Kylin

This is a pretty outdated sticky. If anyone would be up to the challenge in making a new one, I'll unsticky this one and sticky yours 8-) You may want to hold off until after Thursday though, as the site overhaul will break internal site links completely. Though you can still at least start preparing one if you want.

The site is almost 100% ready and should be launching sometime next week! Hurray! Remember to backup things I already warned about. Please be forewarned that due to the vast number of changes between databases, the new site will certainly not be completely bug-free, but the bugs that will exist should be pretty minor.

Can someone give necessary info to those who don't yet have access to the Skype channel? I know Tadir has been trying to get it forever now with no luck

New site is closing in on an official launch~ After a few more bugs are ironed out and some content prepared, it'll pretty much be set to go. We're looking at less than 2 weeks most likely, assuming nothing goes dreadfully wrong. My biggest obstacle right now is the gallery, as I've made a last minute decision to revamp it completely. I wasn't satisfied at the prospect of launching a new site with a single feature less powerful than what we already have >.>. As such, I'm trying to use an outside powerful gallery software and attempting to fully integrate it into the site. Please remember to backup the following if you haven't already: 1) Any images in the gallery. None will survive. 2) Avatars. None will survive. 3) Attachments. They may/may not survive. This is in regards to actual attached files, not linked images. 4) Custom titles if you for some reason won't remember it. Everything else should be fine. These forums will be backed up again before the 2-3 hour process begins anyway just in case. During the downtime, the wiki will still be accessible. Edit: Another note--the linkshell section will be locked at first. While the basic coding is operating properly for the new layout, I need to put a significant amount of work into it in order to achieve the overall goal of an elaborate and intuitive design.

If it helps to move me to Althyk to find the final person, I don't mind. I have no problem swapping with someone who would prefer to be Rhalgr. I'm just a tad worried about having my character represented in a way he isn't (a common problem I've been striving to fix recently >.>). If this is the case, the god of time better end up being one hawt deity :lol:

Thank you all for the support! Can't wait to show the finished product in the next few weeks. I'm actually trying to go above and beyond with things that were never on my to-do list to begin with :lol: In regards to the mentioned chat room...I may add such a feature /after/ the new site launches. Though right now it's not on my radar. And if it is added, it most definitely will not be on the front forum page taking up space. As it stands now, our current chat room is VERY accessible. You click one button and you're in >.>. People still don't utilize it. If a chat room is eventually added, I will not be placing it at the top of the forum index for the following reasons: 1. It's unattractive, distracting, and obtrusive. 2. It's intrusive. Not everyone wants to come to the forums and automatically be lunged into a chat room against their will. Some people like to keep a low profile and I want to respect their right to do so. 3. It won't be used either way. People will still continue to use Skype. And after the game launches, people will naturally choose their own linkshell chat rooms over a larger public one. And those who want a public one will utilize Backstage in game most likely. 4. It uses a lot of memory/queries/server resources. As a result, forum outages would possibly happen a bit more than they should. 5. It takes away forum content. This is something the vast majority of forum programmers agree with. They, like me, don't really care for built in chat rooms because people keep things like image links or other shared items in the chat room rather than the forum. I would rather people post content on the forum that can be kept around for years to come rather than post it in a chat room where it'll disappear within a day's time or less. The cons really outweigh the pros at this time. Again, not saying we will definitely not have a chat room. But it would be its own separate page if so. Personally, I think a shout box or status updates with comments would be better for this particular environment.

