Updates For Summertime 2014School’s out, the beaches are open, the sun is shining (usually, that is~), and that’s a sure-fire sign that summer has definitely arrived! Summertime is often our busiest and most active time of the year, so what’s been heating up around FeralHeart?
Board & Site ChangesFor those that saw our Spring News Update, you’ll have heard about the staff’s undertaking of the
forum spring cleaning we started this year, and we’re pleased to announce that
over 80% of the FeralHeart forums have been cleaned and re-organized, meaning that the completion of our forum cleaning is well within reach. The main point of this project is to remove any old “Please Delete!” threads on the forum, and so if you’re itching to lend a paw in the last stretch of the clean-up, feel free to PM links to these threads to a FH staff member, and we’ll be happy to take care of them. A big thanks to all contributors in the clean-up!
In the process of the spring cleaning,
we’ve also updated the Member Bios & Journals Rules, which can be found
here. While it’s been a delight to see our members so actively use this board, we’re trying to keep things organized by asking
each user to keep a max of two threads here—one biography, and one journal (or combining these into one if you’d like). By doing this, each user can keep and update their own bio and journal for life events, etc., but also prevents the board from being bogged down by old threads that are used once to announce a single event, but never to be used again.
If you have any questions or concerns about this, please message one of the staff, and we’ll be happy to hear your thoughts and get back to you very soon.
Since our last update, we also added in a new
sticky thread in the Praise board, which you can take a peek at
here. It’s here just to clarify a few rules for the Praise board, and above all lay out what it’s for—praising other deserving and kind members of the FeralHeart community. Be sure to check it out!
Some may have also noticed that the
Other Games board has been made into a child board under Off-Topic Discussion, so it’s now right alongside Forum Games and other boards that are more suiting than its original place in the open forum Index.
Just as well, the
Other Games Rules sticky has been updated! While this board is open for discussion of many other games our users play, we do remind users to
make sure you’re posting only one thread for each game! This includes game updates, staff searching, events, and other topics pertaining to them, all of which can be added in and updated in one single thread for each game. Not only does it keep the board from being cluttered with multiple threads about the same game, but it’s also easier for others to read up on them if it’s centralized in one thread.
Events & kewl sturfHere’s a shout-out to those who came out to the FeralHeart Summer Party 2014 this past weekend! With music streaming, a Raptor Hunt, dancing galore, and even a little podcast from the staff, I think we speak for everyone when we say it was a great way to kick off a FeralHeart summer into full-swing. A big thanks to all who came out to join us!
And, of course,
congratulations to our Find The Raptors Winners; WolfKate, Flyinghearts, and Hypothermia! All who participated made the hunt a blast, and thanks to everyone who sought out our ten baby raptors hidden in the party map.
Whether or not you made it to the party, you can always go back and re-live some of the fun and action by viewing the many screenshots captured at the party in our
Screenshots Board. See ya at the next party!
If you haven’t already, be sure to go and vote for our
Summer Members of the Season! You can find the voting thread here, and
voting ends on July 13th. Congrats to all nominees, and the best to you all as we await the revealing of our Summer MOTS!
This past spring, we were happy to bring back the FeralHeart Preset Contest, and welcomed in our three
Spring Preset Contest Winners; MadMoai, DaFabulousJim, and AlphaEclipse! All entries in our Super Heroes-themed contest won our judges’ hearts, but these three managed to save the day and land themselves a featured spot in our
Congrats, and thank you to all who entered!
But wait, there’s more~ On July 1st, we’ll be revealing the Summer Preset Contest theme and opening contest submissions, so stay tuned to see our next Preset Contest’s unveiling!
Side NoteWe’re also pleased to welcome
Sherlockian and
Vespian onto the team as full Moderators, and our own Shallow has moved up to Global Mod status this spring. Thank you all for your hard work in the community, and we’re sure you’ll continue to make us proud and keep FeralHeart a fun and welcoming place for everyone.
Thank you for reading, and have a wonderful summertime!
~Allegra/White
