indefinite hiatus

While it's been typical of us to go quiet until autumn rolls around, I feel it's worth mentioning that Secret Manta may be going through a few changes.

This was the first big fandom event I've ever organized in 2020, and I was happy and excited when people flocked to join the event I had cooked up to help unite the community. It was rough running it all on my own, and things were hard to keep track of.

When 2021 rolled around, I wanted to try being more organized and strict. I brought in friends I felt I could count on to help run the event, set up rules, made forms for people to join with, and even made a while discord server to keep everyone in one place.

With autumn of 2022 coming around now, I at first considered rule changes, shifting things around, and building a new discord. Now, I find that I may not have the motivation to host the event, even with the help of my co-hosts.

I will be making changes to the rules, being more lenient on people who can join the event [I felt some restrictions were too harsh, and built on a sort of irrational thought process at the time]. People that were kicked/banned from the event last year due to content on their blog can reapply this/next year as a participant.

If, by November this year, I continue to lack the motivation to run the event myself, the event may not pull through this year. I will open moderation and '''staff''' positions for the event if there's people that want to help with bringing the event to light this year.