First and foremost: THANK YOU. That was beautifully put.
I'm saddened to hear that that kind of talk was going on in other comms about us. When talking to potential muns one of the FIRST things I tell them is how nice and welcoming everyone is. Personally, I do my best to welcome new muns and jump in new character posts, but it's hard sometimes given time constraints and whatnot.
I love the idea of the revolving welcoming committee a la daisychain. It takes a lot of the stress of "omgwhatdoIdo?!" off if there's someone to help them along.
I think the idea of a new resident mixer is a great idea. This is especially relevant seeing as there have been a huge amount of new residents recently. Jay's club is open for business and it wouldn't take much to throw together a bash for new residents to come down and party and meet people.
I wasn't able to do much in the HMD this time around (damn my wonky schedule *shakey fist*) But I've been becoming decreasingly enthusiastic about it because of all the drama that's seem to spawn from it the last few times. I'd hate to see the anon feature taken away because people can't stop abusing it. Just because no one knows who you are doesn't mean you can say hurtful things. There's a difference between criticism and constructive criticism.
Anything else I could add has already been said, I just wanted to add my two cents :P
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I'm saddened to hear that that kind of talk was going on in other comms about us. When talking to potential muns one of the FIRST things I tell them is how nice and welcoming everyone is. Personally, I do my best to welcome new muns and jump in new character posts, but it's hard sometimes given time constraints and whatnot.
I love the idea of the revolving welcoming committee a la daisychain. It takes a lot of the stress of "omgwhatdoIdo?!" off if there's someone to help them along.
I think the idea of a new resident mixer is a great idea. This is especially relevant seeing as there have been a huge amount of new residents recently. Jay's club is open for business and it wouldn't take much to throw together a bash for new residents to come down and party and meet people.
I wasn't able to do much in the HMD this time around (damn my wonky schedule *shakey fist*) But I've been becoming decreasingly enthusiastic about it because of all the drama that's seem to spawn from it the last few times. I'd hate to see the anon feature taken away because people can't stop abusing it. Just because no one knows who you are doesn't mean you can say hurtful things. There's a difference between criticism and constructive criticism.
Anything else I could add has already been said, I just wanted to add my two cents :P