Hello WCC!

As many of you know, there have been some major changes on the site as of late. Some of these changes have resulted in taking down the Battle System thread (more information can be found here) as requested by Ripped. There are now requests being made to return to the older Battle System before Ripped worked on it and remove all of Ripped's influence from the current System before reinstating it. Staff and volunteer helpers are currently working...

I had planned on waiting a while longer before addressing everything so there was time to let the dust settle, but there are a few major changes that need to be addressed sooner rather than later. Earlier today Ripped reached out to me in DMs regarding her contributions towards the site as a whole and how she would like us to proceed with it.

The following messages contain everything she has officially rescinded permission to use on WCC:

Spoiler:

Hey, everyone!

The Staff Team wanted to address concerns about lack of concrete things being pushed out on the site for the time being. This includes mentions of a slower response time in the #help-desk channel on Discord - which we have still been working to address quickly - but also includes a lack of immediate patches or changes to the site.

As of right now, we are in the middle of a massive restructure to the site, including the addition of many new systems that were not currently in place and should have already been implemented.

A major part of this process...

So as you all know, KrazyLoaf is a very good friend of mine, even though she is not active in this forum. We have spoken, and she has made the decision to step away officially. As such, Beetlekit is now to be considered missing. I wish her well in her future rp endeavors (knowing her, she is probably going to stick with discord rps. It was shocking I got her here in the first place, and I would not want to make her stay if she was not happy.)

Hey everyone! Wanted to let y'all know that I will be mostly inactive in the Discord and on-site from May 16-27 because I'm going on a big family vacation! It's international and also a cruise, so I won't have a whole lot of access to the internet. I will check in when I can.

Love y'all!

Hello WCC!!

Recent events on-site have been disappointing for many members of this community. There is an evident lack in stability, trust, and order on WCC in the past week or so, and after I posted my departure, many members reached out to me in grief of what happened. It's had me thinking for days, and today the idea of a petition popped into my head.

Many members have left since Holly, WCC's current sole admin, made the executive decision to unfairly demote Ripped, which caused many long-term and newer loyal members to leave in protest of. As many of us stated, we cannot...

I'd like to preface this by stating that in this moment, I'm not necessarily speaking as a member of the staff team, and that every statement and opinion made here is my own—no one else's.

This whole situation started because I made a mistake in how I handled a given situation: I acted rashly, with minimal input from others, and without thinking through the ripple effects beforehand (causing anyone to leave the community was never my intent, though I do acknowledge it’s not unexpected in a situation like this, and I certainly don’t blame anyone who chose to); not to...

Good morning/afternoon/night, WCC.

Well, this might... certainly be unexpected. But with all that I have carefully thought out to say, I believe it's time for the announcement: I'm leaving WCC behind. Three whole years spent with everyone here, old and new, with various plots and characters that have both taken off and not - it may come as a surprise why I'm deciding to leave. But as the saying goes: "All good things must come to an end."

Through all the different friendships I've formed with countless members and lessons I've learned both OOC & IC because of WCC,...

Good Timezone, WCC.

I'm here today to do something I never thought I'd do willingly. I'm leaving WCC. I'll be leaving behind many good plots, many good characters, many good opportunities to give back to the community that basically kept me alive for the entirety of last year. WCC was all I cared about, and I put all my time and tears into my plots and my writing. I made many, many good friends here, learnt many things I otherwise would never have gotten the chance to learn, got my push to start persuing arts again, found my passion for writing, and how dedication works. The education...

When I left four or five months ago, I left with the intent to one day return once my grades improved. And so when that time came, and I opened WCC once more, I was shocked to see the huge amount of drama that suddenly erupted from seemingly nowhere. WCC's Staff Team has always had some issues, but this will be the first one I witness, and to say I am disappointed will not be enough. I can't believe such a simple problem-- bad feelings about another member, something was is part and parcel of everyday life for any able-bodied human being and even those not so able-bodied, thanks to the internet--...

