08 February 2016 @ 07:39 pm
No not that Maki-chan, this Maki-chan



In case it wasn't obvious hey it's Daisy!! This is Nishikino Maki from Love Live! It's about idols. Wow so surprising. Maki is a beautiful young high school student who comes from a very rich family so she's sort of on the spoiled side. She's very good with music and happens to play the piano. She is also a raging tsundere queen and she believes in Santa Claus. Please love her as much as I do. Her canon point is episode 10 of season two and she's been put in house 1461 with a bunch of gross boys. Save her, my fellow aidorus.
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02 February 2016 @ 05:18 pm
BLIZZARD

In a spur of mischief, Yukihina will cause a blizzard in all of Holly Heights. It will be sudden and anyone who wants to gets a free taste of what it's like to fly. They might not like the landing, though. Either way, it's going to last all night long and when it ends, the knee-deep snow is going to stay for just a while, and then melt and cause a small flood for a couple hours.

This will all take place from February 5th and February 6th.

Say your thanks to the original cause of the idea, Kuroo. Because Yukihina will give him all the credit when those who figure out that he's the culprit asks.




ICE SCULPTING PAGEANT CONTEST

During February, people will see flyers put up around town. They'll also get them in their mailbox. And maybe on their front door, if you're (un?)lucky.

What these flyers will tell everyone is that an ice sculpting contest will be held on February 29th at Holly Heights Ice Rink.

➜ They can sign up in any combination of one through three people, and if anyone tries to squirrel in a fourth or a fith or any more members, they'll be considered cheats.

➜ ICly, characters sign up through Yukihina, either by shooting him a message, or chucking a snowball in his face by talking to him face to face. Characters don't have to sign themselves up either, they can be signed up by someone else and get a surprise when they get dragged out on their date or by whichever kind of way and people who sign them up decide to drag them along by.

➜ People can make anything they want, so if your character wants to make a big turd? Go ahead. All ice blocks will be square, 2m by 2m, but if they want any particular measurements, they can tell Yukihina.

➜ They will have two hours to create their masterpieces, and if they're not done when the bell rings? Sucks for them, but their half-finished work will be up for harsh judgment.

➜ All cheaters gets to dangle from an ice pole courtesy of the organizer. And don't think he won't notice; ice is his territory. But they will also be required to help with the cleaning after the contest is done and over.

➜ There will be five judges, consisting of two guest judges (Landy & Tessa) and three player characters. It's a first come first served thing. Judges are not allowed to enter the competition.

➜ Characters are also free to volunteer, and then they will be in charge of food, drinks, cleaning (both after and during the contest), and any eventual medical assisstance. Volunteers may participate in the contest.

➜ There will be three prizes, one for first place, one for second, and one for third.

➜ All sign-ups have the deadline of the 25th, so you have some time to decide on groups and works.

➜ Sign up as a judge here.

➜ Sign up for the competition here.

➜ Sign up as a volunteer here.

➜ And ask any questions here.


 
 
31 January 2016 @ 10:18 pm
TO NOBODY'S SURPRISE... It's time for me and Aikuro to head on out of this game! It's been a very good run; nearly a year and a half since I have been in this game! But his voice is really fading and it's been tricky for me to get it back for some time now.
I was going to swap characters out but with the game closing in a few months I think it might just be best for me to pack my bags as well!

Thank you all for the wonderful time here!
I enjoyed playing your science teacher here. ;D

The DTR will go to Tsumugu! And Kondo can have his really awesome Batmobile-like car!
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31 January 2016 @ 07:21 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK ➜ JANUARY


If one of the following names are yours please either respond:

Here if your name shouldn't be on this list because you replied to the AC OR if you see the name of a player that has dropped OR you've hiatused (that isn't already noted); aka if you're exempt etc, etc. Refrain from commenting here unless your comment is in regards to the above. Remember a hiatus must be 7+ days for it to count.

➜ PLEASE DO NOT POST HERE TO SIMPLY TELL ME YOU POSTED YOUR AC.

