ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jul 7

[goosemods]

Hello everyone! Here's details on how to handle the remaining three weeks of game:

• On the evening of Sat, Jun 23, the world gets back into contact with the remaining evacuees of Gooseberry High. MACUSA immediately seizes control of the school for further investigation. This includes shutting down the magical journal system for two weeks.


• A funeral is held for Zebulon Merrill in Salt Lake City, UT, on Sat, Jun 30. He is remembered by his wife and two adult children, and will be interred in Brigham City Cemetery. All current and former students of Gooseberry are invited to attend, and several of Mr. Merrill's colleagues deliver speeches. (We won't be posting anything for this, but you can reference this event happening.)


• On Sun, Jul 8, access to the magical journal system is restored. Everyone who was a student from 2014–15 (i.e. not last year's graduates) can write posts and comments again. Anything that was written before July 8 (e.g. endgame posts) is still visible but can't be responded to anymore.


• The return of the magical journal system coincides with the announcement that Gooseberry Alternative High School is shut down until further notice. All freshmen, sophomores and juniors (including exchange students) are all automatically given admission to Ilvermorny, should they wish to continue at an American boarding school. If they choose to continue their studies elsewhere, their academic records will be sent to the new school. Everyone will have received this news by owl post on July 8.


• Gooseberry's magical journal system will officially deactivate forever on Wed, Aug 1.

What does this mean for you?

• Starting tomorrow, you can post journal entries/comments, IC/OOCs, letters, etc. like normal. It's summer vacation! PLOT HERE about your characters' activities for the past two weeks.


• Although graduates can't post on the journals, they are allowed to show up in any summer IC/OOCs or to send mail to current characters.


• Your mods are off-duty except for two posts we'll do sometime soon: the "Where Are They Now?" meme (for discussion of your characters' futures) and the 10 Year Reunion IC/OOC. All former students of Gooseberry will be invited to the reunion, regardless of when they attended.


• Tue, Jul 31 will be the last day of the game. You will still be able to backtag for as long as you want, but no new posts will be allowed in either the IC or OOC comms as of Aug 1. Everything will stand as a record of the incredible love and work we've all put into this game for the past two years.

♥ Meggie & Marin

Comments

AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[goosemods]

Hey, so. What would everyone think of us setting up a "social community" for everyone to keep in touch after GB ends? The idea is basically an open membership community on Dreamwidth where we'd have regular chatter posts (much like with our current ooc comm), and you can also add new posts in the actual comm whenever you've got announcements or stuff you want to talk about. You can post with your personal journals, character journals (old and new), etc. Whatever goes.

I know several players have plans to move to a new game after this, and that new game will likely have its own OOC social areas, but just as a long-term thing... GB has being a huge life-changing event for us, and we've met so many incredible people through this game, and we just want to make sure there's a way for us all to stay in touch. Would you guys like this idea?

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[dinahdanger]

I would love this idea. I just
Want an excuse to shitpost

Endgame reminds me always how much I like ooc bullshitting with everyone.

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[lilwitchhazel]

I'd be super in ♥

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[bubblewrapped]

Yes please

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[sovain]

yus plz

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[cupquake]

looks like i gotta finally create a cdj~

Re: AFTER THE GAME ENDS...

[gwenniepop]

I would love this because I've been trying to figure out how to stay in contact with everyone after game ends!

[cygninae]

I'm................ still in denial.

[threatens]

i only started getting choked up when i finished this post tbh

[dinahdanger]

God ive been trying to internalize it this weekend

[casperkim]

Very same.

I can't process this???

[odder]

Every time I think about this I just roll over and bury my face into no less than 3 pillows so!

[un_kept]

I'm stuck in "la la la this isn't happening" mode 😭

[nothalfplaid]

I hate you you maed me cry again

[novelling]

1. cries forever?

2. Hey guys!!! I know we're all exhausted right now and still have plot stuff to get through, but I have a bunch of threads I dropped over the course of the game that I would still love to finish. Does anyone want to do like a BACKTAG-A-THON? Backtag Bingo? or something before the comms close?

[cygninae]

I'd totally be up for this but my memory is like swiss cheese.

[un_kept]

I would like

100000% love to backtag some more Reece / Sam?

[odder]

I am here for this

[nothalfplaid]

I would really love to do a log-a-thon/back-tag-a-thon something like we did last year too, because I also have several outstanding logs, and ic/oocs I let go that I'd like to finish

[lilwitchhazel]

I'm also happy to backtag things but I have no idea what I would have to backtag!!! So like, if you want anything from me just let me know and I'll write forever?

[professionalcorpse]

yes to all of this.

[casperkim]

Related: I know I mentioned this to someone once, but if anyone has interest in doing way way throwback logs (like: Ebonquid when Casper and Clem were freshmen upstarts and Leo was a lil' beater, for example), I'd be game for this too~ Because I like thinking about character dynamics and how they got that way and stuff. :')

Not necessarily to be posted on the comm because where the heck would those belong, but. For funsies.

[bubblewrapped]

Backtagging old stuff sounds very good.

[un_kept]

adding to the backtagging party, i'd be down for any backtagging, threads we meant to do but never did, etc.

WHAT HAVE YOUR CHARACTERS BEEN DOING?

[goosemods]

The journals were shut down for two weeks, and news about the school's future remains uncertain. Please feel free to plot here about your characters' whereabouts and activities for the past two weeks so you're all set to start posting tomorrow. :)

Re: WHAT HAVE YOUR CHARACTERS BEEN DOING?

[browbeats]

Moving to fucking New York.