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Update on FL Staffing

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Zhokril

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Hey guys,

I have the pleasure of announcing a couple new developments in staffing which I'm sure will be exciting for you all, and build some energy for the future (both for the staff and players).

Please congratulate Volgathras and Tongar on their imminent elevation as Implementors. Both of these immortals have consistently dedicated their time toward the benefit of the game and playerbase, and have demonstrated their caring for the world that is FL.

Volgathras has been an extremely valuable member to the staff for almost 3 years now. Always the consummate peacekeeper, Volg brings rationality and reason to any discussion. He's been the one to keep each of us on the staff sane at least a few times. Behind the scenes, he has dedicated his time to building novel areas. In game, Volgathras has consistently brought fantastic role play to the table and breathed life into the lands.

Tongar is perhaps a more unsung, but equally valuable, hero of the staff. As you all are no doubt aware, my time drastically dropped off quite some time ago, leaving Anume and I in a quandary about how we could ensure a stable future for coding. Without prompting, Tongar took it upon himself to learn to code from scratch. While it's difficult to envision if you haven't coded, it is an enormous undertaking - yet, he stuck with it through countless hours of frustration. As I'm sure players have noticed, Tongar has been operating on his own fixing some of the bugs and making tweaks for a number of months now. I am personally grateful to him for taking up the task to help the game and easing some of the responsibility on me.

I also want to take a moment to thank Anume for the enormous mantle she has carried for quite some time. Anume has recently been filling the shoes of a job that has historically required 3 IMPs. While it may seem glamorous at surface level, the job is extremely stressful and one which anyone would rather share (believe me...). She has been a literal force for FL and I can't thank her enough for all that she does.

As for myself, my time has consistently been extremely limited, which I realize can be (equally extremely) frustrating for the playerbase. Tongar will continue to ramp up his coding full-time, and I will be putting in time where I can to move things along.

Congrats again to Volgathras and Tongar! :)

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Volgathras

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Thanks for all the support and faith. This is a huge honor, and one I'm both excited and apprehensive to undertake. I'd like to shift the limelight, though, and take a moment to give massive props to every member of our staff.

Each and every one of them works hard with nothing but the continued success of the MUD at heart. Whatever their talents, they give their all to ensure we're all here having a good time. Even in the midst of serious personal crises that would lay the normal person flat, they get on and do what they can for us. It's immensely inspiring, and I'm very proud to be a part of their team.

Though every one of them is deserving of the highest respect and admiration (and I do respect and admire each of you guys) I'd like to specifically point out a few.

Tongar, as Zhokril mentioned, has fought a continuously uphill battle to learn the ins and outs of what makes the MUD tick so he can keep it running, and make it better. That kind of creativity, intelligence and drive is amazing - not to mention he has a job that seems dead-set on wanting to boot-kick him in the head.

If they gave out medals for grace under fire in every day life, Anume would have retired it for earning so damn many. She's been the driving force of the mud in every aspect for a long time, shouldering responsibilities, as Zhokril mentioned, that are traditionally shared. And she did it while dealing with disgruntled players, insults, a particularly inept staff member (I'll try and be better I promise ;)), and the myriad issues of real life. Mother Theressa could take from pointers from this woman.

Zhokril is no less a hero for the work and effort he's put in, and though real-life (the soul-sucking bitch that she is) has had him pinned, he's still taken the time to make sure the MUD is here for all of us, and wants as we all do to make it the best it can be.

So thanks to every single one of you - bilabial stops (I had to look that up, Zho :P) on down, because to put it simply, yall are freakin' awesome.

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Volgathras

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A few words on Building in FL:

There will be a period of organization and assessment where we try to get a grasp on where we are, and what needs doing. This will mostly consist of looking at what we have available and assigning priorities. We also have a to-do list we're currently working on.

The focus for the time being will be finishing off the few half-formed areas we have lying around, and further work on large-scale quests the players have requested. Eventually, we hope to replace the few stock areas we have remaining with unique counterparts. These areas will conform with expectations for areas of their level, meaning no level 5 areas you need a master's degree and three years of playing the MUD to figure out. Newbie-friendliness is also a high-priority in this regard. The aforementioned quests are a long-term project, dependent on available time and skill required to get an acceptable result.

I cannot nor do I desire to place any time restriction on these projects. Quality is forefront in the creation process, both in terms of new usable content (weapons, armor, etc) and layout.

Players are encouraged to continue to send their building ideas in for consideration, however at this time it's unclear when we'll get to them. Thank you.

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Great stuff!

I would also like to take the time to thank the other immortals as well - Elrozin, Ordaran, Drokmar, Brehan, Greenmuffin and the tribunal immortal whose name I can't seem to remember.

You guys have turned a dying game into a flourishing one and I think FL hasn't been in such state for a long long time.

Major props to Tongar for learning to code.

Major props to Anume for managing to form such a good team, finally. I guess time is the beast teacher indeed :)

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Akoz Apprentice

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Hey guys,

Volgathras has been an extremely valuable member to the staff for almost 3 years now. Always the consummate peacekeeper, Volg brings rationality and reason to any discussion. He's been the one to keep each of us on the staff sane at least a few times. Behind the scenes, he has dedicated his time to building novel areas. In game, Volgathras has consistently brought fantastic role play to the table and breathed life into the lands.

Now I have seen everything.... LIES!!!

;)

Congrats guys!

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I've Killed for Less

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Congrats to both of you on the promotions!!!

I would just like to say thank you to all of the immortals and players of this awesome game. I use the term game loosely, as it's more of a second life for me. I've been playing FL for 10+ years, and it has truly become a large part of my life. It has been somewhere for me to go during bad times, and also a place to have fun during my free time. I am SO grateful that this game is offered to us all for free, and that the IMMs continue to keep it fresh, and keep things moving forward. I LOVE this game, and wouldn't ever dream of playing any other like it. FL is it for me. The only game I play. My friends have tried to get me into video games, or WoW, and even some other MUDs, but I just don't find anything as entertaining as the thrill of FL. To top that all off, I finally have the character that I have always dreamed of since I stared playing FL, an undead thief. It is everything I dreamed it would be, and then some. I am honored that I have been given the chance to play this combo, and especially to be given the chance to be an elder in my cabal.

I really want you all, imms and players, to know how thankful I am that this game exists. Thank you all so much, from the bottom of my heart.

I envision myself playing this game until my hands no longer work, and even then, I might get some speech recognition software to continue playing at that point. ;)

Congrats again on your promotions, and keep up the good work.

Your number one fan,

IKFL

-Charles

-Asares

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the_nightmare

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Volgatras have always been my favorite one, good job mate.

Props for believing that everyone deserves to play the game.

Props for making it so easy to talk to you, like we are good friends.

Props for making my favorite cabal (nexus) so long lived and full of active members almost all the time.

I haven't played since some months now, I cannot tell if I will like the new areas or not but I can say that I always knew that one day you will become someone that drives FL forward.

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I'm was just happy that you guys have kept the mud up and running this long. But after being back for a while I can see that you've made a multitude of improvements. I seriously love you guys, even the players that are still here you guys have been pretty cool compared to some of the others back in the day.

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