Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Welcome to The White Counsil. We hope you enjoy your visit.


You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.


Join our community!


If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
  • Pages:
  • 1
Weekly Update 2-08; A must-read
Topic Started: Jan 9 2008, 06:59 PM (488 Views)
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
[size=8]WEEKLY UPDATE 1st issue, 2008[/size]

[size=6]-What has happened recently?[/size]

Activity and member boom!!!!
Well – these first weeks of the Lord’s year 2008 have been amazingly active and full of interesting topics, FHaG stories and new members, who are here to stay, it seems!

According to the statistics in the admin panel, the first week of January this year has been the most active week since the White Counsil’s second birthday in end-March 2007. That is really great! And mind you, these statistics account for the amount of “posts”. The statistics for “New Topcis” make the first week of January the week with the most new topics since August 2006!!!!
I do not know if you can grasp how amazing this is, but personally, I feel that this is the start for a new era of TWC with many discussions, fun and great activity. I have not had such a positive, optimistic view on TWC’s future since the summer of 2005 and that does say a lot!

I want to personally thank all new members (Gormok, Saruman, Jimjo and Kaizer) for joining us and sticking around, because there is nothing as indicative for great activity as new active members! Thank you and I hope you will remain with us – fresh blood is always welcome!

Then I also think that old members (Lachlan included – and Derek perhaps?) who have returned to former glory (at least to some extent) deserve my utmost gratitude and it seems that for example Elegost is back to stay – I mean – involvement in For Honour and Glory must mean you are hooked :lol:

Thank you all for a fun and productive week and let us keep it up!


The Archives have been cleaned! The Huge Project is at an end.
This has been a scar on this site for quite some times. The Archives. Topics from almost all forums (FHaG was spared) were mass pruned and moved into a huge, disorganized pile of topics in the Archives. Well – I decided that we had been disgraced by its presence long enough. Starting the “Huge Project” and gathering volunteers for it, I managed to finally get the community to move the topics to their proper root forums.

That does not mean that I did all the dirty work however. I certainly did help moving a couple hundred of the two-thousand-or-so topics, but the true credit must go to Andy, who moved a lot – and I mean a lot. Thank you Andy and also thanks to Alex, Ariakas and Kirby for contributing to this project.

The Archives now serve a proper purpose and former projects now have a spot as subforums in the Archives. These projects mean a lot for TWC history, although their activity has died out. They will never be forgotten however and are sorted and (relatively) easy to browse through!

I had a rush of nostalgia while moving and reading through some of the old topics that are now back where they belong, so while the task was tedious, I actually managed to get something good out of it.

Good job, all who helped!


Reflections and improvements
Through polls and discussions we have now returned to the good old TWC way of reflecting upon, discussing and improving the structure and organization of the forums. Such debates included the removal of various Games Workshop sub-forums. I urge more members to take parts in these discussions as that would show involvement and be for the greater good of the forums. Currently, there is a clean-up-proposal in Suggestions, Questions and Feedback that is being debated and I think you should all go there and have a say!


Moderator shifts
This was mentioned in the last Weekly Update, but will not be carried out, as Lachlan is now back. Let’s hope his activity rises to former peaks :)

Weekly Update contributions!
Proposed by Alex, approved by the Lord, accepted by the majority – any members that wish to have their opinion on the past week’s events can send a 50-words-or-so “article” to me via PM before Wednesday afternoon (GMT + 1) and I will include them in the Weekly Update.

This week, only Alex sent a contribution and it can be read further bellow.

Got an idea, post!
I have seen many great new topics that can boost activity and create interesting discussions. For Honour and Glory stories and discussions are nothing new, but do keep producing them as they really are entertaining and add to the overall effort of creating and expanding this awesome world.

But other topics are most welcome as well! Such as the discussion on a terrain competition, the Best Star Wars game topic and Alex’ “Musical wars”. Really – do post anything that you think might be cool, interesting, hot or just silly – anything can create great discussions or some random fun. Not everything will succeed of course, but the more topics we make, the more will succeed. Do not hesitate – any ideas are welcome (at least in Off Topic if nowhere else).


[size=6]-Interesting Stats[/size]

With the Archives sorted out, I can now post proper topic view stats – I will post the Top 5 forums for the past week from now on (in the Weekly Update of course).


Our members have made a total of
Last update: 109.755 posts
Now: 111.113 posts

We have 246 registered members
The newest member is Kaizer009 (shown great activity so far. Keep it up!)
Most users ever online was 185 on Jun 29 2007, 11:21 PM

And I have no clue how we got that “Most users ever online” record. Scary stuff :ph43r:

Top 5 forums of the week:

1. For Honour and Glory (vast victory – 1011 topic views)
2. News and Info (Pretty popular – like in the good old days of 2005 :D - 673 topic views)
3. Introduction forum (Also like in the good old days – 665 topic views)
4. Off Topic (used to me much more popular in the old days :D – 631 topic views)
5. Suggestions and Question (404 topic views).

