#llff update

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LLFF Participant List

It has been a wild and long few weeks, but I am excited to finally let everyone know…!

All 20 players have been officially chosen for the Last Life: For Fans server!

It was extremely challenging to select applicants, but it was an amazing experience to talk to so many passionate fans and community members. I’m grateful to even be in this position, and I can’t thank everyone enough for making this community what it is and continues to grow into. :)

I recommend joining the Discord if you’re interested in spectating the LLFF server when it begins (late January) or want to join in on the shenanigans on Ruby’s 1.18 SMP - I heard there’s mobs, elections, something or other called PanoshCoin™️, and a talking pit? I can’t wait to hear more from the trios, friendships, and alliances that have formed there!

To join the Discord: https://discord.gg/FFKBFJgheA

Again, thank you for your patience in this and for engaging with the community here. It has been a blast, and I hope the Discord and project can be a fun experience for everyone!

Take care!

- Yonbon

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UPDATE 2.0

Hi again everyone,

Thank you for your patience this week! :)

I am officially done reading through all 157 applications for the Last Life: For Fans Minecraft server. 

It’s been an absolute pleasure to read such passionate and great responses on applications, and again, I want to thank everyone, from the bottom of my heart, who took the time out of their day to support this project by sharing or applying to this (what felt like a) dream project of mine.

I’ve been absolutely blown away by the kind words and warm welcome into the community, and I can only hope that this is the start of a space for mature and fun experiences for fans of the Last Life series and Minecraft. (I also want to note that the Discord community has already been incredible, and I can’t thank folks enough for joining and engaging in the online space there!)

With that said, I have made a difficult decision regarding the application process.

After much deliberation and thought, I will be meeting with my top 21 candidates in a “mock-interview” style voice-call on Discord to gauge applicants' personalities and character, better than the application could.

These 21 applicants really caught my eye, and I would love to learn more about them, before officially asking them to join the LLFF Minecraft server.

Already 4 members of the Minecraft server have been chosen (counting myself), and as much as I would like to invite all 21 applicants, I believe it’s best to limit the size of the server to 20 (at max), as it’s already pushing the limit of what I can manage - in terms of scheduling, team builders, and more.

The 21 applicants will be contacted by me on Discord starting tomorrow (November 21st) at 9 AM PST and will be asked to schedule a time to meet with me between the days of November 29th - December 5th, 2021 (this is to avoid conflicts of holidays this upcoming week, like Thanksgiving and my own life schedule).

The final and full list of accepted applicants will be announced on Discord and Tumblr once all members are officially confirmed, which I am estimating will be around the week of December 6th, 2021.

I apologize for this change, it was something I wasn’t anticipating, along with the amount of applications that were received in general - but these 21 applicants were too good to dismiss or weigh against one another without fully meeting them. If you have questions or concerns, please let me know in the inbox or DMs, and I’ll do my best to answer them.

And before I sign off, I want to give a huge shoutout to my IRL friends (both of which are unassociated with the Last Life series and Tumblr fandom, but were great aids in supporting me both emotionally and logically during this process) - I would not have gotten through all the applications without their support. Big thanks too, to the Discord Mod Team, for helping me manage the popularity of the Discord server and being so willing to help! It’s incredibly heartwarming and I’m so grateful for their support! (You can join the community here at https://discord.gg/FFKBFJgheA)

As always, thank you so much for your support and I wish you all a wonderful week!

- Yonbon

(Edit/TL;DR: I'm done going through applications and will be contacting the top 21 applicants to meet with me before being invited onto the server. I will be contacting these folks via Discord on Nov. 21, 2021 at 9am PST.)

[lifeseriesforfans]

UPDATE 1.0

Hi everyone!

I wanted to update ya’ll and let you know that applications are still being looked through and narrowed down. There have been so many awesome applications, and again, I want to say thank you so much to all that applied! I also would like to use this as an opportunity to answer more asks/questions that I haven’t been able to get to as of late.

Are the sessions going to be recorded and/or posted on YouTube? If so, are they going to be recorded by each individual or by spectators?

As mentioned in this post, I discourage content creation of the LLFF server as it’s almost a direct replica of the original Last Life SMP. I also think the focus is to bring the community together and have fun, rather than for any sort of monetary or popularity gain. However, as mentioned in this post, we’ll possibly have chances to stream the sessions through the Discord community so others may watch/spectate.

Can participants curse/swear? How family friendly will the server be?

I believe it best to keep swearing and NSFW topics to a minimum - once or twice, that’s fine, but excessive use of language may not be tolerated. This goes for both the Discord and Minecraft server. (There will be more information on this in the Discord.)

How many people applied?

156 people applied for LLFF across Tumblr and Twitter! :)

When will your pick for the server be announced?

This may take until the end of November - more information will be released once I have a better grasp on the rest of the applicants.

Is the Discord server ready yet?

We’re not quite there, but very close! I still think we’ll be able to open it up this week - keep an eye out! :D

Thank you for your patience everyone! I’ll continue working through the applications, and I hope you’re doing well. :)

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Update 3.0

All 21 (and a couple more) applicants have been contacted on Discord and/or Tumblr.

I’m heartbroken that I can’t accept everyone, but thank you so much to everyone that applied and poured their support and passion into this project! It has not been an easy decision at all, and I’m grateful I’m in such an awesome community that it's even hard to narrow down in the first place. It really shows that there are some amazing folks here that really make this fandom special.

If you’d like to stay up-to-date to with happenings on the server or simply get connected with other Last Life series and Minecraft fans, join the discord!

I’ll continue updating this blog, specifically releasing a list of members when the group is officially finalized, but thank you again for the incredible support! :)