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✿ O R C H I D S  &  H E M L O C K ✿

#orchidsrp

orchids & hemlock is a new real life roleplay site set in the fictional southern town of berkeley, south carolina. we are a friendly, laid back community that offers plot prompts to members and an easy-going environment. we are officially one month old, so come and join us today!

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✿ O R C H I D S  &  H E M L O C K ✿

#orchidsrp

orchids & hemlock is a new real life roleplay site set in the fictional southern town of berkeley, south carolina. we are a friendly, laid back community that offers plot prompts to members and an easy-going environment. we are officially one month old, so come and join us today!

[ HOME  /  FACE CLAIM  /  RULES  /  REQUESTS  /  PROMPTS  /  ADVERTISING ]

[qrett]

[orchidsrp]

we’re officially open!!!!!

[orchidsrp]

sorry if this is an odd question, but for the freestyle part of the application could you write it as you would a shipper? (minus the enemies, lovers, friends)? or would something like just history be acceptable for the application, then have personality in the about name section of the shipper?

absolutely! we wrote it as freestyle so people could choose whichever style they prefer.

[orchidsrp]

i just wanted to clarify since i got a bit confused! you do mean that people who posted development will get the link tonight right? just because you say tomorrow (tuesday) but today is tuesday <3

Uh oh! Yes, our mistake. I (Holly) wrote the announcement last night and then queued it. To clarify: we will be doing our soft opening tonight!

[orchidsrp]

hey everyone - it is officially time to announce what time we will be planning our soft opening and official opening - how exciting! everyone who participated in the development contest will be given the link to the site after 7pm EST today (tuesday). we understand that the link may be given to other people who did not participate, but we ask that you all please refrain from giving it out! and also that if you didn’t participate to please refrain from registering your accounts. we don’t have much of a way to police this, but we are really acting on trust here!! and finally, we will be planning our official opening for 7pm EST wednesday, when we will release the link to all of our members!

thank you all for participating in the contest; we’ve seen oodles of amazing contributions and we’re so excited to see these characters come to life. with that said, we now are considering the contest to be closed. and, furthermore, we will also now be closing face and plot reserves until the official site opening!

[orchidsrp]

what does the 'virtue' section mean in the app? i just don't know what to google search so i can find a list to pick from (:

Similar to the Seven Deadly Sins, there are also seven virtues that follow the Christian faith and I believe you can read up on them here. However, we don’t believe in boxing people in with these kinds of things, so if you think that the list is missing other traits that are very positive and virtuous, feel free to choose that instead!

[orchidsrp]

hi! can i please reserve joohyun bae (backups: maia mitchell, caitlin stasey) for ghost?

added!

[orchidsrp]

hiiii. if y'all have time, can you post more aesthetic images so we can get a general feel for Berkeley? and maybe even where its located (close to the coast or Georgia, etc) in South Carolina? also, thank you for all your hard work! it is very much appreciated.

Thank you dear! We’ll definitely try to find some images to reblog for all of you <3 Location wise, Berkeley is located on the coast of SC, south of Charleston and north of Hilton Head. 

[orchidsrp]

the site is going to be so incredible and i'm so so so super excited for the opening on wednesday <33333 you guys are honestly doing amazing and all this snapping at you is honestly pointless <3333333333

we are so so excited that you are excited <333 it honestly humbles us and swells our hearts that there’s been such an outpouring of anticipation and positivity, especially in the past few days. as i mentioned before, it’s comments like these that really keep us going <3

[orchidsrp]

For the early access when will that be? Tuesday?

Yep! We know it’s not too too much sooner than actual opening date, but we wanted to give the people who participated some extra time to get their stuff set up without the initial rush of opening date!

[orchidsrp]

quick question! since i'm the only one who has reserved a character in a family plot, am i allowed to decide little things for the family? like last names, tidbits of family history, etc.? i'd love to post a request for the rest of fam#7 in the tag, but i don't want to step on any toes either!!

hey! great question, we’re thrilled you asked it. <3 but yes! i believe we mentioned it somewhere in an ask that the first person to reserve from a plot kind of gets to have a say in a sense of how the other spots will be conducted (i mean that as loosely as possible). these prompts are kind of similar to requests in that way; the only thing that we ask is that if someone does come in and reserve another spot, that you be open to small compromises here and there, just because we really want orchids to be a nice marriage of ideas between all parties.

that being said, feel free to run with the wind when it comes to a last name, tidbits, and also the general ~look the family should have. thank you for asking! <3

[orchidsrp]

i'm so excited for wednesday night!! can't wait and i think the prompts are amazing. can we maybe have a link to them in the sidebar?

we’re super excited that you’re excited!! and yesss, i will definitely try to get that set up for everyone right now <3

[orchidsrp]

everything looks great so far, and as someone with a job and school and exams, wednesday works!! keep up the great work!!

thank you!! <333 we’re really excited about the opening, and it’s positivity like us that has been really pushing us through to the finish line. we love you all and are so excited to see the amazing characters you all have created come to fruition. :’)

[orchidsrp]

Some people don't like to do their application until the site is open and they can see the live code. This isn't really accommodating to anyone except yourselves, I'd say.

As much as that matter is up to your discretion, how the code looks should not affect how you choose to write your character. Even if you do not fill out the code to its entirety doesn’t mean you can’t at least write up the character information (which is, for the most part, the most tenuous aspect of writing an application). Whether you choose to do that is up to you, but the onus doesn’t lie on us if you do not.

With that said, we’re sorry that Wednesday evening doesn’t work for you. As it stands, Wednesday is the most opportune moment for us to open the site because earlier in the week is too early for us, and many of us work on the weekend. And, considering that we, the staff, must be around in order to keep the site running smoothly in its first few days, it is without a doubt that the opening of the site should run in line with when we are most available to be around to facilitate the ease.

We’ve mentioned this multiple times, but we completely understand that people are busy and might not be able to get their characters finished before the reserve is up, which is why we are not going to say no to reasonable requests for extensions. With the reserves lasting until Saturday and then with a possibility for an extra three day extension, we think that people will be given ample time to complete what is required. 

And lastly, we will no longer be answering questions regarding matters of whether or not the opening date is fair or accommodating to all people. We’ve said our piece on the topic and think that any further explanations on our behalf will simply be rehashing a topic that we consider to be resolved.

[orchidsrp]

When does the contest end? Also, would you consider rethinking your opening date? Or at very least, putting up a poll to see what would work best for all potential members? As someone who has exams and a job, Wednesday is just about the worst day a site could open because it's in the middle of the week. I'm sure those with school and/or jobs also feel the same.

The development contest will end on Tuesday morning (EST). 

As for the opening date, we are sticking with Wednesday as we originally planned. As we said in response to previous questions, we’re sorry, but we will never be able to accommodate everyone. Plenty of us (including several staff members) work, but even those with jobs don’t work on the same schedules, let alone in the same time zones, so I highly doubt everyone who has a job or is in school feels the same. 

As much as we’d love everyone to be online for the opening, there is no major disadvantage to missing the exact date/time we open - considering that reserves will last through some point in the weekend, the exact application code was posted days ago, and we’ve stated that we can provide reserve extensions on an individual basis for people with extenuating circumstances, we think we’ve been more than fair in accommodating as many people as possible.