Special notes:

The RPG forum (including subforums) managed to get 468 topic views. Just so we can compare with next week :D And naturally the coolest kingdom – the White Realm pwns all other RPG subforums with 290 topic views to Weissland’s 17 and Ahm-Shere’s 9. :D


[size=6]- The Lord’s Opinion[/size]
Damn – I say a lot of my opinion in the “What happened this week” section but what the heck! I am very pleased to say that I am now believing in an even cooler, longer and fresher future of TWC! With new members to add new things, old things growing even better and a vast activity boom, I think we have brought TWC back into the true TWC-spirit with Suggestions, News, Off Topic fun and so many other things. Sure, FHaG is what carries us on, but for a while, I felt TWC was growing too one-sided, but two things have now changed that:

+ New members (they stick around because there are other things than FHaG that are interesting and they help keep these other sections fresh and hot)
+ Spammed up intro posts (that is always a sign of true TWC activity :D

I must say that I am very happy to see discussions in News and Info, Intro Forum and Suggestions and Questions as well as Off Topic – because those are the real “old-school” TWC places and even the GW hobbies, Star Wars and the Video Games sections seem to get back in the game. Ah this is really forming up real good!

Stay active, make new topics and keep the TWC spirit and The White Counsil (with s :P ) will never fail!

Thank you all!


-Alex' opinion
AlexH: Well I'll state the obvious and say how active we have been recently. I cannot remember the last time we had so many contributors to the forum, so hats off to the new members, those who brought them here and those golden oldies still posting!

Discuss
Discuss my entries here and have fun!

Enjoy the community!

-Lord Sunnycool
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Captain Andy
Member Avatar
The Arm Of Retribution
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Id like to give a big up to Ogame which has got us several new members and has had a good boost through members on the site of the more golden persuasion. If anymore wish to join or are considering it I urge you too. It is just people from here really who help each other and build an empire to eventually get total galaxy domination.
Posted Image

"Should you ever feel agony for the loss of your Brothers due to enemy guns, bear through it with a stern smile and let your enemy know that you will get into combat soon enough. His judgement cannot be avoided!

Should your charge falter under heavy resistence, roar your devotion in His name and amount whatever strength you have left at one enemy point and crush it utterly! Let the enemy feel your pain by turning their's into agony!

Should you lay beaten and dying on the field, laugh with pride for even in death our enemies will fear us, leave them with a scar that will haunt them till the time of their retribution!" - Chaplain Valorus

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Oh and btw - the 50 words can be used as advertisements too :D

And I would like to agree with Andy and back his point up by stating that Ogame forum is actually the all-time 14th most popular forum - out of over 30! Good job indeed!
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Alex
Member Avatar
Commander of the White Army
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Great work, Sunny. I especially like the contribution at the end, very in-depth :lol:
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Haha - yeah - at least the idea was used by one person :D

Thanks, Alex!
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Alex
Member Avatar
Commander of the White Army
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Well, I'd have been slightly hypocritical to suggest something and then not follow it through myself. :)
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lathaon
Member Avatar
Fallen Archmage
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Lord Sunnycool
Jan 9 2008, 08:00 PM
Oh and btw - the 50 words can be used as advertisements too :D

So can I type TMTOA 50 times, or 10 times? :P
The White Counsil Medal of Loyalty
The White Counsil Medal of Art
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Yes, Jonno :rolleyes:
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lathaon
Member Avatar
Fallen Archmage
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Which?

50?

TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA

:D

If it's 10, I might as well just say "The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya The Mystic Tower of Ataya"
The White Counsil Medal of Loyalty
The White Counsil Medal of Art
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Just for your info - you asked me if you could type TMTOA 50 times and I said yes. I did not say it would be used for the Newsletter.

It has to be constructive, but if Andy e.g. thinks that Ogame has been active, he can finish off by saying: "You might think it is a cool game too - check it out!"

Just clarifying so that the likes of Jonno can understand :rolleyes:
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lathaon
Member Avatar
Fallen Archmage
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA TMTOA You might think it is TMTOA too - check it out!

That better? :P

Sorry, I'll stop spamming this now...
The White Counsil Medal of Loyalty
The White Counsil Medal of Art
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Yes it is better...

Anyone has anything constructive to say?
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
HIC
Commander of the White Army
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Lord Sunnycool
Jan 9 2008, 08:00 PM
Oh and btw - the 50 words can be used as advertisements too :D


Suddenly I'm interested :P

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped"

"Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame thrower."

Former name(s): haradiscool, David
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
I have received no wishes to participated in the next update, and I do not deem I have anything interesting to write for this week either, so I see no point in writing repetitions. ;)
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Ariakas
Unregistered

Sorry for not taking part in the discussion but the RPG uses up most of the time I got to spare on TWC at the moment.

One could however write about the events unfolding in the RPG? Mentioning exciting new character twists or revealings
Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Would you like to do that, Ariakas? Because I really do not have time to follow all the plots I am afraid and you seem to be everywhere over there?
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Alex
Member Avatar
Commander of the White Army
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
I have been a little short of time, but I will attempt to PM you a comment.
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Master Adam
Member Avatar
High Member of the Counsil
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
interesting read sunny, the master takes ye' hat off to you.
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Lord Sunnycool
Member Avatar
Lord of the Forums
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Thanks Adam, and your contribution is very much appreciated and will be included in the next update :)

Sorry guys - I have had a lot of school work on my hands and I do not think the past week was all that interesting.
Posted Image


"It is acceptable to spend the lives of those under your command! It is however not acceptable to waste those lives!"
The White Library
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Alex
Member Avatar
Commander of the White Army
[ *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * ]
Aye, that spout of bursting activity seems to have died down slightly.
chadden, Oct 15 2008
12:16 PM
HIC, I demand that you bludgeon yourself with a rock until your mental status returns to the level of a rapist who calls back to apologise! Your use of elaborate language and words is making me uneasy. Although, I am somewhat relieved to see that your punctuation remains shit-based.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · News and Info · Next Topic »
Add Reply
  • Pages:
  • 1

Via Domus created by Steve of the ZetaBoards Theme Zone