Prepare for the #LodanRespawn2024 Existing characters may choose to be displace from/have memories of different timelines, thereby allowing returning members the option to retcon their whole character. These changes are the result of the "Unnatural Fog" plot device that is running between now and the Respawn. The plot is simple: no matter where your character is, that place is shrouded in a thick fog that suspends time, but not thoughts or memories, so even if they're repeating the same day over and over again, they continue to remember, so each time feels like a new day. For those retconning OCs; this is where new versions of themselves have the opportunity to replace the old versions. Official lore and tree updates will be announced asap
Post by Zona K. Noakes on Aug 5, 2014 23:50:01 GMT
I just- I just.. I just.... AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Thank You! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!!!! I Just... *falls on the floor* sooooo happy...... *starts to twitch*
Badger: The cuss you are. Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me? Badger: No, you cussing with me? Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me! Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss! Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me! -Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009)
Perhaps the longest delay in the history of monthly spotlights, nonetheless, here we have our big reveal for the September 2014 Member and Character of the Month!!!
Member of the Month:Jakobi Frost has done the unimaginable in our community graphics forum... he has very nearly drawn a portrait of every currently active member of Lodan! (drop) That is such an outstanding accomplishment that we cannot help but to bring attention to his(her) incredible effort and offer this spotlight for a job well done! If you haven't seen them already drop by the gallery and see all the wonderful headshots he's drawn of our community!
Character of the Month:Stephen Leland is back for another spotlight thanks to his powerhouse enthusiasm and motivational drive to start new threads. He has been initiating new RP's around the forum (in this incarnation and his alt-others ) making it hard to chose which version of this RP'er to highlight for this honor. Regardless of tough decisions, we were able to identify which persona to appreciate this round and it is with a big smile and round of applause that we show our appreciation for this character!
Despite more delays, we are just as proud of our Monthly Spotlights this October as we have always been for the Spotlights of the past! It is my pleasure to present them to you now:
Member of the Month: Lone Bateleur has reached 62 posts as one of our newest characters, double the amount of our second most proliferate poster out of the cluster of new characters in our midst! What makes Lone our Member of the Month is her eclectiveness in who she choses to RP with. In a short amount of time, Lone has thrown her character into situations with members of the city in just about every guild. Her acquaintance (and dare I say 'friend') base in-game is diverse and growing. We appreciate her activity and her versatility and like to show our appreciation by offering her this spotlight for October!
Character of the Month: Our Character of the Month is that other new member I mentioned, ringing in at 35 posts as the second most active in our latest swath of new players. Known simply as Max, she has braved her way into Lodan society with spunk. Although we don't always push our new members to build up their profiles even more from the get-go, we gave Max a push, and it was a rewarding push since the additional information in her profile has really enriched her background and made moving her forward in this universe that much more specific, characteristic, and individualistic. We welcome Max into our fold and would like to treat her to our October Character of the Month Spotlight!
It is that time again, and we are overjoyed to announce our new monthly spotlights~!!
Member of the Month Our member of the month for November has put in a tremendous amount of effort over the past couple of months. He was hard at work developing the To Die For murder mystery event long before it became public knowledge, and while the entire admin team pitched in to help develop the ideas, its actual inception into the world of Lodan wouldn't have been even remotely possible without all the hard work, attention to detail and timeliness of one member in particular. He has set the bar extremely high as a guild leader, for future guild leaders who will be in charge of their own monthly events. I would like everyones help in congratulating and showing our appreciation for: Amon!
Character of the Month Very rarely we come across a character that we just Love---- to hate! It has been a while since we've had the privileged of spotlighting one such member and it is with much excitement we get the opportunity to do so again today! Our character spotlight for the month of November comes from the hard edged Military Guild EIRAL and has enlisted with the less-than popular (but true to code) personality of a genuine merciless indifference toward Anders. We applaud this character for taking up the mantel and increasing the diversity of our community with such an iconic archetype. Big thanks and Kudos go to Andronikos!
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Thank you so much for the feature! Hope to continue to raise expectations! ^_^
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
Its that time again ladies and gentlemen, where we stop and take a moment to honor our Monthly Spotlights!
Member of the Month: December's Member of the Month has gone to extra lengths to contribute to his (her?) Guild, to the extent that he (she?) Has become the Guild Leader!!! It's hard to say enough good things about the can-do attitude this member has & the motivation to keep M.I. on their feet! Please congratulate and thank Danny Ravensdale
Character of the Month: We all know who she is, we've all seen her in the forums and in the shoutbox | Easychat: Eryn (aka Rava aka Jo'e aka Roy aka Ratna). She's the friendliest member of the city, and in this incarnation - the sweetest character to walk the streets of Lodan. Eryn makes friends and sympathisers everywhere she goes, and documents it afterwards with artwork which she shares in the OOC forum. Everyone give a hearty 'grats to Eryn
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A new year ladies and gentlemen, and with the new year comes new spotlights!!
Member of the Month:
She's been here since the very beginning...one of the first people who joined after Lodan's creation back in 2011 if I'm not mistaken. Since then, she has risen the ranks to Guild Leader and eventually Lead Admin, overseeing both reboots, organizing many events, and patiently dealing with many of our questions and concerns. To the wonderful woman who we can't thank enough, our Member of the Month goes to: Caitlin Cockfoster!
Character of the Month:
Our character of the month for January has been an active member through our cold and dreary winter months, someone with the tenacity to survive the bleak and deserted city when others were hibernating through the daunting chill. None of that stopped Elaine Anncroft who joined us this Fall and has stuck with us when the candle light burned its lowest. Now that everyone is thawing out, I'd like your first fresh sight in Lodan to be that of a deserving member being awarded for her involvement in the City of Gears!
