#hbowarnetwork

I present, to all of you, the newest addition to the HBO War Network, and something that hopefully will make things able to function a lot better: The HBO War Network blog! 

This blog is a sideblog, and will be run by all three of the admins in the Network. This means that we can now all admin all the pages, answer messages and in general just run the network in a much better way!

This means that from now on, all the Network’s pages will be over there (they will all be deleted from this blog in a day or two), and that will also be the place where we will now post Network related things, as well as that will be the place where questions now should be directed. We will all still reply to questions on our personal blogs, but if you want a quicker reply (I know I especially can be really, really slow at replying to things), this new blog is where you should turn. 

All right, seeing as Secret Soldier is coming up, here's some important info about it that all participants need to know:

About the time frame:

As this event is starting quite a lot later than planned, it will now be going on from the 1st of February (on Sunday) and until the 22nd of February, which is almost three whole weeks. 

About admins:

As I will be busy continuing the members page this weekend, the event will be hosted mainly by my fellow admins lazycompany and gilove2dance . They will be in charge of making sure everyone has a Secret Soldier, and someone to be a Secret Soldier for. I will still be available for questions regarding the event, but they will be those in charge, so if you for some reason has not received a message from them before Monday, then just get in touch with one of them and they will sort it out.  Please remember that if they can't find you on their list of people that are to take part in the event, then they will not be able to add you in. As I did the list quite a while back and wasn't too clear in the head when I did, I do already apologise if there is anything wrong with it, so if you're not a part of the event but know you signed up for it, then I apologise. Please just don't harass us about it, as there will be more events in the future even if you miss out on this one. 

About what we're doing: 

In short, everyone a part of the event will be sent a message with who they are to be a Secret Soldier for. You will then, during the given time frame, message this person a few times a week (we recommend at least 2-3 times, but preferably more, as it's always great to get messages!) about HBO War.  The biggest and most important rule is that you are not allowed to reveal who you are! Hence the name of the event. You should therefore not use the fanmail or submit boxes to send things, but only the askbox (type /ask after someone's url if they don't have their askbox linked somewhere where you can easily find it) and then switched to anonymous! If you happen to become the Secret Soldier for someone who does not have their anonymous function/askbox turned on, please contact one of the admins asap so that we can contact them!

You can send messages about pretty much anything, as long as it's nice and is about HBO War. Appropriate for your first message might be to ask the person you're messaging if they have anything they like the most (like one of the show, a character and so on) and if there's something they want you not to talk about. Remember that just because you ship someone or read a lot of fanfics, that doesn't mean someone else does, so please be respectful and ask if there's anything you should avoid talking about. 

All messages you send should, of course, be signed with Secret Soldier or something like that so the person you send something to know that they have received their messages! Any messages you receive should be tagged with hbownss. Please remember that this tag should be among your 5 first tags as it otherwise won't show up in the tag!

About the 22nd of February:

On the 22nd of February, you should be sending your last message and here you are finally allowed to message off anon. This is the day when you will be able to reveal your identity, and find out who your Secret Soldier was! And, hopefully, in the process you have also received a new awesome friend!

Any questions?

Send them to any of us admins! 

akhmenrahs

chironax

With our little Network coming off to a really great start, I thought it was about time we had our first little event! It's a small thing that will go on for a little while, and I'm positive it will be great fun!

What are we doing?

In short, this event is inspired by the popular Secret Santa that a lot of people do around Christmas. Our version will, in the spirit of our beloved shows, be called Secret Soldier however!

It's nothing hard: Everyone joining will be assigned a person that they are to message anonymously. They are not to reveal their identity until the last day of the event, and are not allowed to give any details to who they are while the event is going on. 

What are we to message people about?

HBO War, of course! Send messages about the shows, your favourite characters, favourite quotes, episodes, anything! As long as you are not revealing your identity in the message, then everything HBO War is allowed and encouraged! And don't forget to sign all messages with "Secret Soldier"! All messages you receive should be tagged with hbownss.

How do we join this event?

It's real easy! You only need to: * Be a member of the HBO War Network (as this is for its members only!) * Like this post * Make sure you track the tag HBOWarNetwork and keep an eye out on this blog for any updates * Reblogs are allowed, but only so that you help us spread the word about the network * Like this post before the 17th of January, as that will be the day we start dividing the Secret Soldiers. * The event will then take place from when you receive your message with who to be a Secret Soldier for and until the 9th of February * Make sure your askbox is open and anonymous turned on to avoid us having to remind you about it! * Do NOT use the fanmail function to send your messages, as this will make the other person unable to publish the message they receive. Plus, that and the submit option are not allowing anonymous messages!

Do we have to message people everyday?

Nope, not at all! At least three or four times a week is advised, though. But, hey, a message everyday is of course encouraged! It might just make someone's day a little better!

It is finally the time for us to officially open the doors to the HBO War Network and welcome all of you into the warmth of our little corner of Tumblr! It is amazing that we finally have this all up and running, and I really hope it will be a nice and long run. 

All our pages are now fully and well set up, and I'm so happy to say that it is all looking really nice! It feels amazing to know that so many people are already members of this, and that we are hopefully going to grow as time pass by. I feel that this is the perfect way for us all to enter 2015; As our own little platoon of soldiers. 

You can now find all links concerning the network on our Network page. All our members are right here, on our members page! And if you are not a member yet, or find that our members page can't be complete without your name on there, then everything about how to join can be found right here, on our Join us-page.

For anyone that was among those who had sent in a reply to our first survey, but that are not on our members list: We have messaged everyone on the list the survey produced, and if you have not received a message, do let us know so that we can add you in! Also, take an extra careful in your inbox, as Tumblr has a tendency of not alerting some people of new messages, and we wouldn't want you to have missed it!