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VOL 01 ISSUE 02
FIRST MONTH DOWN!
CYNEFIN'S SUCCESSFUL RELAUNCH!
WOW! This has been one heck of a relaunch! Cynefin has had a very successful first month since we opened on January 21st! We've had a boom of 30 characters with more pending, 15 players have joined our discord and have created their first character, we have a total of 68 total accounts registered on site, we've hosted two contests, a new staff search, brought on five new staff members, and hosted two differently themed community events: a Studio Ghibli movie night and an Among Us and Gartic Phone Game Night!
A special thanks to the following people who joined us for our Studio Ghibli event: Honk and AirJordanz!
A special thanks to the following people who joined us for our Game Night: Karuna, Isio, Shimmer, AirJordanz, Amber, Carolo, Tobias (props for getting the night started!), Bagelfriend, and Mars!
Rochelley and I cannot thank you all, our community, enough for being so excited to jump in! We've had people return to our community from our predecessor site, Hazelstar Warrriors, as well as brand new people join us and bring some new energy to the site! We are so thrilled to see how everything has gone thus far and are eagerly awaiting our second month and all the months to come! Now, we'd like to give an update about our contest winners from February!
MAP MAKING CONTEST
Congratulations to both our winners, Serpent and Karuna! As Serpent won first place, her prize was the ability to create a brand new parent area which she named Toadstool Swamplands; she also created three brand new subareas: Watermonster Grave, Cypress Bog, and Condor Pass! With Karuna coming in a close second place, her prize was the ability to create a brand new subarea, and she had such great ideas that Rochelley and I approved her for two: Soft Paw Creek and Mangrove Grotto!
You can view Serpent's map versions here, and Karuna's map versions here! All four versions of the Map are viewable by clicking on the 'Map' quick-links tab on our sidebar.
ADVERTISING CONTEST
Once our advertising contest closed, we had two top winners! Congratulations to Karuna for winning first place with a total of 9 advertisements, and to Amber for winning second place with a total of 8 advertisements!
As Karuna's prize, she was able to fast-pass the clan creation rules in order to create the first on0-site clan. She gracefully transferred the prize to AirJordanz, who will be utilizing it in the coming month for the projected clan idea: Swiftclan! As the second place winner, Amber was able to fast-pass the rules for either tribe creation, or to take the deputy slot within the first clan's ranks; she chose to fast-pass the tribe rules and will be utilizing her prize in the coming month as well!
NEW STAFF
During the month of February, Rochelley and I hosted a Staff search to help us develop the site and grow the community! We had many lovely applicants, and want to say thank you to everyone who applied; you are appreciated! In the end, we had so many community members that we loved and thought would bring great contributions not only to our team but also to the site, so we ended up choosing several staff members! Before we announce who they are, we want to brush you up on what all the staff members do!
Head Admins oversee everything and help everywhere we can. Junior Staff are those who will be our team leads who oversee one or two areas of site and community development; they'll be handling a little bit more than our Moderators. Our Moderators are going to be supporting the Junior Staff and working with them to help identify difficulties in their respective areas, creating ideas and implementing changes to make things work better or be more engaging, or helping complete tasks if the Junior Staff member needs to step away for a period of time. Our Resident Coder works in the background to make sure the site doesn't bug out or do wonky things and generally helps with making sure the site essentially works. Our Resident Staff are members of Staff who have contributed to Cynefin greatly, but are currently on Leave of Absence and are unable to support at the moment; should you see a member of Resident Staff on the discord, please say hello but we ask that you refrain from tagging them or messaging them directly for help while they're on leave. Should you need a staff member directly, please check their assigned role group to make sure they're not on leave or simply tag @staff, @head admins, @junior staff or @moderator in the discord!
With explanations out of the way, let's get to the exciting part: who the new staff is!
Congratulations, and a warm welcome, to our new six members of Staff: Karuna, AirJordanz, Serpent, Invisii, Isio and Amber!
Please bare with us as all of the new staff members learn the ins and outs of working with proboards and character approval process, as each of them will try their hand at character acceptance in the coming month in order to be familiar with the process! As some of you may have seen, this process has already begun so give a cheer for our new staff!
