TGC OWNER'S DIARY ARCHIVE

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Posts: 118203 (06/02/05 10:37) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None INTRODUCTION The origin of the text that follows begins with the posting of my biography of General Ceel in the Official Character Bio Thread on February 22 2002, about 5 months after the creation of the thread. My original idea was to include with my IC biography, an OOC biography depicting how General Ceel came to be, in terms of the real life events that took place at TGC and Swfans. At that time, in a single sitting, and without research, i compiled the history of TGC from 1999 to the beginning of 2002. The biography lay untouched until the beginning of 2004. In 2004 the text was extended to include my brief memories of the events from 2002 until the moment i picked the project up again in '04. Following this second period of writing the biography was again neglected, however this time, only until the end of the year, at which time regular updates, which lasted from late 2004 until writing of this introduction, were began. Even as the entries for Spring 2005 were being written, I had begun to toy with the idea of presenting the ever growing history in a more organized way. (My ulterior motive had to do with giving my In Character Biography more room to breath.) Ultimately it was a then recently created TGC Live Journal Community which sparked the possibility of displaying it in the form of a diary. With the exception of the addition of "date markers," the first section of this Diary, the section compiled between February 2002 and May 9th 2005, is presented as it was originally written. The text slips in and out of tenses, uses fragments and run-ons, and often wanders with little rhyme or reason other than the presentation of my memories at the time they were being written. Rather than correct, update, and sanitize my original adolescent views, i thought it would be interesting to leave them in their original, raw, format. All further sections of this diary, the sections written after May 9th 2005, will contain a wider breadth of detail, as well as show restraint, as they reflect where I am at as a person, and a writer, today. by: Ceel Last Edited By: General Ceel 08/30/08 10:07. Edited 1 time.
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Posts: 118203 (06/02/05 10:38) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	November 1999 The Gungan Council began as an independent Role Playing community in 1999. It has always had its own battleground. Early 2000 Through my contacts I was introduced to Organa solo, the leader of a small band of Jedi on her own ezboard community. Without hesitation we invited them to role-play with us. The eventual result would be the Jedi Council faction located here on The Gungan Council Early/Mid 2000 A few months after the birth of TGC, Darth Turbogeek invited TGC to role-play on the SwFans.net forums. As a group called THE GUNGAN COUNCIL, we accepted the offer. Early/Mid 2000 for quite a long time we remained a part of Swfans Role Playing. Eventually, though, we experienced a falling out with them and in 2000 decided to part ways. Mid/Late Within a week of our departure from SwFans, TGC had started to become the fully organized Star Wars Role Playing Galaxy you see today. Early 2001 The Gungan Council reached a "golden age" sometime early in 2001, with more than 20 fully active groups, and dozens of individual characters. (These numbers may be low; my memory is not what it used to be) Fall 2001 Our community began to rot from the inside out at the hands of a number of defiant, self-centered members, whom shall remain nameless here. We were brought to the verge of collapse a number of times whilst the faithful few kept us strong. November 2001 We held in as best we could for as long as we could. But a breaking point finally came in late 2001, after the expulsion of one such defiant member. The result was the creation of a splinter community called The Rebel Faction. In excess of 60% of TGC's member base fled to this new community within a few days time. In the days after "the big split" 4 new staff members were chosen to replace (well actually one came a week before the "split") those who had departed. Early 2002 After the "split", except for a few minor events The Gungan Council once again experienced relative peace as 2002 arrived. Several promising new members joined the community at this time, although our numbers were still statistically slow as a result of the "Split". But with the release of EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES less than a month away the outlook could not have be brighter. Those of us who has been using ezboard since the release of The Phantom Menace, and remembered the droves of Star Wars fans then, knew that much growth would soon be upon us. Spring 2002 In the two or three month period surrounding the release of Episode 2 The Gungan Council again saw a period of massive growth and prosperity, just as we had expected. Along with New enthusiastic youngsters arriving by the dozen TGC received a totally new professional design. (Thanks to Vernacular) along with a whole new attitude and outlook. May-August 2002 In the middle of that summer (2002) as the Episode II craze came to an end TGC experienced more set backs. Due to personal differences two staff members resigned and left the galaxy, a number of other members were banned, or departed on their own free will. In all, 4 factions and a half dozen (est.) role players departed TGC. Before it was all over new staff members were chosen and fleet role-playing, which had long been a main cause of negativity at TGC, was banned for good. August 2002 The Gungan Council again, began to show much promise. Quality Role-playing reached heights not seen since 2000. More than 50% of each days posts were made of The Battleground, and a new wave of prospective role players began to arrive Fall 2002 Things at TGC became slow again for a few months. With school in full swing, and many of our members in college the slowness was expected. November 2002 The release of the Episode 2 Attack of the Clones DVD on Nov 12 would eventually bring TGC out of her slump. Former members who we had not seen in many months returned to our ranks. The popularity of the quickly selling DVD brought many new players out as well. This latest wave of increased popularity carried through into winter (Despite Final Exams) before slowing only slightly in the final weeks of 2002. All 2003 The year began with a "bang" at TGC, as the community entered what looked to be a new "golden age." To honor the passing of one year as well as the arrival of another TGC held a brief reunion for all members past and present. The event was a major success. The second event of 2003 was even bigger. After close consideration the staff of The Gungan Council decided to move The Jedi Council from TGC to its own board. Vernacular was kind enough to create and design the new location. Although our first atempt to move TJC to another location (2000) was a failure, this current try is sure to be a great success. Well, okay, so i the move of TJC wasn't that big of a success. We had some good months, but ended up moving TJC back and forth between TGC and its own board several times during 2004, before finally in November deciding to keep it at TGC for good. We can finally lay that saga to rest. Summer 2004 The summer of 2004 was a great success. After a rocky start, culminating with the final banishment of Recon Klain and the removal of RSO, things started going really good for TGC. The board appeared in the Ezboard Community Spotlight (August) for the second time in its history (The first time being August 2002). This of course helped us bring in plently of new and wonderful members. Riding high as we were, the increased success of the fall came as some what of a suprised. Rather than suffering from an expect slump, action picked up even more. Novermber 1st 2004 As TGC celebrated its 5th birthday we suddenly found the board getting 400 to 600 posts every day, which probably had more to do with the release of the first REVENGE OF THE SITH trailer, than it did with the board's birthday. Furthermore, in honor of the special occasion, we replaced the blue design we had had for the last two years with the Green design that we had used for 2000 until 2002. Members, new and old alike, have given the changes their vote of approval. It should also be noted that members of the board and staff began work on a Role Players Hall of Fame, which will be a work in progress for many years to come Mid November 2004 The initial wave of enteries for the role player hall of fame Were completed. In the months and years a head new members will be inducted, but more importantly a large part of our past has been preserved. Thanksgiving 2004 As we (Americans at aleast) celebrated Thanksgiving, The Gungan Council had a lot to be thankful for. With a daily post average of nearly 500 and still rising, TGC was quickly heading for a second golden age.... Mid December 2004 December TGC peaked at over 600 posts per day, many of them coming from the role playing forum. Soon after, as many members hit the books for final exams, the board began to level off and then slow to a more normal pace for the Christmas season. December 26th 2004 A massive Tsunami which struck Asia shortly after Christmas put a damper on the normally festive mood that surrounds the coming of a new year. The board itself continued along at a solid 300+ posts per day, with particular show of strength in the role playing area as our marquee battle of that time, Theed Under Siege.... Early February 2005 ......forged on to pass 800 replies by the end of the first week of Feb. Also in the first week of Feb, work began on the 3rd section (Member Memoirs) of the role playing hall of fame. Mid Feb 2005TGC began to experience the second wave of increased activity drawn to the net by the nearing of Episode III. As a trickle of new arrivals began to grow, so too rose the activity level all around the galaxy. In the shadow of this increase activity, however, there were a few troubles to speak off. With the retirement of several older role players (Rogue Steiner, Siris Nido, Max Chaos), and the resignation of others