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She sat her glass down next to the decanter and leaned back. This was nice... like falling into a vat of marshmallow fluff. Calm, muffled, the rest of the world blocked out by the closed door to his cabin, and here they were safe inside. Safe from reality, safe from their own complicated lives. Safe from duty. Safe from context. Just. Safe. --Caitlin
"I will destroy you in the most beautiful way possible! And when I leave, you will finally understand why storms are named after people!" - Taryn, Nerf This
We've come out of hibernation safe and sound, and many of us emerged wondering what had been going on in the meanwhile. Some honorable mentions have earned their place on our sidebar as monthly spotlights and I'd like to take a moment to share why.
Member of the Month: As some might have noticed, the BoR's loveable leader has been dodgy of late, her IRL roles and responsibilities tearing her away, but the group has not suffered any loss thanks to a remarkable Second in Command (2IC). This months Member highlight goes to Ikuze Storm for carrying on the duties of Guild Leader when a new recruit needed a trial (wherever did that Jackson go?) and when activity needed a boost. Big thanks goes out to Ikuze Storm and the rest of the 2IC's who have given more time and effort behind the scenes than many of us will ever know. Thank you!
Character of the Month: Our staff has nominated Max for her covenant with the group and her steadfast determination to figure out the Lost Pages event! She and Stephen went back and forth over it for an entire page while no one else was looking! As day-light-savings time rolls around and the rest of us meander back, there is plenty of new material to read all over the forums thanks to Max and her RP Partners. Big thumbs up and a round of applause for this active member of our community!
Welcome to Spring my lovelies!! And Congratulations to our new monthly Spotlights March of 2015!!
Member of the Month: The Ebony and Ivory Royal Army of Lodan might just be the hardest guild to mold a character into. Especially for peace lovers who cringe at the thought of sincere confrontation or moral dilemmas. It takes a strong writer to digest that kind of set up and roll with it. We all like to be the protagonist in our own stories, but if all we have is a community of do-gooders with modern morals, there would be no conflict to play out. This month we're going to celebrate a writer who embodies the hardest stereotype of Lodan (a human bigoted against the three species of Anders and half-breeds) and accept the plot driving roles that go with it. Not only that, but we get to congratulate Andronikos and welcome him as our most recently promoted admin team member, the new 2IC (2nd in Command) of the EIRAL guild!
Character of the Month: The Magicae Incolentium is not about to be outdone by their rival adversaries!! They too have experienced a step up in leadership! Lasair Landevier Lupen has taken the initiative to contact the powers that be and arrange a new member trial for the MI! Lasair is a proactive member of our community who saw a gap that needed filled, and he filled it, no questions asked! That kind of motivation and willingness to make a positive contribution to his guilds growth cannot be over appreciated! Thank you Lasair and please accept recognition as the March Character of the Month!
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Member of the Month: Sometimes its great to celebrate new members for the sake of taking a chance on Lodan, and joining the community we all have grown to love! This April, as is customary in Spring, I'd like to embrace and appreciate the newness among us! Bringing fresh life to the Mingo's guild is their latest addition Edgar Anapello, who is already steamrolling through the threads with loveable guild leader Amon! Welcome to the group Edgar, and congratulations on this months Member Spotlight!!
Character of the Month: It almost doesn't seem fair to spotlight this member once more, but in all actuality it would be grossly unfair not to!! Ikuze Storm has gone above and beyond in the recent Festival of Hearts thread, taking advantage of the massive turn out to stage a continuation plot for future RPs! That kind of leg work and forward thinking (little schemer that she is ) deserves to be rewarded! So this month we congratulate Ikuze for being the active character that we all know and love her for being
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Today we get to do something unusual (and exciting!) We get to award4monthly spotlights!!! If you haven't already taken a look at the sidebar, check it out now and you will see two sets of spotlights, one for May and one for June
MAY Member of the Month: Alonzo K. Ruxton kept up a steady beat all throughout the month of May, never resting, never complaining. He was here every week writing post for his RP partners and keeping up the Lodan spirit on the forums! That kind of dedication to our RP community has earned him a well deserved Member of the Month spotlight. Definitely check out his latest penmanship in Out In The Cold, Festival of Hearts 2015, and Gunpowder and Paint.
Character of the Month: Elaine Anncroft is back for another spotlight, and this May she is the Character of the Month! This CAEsAL lady has been out and about getting to know her fellow citizens very well in a Walk in the Park, a Hint of Spring, not to mention the Festival of Hearts 2015. She's accumulated a hefty 112 likes for her posts in the forums - so you know her writing consistently delights her readers and writing partners! Check her out, and remember to congratulate her for this months spotlight!
JUNE Member of the Month:
If Zona K. Noakes hasn't blown your mind yet, she will! You are looking at one of the busiest members of our forum and one of the most active, jumping into threads left and right and keeping everyone on their toes! She's in Wedding Crashed...Should Have Left Sooner, Care to Join Me, Futile Flirting, and the Festival of Hearts (naturally) If there is one thing you wont get from hanging around Zona, it's bored. You wont get bored, that I can guarentee! A hearty 'grats to miss Zona for this months spotlight!
Character of the Month:
Clancy Fuchs is putting Mingo's back on the map with an amazing boost of posts this last week of May heading into June! We have high hopes for his Summer activities and are confidently naming him the June Character of the Month! His recent sprint of activity includes posts in Gunpowder and Paint, Futile Flirting, and Sand Sun and Sentiment. Keep up the good work there Clance! (win)