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Searan
Vice Captain

PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:48 pm


Latest Announcements~

June 4th
Alrighty everyone, we have a few issues to address! Let's start with characters~

As of right now, no more hosts or strays will be allowed a slot. There are far too many as is, and even more in the quest forum. Until the ratio balances out to three customers for every one host, we will not accept any more. In addition, when we do start accepting hosts and strays we ask that they be straight. We need to give the lady customers a chance at love too~ wink

And the second order of business is questions. A few people have been getting upset that their questions haven't been answered...well...it's not our fault. We cannot backread every single page, every single post looking for a question. If you'll remember our announcements in the past, it clearly states that we have a Question and Suggestion thread in the guild's main forum, and that SHC will not be held responsible for missed questions posted in the thread.

Finally we'd like to address our recent loss of a couple of regulars. On Sunday June 1st, Taiyou_Toriko was officially banned from the shop because of his refusal to listen to SHC staff, the co-owner, and the owner. He had one unofficial warning, and one official warning that stated he would be banned from the thread if he continued disrespecting the rules and the staff. Consequently, David Keju and Petite Kitsune left the staff. Now the main issue here was respect.

Taiyou_Toriko specifically said that it doesn't matter who we are, we have to earn respect. That is correct in most cases, but not this one. By coming into this thread, everyone agrees to follow the rules and listen to the staff; that is the respect we are looking for. Disrespecting the staff and owners online is the same as disrespecting staff and owners in real life: it's not allowed. If you have a problem with anyone, take it to PM immediately. If things do end up in the thread, even if you are best-best-best friends with one of the people involved, do not step in. Just like in school, everyone in the fight will be punished. The best thing you can do is PM or IM one of the staff and we'll stop it immediately.

I want neither cheers, nor jeers posted about this ban. It will not be repealed but if you wish to say something, please PM or IM lil_guy00 (erinleighh on AIM) or Searan. This was a group decision, and talk about banning had been going on for quite a while.

~~

And finally random notes from SHC:

We're in a bit of a bind. The shop isn't making enough gold to support the page 100 prizes and the events we'd like to have. I'm working my lil bum off to try and raise some gold and jigsaws and bump contests just aren't cutting it.

We won't be having the pre-made flatsale, no one submitted anything.

We might have to postpone the IC club opening again if we don't get more items. ((Items = shop funds and prizes!!)) We're still hiring item artists if you think you're up to snuff! ;D

...lil totally just lost her train of thought and will let y'all know if there's anything else.

BTW, Mori is awesome!! Give her lots of luff!
*luffs on Mori while thinking of something special* <3333


((A little later that day~))

After a bit of thought, we'd like to make a change to the stall of hosts and strays:

As of this post, all hosts must start as a stray. We will no longer be accepting straight-to-host characters until we get an over abundance of customers. This is so that people who have strays do not have to wait and wait for their characters to become hosts when they get the requirements.

If you already have a quest thread for a host, you're still good and will be able to get your character when we allow hosts again. ^_^

Miche_Joy is awesome!! <333


((A little later than that~))

Breaking news!

Jescobe Homiko is awesome!

Looks like we went from itty bitty funds to WOAH we have awesome people in our thread who go above and beyond!!

Mori - 200k
Miche - 25k
Jes - 40k & June '08 Envelope
Ivynian - 20k
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:55 pm


May 19th
Greetings everyone, it's announcement time!

Now as some of you may know, there has been talk of a screening process to make sure all of the characters follow the rules. Well, now it's more than just talk. As of this announcement, every character must be "Passed" by a designated staff member (list coming soon) before claiming a slot and being created. I know this can be a hassle, but it will take place in the quest threads so it's not that far out of the way. =]

Every character must have a quest thread, even if you have the funds.
You must have your idea for pose and clothes in the thread.
If the designated staff member finds that your character is a-ok, s/he'll be passed.
If the designated staff member finds that your character is not ok, s/he'll give critiques on how to make the character pass. They'll come back to the thread when the character is edited. ^_^

I know I keep emphasizing this, but characters are still slipping through so I have to mention this again:
This is a high class club. Customers are generally well off money wise, respectable (Searan does background checks before giving membership), and they dress nicely. Think formal attire.

And that's the announcement! I'll be updating the ordering rules to include this change shortly.






May 7th
Okies, another announcement for today... Just a quick note that's been bugging me for a while about the realism rule.

This is a high class night club. ((Cafe hours are different, casual dress is allowed but the main focus in this shop is the club aspect.))

Although not every customer is packing a huge wallet with off shore bank account to go with it, but everyone needs to keep in mind that this is a club where people dress up to come in and have a night of fun, not just a trip to the bar after work. There's nothing I can do about the completed art now but forms will go through an approval process in the near future. (Start as quest threads, received a "PASSED" and then go for a slot.) There's been far too many forms passing through when they should have been altered, which partly/mostly my fault for assuming they're fine...but here's far too many non-realistic characters (whether it's past, present, clothes, pose or personality) popping up and I'd like to stop it now before it gets any worse. I'm sorry if this makes me sound, well, however I sound, but as a shop owner it is my duty to prevent potentially serious problems while they're still just a tiny tick on the radar. ^_^;






May 7th
Hey everyone, another announcement time!