PLOT
Things are heating up in the valley with all these new cats around. Literally! Greenleaf has suddenly gotten unremorsefully hot, with strong levels of high humidity. So far, it seems several cats have journeyed into the valley and are beginning to establish solid friendships and make plans to take charge of their futures! It seems even, cats that were once influenced by the mythical Starclan have entered the valley and are letting cats of legend lead where their lives go. But the valley holds many secrets; only time will tell when the cats of this forest will discover them.
Coming soon... Starclan: real or not real? A Starclan plot is on the horizon!
SEASON CHANGE
As of March 1st, the season has shifted from Early Greenleaf to Mid Greenleaf! The warm weather has now really set in and rain is scarce. With strong humidity and little wind, there isn't much respite from the heat. Even the nights are hot these days, with only the shade to cool you down. But with the warm season now in full swing, prey is more abundant than ever before; better catch it while you can! Be careful where you go to find it though, with an abundance of prey, there is an abundance of predators to compete with the cats of the valley for full bellies. Late Greenleaf will occur on April 1st.
MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTS
You voted on it, and now it's here! Please vote for your favorite things in the month of February! Our first monthly spotlights include everything that had a minimum of one vote cast for it. Please only vote once and don't vote for yourself! February's Monthly Spotlight will be closed from voting on Friday, March 10th, at 11:59PM EST and winners will be announced on Sunday, March 11th! You can start casting your votes by visiting this link!
UPCOMING PLAYER BIRTHDAYS
March 2nd: Feathy
March 18th: Honk
March 23rd: Isio
March 25th: Poppy
UPCOMING CHARACTER BIRTHDAYS
March 18th: Diamond
March 23rd: Ice & Salamander
Next month, the newest members who joined us during the month of March will also be featured in our monthly newsletter!
And that wraps up February! With budding clans on the horizon and more characters being made every day, we're sure to have an exciting March! April is going to bring larger and more dynamic plots so keep an eye out for the next Cynefin Chronicle!
A special thanks to the following people who joined us for our Studio Ghibli event: Honk and AirJordanz!
A special thanks to the following people who joined us for our Game Night: Karuna, Isio, Shimmer, AirJordanz, Amber, Carolo, Tobias (props for getting the night started!), Bagelfriend, and Mars!
Rochelley and I cannot thank you all, our community, enough for being so excited to jump in! We've had people return to our community from our predecessor site, Hazelstar Warrriors, as well as brand new people join us and bring some new energy to the site! We are so thrilled to see how everything has gone thus far and are eagerly awaiting our second month and all the months to come! Now, we'd like to give an update about our contest winners from February!
MAP MAKING CONTEST
Congratulations to both our winners, Serpent and Karuna! As Serpent won first place, her prize was the ability to create a brand new parent area which she named Toadstool Swamplands; she also created three brand new subareas: Watermonster Grave, Cypress Bog, and Condor Pass! With Karuna coming in a close second place, her prize was the ability to create a brand new subarea, and she had such great ideas that Rochelley and I approved her for two: Soft Paw Creek and Mangrove Grotto!
You can view Serpent's map versions here, and Karuna's map versions here! All four versions of the Map are viewable by clicking on the 'Map' quick-links tab on our sidebar.
ADVERTISING CONTEST
Once our advertising contest closed, we had two top winners! Congratulations to Karuna for winning first place with a total of 9 advertisements, and to Amber for winning second place with a total of 8 advertisements!
As Karuna's prize, she was able to fast-pass the clan creation rules in order to create the first on0-site clan. She gracefully transferred the prize to AirJordanz, who will be utilizing it in the coming month for the projected clan idea: Swiftclan! As the second place winner, Amber was able to fast-pass the rules for either tribe creation, or to take the deputy slot within the first clan's ranks; she chose to fast-pass the tribe rules and will be utilizing her prize in the coming month as well!
NEW STAFF
During the month of February, Rochelley and I hosted a Staff search to help us develop the site and grow the community! We had many lovely applicants, and want to say thank you to everyone who applied; you are appreciated! In the end, we had so many community members that we loved and thought would bring great contributions not only to our team but also to the site, so we ended up choosing several staff members! Before we announce who they are, we want to brush you up on what all the staff members do!
