Post by Jacob Black on Jul 15, 2017 14:10:58 GMT
Hey all!
Welcome to the Weekly Newsletter! How are you all doing today? <3
A few things we have been discussing in our staff meeting - yes we have staff meetings, check us out! There are a couple of points that we as staff need to address. So we will start with the serious stuff and then get into the more fun stuff ^_^
Serious points;
THREADING/ACTIVITY - we KNOW people have lives, trust me…we do too! But, a lot of the time we see people plotting, mentioning they are working on replies, or coming up with ideas and yet there is very little posting activity going on. Threads don’t seem to be progressing - which is something we are keen to focus on in order to get the plot lines moving! We see a lot of activity with logging in and in the cbox, yet are concerned that there isn’t enough character/plot development going on. All we ask is that once you receive a reply to your thread - you try and post a response within 2 days in order to keep it moving.
DISCORD/SKYPE - we love that our members are chatting and plotting more actively together, however we DO have plot pages which are hardly ever touched. I for one use discord, but only as a chatting tool not for plotting massively, and everything I mention gets threaded or reflected back on the site. Again, this doubles back to threading and activity - to keep the site alive we need to keeping the threads moving! We have seen this one too many times with sites dying because of lack of threading/activity and we want to make this site a success! Posting ideas on peoples plot pages allows other members to see the development between characters - discord and Skype can be used to flesh outs ideas but please, please, PLEASE make use of the plot pages!
OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS - 80% of you sent back your nominations, can I just mention these are meant to be kept under wraps as to not cause tension on the site. When sending nominations next time, don’t send a reply, just send me an individual PM. We wanted the Couple of the Month nominations to be based off couples threading, however I think this has been confused with threads people are enjoying and so aren’t currently relating to couples on the site, e.g. Jake & Bella, Emmett & Rosalie, Esme & Carlisle. Because of this we have chosen not to vote on Couple of the Month. Thread of the Month WILL be determined by Jen and I based on the following; reply/threading activity, content, development of plot and relevance to subplots. This will be announced with the other awards at the end of the month.
TEMP BAN - This is still unfortunately in place for ORIGINAL VAMPIRES, we will keep reviewing on a weekly basis until we feel the board has evened out with humans/shifters. We know many of you want to take on vampires and have great ideas, but we want to develop all the subplots together and have some great ideas for the humans/shifters, until we have more members for each of these groups to develop with, we don’t want to become overrun with vampires. Canon characters (Cullens, Denali and Volturi) can be created AT THE APPROVAL OF THE ADMIN.
MONEY - you’ve all been wondering what the money is on our profiles. We have been working on an idea of a shop - where you can buy places of residence, places of business (for adults over 21), creation of a board, as well as things like car parts, prom dresses/suits, school supplies, pets, etc. This is a work in progress, and once we are able to get it live we will announce it. You will receive money based on your activity, each time you post you will receive a certain amount of money per post for example. Rules and regulations will be posted once this goes live! Watch this space!!
AWARDS - winning awards will also increase the money in your profile. On top of this, every 6 months we will have a look at all previous winners and see if anyone has won more than once. If someone has, that person will be entitled to win a bag of goodies from Jen and I (and our hard earned real cash) and have it posted to you! This will be at your discretion, if you’re not comfortable receiving anything in the post you can opt out, but the decision will be yours.
GAMES - we have a games board setting up on the Out Of Character, we will look to set up Roulette, 21 etc. but even so, posting in the games threads can also win you money!
ADVERTISING - we are currently on the look out for ADVERTISERS for the site - with this role you will also get a weekly ‘wage’ for your characters which will increase your profile money and get you moving on up towards those rewards! In order to achieve this, PM Jen and I, and we will explain the ins and outs of being an Advertiser.
We know this is a lot to take on board, and a lot to ask - just know as admin we are working to make this site a successful and happy place for us all to be! If anyone has any ideas of how to grow the site or anything you want to discuss, please PM one of us OR add us on discord beckicharlotte90#5323 / annej28#3231 - all chats with us are confidential!
Of The Month Polls are now up! Make sure you go and cast your vote before the 28th July, as that is when the polls will be closing and decisions will be made by us for the winners ^_^ don’t forget if you’re going away for any length of time to let us know, or post in the absence board!