The first bit of news on our agenda is that there's a new "Announcements" thread in the guild that will list all announcements, including the ones that we've already had! You can find it HERE and be sure to check it often! I'll try to remember to list announcements in the shop thread title, but I might forget. ^_^;

In other news, it has come to our attention that a lot of people are wanting twins and/or triplets. Realistically, it's hard to find even one set of twins in a club, but to find two, three, four? Not likely at all, even in a club as big as SHC. To combat this sudden surge of look alikes, we've put a monthly limit on twins and from now on, we'll only allow one set of twins/triplets per month with triplets being one per six months. You'll have to sign up for a raffle ticket if you want a chance! However, the first raffle will be for August since there's so many twins already. =]
Please check ordering rule #8 and the Twins/Triplets thread for more details~

And lastly, there will be a limit being put on hosts/strays in the near future if this current trend continues. Ideally, we'd like to have a 3:1 ratio for customers to hosts.






May 4th
Greetings everyone~ Such a lovely day in May, wait, May?

Yes, it's May and that means that the artist's slots will be opening up!!

Artists: Please refresh yourselves on the staff rules and ordering procedures, make sure your artist profile is ready for visitors, and when you think your ready, open up your slots! We ask that you please put [Open] in your thread title so later on, lil or Were can go through updating the "Slots" post on the front page with who's open and who's closed. ^_^

And just a reminder for everyone ordering:
All trades go to Searan and will be accepted once the art is complete.
5% of the gold will go to the shop, and 5% will go to the certist (lil).
((If you are a winner of a 10% off deal, this is where the 10% comes from. ;D))
Do not PM the artists unless they specifically say they allow PMs.
Please post all "general" questions in the Q&S thread located in the guild and all "specific" questions to the artist in their profile.
Have fun and remember the realism and dress rule~ wink






May 3rd
Alrighty everyone, I'm back home and ready to catch up! My first thing on my list is to add another rule, which I did~ It's posting #7:

Quote:
7▪ NEW exclaim Do not role play with any characters that have not been claimed, created, or purchased.


This is to prevent people from role playing characters without ever purchasing them. I've had a few troubles with it in other shops, and it's starting to get highly overwhelming in this shop.

Another note, since slots are going to be opening up, please remember that you must send the trade to Searan as soon as possible after the artist accepts your order. This helps make sure the work is paid for, as well as give me a heads up to expect something to hop in the drop box soon.

Also, please remember that any and all questions should be asked in the Questions and Suggestions thread in the guild, that's what it's there for and it's an insane amount of work to back read every page in this thread. Any unanswered questions in made in this thread (and not the Q&S thread) that results in a missed chance in a contest, missed chance at a slot, or anything else is not SHC's fault

Aaand finally, I still have to check but if any other characters have been claimed, I'll edit them in to the bottom of this post. =]
Oh yeah! All hundred page winners can be found in Searan's profile if y'all ever miss it! ^_^

Claimed Characters
Chrys's Brad (Host) - Tooaya
Zige's Mhin Hae-min (Customer) - BP-chan
Korini's Evan (Host) - Syuu Chan
---(Stray) - Luka Aizel---
Truth's Ginjitsu Chou (Stray & Host) - The AIDS Monster
Lil's Dr. Koen (Staff) - Luka Aizel
Krysin's Remiel (Stray) - mifii
ELF's Stella (Customer) - Aaya-Tan
Meddy's Arata (Stray) - mifii
Kit's Luce (Stray) - mifii
Kaiyumi's Aria (Customer) - mifii
Feanaro's Takumi (Staff) - Luka Aizel
Were's Andrew Walker (Staff) - Feanaro
Poi's Yume (Staff) - Starrii

Kuuro's character has been claimed by Kit.
Tai's character has been claimed by Luka.
And that's it so far. =]






May 1st
Hello everyone~ As you may know, the freebie contest has come to an end but we've decided to keep all of the forms until the 15th, so your character may still be picked up! =D
(At the end of the announcement is a list of people who have already been chosen~ ;D)

We would also like to let you all know that there will be a pre-made prompt contest in the near future! Only hosts and customers will be available, and this will get us ultra prepared for the in character club opening! We're going to start putting together this nice little shindig soon, so be on the lookout for more information! Also, there will be an update in the rules sometime today so be sure to check the thread title. This will be concerning all characters that either have not been claimed or haven't been purchased.

Now, can I have a drumroll, please? We have come to the main topic of our announcement!

*drumroll*

We all know her, and we all love her, she's the great Werewolf of London!

But now she's even bigger and better!

She's....

SHC's...

Fantastic...

New...

CO-OWNER!

*cheers*

Please everyone give her some kudos and some claps, she really deserves this!






April 30th
In SHC we try to remain as close to real life as possible, so please, please make realistic characters. We won't have anyone with wings or pointy ears, nor will we have characters who punch a fist through a wall and then expect to go back to work. There is a difference between informal/shop RP and formal/guild RP but the characters must still be human, set in this day and age, and wearing appropriate clothes. The only non-realistic thing we allow is various "anime" hair colors, but we prefer the style to be realistic.

Artists: If you come across someone wanting a character that is either on the edge of being realistic or completely unrealistic, please let Searan/lil know before accepting the job.

Customers: I cannot stress how much I ask of you to keep your characters realistic; I don't want to turn away characters, but I will do just that if I must.

We're all human here. We're living for today, not yesterday and not tomorrow. The only thing we don't know is where we are, so go suggest a city in the Questions & Suggestions thread! ;D


Edit: And just to be ultra-uber clear, if 99% of the human population can't do it, it's not considered a human quality. ^_^

Searan
Vice Captain

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