from the staff (Bane Nathos), the staff went through a time of great changes. Facing the crowds of Episode 3, it was no time to be trying to fill the shoes of experienced members. Time would tell how that turned out. March 7th 2005 Nearly three years after TGC's member list was wiped out by ezboard, the problem was finally corrected. Using a nifty piece of java code, 3000 members were re-added to the member count, making it again soar to its rightful amount, just shy of 6000. Late March 2005 TGC continued to show strong numbers into late March 2005, at which time it was nearing 400,000 total posts by the end of the month. The most important event of late March, however, will always be remember for being the time at which The Battle of Zaltin finally lost its position as the longest Role Play in TGC history, thanks to Theed Under Siege, which needed just 4 months to pass 1071 total posts...... Early April 2005 At the beginning of April collection for the next 6 months of Gold Community began. $120 dollars, nearly the exct total needed, was raised in less than two weeks. In the community at large, activty levels continued to remain strong. In the meantime, we began work on the fourth section of the hall of fame: a series of in depth editorials about various aspects of TGC history. With Episode 3 only 44 days away, it seemed the perfect time to look back on the days when we awaited the first two prequels..... Mid April 2005 We began taking predictions in five categories (opening day, three day opening weekend, four day opening weekend, USA total, WW total), for our EPISODE III box office game, signing up nearly 20 members in the first week alone. Also, board activity continued to move along at a brisk pace, driving the cost of CSC to more than $140 by the end of the month. Late April 2005 TGC encountered some minor set backs. A dispute at DSO lead to a shake up on the staff at TGC as well as the loss of one group (New Sith Empire) from the galaxy. The next issue to affect us involved Construction Yard board which were located on a community owned by Rogue Stiener (who left a few months ago). One of the staff members took it upon himself to remove some of the other staff members and begin creating rules, without permission, for the fleet role playing system. As of this writing the issue had yet to play itself out, however action has been taken in the form of the relocation of the Conyards to a location that I own. May 3rd, 2005 The Sound Track to Revenge of the Sith Was released. By this time the fleet yard crisis had been settled. A new problem, however, surrounding the Galactic Republic faction, arose, resulting in the removal of the group from the galaxy, and the dismissal of its owner from TGC. (16 Days until Episode III) May 8th 2005 A new chapter in TGC began. The General Discussion forum was renamed DonFatso's Bar & Grill. For many years TGC, and every other Star Wars RPG community for that matter, took a very casual approach to General Discussion, having mixed IC with OOC to a great degree, often spending much more time In Character. In recent years we have come to separate the two almost completely. DonFatso, our resident Storm Trooper, however, and his IC antics, are a shining example of an older, less bleak way of using this community. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully it will work out like I intend. (11 Days Until Episode III) May 9th 2005 10 Days before the release of Episode III, traffic at the community continued to grow, with one of the most busy nights TGC had seen in years. At one point more than 30 members were seen in the Who's Online Box.
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Posts: 118203 (06/02/05 10:39) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	2005 May 2005 May 14, 2005 Five days before the release of Episode III, The Gungan Council continues to be a blessed hive of fan activity. In the Star Wars Cinema forum avid countdown participants such as DonFatso, Nairi Kintaro, Karlie Lynn, Supernova22 and myself are preparing for the final four nights of battle. Meanwhile a new thread has been created in anticipation of the impending 186 day countdown to the release of the Episode III DVD in November. In other news, a new faction which calls itself "The Sith Alliance" has been added to the galaxy. The board has a simple but menacing red design. The owner is a young sith called Darth Hactar. And finally, in an effort to correct some growing issues that I have with many of our newest character, I began work on the Character Creation Guide this evening. With any luck it will be completed in a few days. News Notes: -Gold Community - 6 months Purchased today. -Fiera Marzullo becomes the 70th character inducted into the Role Playing Hall of fame. -8022 total visits today. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 439, Daily Visits: 6753, Today's New Members: Remus Marzullo, Gornz, Kasai Rukou, Claire Velleron, Azral Kazar, Captain Duncan Idaho, Calrea Pellan, Master Ewok, JediJackRabbit May 15, 2005 I spent this beautiful, but humid, Sunday morning in Pennsylvania USA, making some changes to the "TGC - Operations & News" forum. The forum discription has been replaced by a series of links to important resources such as the "Title Request" thread, the "TGC Rules Index," the new "Character Creation Guide," the "RPG Hall of Fame," and even this "TGC Owner's Diary." Hopefully this will ensure that everyone pays closer attention to the regulations. Another change to the "Operations & News" forum involves the "TGC Rules Index." Each of the smaller sections within the rules have been moved to individual threads. Each of those threads can be found by clicking their respective links in the Index. News Notes: -Jameris Malak makes another return to TGC -Four days left until Episode III is released in theaters. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 436, Daily Visits: 6726 Today's New Members: Smuggler Shae Irakih, Darth Lectrax, Zhou of the Sword, veteckin, Sith Knight Solo, MistressLitisha, Zeil Bashnar, sarya helaw May 16, 2005 Star Wars mania is reaching fever pitch here at TGC. As of 11:00AM, this is how the "Who's Online" box appeared. 32 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 13 Guests - 1 Anonymous  Kateln Starlighter  derik carill  Jedi Zycor  Kassandra Distorith  Darth Hactar  Fiera Marzullo  jai er  01mdeaville  nub nub  Jedi Knight Kindo  redapocalypse04  Commodus M Marzullo  darth1lore1  Johauna Firali  AslynDenethorn  Baruku  General Ceel  Darth Octavian News Notes: -jaier donates $50.00 to the community chest. -3 days until Episode III hits theaters. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 441, Daily Visits: 6851 Today's New Members: 01mdeaville, Skorpus, DjinnSebtyne, Kimberley Knight darksider, wheresspurr, Goth Huntress, Raven Cordanis May 17, 2005 Good Afternoon. Doing a bit of investigation I recently discovered that TGC is now ranked #7 by Google among "Star Wars Role Playing" searches, right behind the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars site and Amazon.com. That is some pretty classy company to keep. In other business. I began work on "History of TJC" today. So far the Time Line and the Introduction are complete. News Notes: -Just two days until the release of Episode III. -Vernacular became the 71st character in the HOF today. -The short lived "The Shadow Union" faction was removed from the galaxy by request of its owner, siting a lack of activity from its members. -33 visitors seen in Who's Online at 5:30PM -Jedi Amnde made a suprise visit today, after years away from TGC. Quick Fact: TGC has been honored in the Ezboard Community Spotlight (aka: Featured Boards) not once but twice: August 2002 and August 2004. May 18, 2005 Its just after Midnight on the morning of May 18th and I know what you are thinking. Its too early to be posting today's entry, right? Well actually, the EPIII countdown thread has just ticked down to "1" with Karlie Lynn edging out Korran Halcyon and myself for the number. Consequently the release of Revenge of the Sith is now just under 24 hours away from us. Although i'm sure that TGC will have many great years ahead of it, I cannot help but feel that we have come to the end of an age. These role plays, these discussion forums, were founded on the anticipation of new Star Wars films. With the passing of ROTS there will never again be a long countdown, and a membership surge to go along with it. In short, this is it ladies and gentlemen. If you haven't gotten in on the action and enjoyed yourself these past 6 years you'll have to tell lies to your children when 14 years from now The Phantom Menace has its 20th anniversary. How many bashers of the original trilogy claimed to be life time fans, present at the premiere in 1977, when the film was re-released in 1997? I'm glad to know that when the 20th anniversary of the return of Star Wars comes around, I can honestly say that I enjoyed every moment of being a Star Wars fan at the turn of the century, and that I shared it all with my friends at The Gungan Council and a score of other great fan communities. News Notes: -Today Sith Ahnk made his first visit to TGC in a couple years. Quick Fact: -The first General Discussion forum at The Gungan Council was called "The Courtyard" -By October of 2000 the Gungan Council was already on its 5th edition of Shmi's Diner Today's New Members: xShmi Skywalkerx, Mara Skieldas, Moba Bobba, Hiro Alaster, Gornz, jedikeith, General Grievous of the Sepratists May 19, 2005 It is a little after 3:20AM and I have just returned from my first screening of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. So let me be the first to welcome you to the post-epiii era of The Gungan Council. Thats right, we finally know the whole story. The circle is complete, as they say. The time for complaining (from critics and fans alike) has finally ended. We have what we have and can now settle in to uncover new ways of understanding it. These new understandings will no doubt have a profound effect on some aspects of TGC. All in all, however, I believe that the original spirit of Star Wars remains intact. Perhaps with this new information we will simply come to better understand ourselves. Welcome to a new day. Now get some sleep. News Notes: -Korran Halcyon won the final night (night "0") of the Episode III Countdown -Former member Daemon Hyfe stopped by to share his review of Episode III with us. -37 Members seen in the Who's Online Box at 10:30PM Quick Fact: -TGC's Countdown to Episode III began on Feb 11, 2003 at 10:47 pm and ended today, May 19, 2005. