Version 2+

[Richard El Britannia]

Well, well, well. I had about given up on Encycloclique, to be honest, but after talking with the other staff members, we decided to try and make it work, again.

First of all, a few simple changes were made to the forum's skin.

• A shexy new banner was added;
  
• The menu was changed, making it easier to read and use;
  
• A new background was added;
  
• We got a new 'News and Announcements' box;
  
• The profile icons such as 'MSN' and 'AIM' were changed.
  
• The quick reply box has returned, as was requested. Don't let it make you lazy, though!
  

Not only the skin has changed, but the boards have as well. Yesterday, I went through the boards cleaning out any unnecessary threads and the like.

As well as this, the graphics boards were removed. Quite frankly, this isn't a design forum and we don't really want it to become one, so a single board was made for anything creative, dubbed 'Creative Visions'. You can post any of your digital art in there, as well as traditional art.

We've also decided to stop all of the big competitions, money schemes and everything, too. It was poorly done and there wasn't a great amount of people taking part and all the effort being put in was just going to waste. So, for now, the forum will simply be a place for friendly discussion and chat. However, if the activity does rise, expect to see activities and such; if there's more people here to enjoy them, the harder we'll work on them!

Also, with the release of version 2, I announced we'd have something special on the way. It was going to be an RPG, run by Verius. Boy, it did seem pretty cool when it was in production, but Verius decided he just didn't like the idea and didn't want to go through with it. Instead, he said he'd start work on a new one. That being said, don't expect to see it right away. It'll come when he's done and feels happy with it. If he rushes it, it won't be as good as it can be, will it?

Anyway, that's all I have to announce for this update. I hope you'll all continue to stick around. This time, we're gonna try our hardest to bring the forum some decent activity.

Thanks very much,
Unleashed Madness

[Surreptitious Cardboard Box]

Oh, I didn't know you guys had decided that about the RPG. 'Cos, y'see, I had a good idea about what we could do instead. That was what convinced me to work on this place again, when I was chatting with Sephos.

[Richard El Britannia]

cliquey said:

Oh, I didn't know you guys had decided that about the RPG. 'Cos, y'see, I had a good idea about what we could do instead. That was what convinced me to work on this place again, when I was chatting with Sephos.

Ooh, you do? Very cool. You must go post details in the staff board ... unless you have already and I haven't seen. xD

[Surreptitious Cardboard Box]

I'll type you an explanation on my computer, then email it from here soon. I have some history revision to do for monday, so I'm not gonna be able to get on here as much now.
But I'll send it as soon as I can, I promise. It should be fairly easy for you to understand.

[Otzlowe]

That said, I can still work on an RPG project to follow Afterlife when it's done, if you both want.

[Surreptitious Cardboard Box]

If you'd like to do that, that's great. But I don't want to load you with extra work while we still have something that I think we could manage. We'll see how this goes first.

[RAND_AL'THOR]

Wow, this place has changed a lot since my last visit! Congrats on the improvements! It looks awesome! I like the dark colors of this place (reminds me of the Luminoth Temple skin I used on NSider).

[Surreptitious Cardboard Box]

Glad you like it ^^. I chose the colour scheme, and Richard made all the graphics and put it all together. I'd like to say it was a team effort, but he pretty much steamed ahead in his eagerness xD.