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Post by STEPH on Jun 29, 2011 23:33:40 GMT -4
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yo, we're open,
first announcement up in heaaaa.
sup sup y'all. so yeah we're officially open and me and tati are happy you are reading this and even considering joining, this is an old thing and some of you know what it meant to us two years ago so yeah, thanks for being around! i just wanna make a general announcement with some reminders, for now and for future reference for those people who are lazy and just skimmed the rules or didn't read them at all.
> PLEASE use band faces for band members first if you can help it. like seriously, it makes sense. we're just new right now so pretty much everyone is available, so use them to your advantage. also, MAKE BAND MEMBERS. we need them, duh. they're the focus point of our site.
> as you can see, we have a lot of dudes. we've got a rep for having more guys than girls, but we do need that estrogen on here or else it's gonna be a sausage fest. lol. but yeah, get your girl on if you're thinking of making another character.
> we have a short and simple app but simple doesn't mean that we're not striving for the best. be sure you can meet the word count of at least 800 words. that's the minimum, but the majority of us can write way above that. point is, we want you to write. we're not trying to be mean or elitist, but we just aim for even higher.
> when you're accepted, FILL OUT YOUR CLAIMS PLZ.
> graphics need to be smaller than 450 pixels in with, and that's at max. we'd prefer 425, though. if something's bigger than that i'm removing it from your signature. and please don't hesitate to ask for someone's help to make graphics if you need them, cause we'd like to not have eyesores here.
> if anyone's wondering why we don't have an IC cbox or an LC, it's cause i would like this to be old fashioned for a while, like rp used to be. straight up on the board for development. the best sites and plots are acted out via posts, and while this is a fresh site, i wanna have that to get everyone's activity up. but don't worry, the LC and such will make it's debut appearance when we all really get the ball rolling steady.
ummm yeah that's pretty much it. ilu all for joining, and we hope you have fun c:
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Post by tati on Jul 6, 2011 18:54:55 GMT -4
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sup guys,
its time for announcement numba two.
> we'd just like to remind everybody that our word minimum is 800 WORDS per post, obviously that doesn't include aim threads, but yeah. that doesn't include coding. we want solid, nice rp posts, and if you can't post that much, please let us know so we can get rid of your account. we don't want to sound mean, but, you should have known that signing up so we don't want anyone getting away with breaking the rules while everyone else aims higher.
> PLEASE start making band members! this is a record label site, after all, and we're noticing that there are very few band members and more photographers/writers/etc running around. that's not a bad thing at all, but we want to even out the canons a little bit. that said...
> BAN ON RECORD STAFF MEMBERS, ETC. this is just temporary, but unless you have a reserve on a record staff member or someone in the media already, we're urging you to make a band member of some sort. this will be lifted as soon as everything evens out!
> perhaps the most important of all, PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANOTHER CHARACTER UNTIL YOU HAVE A THREAD FOR YOUR FIRST CHARACTER. we don't mean an aim thread, either. we mean a legitimate thread. steph and i understand the urge to make new characters, but it's really important that you actually use them.
yep, that's all! sorry if we sound super strict, we just want to remind you to use common sense and follow the rules. have a great day!
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Post by STEPH on Jul 10, 2011 17:39:31 GMT -4
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new shizz,
uhh mad skills + some important stuff?
SO OBVS, i got too antsy to wait to put up the new skin graphics i made, which is why the site looks the way like it is. all of the lists and shit should match up with the site (ie the canon formats should all be the same cause i changed the headers) so if there's anything you see that's off please let me know, i might have missed something. a couple of things, though: > you can have bigger avatars and sigs now since i made the board wider. 200x300 max avatars and 500 width signatures even if i still prefer that you have it around 450 or 475 just to be safe/not to be obnoxiously huge. > please post in the new WHO'S WHO thread. this is counting as the first activity check of some sorts and it helps us know who has what character, etc etc. you get what i'm saying. > ban is still on. make band members so we can make tours and their boards, and so we can have people be asked to be merch and crew and shit. we'll be putting up a suggested faces list up either later or tomorrow, so check it when it appears. ok i think that's it. i hope you enjoy staring at john.
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Post by tati on Jul 10, 2011 18:17:25 GMT -4
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...more new shizz,
yep two announcements in one day deal w/ it
> ok so firstly, you should all go bow down to steph because the new skin looks amazing and she worked really hard on it. > secondly, i got really antsy too and decided to make a new application. don't worry, it's exactly the same as the old app, just with different coding. if you think you can change your app's coding without messing anything up, go ahead and do it! otherwise, sit tight, and i'll change your app's coding tonight.
