There’s lots of change coming in the RPG-X division! With Banting on hiatus and Tipping Point cancelled, we are now holding a poll to fill our fourth SRP slot. RPG-X playing members are invited to vote here for their favorite out of our three exciting, member-submitted choices! The winning SRP will be commissioned to run officially on TLO’s servers.

The next Great Events Poll is almost upon us, so if you want to submit an event, you should do so by clicking here now! Your event will be voted on by the members, and possibly run on our servers! Get them in before Tuesday, November 8th.

Council Updates: Wrath of John, Staff Changes

The Council has voted to continue supporting TLO’s Wrath of John Unserious Server for the forseeable future. After just over a month in existence, it has become the second-highest-ranked RPG-X server (behind only TLO’s serious server), has reduced n00bing behaviors on the main server, and has played a large role in attracting dozens of new members to the group. Therefore, we think that despite its downsides, the Wrath of John deserves to live – it will therefore remain operational. As always, feedback and comments are welcome.

We’re also pleased to announce that the Council has selected a new server administrator: Jantrix, better known to many of us as Nancy Turton, will be assuming the position of Server Administrator immediately, helping to monitor the RPG-X servers. With his long history of experience and contribution in SRPs, events, and general RPG-X gaming, we look forward to seeing what he can do as an admin. Congrats, Jantrix!

Additionally, with Grizz taking the role of STO Division Supervisor on the Council, Central Plexus has stepped up to act as CO of our STO division. With his experience as an RPG-X administrator and an STO player, we think Central is a great choice for the job, and we’re confident in his abilities. Good luck! (read the whole announcement here)

Financial Report

We had a record number of donations in the last month, totaling $72.20! (less transaction fees). They included:

• $18 from Grizz
• $31.44 from TalusRoben
• $7.70 from JohnF
• $20 from Tony

A massive thanks to all those who donated! We’re extremely proud of and flattered by your generosity.

Financial information at a glance:

• Our current balance is $188.48 USD
• Costs this month were $15.95 USD ($12.95 servers + $3 webhosting)
• We currently have enough standing funds to operate for another eleven months, or another five months without going below $100 in funds.

With the help of our new server setup and incredibly generous donation support, we’re now in a better financial state than ever before!

Thanks again to all who have donated – we appreciate your support!

Server Activity & Status Report

Despite the switch to a new server, TLO’s activity rate on both the serious RP server and the Wrath of John has remained extremely high! We hope to see activity continue to increase over the next month.

We are still testing out the best possible options for hosting our servers at the lowest possible cost. Right now, we think we’ve found a fairly good balance between speed (amount of lag when playing), memory (maximum players who can be connected at once), and uptime/bandwidth (availability of the server). However, if you’ve been experiencing any issues at all, don’t hesitate to contact us or post in the Engineering forum.

Other Notes

Thanks to everyone who participated in Community Day! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, from our special RP event The Deeps to the awards ceremony to our Community Q&A. We’d love to hear your feedback, so don’t hesitate to contact us – we hope this is just one of many successful community days to come.

The Council would like to remind members that while we encourage productive, civil debate on our forums and on TLO issues, we do have rules regarding personal attacks and harassment of other members. When you are discussing divisive topics, please remember to be civil and respectful – otherwise, you might be subject to moderator action.

Council meeting logs and voting records are now posted in the Disclosure Database. Members interested can view them there at any time, and contact us with questions or concerns.

Thanks for reading, and happy RPing!

Veritas & The Council