The Activity Check if you haven't yet posted to it!


Here is the list:

January Activity Check Warning List )
 
 
28 January 2016 @ 10:34 pm
TENTATIVE DATE/TIME:
Saturday, February 13th at 1PM

SO EVEN WITH LIKE...11 OF US... National Pastime doesn't take reservations. So I plan to be around at like 12:30/12:45 to put our name in with the host so we don't have to wait 5 years for a table!

With a few months before HH comes to a close, this meetup would especially be nice to have... Day of you can hmu on plurk at [plurk.com profile] shutoku or you can ask for my ###... or comment to Kise's mailbox honestly lmao I look at my phone really often.

I'll be dressed as Marie from Splatoon that day so I'll be fairly easy to spot! I will also have a giant bag with Kise's face on it in case there are other Maries wandering around the same area.

So judging by my last post about this, there'll be about 10-12 people! Please let me know if you wanna come- even last minute since they don't do reservations anyway!
 
 
27 January 2016 @ 08:02 pm
Hey guys, it's Sonia and things have been really crazy for me over the last month. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'll be climbing out of the hiatus hole over the next few days but most of the back tags that I owe will most likely be dropped. I'm looking at what I have and seeing who I need to PP and hash things out with, hopefully I'll have that done this evening if things go the way that I plan.

Since I haven't had as much time to devote to things and not a lot of energy I've had to let Gamagoori go. If there are any loose ends that you want to tie up with him, please feel free to let me know. I'm sorry to his wonderful child that was left and the spouse that he never really got a chance to pal around with.

If there's anything you guys need me for, just let me know! I'm sorry for being mostly absent, but I still want to make the most of the time I have with you all!
 
 
27 January 2016 @ 06:30 am
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I have decided to let Takasu go home and intrude on Tatsumi's bathtub again, sorry, family and friends, there will be no more octoman around. Somebody please look after Mikuni and make sure he's not alone at the hair salon. If anyone wants to take over the salon, I can send you the html for the info post if you'd like to set up a new one.
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26 January 2016 @ 10:02 pm
ACTIVITY CHECK ➜ JANUARY

Activity Check will run through the last week of January. Activity can be from December 24th through January 31st. Please use activity posted before this week unless you are stretched and must use a proof from reserve week.

SOME NOTES ON AC

Here are a couple of not so crystal clear rules about what is and is not activity. It's never been strictly laid out like this before since it seems a little obvious, but just in case, here's what does and doesn't qualify for AC / tag count starting this AC:

➜ If you used a thread or post in a previous AC you may not use that thread/post again. In short terms, if I've seen it before, I do not want to see it again. Even if you tagged a post 100 more times, I want to see new proofs of activity. Not an old one with new stuff added on.

➜ With open logs, you may use more than one thread from the same log but they must have different characters in them. For example, from our recent island log, you may use an Island 08 thread and an Island 12 thread to make or combine for AC, but if in both threads you're threading with the same character, you can only choose one.

➜ Do not alter the form you are given to post AC with. This makes it so much easier for me to go through and for others/yourself if you need to reference them.

➜ Forms now have a place for a comment count. Please do not leave these off. Please use these to do the math for yourself. If you have a comment count of 3 and a comment count of 4 for post threads, these do not add up to 10 thus they do not count.

➜ Finally comment spams will only count for one comment. This is an example of what I mean. Kanata would only have one comment AC wise here even though he made five different comments.


Please provide one (1) proof of activity in one the following forms:

A post either on the network or the log community. A post counts if you have put it up and replied to comments on it as of when you post it. Please do not use a post with no replies from you as proof.

Network post comments equaling to 10. It can be a thread with 10 comments from you, three threads with 3+3+4 comments from you. Enough to equal 10.

Log post comments equaling to 5. It can be a thread with 5 comments from you, two threads with 3+2 comments from you, etc. Enough to equal 5.

Mailbox post comments equaling to 15. It can be a thread with 15 comments from you, two threads with 9+6 comments from you, etc. Enough to equal 15.