Head Admins oversee everything and help everywhere we can. Junior Staff are those who will be our team leads who oversee one or two areas of site and community development; they'll be handling a little bit more than our Moderators. Our Moderators are going to be supporting the Junior Staff and working with them to help identify difficulties in their respective areas, creating ideas and implementing changes to make things work better or be more engaging, or helping complete tasks if the Junior Staff member needs to step away for a period of time. Our Resident Coder works in the background to make sure the site doesn't bug out or do wonky things and generally helps with making sure the site essentially works. Our Resident Staff are members of Staff who have contributed to Cynefin greatly, but are currently on Leave of Absence and are unable to support at the moment; should you see a member of Resident Staff on the discord, please say hello but we ask that you refrain from tagging them or messaging them directly for help while they're on leave. Should you need a staff member directly, please check their assigned role group to make sure they're not on leave or simply tag @staff, @head admins, @junior staff or @moderator in the discord!
With explanations out of the way, let's get to the exciting part: who the new staff is!
- Lore Creation, Plot Creation & World Building
All of us on Staff! - Site Maintenance: thread archival, sidebar updating, etc
All of us on Staff! - Character Maintenance: character review/approval, account sorting, claims, etc.
Rochelley and Eden - Head Admins
Karuna (new!) - Junior Staff
AirJordanz (new!) - Moderator - Coding and Graphics: coding templates for the site, making flashy graphics, etc.
Eden - Head Admin
Serpent (new!) - Junior Staff
Invisii (new!) - Moderator, with a focus on graphic making
Tobias - Resident Coder - Media & Community Engagement: advertising, planning community events, etc
Rochelley - Head Admin
Isio (new!) - Junior Staff
Amber (new!) - Moderator
Congratulations, and a warm welcome, to our new six members of Staff: Karuna, AirJordanz, Serpent, Invisii, Isio and Amber!
Please bare with us as all of the new staff members learn the ins and outs of working with proboards and character approval process, as each of them will try their hand at character acceptance in the coming month in order to be familiar with the process! As some of you may have seen, this process has already begun so give a cheer for our new staff!PLOT
Things are heating up in the valley with all these new cats around. Literally! Greenleaf has suddenly gotten unremorsefully hot, with strong levels of high humidity. So far, it seems several cats have journeyed into the valley and are beginning to establish solid friendships and make plans to take charge of their futures! It seems even, cats that were once influenced by the mythical Starclan have entered the valley and are letting cats of legend lead where their lives go. But the valley holds many secrets; only time will tell when the cats of this forest will discover them.
Coming soon... Starclan: real or not real? A Starclan plot is on the horizon!
SEASON CHANGE
As of March 1st, the season has shifted from Early Greenleaf to Mid Greenleaf! The warm weather has now really set in and rain is scarce. With strong humidity and little wind, there isn't much respite from the heat. Even the nights are hot these days, with only the shade to cool you down. But with the warm season now in full swing, prey is more abundant than ever before; better catch it while you can! Be careful where you go to find it though, with an abundance of prey, there is an abundance of predators to compete with the cats of the valley for full bellies. Late Greenleaf will occur on April 1st.
MONTHLY SPOTLIGHTS
You voted on it, and now it's here! Please vote for your favorite things in the month of February! Our first monthly spotlights include everything that had a minimum of one vote cast for it. Please only vote once and don't vote for yourself! February's Monthly Spotlight will be closed from voting on Friday, March 10th, at 11:59PM EST and winners will be announced on Sunday, March 11th! You can start casting your votes by visiting this link!
UPCOMING PLAYER BIRTHDAYS
March 2nd: Feathy
March 18th: Honk
March 23rd: Isio
March 25th: Poppy
UPCOMING CHARACTER BIRTHDAYS
March 18th: Diamond
March 23rd: Ice & Salamander
Next month, the newest members who joined us during the month of March will also be featured in our monthly newsletter!
And that wraps up February! With budding clans on the horizon and more characters being made every day, we're sure to have an exciting March! April is going to bring larger and more dynamic plots so keep an eye out for the next Cynefin Chronicle!
Article by EDEN
February 28th, 2023
February 28th, 2023
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