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Real Time News Ticker
@Creator MightyE
– 2012-01-31 08:14:14
The news ticker is an experiment, I'm not sure if we'll be able to keep it or not; it depends on a for-pay service to provide real-time updates. But if we stay under a certain threshold it's free.
By popular demand there is now a way to disable the ticker. You'll find it in your preferences. There's also a way to hide your own events from showing up on the ticker (though they still appear in the daily news), and you can change the position of the ticker.
People using the Jade theme or its derivatives probably will find they like to position it at top:55, left:0. It sits nicely under the page title.
Downtime & Performance
@Creator MightyE
– 2012-01-27 10:21:35
We had a few hours of downtime this morning while migrating our server to a new data center. Sorry for the short notice on that (I only gave about 10 minutes notice), but hopefully this new location will perform better for us.
I know the server is slow
@Creator MightyE
– 2012-01-25 21:59:17
I realize the server is acting slow, and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. The company we host with was recently bought out (it was formerly owned by a friend). The new owners obviously aren't as capable as the previous owners, I have several services hosted here and they're all really hurting right now.
I'm inclined to give these guys another week or two to figure things out, because for the most part the performance problems have been short term, and historically this company has provided me with really great service. But I'm not going to give it long before I switch to a new host.
Incidentally, if anyone knows of a good hosting provider, let me know; I'm in the market. I priced out Amazon AWS, and costs would be about 2.5x what we pay now for fewer resources.
Protesting SOPA | PIPA
@Creator MightyE
– 2012-01-18 00:52:22
Those of you who use the site default appearance will have noticed the site has gone dark today. This is to raise awareness of SOPA|PIPA, two bills going through US congress which are designed to end the free and open Internet.
People who know more about these things than me have spoken about them at detail. See the EFF's writeup, or Wikipedia's SOPA or PIPA articles (still available through Wikipedia's blackout today).
Translations please
@Director Emeritus jcp
– 2011-11-20 14:20:12
I've said this before, but apparently it needs repeating.
The only times foreign (real or imaginary) languages are allowed on the public areas (i.e. non-clan hall boards or bios) is (1) a non-native english speaker is asking for help or getting a translation or (2) you are providing a translation.
I know speaking elvish or drow is all in-character roleplaying, but it excludes those players who don't know that language. There's a roleplaying solution of a translation spell that affects the village.
I like the roleplaying and want to encourage it, but without a translation it's nothing more than a secret code that only a few people know, and that's not fair.
Bluntly, I expect to see english translations when foreign languages are used in any public place (village, garden, bios, etc.). If you don't provide a translation, you risk being banned.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
I'm reposting this as there seems to be a growing number of people that need to see it. - kickme
Do no.. actually, go ahead and adjust your set
@Beware of JRMìnga
– 2011-11-06 10:10:18
It's the most wonderful time of the year in North America: the time we get our hour of sleep back that was so cruelly stolen in the springtime. Of course, this also means a change in server time.
The New Day is now at 11:00 Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5), an hour earlier than it was in the Northern summer.
You may now resume whatever it is you were doing.
Thank you to all
@Pontifex Kendaer
– 2011-10-20 11:20:42
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who donated to me for the Extra-Life charity event this last weekend. I raised $350 dollars, the team I was on raised over $35000, and the charity as a whole raised over $1.1 million dollars!
Gaming for a good cause!
@Pontifex Kendaer
– 2011-10-11 13:22:46
Reminder! This event is occuring this Saturday, 10-15-2011 -- If you haven't donated yet, please consider doing so!
A long long time ago, Eric and I contributed our monthly donations for a month to charity via Child's Play. That was a lot of fun and then we life happened and both Eric and I went on to do other things.
Well, this October 15th, there is another charity/event that I am going to be participating in. It's called 'Extra Life' and it supports the Children's Miracle Network.
Unlike there past where we took the money the game raised and donated it, this year, I'm asking for anyone who would like to support this effort to donate via my participant link below.
With the agreement of Kickme and JRM, anyone who plays on this server, who donates between now and October 15th, if they include their LoGD player information in the donation will gain donator points just as if they had donated directly to the site.
The Extra Life site can take either paypal or credit card for the donation.
Please support this :)
The link is
http://www.extra-life.org/participant/kendaer
Thanks again!
Promotional announcement
@Beware of JRMìnga
– 2011-06-22 08:00:43
1) Please congratulate Cupcake, DreamWarden, and Riah on their promotions to @Helper!
2) Similarly, Balcon and LadyAlchemist are now Senior Mods, which is less exciting!
3) And, in the other definition of "promotion", the Black Unicorn is still available for a measly donation of five american dollars and is worth at least three of them!
Smile! JRM vaguely tolerates you!
@Beware of JRMìnga
– 2011-06-01 07:57:00
As a special bonus for the month of June, we have decided to bring back the donation incentive.
Every $5 donated this month not only gets you donator points to spend on things like colorfulnames! or Storm Giant Blood, but also gets you five days of:
The Black Unicorn.
"How good is the black unicorn, Dr. JRM Sir?", you ask me? Well, it's pretty darn good and probably worth the five bucks.
Any questions, you know what to do.
Commentary:
 <SGT> Dragon Master ValleyDude says, "Respect for the awareness raising of SOPA/PIPA."
Invoker Kudjo would cheer for the expeditious server migration, if he were a cheering type.
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