[align=center][/align] Hey gang! As advertised this past month now, a number of users and posts have been purged from the database. Please see the below lists for a summary. Should anyone have been deleted accidentally, feel free to re-register (nobody with 10 posts or more was deleted, nor was anyone who had posted "important" threads such as character profiles, guides, etc..nor was anyone who was active in late 2011 or later). The forums will likely not go through this kind of database purge in the future again, as database size should no longer be an issue going forward (regardless of how big it gets). Not that many posts were actually removed and most that were had already been moved to a pre-deletion admin section in the weeks leading up to now. Additionally, the -old- wiki link has been removed (though the old wiki itself is still technically up and accessible if needed for awhile longer until all character profiles are properly backed up). I've been slaving away at the new RPC site design and I'm finally near the final stretch. Everything has been redesigned from the ground up...literally. A few more tweaks/additions and everything will be set to go live. The new site will differ quite a bit from this one in multiple ways. My goal going into the redesign was to keep things simplistic, elegant, and powerful all at the same time. The colors are far more subtle and not as 'in your face' as these current forums. I'm putting a bit more effort into fonts to keep it down to only a couple throughout the whole site for a more appealing look. There's less imagery used, such as no graphical borders every other place. In this way, there's significantly less to load for each page. Even the existing images have been optimized for better memory usage (the background image for instance uses a mere 1/7th of the memory that this current site's old background used...and it looks waaay better too!). There's a lot more usage of shadow effects throughout the forum to keep an elegant appearance as a result of the removal of borders. Ellie has also been a huge help by helping design the new awesome logo (seen above in this post) as well as the background image. You'll be happy to know that she's been working on the vast majority of graphics, with only minimal input from me . That means no pixelated and/or grainy images! Another focal point for the redesign was freedom of choice. Don't like the new fancy text editor for some reason? You can change it in your control panel (between 3-4 choices). Don't like the way the new post page viewing layout looks? Change it back to traditional style via your control panel. Don't like all the javacript? Disable it and the site will still be just as functional. Don't want alerts to certain things? Pick and choose what to disable/enable. Don't like the sidebar? You can get rid of it. There's a LOT of customization this time around and abilities to disable/enable certain aspects of the site and how it looks and acts for you individually. You can even choose what language you want the system-side text displayed as (English, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Spanish, German, and French). The site is far more powerful than our present one in every way (except the lolgallery, as stated in a previous topic). Javascript is utilized more often for simplistic and good looking dropdown menus. Should one have javascript disabled for whatever odd reason, the navigation should still work without the need for drop down menus (though it'll require an extra screen to click through). Another big goal of mine was to allow for high levels of compatibility, even if images and/or javascripts were disabled, such as for low end mobile devices. Keep in mind that there are still going to be some graphical glitches with such devices though. But I'll try to make tweaks over time as needed. A number of new and enhanced features are being introduced. One of my personal favorites is the new text editor. It allows for a 'what you see is what you get' mode that shows your post's format without having to hit a 'preview' button. [spoil][/spoil] There's also a new auto-detection feature for videos and audio files. Simply posting a link to a YouTube video, for instance, will automatically embed the video into the post without having to use any codes like: [video]link to video[/video] There's finally a 'latest threads' sidebox, the gallery sidebox is improved, a customizable alert system similar to Enjin's is in place, and profile pages have been completely overhauled to diplay more relevant information, among a myriad of other things. I'm also looking into other features such as a blogging feature, but that will have to come a bit later after the site's launch. A full list of modifications will be made available at the site's launch in a few weeks. The site has been tested on multiple browsers and not too many issues seem to exist. The few that do mostly involve Internet Explorer (and those are largely minor issues). Following the database merge, most things should be converted to the new site's coding format with little issue. There are three known issues regarding the merge you should all be made aware of. 1) The tabs system utilized in the Linkshell registration process is not operational on the new site at this time. As such, that format will not likely transfer over. I'm actually working on an improved Linkshell section that'll show exactly how powerful (and user friendly) the new site is, so hopefully it'll be done in time but if not, it'll still probably be added a bit later. 2) Attachments technically transfer, but for some reason not all of them transfer fully and end up unoperational on the new site. For this reason, please backup any important attachments you may have put on the forums (by attachments, I mean actual attachments, not image links since those will be fine). 