With the chaos of the New Year, staff have decided to do the yearly choice awards around our anniversary! This time we will be focusing on the years of 2022 and 2023, acknowledging both due to missing a previous choice awards. Truly, it's been quite the ride. I hope everyone enjoys our third (and fourth!) annual choice awards. Per usual, Make sure to read the rules and vote carefully. Winners will get a special set of badges created by [member=3043]teef[/member] ! Good luck everyone!


Rules
— You may only vote for yourself once.
— Do not coerce friends to vote. You will be disqualified and so will they.
— Any cheating will be disqualified.
— Only vote on your main account, no subaccounts.
—  You do not need to vote for every category.
— Do not post an empty form with no answers. It'll prevent spam and make it easier to count votes.

IC (in character) Categories
— Best leader
— Best couple
— Best villain
— Most well-known character
— Best character
— Best plot
— Best group

OOC (out of character) Categories
— Best artist
— Best writer
— Best plot-maker
— Most helpful staff member
— Most helpful non-staff member
— Funniest member

Form

So this is a chat to talk about any and everything so I'll start by listing my interests!

Interests - I listed no one then 11 in each spot!
1. Anime
        A. Naruto
        B. My Hero Academia
        C. Demon Slayer
        D. Bleach
        E. Code Geass
        F. Haikyuu
        G. Food Wars
        H. Blue Exorcist
        I. Vampire Knight
        J. Red Data Girl
        K. Mobile Suit: Gundam 00

2. Music
        A. Country
        B. Rock
        C. 80s Rock
        D. 80s Country
        E. Jpop
        F. Kpop
        G. Pop
        H. Rap

3. Television Shows/Cartoons
        A. Downton Abbey
        B. Young Justice
        C. Motherland Fort Salem
        D. Futurama
        E. Chowder
        F. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
        G. Billy and Mandy
        H. Supergirl
        I. The Flash
        J. The Simpsons
        K. Horseland
        L. Winx Club

4. Movies
        A. Scary Godmother 1&2
        B. Millennium Actress (sub)
        C. Naruto Shippuden Movie 1-7
        D. The Hunger Games Movies 1-4
        E. Divergent Movies 1-3
        F. Fast and Furious Movies 1-9
        G. End Game and Infinity War
        H. Spiderman (Most Toby Maguire's)
        I. Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
        J. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride

5. Books
        A. Warrior Cats
        B. Maximum Ride
        C. Ugly Series
        D. Divergent Series
        E. The Hunger Games Series
        F. The Outsiders

Heyo! Let's play a classic forum game... Just keep counting. That's it. Literally just that.

I'll change the title's goal as we reach them. <3

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So this has been a long time coming, but I think it's time for me to relax a bit and take a minor 'break.' This has been in my drafts for awhile now... Seems like it's a good time to do so. With a lot of things happening IRL, I've been meaning to take one for awhile, but haven't had the chance to properly establish the time or place to do so. Things have been slowing down, and although it is my job to keep up the pace occasionally, I'd like to take this time to settle down for once and relax for my own mental health.

Roleplay is my passion. One of the finest hobbies I have, but truly, I am feeling drained. I feel comfortable roleplaying on Beasts of Beyond, but I am without muse due to things going on in life and I need time to rejuvenate. Truly, I do not want to force myself to post. Instead posts should come naturally and with muse that drives me to continue. Lately, that has not been the case. I will note that I have been exploring out of my comfort zone with roleplay too and lately I've been feeling a lot more comfortable on BoB with how things are progressing, thankfully. All I ask for is time. Then I will be back on my feet.

Along with this, I've acquired a new job. Not only this, but I have another offer upcoming and college. So I will most likely be juggling two jobs on top of my education. Overall, I am going to be busy. Before then, I want some time to prepare and set everything in order. Plus, with the pandemic, I have not been able to get out and be myself... This seems like the perfect time to get out and potentially come out.

When I say 'break,' I don't necessarily mean a full-on break. In my three years, almost four (which seems crazy :0), being the owner of Beasts of Beyond, I have never stepped away for a proper break. What I mean is that while I won't be on-site often to post, I will still be available for staff duties and messages behind the scenes. That's generally expected. Things such as monthly meetings, headers, events, etc, will all be scheduled per usual.

I do not know how long this break will last, but it does not mean I'm gone. I'll basically be taking a step back for a bit and letting things take it's course without much interference, whether that be good or bad.

Come on everybody, let's play a game. And no, I don't mean this name game. Although, let's be honest, it is a bop! Instead, let's do some classic Warriors name game for some fun.

For example:
Person #1: Sportyspice
Person #2: Spicepepper
Person #3: Pepperplant
and then so on!

I'll go first...

Lostsoul

Shoutout to all the dads today, OOCly and ICly. Happy Father’s Day, y’all! I hope to see some of you celebrating on-site and off-site… maybe even some angsty posts for characters too. (wink wink, nudge nudge)

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