some questions for those who admin.

getting to the comments later tonight. been very busy and very ill.

i'm no longer around admining/roleplaying here that much anymore, but this piqued my interest to answer!

I see you got your questions answered. If ever you are going to make an rp make sure an admin is active. Yourself or your co-admin. I said this base on my observation, rp tends to die when there's no active admin.

do you admin alone or with others usually?
- usually by myself!

how often do you admin alone versus with others?
- sometimes i start out alone then i ask people i know if they'd like to admin with me

are the other admins usually your friends or people you don't know as well?
- friends! i feel like it's more comfortable and not too awkward in asking them to do things for you c':

do you prefer to admin alone or with others?
- i dont mind either!

are you usually main admin or a co-admin?
- main admin

what is your approach to being admin when doing so with others? by this, i mean things like do you like to work as a unit, or do you like to spearhead things and then have the other admins follow you?
- i try to assign co-admins to different tasks. like maybe one will create rooms or one will add and reserve characters. it would be nice to work as a unit but i understand people do get busy so i just do it myself if i catch it first.


what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin solo?
- i am.. so slow. i would like to be around in the chats to interact with everyone in different times of the day but having a 9-5 job makes it a bit hard. especially advertising! personally, i hate asking people do it for me so i try to do it. but again, it's kinda hard to find time to do it.

what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin with others?
- sometimes i dont communicate well and some tasks overlap with others. like if a new person applies and i already put their character in and i dont tell my co-admins.

do you genuinely like being an admin?
i do! i think what keeps me going is to create a nice and chill get-together place for people to enjoy. it makes me happy seeing people interact with each other in the roleplay i made. it's very rewarding in a way.

* do you admin alone or with others usually?
50-50 for me

* how often do you admin alone versus with others?
Same answer as above

* are the other admins usually your friends or people you don't know as well?
If I’m adminning, at the very least I try to make sure that they’re people that I’ve interacted with in a positive way; I don’t ask total strange or people that I’ve had strained relations with(rare but it happens)

* do you prefer to admin alone or with others?
Alone but I have an answer that relates to this in shortcoming

* are you usually main admin or a co-admin?
I think it’s been about 50-50 for me ngl

* what is your approach to being admin when doing so with others?
* by this, i mean things like do you like to work as a unit, or do you like to spearhead things and then have the other admins follow you?
I like to work as unit; in the past I’ve dedicated specific tasks to admins(including myself) and then given blanket ‘we all do this’ to make sure things don’t get overwhelming

* what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin solo?
I have discovered I can’t really separate admin w/ activity, I subconsciously equate them as the same thing so that means that if I’ve come home from a day at work, spend an hour on admin duties, then my brain equals that as being active so then I don’t do replies, etc. then it’s rinse and repeat and i lose muse because I haven’t /actually/ roleplayed anything.

* what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin with others?
I think that unless ur good friends with ur co ad, it can be stressful on them to figure what it is you can and can’t do. It’s all well and good for me, as a HA, to say ‘yep, you can do this, this and this’ but what if ‘this’ ends up being a bit more in-depth or tricky to resolve? It needs a HA to work with but HA isn’t around? How far can I can I make the call as a co-admin without much knowledge? I think things like that can be a struggle so I’m sympathetic to admin teams who aren’t may not be ‘friends-friends’ but are trying their best

* do you genuinely like being an admin?
I love being an admin but I struggle with the aforementioned issue so rn; I don’t really admin more then 1-2 things at a time.

- do you admin alone or with others usually?
answer : usually admin with others (if the rp takes off)
- how often do you admin alone versus with others?
answer : not usually. i always try to have at /least/ one other admin to help out
- are the other admins usually your friends or people you don't know as well?
answer : people i know bc i trust them more.
- do you prefer to admin alone or with others?
answer : with others
- are you usually main admin or a co-admin?
answer : i have been main admin more times than co-admin
- what is your approach to being admin when doing so with others?
answer : as a unit? not entirely sure bc when i'm an admin i always try to get to things as fast as possible? which is probably my downfall bc the other admins are there to /help/.
- what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin solo?
answer : all the stress/responsibility is on your shoulders and you dont really have anyone to turn to to get second opinions or thoughts about certain things. plus, i get mentally exhausted super quickly when being main admin :') aannd i'm always in work mode which makes it that much harder to actually step back and take a breather when needed.
- what are some personal shortcomings you constantly find when it comes to being an admin with others?
answer : not everyone always being on the same page. bc two of the admins could agree with an idea and another would disagree on it- so it makes coming to a solid conclusion difficult bc you'll ultimately cater to one group and not the other. hard to find middle ground at times.
- do you genuinely like being an admin?
answer : being an admin is enjoyable until it's no longer enjoyable. drama and other factors play a big part of that. and i find it difficult to enjoy my own rps when the work load/stress out weighs the fun you have with the people within the rp. which leads to one of my previous points, ultimately becoming too mentally exhausted to continue running a place you worked so hard to build up.

ADDING TO THIS, even if being admin exhausts me to the point of shutting down my rps, i will never NOT be grateful for the people who joined and made the time enjoyable for myself and others. i usually always meet some really good people whenever i admin, so i never want anyone to think they're a burden bc my mental state is in shambles over something as simple as being an admin to an rp. it's a personal issue, i am aware of that, so anyone who has EVER been in rps- i would hope they know that i am not blaming them for how things end up (me closing the rp when it's still thriving).