Hello all.

The Admin team would like to express our gratitude with your patience and understanding during this time period. As many of you will have seen, Tamme is no longer listed as an administrator of this site: She has made the decision to leave based on the poor attitude and selfishness of this community. I won't put words in her mouth, but let me just say that you have no idea how much work Tamme put into this community, and it was abused and taken for granted.

During this temporary break, I would like each and everyone of you to think about your words and behaviours over the past few months. Your cbox comments, PM's, notes on the comment board, and Skype chats; are they conducive to a welcoming and enjoyable community? Based on the comments I have seen on the boards and the notes received in the past few days, my concern is that a few of you do not think you are, or have, contributed to the problem. But you have. What our current goal is, is to restore Helovia to an enjoyable OOC DRAMA FREE environment. One that Tamme can return to. If this is not a goal that you would like to help us meet, I kindly ask you to remove yourself from this site.

I would like to say that again. Tamme created something amazing here - we all know that. We are not looking to change that - instead, we are simply hoping to get Helovia back on the right track, so that this is a place that Tamme wants to return to.

For those of you who will stay, and want to help Helovia recover, the admin team requests the following:

#1. Negativity will no longer be tolerated in any form. This includes comments in the cbox and OOC boards. Anyone treating others disrespectfully will receive an official warning. Three warnings, and you will be suspended.

#2. Do not handle site-related issues yourself. If you see someone being rude, an inappropriate post, someone breaking the rules in any way, click the report button, or PM the Admin's, or the Official account. A lot of the tension that has happened recently seems to stem from people coming across as 'bossy', as 'taking sides', or trying to enforce something. That is our job, not yours. Anyone doing this will receive an official warning. This does not extend to helping other members who have questions about the site, rules, etc,.

#3. The comments board has been disabled. If you have questions or comments, please PM the Official account, or any of the administrators. Please know, that this information is shared freely between us. The comments board has turned into a place of negativity, and entitlement. What I think has become unclear, is that even if you have a good idea or suggestion, and have support, that does not automatically mean it will be implemented. This is for a few reasons, the largest of which is that we are busy! We all have lives here, and administrating Helovia takes a large chunk of our time. Instead of making false promises, we keep a list of updates/changes we would like to make (many of which you have suggested).

#4 The plot will continue. The Admin team have spent countless hours working out the details of the plot, and it will continue as planned.

We are only going to achieve this goal as a group. We are committed, and we hope that you are as well.

Best,
The Admin Team.