004. HOW DO I CREATE A GROUP?

[AUGUST !]

creation.
it takes a lot more than you might think.

step one. first of all, you need to prove yourself -- being a long-time member or a staff member would help, or committing yourself to many responsibilities and things like that. we just want to know and make sure that you're not going to make a group and then just leave. we also want to filter out people who don't deserve or won't take responsibility of this opportunity, because we only have a limited amount of space. the staff would like to see mature people who will be able to handle sorting through problems, literately and imagineatively writing out descriptions, and overall being totally epic. indeed, being in charge of a group and creating a group is quite challenging, almost to the extent or even to the extent of being a staff member! you must minimod your own board, help staff sort through your applications... the process takes a lot of effort, and it gives me, as administrator, even more work to handle. but it's all worth it, isn't it?

that's the first step. realizing that you're taking on a lot, and to appreciate the extra level everyone takes to have a great time! to stretch out your creativity in even more ways.

step two. now, to the second step, actually getting the permission and format to do so. obviously, you won't be able to create your own board and everything unless you're a staff member, and even then staff members are likely to ask me first anyways because they're so epically awesomesauce. plus, they have vip status, so c:. anyways, you may have noticed that there is an option to to "buy" your way there in the shop. as you can see, it's incredibly expensive, so either you won a ton of contests or you've been posting mad. well, yes, it does take a lot to purchase it, but it's worth it in the end, right? although there are ways to get around this. sometimes staff will pm you with a special "ticket." this ticket will be found in your account notes for all of staff to see and remember. you can use up this ticket at any time by pming me, the administrator, saying you'd like to create your group now. then comes step three.

step three. after pming me about it, i'll probably ask you and explain to you exactly what you're doing just now. it's a pretty serious business, actually, so i ask that you take it seriously and not goof off too much during the process or add some silly characteristics to your group's genetics. i'll send you a form for you to fill out. i ask that you copy the whole form and paste it into "code" tags so it's much easier for me. then i'll ask for you to give me the image/description to your new board and vuoila! that's pretty much it for your business in creation.

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now, that's just the part of creating your group; managing it is a whole different story. however, there's no need to worry about that until we discuss on how to do that when i go on and on in step three x3.

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