Hey it's lemon. I've only recently rejoined WCC, but my hay-day was back in 2018-2021. I left for very similar reasons which have me leaving now, this time permanently.

Having been a member since 2018, I've seen the site go through some major changes. For one, the reskin, by our lovely sumashira (who has also stepped away from the site). The battle system, *looks at the spot where ripped used to be* and much more.

I have to say the site takes to change like oil does to water. Without fail, the reigning staff team is abhorrent to it, viewing it as a threat to their leadership,...

The recent events have in fully honesty left me feeling just really sad. I love all of my wcc friends so much.

To see all this come to what it has come to is hurting me probably way more than it should. I am likely going to take a bit of a break from WCC to just reset and kinda chill for a bit I guess. idk how long it will be for but yeah.

Please note, I do not harbor any ill will or bad feelings against anyone at all.

I feel friendship towards everyone on the site and maybe that is what hurts so much - is seeing what I consider to be friends actively hurting...

I know there have been a lot of questions surrounding why there had been a mass-leaving recently, a lot involving both HRs and members of the Staff Team so I would like to explain why I personally stepped down from my moderator position.

I will only be talking about my own experience and why I stepped down. No one else's. It may not feel nice to read and you may not like me for it afterwards, but that is the risk I am willing to take in trying to be heard and give my own side now that screenshots have been pushed out within the discord with no provided context. Not that I don't...

But lately it ain't real fun.

I've really enjoyed my time on WCC, and I'm so thankful to have met so many good friends, but I've already been struggling with muse, and current drama has completely killed any drive I have to continue to roleplay here. I hope that in the future, if things improve, I will return, so my account will remain active and I'll likely stay in the Discord, but as far as my characters...


Lichenwing was killed by the dogs while waiting near the SkyClan border.

Smokepetal...

This was made in a very rushed manner to be honest...

Following the events of the mass-leaving, I'm... not quite sure how I feel about everything. There's too much going on, both on-site and irl, and for now I think I just want some peace and quiet. I'll be taking a break from the main discord server but you can still reach me through DMs! I'll pop in every now and then in the main server, but I'll remain away from discussions of Staff team and what happened. I'll return to discord fully when I'm ready, I suppose.

Thank you all for understanding, and thanks for the many "happy...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JdflxcSIqQ71Vq_ymNSvOtD5aRLwOjzmanRA90FWG1U/edit?usp=sharing

WCC,

When I first joined, I saw a lot of potential in you. I wanted to participate. I wanted to help you become bigger and better. I got invested quickly and met amazing people here. To name a couple of folks I'll never forget: Ripped, downfive, Copper, midnee, KjSage, Speedy, ChaoticCrow, the Weepingwillow quintet, and I'm sure I'm missing others. You guys deserve better than this place, and I hope you realize that you were so important to me during my time here. I love you. KJ...

link in case this post gets deleted: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kC1VKrJg_A1jlH-K_-R6Uz9gC__B7TuZP9SKY0pbjvM/edit?usp=drivesdk

hey bros

i have enjoyed my time in WCC so much, and loves crafting stories with everyone. however, what I don't love is the behavior of current and past staff members. there's a lot of inappropriate behavior behind closed doors and i initially sent in a staff application because I wanted to help! some of you saw how that was received in the discord when Kitty was on staff. i hold no ill feelings against her and hope she is doing well, but it...

Love Letter to WCC

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The Good:

Hello loves.

When I first joined WCC back in December, not too long ago, I fell in love with the community. It’s small enough that it’s not overwhelming, kind of like a little family, and just big enough that it provides enough activity and varying styles of creativity from all roleplayers involved.

