Club Adoption 2023!

May 24, 2023

Club Adoption 2023 Edition

Since July 26^th, 2017 EcchiDreams has included a feature called "Clubs," which allows users to create their own roleplays. Prior to that, our roleplays were primarily created by @Neptune, with only Platinum Dreamers having the ability to create their own. However, with the introduction of clubs, the number of roleplays on the site has significantly increased. These new clubs offer diverse and creative roleplaying experiences, distinct from the original offerings and each other.

One challenge we anticipated before introducing this feature was the possibility of club owners becoming inactive and the negative impact on the entire club. To address this issue, we devised a straightforward solution: Club Adoptions. If a club owner remains inactive for over a year and there are other active members in the club, the ownership would be offered up for adoption. This marks the first time we have implemented such an adoption system since introducing the clubs feature.

The current thinking is:

Anyone can adopt a club however:
- First priority - should the club owner return during this time and claim it back, is to the club owner, of course.
- Second priority go to leaders of the club.
- Third priority go to moderators of the club.
- Fourth priority go to all members of the club who were members before today (May 24^th, 2023)
- Then it's first come first served (Free for all).
  - If first, second, third and forth priority haven't put in an offer by August 1^st, 2023; then it will go to the first person who claimed it.
  - If forth priority haven't put in an offer by September 1^st, 2023; then it will go to the first person who claimed it.
  - If no one from the club puts in an offer then the club will go to whoever claims first.
You cannot adopt a club if you have no more slots available.
The clubs will be up for adoption for a period of 6 months from today (November 24^th, 2023). If they remain unclaimed after that, then they will be deleted, along with all their content.
What you do with the club afterwards is completely up-to-you (Within bounds of the Terms of Service, of course).

What classifies as inactivity:

If you own a club that has several members (Lets say more than 3) and you as an owner:

Have not been on EcchiDreams for more than 1 year (365 days)
Have deactivated your account and have not been on EcchiDreams for more than 1 year (365 days)
Have been perma-banned.

Then your club will go up for adoption as and when required. We made this very clear a few years ago, and we're now doing what we said we were going to do.

Once a club has been adopted, the ownership transfer is permanent. This means that if you, as the original owner, return after the adoption process and discover that your club is now in someone else's hands, you are not automatically entitled to reclaim ownership. While it is possible for the current owner to willingly transfer ownership back to you, they are not obligated to do so, and harassment on this matter will not be tolerated under Section 10 of the Terms of Service.