So quite a few things have happened and quite a few concerns have come up. Which is understandable. So lets go through the list shall we?

-Yes, Scott is no longer with us for reasons listed in an earlier blog made by Zorg. Details on what happened and who was involved is not going to be divulged no matter how many times it is asked.

-Yes, I am now the Lead Volunteer Helper (VH) and yet do not have a yellow name and am still a player. I was setup as a player staff before and that is as far as it went. I am currently working with Zorg to sort that out or change how it works entirely.

-As Lead VH with only Wolf as my other VH member, that means only 1 gang has a Staff Rep officially. Meaning until as such time that there are other VH members to fill the spots, I have to be the Staff Rep for the other three gangs. Why is this a problem? Well in short this means I have access to all the forums when needed. Which leads into my next point.

-I am currently a member of the Black Hand (Rank 17) for Dark Flame. This puts up two conflicts of interest as a player being a VH. And unfortunately all I can do is let you guys know that I have no interest or desire to browse through your forums for your plans or anything going on within your gang. I am only interested in the gang I am currently affiliated with.

If the above point is cause for great concern, then I will in time remove myself from that position to allow someone else to take up that spot.

-I intend on hiring at the absolute minimum 2 more VH members. This will occur after I have worked out a couple of details with Zorg.

I realize there are a lot of concerns with how I am setup currently and how things are being run. And no matter what I say there are going to be a few people who are always going to be concerned. And unfortunately all I can tell you guys is to relax, buckle up, and try to enjoy the ride.

Today we started a huge backhaul of cleaning of the forums, no data was deleted. To avoid removing parts of the games history we've combed through the forums to remove any issues with the search function. With that we also got rid of the lovely language this community has. If you did it within the past 3 months you got a cuddly toy disfavor for yourselves. If you've got mod messages ignore them.

Forums aren't a place for that kinda language and we've done a major overhaul of historic posts that where left unmodded. We will be putting the forums back up soon!

The new forum is open, please read the rules and post a thread! In a weeks time I will randomly select 2 threads/stalls to promote and sticky in the forum. Lets kick this forum into a booming marketplace

Thanks!

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 !