Happy 5th Birthday, RoW!
Another year has come and gone, and what a year it has been! RoW is now 5 years old! That's half a decade or 1,826 days or 43,824 hours! It has been a fantastic and wonderful journey, and on behalf of the whole staff team, I (Shadow) want to say thank you to everybody who has been a part of this community, no matter if you've been here for 1 day or 5 years. RoW has only flourished because of our members and your love for collaborative writing and character development. July 29th is a special day for all of us, and we hope you enjoy the celebration that we've put together for you.
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Birthday Skin!
You all should have noticed that there is a new default skin! This is our special birthday skin created by Pinn! She did a great job and we're so excited to share the new skin with all of you and our guests.
Yearbook
Every July, RoW releases a member created yearbook. The yearbook features character profiles, player profiles, superlative voting results, a yearly overview, some neat statistics, and fun and games for your enjoyment. We'd like to extend a special thank you to Sarah who helped calculate the superlatives winner this year.
Taking a look at some of the statistics, this last year has been our most active ever, with over 9,600 in character posts. That is absolutely incredible! Who is up for the challenge of breaking 10,000 for next year? ;)
We'd also like to highlight @Iopah, played by Emma, who was the most active character this year with 240 posts. Congratulations!
Birthday Ribbons
This year, there are two different kinds of birthday ribbons you can be awarded. The first is the 5 Year Ribbon which will be given out to every single active account on RoW. No need to claim it, it will be awarded automatically to your accounts by the end of the week. This is just our small way of recognizing all of the characters who helped get us to this point. :)
The second ribbon can be earned by participating in the birthday activities. Right now, these activities include the word searches and cryptogram in the yearbook. Complete them and take a screenshot of your results and send them to Serach to get your activities ribbon. Not the best at puzzles? Don't worry! We've got other activities planned that we will be releasing over the course of the next couple of days. So keep your eyes peeled on the fun & games forum for those.
New Staff
Finally, we would like to announce our new staff team. We had an extremely large number of people apply, which is absolutely incredible. It really means a lot to Rachel and myself that so many people are willing to donate more of their time to help RoW run smoothly and we had a difficult time sorting through the applications. So even if you were not chosen, please know that you have mine and Rachel's deepest gratitude for your willingness to help us out.
Without further ado, here is our new staff team!
Rewards Managers
- Ghost
- Alace
Maintenance Managers
- Namara
- Ace
Library Managers
- Grey
- PuppyThief
Contest Managers
- Sarah
Congratulations to our newest staffers! We're working on getting you all titled and set up so you're good to go, so over the next 24-48 hours, you should have access to the staff discussion forum.
Now with all of the news out of the way, let's get down to business....
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