Post by Germany on Sept 19, 2011 20:07:17 GMT -5
Yes, you read that right. It is with a bittersweet heart that I announce the closure of Darker Reflections on October 10. On that date the site will officially close. New members will not be able to join and current members will not be able to start new threads. Everyone who is currently in threads will still be able to finish them on this site, if they so choose, but there will be no more activity checks, and activity rules will not be enforced. The site will be left to fizzle out on its own and preserved as an archive. There is no need to delete your account: in fact, even when you decide you’re done you’ll probably want to keep it open in case you ever want to come back and read any of the stuff on here.
I am sure many of you are wondering about the reasons behind this decision. Darker Reflections was originally conceived by Russia and I as a just-in-case backup site when the Hetalia site we were originally on started showing signs of dying ( we weren’t admins on that one ). We ended up needing it. In the 14 months since this site has been open and active, we’ve had an amazingly wonderful time writing, reading, plotting, andmessing with playing with all the fine people and characters who have come and gone. Sure, there were a few rough spots along the way ( as some of our older members will recall ), but it was all so very, very worth it. DR went way beyond our expectations, attracting the best of the best all across the board, and I can honestly say that I’ve never played with a finer bunch of people. 
Seriously. You. Guys. ROCK! <3[/color]
However, Russia and I have been RPing Hetalia for a year and five months straight now, and we’re both starting to get...burned out, for lack of a better way to put it. It’s not like we’ve suddenly lost interest in Hetalia — or that it’s stopped being fun for us, because it hasn’t — and both of us plan to keep posting to the threads we’re currently in at the moment until we finish them, but we will not be taking on any new threads, or doing anything else with the site. Once we’ve finished our threads on here we’ll be taking a long, indefinite break from RPing. Our offline lives have gotten much busier and both of us feel that it’s time to focus the majority of our time and energy on other pursuits now.
For those of you who aren’t ready to stop roleplaying historical Hetalia just yet, never fear! Finland admin has been working behind the scenes on another site that you’ll be able to migrate on over to once it’s ready. Essentially it’s this site in slightly different packaging, with the same site canon, same high-quality writing standards, and many of the same rules. So if you were reading this sad site update wishing there was a way for DR to live on, well, it is! But the site isn’t finished yet, and Finland needs your help to get it up and running! Currently she’s looking for at least one coadmin and graphics people. Especially graphics people. I would say more, but I think she plans on posting at some point with a more detailed list, and who am I to steal her thunder?
Thank you for the shiny memories, everyone. It’s been a hell of a trip!
I am sure many of you are wondering about the reasons behind this decision. Darker Reflections was originally conceived by Russia and I as a just-in-case backup site when the Hetalia site we were originally on started showing signs of dying ( we weren’t admins on that one ). We ended up needing it. In the 14 months since this site has been open and active, we’ve had an amazingly wonderful time writing, reading, plotting, and
Seriously. You. Guys. ROCK! <3[/color]However, Russia and I have been RPing Hetalia for a year and five months straight now, and we’re both starting to get...burned out, for lack of a better way to put it. It’s not like we’ve suddenly lost interest in Hetalia — or that it’s stopped being fun for us, because it hasn’t — and both of us plan to keep posting to the threads we’re currently in at the moment until we finish them, but we will not be taking on any new threads, or doing anything else with the site. Once we’ve finished our threads on here we’ll be taking a long, indefinite break from RPing. Our offline lives have gotten much busier and both of us feel that it’s time to focus the majority of our time and energy on other pursuits now.
For those of you who aren’t ready to stop roleplaying historical Hetalia just yet, never fear! Finland admin has been working behind the scenes on another site that you’ll be able to migrate on over to once it’s ready. Essentially it’s this site in slightly different packaging, with the same site canon, same high-quality writing standards, and many of the same rules. So if you were reading this sad site update wishing there was a way for DR to live on, well, it is! But the site isn’t finished yet, and Finland needs your help to get it up and running! Currently she’s looking for at least one coadmin and graphics people. Especially graphics people. I would say more, but I think she plans on posting at some point with a more detailed list, and who am I to steal her thunder?
Thank you for the shiny memories, everyone. It’s been a hell of a trip!