3) Your profiles will partially be wiped. Things to be wiped include your avatars, linkshell, custom title, likes given/received, and possibly other minor settings. Signatures will transfer since those are just mostly links anyway, as will usernames, passwords, private messages, and all posts. In fact, it seems deleted private messages are restored upon the merge so you may need to re-clean out your PM folders after the move. Images in the gallery will not transfer. Please back them up, along with anything else mentioned above that may not transfer. The wiki -content- will not be impacted. However, you will now be unable to login with your forum credentials after the move. After the merge, you will need to register to the wiki separately in order to login. This is because the new forum software does not have an up-to-date bridge between their software and the wiki software. I'm going to try to set this up so only NEW users have to sign up separately. Current registered members will hopefully be able to login with their existing wiki name/password. For the near future, I am looking to fully integrate the wiki into the forums/main site completely. The only hangup here is twofold in that 1) it will require another transfer of information and 2) the new wiki software will be -vastly- inferior to the current one. Feedback on this issue is welcome/encouraged. Some public "beta" testing on the potential new wiki software will be done before any final decision is made. I sincerely hope the new site will be up to everyone's standards. I've been working really hard to make every tiny aspect as perfect as possible. I've actually completely stopped character developments on my Rp characters this past month and focused strictly on the new site design. This isn't to say the site will be flawless, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you'll all be very impressed with it as a whole. A new RPC for a new game is only appropriate I think. I dare say that the new site will make sites like Enjin feel slightly archaic in many regards ^^;. We are now only a few weeks away from our 3 year anniversary. As a result, some of the current site's images have been altered to reflect that (you may need to refresh your browser for some of it). A prelude to the rebirth if you will. If you have any questions about the forthcoming site overhaul, feel free to ask. The target date for the launch is February 8th, though this is just an ETA and not definite at all, so be prepared for a spur of the moment maintenance message at any time in the forthcoming weeks. Hope everyone is as excited as I am for our rebirth! Here's to another 3 years and beyond! Users Deleted: [spoil]Aamalthea Acedia Aellynne Ahlis Aki Sakata Alessa Alicia alikdoril Amalia ANSEM000 Anubis Aqua Aradice Archimedes Arelian Aremethius aristotleami Arivant Arnau Arthion Arya Aryienne Asakku AsphyxZero Atreyu aylin azurewolf08 Baelo bd10 Benavei Byrg (duplicate account--merged with other, Bryg Bluebeard) Caliah Cankiie (duplicate account) -- The other account, Cankiie123 is renamed Cankiie Caradhas Caydron Cecelia Celestienne Chi Mai chr0n032 Cinhil Cirdan Cloudstrife2011 Clyo Corvusvlos Cosmas Crane Creatis Cyretaux Darkodin Nargacuga darksephiroth1998 Dashmier Daxion Demerik Dheo Dilu Dizzy Dmitri DogberryMessina (Duplicate account? Original "Dogberry" kept) Dorjan drake2k Drakos Dreadwood Dres dwraithrah ElhazStar Eli Elipsa elixan Enge_Moui Evelyn Eyinde EyrminDraconis faligorn Feryan Fibril Fiddler Crab figi69 Fiosha Foh Frelia Frink Frumi Gargor GeoNekos Geruvah grandsoul Gustaff Gyongyi hanmiaofeng1234 Hechicera Heicko HelaB herbaltea Higgs Boson Hilario Hyrist Ianian ilium Inhiko Toyo Interzone Ishivan Ishmahrai Jaime JamesRae Jekhar Mok Jericho3k Jet Jeyno Jhessail Jiovan Jones52j JUGGERNAUT juice_by_alex Justice justmissu Kaelia Kaelyn Kailisen kain Kaln Dryden kalsteine kanago Kanashii Kangenix kanovankiba Kartmiro Kataxenna Kathy Keiko Kelrav Kensaki Kestrel kitfighter Kleus Komaru Konufis Lem Krux Kyriel lanshan75 Lavin Ashfield Layander Leo Izanagi Leon Eisen Lexyanne Lhilim LiamGray Lingoart Lloire Lox Lucindriel LunaFields LunaRhiki Lunnoiren Lyrima madrileno23 magister99 Mahon-fianna Mao maphilliant Mashira MatrimC Matsu Maus Mdniteblu Meraris MeruRikku Midnight milkmallow MinameYaero Mirumu mocanguandend Moonshadow Darkly (Duplicate account) MrOptimism MtotoWamoto (Duplicate account, posts merged into Mtoto Wamoto) Murasame MyLyfeCrysis Myllis Myllor Aurelion (Duplicate account, Myllor kept) Mynerva NakoAdahl Nalani Nash Nayuki Mikoshi Neilietheous nintendoagekid Nishiki Niteshade_x NobleEinherjar Nym Nym_undlin Old Justice OldManHector ombre overture2112 PakaPaka (Duplicate account) Pandamonaeon patsfan32 Pepper Pepper Marks Persona Pikkle Dilly Pipit Pipsy Lililoo Plum Poisonelf pplolo2012 Psiharis Puar Felward Q Rabadash Ralzma Rashia Raven_Bludwyn Regenerated Rehn Reim Reldin Reloj Renik Vaarchas Reniree Reslon Revo Rhomagus Asclepiot ridil Rjain rockman0 Rokusho RosineIda Rothorn Rune Winchester Runo rutgyr Ryougi Ryrie Rythwen Ryzen Sabazius Sae SarcasticMrZ Scythean SecretAgentCat (duplicate account) Seigfreid Morgoth seleneartemis (duplicate account) Seralysia SereneAurora Shadowmere (Duplicate account) ShadowyFigure Shanghai Shar ShienSarvong (Duplicate account) Shiija Shinkotsu Shivamaccers Short_tail Silivren Soas (Duplicate account) solenn22 Solivy somatica Sora Albrecht sudo Sukina Summer Swyghar Tayn Zolin Tempus Terror of death Thac0 thatwhichspeaks The Avatar of Blue ThePinkFoxx Tilia Time_Compression TinyKing2 Tonacas Toran TotalLamer Tovu Marack Tuss Twilight Sea Tyndis Tyre Urat utoxin Vaare Valaeli Valief Valquiss Van Vana Durga Vash Vauseyun ventis Vestas ViatheVial Viator Rex videlous Viola Volodya vonschwarzen Winterstar wowfood Wrin (Duplicate account) Xaeragana XarZith xellie Xeno xvvolvenx XyleHarkyn Yandere YG Linna zaban zaheela Zaiaku Zephek Zephias zmhs5 Zukipuu Total: 318[/spoil] Total posts deleted: ~2,200 Classifieds: Now disabled

