Gooseberry High (OOC)

Hey everyone!

Just in case anybody is still waiting over here for action to happen, you might want to turn your eyes to Dreamwidth now! That's where all the IC/OOCs are going to be from now on, and posts are popping up there too! We're no longer going to be posting fake cuts to DW for events.

• Instructions on importing your IJ journal to DW: HERE


• Instructions on making a simple generator layout on DW: HERE


• If you haven't had your DW usernames added to the comms yet, please comment below letting us know.

We're hoping to have IJ posting completely phased out by Monday, but you can continue backtagging old scenes as much as you need to.

Thanks everyone! ♥

yes i made a character journal for no reason even though we're moving. i had ambitions of tagging tonight. :'( BUT HELLO ALL it's Marin finally joining the 5 character train with Iliya Krum, Ebonhide junior boy. He's iliya over on dw and you can snoop him HERE.

( rundown under the cut )

OKAY SO i know this is not an easy character to befriend, so please don't feel obligated to give me all your characters. i'd love a few friends (musicians or ebonhides???), and several people he keeps being pointlessly rude to because he doesn't know how to talk to you :(, and maybe history with people he went to Hogwarts with??? this is so incoherent im not awake

SLIDES IN IN TIME TO SIGN MY NEW CHARACTER UP FOR STB/7MIH.

Sup it's Jenny. My third is Antonia Papadakis, Ebonhide junior prefect and horrible obnoxious monster.

( Here's the deets )

So...I basically hate all of dreamwidth's 'themes' or whatever? Does anyone know if ij layouts are usable on dreamwidth or if there's a way to...idk make the reading page not look terrible? ;-;

(PS I am gonna need someone to hold my hand for this whole transition, I hate change so much. I'd say I'm sorry but I'm not.)

Uhhh, let's call this a slower-than-usual notice. I'll be visiting with family/doing house buying stuff(!!)/traveling for work starting this evening through Monday evening. I'm still planning to make a small appearance at the grotto party/cookout, so if you want Ursula/Essie/Jacob, don't hesitate to grab me.

Happy Murder Games everyone!! ♥

Hey guys! Just wanted to let you all know that I won't be as active for the next few days (Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning) because my mom's coming to visit. I'll still be around here and there (because, as you know, I have a problem), but I'll be slower than usual. I'll try to focus on Grotto stuff when I have time, so if you need mine for that, never fear!

♥ Katie
(Cecil, Casper, Cole, Ty, + Gavin)

We've got a busy week and an even busier weekend ahead of us, so please forgive us if we're slow in dealing with things. ♥

• There's a Grotto party on Friday, and it's going to feature RNG drinking games and possibly a smooch plague of UK origins! Be sure to sign up your character by Thursday night if you'd like to play Spin the Bottle/7 Minutes in Heaven!


• We're still moving to Dreamwidth! To facilitate the move, please give us your DW usernames HERE so we can get you added to the comms. (Currently, we plan to post the Grotto party on IJ as our last big hurrah, but this does mean that there will probably be a delay in dealing with the RNG drinking games on Friday. We'll see!)


• Head's up: there's a plan in the works for a surprise camping event during the final week of March~~


• Finally, Spring Break begins on Monday, March 20, and students don't return until the evening of Sunday, March 26! Students may stay at school over break, but we didn't really plan anything for them? (This might change, idk.) If you'd like to make plans for your characters and coordinate with other players, please feel free to PLOT HERE. :)

Hi everyone! My name is Meg and I have brought you all the adorable Bianca Dubois. There's a giant mess of information in my profile but I'll try to break down the gist of her for you all here.

( clickity click )

In every adorable sophomore bird dorm, there must be one awful, awful person.
This is Lyss, and I have taken it upon myself to write this person, and I'm sorry.

