The winner of the belated December CotM is... Kiba!

I'll be putting up the January CotM poll here shortly, you'll have two days to vote in it.

Staff will be voting on the December WotM and MotM today/tomorrow. The winners will be announced after we come to a conclusion. January WotM and MotM will be voted on by staff after the close of the CotM poll.

I'm leaving for the day shortly, so I wont be able to get to everything else today. My apologies for the inconvenience to people waiting on me. Other than chores, I don't have plans tomorrow, so I should be on. I will be returning to a normal schedule Monday. I'll be doing an activity sweep on a weekly basis starting then.

All the winners of the belated December otMs have been decided!

CotM - Kiba

MotM - Jeff

WotM - Hotaru

Remember to PM me for your prize selection!

Also, the January Lottery results are in! As you know, we had two winners for January because we did not have a lottery in December. The winners are: Frox and Haru! Your prizes have already been added.

Congrats to all of you!

I'll be working on the Christmas present stuff next.

Remember to vote in the January CotM poll if you haven't already! It'll be locked tomorrow and staff will start voting on MotM and WotM from January!

The winner for January's CotM has been decided! Congrats to... Kurisuna! [link]

Staff will be voting on January's MotM and WotM today, so look forward to those results tomorrow-ish.

The Christmas presents have finally be allotted! Check it out here. [link]

There is a new weekly contest up! [link]

Remember, we have an activity sweep tomorrow; I'll also try to go over threads then.

The Christmas Costume poll is finally up! Be sure to vote! [link]

This is a very, very, minor announcement and I would have put it in my blog, but I don't know if everyone reads that; I am back on a schedule and it has changed slightly. My 'main' online times have changed. I will now be online every day but Sunday (and days when I have special plans) from 10am to 12pm box time and 3pm to 5pm box time.

Staff has finished voting on MotM and WotM so here are the results!

As stated, Kurisuna was CotM for those who didn't see/remember.

MotM - Cain!

WotM - Rip!

Congrats to all of our otM winners! Make sure you PM your prize selection.

For everyone, be sure to watch out for people you want to nominated for February's otM categories as the month goes on!

The Christmas costume winners have been announced! [link]

The following people have been moved to limbo:

Iyashii Kasha
John Poppop
Philemon Arturia (should have already been in limbo but Cain removed him)
Renkai
Yuigon

The following people are now considered demoted (even if they magically reappear and post today):

Akegata
Akumu Shiki
Tenba Genjitsu
Sonen

Miha is being given a month extension before he is moved to limbo.

Please keep in mind that if your character is in limbo for a set amount of time, they can be demoted and even eventually killed. You can find the activity rules in this thread. [link] You must both post in an RP thread and PM me, not Cain, to get out of limbo.

The following non-character accounts will be deleted in two weeks if they are not made active:

cordelia
enishi
jikan
styx
syn
takashii
Yutaka Sakura

The faction rosters and open ranks thread are up to date for the time being; Akegata and Genjitsu's ranks will be edited accordingly after their captains or myself write their demotion threads.

Please remember that you only have until 6pm box time on Saturday to get your Elementary answers in.

I will be going over threads tomorrow. If you're late in any, be sure to post tonight. I am caught up on a lot of stuff, so I will be going over those every day again.

Just a few quick announcements before I go to lunch.

Senbon will be added to our item list.

Custom items will now be available for purchase with 500 Gold.

I will be starting a weekly 'gender' war come Monday with RP and Gold prizes for the participants of the winning gender. More info on that will be given on Monday in the thread.

In addition to the senbon, we have also added willow short bows to our normal item inventory. A big thanks to my resident bow, and typically other weapons expert, Chakaara!

I've have also reposted the Character Development Guide that I had on our old test board. You can find it here. [link]

I know I am a bit late in announcing this, but if you have read the setting thread you know that time in the IC AK world passes as normal time does in the terms of months, years, and seasons, so AK is currently in the year 2001 and the last month of the winter season for threads that aren't following immediately out of threads made last year, such as the event thread and the like.

Don't forget, entries for Elementary must be in by 6pm box time tonight. That means you have about seven hours from now. I will not include late entries.

Feb 9, 2013 13:24:55 GMT -8 @gfjmember said:

Kurai says she is unable to connect to AK because her computer says the site has malware.

Proboards and other sites like IGN are having a problem with certain ads that are causing a malware problem. They are currently working on it, so if you know of anyone like Kurai who is experiencing said issues, please inform them if you can get in contact with them.

The new Elementary puzzle is up if you haven't seen it yet. [link]

The gender war thread is now active. [link]

Remember to be thinking about who you want to nominate for February's otM categories.

Entries for this week's Elementary must be in by tomorrow evening at 6pm box time. [link]

There is a new thread up regarding streams. Please keep in mind that the content you stream cannot violate the AK rules if you are promoting the stream on site. [link]

Reminder, if you plan to enter this week's Elementary, you have about ten hours left to do so! [link]

There is a new poll up about Radio AK. [link]

The following account was delete for being inactive - katsura

The following accounts were deleted in accordance with the warning I put up two weeks ago:

cordelia
enishi
jikan
styx
syn
takashii
Yutaka Sakura

I will be doing another sweep for unused accounts next month.

For those wondering why we haven't had another plot event, it is because there are still threads with direct ties to personal character issues and timeline issues stemming from the one from Halloween. Once those reach some resolution or conclusion, there will be another plot event.

Plot related NPCs and Items have now been listed. [link]

The new member introduction thread is up. [link]

The Event Information thread is finished, complete with a new event system that will start next month. Say thanks to Az! [link]

A new special item has been added to the item list in conjunction with the personal mini-event system; the iridescent orb. [link]

I'll be resuming work on the dimension information in the days to come as well.

Don't forget to enter this week's Elementary and compete in the Battle of the Sexes! You're losing, ladies!

Also, it's about time for February's otMs, so start sending in your nominees!

This is week's Elementary is up. [link]

This week's BotS is up. Congrats to the guys for winning last week's. [link]

A new contest is up. [link]

February Lottery thread is up. [link]

Please send in February otM nominees. Only one person has and I need two more for each category at the very least.

As you guys recall, when I returned from hiatus I had mentioned giving you guys something special for carrying on in my absence because I was, and still am, proud that you did so. I really had no idea what to do, but with the introduction of the PME system, I've finally decided to give all approved characters (and Crazy's) an iridescent orb. I'll be adding those shortly so you can find them in your inventories. To use them, post in the Moderator Request thread like you would use RP. Thanks again!

Edit: This does not include myself or people in limbo.

The February CotM poll is up. [link]

I'm requesting that next month more people try to nominate members for the categories because with double nominations, we've ended up with still only about a couple of people for each category and there were some others worthy of nomination. The voting for this month will end in a couple of days so I can put up the MotM and WotM polls in the staff board.