#sgrove:admin

first off, meg and i are both human. please be respectful. i honestly can’t stress that enough. meg and i both have a lot on our plates ooc, and it’s absolutely ridiculous that i wouldn’t even open the inbox because i was nervous i’d be greeting by another name-calling anon. this is a game. a hobby. that said, that doesn’t mean we don’t strive to make sure everyone’s included. if there’s something going on that you’re uncomfortable with, we should be able to work together to clearly handle the situation. if it doesn’t seem like we’re understanding what’s going on, we’ll talk it through. in no way is something going to be solved by countless anons from the same IP address. in no way is something going to be solved by calling us names and only sending things in anon and/or rudely. we’ve been open for four months now, and keeping things flowing perfectly is hard. there’s going to be issues. there’s going to be things that come up. and we’re not super!admins. however, we do work to include everyone. we do work to be diverse. i’ve been on hiatus off and on, but we both work to plot with and talk to everyone and at the very least, post countless reminders and tips on getting attention for plotting, replying to starter calls, etc.

when it comes to plotting, i’ve noticed that it’s incredibly important to remain active. if you’re here once every four-five days, not replying to im’s, and not understanding why you can’t develop plots, that might be something we can’t fix. if you’re only on that much because you’re not comfortable on the dash or not fitting in, that’s something that needs to be expressed clearly. there’s a difference between i’m having a hard time fitting in and people are ignoring my character. there’s a difference between you feeling like your muse is shot and not good for the group then us excluding characters. i’ve dropped muses because they just weren’t working out. but if it’s an issue besides that, we need to be able to talk about it. regardless, if we don’t seem to be understand what you need from us to make your experience better, you have to tell us or at least be incredibly clear about what’s going on. if we’re being told one thing and then suddenly it’s issue after issue after issue, there’s clearly a miscommunication error. 

i don’t want to drone on too much more because it’s late, and i’m frustrated and tired, but meg and i want nothing more than for seagrove to be safe place for our members and their muses. we have an incredible amount of diverse muns & muses, and we want to make sure that you’re all comfortable. 

with this post, i’m giving everyone who wants to help us make seagrove a better place the change to step forward and send us a message. you can im me here or our characters, but please don’t send anything on anon unless you’re going to be kind. we want to be able to help you guys if you’re having issues, but we have to work together to understand the issues. meg and i can’t force you guys to do anything, we can’t force characters to act a certain way, we can’t force interactions. but we can talk to you guys individually and if there’s anything you want to see happen, express that. we understand that things need to improve, so i’m documenting in writing that i need your guys help to ( kindly ) help us improve the dash. 

thank you guys for reading this, and know that we love our members and want to continue on for a long while, so please take everything i wrote into consideration. thanks.

SEAGROVEHQ TASK #04: FAMILY.

for this task, you’ll be asked to create a moodboard, aesthetic, self-para, playlist, musings post, etc. related to your characters family. this could be immediate family, a group of friends they consider family, a moodboard entirely about their dog, etc. feel free to be creative & do as many as you’re musing. this is meant to inspire some character development & give us a chance to look deeper in your characters background. because this is such a broad task, we have a sample available here.

if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

this task is not mandatory, however we would love to see everyone participate. it begins now and currently has no ending date.

you may do as many entries for your character(s) as you seem fit, so long as it doesn’t clog the tag.

SEAGROVEHQ TASK #03: PLAYLISTS.

for this task, you’ll be asked to create a playlist for your character. you can do this through spotify, 8tracks, etc. or, if you don’t want to actually make a listenable playlist, you can just write the songs up without attaching a player to it. the point to this task is to find songs that represent/explain/describe your character and/or songs that they enjoy in general and put together a nice playlist ( or playlists ) for them. you could do one of songs they like/listen to, one of songs that really describe them, a mixture of both, etc. get creative & have fun !! 

if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

this task is not mandatory, however we would love to see everyone participate. it begins now and currently has no ending date.

you may do as many playlists for your character(s) as you seem fit, so long as it doesn’t clog the tag.

WE ARE HAVING AN HONESTY HOUR AT 6PM EST / 11PM GMT !

we’re beginning at 6pm est, and will finish around 12am est ! feel free to keep answering asks if you have any left over after 12am, but no more links should be posted.

so people know you’re participating, post a link to your ask box and tag it with sgrove:hh ! however, please don’t post anything other than links to your ask boxes in this tag.

go through the tag to see who else is requesting asks.

if you’re expecting to receive asks, you must send them out in return.

feel free to reblog ask memes during this time, as well, but please don’t go overboard !

one of us will make a post letting you know when everything is ready to go, and to post your links !

hello friends, as per requested, we’ve decided we’ll hold an honesty hour tonight at 10 PM EST. please read the following rules and LIKE THIS if you understand and will be participating.

if you expect to get asks, please post a link to your ask box so members know who to send them to. if you don’t do this, we won’t know you want to participate !

use the tag sgrove:hh when posting your links for asks  so it’s easier to see who wants to participate. do not post answered asks into this tag. ask box links and other forms of asking for asks only ! 

as usual, you may reblog some memes during honesty hour, but please don’t go overboard. 

if you’re expecting to receive asks, you must send them. if you’d like a list of questions to send out, please contact that main.