You are exempt from the activity check if you:

Posted any hiatus during December 24th through January 31st that lasted a week or more. There isn't a need to comment here if so, but if you'd like to pop in and say something OR if you have enough to post to AC anyway, feel free. Also, if you discuss a hiatus with me personally, it always helps to post it somewhere anyways just so I don't overlook it.

Post with a strike. Simply reply with the form but instead of dates and links, put STRIKE. This is for those that wish to continue playing but don't have enough activity to make it this month. If you ask for a strike the next month, you will be removed from the game. If you make AC the next month, then your strike will be negated. If you take a strike and then hiatus the next month, your strike will roll over with you whenever you are next active.


Please do not post AC for others without their express permission. If someone would like to idle out by not responding to the AC, then that is their own business, and not the place of others to show activity for them.

Do not post activity until it is complete. You have a week to complete activity, so don't dilly dally! Please fill out the following form for each character you have. Feel free to put multiple characters in one comment. You have until the beginning of the new month to post, then you will be removed from the game. There will be no exceptions.

NEW Because the game is not as big as it used to be and has slowed down in speed and character turnover, we'll be doing an AC for a while that only requires one proof. Based on the ability to complete this and if the game's temperature changes, this may be edited but for now it will remain one proof of AC for everyone. This goes for everyone.

AC FORM
 
 
24 January 2016 @ 05:42 pm
Hey Hollies! Before getting into the beef of this post I'm going to say that I don't want this to feel like the year is starting off negatively, because to me it's not! While I know the news contained within this post will be upsetting to some of you, I'm sorry and want you to know that this isn't something that I thought on lightly and it’s been considered by me since mid-2015.

To be short and sweet, Holly Heights is finally coming to a close. The non tl;dr version is this: Holly Heights will end on May 1st, the same day it opened 4 years ago. In my opinion four years is a pretty good run for a game that I didn't think would last a couple months, let alone be one of the longest running DW startup games so far. Not many games that came about right after the DW move are still standing, and I'm proud of that! Not because of my accomplishments, but because of the players who joined and kept it running. It's true that HH has had ups and downs of many kinds, but we've stood strong and we deserve to go out strong.

A question I might be asked is "Why not hand the game over to someone else?" I think it's best to shut the game down when it feels right. There's nothing worse than watching a game struggle to survive and try to keep going even though everyone knows it’s time to let it go, and to me that's what I DON'T want for HH. This is a final decision; please do not create volatile discourse about how this is stupid, how dare you, etc. Let's let HH end on a high note!

As an addendum, this was not a game that I wanted to last forever. While HH has never had a very solid plot, what is there and the plot ideas I do have aren't things that were designed to last for six years, eight years, ten years. Four is a pretty neat number to wrap things up on. Considering my own personal situations, the temperature of RP at the moment, and the general reasons listed above, four years feels like a great place to wrap it up without it just stopping abruptly or drawing it out so long it doesn't even feel like the game is closing.

For a more IC explanation, a few big things will happen throughout the months until it's time for the game to be finally over. A valid criticism would be it feels like the more IC ending things are being a little rushed, and I would be inclined to agree! Inserting plot elements into the game was never my strong suit, but HH was never meant to be a game that was very plot heavy to begin with. It was a simple premise built on a simple idea, so don't expect some plot heavy ending. Just so you're aware!

In terms of characters finding out, an IC announcement will be given, but the date is TBA for now.

Apps will still be running through February. When March starts, app cycles will cease and applications can be submitted at any time. Anyone previously in the game who wants to come back for the ending can reply to a different post, state the characters they want to bring back, and they'll be automatically accepted. The only reason there will be an application process at all is to make sure no riff raff, banned players, and the usual unacceptable applications are still being processed and gone over and handled accordingly. AC will run at the same pace: it will be full AC in February, a check in in in March, and no AC in April.

