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Post by F e n i on Jul 29, 2006 20:14:10 GMT -4
Since the site has gone through a decent amount of time, I have decided to make a news board for all of you. Why, you ask? Well, Not everyone is here when I actually post what I've updated... so you kind-of get the point.
Today, I make a new skin, thanks to the inspiration of Autu and Relle. If you don't know how to change it, go to your profile until you see the place to where you can click the drop-down box to choose.
Plots. For this to open to the public, I'm thinking we may need a few more plots. Maybe one or two? If anyone has an idea, please contact me somehow, or post it on the other general board as a new thread. A reminder, it doesn't have to be Elementals. As long as it's spiffy and interesting, anything is acceptable.
I was also thinking of the admin positions. I have a pretty good idea who qualifies, but I'm still trying to think of what you would all do. Details on this will come as I think them up.
On one last note, we may be seeing a few new people here. I just ask you, if they do come, please be considerate. We are all insane, so I hope we'll all get along.
that's all for today~ ^~
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Aug 25, 2006 19:04:06 GMT -4
-cracks knuckles- All right, where to start. We have many topics to discuss here on our news page. The biggest thing I can see is the fighting over religion.
The epicenter of our problems: as you may all have noticed, we all aren't all of the same religion. This has caused controversy and arguements which everyone despises. That is why we have this poll set up by Molly, which asks the opinion of everyone. Now, if anyone is looking for where I'm going to be in this, I'm going to be neutral. Meaning I won't take sides, so if anyone's thinking about asking, don't even dare. But if some of you want to hear me rant about what I think, here it is. Personally, I think we shouldn't talk about religion here at all. If we do, that will just lead to more misfortune. It has lead to the same ending multiple times, someone leaving, and the others saddened for a period of time. Either that or the second best thing: have a board to express our opinions about religion. Only religion, and the topics discussed there will not be brought anywhere else.
Why have we joined this guild? To role play and have fun. To meet people and hopefully make new friends. NOT make adversaries and flames of hate spring up. When I started the guild, I was going to make it strictly for role playing. Fortunately, everyone whom I invited became friends, and we all started to talk to each other more. We all have become very close, we all know that.
Religion is an ongoing dispute. We can't stop that. It's either to not mention it at all, or talk about it elsewhere. Look at us. We're all falling apart over something that will never be settled. If this behavior continues, we won't be able to hold up our own any longer. This has been the doomed fate of many other things. (Trust me, I have experience)
We cannot change opinions. We cannot change what people believe in. All we CAN do is say what is on our minds.
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Sept 17, 2006 8:10:13 GMT -4
News, news, news. I was going to update this a while back, and now I have no idea what I was going to put... Well, I do have a few things with me now.
A new poll! Two, actually. They concern the activeness of this site. The details are in the first post of the polls themselves. In general, one is about Relle's idea of role playing, and the other is about making this site public. Please, I ask that you voice your thoughts and opinions on each topic. They would surely help me make a decision on each.
Admin positions... I'm still thinking about them, sorry. At the moment, I have a few ideas. The catch is that we'll need the new members. Those things will have to wait until the polls are finished. If you have any ideas for the positions, PM me so we can work something out ^^
The deal with the plots is fine now. I think we have enough, but we could always use more. Yet again I ask you all to PM me if you have any ideas for new ones.
This is just a little notice here about my stories. DDUL has been updated with a sliver of stuff. I still have another class to do to complete the chapter, unfortunately. However, it is readable without the last tidbit. About Yaksoku, I have decided I am re-writing it. My style has changed over the year I have been thinking/drafting the next chapter. When I first posted that, I didn't have a plot to work with. I'm going to delete it on fictionpress and repost it. To see if people other than you guys who will actually read it... You could consider it an experiment of sorts.
"That's all, folks!"
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Oct 15, 2006 20:27:51 GMT -4
It's been a while since I've updated this. Goish Oo There aren't as many updates as I thought, but that's okay. As long as I put something on here, it'll make you guys happy, right?
