As to not "poke the bear", the bear being you... I've put a vote on the main page with a decision, Desert Map or Phoenix, I suppose its up to you !

So I have been busy with uni recently and moving around the UK. I'll be back to some activity next week so all tickets will be done with and I'll chase Zorg on some stuff before then.

Just a quickie update

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Just a reminder to those unsure of a few things, we're aware the filter is broken and fixes will start being made when Zorg gets back.

Having said that, the filter is not there to catch what you enter into our chat channels. It is there to stop whatever you enter being shown to other users, with that said you shouldn't be relying on 'it' or entering such material into chat channels that may be deemed as offensive to other users or staff.

I urge you to start staring words if you're unsure, there is no reason for you to use any language or for you to avoid the filter...

Have a nice Sunday! Also, Zorg is Married now

To give you an update on what I've been doing, in March I completely scrapped our Guide system - it wasn't working and new players where waiting days to get anything from a guide. This system was originally set up in 2007/08 and hasn't been changed, I figured I could do better and each guide now has access to live signups and minor access to our staff channel and a better budget to better deal with newbies with a live database that is changed and updated by guides, with a newbie having an entry on it when they sign up.

After 2 months I'm proud to say its a success, we seem to be holding new players around for longer and we've sent out over 3k of meds to new players to help them level. I suggest that gangs revamp their newbie systems and stop relying on lists to be posted or newbies assigned to a personal rank 11.

Another thing upcoming is 2 forums being coded into Legacy, I can only speak about a public one for now as the other hasn't been 100% finalised but we're going to add a trading forum to legacy - the one thing we don't have, meaning you can advertise your market - Hold offers or sell in bulk to the game community.

Last thing is the new filter, we have a long list of words to go through and I will sometime next week and clear things up, my best advice is to just not avoid the filter or test it...

With a Bank Holiday for us in the UK Tomorrow I suspect if you're waiting for anything from HCS it wont be until Tuesday, tickets will be unlocked to us on Tuesday so we can't do anything until then!