Remember that the game is officially ending May 1st so plot threads you want to wrap up should be done by that date. If you have long, overarching plots that you wanted to handle that can't be done by May, I'm extremely sorry. I do think, though, that 3 1/2 months give or take is ample time to plan in a game where there's not many high stakes-anythings going on.

I DO, however, want to help people out in terms of any plots they want to get going in time for the game to close in May. February will be the traditional Valentine’s event, just so you know, but March and April are pretty open in terms of effect events and etc. I don’t mind, also, more player-exclusive events a la the LL going out with a bang. Whatever you think you might need to get your development off the ground, we can talk it out and I’ll be more than willing to do that for you. Message me at any time and I'll do all I can for you!

More personally, I love HH a lot. As lackadaisical as I can seem sometimes, HH IS something that I’m proud of and it makes me happy. I’m glad that so many people have enjoyed it off and on for so long, and I hope we can enjoy it the last months it’s around. HH has been what keeps me going sometimes, and I’m thankful to it and the players for making it special to me. You’re incredible and mean a lot to me, both past and present. I appreciate anyone and everyone who was willing to app into my silly little game.

Let’s enjoy the time we have left together, everyone. ❤ We can go out with a bang!

AN ADDITIONAL NOTE Reserves WILL be open tonight still and the app cycle will remain the same for this period. AC will still go up tomorrow! I do apologize to those who had plans for apping to the game who would rather not at this news. Those still interested, though, are welcome to take part in the game still!
 
 
22 January 2016 @ 03:17 pm
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 so, the time has come. It Is Here. with the way work is, i have near negative time to do what i need to, much less what i want to. so milly and the angry furball are going home (hopefully not forever, though!) all of beast's belongings go to kotori, and sayaka, natsuru, nitori, kondo, and aikuro can split all of milly's things. the club is up for grabs, but will likely just. close. if anyone wants it, hit me up.

thank you all so much for a lovely run. i've enjoyed every second that i've been in holly heights and i seriously hope that at the end of the school year, i can come back. you guys are the best. 

if anyone would like to add me on plurk, i'm at [plurk.com profile] pontaneous 

so long, and thanks for all the fish. <3

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22 January 2016 @ 12:39 am
- Post your answer to a daily riddle with both the day AND the team name in the subject line. I'll be responding daily to tell you if you are correct or not.
- You only need to know the name of the location. I will respond to correct answers with the specific location information in the response.
- Wrong answers will also be responded to telling teams as such.

Happy guessing!
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18 January 2016 @ 12:31 pm
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It's been a good nearly two years for Ayame here, but she's going back home now. Back to murdering zombies and a life that she hates, sorry girl. I'll still be around with my other children though, so you're not rid of me.
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14 January 2016 @ 09:17 pm
NOTES


➜ Sorry this is a little late; work has been one crisis after another this week. The calendar will reflect the adjusted event and post days.

➜ For Christmas Secret Santa people, those who sent out their gifts will receive a nice prize package: 5,000 dollars, a tablet set up with the HH network and apps compatible with the HH network (you have creative freedom here), and a luxury good basket including meats, cheeses, and sweets.

➜ I noticed a little too late that the Secret Santa list didn't reflect dropped characters. If you were supposed to send a gift to a dropped character, your character gets the prize automatically.

THE SCAVENGE BEGINS

January is starting off the right way! As a team building exercise, the Landlord has set up a fun little treasure hunt for everyone,

➜ For this scavenger hunt you'll already know the items you'll be collecting: five glass jars containing a butterfly. The thing you'll have to figure out is where the jars are hidden. There will be at least one jar in each district.

➜ In order to make things a little easier and to stop you all from just wandering aimlessly, a list of five riddles will be afforded to everyone, describing a location in which the jars are hidden.

➜ In the middle of the town square in the housing district is a new feature: a dias about four feet tall with five pedestals on the top. These are for the jars that you'll be tasked to find. Upon putting a jar on the pedestal, it will be sucked back into the dias and a large compartment will open up revealing your prize for finding all five jars and thusly solving your five riddles.