Bumping the database cleanup to tomorrow instead of Friday. Reason being: I work all day Friday and it'll be rough to get enough time to do what I need to do. Forums will be down briefly during this time. Note: This is NOT the launch of the new site. It's just the pre-cleanup. A post with some details about the forthcoming site overhaul will be up tomorrow though, along with some other slight modifications to this current site in preparation for the upcoming 3 year anniversary of the RPC

Welcome back. If you're trying to figure out what he's been up to these past few years, I assume he wasn't in the time jump during the big battle?

Lots of pics! Mostly in chronological order (...mostly). Wet Rats: First public RP event during 1.0 beta. [spoil][/spoil] Halcyon Caravan event: [spoil][/spoil] Mogling event hosted by Mog House: [spoil][/spoil] Stormguard initiation ceremony--just a normal day for your friendly reclusive cult: [spoil][/spoil] Silver Anvil auction: [spoil][/spoil] Valina De'Vuri paints the Stormguard (though she doesn't know who they /really/ are of course). [spoil][/spoil] Test of Courage Holloween event. After a couple of scary stories, everyone is paired up and must go into a dark tunnel. Cas/Kylin goes to extremes to win the contest by manipulating circumstances so Oria gets hurt. [spoil][/spoil] Lalafell fortune teller gives Cas/Kylin a grim fortune. [spoil][/spoil] Full Cold Moon #1, at the Mavanix Mansion. Castiel/Kylin shows up with a prostitute as his date. RIP Diamond Pinkfinger. [spoil][/spoil] Outer Heaven meet 'n greet. [spoil][/spoil] Outer Heaven mission: [spoil][/spoil] First annual fashion show, hosted by Seraphine. Grats to winner Kyri! [spoil][/spoil] Valina De'Vuri paints Outer Heaven: [spoil][/spoil] Vertigo (henchwoman of Cartius Mavanix/Felstar) goes toe to toe with "the Crow," who's actually Keir Loell. [spoil][/spoil] Ekidnah Mavanix, member of Decretum Umbra, lures Outer Heaven into a deadly trap: [spoil][/spoil] Father and daughter meet face-to-face after learning that Sera's mother kept them apart for Sera's entire life: [spoil][/spoil] Castiel/Kylin gets suckered into helping rehearse for a play. Since the princess didn't show up, that was the role he was forced to play... [spoil][/spoil] Outer Heaven gets hired to help magician, Marvani the Great, prepare for a magic show. Little do they know who he really is... [spoil][/spoil] During the magic show, the audience is revealed to be a large illusion and Outer Heaven is left alone at the mercy of Marvani Mavanix, Decretum Umbra member. He unleashes a deadly spell that traps the group in a "world of illusion" spell where they're forced to face their innermost fears: [spoil][/spoil] Ekidnah challenges the group once more, showing them dismal futures one by one and asking if they wish to continue on their path. Ironically, some of the futures ended up coming true [spoil][/spoil] Outer Heaven battles Lemdarva Mavanix of Decretum Umbra, along with his undead minions: [spoil][/spoil] The final epic battle with Decretum Umbra, Outer Heaven fights against the group's matriarch, Carmilla Mavanix. The deadly sorceress devastates the group with summoned monstrosities and black mist. [spoil][/spoil] Elriche and Elza go on a date. Little does Elriche know he's with the future Mavanix matriarch! [spoil][/spoil] Happy Valentione's Day! [spoil][/spoil] Kylin requests Shimmersong's help in uncovering his father's "murderer." [spoil][/spoil] People gather for the public orientation of the Mavanix Academy. [spoil][/spoil] Adventurers fall prey to the academy's dean and his schemes when he traps them in the labs beneath the school. [spoil][/spoil] Crystalline hangs out: [spoil][/spoil] Crystalline group shot: [spoil][/spoil] Cultists! [spoil][/spoil] Unity Vigil/new year event: [spoil][/spoil] Kylin