The (Semi) End of This Blog
Hey everyone. It’s been a long time since I’ve last logged in, and it shows. I have quite a few asks piled up in my inbox -- mainly submissions, a few requests to change/take down posts, one or two commentaries, etc.; a handful of IMs; and of course, a large gap in activity. It’s been me and one other person who I’ve fallen out of touch with (which I blame purely on myself), who I’m not even sure has the information for this blog still. Of the 400+ blogs that follow this one, the majority haven’t been been active in at least 2+ years. All in all, it feels that this blog has met its end.
I’ve personally been out of the RPing game for a minute now, being that my adult life and responsibilities both take up all my time, and drains me of any spare energy I may have to keep up an active RP, and I know it isn’t fair to keep others waiting for days at a time for a reply. However, I also know how much joy RPing brought me over the years, and how it oddly helped shape my writing for the better. While it may no longer serve me personally, I would be remiss to just drop this concept with no idea if anyone else would take it up in my place.
So what’s the fate of mcr-roleplayers?
I’ve decided to migrate the concept over to a new blog; this time, as opposed to making an entirely new account, it’s going to be a side blog. I’ll have quicker access to messages, submissions, etc., and it’ll also enable me to add other tumblr users as moderators that can assist in answering questions, managing submissions, and pick up where I may fall back on if my life introduces more obstacles that keep me from keeping the blog up to date. These moderators are, of course, TBA, but they will most likely be mutuals I have on my main account.
How will all of this be done?
The first phase has been completed at this time, which is turning all previous posts on this blog private; that way, anyone who submitted information that may no longer be relevant, or that they no longer want publicly available is safe (especially considering the inactivity of this blog; I wouldn’t blame anyone for giving up on requesting information be taken down). This also means that anyone who has submitted their information and wishes to have it up on the new blog can message me on the new one, as opposed to completely resubmitting their information. Specifics on how these submissions will be migrated will be detailed on the new blog.
The second phase will be to migrate any unpublished submissions over to the new blog. Unfortunately, this does mean that if you submitted via anon, I will not be able to migrate your information over, unless you contact us again on the new blog and let me know that you’d like it posted (this can be done by giving a detail, such as one of the methods of contact that you submitted in your original request, so we know which anon you are). I will be contacting anybody whose blog has been active within the year still awaiting their submission to be posted via IM within the next week, and asking if they would like their submission posted on the new blog.
The third phase will be to set up the new blog, transfer over rules, FAQ, themes, etc., along with all the information previously submitted to this blog (all information still being kept private until those who submitted information request otherwise), and officially retire this blog. After this phase is done, submissions and the inbox will be closed, and all further contact will have to be made through the new blog. This blog will stay up -- mainly so anyone looking for the active version of it can find it if they remember this one -- but it will no longer update or accept submissions.
Any questions that anyone has can be answered at this time -- once I roll into phase three I’ll make an announcement. Thank you to everyone for your patience and for 8 years of community through this blog. You all are amazing. ❤️
