THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN
Today is the grand opening of the game, and it's going very swimmingly! I can say it until I turn blue in the face, but I want to thank everyone for reserving, applying, asking questions, and supporting this game. It's having an excellent turn out because of all of you and it's extremely beautiful.

FYI, if you haven't stopped by yet, go intro on the log! Now that the log is up, the game is officially open and everyone is free to post individual posts and logs of their own volition.

ATP
As we all know, or maybe you will now, App This Plz is happening on May 5th. Now, the game is new, but that isn't stopping any of you from enabling, enabling, enabling. There will be an ad posted in the new game thread, but I'd also love it if you could give me some insight on some wanted characters you might have, be they canon mates or just people you'd love to see in the setting, so I can make a wanted comment as well. Everyone also is free to make their own wanted canon-specific comments to ATP if you are so inclined.

APP CYCLE
Because the game had such a good turn out from the start, the application cycle will start sooner than expected! The plan as of right now is for apps and reserves to run through May, but then close reserves off when June 1st hits with apps open from the 1st - 8th. This cycle would then run on a month to month basis, just to keep in check with scheduling and the month calendar. BUT this is of course just a plan. Any comments on the matter would be completely welcome.

THE KITCHEN SINK
Though this month is opening month, that doesn't mean it's without holidays and happenings! Mother's Day falls on the 13th of this month and then a little event running from the 18th through the 21st, but more details on those at a later date.

Every 3rd Saturday of the month there will be an interchanging HMD/Love meme for the game. Anon will be off as well as IP logging, but neither of these are mandatory and will stay locked for your security. For the HMD meme, you may link to your own HMD if you don't wish to fall under the IP/Anon constraints. For May 19th, because the game will still be getting into the swing of things, the cycle will start with a Love meme to bring in encouragement and all that other mushy gushy stuff everyone knows and loves. Once everyone has seen strong examples of how each other plays, a HMD meme will happen on June 16th. More detailed rules will be posted on the actual memes themselves, but expect the normal common sense, tl;dr mumbo jumbo as per usual.

These will be posted in the meme community, as well as any other IC memes you'd like to throw out. Feel free to post whatever, whenever, but remember that they shouldn't have IC consequences unless they are relevant to plotting. Any other moderated memes you'd like to see? Please feel free to comment with any requests or opinions on anything related to them, or anything else in the post!