After a long time of thinking about this, along with your opinions, and a great idea from Molly, I've made a decision about our members. I've decided to make it public. But first, I just need to finish the other two polls I put up (yes I said two). Molly's idea was to keep members in the guild for three days, and then invite them on here if they're good. I've tweaked it just the tiniest bit. First I'll invite someone that I or any of you consider worthy to the guild for the entire week. Then, if that person is acceptable, I'll put up a poll here to ask if everyone agrees. If majority says yes, we have our new member!
There's a screenie board now! The name is self-explanatory. For people who want to post the funny moments or just plain wierd ones. It's located in the general board section. We have one there already, and I hope you all like it ^^;;
Remember in the second paragraph when I said there were two polls? The first one was from way back, and if anyone wants to change their vote, I've put a new one up. You have to be serious about this one guys. I /need/ a majority. The second one is about an idea that was given to us courteously by Zach. Info about both are in their respectful threads.
Here's an October gift to all of you; thanks to Kiseki for finding the images for me. I have a new skin that all of you can use! It's an easy enough thing to change; you all know the drill. Since I have my current obsession with KH, I hope this will appeal to others too. Have fun!
A little tidbit: I edited the default on here just a tinnnny bit =D
You must be wondering why this place looks so… empty. I made a few changes here. The most conspicuous is that I deleted the Roleplaying boards. In recompense, I’ve added the boards back, but under different names. This will hopefully make things a bit easier. (Yes, I actually know what I’m doing this time) Now the role playing section is divided into three parts. Each part has a thread of a plot. As more people come (if any) I’ll explain in detail.
The polls are gone, insinuating that something happened around that also. We /finally/ got a majority, and both were in favor! So, as you can see, I restarted all of the plots. Bad news? I locked them until people will actually be on either here or at the guild. Only then will I begin recruiting(with help, if you want to volunteer) and opening the boards. To have a role playing site, you need to have people to role play, right?
Yup, I edited the two together. The other one was a bit too short XD
"From the fusion of Light and Darkness, the power of Chaos is borne anew..."-DDUL
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Dec 13, 2006 7:37:40 GMT -4
Okay, okay, shorrrrrrt post.
Since we don't have bios or anything, can we make one post here for each of us? It'll help the new members get used to us faster xD There's a board right under misc. info in the new member information category. [/u] Erm, I'll open the boards soon. If I remember ^^;; When you join, just state that you'll join. I'll leave like a two-three day period in between them so that people have the chance to join. (and I get the names to remember) New member plan: Okay, here's the deal. If we find someone cool on neo, we report to Mally. She'll go through a process of meeting the person and finding out if they have a guild. If they do, then she'll just ask for the intro and get to know them. If they don't have a guild, I'll invite that person to the current guild to get to know them there. Then the poll will go up here, and we decide if that role player will be accepted. I know it's a bit rough, but it'll probably work. Yes, there's a new contest! Winner will get a prize of their very own choice on subeta, and if they're only located on neo, something will be used. It's a plot contest, basically. All you need to do is send me a plot, or an idea of one on neo, subeta, or even here along with what your prize would like to be (subeta only, and no UBs). The contest will last until the the 22nd of December. That means you have about nine days to enter. The winner will receive his/her prize on Christmas day =D For people who use subeta: I'm making layouts if anyone wants any? xD If you want an example, just go to my profile. The link is under my bio. Just PM me here or mail me there if you want one. It's all free too! Oh, I almost forgot this. I'm deleting all the old, untouched threads in the general boards section. That will be all ^_^ "Oh the weather outside is frightful But the fire's so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" (No seriously XD) [/center]
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Post by F e n i on Dec 23, 2006 20:24:59 GMT -4
Vacation is here, hopefully, we can be a /bit/ more active? All I want is to see some action here, guys. In response to that dream, I've done a few things:
The plot contest hasn't had many active people... I've decided to extend it to the end of the year and give the prize on new years. That is only if more people participate. I've only got two entries so far from some of the guild members. If there aren't enough entries, the council and I will just post both plots anyway, without a prize.