➜ Now I know what you're thinking. I have a character who may not be able to figure out these riddles! That's why you can scavenge in teams! The biggest a team can be is four people. In the spirit of friendly cooperation, all teams will be randomized to four people with a team of leftovers. If one person is left after everyone is divided, there will be two teams of three.

➜ However many people are on your team, that's how many prizes will be in the compartment.

➜ Teams will be determined by sign up. This thread below will be team sign ups. Simply reply to the thread with your characters name in the subject. Teams will have names and teams that figure out all five riddles and retrieve the prize will be announced on the network.

➜ And what about those riddles? Those will be posted on a log. And how will you know if you're right? There will be a screened post stickied to the OOC community. When you and your teammates think you've discovered the answers to the riddles, comment with them there and you'll be told whether you're right or not. Don't worry, the riddles won't be too difficult.

➜ Now while I can't police and completely watch what goes on on Plurk, AIM, etc, I will request that you only share confirmed answers with your teammates. Giving hints yourself to other players is fine, but half the fun is trying to figure the riddles out on your own and amongst your team! ICly though, hints can be given to anyone at any time! And while no one can truly police IC answer sharing, there is a clause on the letter characters will receive in regards to this event saying that if you do, your prize will be negated. And possibly turned into a beehive.

➜ At the start of each riddle day, teams will be brought to a centralized location. They'll be given a slip with teammates and instructions. As a bonus incentive, hunters will be warned of a potential punishment if the jars are not found.

➜ Each jar will also have a rolled up scrap of paper. It's the players who decide whether or not they open the jar, release the butterfly and read what's inside. The note's message will be posted on each log top level.

➜ A log and plotting post will be posted for this event. When will this happen? ! It'll be on the 19th, as well as a list of the teams. You can continue signing up UNTIL THIS POST GOES UP. Riddles will be put up every other day afterwards.

➜ As always, questions can be put here!
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09 January 2016 @ 05:09 pm
Hello, HH! My name is Jada ([plurk.com profile] dajra) and I'm new here to this game! Right now, I'm bringing in Ruby from a manga called Pokemon Adventures/Pokemon Special! It's based on the games with more real life consequences and real life murder! Err, in a way.

Regardless, Ruby is a young boy from Hoenn, who instead of the typical Pokemon fare of wanting to battle other trainers to become the very best...wants to focus on obtaining beautiful Pokemon and compete in Pokemon Contests. After all, battling is gross and barbaric and you'd get sweaty and who the heck wants that? Though he's got other sides to him, the main side is obsessed with beauty and a condescending, ego-centric little shit, so I'm looking forward to inflicting him on this game!



He'll be living in #1468 in a child spot, so I look forward to playing with everyone!
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09 January 2016 @ 05:13 pm
And now for my next trick, posting to the right comm! It took a wrong turn, got lost, and a little fairy helped it find it's way a day later. A journey of great mystery and amazement. Ah.

Hello hello I currently play that badminton anpan dude Yamazaki and I went back in time and apped a character from Fruits Basket! He's Hatsuharu Sohma and he's the most chill and cool person your character(s) will meet.

He's in the child slot of 1470 even though his white hair makes people think he's an old man. And being that he acts older than his age, that confuses people as well. As I said, he's really chill, but god forbid he snaps, as he becomes horribly violent. That, however, is very rare anymore from the timeline I took him, so that is not likely to ever happen naturally here! In canon he transforms into a cow when he is hugged by the opposite sex, but he is FREE from that curse here!! He'll be glad when he finds out, ahaha! So come on girls, hug him freely!

He also gets lost easily so sometimes he might disappear for days. I totally had this on there earlier. Totally.
 
 
09 January 2016 @ 07:30 pm
Hi hi Holly Heights!! My name is Shizu and I was here once upon a time with a sport.....very briefly. Anyway.