I was so excited that I invited my best friends, Kieer and Grohiik, to roleplay with us. I felt like they would enjoy...

hey all im sure you will hear shortly i have been demoted from staff. these past few months have been stressful, constantly feeling like i would be able to help in making changes that would benefit both the site and staff to alleviate daily stress. but with every two steps forward, it felt like two steps back. constantly sinking hours into stuff on the back-end and doing everything i could to work alongside the rest of the team. whatever i tried, it was not enough.

ive given holly full permission to share any chats, screenshots, or conversations in regards to this change. im willing...

hi all,

i was asked to post on kieer's behalf to inform you all that she will be inactive for a little while in the wake of dealing with medical issues. i wasnt given permission to share details but any good vibes or prayers im sure would help tremendously.

hey all! meant to post this earlier but things started ramping up now.

i am competing in regionals for pokemon tcg may 3rd - 5th. before and after i will be traveling, prepping, and afterwards unpacking and decompressing (hence the dates listed above).

in the meantime, before the event, ill have slower and spotty activity due to tons of time being spent practicing and preparing.

currently playing like 10 or so hours a week, plus 7 hours of organizing cards, prepping decks, etc... it sounds insane but im on the lax side lol!

all that said! please reach...

Hi WCC!

perhaps this is a bit short notice but up until thurs or fri i wasn’t sure if i was going to be going on this trip. Anyways! From today until June 4th my activity levels may drop as i’m visiting family overseas for the next 6 weeks. I’m still going to be involved as I can be, and if any topics need a reply urgently or I don’t get to them you are more than welcome to PM or ping me and i will get to them asap ! When i have wifi I will be posting as much as I can, ima miss being as active as i usually am

These last few days have been very turbulent for me. I was hoping that things could be resolved quickly, but life has been throwing me too many curveballs and I no longer know how long this messy situation is gonna take to sort out. That being said, i won't really be able to devote my time to wcc as i figure things out. I'll try to get some posts in here and there, but I'll be focusing on irl things for the time being. Holly has agreed to step up for me while I'm getting my ducks lined up. I'll update this post when things are more stable and I can focus on wcc again. I may pop into the discord...

I'll be around intermittently on Discord during this (though likely not on-site), but a friend is coming to visit and staying a few days + I'm going on a trip for the solar eclipse next week! That's going to take most of my time and attention while it's going on, so I'll be back in full swing once it's over. (To those of you in North America: check if you're in the path of totality, and make sure you have properly certified eclipse glasses if you're gonna look at the sun!)

(For ShadowClan-related inquiries in my absence, please contact Romantica or Flybot!)

Hey guys~

So, I'm going to be graduating from University here in less than 3 weeks. I've got quite a bit of pomp and circumstance to participate in as I'll be graduating with a 4.0/4.0 GPA, and I'm getting two degrees as a double major. All that to say: It's a bit hectic for me. Not to mention, whatever time I do have off, I've been fighting quite a few stress migraines because my meds aren't working right.

My activity is going to be quite low outside of staff duties, but I'll try and keep topics rolling. Things should pick up for me around the start of May!

I've been rather sick the past few days to the point of being half blinded by migraines and dealing with partial seizures. I'm going to be scarce these next few days to recoup before getting back into HR/Staff duties and posting. Thank you for your patience

As the title says, I have a school trip planned for 3 days, and during the trip I will have hardly any time to post or even check Discord. I apologise for anyone who is waiting on me for something, and if there's a post you need to have before I go on the trip please PM me ASAP. I'll try clearing all my topics before then

Hello everyone! I know my time here was short and I don't know most of you very well, but I wanted to thank you all for the time you gave to me as part of this forum! It was fun while it lasted, but I just don't think I'll ever be able to post on time and be active enough. I've got a bit of a hectic schedule that gets busier every day and oftentimes I'll forget I have topics to reply to! My first and only character, Rabbitpaw, will be no longer. Based on an inside joke with verychuu, I've decided Rabbit will be killed by a hawk and found in the forest on Skyclan territory! I apologize if this is...

I am posting this for my friend, krazyloaf because she didn't

As of yesterday Loaf has gone on vacation. She will be back either Saturday or Sunday. Idk this is just what she told me lol. So yeah. Idk what else to say.