I've opened all role plays! I'm sorry for the wait, but I've been trying to find a time when the most people will be on. Here's the deal with joining. Once four people or more join, they can start with intros. (If I could make a suggestion here; try to wait for all the intros of those who joined... I've found that it's easier that way for everyone.) Any other people can try to join in as the role play keeps going on. However, it's up to the people who are role playing to decide if they can join. (Sometimes they're too far into it, you know?) I'm debating if the ones who couldn't join, if any, could start a new board of that plot by themselves... But that's for later.
Surprises galore! As you all know very well, it's the holiday season. In honor of that, I'm going to do a few things that will be in affect in a few days. (I need to find time to do them) ---The .:|Elementals United|:. guild layout will finally change! This is courtesy of one of our newest members, Jinxy! I'll need to edit the layout a bit, but yeah, it'll be up ASAP. ---I'm making a new skin for this site again XD Thanks to Jinxy for making the pretty buttons! As with the guild layout, the skin will take me some time too. All you wolf lovers out there will probably like this skin. ---We might be getting some new members ^~ We'll just have to wait and see if they'll join. ---Well, the last thing you'll just have to find out yourself on Christmas Day -winks- But I'll be nice and give you a hint -- it has to do with the site.
The skin for this site is done. It's Okami themed!
The new guild layout is up! There's a question on the news /there/ for all of you.
Just what was the surprise? I updated DDUL for all of you! Merry Christmas =D The next chapter will be out within a month. I have another story for you guys too, but that's later.
"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!" If you don't celebrate Christmas, happy holidays! And a wonderful new year to you all.
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Apr 10, 2007 23:33:39 GMT -4
Vacation again! The only problem is that I think I'm the only one with it this week... LAWL. Anyway, it's been a while since I've updated this, so here it goes!
To start this post off, I would like to thank EVERYONE here so far! The guild, .:|Elementals United|:., had just celebrated its first anniversary. Okay, maybe not "had just". It was more on the lines of March 4. I would like to thank Benneh and Roseh in particular since they've been with me since day one. Without their pestering, I would have never created the guild that started this site. So thank them, not me. =D
New members! [/u] Yes, you heard me right! I went on neo and found a bunch of new people to invite! Yes, they're semi-lit. AND UP. I'm going to send them out, but I don't know if many will accept ^^;; But if some do, don't be so surprised if some post on the chatting board. I might upload some default avatars if I have the time. Keyword being might. People usually find their own, right? If anyone has any they would like to submit, mail me the link. I'll tell if if I'm putting it in or not. Speaking of uploading things, I figured out how to add stuff to the homepage of this forum. If anyone has a hit counter site that's free, could you mail me the link? Thanks =)And another thing! There seems to be a lack of plots here. And for some of the new members, they might find it hard to join in (especially since we're spending on our time on Beyond Reality...) So does anyone have any ideas? If so, I guess you know what to do. -points to the word mail- XD I just noticed this post was mainly about mail... wierd Oo;;; Oh, and I'm deleting all Ooc posts on the roleplays that aren't pertinent to the plot =) (P.S. The crossouts have been accomplished) "I just wanted to be a normal girl, like everyone else in the class. But, every, single, year... I failed because of something I can't control. What can I do?" --quote from Were You There (a new story, lawl.)~Phoenix[/center]
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Post by F e n i on Nov 25, 2007 0:43:06 GMT -4
I’m sitting here in my chair, staring agape at the last time I had updated this News thread. April tenth?! My goodness, that was over seven months ago. This is Thanksgiving vacation for me, and I hope that everyone had a great holiday!
