[GAME START] Welcome to Libra!

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Network
WHEN: January 7th
WHAT: Welcome to Libra!
WARNINGS: None

[Wherever you are, your phone will start to ring and vibrate. It doesn’t matter if your phone was off or on mute - it will ring anyway. If you didn’t have a phone? You’ll have found one that has been delivered to your current location with a sticky note attached with your name on it.

The ringing will continue until you check your phone. The entire screen has been locked to a new app that downloaded: Libra. It looks like a social media app, even though you’ve never heard of it before. Worst yet, there seems to be no closing this app until you read and respond to the message displayed]

Welcome to Libra! Libra is an innovative app developed by the good folks at Zodiac™ to connect people with similarities that set them apart from the average crowd!

There’s a lot to talk about, but we don’t want to pile too much on you! Instead, let's start things off with a little icebreaker! It’s a little late, but we hope it's still relevant!


This post is sponsored by the 2021 Kaisou Winter Carnival! Get out and enjoy the cold!

[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone.

Mod Note: The game has officially begun! The first event log will take place on January 9th, but players are free to make their own logs and posts! There will be no NPC response in this network post, so feel free to interact with each other!]

Comments

UN: rschwarzer

[motiv8]

Yeah, it's... not the best form of advertisement I've ever seen. I mostly just clicked in to make the notification go away, myself.

Hope you didn't lose your game because of the app, though!

[missingache]

It's an afk game so it just paused the battle I was in.

[motiv8]

Oh, that's good.

I wonder if maybe some ad downloaded it in the background? Hard to know which one, though, since I haven't seen any ads for something like this recently.

[missingache]

I'll be so mad if there was a fake X that did that.
I've had a really stupid puzzle game download like that... Predatory shit like that shouldn't be allowed.

[motiv8]

I don't think it IS allowed. Doesn't stop people from breaking the rules until someone slaps them on the wrist, though.

Still... super weird that we can't UNinstall it. I mean, it's fun enough right now, but that's still pretty worrying.

[missingache]

Someone needs to report this to the app stores, or just all of us who got hit with it.

It's like the Facebook app that we can't get rid of now matter what now...

[motiv8]

Yeah... I've never gone out of my way to do something like that before. I kind of feel bad about it, but I guess if no one speaks up, nothing will be done.

Ah, Facebook... I can't get rid of it even if I want to. That's how my sister keeps in contact with me now that I've moved out. Even if I could get rid of it, if I did, I'd never hear the end of it.

[missingache]

Don't feel bad. Some apps deserve the downvote trains.

I'm in the same boat. My family won't get with the times and use modern stuff like Discord or even just texting me. It's all FB Messenger.

[motiv8]

I mean, my sister and my mother will text me, too, but at the end of the day they just like keeping up with everyone on Facebook. Can't say it appeals to me at all, but that's a battle I'm not going to win.

Dad, on the other hand, hasn't even gotten that far. He's still mostly a phone call person, unless he has to use email.

[missingache]

Ew.

Phone calls are the worst.

I'll take facebook over phone calls.

[motiv8]

Yeah, I'm with you!

I mean, it's my dad, so it could definitely be worse, but I can't say I'm any good at small talk. It just winds up dragging on forever and it's mostly me just smiling and nodding for most of it. Not fun.

[missingache]

We're the wrong generation for small talk...

At least outside of texting.

[motiv8]

Even then it's a bit awkward. I've had to do it enough both via text and in person enough that I can muddle through, but I can't say it's something I enjoy.

[missingache]

I think you're doing okay with it right now.

[motiv8]

Ehhh...

There's a difference between this and the kinds of small talk adults do, you know?

[missingache]

Ah.

As an adult, I hope I never become an adult who does the boring kind.

I know too much about mortgages now.