May 15-17
October 30-November 1 (Yes, we're holding a Halloween event)
November 20-22

Non-Player Characters:

NPCs can participate in Occam's Razor free of charge, get all sorts of thanks, and we'll feed you, to boot.
NPC Briefing begins at 9pm Friday night. If you are unable to attend this briefing, one will be provided to you specifically before you may enter combat.

Check out our NPC Guide for more information.

Players:

Registration
Approximately 4-5 weeks (5, schedule permitting) before each weekend event we will open a window for preregistration for the event in the CDB. This "registration window" will be open for 1 week. During that week, players may submit requests to register for the event and may volunteer to prepay for the event. No funds will be transferred at that point in time. 72 hours after the registration window closes, we will post the list of players who have successfully registered. At that time, those who successfully registered and volunteered to prepay will have 1 week to actually transfer funds to Occam's Razor. Failure to do so will cause the registrant to lose their place at the event.

We are implementing this policy to prevent people losing out just because they don't have access to an internet connection at 8:00pm sharp on a given day.

Season Passes for 2015 will become available at a future date. Likely at some sort of winter get together. Unless you people destroy the world between now and then. Which you might.

Event Costs
All Players must pay a $10 annual membership fee. The cost of attending one of the 2015 Full Weekend Events is $80. Any money paid ahead of an event that you cannot attend for whatever reason will be applied against the cost of your attendance at future events.

Event Schedule
Check in begins at Friday night at 8pm.
PC Briefing (on safety, rule changes, important notes, etc.) begins at 9pm in the Diner. Please make every effort to attend in a timely manner. If you are unable to attend this briefing, one will be provided to you specifically before you may enter game.
Game On will be called at 10pm sharp. People not present and accounted for on site by 11:00pm will be considered no-shows so that we can let people on the wait list in as PCs. Please let us know ahead of time if you will be late as best you can--we understand cell service is spotty the closer you get to site. If you let us know ahead of time that you'll be later than 11:00pm, we won't count you as a no-show.

Food
Snack-type food is allowed in cabins, but PLEASE keep the cabins clean. Meal-type food is restricted to the Diner.

At the present time there will be no meal plan offered to Players by Occam's Razor beginning in 2015. Players will be responsible for their own foodstuffs. Note: this does not change anything for 2014.

Further Notes:

1) We advise you to bring a back up weapon in case the pretty one flunks safety testing. (Also: OOG Nerf Gun Policy Reminder--no modified guns or ammunition, no battery powered guns.)
2) Players can completely remake their characters without losing any CP one time after their first full weekend event, up to two weeks before their second event. Please notify staff if you would like to do this so we can unlock your history for edits.
3) How to PEL: It's done through the Character Database. Yay.
4) Please pre-sign your legal waiver. Also in the Character Database. More yay.

-The Management