Love to you all
The Admin XO
Welcome to the Weekly Newsletter! How are you all doing today? <3
A few things we have been discussing in our staff meeting - yes we have staff meetings, check us out! There are a couple of points that we as staff need to address. So we will start with the serious stuff and then get into the more fun stuff ^_^
Serious points;
THREADING/ACTIVITY - we KNOW people have lives, trust me…we do too! But, a lot of the time we see people plotting, mentioning they are working on replies, or coming up with ideas and yet there is very little posting activity going on. Threads don’t seem to be progressing - which is something we are keen to focus on in order to get the plot lines moving! We see a lot of activity with logging in and in the cbox, yet are concerned that there isn’t enough character/plot development going on. All we ask is that once you receive a reply to your thread - you try and post a response within 2 days in order to keep it moving.
DISCORD/SKYPE - we love that our members are chatting and plotting more actively together, however we DO have plot pages which are hardly ever touched. I for one use discord, but only as a chatting tool not for plotting massively, and everything I mention gets threaded or reflected back on the site. Again, this doubles back to threading and activity - to keep the site alive we need to keeping the threads moving! We have seen this one too many times with sites dying because of lack of threading/activity and we want to make this site a success! Posting ideas on peoples plot pages allows other members to see the development between characters - discord and Skype can be used to flesh outs ideas but please, please, PLEASE make use of the plot pages!
OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS - 80% of you sent back your nominations, can I just mention these are meant to be kept under wraps as to not cause tension on the site. When sending nominations next time, don’t send a reply, just send me an individual PM. We wanted the Couple of the Month nominations to be based off couples threading, however I think this has been confused with threads people are enjoying and so aren’t currently relating to couples on the site, e.g. Jake & Bella, Emmett & Rosalie, Esme & Carlisle. Because of this we have chosen not to vote on Couple of the Month. Thread of the Month WILL be determined by Jen and I based on the following; reply/threading activity, content, development of plot and relevance to subplots. This will be announced with the other awards at the end of the month.
TEMP BAN - This is still unfortunately in place for ORIGINAL VAMPIRES, we will keep reviewing on a weekly basis until we feel the board has evened out with humans/shifters. We know many of you want to take on vampires and have great ideas, but we want to develop all the subplots together and have some great ideas for the humans/shifters, until we have more members for each of these groups to develop with, we don’t want to become overrun with vampires. Canon characters (Cullens, Denali and Volturi) can be created AT THE APPROVAL OF THE ADMIN.
FUN POINTS NOW….lets move on ^_^
MONEY - you’ve all been wondering what the money is on our profiles. We have been working on an idea of a shop - where you can buy places of residence, places of business (for adults over 21), creation of a board, as well as things like car parts, prom dresses/suits, school supplies, pets, etc. This is a work in progress, and once we are able to get it live we will announce it. You will receive money based on your activity, each time you post you will receive a certain amount of money per post for example. Rules and regulations will be posted once this goes live! Watch this space!!
AWARDS - winning awards will also increase the money in your profile. On top of this, every 6 months we will have a look at all previous winners and see if anyone has won more than once. If someone has, that person will be entitled to win a bag of goodies from Jen and I (and our hard earned real cash) and have it posted to you! This will be at your discretion, if you’re not comfortable receiving anything in the post you can opt out, but the decision will be yours.
GAMES - we have a games board setting up on the Out Of Character, we will look to set up Roulette, 21 etc. but even so, posting in the games threads can also win you money!
ADVERTISING - we are currently on the look out for ADVERTISERS for the site - with this role you will also get a weekly ‘wage’ for your characters which will increase your profile money and get you moving on up towards those rewards! In order to achieve this, PM Jen and I, and we will explain the ins and outs of being an Advertiser.
We know this is a lot to take on board, and a lot to ask - just know as admin we are working to make this site a successful and happy place for us all to be! If anyone has any ideas of how to grow the site or anything you want to discuss, please PM one of us OR add us on discord beckicharlotte90#5323 / annej28#3231 - all chats with us are confidential!
Of The Month Polls are now up! Make sure you go and cast your vote before the 28th July, as that is when the polls will be closing and decisions will be made by us for the winners ^_^ don’t forget if you’re going away for any length of time to let us know, or post in the absence board!
Love to you all
The Admin XO