This forum is undergoing a MAJOR update. Many new events occurred within the last month or two, and in turn they have affected this site. I’ll try my best to explain the gist of it in this news post. (I’m PMing you all with that feature… I hope it works out better than the news fader…) There will be various tasks that could be accomplished. When they are, I’ll slash them out like the previous posts. Let’s get started!
I would like to introduce our first moderators, Roseh and Autu! (Roseh.Roo. and ~Chinchii~ Beware, the names could change.) They will help me by deleting any ooc posts after a week of RPing on any particular thread. I am thinking about instilling more powers to them, but I currently don’t have any in mind. Congratulations!
The Role Playing aspect of the site has boomed, and I decided to make a few updates here and there… We begin with the Elemental Plots. Both the Orb Plot and Zodiac Plot have been restarted. The Orb Plot was dead, so I merely revived it. Some of the old members would remember what happened with the school of the gifted thread.
Any of the .:|Elementals United|:. members who stumble upon this (not Roseh and Autu), please post on Beyond Reality. That was an amazing plot, and I don’t want it to be permanently dead.
You may have noticed new Pokémon threads under the Random Plots section. I’ve decided to move here from Neopets with my infamous Chaos plot and its prequel. Anyone can join them! All except for the continuation, which I’ll be creating tomorrow. (It’s late as it is right now… 11:15 P.M. I’m supposed to be asleep.)
As always, I’m up for suggestions to new plots. Just PM me if you have an idea. Why not look around the Asylum and try to find a new genre to play? I’m sure you’ll have fun.
I’ve put a poll up in the Story Board section of this website. I ask you all to please vote in it. (Pokémon roleplayers, don’t be biased. If you are, I ask you not to vote.) You are guaranteed a story. You hear me? GUARANTEED. The sooner I receive the results, the sooner I can get working on the chapter, and the better it will be.
This may be later in the post than usual, but I would like to welcome the new members! I can’t be bothered to name all of them, but they’re mainly Pokémon role players. However, some of them do play Elementals or would love to try. Old members, be kind to them. Please? We’re not supposed to bite anymore.
These are just a few things that I recommend new members to do: --If you wish to know a bit of background on most people, you can check out the Member Bios under the Miscellaneous Information section. However, we’ll have to update them a bit… Most of the data is accurate though. --A few people have had avatar trouble. If you need any help with that, PM me. --Please post a Character Page, following the stickied thread, for the characters you wish to use. This will benefit everyone, I assure you. --I know many of you are new to the Elemental experience. There is a thread under the Miscellaneous Information section dedicated to the description and understanding of Elements. Blood, (darkpidgeot) will be posting some information on his own version of Elements in that thread. Eventually.
Role playing isn’t the only aspect of this forum that has changed. Some of the layout has as well. The first and foremost is the C-box! People have been pestering me about it, and I finally gave in. I personally think this was an awesome idea. Nevertheless, the random chat in the General Board is open for longer conversations. Or, if someone isn’t on when you are, you can leave a message there.
If I’m not busy, I may edit the skins. You know those little side images on the homepage? I’ll be scouting for some appropriate ones. If you find any yourself, you’re free to PM me about it. The Elemental Star has been moved to the Elemental boards. I may make a Myuutsu skin as well, as a present to the new members. (Christine said she’d find me a suitable picture first.) For the Phoenix’s Cry skin, I have to edit the icon image. Again. I’m going to do that in school, though, where I have Photoshop.
Perhaps you’ve noticed this little change. I’ve edited the number of posts you can view from twenty to thirty. (To think it was once ten!) This was mainly for personal reasons, but I think it could help everyone when the site booms. It’s surprising how much one can miss… I’ve also deleted various dead/meaningless threads from the site. I bet you didn’t even see them go.
That’s the end of that huge update! I hope I've reconciled myself. I don't think I did, but that's just me.
