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Announcements News Post #523

New ESTEEM System.

Written by: Argus, the Tiniest Feracht
Date: Monday, March 31st, 2025
Addressed to:


Have something nice to say? Go on 'n say it! You no longer have to wait for annual fanmail to share a nice note with your fellow players.

The new Esteem system allows you to offer praise for other players' roleplay or to simply share a positive comment or good vibe to let someone know you're having fun without breaking character to do so. There is no mechanical perk or bonus for sending or receiving Esteem.

All players can send up to 1 Esteem per day, subject to change once the system has time to settle in. (Faction leaders may need more... we'll see).

The system syntax is as follows:

ESTEEM STATUS Shows you how many more times you can express esteem for someone today.
ESTEEM <ON|OFF> Toggle the ability to send and receive esteem (1hr cooldown).
EXPRESS ESTEEM FOR <person> <reason> Express esteem for another player. Costs 1 esteem charge.
EXPRESS ESTEEM FOR ADMIN <reason> Express esteem for the Admin team. No charge cost.
ANONEXPRESS ESTEEM FOR <person> <reason> ANONEXPRESS makes your esteem anonymous and cannot be used for the Admin.
ESTEEM RECEIVED A list of all the esteem you've received.
ESTEEM SENT A list of all the esteem you've sent.

[Note]: Reasons for Esteem are mandatory, will be perpetually visible, and must be between 20 - 255 characters.

The feedback from Esteem is considered fully OOC and should have no bearing upon your character's actions.

Please keep in mind that this system is intended to foster positive feedback and encouragement between players and also provide a vehicle for positive feedback towards the team without the need to file issues or send awkward OOC messages to the Admin in order to do so. It is not a venue for negative commentary or insults, and the administration will look very poorly on anyone attempting to use it for that.

A biiiig thank you to our friends at Achaea who built and shared the bones of this system with us! We really look forward to seeing how the Starmourn community will use this to bolster each other. <3

As with any new system, please reach out if you notice a weird bug or any such thing with it.

Your Starmourn Admin Team


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