READY PLAYER THREE: IWAKU NEWS

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Diana

LOOK HOW CALM SHE IS
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ADMINISTRATOR
MYTHICAL MEMBER
Invitation Status
  1. Not accepting invites at this time
Posting Speed
  1. 1-3 posts per week
  2. Slow As Molasses
Online Availability
10AM - 10PM Daily
Writing Levels
  1. Adaptable
Preferred Character Gender
  1. Female
Genres
Romance, Supernatural, Fantasy, Thriller, Space Exploration, Slice of Life
IT’S NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE AND NOBODY IS GOING TO BE MAD
Unless you hate Iwaku, in which case, you’re going to be disappointed. (◉◇◉)​



GREETINGS MINIONS.

I was going to write a long inspiring speech. Something about hard times, grand mistakes, evolution, and the future, etc. But we don’t have time for my magical nonsense, we need to get our house back in order.

Long story short, 2018 sucked a bunch of dicks. Ò,Ó Ignoring the chaos of my personal issues, shortly after the fundraiser Iwaku had to deal with Jorick retiring, Astaroth living in the hospital for several weeks, and Kitti being in and out of the doctors as well. I have warned people time and time again that without three admins I’d have to shut Iwaku down. By December I was ready to pull the plug for good. I wrote up the announcement and everything.

Except I didn’t post it. I kept telling myself I’d do it, and just couldn’t do it. Ò,Ó I am NOT a person who shies away from killing things when they need to die. I have murdered sites before. I realized, quite fearfully, that this is something I still care deeply for and I cannot let it go without fighting to give Iwaku the longest lifespan as possible. Heck if I know why, I guess I love you jerks. Ò◇Ó

I have discussed things with Kitti and Astaroth, and they too are on board with this totally insane plan to actually live and enjoy life and be amazing and run Iwaku until one of us finally kicks the bucket.

WELCOME TO IWAKU

Hello. If we have not met, (because I have been hiding in my retirement tree for some time), I am Diana! They call me the Owl Mother because I am a flying toasted marshmallow with claws. My passion is running communities and my special power is inspiring people in a multitude of ways. I live and feed off the joy of members. Seriously. The more you love and enjoy this site, the more powerful I become. Settle in here and share your love for our community and I will do everything in my power to have it live forever and be a place you can call your internet home.

To my left is @Kitti. She was on Iwaku long before I ever joined. Back then she was a small babbu, but now she is a strong powerful lady and quite possibly the most dedicated, consistent, and warmhearted individual that I have had the pleasure of working with. She has been single-handedly trying her best to hold things together on Iwaku when myself and Astaroth were physically and mentally unable to even look at the site. If you ever have a problem she will listen and do her absolute best to help. She deserves ten million baskets of respect.

To my right is @Astaroth. He is a mid generation Iwaku member and has had the pleasure of suffering through some of the best times on staff as well as some of the worst mistakes we’ve ever made. He has the strength and constitution to handle the kind of problems most people would balk at; from wading through pages and pages of sketchy pedo trash to stepping in front of verbal bullets on behalf of staff. He has spent countless hours over the years making sure the members here are safe from creeps. He protec, he attac, he got yo back.


We three are now your admin team.

We’re going to make tons of mistakes and probably be frustrating for everyone! Ç◇Ç But we love Iwaku and we are working out some strategies for making sure the site still retains its standards of safe fun, while also taking into account our physical and mental health issues. Over the next couple of the months we’ll be “auditing” the site so to speak, to figure out what changes we need to make to help us do a better job.

Our ultimate goal is making sure Iwaku remains a place where you have creative freedom to write anything you want to write in an environment that is friendly, respectful, and safe.

Whether you want to roleplay animu dudes fighting dragons, or if you prefer fucking those dragons. You do you, boo. We’ll make sure you’re legal and safe while you do it. <3

HOW YOU CAN HELP US NOT FUCK THIS UP

A site is only as good as the members in it. Make sure you know and understand the site rules and follow them. If you have any questions, use the Help Desk! If you find yourself in a situation where someone is being an asshole or a creeper, make sure to report them. Even if the situation doesn’t seem like a big deal to you personally, you never know when that person might be doing something awful to someone else.

Otherwise…? PLAY. HAVE FUN. SHOW JOY AND ENTHUSIASM. I cannot stress enough how much energy we get from you guys getting all excited and putting Iwaku to good use.

Mom needs to know that not burning the house down with all her children in it was the right choice. (⊙◇◉)


If you have questions about this and Iwaku’s future, we are now here to answer them! I will try not to bite any fingers but I can’t say the same for Kitti or Astaroth.
 
Thank you for not burning down Iwaku. ಥ﹏ಥ
 
Welcome back Mama Owl!!
 
Whoot, no anxiously moving roleplays and saving content and looking for new places to waste my time on. 8D

Now, what colour will the admins be? Teal, purple, purple-teal???? Who will be giving up their colour?
 
A lot of my rep is based on you not being admin so I can shit talk, but no, yeah this is fine. I guess.

"Welcome" back.
 
Thank you so much for deciding to keep Iwaku alive! This is the only rp site I use, and it's cuz you guys are so awesome at what you do.
 
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Whoot, no anxiously moving roleplays and saving content and looking for new places to waste my time on. 8D

Now, what colour will the admins be? Teal, purple, purple-teal???? Who will be giving up their colour?

I still insist on vomit green. :3
 
Welcome back @Diana. Good to see you back in the admin chair. We all missed you.
 
Despite having not been around since late October, I am also extremely glad you decided not to incinerate Iwaku. I've had too much fun in this place and met too many great people for it to just close. D: I'm happy to see you back in the fray!
 
Thank you for not burning down Iwaku. ಥ﹏ಥ
Word ^^^

Holy fuck Iwaku is my lifeblood... This is my escape from RL shit... XDDD I'd be DEVASTATED if Iwaku was burned down by Mommy Owl XDDD
 
Holy crap that's kinda terrifying, especially considering I had absolutely no idea this was going on. So glad you decided to stick us out! ^^" Not sure what I'd do without Iwaku, tbh -- no other place I've found like it.
 
Didn’t even know this site was at risk for shutting down. I really hope you guys realize that so many people enjoy roleplying here,and I hope you get the inspiration to continue improving and upkeeping the site. I wish you the best.
 
Thanks for not pulling the plug! It's taken me so long to find an internet home. I'd have hated to lose Iwaku so soon after finding it!
 
I’m not a really big talker and usually stay off of these. But thank you for not letting this go I literally love this site ever since I found it on day one, and now there’s not a day that goes by when I’m not on this site.
 
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Thank goodness! *cuddles Iwaku*
 
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I've been in kind of a funk lately and not logging on as much, but I'm still incredibly glad Iwaku's sticking around. This place means a shitton to me, and I'd hate to see it go.
 
I'm not always around, but I really appreciate the time I do spend on Iwaku. Thanks for keeping the site up.
 
ride together die together iwaku thanks for not killing my internet home uwu
 
no, kill us, we deserve it


Thank you for not putting us down like the gremlins we are. :cookie:
 
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