attends a Sentinel's Ark event to see what they're about. Little does he suspect he'll get sucked into a mission. He gets injured, helped by Myllor, and ends up having a slight crush on the knight in shining armor. [spoil][/spoil] Elza shows she's her father's daughter by manipulating Everwatch. She promises to protect them from the Ul'dahn elite if they become her models in the Margarah fashion duel. She then tries to conjure up fear in Eva by having her stalked in order to validate the claim for Everwatch needing her protection. [spoil][/spoil] Judges and models prepare for the fashion duel: [spoil][/spoil] Nina and Kalara Mavanix show how much of a bitch each one really is right before Mihana punches Kalara: [spoil][/spoil] Kylin mournes on Eva and Seraphine's shoulders at the sudden massacre of his family: [spoil][/spoil] Mercenaries meet with a peaceful cultist leader who tries to help in the Mavanix investigations. The seer attempts to summon an astral projection of the demon behind the killings only to have her eyes bleed out instead: [spoil][/spoil] Mercenaries do battle with GIN due to trickery from Vertigo: [spoil][/spoil] Another of Vertigo's trap leads mercenaries into a cave-in after a deadly explosion: [spoil][/spoil] Ekidnah tries to help the mercenaries in the Mavanix investigations just before she gets added to the tally of Mavanix casualities, assassinated by demon Juravis: [spoil][/spoil] Mercs go into the Mavanix Mansion ruins and do battle with Mavanix ghosts seeking to revive themselves: [spoil][/spoil] Kylin gets possessed by one of the Mavanix ghosts and tries to kill the mercs. Joachim Mavanix is vanquished in the end. Kylin meets Gerik here for the first time: [spoil][/spoil] Cartius lives! His lengthy monolouge reveals he's actually a Felstar, not a Mavanix. And he used the mercs as pawns in his revenge against House Mavanix... [spoil][/spoil] Mercenaries battle demon Juravis after Cartius unleashes him on the group: [spoil][/spoil] Shimmersong prepares for a hunt: [spoil][/spoil] Last time Kylin is caught wearing this robe due to Seo calling it a dress. [spoil][/spoil] Gerik being Gerik: [spoil][/spoil] Kylin checking Gerik out: [spoil][/spoil] Kylin gives Gerik swimming lessons: [spoil][/spoil] Future supercouple KyGer! [spoil][/spoil] Ariel discusses her burns from recent battles: [spoil][/spoil] Ysa attacks Kylin. Ariel comes to the rescue. [spoil][/spoil] Blade shows up at one of the swimming lessons. Gerik hands out fireworks for some reason... [spoil][/spoil] Story time! [spoil][/spoil] Kylin saves Gerik (kinda) from one of Deirdre's crazy moments. [spoil][/spoil] Everyone bumps into everyone at this bridge apparently: [spoil][/spoil] Lemdarva tries to manipulate Vaelyn to get revenge on Eva for past Outer Heaven deeds. [spoil][/spoil] Mavanix Academy dean, in an attempt at revenge, lures some mercenaries out. His mech tries to kill them all but he loses the fight and dies in the ensuing explosion: [spoil][/spoil] "C'mon. Come to the gala. It'll be fun! What's the worse that can happen?" [spoil][/spoil] Full Cold Moon gala, where the worst happens after the prayer session and meteors fall from the sky and causes aether to go chaotic just before Garleans arrive. Kylin is presumed dead after this event, as are a couple others I think~ [spoil][/spoil]

Almost all of the posts to be deleted have already been moved to the admin section. So anything you see now is pretty much safe . Not deleting too many posts really. You'll probably see a significant dip in the Artisan House post count after the purge but that's it. That's only because of the two crazy big stickies there with over 400 posts total that are going to be deleted. Off-topic sorta kinda...but just FYI to everyone, the new RPC site is very close to being done.

