WARNING: Reference hoarding and potential character checks coming
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:06 pm
It's come to the mod team's attention that a few users have been claiming too much references. Note - if this is regarding original art or original characters, this is not talking about you. You actually own the characters.
As per references (be they from any sort of media or random pics you found online), several users have been, what's been dubbed, reference hoarding, with characters made around said reference by users with too many characters to count already. If you have enough free time to RP as all of them, that is not a problem.
However, down the line, this might pose a problem if a new person wants to use a character, and it's already been claimed by someone who is not using a character. While difficult to execute, eventually, a plan will be put into place to check the activity of all reference based characters, and their activity. Those with little to no activity after at least a month since creation will be discussed with the owner to either drop the character, or put a plan into motion to use them.
Thank you for your attention.
As per references (be they from any sort of media or random pics you found online), several users have been, what's been dubbed, reference hoarding, with characters made around said reference by users with too many characters to count already. If you have enough free time to RP as all of them, that is not a problem.
However, down the line, this might pose a problem if a new person wants to use a character, and it's already been claimed by someone who is not using a character. While difficult to execute, eventually, a plan will be put into place to check the activity of all reference based characters, and their activity. Those with little to no activity after at least a month since creation will be discussed with the owner to either drop the character, or put a plan into motion to use them.
Thank you for your attention.