champagne from a paper cup

the first semester has passed and things are just heating up. henry woodward college is in second semester now, the mad dash to fix any mistakes you've made before the end of the year. maybe you're graduating at the end or you're just going back home after it's over. either way, you're going to want to make the most of the spring semester. stay tuned for updates, sneak peeks, and reserve times!

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a public service announcement!

yes, activity on paper cups has dropped significantly. but what we, the admins, want you to know, is that we will never, ever close paper cups. if you want to keep your plots going, by all means, go for it! if you want to try something new between your character and someone else's, we encourage it. paper cups will always be here for its loyal members, and if there's something you guys want to see, please just let us know and we'll do what we can for you!

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Are you guys going to do a clean up of the site?

we will, yes. we'll be doing an activity check this week, cleaning out any inactive face claims and all that jazz!

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We need to know:

What kind of event would you guys like to see happen on paper cups? Throw us out some ideas and we can take a member vote once we have a few of them!

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it's not a "few hours". more like a few days...

unfortunately, like we said a few days ago, we are human and we do have things outside of rp that we have to do. kelsey and steph both work and i'm british and therefore unpredictable, apparently. we try our best to keep the site running smoothly, but sometimes we do get behind, and we are sorry about that. if our members think it's best, we'll look at getting more staff on board, but we ask that everyone bears with us while we get everything done.

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just because an application isn't accepted within a few hours doesn't mean a site is terrible about accepting apps. people have lives, and if you're seriously upset that you haven't instantly been accepted, you should probably find a site where the admins are too busy to thread.

Thank you for that! We're trying our best, but honestly we just have to do what we can right now! All apps will be looked at, we promise!

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you guys are terrible about accepting applications.

we're really sorry about this, we're going to try really hard to be better. the problem is that kelsey and i are at work all day and can only come on at night, and well, amy's british and they're unpredictable, so. if we keep falling behind, we will probably find a mod or two, but right now we're doing the best we can.

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i know this isn't the popular opinion and it wasn't made by staff, but honestly, the secrets blog is the reason i will not be joining the site. i tried to fit in on the original site, and i thought i was fitting, but then the secrets blog popped up and i constantly felt left out because my character was never mentioned. it resulted in me leaving the site and i know i wasn't the only one on v1 turned off. all it does to outsiders is suggest that the site is cliquey and make people feel left out.

unfortunately, like you said, the blog wasn't made by staff and therefore we have absolutely no control over what's posted and whether it's running or not. that's the prerogative of the members. the staff have no hand whatsoever in the running of the blog and so, in my opinion, that shouldn't reflect on the site, or who we are as an admin team. we work hard to make sure that our members feel included and it is upsetting to hear that people won't be joining because they think the site is cliquey.

all i can ask is that people give the site a chance, despite the appreciation blog (because as far as i understand, it's not simply a secrets blog, but actually a site appreciation blog). we really are not cliquey in the slightest, and i've actually noticed a massive improvement in plotting this time around. so i'm sorry if we've still lost you as a member, but there really isn't anything we, as staff, can do about it apart from encourage you to give us a chance separate to the appreciation blog.

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can you post a list of the brother/sister frats and sororities? like dz and aepi

we actually have not paired up frats and sororities.  the members decided on that.  

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which timezone for midnight are y'all going by?

eastern standard, so 5am gmt, and 9pm pacific time!

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i think the date should be somewhere on the main site. maybe in the small description box on the sidebar? just so everyone knows what year we're actually in, lol.

done!

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Some people have double girl reserves with no boys.. is that normal??

yes! we had pre-pre-reserves for members who had characters on the old site, so if they had multiple female characters, they were able to reserve them all to not lose their faces.

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i know it was mentioned briefly in the cbox, but i think that you guys should do a jobs claim for staff, coaches, and everything else. that way there's a variety, not more than one coach, etc. i liked being able to look at those things on the 1st version. same with the residence sign ups too if you wanted to bring those back as well. i know it's two extra claims for people to do/update, but i think they make a difference and can make it easier for plotting and random connections for characters.

the only reason we decided not to bring it back was that it was barely ever used. but i'm more than happy to get a code up if people think it will be useful!

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I can't seem to locate your app template. Halp! :)

it's on the site in the application forum

http://z13.invisionfree.com/cfapc/index.php?showtopic=7

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Are you accepting new characters?

yes, of course!

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something wicked this way comes...