So hey you guys, meet ( Jade Otterwell! )

lmao three ooc mod posts in one day sorry sorry sorry

Hey all! Would anyone like to take [Senior Student N] or [Senior Student O] in the plot calendar? These are free-for-all, so doubles are allowed. Done! Thank yooou :)

One mod still can't access InsaneJournal reliably for large portions of time, and in fact, accessibility is continuing to worsen. Because of this, we're looking to start the move to Dreamwidth this weekend. We'll have a guide on how to transfer smoothly prepared for you by then.

For now, Meggie has posted the first Hunger Games target assignments in a brand new DW OOC discussion post. We encourage you all to head over there and help break that post in! :)

Thanks, everyone. ♥

Hi everyone, we want to address some things that have been going on in the game lately.

• First off, replies to this post are screened. If you'd like to leave your opinion, you may.


• Secondly, we're going to be actively slowing down on this detention giving plot.


• We're sensing there's some OOC tension over IC consequences, and it's making managing and moderating the game not fun for your mods. We work really hard to keep this game running smoothly and keep everyone satisfied with their experience, and it seems like this is becoming more and more of a challenge.


• Detentions and other punishments are supposed to contribute to roleplaying and plot, but lately that's been unfolding in a negative way. We don't want to remove the mechanic, as the setting is one that's reactive and characters can't do whatever they want, but we need to reconsider a few things.


• Our current plan is that the Head Boy and Head Girl can't hand out detentions without mod approval anymore. You can continue to use the dropbox Ali and Katie were kind enough to set up, but we're going to err on the side of caution. Ali and Katie, thank you again, and we apologize for this sudden change in policy.


• We also want to encourage people that if they're uncomfortable with how a plot is unfolding in the planning stages, please express your concerns then so that everyone can have a good time.


• The Hunger Games post has been delayed a little because the mods needed to discuss this. It'll be up in the afternoon.

This is a monster post because I'm two weeks behind, which is entirely IJ's fault

( THREE WEEKS OF PRO QUIDDITCH GOODNESS )

Hey TEAM GOOSEBERRY KIDDOS! I totally zoned and forgot to post about the mandatory team shindig Clem had you all participate in this afternoon.

It was a fairly low key affair in which her primary goal was to get people to relax and have fun, because we're all competitive perfectionist assholes here and she knows that a couple of you are probably stressed out about the game (SHE IS FOR SURE). Activities included:

• Human Knot, the teambuilding game where you all hold hands at random and then have to untie yourselves.
  
• Spider Web, a physical puzzle in which you have to get each member of the team through a different hole of the web and can't touch the threads of the web. This is usually a low ropes course thing but in this case was done with a ~magically conjured~ web, because fuck it, we're wizards. Clem set up the web so that there are only 4 holes you can feasibly get through without someone picking you up.
  
• Freeze!, the improv game in which two people improvise a scene and anyone watching can "freeze" them, tag in, and unfreeze improvising a totally unrelated scene with the same positions.
  
• A game Clem calls Mountain Lion, in which she is the mountain lion (natch) and you are all deer. She stands in a marked circle (the watering hole), which you may approach from any angle. You can only move when she's not looking at you. If she sees you moving, you're out. The goal is to get part of your body into the circle without her noticing.
  
• Ten Fingers, which is like Never Have I Ever without the alcohol. She's gonna try to keep people on task asking non-dirty questions for this game, cause her intention is that you learn about some cool life experiences your teammates have that you didn't know about, not gauge their sexual prowess.

If you guys wanna discuss how that all went this is the place to do it, but it's just gonna be an OOC and not a IC/OOC because it's been a long week and I am very tired.

Go go Goslings!

( just some gifs )

Hey everyone! Tomorrow I'll be composing the list(s) of targets and kills that will take place for this minigame. The winner won't be announced until next Saturday, the 18th. Monday through Friday, I'll be posting a new batch of who was killed, and who the survivors' next targets are. The first lists will be posted Monday morning, when your character will find their plastic butterknife in their locker.

