RAF Blog

Your backstage pass into Richard's Animorphs Forum.

Monday, September 28, 2009

RAF Store

That's right, RAFians, the RAF store is now up and running. If you look at the store (http://www.cafepress.com/rafians), there are a few different designs, and there are still more to come. They all feature a unique RAF Logo design, consisting of all the member's names, along with the forum's URL underneath.

Now, if you wish to have a different design, let me know, and I can try and make it so, so you can buy just the exact one you want (or the closest you can get). PM me, or post a suggestion here.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

New Member Position.

Goom has come up with an awesome solution to the "God Rank Problem." Any member who has or obtains the position of "God," and does not like that position (for whatever reason), now has an option to have it changed! An alternate rank, "Elite," has been created for this situation.

If you wish to change your rank to "Elite" once you have reached 5000 posts, please contact any one of our staff members via PM (such as Richard).

Member Ranks:

  • Lurker | 0-9 Posts
1 Star - Can't applaud or smite. Allowed 10 personal messages.

  • Newbie | 1-9 Posts
1 Star - Can't applaud or smite. Allowed 10 personal messages.

  • Jr. Member | 10-49 Posts
2 Stars - Can applaud or smite. Allowed 50 personal messages & Can attach files.

  • Full Member | 50-249 Posts

3 Stars - Same as Jr. Member. + Allowed 100 personal messages.

  • Sr. Member | 250-499 Posts
4 Stars - Same as Full Member + Can edit display name.

  • Hero Member | 500-999 Posts
5 Stars - Same as Sr. Member

  • Jr. Xtreme Member | 1000-1999 Posts
6 Stars - Same as Sr. Member

  • Xtreme Member | 2000-4999 Posts
7 Stars - Same as Sr. Member + Can modify custom title

  • God | 5000+ Posts (black color)

8 Stars - Same as Xtreme Member + 500 personal messages + Can move & lock own posts.

  • Elite | 5000+ Posts (black color) -Alternate to God-

8 Stars - Same as God Member

9 Stars - Same as Gods + 1000 personal messages + 10 Karma Points + access to D-Lounge

  • Gold Member ($50+ in donations - gold color - lasts forever)

10 Stars - Same as Donators + unlimited personal messages + 50 Karma Points


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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

ATTN: Audiobook Actors

If you are an Actor in the Audiobook project, I'm letting you know that chapters 1-10 of Megamorphs #1 are up and prepared for you to upload your audio files. Go here if you don't remember how to do that. The people at the Audiobook project need these files uploaded so they can start putting together the first couple of chapters.

Also, if you aren't involved in the Audiobooks, but would like to be, and you are willing to commit, please visit this Sub-Forum of the RAFprojects board.

P.S. If you have lost or misplaced your copy of Megamorphs #1, you can download it from the eBooks here.

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Are you an Audiobook actor?

If you have expressed interest in acting in the Animorphs Audiobooks, please check your PM inboxes (click here). Jess, who is helping to restart the project, has sent out an important message!!

If you have any questions regarding the Audiobooks, please talk to Jess, or any of the other project leaders: Mr. Guy 36, Morfowt, and WildWeathel.

I look forward to hearing you all very soon.

-Adam

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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Twitter in your Profile

That's right folks, the option to put a Twitter username in your profile has been added. Click here and then click on "Forum Profile Information" on the left hand side of the screen. Go halfway down the page and there the box will be.

Remember, you can also put in information for others such as:
  • ICQ
  • AIM
  • MSN
  • YIM
  • Twitter
  • Skype
I look forward to seeing people's tweets! For a list of Twitter usernames, or to post yours, there is this thread.

If you are new to Twitter, here are a few usernames you can follow to get you started.

richardonraf - Richard obviously. He usually uses his tweets to tell us about the forum (problems, etc.)
xeroxedfool - Russell AKA Esplin 9466.
cprailfreak - This is me!

Remember, getting started on Twitter is very easy. But if you have any problems, that thread mentioned above would be the place to ask your questions! So lets get your tweets a-tweetn'!!

-Adam

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Thanks to Adam for his 6th donation!

This is the 6th time you're hearing from me saying thanks to Adam for his donation. Yes, our top donator has yet again ensured that RAF won't shut down any time soon.

Thanks Adam!

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Hunger

The Second book in MG's Gone series: Hunger, is out!! Make sure to pick yourselves up a copy! I'm 3/4 through it, so i'm not done yet! But i'm almost there! haha. It's pretty sweet so far, but i'm not going to ruin it for you guys.

-Adam

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

RAFChat... Again.