How has y'alls days been?

this week has been draining as all get out due to a big upcoming event at work! my boss is working on it and assisting her has prevented me from being able to do most of my work. i have keep trying to push myself to post but im just not able the mental or physical state to do so rn so im going to officially break for a few days to recoup! chances are i will get time to post then but im not going to hold myself to anything and just post when is comfortable, so im back and ready to be around this weekend!

as always, dm for anything time sensitive and i will take care of it! and do not...

hey yall :)

so for the next 2 weeks ill probably be a little bit inactive, just because i’m having really bad burnout right now and i dont want to turn wcc into a chore or a job or a school assignment. wcc is supposed to be fun! so i just need to take like a really quick step back for just a moment to like “recalibrate” and then i’ll be back in business!

currently thymelight is in a topic in riverclan camp and windclan camp. for the purpose of trying to get out of soup, i’ll probably only be posting in those 2 topics for the next couple of weeks....

I'm sure some of you may have noticed my slow activity recently, and in truth I've been busy with preparations for something that I've waited a year(yes, a year) for and this day cannot go wrong, so unfortunatly WCC will have to take a lesser priority in my life for a week or so. I'll stick to HR duties and important topics until then, but be prepared for me to come back with hundreds of posts as soon as its over!!

Hi everyone,

I'm going to be away for a bit. On my way home from work today, I got the phone call my childhood dog of over 16 years passed away. I had her even back in South Dakota, when I wasn't even a teen. So her passing hit hard.


Love you bunches, Chocobo. Coconut. Coco. Chloe.

Hey everyone!!

I wanted to let everyone know that, in addition to my other activity notice here, in addition to my upcoming wedding and honeymoon, my fiance and I are in the process of buying our first house!! It is very exciting, and has been at the forefront of my mind. It has been taking a significant chunk of my time away from posting like I normally would.

So because of the combination of factors - the upcoming wedding, honeymoon and home buying - I will...

Hey everyone!

I've mentioned it on the Discord already, but I'm currently in the process of packing up for a big move. The move itself will be April 6th-7th, but this entire week leading up to it, I'll be less active than normal because there's a lot of boxes to pack and a lot of cleaning to be done around the apartment. I just figured that I would put this up officially so that everyone was aware. Normal activity coming once the move is complete!

Thanks all

hey guys!

i wanted to reach out and apologize for the inconsistency in my roleplay activity over the past couple of weeks. life had thrown a few curveballs my way, and i found myself juggling many, many commitments and priorities. some good, some bad!

unfortunately, it ended up in some neglect. i realized the time had gotten away from me when i checked my trello board and realized a few of my topics ended up timing out because they were battle-related... i should be all good now! i'll be sure from now on to make proper activity notices if i'm not going to be posting as consistently...

Remember my upcoming surgery? The one that was supposed to be this Friday? It just got moved to TOMORROW. I will be inactive for likely a few days starting TOMORROW.

I apologize for this being short notice, it was short notice for me too. I promise I’m not in any danger, I just really really really need to get rid of these stupid wisdom teeth.

I have underestimated the amount of time needed to train Flint every day following the new training course I bought. Its not that the lessons themselves are long, but a few things in particular are very demanding of my energy and a little hard on my soft lazy slug body. After walking, training and playing I have been tired and sore for the past few days (someone pray for my legs, standing up after sitting is agony). My belt needs to be another hole tighter already. o.O Anyway, Flint's projected "graduation date" is April 28th. There isn't much to share right now, but I might show a few things as...

Hey!! So, uh, I have a competition in four days(or really just three, since it's 10pm+ that i'm writing this), and I really want to do well! And naturally, that means putting WCC on the side for a little while I get this out of the way. Ceremonies will still be done on time, but don't expect much else from me. Wish me luck!!

hi everyone. my posts are gonna be really sporadic until further notice. might post a million times in one day, or maybe just once or twice a week.

just got some really bad family news relating to my sister and have to figure some things out. i really enjoy roleplaying here and hope it won't mess anything up - it's also just a nice escape from the rough irl stuff.

thanks :-)

edit: bumping this as my muse is a little dead at the moment and things have worsened with my sister's condition. its likely been noticed that I'm posting infrequently and I apologize for that....