I've returned bringing one Mari Maya from Samurai Flamenco to the neighborhood to make sure it's SUPER SAFE. By day, Mari is the leader and main singer....and lyrics writer...and everything... of a famous idol trio in her city known as Mineral★Miracle★Muse. However watch out, because by night she's a masked vigilante known as Flamenco Diamond!!! Mari herself is a cheerful and energetic girl who's assertive with her actions. ...That is until things don't go her way, then she turns into the most selfish, most arrogant, most overbearing person ever lived, ah. idk how to describe her, she's just terrible all along. her app consists of bad trait bad trait bad trait kinda good trait??? bad trait... if u ask why is she a vigilante?? she's a closet tokusatsu nerd. ok.



Mari's series itself tells about a socially inept nerd who becomes a masked vigilante a la Kick Ass. As you can see, I'm not the best person to describe things.. ruining this intro already. Anyway, Mari will be taken from the middle of episode 9, and she will be filling the spouse slot in house #1443!!! Pls be careful cause she's a self-admitted do-S and literally kicks balls and also has a uniform fetish. I'm so sorry for her beforehand why do I rp her........


My plurk is over at [plurk.com profile] cascoon and feel free to add, but I barely update it anyway so PM works just as fine for plotting purpose. Nice to meet you all!!!
 
 
08 January 2016 @ 09:03 pm
Hello Holly Heights! Iyo here (playing Kuramochi [personal profile] basesteal) bringing in another baseball...!

I am bringing in Takeshi Yamamoto from Katekyo Hitman Reborn! ...that one series where the kids are all in middle school but they don't act like it. He's a baseball idiot in the series who's kind of an airhead and thinks the mafia stuff is just a roleplaying game... and smiles a lot.

His canon point is post series, so all the things in the manga happened!



I can't get away from baseball hell

He's at house #1482 filling in the other kid spot!

As for ooc stuff, feel free to add me over at [plurk.com profile] karasalis at plurk!
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08 January 2016 @ 04:49 pm
 
Hello, Holly Heights!

I'm Poe and I'm bringing Mafuyu Kurosaki from Oresama Teacher into HH! She's an eccentric, ridiculous girl who used to be the leader of a gang of delinquents, but she's kinda dumb and didn't realize this until after she got suspended for fighting and transferred schools.

Her canon is all about friendship and occasionally dressing up as a superhero and boy to save her bff from getting his ass kicked. She loves fighting, but loves nakama more so if you so much as say "hello" to her in a friendly manner she'll think you're her friend. You've been warned.

She'll be living in 1443 (prepare yourselves, neighbors 8)) she screams a lot)

If you like, you can add me on plurk too and that's it! I'm excited to play with ya'll! ( ˊᵕˋ )
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08 January 2016 @ 06:12 pm
HEY HOLLY HEIGHTS! My name is Nami and I'm fresh meat.

I'll be bringing you Arianna De Caledonia from Etrian Odyssey 2 untold. It's a dungeon crawler type game for the 3ds!  Arianna basically spends her entire time rolling in forests and ruins. 

Sounds fun right?  Anyways, Arianna's as sweet as cinnamon but she speaks like an old fashioned formal person. She'll probably be addressing your characters with "sir" or "dame" in some way. 

Did I mention she'll be staying house 1457? YEAH!! Arianna will be a wife here because she's 18.

You're welcome to add me on plurk [plurk.com profile] harmonicskies  for plotting purposes. I look forward to playing with you all!


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08 January 2016 @ 04:02 pm

yo what up holly? linlin (oikawa/aomine/arakita-mun) here with character no. 4!!! AND THIS TIME IT'S NOT A SPORTS CHARACTER THIS TIME???? for once. but yes okay this is jean kirstein from attack on titan. aka that one series where the main character literally yells about TITANS and how much he WANTS TO KILL ALL THE TITANS in every episode. he's pretty honest and doesn't really cut corners when it comes to most things. thankfully tho he's much less of an arrogant asshole now after going through some extreme man pain a handful of chapters ago. he's taken from the very end of chapter 58 SO YEAH. (hi i'm horrible)

as far as game stuff goes he's in 1461!! whoop whoop
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