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 9346, Posts: 546 Today's New Members: DarkShadowCollectibles, Sirus Darkwalker, Tidus Marzullo, Sirus Darkwalker, Nex Lexus, Isis EponaI, NYKnicksH2O, Treyon, Jaden Valo May 20, 2005 The Countdown to the Episode III DVD began at 12:00AM this morning. We are taking a chance and assuming that Lucas will release it near the end of November this year, keeping with the pattern he established with Attack of the Clones a few years back. The winner of the first night of the 186 day countdown was Wickim Totim. Its been just under 48 hours since the 12:01AM release of Episode III in theaters Thursday morning. On a personal note I have already seen the film three times, and will continue to support it in the coming days and weeks. Through out that time we will be tracking its success at the boxoffice in our Entertainment forum as well as the Star Wars Cinema forum. With any luck this will be the film to finally knock Titanic off the top of the chart. I can dream, can't I? Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 549, Total Visits: 9490 Today's New Members: l7ol7, Chiss Sentinel, Zel Senturo, CaptainTypho1967, Paul Lee Jin, Will Carver, uvscfan, AtheneusMarzullo1, Barbannis May 21, 2005 It is is just about 9:00PM Saturday evening, I have just returned from my fourth screening of Revenge of the Sith (this time I went to the Cinemark 20), and TGC is continuing its upward trend thanks to the movie. I spent the morning sifting through archived pages for information to add to the brand new TGC Historical Databank. So far only the first section, a history of TGC's Staff, has been posted. The idea for the next section has not yet come to me. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 445, Daily Visits: 7051 Today's New Members: stof45, Heath Argetlam, Star Colton, X Potion, 0rion Marzullo, Tom Wright, Captain Duncan Idaho, Amalia Bettencourt, KayDar Shaw, Meloku May 22, 2005 To avoid boring you all to death, i think i'll switch gears today. Yesterday there were 37 active role playing threads and well over 100 posts in the Star Wars Role Playing forum. This level of activity has been the norm the past few weeks, and the trend continues to grow. This level of role playing is something TGC has not often seen in recent years. Perhaps it wouldn't be too bold to say that it even eclipses the level of our Golden Age in early 2001. Good work TGC. On a similar note, with June 2000 to June 2001 often known as the "The Golden Age of RPG", i've long been pondering a way to define this new period of success that the community has found itself in the middle of. After some thinking, it occurred to me that what we have here is a "Renaissance." So from this day forward November 5th 2004, the day that the Revenge of the Sith Teaser Trailer was released to the public, sparking off a flood of new members, will be known as the beginning of the "TGC Renaissance." The TGC timeline found in the Role Playing Hall of Fame has been changed accordingly. Speaking of our activity level. Here is another sample of it from the Who's Online Box: 40 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 34 Members - 6 Guests - 0 Anonymous  Buhamat  Nairi Kintaro  Alpha 02 x  Supernova22  Karlie Lynn  Korran Halcyon  Kassandra Distorith  Mak Systonis  Quel Jin Lorn  Goff256  Meloku  Liagu Cobir  Wraith Darkstone  Raithe Dengar  Luthias Caldar  ShinigamiHellraiser  Saxifrage Nightwalker  Mason England  Master Vedas  Emalfni  Sirus Darkwalker  Cronos Aegir  Paul Lee Jin  Kale Arkin  Nex Lexus  Corringath Ventraas  AslynDenethorn  Malice Draclau  Yoni  General Ceel  Jade Tundra  Tahira Solo  Asazi  lord goode News Notes: -"Design Time Line" section added to TGC Historical Databank. -"Early Forum Configuration" section added to Databank. - The Jedi Council at TGC Eclipses 100 members. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 14832, Posts: 808, Bandwidth: 843.858MB Today's New Members: dragonmage6, Master Vedas, Yoni, Darth Temero, Liagu Cobir, Buhamat, Luthias Caldar, Saxifrage Nightwalker, Dinear May 23, 2005 The Gungan Council set a new personal best with yesterday's 14832 page views, although the 808 posts we recieved fell well shord of our record of 1300. This truely is becoming a "Renaissance" for our community. Today's numbers, as seen below, are nearly as impressive as yesterday's. News Notes: -Kahn12 spotted at TGC for the first time in years. -40 members seen in Who's Online several times today. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 12688, Posts: 708 Today's New Members: xXx ObiWan Kenobi xXx, NYKnicksH2O, Stayb, Rakk Mallast, PostalMagForums, Sir Yoni, darthzimmy, JediOfFear, Vidar, Rylan Kordel May 24, 2005 Its been a busy Star Wars related day for me. This morning I ordered a copy of "Anticipation: The Real Life Story of TPM," from Amazon.com. In the evening I saw Revenge of the Sith for the 5th time, and while at the theater bought a 10 dollar ticket for a chance to win an Original 1977 Star Wars poster signed by Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Mr. George Lucas himself. In the meantime The Gungan Council just keeps on rolling. The cost of Gold Community has rocketed past $180, but as luck would have it we won't need to renew for another six months. Statistically speaking it looks to be another landmark day when all is said and done. Enjoy! News Notes: -Author and member JonathanLB (L. Bowen) promotes his book "Anticipation: The Real Life Story of TPM" at TGC. -Former member Raccoon Meeko makes a return visit in honor of Episode III. -Iriana seen posting at TGC for the first time in nearly two years. Today's New Members: KM SleepingDragon, Hawk Hinata, Kain Shadowfax, Boba Fett14690, Kasai Rukou, Vysus Lenau, Cin Draling May 25, 2005 While The Gungan Council has been breaking every record in the book, so has Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. The film's domestic total as of May 24 stands at 182.7M with a worldwide take of around 339.1M. Among the records currently held by ROTS are: Most Ubiquitous World-Wide Release, Biggest Midnight Launch Gross, Biggest Opening Day, Biggest Single Day Gross, Biggest 2-Day & 3-Day Gross, Biggest 4-Day Gross, Biggest 5-Day Gross, and Biggest World-Wide Opening Gross. Revenge of the Sith is expected to cross 300M by next Friday. The following week it should surpass the 310.7M domestic gross of Episode II: Attack of The Clones. After that it will set its sites on the 431.1M earned by The Phantom Menace in 1999, and the 461M that Episode IV: A new Hope made between its initial release in 1977 and its most recent rereleased in 1997. Today's Statistics: Today's Posts: 609, Today's Visits: 10349 Today's New Members: Georgie Emerson, Gouyen Chee, Yochannan May 26, 2005 From a statistical perspective it was another great day at TGC. But that is about as far as the greatness goes. One member had to be banned for a destructive post in the Shmi's Diner thread (second offense). Two other members with a grudge against me had to be banned on multiple accounts for spreading defamatory information as well as plotting to make destructive posts. Its always something. News Notes:-Current Adjusted Price: (Gold Community/6 months) $188 -A new neutral faction called "The Affinity," founded by Korran Halcyon, added to the galaxy. Today's Statistics: Posts: 619, Visits: 10230 Today's New Members: x General Grievous, Tau Damodred, gaidin fnorrll, Gavin Antillies, Bob Xnega, wvurocks, Recon Medivh May 27, 2005 The memorial day weekend has arrived and looks to be another big one for Revenge of the Sith. Yesterday the film tied Shrek 2 as the fastest film to 200M. Based on current projections ROTS should pull in 70 to 80M over the next 4 days and reach 300M by next weekend. Along with the second weekend of ROTS, this week's boxoffice game at TGC will also be predicting the four day grosses of Madagascar and The Longest Yard. Good luck to all of our loyal players. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 498, Daily Visits: 8040 Today's New Memembers: DJOrion86, Tigress7, Sky Blackheart, Tulando Qel Dakaar, OnThemWheelz123, Lord Vador May 28, 2005 Due to a lack of interest, the "Advisor" method of joining TGC Role Playing was removed today. The idea worked well for the first couple months late last year, however improved participation in the factions has created less demand for it. On the other hand, the recently created "AIM Member Directory" has taken off quickly, with nearly 30 members already having contributed their screen name. We have had contact lists many times in the past here at TGC, however this time around it has been set up to compensate for a specific need. With the number of members growing so quickly again, fewer and fewer members are avid online friends with other members. Hopefully this will keep people in touch, maintain our sense of community, and ensure that people continue to work together. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 9497, Posts: 530 Today's New Memembers: Jaden Crow, Saga Ti, Turken Raider, Madmanevil, ObiWan2010, Darth Garnet, Darth Xarus, Kai Suzuki, Malo Hactar, monkeybrains1989, GenevieveRasmuse, darth dakkon May 29, 2005 Although the slowest day in recent months at TGC, such a think was not altogether unexpected. Among USA families, the Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer, a time for trips, picnics, and other events to begin. Understandably many membes were away. This is not to say, however, that the day was completely uneventful. Whilst scrolling through old topics at the long defunct Greater Jedi Order Ezboard, i came across Darth Turbogeek's massive 100,000 word, multi part, fan fiction of the old days of Swfans Role Playing. Reading through some of the content, i was inspired to finally begin such a project for TGC. The first 1600 words are already in the bag, though i have not yet come up with a title for the project. It remains to be seen if i will see the Fic through, but at this point the prognosis is good. News Notes: -Fromer Member Seth Vinda seen visiting TGC. -Ceel begins work on a Fan Fiction of TGC Role Playing events. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 6348, Posts: 296 Today's New Memembers: Darth Gert, imperialchampion, Remy Gray, DarthVaderfan91, rocker diva, Montoya Broughton May 30, 2005 Happy Memorial Day. Enjoy your family picnics, but be sure to make it out to at least on memorial service, and help keep the memory of the fallen alive. News Notes: -Work on the first edition of the Official TGC Fan Fic continues. First draft crosses 10 thousand words. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 503, Daily Visits: 8230 Today's New Memembers: Vohn Exel, remedyu, Ender Segura, Malganis Frostmane, Remy Gray, Jedi Skyga Rocin, Darth Xaiver, XXX Anakin Skywalker XXX , Numa Thul, Lucian Marzullo I, aniobiHPlegolas, AdanBracTRA , pump shotty, General Vittoria May 31, 2005 I am writing today's comment offline and a day late (June 1st). Ezboard was attacked by a hacker sometime early this morning. The effects of the attack have left it impossible to post on almost all ezboards, as well as a near total loss of data. In the case of The Gungan Council hundreds of thousands of posts have been lost, leaving many of our forums totally empty. Luckily recently made posts have been preserved in the system cache, which allowed me to recover not only this thread, but also the Role Playing Hall of Fame and all of our rules related data which I have spent many hours updating in recent weeks. News Notes: -Ezboard Hacked by someone called "ezdude" -Near Total loss of TGC threads suffered -Still waiting for ezboard to sort things out. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 7148, Posts: 222 June 2005 June 1, 2005 Posting functions were finally restored just before 8:00PM EST, however we are still waiting on the hopeful restoration of our lost threads. In spite of the trouble, many TGC members spent the day on the board, lurking, waiting for things to get back to normal. I praise them for their loyalty and patients. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 7244, Posts: 289 June 2, 2005 A loud off my shoulders, The Jedi Elite has left the TGC role playing galaxy, its owner KenzoKoi having been nothing but trouble in his return to TGC. Its really quite sad when members are so petty that all they can think of TGC as is an easy way to get members fast. I am more than happy to help factions succeed at TGC, however their goal should be to become a better group for TGC Role Playing, not to take something that they have not earned. As quickly as they left it appears they have joined an opposing galaxy; though it would not suprise me if that was the plan all along. In other news, I am proud to say that the first episode of "Shades of Evil" the Official TGC Role Playing fan fic has been posted for the first time. Maybe some day i'll get around to reading it editing for all the mistakes and shotty writing that i likely did in the heat of the moment a couple days ago. Chances are the post will be lost when Ezboard restores TGC, so of course I have it all backed up on my computer. News Notes: -The system is running well, however we are still waiting to see old posts restored Today's New Members: Ardeth, Darth Xaiver, Joseph Darius, Master Jaslur, qinare June 6, 2005 Having just returned from a three day vacation, in which time i was not online, I am angered and shocked to find that not only has TGC not been restored, it continues to lose posts and suffer from additional errors such as accounts being banned (even when not). In addition, i feel that members of the TGC staff did a piss poor job at upkeep. Several list threads were not updated during my time away, topics that should have been closed, deleted, or moved, were left open in their original locations, while several padawans were not assigned masters. I'm hot, i'm tired, and I'm angry. Thats all for today. News Notes: -the ezboard problems don't seem to have slowed the site down any. -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $213 -3 years of boxoffice games stats, the Revenge of the Sith game stats, the Episode III DVD countdown, and countless other topics lost to the hacker as the board continues to lose threads. Today's Statistics: Visits: 10896, Posts: 768 June 7, 2005 Giving up hope of Ezboard ever being able to recover TGC's missing posts, i have updated the Role Playing Hall of Fame to reflect this realization. The enteries for several epic role plays were edited to indicate that they were lost and never completed. The Role Playing Time Line has also been changed, and now marks the date of the attack on the network. It would be nice if they threads were yet restored, forcing to me to eat my words. I would love to have the need to re-edit the HOF to indicate that no important threads were lost on May 30th 2005. News Notes: -Former mod Shery seen posting at TGC for the first time in over a year. -Seen among the Star Wars communities to leave Ezboard this week: Legends of Destiny and NIF. -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $220 Today's Statistics: Page Views: 8927, Posts: 625 June 8, 2005 Activity continued to be brutal at TGC today as we had our 8th 10,000+ page view day in two weeks. The staff has been encouraging the creation of new topics for filling the void left by the loss of threads thanks to the hacker. This is part of the reason for our continued growth. Looking at the loss of our archives from another angle, it can be said that some good did come out of the deletions. With so much history wiped out, new members no doubt, must feel more at ease upon joining us. I can't imagine arriving at TGC for the first time as a young teenager, and facing the intimidation that thousands of historic moments in TGC history must create when looking in on the archives. News Notes: -After more than two years with the galaxy, The New Galactic Empire has been removed due to lack of activity. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 531, Daily Visits: 8901, Total Posts: 436363, Total Visits: 4503946 Today's New Members: Erdan Tierce, Magic man, Araeana Liz, snakevader, Ivan Keff June 9, 2005 Right now the name of the game continues to be the repopulation of the forums with new threads. Ezboard is still tossing around false hope of restoration. In the mean time TGC is well on its way to forgetting that the hacker ever struck. Well, maybe that is going a little bit far. We'll never forget what we lost. However the loss is easer to deal with when minds are kept busy by new threads. News Notes: -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $224 -Still no posts restored to TGC following the System Hack. Today's Statistics: Page Views: 10485, Posts: 815 Today's New Members: Tellarian Woku, Tyrus Jin, Huginn Reborn, Mara Skieldas, syphras kun June 10, 2005 It must be really boring for all of you who read this diary to enter the thread and see me writing about board stats and activity every day. To be quite honest, with numbers like the ones that we've been seeing lately, its pretty hard not to talk about it. To further explain my recent focus on stats, i've found that this journal is a great place to preserve such specific data. Looking back, I wish that I had kept better records during the Golden Age of TGC. When I set down to put together the Hall of Fame and Historical Database, much of the data had to come from a combination of memory and sparse written records. As a result of the May 30th attack the few written sources that i depended on are gone forever. Today all that remains is the Hall of Fame, The Database, and of coruse our limited memories. This is why it is important to keep good records. In four or five more years the job of researching TGC will turn out to be much easier than it was the first time around. TGC was of course busy again today. News Notes: -Already 100+ posts on TGC by the time that EST members woke up this morning. -Vega Van Derveld seen in "Who's Online" box. -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $228 Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 437874, Total Visits: 4524737 Today's New Members: Lady Deshandra, dunari the don, ILuvKenobi901, Shana Macay, Bane Danakar, JarrodConner, will the sith lord, dbngandroid June 11, 2005 Excuse me while I go off topic for a day. This will be a big change from my typical rant about stats and ezboard. About an hour ago, on this hot and muggy night, my mother and I decided that a nice cold soda would be good to have. About a mile and a half from home along Route 220 an unseen Deer jumped off of the bank along the road and slammed head first into the front panel of our newly purchased 2003 Honda Accord SE. Being hot as it was I had my window all the way down. As the deer hit, crushing the front fender against the tire, it rolled back wards, knocking the power mirror off of its mount, slamming it straight into my head and neck, leaving me with a bruise and two puncture wounds on my neck...not to mention a pounding headache and a pain in my jaw. But to make things worse, the deer's head came inside the @#%$ car and hit me on the shoulder and part of my back. I'm sure to be even more sore in the morning. I guess i'm lucky that I had the window open. Had it been shut i'd probably be in the hospital, blind in one eye, and having glass picked out of me face. I am happy to say that I did eventually get the pepsi. In the meantime, The Gungan Council had another great day. News Notes: -The Lounge Lizard seen in the "Who's Online" box -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $232 Today's Statistics: Page Views: 10824, Posts: 1092 Today's New Members: Krell Venegarr, Vosh Novastar, Arcanerx, Corvus Corax Lunary, Xavier Skieldas June 12, 2005 Due to all the traffic at TGC I have some how forgotten to update you all on the progress of the latest Star Wars film in theaters around the world. As of this posting, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith has brough in an estimated $332,108,000 in the USA and a total of $672,708,000 world wide. Although i ended my spree of viewings at just five, many of our members continue to return to see the film again and again while they still have the chance. This is, afterall, the final Star Wars film we'll ever have. News Notes: -Today the "OOC Community Forum" was renamed the "RP Planning Forum." Quick Fact: General Ceel's Inbox gets and average of 10 messages per day. