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damned_lounge2007-06-09 09:23 pm
hughes) wrote in damned_lounge2007-06-09 09:23 pm
IMPORTANT: Regarding Usage of Character Journals Before Acceptance
All right, guys, I've been meaning to make a post like this for quite some time, but I haven't, sooo:
I know all of us (me included, a while back) get really excited when we app characters, and thus, in the spirit of squeeing and waiting, start posting in the OOC comm with our characters' journals before they're officially accepted. Now, I understand it's all in good fun and no harm is meant, but because this community has gotten so big with so many people potentially applying:
We're going to have make it official now that players and applicants are NOT allowed to post to this community or to other journals within this RP with character journals that have not yet been accepted. Basically, to post with these journals before we're sure who's going to be getting in is too premature for our comfort as mods. After all, it'd be pretty sucky if an applicant and other people threading with that applicant got excited over a character who ended up not getting in, and such threading could be especially damaging in a situation where a character has gotten multiple applications, and thus a competitor prematurely posting to the OOC comm with a journal for that character could unfairly intimidate other applicants (and even potential applicants) even though that poster is not yet accepted.
Consider this guideline as official, though not serious enough to warrant a mention in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
damned_info. I'll probably just add it as a friendly reminder to the application lists that we make in the future. :3
You guys who have recently done it this cycle, don't feel bad--I've been meaning to make this rule for a while and only recently remembered. XD; Anyway, hope that makes sense to all of you guys, and also: Thanks to those of you who let us know when the late apps are coming in on the extension post. :3
Clarification: Chatting with people with your personal journal or anonymously and saying who you applied for is perfectly okay. We just, as stated, don't want potential applicants to think that since someone is posting with a character journal, they've been accepted as that character already, since even if you state that you haven't yet been accepted somewhere in a thread, an applicant might not be reading that part of the thread or even the whole thread altogether.
I know all of us (me included, a while back) get really excited when we app characters, and thus, in the spirit of squeeing and waiting, start posting in the OOC comm with our characters' journals before they're officially accepted. Now, I understand it's all in good fun and no harm is meant, but because this community has gotten so big with so many people potentially applying:
We're going to have make it official now that players and applicants are NOT allowed to post to this community or to other journals within this RP with character journals that have not yet been accepted. Basically, to post with these journals before we're sure who's going to be getting in is too premature for our comfort as mods. After all, it'd be pretty sucky if an applicant and other people threading with that applicant got excited over a character who ended up not getting in, and such threading could be especially damaging in a situation where a character has gotten multiple applications, and thus a competitor prematurely posting to the OOC comm with a journal for that character could unfairly intimidate other applicants (and even potential applicants) even though that poster is not yet accepted.
Consider this guideline as official, though not serious enough to warrant a mention in
damned_info. I'll probably just add it as a friendly reminder to the application lists that we make in the future. :3You guys who have recently done it this cycle, don't feel bad--I've been meaning to make this rule for a while and only recently remembered. XD; Anyway, hope that makes sense to all of you guys, and also: Thanks to those of you who let us know when the late apps are coming in on the extension post. :3
Clarification: Chatting with people with your personal journal or anonymously and saying who you applied for is perfectly okay. We just, as stated, don't want potential applicants to think that since someone is posting with a character journal, they've been accepted as that character already, since even if you state that you haven't yet been accepted somewhere in a thread, an applicant might not be reading that part of the thread or even the whole thread altogether.
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