Skype Contacts!

10/10/15 - Updated some of the rules!

Hi guys! Just wanted to inform some of our newer members that many of us hang out on Skype in a master chatroom area. You're all welcome to it! There are some things to note, however.

This is not an official chat associated with the group as it stands here on DeviantART- We originally had a semi-official chat that was disbanded, and I took over the task of re-grouping everyone into a new chat. All it is now is us members of Hetherev left over from the last chat more or less. This is going to be largely unofficial, but a way for you to get involved with other members of this group!

Drama mongers will be asked to leave/be kicked from the chat- We do not tolerate intentionally hurting other people. We understand scuttles happen, thats just a thing that happens, but theres a difference between accidentally offending somebody and doing it to spite them. The latter will not be tolerated, so please be mature.

Sometimes there is mild nsfw discussion- Minors are allowed in the chat, but be warned that sometimes adult discussions show up. Participate at your own risk, if you are truly uncomfortable with the conversation, you're welcome to ask for a change of subject! We will move the conversation to a different chat. Alternatively you can just duck out until the conversation is over. However, we usually talk about this stuff in a joking manner, not with vulgar or offensive intent.

EDIT: MAY 14, 2014-  I have to ask that all current members of the chat keep the nsfw discussion on the downlow. We have a lot of new people rolling in and I've been contacted saying that some people are uncomfortable with the amount of this type discussion going on. If you are going to talk about this kind of content, please keep it on downlow or bring it into a private conversation. Thank you!

If you feel left out, speak up!- Many of us have known each other for years, we even call each other by name. We don't want to exclude you, we're just comfortable with one another. Just continue to talk, there are many of us in the chat, sometimes we miss things by accident. By contrast, don't feel bad about looking away from the conversation when you're uninterested. This chat is very casual.

This is a 24 hour chat; you're free to put yourself on 'summon mode'- Summon mode basically is when you change your notification settings to notify you when certain words come up. For example, I have my summon words as 'meeper, madmeeper, meeps, ikamo, malotz' so that whenever anybody says those words, I get notified. This keeps you from getting flooded with messages, because some days they do add up.

To activate "summon mode", open the conversation and then go to Conversations > Notification Settings, tick "Notify me Only when these words are mentioned" and pick what you'd like!

Political and religious debates/discussions happen, BUT THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS- We're comfortable civilly debating, HOWEVER, if there is any one person in the chat who is uncomfortable with the discussion, all people participating in the conversation either must stop talking about it OR move to a private chat. We encourage people to get to know each other and learn more about differing opinions, but we also want members to feel safe within the chat! So please respect other people's boundaries. (Updated Oct 10, 2015)

Do not upload files to the chat- PLEASE upload your photos, files, and art to share externally! Sta.sh and Dropbox are great for that. Whenever you upload a file to the chat EVERYBODY gets notified. There's more than 20 of us int here and a lot of us use the 'summon' feature to know when we were called. ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT FOLLOW THIS RULE MAY GET KICKED FROM THE CHAT!!

DO NOT ADD PEOPLE TO THE CHAT - This chat is for members of Heth ONLY and should only be added by myself or other staff members, unless granted permission otherwise. Just don't do it, if I find out people are adding members I may kick both of you from the group. 

Keep conversation interesting- This is more of a personal request than anything else. If you don't really have anything to contribute to the chat, please don't say anything at all. When the chat is a mess of exclusively small talk it's a little jarring and really breaks the conversation. This isn't something that will get you permanently kicked from the chat, I promise, but it's something to keep in mind.That being said, please don't feel afraid to converse or poke your head in to say hello, we just want there to be some kind of meaningful conversation happening! (Updated Oct 12, 2015)

After all that, if you're interested, send a note to the group here on DeviantART and we'll give us your skype contact to add you into the chat!