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 585, Daily Visits: 9449 Today's New Members: Mace Thunder, will dunkor, mace windu93, Mace Thunder June 13, 2005 Today Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all ten counts in his trial on child molestation charges. In the mean time TGC continued to be active and crazy. Need I say more? Okay, if you insist. We had another day with over 10K pave views and more than 800 posts. Anybody out there think TGC is dead? Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 440626, Total Visits: 4559039 June 14, 2005 Plenty of news to report today. First off, due to the loss of data in the "Ezdude" attack on our system, it became necessary to enact a "restart" to our fleets. All groups have been premitted to keep their planets and active ship yards, however all ships will now be rebuilt one by one according to the fleet build rules. In other news, while Darth Octavian made his exist from TGC and his faction TSE (leaving Zoe Marzullo in power), another new faction was added to the neutral section. The group, called "Delta Force" is the brainchild of Supernova22 whom is now making his return to TGC. Having owned about a half dozen TGC factions in earlier part of the decade, we can expect good things from him. And finally, discussion of an official galaxy wide three rank system for neutral characters is about ready to wrap up. If put into effect, the system will give focus and a goal to our neutral characters, while at the same time making it easier for them to match up against force users by rank. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 600, Daily Visits: 9613 Today's New Members: Chir daki, Mace Thunder, Darth Ruin, Daf Daf Sheon, Neelan June 15, 2005 Early this moring the Sith Empirel and The Marzullo Clan factions were removed from the Gungan Council Role Playing galaxy due to numerous infractions of the TGC rules and refusal to correct those infractions. Several members of both factions have since come under the investigation of Ezboard Inc who have confirmed to me their Personal Abuses against myself and the members of TGC are in fact contrary to the Ezboard Terms of Service. Their punishment will no doubt soon follow. Generally in these cases the guilty parties are globally banned from ezboard and/or their boards are locked down. The great news is that TGC has not skipped a single beat. A ne faction, "The Jedi Brotherhood" has been added to the Lightside, while "The Silent Eternity" has risen to fill the void left by the fall of TSE. News Notes: -Zoe/Fiera Marzullo and Darth Octavian banned -10 to 20 People in Ezchat all day long Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 608, Daily Visits: 9780 Today's New Members: tomduo, ThePhoenixx, kazighanti, mialesal, Matthew Lydar June 16, 2005 Today Tyrus Jin was kind enough to creation a new variation on the classic TGC-green banner for us. Where the old version held the Trade Federation army in the center, this version is occupied by an inside view of the underwater city Otoh Gunga. This may or may not be the final choice for the new banner, as others are sure to offer their own personal take on the classic TGC image, however for now Tyrus' pic is the one we will be using. Personally, i really like it. If it does turn out to be the final product, i'll have to remember to update the design time line in our historical databank section. News Notes: -After a few days of turmoil, TGC seems back to its peaceful norm. -TGC his 6400 members today. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 608, Daily Visits: 9774 June 17, 2005 While TGC goes on with its life, a number of childish former members continue to pretend that they are victims. Are there any threads at TGC where we are insulting them? Nope. Are we going behind their backs trying to take members and factions that belong to TGC? Nope. Its really quite sad to see people who have nothing better to do than swear and behave like preeteens. That level of paranoia is unhealthy. And so, while they were dreaming up ways to take from others, TGC and its members were advertising, making friends, and creating affilations. Had they bothered to read through the history of TGC found in my Owner's Journal and in the Role Playing Hall of Fame, they might have known that their little exodus wasn't even a shadow of the TRF incident, or any of the other events since it for that matter. For that reason it will not even be mentioned on our role playing timeline. News Notes: -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $249 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 614, Daily Visits: 9903 Today's New Members: kayteee, Miss Janie, halfproject, Kit Niklos, Jay Dayspring June 18, 2005 Finally some peace. The Marzullo's have called off the dogs, TSE has shut down, and TGC is every bit as active and peaceful as it once was, a fitting end to an otherwise annoying week. Lets leave it at that. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 614, Daily Visits: 9859 June 19, 2005 Tomorrow (or Today at the time Im writing this), is the 6 year anniversary of the creation of my first Ezboard account, Darthbeerman, with which i mainly took part in Star Wars discussion, however did do a bit of role playing at Swfans as well, during the days leading up to the founding of The Gungan Council. Six years, its really quite hard to believe. God willing there might be another 6 years of this ahead. With Episode III having come and gone, its hard to say what the future holds for Star Wars fandom online. Sure there will be TV shows, books, games etc, but nothing that could ever compare to the frenzy created by the arrival of a Star Wars film. News Notes: -8 new Affiliates have been added to the ezboard ring in the past two days. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 616, Daily Visits: 9817 June 27, 2005 Excuse the lack of updates to this diary. I spent the past week on vacation in Virginia and North Carolina. Karlie Lynn had been asked to post daily updates, however doesn't seem to have done that. The board's daily posts seem to have been brisk during the first 3 days of my vacation, but however slowed for the next 3 before increasing again late during the day of my return. For the most part i am now caught up and up to date again. A few members had to be banned during my absence, or as a result of their actions during my time away. Hopefully things will continue on as normal now that I am back. News Notes: -The Affinity of Independant Systems removed from galaxy. -New Brother Hood of the Sith faction added to the galaxy. Today's Statistics: Visits: 9753, Posts: 628 Today's New Memebers: Demonhawk17, Alexander Lineaus, obi wan kanal, Davin Starkiller, tearz of darkness June 28, 2005 Thankfully, there is nothing to report today. News Notes: -Aprox 126 days until ROTS comes to DVD Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 578, Daily Visits: 9248 June 29, 2005 The TGC Renaissance has official come to an end. The Ezboard hack, the ordeal with TSE & TMC, as well as a general movement away from traditional TGC ideals by many younger members, are among the causes. To find out more about the time known as the TGC Renaissance please visit the editoral section of the Role Playing Hall of Fame. So whats next? It is once again time to get back to the roots of TGC. For too long have the masses pulled the community away from the traditional star wars and role playing values that the board was founded upon. Look for a "revival" of what made TGC great in the first place in the days and weeks to come. News Notes: -Two new editorials added to Hall of Fame Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 448,448 Total Visits: 4,697,016 July 2005 July 1, 2005 Welcome to July. The big movie this week is Steven Spieberg's rendition of War of the Worlds, while the big event is of course Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain. Sorry Danster. If its any consolation, we'd be happy to give you give you guys New Jersey. Don't worry Don, you are the proud owner of property in eastern Pennsylvania. Once New Jersey is moved your land will become Ocean front property and i'd be very happy rent from you during the off season. Enjoy your weekend everyone. Be safe. I know that alot of you are out on the roads going to visit relatives or take vacations. Buckle up. And when you get to Grandma's, don't blow your fingers off with a firecracker in her backyard. She'll never forgive you. News Notes: -Aprox 123 days until Episode III comes to DVD and Video. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 591, Daily Visits: 9223 Today's New Memebers: Holden1443, atton vane, Lance Niemsyk, Guilt and Sin, Kasumi Reiko July 3, 2005 Moodfonam has spent the last week reworking the Helping Hand Design forum. From the looks of things the forum will now be much easier to use, like it was when it was founded, compared to the days in which the "Lady Syren" system was in place. Though most probably didn't even notice, in order to fix the post count glitch in that forum, i created an identical forum, and relocated all the old posts into it, while deleting the original. Everything seems to now be in order again. News Notes: -Jen Katrina seen visiting TGC -TGC passed 450,000 total posts yesterday -Darth Octavian returns to TGC Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 450373, Total Visits: 4725709 July 4, 2005 Welcome to the 1st Independence Day since Anakin fell to the darkside and the Empire was born. Although the ROTS wave had passed, and the TGC Renaissance is over, the board continues to experience decreased, but solid, statistics. For example, this evening as many as 33 people were seen visiting the community. 