SPORKS! They keep this guild together. We stabbed people, poked people, anything we talked about involved sporks! Somewhere, anywhere, all the time. --Roseh, Autu, and Phoenix on the original .:|Elementals United|:. guild
~Phoenix
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Post by F e n i on Dec 25, 2007 18:52:24 GMT -4
MERRY CHRISTMAS! OR, IF YOU’RE NOT CHRISTIAN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS! [/b] I might actually start making a habit of updating this thing once a month =O GASP. But anyway, we should get onto the big news. I HAVE OFFICIALLY UPDATED DDUL. Yes, I know, I actually kept my updating promise. Amazing, no? This is my Christmas present to all who have been eagerly awaiting it. I’ve reset the poll, so you can all choose what story you want me to update next. Make sure you vote! On another happy note, our friend Boo has received a promotion! She’s now in charge of keeping track of the role plays and telling me who has posted and who hasn’t. (And since I usually wait for everyone to post, it’ll help. A lot. It’ll save you guys the task of screaming at me as well!) WE'RE WATCHING YOU. Other updates:You guys probably haven’t noticed, but I changed the category descriptions. They were bugging me. I’m beginning a ‘Who’s Who’ at the beginning of all the RPs. This will hopefully help everyone know who’s in the role play and what they are doing. I deleted all the inactive members. I do this periodically, so make sure you tell me if you’re leaving for a long time! If I see that someone isn’t active for two weeks (or more) then I might be tempted to delete that account… Ew, this was short. “STABBITY STAB STAB STAB.” -- moi~Phoenix [/center]
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Post by F e n i on Jan 9, 2009 23:54:07 GMT -4
12-30-08 Hey everyone! Hope you guys have a Happy New Year! =) Just letting you all know of some updates I made today.
To start off, I made the 'Random Plot' category into the 'Pokémon' Category. For obvious reasons. For your RPing pleasures, all five of my plots are now present on that board. I'm thinking of making plots for Shadows of Almia and Dungeon, but we'll just have to see where my ideas go. DX
I deleted a few threads. And members. And we have a new ones too. Everyone, please welcome Nekoi and Zero with welcome arms, kay? 8DD I want some other new members too, since there are lotsa other people who'd like to know this forum exists too.
We're getting better at the 'being active' thing, and this fact makes me very happy. Keep it up, guys! -points to the various RPs- (YOU GUYS OWE ME POSTS NOW. KTHX.)
Much Love, ~Feni-chan, your administrator
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Post by F e n i on Jan 13, 2009 16:41:27 GMT -4
An email sent way back in September of last year. Hey, everyone? This is Feni/Phoenix. You may know me best from the Neopets role-playing boards. Do you remember that forum I made a long time ago? Yeah, it’s still alive. I’ve taken the time to make many little changes. First of all, I’d like to thank my friend Moon for helping me with the CSS and HTML of this site. She has an AMAZING Literate Egg Hatching RP. If any of you are interested, PM her. Kay? =) That’s right! The forum has a new look. Why don’t you come over and see? I think most of you will like the change. (If you want to keep the skin up even as you log in, you can change your current skin via the option on the ‘Modify Profile’ page.) Viral is awesome at making banners. And Affie buttons. Which I need to get up later. CLAP FOR HIS HOUOU (HO-OH) BANNER. NOWZ. We have a few new features on the forum too… - You can now change your username color - Links to your Deviantart and Myspace can now be added to your mini profile! (The thing on the left which is next to each one of your posts) - Those pesky message icons which you can choose for your replies are no long in a drop down menu! Now you can see all of your options without going and checking each individual one. - There is now an advanced Color Picker when you try to post. So you don’t need to go and find the hex code. - Custom online and offline messages are now available. However, this doesn’t work with the current Firefox. Does work in IE. - Since Moon and I got rid of the annoying ‘Welcome, you have 0 new messages’ table cell, the date is now in the Info Center. - You now have an ‘Average Posts per day’ counter in your Mini Profile. - Finally, whispers have been added. But remember, I can see them all. (Cannot be seen in earlier FireFoxes. Can be seen in latest. Haven’t tested cross browser yet.) I’m thinking about trying to revive the site. People have told me to just ask you guys to come back. Perhaps you’ve forgotten about us? Only a few of the current members are still active. Now THAT could be a reason why the role-plays are failing so epically. Even if you don’t want to RP, it would be great if we could all keep in touch. Just pop in at least once a month? Please? I don’t want to delete your account. For those of you who still want to RP, there’s a board called ‘What do YOU think?’ which is currently open. You can post your ideas for the RPs AND how you think I should restart this forum. And make it last. Thanks for taking the time to read this! Much love, Feni-chan, your administrator.
