| Jan 3, 2016 11:12:12 GMT -5 |
Post by Feliciano Vargas on Jan 3, 2016 11:12:12 GMT -5
Hello, everyone! I hope that your breaks for the holidays have been going well, and that so far 2016 (not that we've had much of it) has been treating you well! This is just a quick lil update of sorts, to let you all know what changes are coming ahead!
First things first: There will be no activity check for January! Yaaaay! With everyone recovering from holidays and going back to work/school, we felt an AC might be too much pressure right now (especially those who have a lot of holiday homework they might not have started on ;3) So don't worry about that, okay? Of course, keep writing posts and rping on the site, but do so for your own pleasure!
Secondly, we have changed the OTM polls. Due to the vastly skewed numbers between male and female (and those who may be in between or outside the binary altogether) characters on the site, we have instead changed the OTMS to Human and Mutant! This gives everyone a more fair chance to win, and better highlights the struggles faced by both those free and those who are not. We have also removed the Thread of the Month, due to an increased lack of interest and votes for that particular poll. We have not yet replaced it with something new that would potentially highlight both human and mutant characters, so if you have any ideas, shoot them our way! If you want the Thread of the Month back, feel free to tell us as well (but don't spam us on that, we won't bring it back unless we get a majority vote)
And lastly: We are currently limiting our reserves to only accept human characters. We know this may be an inconvenience to people who might want to take a mutant character, but the numbers, just as they were skewed for male rather than female characters (or those in between or outside the binary), are still favoring mutant over human. We'd like to see roughly even numbers between each group, that's all. The next five reserves are for humans only, so if you were hoping to take on another character, either wait until the restriction is lifted, or maybe try plotting your character as human had you not already done so. Don't worry, though, the reserve restriction is temporary.
Alright, that's all I've got for new things right now. Hopefully everyone is pleased (or at least not inconvenienced) by the new changes! I hope everyone has a nice day!
First things first: There will be no activity check for January! Yaaaay! With everyone recovering from holidays and going back to work/school, we felt an AC might be too much pressure right now (especially those who have a lot of holiday homework they might not have started on ;3) So don't worry about that, okay? Of course, keep writing posts and rping on the site, but do so for your own pleasure!
Secondly, we have changed the OTM polls. Due to the vastly skewed numbers between male and female (and those who may be in between or outside the binary altogether) characters on the site, we have instead changed the OTMS to Human and Mutant! This gives everyone a more fair chance to win, and better highlights the struggles faced by both those free and those who are not. We have also removed the Thread of the Month, due to an increased lack of interest and votes for that particular poll. We have not yet replaced it with something new that would potentially highlight both human and mutant characters, so if you have any ideas, shoot them our way! If you want the Thread of the Month back, feel free to tell us as well (but don't spam us on that, we won't bring it back unless we get a majority vote)
And lastly: We are currently limiting our reserves to only accept human characters. We know this may be an inconvenience to people who might want to take a mutant character, but the numbers, just as they were skewed for male rather than female characters (or those in between or outside the binary), are still favoring mutant over human. We'd like to see roughly even numbers between each group, that's all. The next five reserves are for humans only, so if you were hoping to take on another character, either wait until the restriction is lifted, or maybe try plotting your character as human had you not already done so. Don't worry, though, the reserve restriction is temporary.
Alright, that's all I've got for new things right now. Hopefully everyone is pleased (or at least not inconvenienced) by the new changes! I hope everyone has a nice day!