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Post by STEPH on Jul 14, 2011 18:39:47 GMT -4
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cleanups goin' on,
op, gonna be cleaning house
this is just an announcement about the activity! i'm going to be making the rest of the newer canon images tonight when i get back, since i've been slacking on filling those in lately, and while i'm doing that i'm going to clean up the canons since it seems about a good time to be doing that. that being said, everyone MUST post in the who's who thread by the end of saturday night if they want to be saved cause that's serving as our current and first activity check. not only that, keeping with our activity rules, if you haven't posted an actual thread post yet with your first character (if you have multiple ones) or you haven't had one made for you that you're about to respond to with someone else, then that puts you or your other characters at risk for your canon and face claim to be put back up for grabs. if that didn't make sense, basically if an account has been inactive without a post since they joined or if someone has more than one character but hasn't posted with any of them, you're in a danger zone in our eyes and you need to post and be active. so get on it! but yeah, that's it, and i love everyone for their posts and stuff, the board is lovely with all of you on it.
ps. you should all thank tati for changing all your apps to the new format. and to those of you who had done them yourselves (cause she had seen a couple while on the job) - she's gonna give you a kiss.
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Post by STEPH on Jul 18, 2011 10:39:38 GMT -4
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activity check #1,
lol for real this time
so i had a really really long weekend that ended weirdly and needless to say i wasn't online when i said i was going to be, but now i'm back for the week and i decided that we are gonna have a real activity check, not just the who's who because that seems to not be working out too well. so yeah, post in the activity thread once it's up - depending on if you have an away message that's still standing i'll add you, and also if any of you just posted in the who's who today/last night i'll update it and add your characters to the check automatically so you don't have to do it twice. this check is only lasting til tomorrow (7/19) at 8 PM eastern time, because well, you've had like 4 or 5 days since my last announcement to fix the problems! yeah. getting on our games rn B| so again, from the previous announcement:
"keeping with our activity rules, if you haven't posted an actual thread post yet with your first character (if you have multiple ones) or you haven't had one made for you that you're about to respond to with someone else, then that puts you or your other characters at risk for your canon and face claim to be put back up for grabs. if that didn't make sense, basically if an account has been inactive without a post since they joined or if someone has more than one character but hasn't posted with any of them, you're in a danger zone in our eyes and you need to post and be active."
i always do my activity checks this way - you have a day to get back onto the site, because i don't delete accounts right away even though i should. character accounts will be stripped of their pb and their canon spot if they have one, and on wednesday morning they will be deleted, those who haven't posted at all in accordance to the check or a thread. thanks for your understandings - we like everyone here, but you gotta stay active, since someone else could have your pb. thanks for understanding, and remember, if you don't have an away up, you have til tomorrow night, and if you have any questions let me know in the cbox.
oh, also, i've lifted the ban on media & other shit. more details about switching character positions will be talked about tomorrow night.
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Post by STEPH on Jul 19, 2011 20:13:08 GMT -4
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easy work,
thanks for posting in the check!
i know it's been a busy week for everyone, so thanks to those of you who posted in the activity thread. i didn't need to clear much stuff so far but we'll see what happens tomorrow morning. onward:
> character accounts have been stripped of their pb and their canon spot if they have one as i promised, and tomorrow i'll be getting rid of the accounts who haven't posted in a while as well as the aforementioned. on a side note, any new characters that were just made that are some of your firsts - please post around the board. if someone's been MIA for a week we're gonna weed more characters out again without saying a word. there's an absence board for a reason if you're not gonna be around, please make use of it.
> with the free-ing of some spots and the lifting of the ban on any non-band characters, if you wish to switch your position for any of your characters please PM me on this account and tell me what you plan to do, if you wish to do anything.
> since we're tidying up, it's time for a new thing. there will be two tours going on starting tomorrow, so we'll be making two new boards and their sub-boards for those after we pick the bands to go through such. and this is where the merch/crew/whatever selection comes into play since there isn't any real canon spots for that - band members will be able to choose their merch and crew via PM with the admins, and we'll post the roster of characters soon. oh, and ps - if you're considering making anyone new, please make some managers too! they're important to these tours, now and for later.
> MAKE SOME GOSSIP. omg. like really, get started with doing that cause we need some in that thread.
i think that's all for now - get your minds going with drama ideas!
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Post by tati on Jul 21, 2011 22:41:48 GMT -4
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idk what to call this,
because i'm not creative just listen
> yep just another announcement of random crap, please read this all so i don't have to behead any of you (':
> first, just want to reiterate again that our word minimum is 800 words per post.
> second, i want to reiterate that you have to have a thread going with every character before you make a new one, as a form of character control. if you're active with all of your characters, then go for it! but don't hog canon spots or play by's if you don't use them.
> we're going to periodically start deleting accounts that haven't been logged into or haven't posted in a week or more, because steph and i are both clean freaks, and activity freaks, and we like to keep canon spots open for new members if they aren't being used.