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Post by F e n i on Jan 14, 2009 19:16:21 GMT -4
What is THIS?! another update from Feni at such an early time? BLASPHEMY!
This is just a teeeeny update on the stuff that's happened. I've allowed intros to be posted on the 'new' threads I made. However, the more the merrier as long as you're active at least once a week!!! Don't be afraid to join, KAY?!
Hope you guys are still making the new members feel welcome. I'm planning on recruiting a biiiit more people depending on who I see on Neo this weekend. So don't be surprised if more people come in.
Will work on a new 'how to post a character' thing... I'll probably be redoing my old peoples too. Don't worry though; it'll be a basic skeleton taken from different ones I see all the time. =3 I bet most of you guys already have that stuff on your character bios. Will cross this part out when the tasks are complete.
See, I'm trying to put some more effort into this site DX I hope you guys appreciate it!
Much Love, ~Feni-chan, your administrator
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Post by F e n i on Apr 26, 2009 14:23:36 GMT -4
News - 1-23-09
Now that I'm out of the hospital, I can get things moving again. Yay!
I made the 'Who's Who' tables on three RPs: Medieval Times, Rogue Chaos -- For new Members, and Keys to Eternity. People should join those, that they should. You guys should take a stab at Kai's pwnful Elemental RP too.
And whatever happened to RCFF? I post and then no one else does. Shame.
Got the new skeleton for the characters up. Please fix your profiles accordingly. Inactive members' characters have been deleted.
Posted a thread on the News Board about new members, too.
Kthx, ~Feni-chan, your administrator
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Post by F e n i on May 31, 2009 11:00:51 GMT -4
I'm not dead. Really, I'm not. It's just that my internet hates me. =)
You guys don't have many excuses for not being active, do you? -rawr- People should like. Totally join the new RC board I made. No need to be afraid, kiddies!
And whatever happened to RCFF? I post and then no one else does. Shame. It should be alive. ALIIIIIIVE. T___T When I think of more things to rant about, I'll put more on here. Blegh.
Luffles always, ~Feni-chan, your administrator
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Post by F e n i on Jul 29, 2009 16:59:11 GMT -4
News - 5-31-09
So here's the deal~~
School. Yes, the bane of so many students out there... My school workload has significantly increased in the last few days due to upcoming finals and the end of the school year.
What does this mean?
I'm still trying to find a way to make this forum active again. I have new plots to work over, a new layout, and possible contests. =P (For what prizes, though, I don't know yet.) I have a little less than three weeks until the school year is over, and then I'll be able to do more here, kay?
Hope this is all right with you guys. I'm gonna explode if I have too much on my plate.
Luffles always, ~Feni-chan, your administrator
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Post by F e n i on Aug 13, 2009 20:46:49 GMT -4
News - 7-29-09 "I'm not dead yet!"
I hope I'm not, anyway. But where has Feni been all summer?! She's been working her butt off in a hospital as a volunteer, getting school work done, and spending more time with her family. I always check in on this site, and I think it's about time I've done something about this. >(
So what do I propose? Not so sure at the moment, but I can say I AM working on a new plot thanks to IZZEH. We'll just have to see how that goes. I may release another plot here depending on if people are active.
POSTHERE If you think you can be active again. I hope you guys can be. ;_;
In other news, I'm going on vacation in a week. I'll be gone from the 4th until the 9th, kay?
Your 1337 Admin, ~Feni-chan
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