This post is for you to make requests. Please keep in mind this will mostly be random, but I can attempt to create certain match-ups if RNG is cooperative. (For instance, if RNG kills Clem, and Cameron really wants Ulysses to do the murdering, I'll try to arrange that. On the other hand, if Ulysses is killed before I can make that happen or I just can't get the Clem-knife in his hands, the request cannot be filled.)

So...

• Is there someone you want your character to kill?


• Is there someone you would prefer they be killed by if they die?


• Are there any combinations you'd rather NOT have happen to your character?


• The list of participants is here!

• Remember to sign up for the Gooseberry Hunger Games! Tonight is the last night to sign up. Anyone who has not left a comment by 11:59 PM MST cannot play. Tomorrow, there will be an OOC post for plotting, where you may request certain pairings, although nothing can be guaranteed due to the heavy RNG element of this minigame. On Monday, everyone will receive their assignments and the first kills will be posted. Sign up HERE.


• Remember to submit requests for the Ilvermorny Quidditch team! You have until tomorrow night. Fill out the form HERE.


• At this point, most of you won't be surprised to hear that Gooseberry will very likely be moving to Dreamwidth. The date is undecided, and while we wanted to wait until April, technical issues with accessing IJ may force us to speed up the timeline. The mods will be hands-on making this process as seamless as possible, and we appreciate all of your patience. It's been a stressful last couple weeks, and we're lucky to have such a loyal playerbase willing to see it through with us.

i mean we've been doing so much meme stuff that i thought i'd share a funny thing that just happened.

me IRL
fiance walks in, has popcorn.
fiance: i just want to hang out and watch memes with you
me: awwww
fiance: *proceeds to pull up youtube haikus and various other memes*
~a short time later~
fiance: ok i'm gonna go play games now
me: ok sounds good.
fiance starts to walk out...
me: hey, thanks for the MEME-ORIES
fiance gives withering look like he hates me
I THINK I JUST RUINED OUR RELATIONSHIP RIP.


but now i ask

what's your favorite actual meme?
mine's darkside kermit

( Wanted Lines Meme: March )

The following is an announcement from Katie and Ali, who the mods would like to thank for their hard work:

Following Cecil's post about bullying on the journals, Cecil and Maggie collaborated to create a warded dropbox where students can report incidents of bullying on or off the journals, located here.

Cecil and Maggie may notify students of their upcoming detention (via the journals or in person), but regardless there will be a post every Friday by Cecil or Maggie that details: who has detention, where detention will occur, how long detention will last, and what the students with detention will be doing. This post will be public so everyone can know just what they're getting into if they break the rules, but be careful! Harassing the students that got detention can be a good way to end up there yourself.

The dropbox has three forms: the in-character form (for students that want to report other students in-game), the out-of-character form (for players who want to help out Katie and Ali by pointing out incidents that might be missed since Cecil and Maggie are trying to keep an eye on things as well as they can), and the dispute form (for students that get detention and want to argue their case!).

If you've got any questions, post them here or email Katie and Ali!

Cecil is hoping he'll get to post a lot of blank Friday detention lists, so be good students of Gooseberry! A week without detention may result in baked goods for all!

The mods are also on hand for questions (please excuse us if we're slow later in the day)! ♥

Hi everyone, this is a quick heads up that neither of the mods can access IJ reliably today.

• Marin is completely unable to access the site this morning. It's unknown when this will be rectified. UPDATE: Marin will not be around tonight, since she left the coffee shop and is back home without access.


• Meggie is experiencing frequent mini-crashes while at work, resulting in a lot of difficulties navigating the site or posting. Until that's resolved, she'll have eyes (kind of) on, but won't really be able to post. (I tried to post this four times, it's madness.) UPDATE: Meggie's back on a network that IJ arbitrarily likes.


• If this continues through the week, it'll have a negative impact on the obstacle course RNG game planned for Friday.

Thanks for your continued patience.
M&M ♥