> we love all of the gossip that's coming, so keep that going!! but please try to write stuff about more than just the few characters that have been talked about! we like variety.
> lastly, we're going to announce the tour soon and will be making tour boards and such, so don't be surprised if you log on and there's a new category!
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Post by STEPH on Jul 22, 2011 20:27:15 GMT -4
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tour news,
and more serious stuff
if you hadn't noticed yet (and how could you not cause the graphics are like BAM HUGE) we've got the tour category up, and it starts basically tonight/this weekend in site time. it's basically warped tour except with just the label bands, so follow that form whenever you make your posts and stuff. a couple of things about the tour!
> the roster has been posted.
- sound addict employees all have press passes as far as i'm concerned so they're allowed everywhere, i don't need to post them on there.
- record staff members are all-access pass holders by default, so i don't need to put them there either.
- crew member spots are listed. managers can only be applied for via character or if you're a record staff member who wants to tour manage. all other crew is going to be picked by the front person/people of the bands, if anything, via PM with an admin. after tomorrow you can request to be such and such position, but we're giving dibs first to active members.
> BAND MEMBER ACCOUNTS, LISTEN UP HERE. in light of the tour boards, it's a necessity to be active. i feel like a broken record. i know i'm a clean freak/activity freak, and tatiana already stated in the last announcement how much we both like activity and we always keep stressing this. we're not going to chase your asses down anymore cause we're sick of being like "hey post!!!!!!!" all the time in these announcements. so if you don't post a thread or do something with any of your band characters by SUNDAY afternoon we're cutting your account with no warnings. newer characters from the last three days are more exempt i guess, but if you've been around for the last 2 weeks or something, you should already know what we're looking for. the roster makes it very easy for us to check your recent posts and what you're doing, and we're also going to just be cutting people who haven't logged on in the last week and don't have an away message.other people can have your spots and playbys, it doesn't matter if you're friends with us or anything. you NEED to do something other than post in plot pages or instant messaging threads. as harsh as that may sound, that's our rules and yes, i know it's strict, but posting is the only real way to keep a site alive. and come on, it's only 800 words, that's not even that much and you don't always have to have a closed thread for someone else.
> tour kickoff party thread will be posted sometime this weekend. free for all, meet your other characters and interact with them. and also feel free to post your own bus parties and all that other shit.
that's all the tour stuff. on another note, i know a lot of you have been probably waiting for mention of this - we're going to start enabling the live chat for the tour in different sessions, so as to monitor the usage. if you don't know what the lc is, it's basically a group chatroom that's faster than an ic cbox that you can use to interact in-character. more details about this will come soon, but stay tuned for that.
lol okay i'm done, i know you're sick of the lengthy announcements as much as i am. post in the tour and get some gossip worthy shit going on - we'll be having OTM votes and nominations and all that soon.
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Post by STEPH on Jul 24, 2011 23:31:02 GMT -4
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deletions,
as warned before
like i said in my last announcement, if you hadn't done anything like post something more than in shippers or made any actual threads by today after being on the site for more than a week, your account was probably deleted, as well as inactives who haven't been around. i checked all the people i listed on the roster and i combed through the member list as well. and yeah, logging onto the site doesn't count as activity, either. sorry. and there might be even a few more technical cuts before the night is over. space takers and pb hoarders suck, and we don't like that. so please post around the board. we're not warning anymore, because to us a small group of active people is better than a large group that is mostly inactive. and if you think -that- sucks or it's ~too strict~, then this place isn't for you.
if you were deleted and want to reclaim your places since you think we've made a mistake, PM me.
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Post by STEPH on Jul 28, 2011 11:11:59 GMT -4
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this is a short one
just some tidbits, yup
just a few things! no seriously this time just a few things. > tour sign ups are finally up HERE. read all that info and if you fall into that category/want to put your character in any of those places for tour, feel free to. just make sure it makes sense for them to be there - aka obvs a nice character won't fit in with a band full of assholes. > if you've made a new character lately or just ever and you haven't updated your links in the who's who, PLEASE POST THERE! plz plz. > CLAIM YOUR FACES WHEN YOU MAKE A CHARACTER! this goes without saying but it's just a reminder for people who forget~ since well relapse is a drug and like all o us have been making characters on speed the last few days LOL > i think today at 7:30 EST i'll bring in the LC, and for those of you who miss that date, i'll bring it around again at 12 AM EST. fair enough for you time zone crossers? i think so. the way it's gonna work is that the time limit will be an hour and a half at the most, because i don't want to hinder yours or my posting since i know for a fact that some of us still have some replies to be making. but we'll try it out, so be around for one or both of them! when time comes the link can be found at the end of the top navigation menu. ok! you guys are so awesome and ily all.
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