but first, we'll live

so i get that's it's like uber convenient that a bunch of us have each other on skype/aim/facebook/phone numbers/across the street, etc.  like, that's awesome.  and we will always encourage you guys to make use of those easy ways of communication when it comes to plotting and stuff.  and it's also awesome that so many of us have become friends as a result.  i love you all a lot and i'm really glad that i've become friends with you guys.

but here's the thing.

i am not your friend when i'm being an admin.  friends make excuses for each other and cut each other slack and tell you not to worry about things.  admins take no excuses and cut no slack and expect you to worry about keeping your characters active and staying within the rules and ratios of the site.  so, obviously, i'm going to have to separate my admin self from my friendly self.  and for me, that means no skyping, no facebook messaging, no phone calls, no texts, no anything about admin stuff.  if you have a question for me, PM my account on the site.  if you need a thread moved, post in the thread moderation topic.  if your character gets archived, post in the reactivation thread.  don't come to me (or any of the other admins) anywhere but on the site to talk about admin business.

like, i'll be straight with all of you.  it's felt like some of you don't respect us as admins the way you would admins who aren't your friends.  sometimes it's even felt like you're taking advantage of the fact that we're friends to try and get us to bend rules for you, and that is not okay.

so sorry to be the bad guy and call everyone's attention to yet another issue, but this needed to be said.  keep any site admin business you have with us on the site.  yeah, i get it, skyping with us is faster, but pming can be just as quick if you're actually paying attention to the site.  so utilize the pm system, please.  anyone who comes to us on skype will just get told to pm an admin account from here on out, okay?