Announcements & News

[center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=ann&id=1079475][img]http://flightrising.com/dropbox/words_on_wind_004.png[/img][/url][/center] What an exciting couple of months! Gather round, dragons, we have words to share! [br] [center][b][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=ann&id=1079475]Click here to read more about this update.[/url][/b][/center][more] [br][br][br][br] We are sorry for April going by without a [i]Words on the Wind[/i]. The influx of 20,000 new users demanded my attention, I turned around twice and suddenly it was May! [i]Words on the Wind[/i] is back on for once monthly installments. [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]A Little Bit of Business[/size][/b][/center] Senior Moderator, @Amalythia, has written up a reminder for our players, old and new, about the forums. [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=mb&board=frd&id=1079428]We strongly recommend you read through it as the post covers forum expectations and thread placement.[/url] If you have any questions or reports of on-going harassment, please send them through [url=http://flightrising.com/index.php?p=contact]Contact Us[/url]. While we encourage players to privately message the moderators or myself of a thread that requires active moderation, all other reports need to go through Contact Us so that we may properly track everything. On weekends, if you need help sooner rather than later, please message the moderators before messaging me as I most likely will not see your messages until Monday. While the Administrative team is never very far from the site, we all try to take our weekends. In the event of something urgent, the mod squad is able to quickly reach us if it is required. If your forum is without a moderator, please PM me for sticky requests. [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Skins/Accents[/size][/b][/center] Current skin and accent approval times have been a bit on the longer side. To address this, we have brought on a new staff member, @suburbansamurai, who will be helping with skin/accent approvals so that you can turn your creativity into in-game equippables that much swifter! If your skin or accent has an error or was uploaded incorrectly, it is helpful for players to continue to [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?board=skin&id=1078128&p=mb]utilize the skin/accent tracking thread [/url]so that all the skin queue staff can coordinate to address issues as they come up. It's harder to miss a reported problem when they're all consolidated in one place rather than all over the forums. [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Registration[/size][/b][/center] [br] Oh sweet Arcanist, [i]nothing[/i] could have prepared us for that registration window! It was incredible! We've gained 20,144 new community members and we've also gathered quite a bit of valuable data. The entire team was working behind the scenes. Our developers had a finger on the pulse of the site the entire time, information was flying back and forth, we were determined to give you the smoothest, most enjoyable experience we could. There were hiccups, yes, but those hiccups were very informative and we have several leads on how to improve the site so we can throw the registration doors open permanently. [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Encyclopedia[/size][/b][/center] We are slowly rolling out additions to our Encyclopedia. Here are a pair of new entries for you to enjoy: [LIST] [*][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=25]Coatl Dragons[/url] [*][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=wiki&article=24]Swipp's Swap Stand - information and swap list.[/url][/LIST] [center][img]http://flightrising.com/images/wiki/breed_coatl.png[/img][/center] [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Coliseum[/size][/b][/center] We are very happy to see the site remain stable under the weight of our new userbase and use of [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=coliseum]Coliseum[/url]! We know some of you are struggling with your Coliseum connection and we are continuing to investigate what is going on. Our apologies for the frustration, we want everyone playing our games![br] We are continuing to balance the coliseum loot tables to provide a rewarding loot curve as you level. Here are a few of the recent additions you may find in your skirmishes: [center][item=lyretail puffer][item=Ragged Skirmisher Scrap][item=Chimera Relic][item=Incorporeal Dinner][/center] [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Fairgrounds[/size][/b][/center] [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=faire&game=tidaltrouble]Tidal Trouble[/url]: Oh my! For awhile there, we had 2000 puzzles pending approval at any given time! We are happy to say that that is no longer the case! The queue is at a much more manageable level now and you shouldn't have to wait too long going forward to find out if your puzzle is approved. Unfortunately, we are rejecting more than we approve so here's some good rules of thumb to help you when submitting your puzzles! These guidelines help to ensure that puzzles are enjoyable, challenging, but not unsolvable. [LIST] [*]Puzzles with 9-11 bubble colors will not be accepted. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles with 8 bubble colors must have a low bubble/row count or they become impossible to solve. 3 nearly full rows or 4 partial rows. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles with more than 5 bubble colors may not go more than halfway down the screen. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles with multiple 5+ consecutive chains in the puzzle. This becomes a judgement call, but if there's a chain of 15 bubbles in the puzzle we're going to be looking hard at it. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Barrier elements are discouraged. Barrier elements with high bubble variety counts are very discouraged and will most likely be rejected immediately. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles should take at least 6 shots to solve. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Connecting to the top in more than one location is good. Consecutive chains count as one connection. If the majority of a puzzle is connected to the top by one chain, that counts as one connection. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles should not create logos from other companies, this is a copyright violation. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles should not use trademarked terminology in their titles, also a copyright violation. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]Puzzles should not use foul language, reference sexual acts, reference drugs, reference real life religions, reference real life tragedies, reference nations/nationality, or call out specific players. Titles should also be words, not random letters.[/LIST] We've heard your concerns about the difficulties of puzzles. To address this we, daily, review the data collected on the win/loss ratio of each puzzle and remove them as needed. [br][br][br][br] [center][b][size=4]Dragon Share Spotlight![/size][/b][/center] [center]Due to the missed month there's been a backlog in Dragon Share. This month's spotlight is focused on the two most popular themes: Snappers with Hats and Fluffy Tundras! @Foxdancer's Butternut! I just can't with that fez, I love it! [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=2055677] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/20557/2055677_350.png[/img] [/url] @Areeyana's Fynn! Neon fluff! [url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=2183568] [img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/350/21836/2183568_350.png[/img] [/url][/center]