Locking thread now. It seems very counter-productive and is only heating people up. I see a lot of insults, which goes against the respect rule of the site. I sincerely hope my previous post wasn't missed in all these dramatics. Again, setting a positive tone in these kind of circumstances is more crucial than most realize. It can make worlds of difference. Shawnzy, you're 100% free to state your opinions (especially on these boards where nobody has ever been banned save for spammers), but attacking the entire forum community with such a sig (myself included) based on a few users and their responses is a no-no. Also, please be more cautious when throwing out the word "illegal" in reference to something happening on this site, as that kind of thing directly impacts not only me, but our server host as well. Take this to PMs if you wish to continue please. Carry on everyone. Tomorrow is a big announcement from Yoshi so hopefully that'll cool some of the angst out there!

I hate baby-sitting threads when I need to be working on the site redesign :lol: I'm not an artist. I don't pretend to know a thing about it in the slightest. My best ever art piece was the piece I made for Gerik for his bday (lulz). But I do know a thing or two about diplomacy. There are some artists who are just waay too hostile in their critiques to other pieces and artists, just like there are some RPers who are waay too hostile in their critiques toward other RP styles. People need to understand that it's human nature to NOT want to be criticized. As such, criticism is an art in and of itself. Coming out and saying "it sucks, you need to change it" is a recipe for disaster. It's not the critique people are up in arms about. It's the way it came out. I'm going to give an example of how this particular critique could have been handled without any hurt feelings, drama, or any other craziness. The below does not necessarily reflect my own stance. It's merely an example of how people SHOULD handle these kinds of things in my opinion. I really wish people understood that it's not what you say, it's how you say it. On the Internet, it's made worse since tone is mostly lost and you have to go a bit further to create a positive tone. That's all I'll say on the matter. This goes toward criticisms of any nature, whether it's art or something else.

This discussion went downhill rather quickly >.>. No need to up and leave the community over something as minor as this disagreement. I know you've been here technically since before launch, Shawnzy. This seems like a rather impulsive move based purely on anger over differing views. Throwing away a lot of potentially good future interactions (IC and OOC alike) over something so small doesn't seem like the right move to me and I hope you reconsider. But if you don't change your mind, sorry to see you go. Also, the sig is really unnecessary...

Let's play nice folks. Just like in RP, everyone has different styles in art and derive inspiration and foundations from different sources. If the OP desires, I can split the latter portion of this thread off into a separate thread to discuss these differing styles (in a polite and civilized matter). Otherwise, I can leave the posts as they are and we can simply end this portion of the discussion altogether. Your call.

Forum cleanup will take place on Jan. 18th ( 2 weeks from this posting date). If there are any modifications you want to suggest for the above lists, speak now or forever hold your 2 gil. The database will likely not be cleaned up again like this in the future, as the host server has verified with me that database size is not that relevant to them. The only reason this purge is taking place is to make the transfer easier and to get rid of a lot of old and dated information from a now non-existent game.

Happy New Year! :afro:

The website redesign was originally scheduled to go live mid-January. I'm pushing that back to early February now in order to ensure I have plenty of time to get everything as perfect as possible. It will ideally coincide with the RPC's 3 year anniversary and a large advertising campaign as well. February will be a more ideal time anyway since beta will be starting then and interest in the game will begin to peak as a result, causing more attention to the fan sites from newcomers. A lot of the more challenging things are complete coding-wise. There are just a few more tweaks and additions I need to work on and then I'll be working more on the colors and appearance of things. Realistically, I'll probably be done by mid-January, but waiting 3-4 extra weeks will give me more time to fine-tune things for a smoother launch. The pre-database purge (deleting users and some posts) will take place mid-January. Please view the topic posted in the Lounge to see the proposed list of deleted users and speak up if you wish to make any alterations to the list. Edit: A successful test database merge has been completed. All posts and users (not deleted in the upcoming cleanup) will be transferred with no problem. Passwords and private messages will remain in tact. Some user profile information, however, will be purged (such as titles, avatars, and linkshell listings). Emails, AIM, websites, and signatures will transfer. MOST attachments will transfer, though some were unable to in the test process for some reason.