I certainly hope that everytime RAF Chat gets unused, that I don't have to make a Blog Post, but today I noticed something pretty annoying. So, I opened up RAF Chat, after noticing that Zero people were online. But i noticed that there were also 17 users online on RAForum. I was like: WTF? Especially since half the people online on RAF, are frequent RAFchat users. Its the WEEKEND people, a time when we should have tons of people on RAFchat. I know that some of you are doing your finals, but some of you are in High School, and i know that in Canada, High School exams aren't until June. I don't know if its the same in the USA. Here, I took a screen shot:













So please people, GO ON RAFCHAT. It's just an extra tab to have on your browser. It's there for a reason, and if people stop using it, it's not going to be useful. I don't want to have to make a post like this, just to remind people that it's there. Ok? Thank you.

-Adam
A.K.A. Ell¡m¡st

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Monday, May 11, 2009

Michael Grant in Chicago, and other things he said...

So Michael Grant has stated on his YA Lit blog that he will be in Chicago for a book signing at the end of May. Those of you in the Illinois area should go meet him!! lol. I'm pretty sure he's a nice guy, and maybe K.A. will be there too!! Check out the blog post! (click the name of this post)

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

RAFGenerations

Ok, this has been touched on before in the RAFblog, but now I have made some banners up, that you can put in your Signature. Here is an example of one:


In the ones from RAFclassic, i put Classic above Generation. In the ones from New Raf, i put New above Generation. You can find this one and all of them here. Just look on the next couple of pages to find them (generations 5 & 9 are a couple pages away).


So please, add these to your signatures!!

Sincerely,

Adam

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Monday, April 20, 2009

RAF-lationships

Do you have a RAFcrush yet?

Do you know what a RAFcrush is?

Well see, a RAFcrush is a crush on someone who is a member of RAF. Sounds simple, but is actually very complex. This is because if you have a RAFcrush on someone who has a RAFcrush on you, that means that there is some RAFchemistry going on!! My next suggestion would be to start RAFdating.

RAFdating is also very complex, and should be carefully researched by asking current RAFdaters for their advice. Such RAFdaters are, for examples: Claire and Mike, or Estelore and Tyler.

After you and your RAFpartner have been dating for a while, one of you may want to move on to the next step, RAFengagement! One example of a RAFengaged couple, would be Russell and Dameg. They have been trying to move onto their next step for a while, which is to be....

RAFmarried!!! This is the biggest step in RAFcrushing, as this is the ultimate level of RAFcommitment. It's also a very big RAFcelebration that EVERYONE can have a part in (stags, stagettes, etc.). Only two RAFcouples have gotten married in the past. They would be Anna and Ken, or Touquie and Charlie. Only the latter are still together, which brings me to an optional, but sometimes unfortunate RAFcrush stage.

RAFdivorce. Just ask Ken or Anna for the explanation...

RAFchildren are very rare on RAF, seeing as how this is a children's book-forum, and must stay PG-13 or lower in the ratings. But, one RAFchild has been concieved throughout RAF's history. I'm not going to mention it's "dirty"name, but it starts with a P and ends with ootang.

Also, don't stab someone in the back, not very pleasant. Trust me, I've experienced it. And broken hearts are not fun.

So, if you are thinking of starting a RAFcrush, please, reference this topic, and find all the help you need. Just don't start too much RAFdrama.

Also, RAFipedia has a page here, which needs some updating.

Sincerely,

Adam

P.S. I would like to thank Gaz and Faerie in helping me with this post!! Thank you!!

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Monday, April 6, 2009

RAFChat

Hey everyone,

I know this has been touched on before in the RAFBlog, but I thought I would bring it up again. Everyone should go on RAFChat when they are on the forum. I mean, it's not that hard to open it up, sign up, and log in. It's just another window (or tab, depending on your browser) that makes a funny sound every once in a while (it might get annoying, but i got used to it!).

What really bugs the heck out of me is when I see that, for example, 24 people are online on the forum, yet only 8 people are online in chat (admit it, it happens). What the heck??

I understand that some people can't be on chat, for reasons such as your country doesn't allow it, or your cell phone doesn't support it, or your Playstation 3 doesn't open it (like me) and I'm not mad at you. Its the people who choose not to go on chat, for whatever reason, that I'm talking to.

Chat is useful because it allows you to talk to your favorite forum members in Real Time. This is neat because you are probably used to only talking to the members in the topics, where you might have to wait a whole day for the response, maybe longer! With RAFChat you ask a question, and you get an answer (if anyone wants to answer it) within seconds! Also, very notable things happen in RAFChat that, if you aren't there, might be missing out from. Examples of things like this that have happened in the past are:
  1. Ken and Anna's RAFWedding
  2. Pootang's Miraculous Birth
  3. Various RAFParties
  4. Many of the quotes in the Quotable Quotes thread
  5. and many more...

