NEWS -- September 2011 Updates

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Table of Contents Absentee Forum and Topic RP Guide Joining Page Moderator Review All Welcome Threads Catacombs Auxiliary Character Requests Ichika no Ho-en Map Expansion Skin Changes! Community & Spotlight Soul Member Complaints News & Updates - September 2011 Absentee Forum and Topic We've updated the Absentee List policy. Members, now you only need to post in the Absentee list if you'll be away a minimum of seven (7) days. If you are going to be away for any less time, you can let everyone know by posting in the Absences forum or updating your signature! The Absences and Player Updates forum has also been updated with a quick blurb that we hope will help folks when they try to figure out what to do when they go away! RP Guide Updates The Horse Guide was updated and revamped considerably with all sorts of helpful new information. Horses have become ubiquitous pets in 'Souls -- make sure you read this guide to adhere to realism! Special thanks to Katie D. and Mel for assistance and suggestions with the guide's information! We've introduced a Realism Guide to help players evaluate the realistic possibility of their plots and ideas. We strongly encourage all members to give this guide a read-through! Joining Page Updates We've updated our Joining Page, reformatting it and emphasizing a few points newcomers often seem confused about. We've also reformatted the Joining forum's introduction with similar points in mind. Hopefully, this will clarify things with newcomers here at 'Souls! Moderator Review We've conducted a review of both the Mentors and the Moderators of 'Souls. Congratulations to Meghann, who has been promoted to Junior Moderator! All of our Moderators have been doing a great job lately, however, and we'd like to thank them for the hard work! 'Souls has gotten to be a bigger community as of late, and we've had our rough patches, but thanks to the vigilance and diligence of the entire Moderator team, we've continued being awesome and will keep it up indefinitely! All Welcome Thread Reminder Please remember that if an all welcome thread already has a few replies and seems to be well-underway, it's polite to PM the thread starter and ask if you can still jump in. You can check our guide on Roleplaying Etiquette for more helpful hints on how to be a polite and courteous role-player! Catacombs Since our members are just so freaking awesome, we've created some new Catacombs for you to collect! We hope you like them and happy hunting! Additionally, we have fleshed out the rules and regulations for the Catacombs. We still hope to use an honors system to monitor these skulls; however, we hope that these stipulations help clarify the collection of Catacombs. Auxiliary Character Requests We approved seven auxiliary character requests and denied two. Keep up the good work, guys! Ichika no Ho-en Map Expansion Holy Cow! Ichika has gotten pretty big! As a result, the map has been updated to reflect their new land claim. New Skin! Our new default skin is a dark themed skin, "As the Heavens Fall." It's dark backgrounds and light text, something we don't see too frequently at 'Souls. We also have a new light themed skin, "Just Like the Wolf." It's slathered in Georgia and should hopefully appease those of you desiring something lighter in coloration! Both skins are orange in celebration of fall and Halloween! Both also use our new wide-version 'Souls, and both are sans the dreaded signature line. Spotlight & Community Souls Congratulations to Marie, winner of Spotlight Soul for September 2011 as Aeron Ganesa! There is no elected Community Soul for this month. For more information, check out the Community/Spotlight Soul thread!

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