When I found out about Stonegate closing last night, I legit burst into tears. I had spent nearly the last two years in this roleplay, surrounded by this close and dysfunctional family. Seven characters later, I never imagined saying goodbye. Each and every one of you means sooooo much to me for so many different reasons... You’ve helped me through thick and through thin; and sometimes I don’t know where I’d be without y’all. We’ve all grown up so much as our characters have grown. I really do consider all of you to be my friends; and I love you all very deeply. I hate to say goodbye here at Stonegate; but know this shouldn’t mean goodbye forever.
I don’t have a personal; but you can find me at one of my new character blogs for a new roleplay I’ve joined (shadesofgracie). Also, Lexie and I are starting a mutant town roleplay (portsmith-rpg) and would love to try and keep the Stonegate family together if we can... You’re all welcome to join there because we would love to have you.
Yours truly,
Caita
To Addie @novasparadise, Kat @max-attack-warner, Liz @liamconnors, Ari @ryantheraver, Lexie @adaleemartin, Jackie @flintryder, Mitchie @itsalfiem, Lane @its-rileysanders, Jen @k-b-lax, Des @jasperafterdark, Emily @m-j-abrams, AD @wildechildrickey, Dee @asherkincaid, Holly @thatssotamera, Becka @proudmorgan, Mezzy @spikelikethedragon, Shay & Shay (cries because no blogs to tag), and to everyone else who was ever a part of this epic roleplay... I LOVE YOU, YOU AWESOME NERDS; AND DON’T FORGET TO BE AWESOME
(PS- If anyone wants my KIK, message me on the new rp account I mentioned; and I’ll be happy to give it to you)
i miss all of us already. i have for a long time. but now it’s real. its a real.. real final goodbye.
skype- facebook:livelaughlovebeinsane
twitter- sheridanlanette
personal- @merrymxtthews (after Christmas i will be undaapants)
to the admins ( @stonegate-rp )-- thank you so much. for being great at your jobs, for doing your best to keep peace. for letting me into your group and family. for being amazing. for raising this amazing place.
to my past ( @m-j-abrams, @jasperafterdark )-- emily and destini. i miss you both, so much. i miss you and your characters and our friendships and theirs. i miss you so much.
to catia ( @amazing-gracelyn )-- my baby. im gonna miss you so much, and miss grace and riley and grace and sonny so so so much as well. please dont be a stranger, okay? you and your kids have always meant so much to me, and i dont want that to ever change.
to kat ( @ryker-j )-- OUR KIDS. ryker and max have both earned such big places in riley’s heart, and for that i am so grateful. from ri and ry’s therapy sessions to max and ri’s grieving, everything we’ve written together means the world to me. i will miss them eternally. but i didnt just love that or them, i love you too! we never truly sat down to become best friends, but youre still someone i consider a friend. and i will miss you everyday if you dont keep in contact.
dj ( @poisonramos )-- OUR BABIES WERE GONNA BE GAY FOR EACH OTHER. i miss them endlessly shopping and “flirting” already. ivy and riley will forever be the cutest thing ever, no matter what. i will miss you and ives everyday, so please dont hesitate to contact me.
addie-- bitch i aint losin you i will actually attach to ur virtual hip
While I’m sure this doesn’t catch any of you by surprise, it’s time we officially announce – Stonegate is closing. In the next 24 hours we will be replacing the theme with one that removes access to our posts and pages.
We welcome you to continue playing your characters, either here on the dash or taking them elsewhere with you. We’ll probably check in from time to time just to say hi. If you plan to take a canon somewhere else, we just ask that you please rewrite their bio in your own words and link to the main as credit for the original idea.
Feel free to spend the next 24 hours talking to each other IC and OOC, making sure you’ve reblogged your characters’ bio onto your blog, and saving any other memorabilia you want from the main (like Prom King graphics, etc.).
In case you were wondering, nothing went wrong, it was nothing any of you did, and it most certainly is not because we stopped loving the group or all of you. The short version: Trace and I are both too busy to dedicate the time and energy to be the admins that Stonegate deserves, so that you can have events and activities and a thriving dash full of wonderful roleplayers. We don’t want to be the admins who just scrape by, because you deserve more than that. We used to give you more than that, and we want you all to find a home where you have that.
Both my and Trace’s long versions are below the read more. Before you jump down, I want to reiterate one more time just how much we love all of you, what a pleasure it has been to be your admins, and how glad we are to have shared this group with all of you. We would not have had a group without you, and we thank you for bringing so much to our small little town hidden in the middle of tumblr.
We wish you all the best of luck for the future, from the bottom of our hearts. And we know, we’ll see you again.
Until next time and love always,
Sara & Trace
The past two years of my life with this group have been intense. Yes, there were some bad times (rude anons are my least favorite thing in the world), but there were a million amazing moments. You all brought to life characters that I loved, and wrote OCs that were beyond anything I could have imagined myself. I am so, so, so thankful for that.