If you don't know what #2 is about, then that's the exact reason why you should be in RAFChat!

And hey! I'm not the only one who thinks so! Here's a quote from a member of RAF, when asked what has happened in RAFChat that they can remember:

"Not much really... RAFchat is dieing kinda... With the more talky people leaving or lurking more, less and less is happening..."

So please people, go on RAFChat!! I'll most likely see you there!

Sincerely,

Adam
AKA Ell¡m¡st

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Nostalgia

While looking at the Member list in order of Date Registered, I realized that only Mike (Phoenix004) and I were the ones who registered in 2003 (on RAFclassic of course), followed by two people from 2005 (Kelly and Tyler). At first, i was surprised and astounded that we had the rest register in 2008 and onward, most re-registering after the move from RAFClassic, and not asking for their original Registration date back.

This is my friendly reminder that if you registered on RAF Classic and haven't asked for your original registration date yet, please do!! Nostalgia on a forum like RAF is greatly appreciated!! It also sets up a sort-of seniority. That way, if someone has a question and are afraid to go to the Staff (they are pretty scary to newbs!), they can just ask a more senior member.

I was looking on RAFclassic for some of our oldest members, but there was no option to sort by registration date. So i looked up the Top 20 Posters, and found some members that had been very active, but didn't stay with us.

  • Sarah Connor
  • Xandria Nirvana
  • Meanders
  • Jordan
  • Sarah Naeem

That's just to name a few. Also, I was wondering why so many people are leaving, and I decided to determine which of the more active members of the new RAF have left, or are very inactive.

  • Anna
  • Leigh
  • Skye
  • mrlarry
  • Venomwiththelongname

If people wouldn't leave, there wouldn't be another reason for other people to leave. So please, people: End the Trend. Stay with RAF, and quit leaving.

Please leave comments.

Sincerely, Adam.

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Back for some more Blogging Action!!

Hey guys!! It's the manager of your space-time continuum, The Ellimist!!

...But you can call me Adam. Most of you know me already, but in case you don't, here's a quick re-cap of some stuff i've done on RAF:

  1. Joined way back when... (a long time ago)
  2. Became a staff member on RAF Classic
  3. Subsequently became a Co-Admin on RAF Classic (helping Richard out with a few things)
  4. Brought Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant to RAF (to answer some of our questions)
  5. Donated money to RAF (its a good investment)
  6. Posted on RAFBlog! (right now)

But enough about me. More about what my blog posts will include. My blog posts will most likely include updates from Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant, as I am in contact with them regularly via e-mail. Actually, i'm trying figure out a new way of asking them questions, like maybe ask everyone for their questions, RAF's Staff sort them out (get rid of the silly ones), and then I e-mail the completed list to KA & MG. I don't know!! Haha! Just an idea, i've got tons more too!!

If you have any ideas, please either tell me in comments (Estelore would probably like that), or PM me. Either way i'll read it and consider it, and maybe even reply. But Please... Don't give me questions. I'm not ready for them yet.

Thanks for reading!!!

My regards,
Adam, A.K.A. Ell¡m¡st

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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Rules Re-cap

Even though these rules are available on the forum (link), this is just providing a friendly reminder to all members of these rules. If you have questions about any of the following rules, please feel free to contact any Staff Member, for they will be happy to help you.

RAF Rules

1. Spamming is prohibited.1
Penalties: There will be only one official warning with regards to this rule. After which the user will be banned for an indefinite period.

2. Posts that are disparaging toward any religion, race, nation, gender, or sexual orientation are strictly forbidden.
Penalties: Warnings to Ban.

3. No harassment of any type or form towards any member of RAF will be tolerated.2
Penalties: Warnings to Ban.

4. Usernames (and profile information) may not be offensive, vulgar, profane, or abusive.
Penalties: Edit to Warning to Ban.

5. Pointless, excessive, or obscene cursing is prohibited on RAF4
Penalties: Edit to Warning to Ban.

6. Graphical sexual posts are prohibited. Threads of a sexual nature are also prohibited.
Penalties: Edit to Warning to Ban.

7. Multiple Usernames are not permitted.
Penalties: Deletion to Warnings to Ban.

8. Signature images are restricted to 550 by 120.
Penalty: Edit.

9. Excessive Web site promotion is not allowed on RAF.
Penalty: Deletion to Ban.

10. To go with accordance with the Conforums Terms of Service, members of RAF must be at, or, over the age of 13.
Penalty: Deletion to Ban.

1 Spamming being anything one would do to 'up' or increase their post count. Also includes, but is not limited to posting off topic, and double (triple, etc) posting.

2 This also includes, but is not limited to 'flaming3.

3 To speak incessantly and/or rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude.

4Please note that curse words have been censored as a result of the misuse of the language.

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