Hey all! Just like with my HR survey results, I'll also be sharing the results of the recent Staff survey.

Starting off, I would like to say the results being shocking is an understatement. I held a lot of anxiety for this survey since I'm new to being on staff in the over 12 years I've been a part of WCC, and felt I wasn't the best I could have been given what little structure and guidance we currently have within the staff team to go off of. I know there are still times I make mistakes, and I am always willing to admit that the second they happen.

That being said, there...

So, the Staff Survey wrapped up a little while ago; and while it's a little late, I still wanted to address my responses!

Overall:

So this is… Not great, but still probably a marked improvement, honestly. If anyone’s holding my previous slip-ups against me here I can’t really say...

injured my thumb pretty badly via heavy metal door which has made it hard to do most things right now due to pain so it might take a few days before i can post. ill keep you all updated! as always let me know if there is anything time sensitive you need from me.

ill still be around as much as i can but messages might be short or full of typos due to only using one hand!

I will be having surgery on March 22 (iirc) so I may be inactive for a few days starting then. If you need help with ceremonies that weekend, please contact the other ThunderClan HRs. IC, Sageroot will be laid up in the med den with a nasty toothache that makes it painful to speak for the duration of my recovery.

Hello WCC!

Per tradition, I would like to address my Staff Survey Results. I always want to be transparent about the feedback I am receiving and shed some light upon things people might not see, or respond to areas that I need to improve on. First, each one of the graphs associated with my survey feedback can be found below. I will address each one individually.

Expectations as Mod Chart:

Hi guys~

I've been a bit away from the site because of Midterms (I'm a university senior and graduating in May), but they've gotten suddenly much harder because I've now also got pneumonia. I shouldn't need to much longer away since I'm now on meds to treat it, but I appreciate everybody's patience as I've had to take more time than I'd like to be able to reply.

My Discord and WCC PMs are open for whatever it is you may need! Again, thank you for being patient.

As my luck would have it, I managed to get injured right after getting promoted to deputy :P

I’m a bit brainfoggy right now so expect posts to be fewer and shorter until I recover. My duties as TC deputy are the priority, so you may see a bit less of Light, Sun, Blaze, and Bianca in the next few days.

Hello WCC!!

As many already know, I'm going to be getting married on May 10th and will have a honeymoon stretching through the 17th. It's safe to say that during that time I'll be taking some time away from WCC and Honeydew's duties as a deputy. I discussed this with KJ before being promoted, and I think it's best I get this leave of absence announced plenty in advance so everyone knows what to expect!! It's still a couple of months away but I'm sure it'll be here before we know it. When I come back I'll officially be a married woman!

I will be out of state for some family things, so I may not be available from 03/04 until 03/07! If anything takes longer, I will update here~ ty!

Hi everyone!

As you all know, staff always checks the comments and concerns form for feedback and wants to make sure that all of these concerns are heard and address when appropriate

There has been a submission expressing concerns with me being picked for staff, including worries about staff bias, and toxic culture. I asked to be the one to address this directly, since it is about me, and was a question that came up in my staff interview before I was added to the team.

I'd like to share my thoughts on both of the concerns, as they are something I have thought about...

After some major mental stess, I have decided to step down from adminship and take a break from discord for a bit. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me personally if you have questions. I'm sorry I couldn't be better for any of you. I'm sorry I can't say more. I will still be around.

Hi guys!

After months avoiding whatever virus and bugs have been flying around, I've been unable to escape this one. I'm a bit sick :( I don't know if it'll impact my posting too much, but just in case, here's my heads up!

I should feel better soon, but I want y'all to be aware.

I appear to have come down with a bout of whitecough lol

Expect less frequent posts