Her name is Minfilia. I think Vareal's character is just some other self-made npc. Too many names that sound alike all over this community I love that noble outfit with the top hat. Not that Ky would ever wear that IC of course >.>

Link: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/teaser/index2.html

Merry Christmas to all~ Except Aysun. I hope the Grinch stole her presents. Kidding of course 8-)

T-Z Users [spoil]-Tayn Zolin -Tempus -Terror of death -Thac0 -thatwhichspeaks -The Avatar of Blue -ThePinkFoxx -Tilia -Time_Compression (duplicate account) -TinyKing2 -Tonacas -Toran -TotalLamer -Tovu Marack -Tuss -Twilight Sea -Tyndis -Tyre -Urat -utoxin -Vaare -Valaeli -Valief -Valquiss -Van -Vana Durga (duplicate account) -Vash -Vauseyun -ventis -Vestas -ViatheVial -Viator Rex -videlous -Viola -Volodya -vonschwarzen -Winterstar -wowfood -Wrin (duplicate account) -Xaeragana -XarZith -xellie -Xeno -xvvolvenx -XyleHarkyn -Yandere -YG Linna -zaban -zaheela -Zaiaku -Zephek -Zephias -zmhs5 -Zukipuu Total members: 54[/spoil] Total members overall scheduled to be purged: 320

N-S Users [spoil]-NakoAdahl -Nalani -Nash -Nayuki Mikoshi -Neilietheous -nintendoagekid -Nishiki -Niteshade_x (duplicate account) -NobleEinherjar -Nym -Nym_undlin -Old Justice -OldManHector -ombre -overture2112 -PakaPaka (duplicate account) -Pandamonaeon -patsfan32 -Pepper -Pepper Marks -Persona -Pikkle Dilly -Pipit -Pipsy Lililoo -Plum -Poisonelf -pplolo2012 (bot?) -Psiharis -Puar Felward -Q -Rabadash -Ralzma -Rashia -Raven_Bludwyn (duplicate account) -Regenerated -Rehn -Reim -Reldin -Reloj -Renik Vaarchas -Reniree -Reslon -Revo -Rhomagus Asclepiot (duplicate account) -ridil -Rjain -rockman0 -Rokusho -RosineIda -Rothorn -Rune Winchester -Runo -rutgyr -Ryougi -Ryrie -Rythwen -Ryzen -Sabazius -Sae -SarcasticMrZ -Scythean -SecretAgentCat (duplicate account) -Seigfreid Morgoth -seleneartemis (duplicate account) -Seralysia -SereneAurora -Shadowmere (duplicate account) -ShadowyFigure (duplicate account) -Shamad Conde (duplicate account--already merged) -Shanghai -Shar -ShienSarvong (duplicate account) -Shiija -Shinkotsu -Shivamaccers -Short_tail -Silivren -Soas (duplicate account) -solenn22 -Solivy -somatica -Sora Albrecht -sudo -Sukina -Summer -Swyghar Total members: 86 (-1 that's already merged = 85)[/spoil]

K-M users [spoil]-Kaelia -Kaelyn -Kailisen -kain -Kaln Dryden -kalsteine -kanago -Kanashii -Kangenix -kanovankiba -Kartmiro -Kataxenna -Kathy -Keiko -Kelrav -Kensaki -Kestrel -kitfighter -Kleus -Komaru -Konufis Lem -Krux -Kuromori -Kyriel -lanshan75 (bot?) -Lavin Ashfield -Layander -Leo Izanagi -Leon Eisen -Lexyanne -Lhilim -LiamGray -Lingoart -Lloire -Lox -Lucindriel -LunaFields -LunaRhiki -Lunnoiren -Lyrima -madrileno23 -magister99 -Mahon-fianna -Mao -maphilliant -Mashira -MatrimC -Matsu -Maus -Mdniteblu -Meraris -MeruRikku -Midnight -milkmallow -MinameYaero -Mirumu -mocanguandend (bot) -Moonshadow Darkly (duplicate account) -MrOptimism -Mtoto Wamoto (duplicate account) -Murasame -MyLyfeCrysis -Myllis -Myllor Aurelion (duplicate account) -Mynerva Total members: 65[/spoil]