Updates for Autumn
Greetings all ferals. Autumn has now fallen upon us again and so it's also time that you guys get a little nudge of information around our home and what has been going on lately. As always we have quite a few things to go through so let's not sit about with it.
Board & Site changes
For quite some time now our main page(front page) of this site has remained pretty much as it were back at game launch 2011 as far as the plain information text goes. As the front page got only real care for it's links the story text were left there to collect some dust. As it's now closing up on 5 years since the text were originally written along with oddities here and that we also had this pointed out to us by users from time to time, we scrapped it completely and replaced it with a temporary shorter text. Hopefully we will be able to replace it with something more accurate and suiting for what the game is to us today instead of something past. We believe most will prefer something more updated.
Due to general concerns, thoughts and questions that has been popping up over time(even more so the last couple of months) regarding character copying, and the staff has needed to spend quite a lot of time explaining and informing how these matters work in the game, we've now made and official post about it here in our rules & information board regarding the problem that some might face. Since it's a tricky matter to explain sometimes and also a lot wondering about it, the thread can now be found HERE (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=53363.0) and hopefully be a welcomed addition to information and rules that applies to this game. If you haven't read through this already we'd advise all users reading this to do so since it's quite good to know how we look at character copying and stealing in the game and what can be done about it.
One board that always seem to be one with changes taking place is the FeralHeart Addons & Mods (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&board=34.0) board. You guys that spend some time in there have most likely already spotted the changes made, but for you that does not we will run through it a bit quickly now. The main board we used to have for certain threads made by the more active or known mod creators no longer exists, it has been cleaned out complete to give a more clean look and now only hold one information sticky about the boards. All user made threads that used to be in the main board has instead been moved over to it's own new section called "User Creations Collection". Why this change took place was because the amount of new threads we got for that sections were a bit rare, the applications system seemed a bit too much like a hassle for many, but also many threads in there were quite old for something laying around in the main board.
Hopefully this approach will keep things more neat and tidy, but also give more users the chance to collect all the modifications made for the game in one place. Huzzah! Shallow and Sura has provided some Sub board stickies so you guys will also be able to understand these section even better. For now though it's rather safe to say that the general structure of the addons and mods board is a keeper and we hope you think so too. You will also notice that the map child boards in this section along with it's stickies are clean and structured.
Events & kewl sturf
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As some of you probably noticed, we've managed to have quite a few successful movie nights with the community over the last couple of months. Not only has it been a blast to go back to one of the most rememberable events, but also fun to introduce it to newer players in the community. Movie nights is something we started back summer 2012, but due to a lot of things going on not only in the community but also for staff, kicking it back up again took some time. By popular demand however we've had quite a few movie nights over the late summer, and if you're interested in more information about this or just want to know when next movie night is going to be, keep your eyes open on this thread here (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=51659.msg701448#msg701448).
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It's always nice to have something going in an around the game for you guys and since so many seems to enjoy it, we've gone ahead and schedule yet another role-play day for you lots to enjoy. It will be our 6th event this time about and it will take place 22nd of November We hope you all join in and make it the best one yet. If it's your first time, or just more information is needed, click here (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=53823.msg736712#msg736712).
Not too long ago we also hosted our FeralHeart Halloween Art contest. We saw quite a few wonderful pictures submitted by you guys but we had to settle with a few winners. Congratulations to Skyline-San(1st), TopHatlady(2nd) and azurathewolfcat(3rd) for their efforts. The winning pictures can be found by clicking this text (http://feral-heart-art.deviantart.com/journal/Feral-Heart-Art-Halloween-ART-Contest-WINNERS-569864450).
There's a few shoutouts that are in order since months fly by so fast, let's start off with our summer MOTS and Preset contest winners.
Summer MOTS - Warriorstrike, Wolfie, Ritatalia
Summer Preset Contest Winners - Grandmaster, Enoki, Ritatalia
Fall MOTS - Panzram, Enoki, Mojave
Fall Preset Contest Winners - Taizer, Mewmewcat12, Tailgate
These guys rock in so many ways, be sure to give them your love if you didn't already since their dedication means a lot to most of us.
Our Winter MOTS(Member of the season) nominations are currently ongoing. Be sure to check in and nominate the users you believe has earned the spots over the last couple of months in the thread here (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=53810.0). We're sure it would mean a lot to them and if you by any chance haven't decided yet, the nominations are open til 25th of November.
Side note
On a side note this time about we will come both with some sad and some good news. The less fun being that our staffer BigSkippy has resigned from being an active staffer as life calls and there's a future to catch. We thank him for his activity and hard work as a mod working along with us and we hope the best for him. Time must go on however and even though we lost a few helpful paws we got a few back! Since quite some weeks back now Shallow our former global moderator is back in action to help us yet again and we're extremely happy about it. She's going to pick up right where she left off so don't be afraid to reach out to her again if you'd need anything.
It doesn't stop there though since we got some new fresh blood to talk about as well. Since quite some weeks back now our previous MIT(mod in training) Warrioristrike has done a great job during their training period and joined in on the ranks as a full Moderator on the staff team. We're confident they will do an amazing job looking after the game, forum and you guys. If you'd ever need any help she'll be right there to assist. Still talking about the good stuff we also have gotten yet another MIT in the works which is no one else but our Panzram. Panzram has been a very active and dedicated user on our boards and in the game and so they're going to do their best to join in on the staffing adventure around Feralheart.
On a separate note I personally wish to thank everyone that showed up to our Annual Halloween party. We had a blast and it seemed like most of you fluffbutts had such as well. It's always nice to see our community still going strong and having their heart in the right place and not to mention, shaking their tails off to party music. Be sure to keep your eyes open for future events however *cough winter cough party*.
Thank you for reading and stay awesome! Redlinelies out~
Thankies for the fill-in Red, as always <3
Big ol' congrats to Panny and Nynx! You guys really deserve staff positions. Thanks for helping shape the community to the way it is!