It's been noticeably slow in the chat room this month. It's clear that work and the start of new class semesters is hitting hard. Add that to a few MIA staff members and you get a nice icky muck of lack of spirit and motivation.

But there is light on the horizon! I've made a goal that w/in the next few weeks things are going to pick up! I am working hard on a couple great story points that I want to hit by the end of February.

Also, some of you may have gotten an email from the staff. This was sent to everyone that has a character bio, but has not been seen in chat. Now, of course we don't expect people to live here. But to be fair, other people who may have started story lines with you would like the chance to continue them. This also includes people who want to start questing. It's a little impossible to do if only 2 or 3 members are making frequent appearances. And as staff, I can't get myself tied up in quests on top of playing my PCs and NPCs.

Our member, Brimstone, has taken the initiative by trying to branch out to other social networking sites in hopes to draw in members. This is great! I love the enthusiasm and loyalty!  And because of such an action, I am offering 1 special item to any member who can bring in a new member. This member has to be on at least once a week, so to keep the story flowing. And if this condition is met, the member that found them will receive 1 special item. (could be a weapon, piece of armor, enchanted item, etc.)

So just to let everyone know, there are plans to keep things moving. It's time to get this ball rolling!!

*** Member Brimstone has been removed from the site. This was a voluntary action on his part. He had conflicting opinions about staff and other members and this has been dealt with. He is now happy to call another RP Forum his home, and we are happy to move on without him.

Some of you may have noticed yesterday that we were speaking out against SOPA/PIPA by blacking out out site for 24hrs.

If these bills were to pass, then sites like this one will be shut down! We use a lot of images from other sources, and advertise ourselves and other sites. Even using our chat client and forums would be considered violations. These new bills will bring an end to sites like this. So please, if you don't want that to happen please speak up!

You can either sign this petition put up by google: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/#utm_source=googlesem&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=signup

Or you can contact your congressman and let them know your thoughts on the matter. You can find contact information here: http://sopatrack.com/

I personally encourage everyone to take a stand. Ignoring this issue could spell the end to open internet. Just to show you how serious it is, here is a map showing all the current supporters of PIPA: http://www.spatialsituation.com/protect-ip-map/

It doesn't look good. So far there are over 4milion people who have signed to stop SOPA/PIPA. We can make a difference. 

It's Monday again! (oh joy) We have two new characters on the list since last week:

Damon Nustron
Mynt Sazuka

It's a slow and steady increase in characters, but unfortunately not too many new faces. I'm continuing to make it my goal to find new members, I know that I personally have at least 2 maybes. People who have never been introduced to any of us before. They are good friends with a love for role play. So I'll continue working on them.

We also received an email that we are officially listed on NerdListings. So yay! That's a plus. There should hopefully be some story happening real soon. So be sure to make it into chat to get used to playing your character(s)!

This is more related to the staff. But I added some new emoticons to the news forms! Once we get our good forums set up, I'll use a slightly larger and more detailed version for there as well!

And yeah... it took me forever to upload the new set. *wipes brow* 

**I just noticed that there were 4 icons that didn't show up.... back to figure that out

***Ok. Fixed the problem. Apparently it didn't like the file names. God know why. Here are the other 4.