I had a ton of fun creating Homecoming and Winterfest and making microsites with lots of scheduled events and hashtags. I enjoyed having messy dramatic ships, and friendship/enemy plots with literally all of you. To those of you who came in as admins and mods, or those of you who stepped up to run really creative sideblogs or just make graphics to help keep the main up-to-date, thank you. Thank you for everything that you all have given to make this group as absolutely wonderful as it was.
I know every time we post an announcement I refer to you as my family, but I want you to know that is exactly how I see you. You are all my children and my siblings, and I love all of you so much I don’t have words to express it. From those of you who were only members for a few short weeks, to those of you who left and came back three times, current members and past members, you are all a part of my family, and I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to get to know all you.
Traci, where do I even begin? Thank you. For putting up with me when I was a raging bitch, for pulling me back down to Earth when I got too big for my britches, for going above and beyond to complete tasks that I started but didn’t have time to finish, for being my left hand sometimes my right hand too. Thank you for being so dependable and reliable, and the kind of admin I could put 100% of my trust into. Thank you for going on this journey with me, and thank you for sticking through it until the very end with me. We really made something awesome, didn’t we? I know our friendship isn’t going anywhere, and I can’t wait for the next adventure we take together.
If by some miracle you’re still reading my post, please keep in touch. I never go on my personal, but it’s here if you want it. Stalk me on Twitter, and please for the love of god send me Skype messages (my user is neonpinkmoron) so I don’t get bored at work. I have lots of other social media too, so wherever you’d like to talk to me, please ask me for that account.
Thank you. Really, truly, 600% thank you. Thank you to all of you for making Stonegate feel like a real place, full of real people and events. Thank you for being my family for the last two years. I love you, and I know I will see all of you again.
<3 Sara
It’s harder to write this than I thought.
I always knew there would be an end to Stonegate but it always seemed so distant and far away. The truth of the matter is that life doesn’t stop and some things have expiration dates. Whether it be for the fictional teens we created or ourselves, it sucks, really sucks, but it’s life.
I’ve immensely enjoyed getting to know all of you, playing with you, watching your creativity grow and flourish. You’re all so damn talented. I wish each and every one of you the absolute best in life and hope that at some point we meet again. You, just as much as Sara and I, made this place what it is. There was no game without you.
To those I’ve worked with we’ve had our differences. There have been tears and laughter, arguments and times where we could get nothing done because we were goofing off too much. I thank you so much for helping Stonegate become what it has. Seriously, you all rock.
To Sara…Sara, Sara, Sara
Did you think we’d get here? Twenty-three months? Well, two years for us since we were working for about a month beforehand but whatever…
I’m so proud of us.
We’ve been through a lot together here and at Sux and I couldn’t have picked a better person to go on this journey with. You’re so talented that it blows my mind and so tech savvy that I’m pretty sure I should pay you for all of the troubleshooting you’ve done for me. We’ve been skyping all morning and I know in my bones this isn’t the end for us. We’ll play again when life slows down a bit. It’s inevitable. Thank you for everything. Everything.
So…if you want to keep in touch, I’m always somewhere not too far away. You can catch me here or here, and some of you have my Skype and Kik. I’m truly only a click away.
All messages for tonight’s acceptance have been sent out! If you don’t have one in your inbox, message us ASAP so we can let you know the results! On that note, I’m taking my tired self to bed, and will see your lovely faces on the dash in the morning.
It has been an incredibly long time since I had to make this announcement. It’s an announcement I am ashamed that I have to make. To those of you who have made this group a welcome home for a very long time, thank you.
Now let me make one thing perfectly clear:
Sending anonymous hate is not and will not ever be okay in this group. We have a zero tolerance policy for OOC hate – if you are caught sending hate, you will be removed. It is against our rules, it is disrespectful to your fellow players, and we will not hesitate to remove any members of our group who mistreat others.
Please, be respectful to one another. If you wouldn’t want to receive that anon, don’t send it. We are a family here. We do not tolerate hate directed at any one of our family members. We expect better of our players. We expect maturity and respect from each and every one of you. If you cannot treat your fellow players with maturity and respect, then you are not welcome here.
If you ever receive any OOC anon hate, or an ask that feels personally attacking, do not answer it, and please tell us about it so we can help you! Please also remember that you can disable anonymous to protect yourself – anonymous is and has always been optional in our group for this reason.
If the rude anons continue, we will ask all members to disable anon. Let’s not see it come to that. Anon messages can be a lot of fun for ask memes and starting IC drama. Let’s not ruin the chance for good, healthy, positive fun here.
We know that each of you wants to feel welcomed, wanted, and valued on the dash, so please treat each other in the same way. We love you, and we want you to feel safe and wanted here. It is important to us to continue to make Stonegate a safe and happy place for all of our members. Please do not make me ever have to make this announcement again.
There are a few starters in the #gatestarter tag right now with fewer than 10 notes or none at all, and that’s not cool. I can’t believe we have to post something like this again and we don’t want to send out warnings to players for something this simple to correct.
So please, go love down the posts from the last 48 hours before you post a new one. Thanks!