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 25 Members - 6 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Armoad · Matthew Lydar · Nairi Kintaro · Shiori Sasaki · Keira Lyshaa · Mishi Dmay Dimitri · Weserwve · Karlie Lynn · KinjalWarrior · Moodfonam · Darth Maleficus · Darth Monnik · Shadow Fantom · Warren Darkclaw · Cerusia Starkiller · xizorkatarn · Vastice Delure · wheresspurr · Polites98 · Siris Nido · Darth Immortus · General Ceel · Darth Octavian · Arklite Stormrage · Kyle Fayar While 40+ was a common event during April and May of this year, the typical 15 to 30 that we are now witnessing still more than doubles the few Star Wars communities that continue to call Ezboard home. News Notes: -117498 registered members Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 581, Daily Visits: 9013 Today's New Members: Armoad, Shadow Fantom, Cerusia Starkiller, Johanna Taylor, Colin Grapevine July 5, 2005 The Gungan Council reached another new milestone today, 6,500 registered members. While other boards grow slow, leave ezboard, or drop off the face of the internet altogether, its nice to see TGC continue to put up a strong showing. Given the recent events of the Ezboard Attack, as well as internal struggles within the community its a wonder that we are in as good shape as we are. Hard work does indeed pay offf. News Notes: -TGC reached 6,500 registered members today. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 591, Daily Visits: 9067 Today's New Members: Kyle Kryat, Beck Darkrider July 6, 2005 Good evening TGCers. With a 1000+ post day today, TGC's numbers appear to be spiking again. But thats what happens when people come home from their summer holiday vacations to hit the boards again. News Notes: -Live Wire seen visiting TGC Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 604, Daily Visits: 9057 July 7, 2005 Its time for the staff to pick up some of the work load. To counter the increasing wave of questions (often pointless) to my inbox, i have stopped accepting new messages via my ezboard account until further notice. Members need to learn to start spreading their questions around to the many wonderful staff members we have here at TGC, and quite frankly some of the more repetitive and pointless questions have begun to wear me down. In other news. The Gungan Council's Google Ranking among "Star Wars Role Playing" has risen to #6 just behind the Official Star Wars Galaxies site and the Official Wizards of the Coast Star Wars game site. News Notes: -6514 registered members -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $236 -Live Chat! ( 16 people chatting) Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 619, Daily Visits: 9124 July 8, 2005 Moi Moi! Mesa has nothing to report today. Enjoy your summer and be sure to invite all your friends to TGC. News Notes: -6525 registered members -120+ Posts in "Star Wars Role Playing" -All in all, a peaceful day at TGC Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 620, Daily Visits: 9111 Today's New Memebers: Chloe Coldeve, Kiliara Askarion, Jax Cassadine, x Paris Cassadine x, tipoca July 9, 2005 Today is a great day in the history of TGC. Among "Star Wars Role Plays" we have achieved a #3 ranking. Only two sites now above us are "www.wizards.com" and "www.roleplayinggames.net". Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 455380, Total Visits: 4783537 Today's New Memebers: Valten Moradin, Trevor Dran, Hunt Cassadine, Robin Cassadine, Kai Cassadine July 10, 2005 No news is good news. Who's Online: (10:45PM) 24 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Jol Ordo · KinjalWarrior · Anakin Von Konobi · Campbell Cassadine · Sorrin Xanth · Ocephora Sibes · Kasumi Reiko · Jarek Rax · Rolf Sergeo · Laeh Kesef · AslynDenethorn · rak kamazia · Kyle Fayar · Corringath Ventraas · Krell Venegarr · Amia Cognito · Drexiis Ell · Valten Moradin · Moodfonam · Kye Katran Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 604, Daily Visits: 8967 Today's New Memebers: Raven Koth, floothe, rak kamazia, Darth Van, Jordane Salvation July 11, 2005 Happy Monday. Enjoy the rest of your week at The Gungan Council. News Notes: - LadyObiWan makes her first visit to TGC in years. - Live Chat! ( 15 people chatting) - 6543 registered members Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 456632, Total Visits: 4803260 Today's New Memebers: Malachi Zor, Steve Xiar, Kira Katima, Kahne Porte, Jericho Crosskiller Mereel July 12, 2005 A surprise hello from past member LadyObiWan yesterday was followed by a return visit from former RPG Hall of Famer, fleet mastermind and all around bad boy, Dace Patton. I can only assume that my recent mass email about the Hall of Fame has something to do with the recent returns. I must say that it is always nice to see an old face around TGC, even if there was a rocky past proceeding it. News Notes: - Dace Patton makes his first post in several years. - Gosh22 seen making a rare visit to TGC Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 587, Daily Visits: 8940 July 13, 2005 Slight changes were made to the Hall of Fame today. Recently uncovered information allowed me to complete the entry for "The Sith Empire" (The legendary former Swfans Sith Empire, not the short lived TGC version). The other change was the deletion of a line from the Role Playing Time Line. This change was based on recently uncovered information which proved to indicate that the former line was in fact false. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $235 - 6556 registered members Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 458021, Total Visits: 4824297 Today's New Memebers: artificial rain, Kassidy, Laeh Kesef, Xantevelon, Tullaris Drezlyn July 15, 2005 News Notes: - Former moderator Darth Phantom made a visit to TGC, his first in several years. - Zark Ekan also seen making a rare visit to TGC - 6563 registered members Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 459252, Total Visits: 4845703 Today's New Memebers: Trinidad Thelcar, Jeraven Estradalus, Zoe Dia, Darth Monark, Teilen Lydar July 17, 2005 Day two of a slow weekend at TGC, though weekends at TGC are traditionally slow. Of course, "slow" is a relative term. A slow day at TGC is still two to three times more active than the largest days for our nearest Star Wars Ezboard competitors. News Notes: - 6570 registered members - Live Chat! ( 12 people chatting) - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $230 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 569, Daily Visits: 8575 Today's New Memebers: Black Jester Of Marijuanos, xX Apocalypse Please Xx, Born2Kill2, Silus Kun, Daric Todrias July 18, 2005 Due to thankfully low posting, the Fleet Forum was merged back into the Star Wars Role Playing forum, as it original was during the Golden Age of TGC Role Playing. Hopefully fleet role playing with totally die one day. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 567, Daily Visits: 8604 July 20, 2005 TGC's activity is starting to come back down to earth again, following the almost unprecedented influx of Revenge of the Sith, followed by a period of "leveling off" during the past month and a half. I must say, i'm quite happy about this. We'll finally be able to slow down, and bring members up through the system properly again. Too many the our recent "newbies" have been young and hot tempered, not a good mix for those who have to deal with me personally. News Notes: - 6587 registered members - Adumari Alliance and Hunter's Alliance removed from Galaxy. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 561, Daily Visits: 8540 Today's New Memebers: Valek Drayven, Davyn Sparrowhawk, Magneto10, Torin Dol July 24, 2005 As July nears its end, so too does the summer of Episode III, Revenge of the Sith. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $214 Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 462504, Total Visits: 4900653 Today's New Memebers: damaged one0998, Shagnahod, Azroal, Mathayus Akkadia, Cooryn Folcoer August 2005 August 1, 2005 August has arrived and we are in the "deep summer slump" that afflicts the community every year. School is just weeks away from beginning for many members as they enjoy the last of their vacations. The hype driven "poser crowd" that inflated TGC's new numbers during the spring have begun to show their true colors, in failing to maintain their enthusiasm even until summer's end. In the meantime, the loyal core of the community which has stuck with us through thick and thin continue to soldier on, and will no doubt be here this fall when Revenge of Sith comes to DVD on November 1st. News Notes: - Ezboard completed the Community Chest restoration process several days ago, fixing all issues which dated back to the May 30th attack on the system Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 500, Daily Visits: 7436 Today's New Memebers: Jeraven Estradalus, cool alias goes here, Amalia Braska, Crimson Xanus, RabidGibbon August 3, 2005 Three groups are currently on the chopping block, and will be removed from the galaxy if progress is not made ASAP. Delta Force, and The Empire are suffering from a lack of activity while Silent Eternity has yet to correct the design issues that have existed since the board's beginning. News Notes: -63619 registered members -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $201 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 500, Daily Visits: 7430 August 4, 2005 And then there were six: Delta Force, The Order, and The Empire have now been removed from the galaxy due to their respective problems, leaving the galaxy with just 6 factions: The Jedi Council, The Rebel Alliance, The Jedi Brotherhood, Dark Sith Order, Silent Eternity and The Sith Brotherhood. The decline in group number is intentional. I'm hoping that with fewer groups, the groups that we do have, will face less competition and as a result grow bigger. For the time being I will only be accepting new Netural factions into the galaxy. News Notes: -6620 registered members Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 491, Daily Visits: 7374 August 6, 2005 A few changes were recently made to the main forum listing at TGC. First off, due to people swamping my inbox, my inbox has been closed and a Questions & Suggestions forum has been added to the board. Please use it to contact not only myself but the entire staff. Secondly, the TGC - Recycling Bin has been added to the Archival section. This forum will allow members to request to have threads that have been removed from the Role Playing forum due to lack of activity restored to an active forum. News Notes: -6627 registered members -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $192 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 447, Daily Visits: 7086 August 6, 2005 Forgive me for the lack of updates recently. I applied for a new job on friday. By monday i was in for an interview, and today on Tuesday my training began. I've been so busy that I almost failed to notice that TGC is on pace to reach five million page views just a few hours from now. News Notes: -TGC nears the 5 Million page view mark -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $188 Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 469127, Total Visits: 4999362 August 13, 2005 Not much to report at TGC. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $174 - 81 DAYS UNTIL EPISODE III ON DVD Today's Statistics: Total Visits: 5020948, Total Posts: 470896 August 17, 2005 Dumped all the existing DonFatso's Bar & Grill threads into an archive yesterday, and began the forum anew, however without the posting games, and now putting more emphasis on old-school IC fun topics. I'm hoping to start leaning TGC back toward the old tradition of escapism. We've seen enough of reality the last few years. Its time to start brining TGC full circle again in this department. News Notes: - We currently have $80.00 in our chest. - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $159 - 6656 registered members Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 395, Daily Visits: 5704 August 18, 2005 The Ballot Box forum has been converted to Polls & Posting Games, which will now contain our highly successful "Person Above You Game", "Who's Online" and many other "spam" topics. This change is part of my continuing effort to improve the quality of discussion at DonFatso's Bar & Grill. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $157 - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (198 days left) - 6659 registered members - 76 Days until the release of Episode III on DVD - 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 5 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Amilie Isard · General Ceel · Rulic Corodious · Aron Antilles · Warren Darkclaw Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 392, Daily Visits: 5652 Today's New Members: dukedreal, Count Corban, General Phallus, Erik Centter, Carissa Dustine August 23, 2005 The new rules which will replace the 3rd fleet system are finally taking shape. Having gone through about 4 drafts now they are almost at a point which should help move the galaxy back toward the fun and randomness of old. Boring, slow, overplanned drivel has been allowed to rule for too long. Its time for a change. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $151 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 390, Daily Visits: 5447 August 24, 2005 Nothing to report today. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $149 Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Kye Katran · Mac8136 · General Ceel · Pnemon Aceto · pyromaniac0998 · Jak Chaos · Kyrokor Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 390, Daily Visits: 5424 Today's New Members: Cronus Kosan, Senator Burr, jundal, Arix Alethia, Sious Kane August 27, 2005 The Box Office & Entertainment forum has quietly become a smash hit again at TGC. As the boxoffice contest completes its finaly week of the summer season, and looks to the fall, the Superbowl of Actors has begun its nomination phase. As series of threads about different sub styles of Heavy Metal has been keeping the board's resident head bangers very busy, while a variety of other entertainment topics are there for the rest of the community. News Notes: - We currently have $80.00 in our chest. - 67 DAYS UNTIL EPISODE III ON DVD - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (189 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $145 - There are currently 6 factions in the Role Playing Galaxy Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 397, Daily Visits: 5385 August 30, 2005 Yesterday morning Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast of the USA as a Category 4 storm, killing dozens in the flood waters near New Orleans. Our thoughts are with all the victims and their families as they struggle to put their lives back together. In TGC news, as the month of August comes to an end tomorrow, the 2005 Fall BoxOffice contest begins with the "The Transporter 2" which gets a 4 day opening weekend release over the Labor Day weekend. 8 members have already posted their predictions. This is your chance to start the season off right. Our fall competition lasts until Thanksgiving when the Holiday Season starts. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $141 - Live Chat! ( 4 people chatting) - 6695 registered members - 64 DAYS UNTIL EPISODE III ON DVD - Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · General Ceel · Darth Raine · Mak Manto · Xanis Sorannan · Hawk Hinata · Karlie Lynn Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 417, Daily Visits: 5413, Total Posts: 477467, Total Visits: 5104050 September 2005 September 1, 2005 On the first day of September all eyes in the United States are turned to the Gulf Coast where the rescure effort following Katrina continues to move forward. Long time TGC faction: The Rebel Alliance its own kind of destruction yesterday, as they were attacked by a member whom is believed to hacked Rogue Steiner's account. But never fear, as a gold community, TRA can be restored by Ezboard in the near future. At TGC a "Literature & Thought" forum has been created to discuss the deeper topics of life, including the written word, history, politics and philosopy. Meanwhile, the community has been experiencing a sudden increase in activity. Yesterday TGC racked up a staggering 1032 posts. The day before the community reached 958. Although i do not expect these numbers to last, they are a brief reminder of the prosperity we experienced only a few short months ago when Revenge of the Sith was released in theaters around the world. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $142 - 62 DAYS UNTIL EPISODE III ON DVD - Planning for the 3rd Annual Masquarade Ball begins Newest Members: Havock 69, Darth Grievous Extreme, Red Smuggler, MissyJo76, Vergil Black Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 446, Daily Visits: 5505, Total Posts: 479385, Total Visits: 5122373 September 5, 2005 Several changes have been made to the staff at TGC in recent weeks. First off, Darron Wraith has been demoted from Admin to board mod. Spark Vallen has been given power over a second forum, "Introductions & Adverts". Mak Manto has joined the team by taking on duties in the Star Wars Cinema. And finally, Tiresais has taken on his first staff role at TGC by taking the helm of our new Literature & Thought forum. With September already a week old, nearly all of our younger members have headed back to Highschools and Colleges around the world. As is the trend at TGC for many years, this has led to an increase in activity at the board, as many find time to contribute to the community between homework assignments and during study hall periods through out the day. News Notes: - 57 DAYS UNTIL EPISODE III ON DVD - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $140 - 50 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Newest Members: Jude Priest, Helios Moonlief, Jensen Stalker, Darron Skywalker, Ablithora Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Vladimir Bo · Tiresais · DarkSkyKerberos · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Corran Adrynnyn · MaizeWayne · Nevaeh Orinco · Gornz Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 457, Daily Visits: 5442 September 13, 2005 Its hard to believe that we have almost reached the middle of September already. Even as the summer heat gives way to the cool of fall, TGC seems to be reheating again in front of the release of Episode III on DVD in just two short months. Right now TGC's first anual NFL Prediction Game is the talk of the town. Dreamed up and managed by Bane Nathos, like the long running boxoffice game, the NFL game allows members to make weekly predictions enroute to a chance at becoming the season winner. And speaking of the Boxoffice Game, ths fall game is already in its third week, but its not too late to get involved for your chance at becoming the season winner. The Fall season ends the weekend before Thanksgiving. News Notes: -132727 registered members -Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (172 days left) -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $143 Who's Online: 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Drake Hayden · Bane Nathos · Escuridao · DarkSkyKerberos · Karlie Lynn · Vascious Relens · Aurelia Wayne · MaizeWayne · Korran Halcyon · Darron Wraith · xizorkatarn · JeremyBender · Pnemon Aceto · Bane Danakar · Max Chaos · General Ceel · Lady Silencia Newest Members: JeremyBender, Musou Mugen, Moira Sushill, Erik Byrnjolf, anakinskywalkerisfreakinghot5 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 485, Daily Visits: 5753 September 15, 2005 September rolls on. Week 3 of the Fall boxoffice game is here, along with week 2 of the NFL prediction game, the TGC Staff Showdown has reached the final round...pitting Bethany Kismet against Danster the Gangster and myself. In the Introductions & Adverts the Welcome Game continues ever on toward the first member to reach 1000 points. I am currently in the lead with 146 points, however Tiresais is gaining quickly and is now up to 110. In other news, i have decided to do away with the Helping Hand Design forum. For the last two years HHD has provided quality images for the galaxy. In recent months however, our younger members have been taking advantage of the service. As a result it will no longer be offered. News Notes: - We currently have $80.00 in our chest. - 6729 registered members - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $141 - 49 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 474, Daily Visits: 5646, Total Posts: 486422, Total Visits: 5206188 September 17, 2005 Nothing to report. News Notes: - "Band of Outlaws" added to the galaxy. Who's Online: 6 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 0 Guests - 0 Anonymous · gaurdian of the dragons · General Ceel · Pnemon Aceto · Gornz · roskk · Escuridao Newest Members: Senator Organa, CherishedDark, DefinitelyCharmed, JeremyBender, Musou Mugen Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 483, Daily Visits: 5777 September 19, 2005 Mac8136 recently started a thread called "LOL! People hate us!" for discussing the unhealthy animosity that many former members and other communities hold for TGC and its leaders. Although the topic is quite interesting, i must confess sadness for those "bashers" present in the anti-TGC threads that Mac found littering the internet. How truely lame and self-loathing must a person be before reaching a point where they confuse ignorance and justice? On the other hand, such thinking is not altogether unexpected. In this cynical world, the media, and every other layer of society, has taken a liking to the idea of bringing down giants. People love to wish failure on the current top-dog. People have for some reason been lead be believe that large things are always evil. This mode of thinking makes very little sense, and hinders mankind's progress toward something bigger and greater than its current level. News Notes: - 44 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - We currently have $80.00 in our chest - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $144 - Hall Of Fame reaches 3,500 visits. Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 487945, Total Visits: 5227692 September 20, 2005 Last evening brought the coming of "TGC Autumn Reunion 2005". Though we have held board reunions before, this one is a bit special. The event is to last for 43 days (from yesterday). The final day of the event marks both the Birthday of TGC on November 1st, as well as the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith on DVD. Thus far the reunion has been a great success, as it brought in nearly 200 posts yesterday alone. Among the topics are two polls which, using the Hall of Fame, will determine not only the greatest faction in TGC history, but the Greatest character as well. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 496, Daily Visits: 5870 September 21, 2005 In the Star Wars Role Playing Forum, the 9th installment in The Jedi Council's "Jedi Task Force" serial has begun. "Jedi Task Force: Utapa Adventure sees the Task Force venturing into the crater cities of Utapa (as seen in Revenge of the Sith) to invade an armor making factory, and hopefully disrupt the production of the Empire's insidious robotic soldiers known as Dark Troopers. In becoming the 9th chapter of this series, Utapa Adventure joins Jedi Task Force: Gromas Mines, Anoat City , Mimban Adventure, Death Star Rescue, Hidden Menace, Bump in the Night, Hazardous Antiquity, and Double Sunrise, which have already been honored in TGC's Role Playing Hall of Fame. News Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $152 - 6740 registered members - 41 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 290 Posts and Counting - Summer has official reached its end. Newest Members: Little Fist the Brother in Arms, honadawson11, JediMara, Darth Zariel, Katelynn Naekaeta Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 519, Daily Visits: 6035, Total Posts: 489900, Total Visits: 5246602 September 22, 2005 Due to behavioral problems, once again, I turned the TGC Chatroom off a couple days ago. Due to popular demand, however, i have decided to strike a deal with those who are interested in brining it back. If then can boost TGC's Daily Average Post Count from the current 530 to 750+, then i'll agree to turn the chat back on. Its a smart arrangement really, they get the chatroom, and i get higher traffic for the message board. News Notes: - 40 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 349 Posts and Counting. - 6744 registered members - Former member Tantor25 makes his first visit to TGC in several years. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 530, Daily Visits: 6059, Total Posts: 490574, Total Visits: 5252616 September 23, 2005 At 1395 posts, yesterday was among the top 10 largest days in TGC history, and marks our 2nd day above 1000 this month, while our last four days have all been at or above 810. The sudden spike in posting at TGC can be attributed to a number of factors. Yesterds massive count came on the heels of my offer to reopen the chatroom if the members could manage to raise the daily post average (based on the last 30 days) to 750+. The second reason is likely TGC Autumn Reunion 2005, and a thread in that forum which is currently tracking the 10 members with the most posts in TGC history. CURRENT TOP 10 STANDINGS 1. General Ceel: 64,412 2. Danster: 11,529 3. Bane Nathos: 11,418 4. Jedi Amnde: 8,024 5. Mac8136: 7,907 6. Organa Solo: 7,383 7. DonFatso: 6,538 8. Karlie Lynn: 4,344 9. Darron Wraith: 4,276 10. Rolf Sergeo: 3,883 Whatever the reason for this sudden increase, i'm counting on it flowing over into the excitement currently being generated ahead of the Episode III DVD release which hits stores around the world on Novermber 1st, just 39 days from now. News Notes: - 39 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 457 Posts And Counting - The New Galactic Empire returns to TGC - TGC Currently Ranked #4 on Google for "Star Wars Role Playing" Who's Online: (10:38AM) 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Rianna Organa · Remy Gray · vince kieff · Clegg Holdfast · Quel Jin Lorn · Darth Maleficus · Arveleg · Hawk Hinata · Spark Vallen · Darth Octavian Newest Members: Talon Hinata, Jem Razel, Skip Lone Moira Windu, Buddy Old N creek Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 571, Daily Visits: 6234, Total Posts: 492085, Total Visits: 5261738 September 24, 2005 At 1552 posts, yesterday was one for the record books. On the heels of 1395 posts the day before, TGC's members once again responded to the challenge of reaching a 750 daily average in their quest to win the right to use the TGC chatroom again. Now don't quote me on this, but I believe that yesterday's 1552 posts mark a new record for our community. In May, during the heaight of ROTS-mania, we saw several days reach in to the 1400's. If not the single biggest day in TGC history, at the very least, this is the biggest day since we began keeping records of such things. Congrats to everyone for a job well done. You are putting TGC in a position to profit greatly from the traffic that will be generated by the release of Episode III on DVD in just over a month. This release will likely be one of the last major Star Wars events of our young lives. In other news, i would like to take a few moments to comment on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, as it enters the final days of its theatrical run. The film is still playing in a few hundered theaters around the world. In the USA ROTS has taken in $380,130,992 and is ranked #7 of all time. World Wide the film has taken in $846.3M and is currently ranked #11 of alltime just behind Pixar's Finding Nemo. At the Gungan Council we were prepared to spend the summer watching to see if our personal predictions came true in the ROTS Boxoffice Game, however, as you by now have figured out, those plans were dashed at the end of May when our prediction thread was lost in the attack on ezboard. So many great thread about TGC were lost on that day, including out countdown thread which began in 2003, and the Episode III News and Rumors thread which also began around that time. News Notes: - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 642 Posts and Counting - 38 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD (November 1st) - Annual Masquarade Ball inducted into the Role Playing Hall of Fame. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 606, Daily Visits: 6351, Total Posts: 493512, Total Visits: 5270601 September 25, 2005 In just two short months the TGC Role Playing Hall of Fame will celebrate its first birthday. I only mention this now to drive home the fact that among communities that have had a connection to TGC, it is TGC that began what has become a trend of interest in the history of these communities. As we speak, nearly a year later, the Swfans Agglomeration has begun work on history section. While TGC has done the best to represent the role players, groups, and historical facts in a true, unbiased, manner, the same kind of respect is seldom given to TGC. For future reference, i hope that other communities will show the same degree of respect for TGC that we have shown for them. News Notes: - 37 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - New TGC post record (1773) set yesterday) - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 854 Posts and Counting. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 653, Daily Visits: 6517, Total Posts: 495439, Total Visits: 5281957 September 26, 2005 Its monday morning, I'm listening to The Phantom Menace (Sundtrack), and feeling all sentimental again. As I mentioned in my September 24 entry, the theatrical run of Revenge of the Sith is coming to an end, and there are just 36 shorts days left until the film reaches us on DVD. Although there is a TV series on the way, and perhaps rereleases of the films in decades to come, i cannot help but feel that we have come to the end of an age. Tracking the rumors, production, and hype of the Star Wars Prequel trilogy has been the life-blood of The Gungan Council since the board's creation in 1999. I find it highly likely that the excitement and joy that these films have given us, are a once in a lifetime deal. Nothing short of the announcement of more theatrical Star Wars films can ever be enough to recapture what Lucas has given us these past several years. News Notes: - New Record: 2123 posts on TGC yesterday - 36 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD: - Former member Sith Ahnk stops by for the Reunion. - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 1064 Posts and Counting Who's Online: (9:36AM) 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Cooryn Folcoer · Ardeth Drakeheart · derik carill · DarkSkyKerberos · Kain Shadowfax · Keir Wayne · Hawk Hinata · Darron Wraith · Arveleg · Gornz Newest Members: Kojima Hideo, The Lestrange, Jaylyn Molokai, Bambas Reets, Victor Satani Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 705, Daily Visits: 6666, Total Posts: 497396, Total Visits: 5291220 September 27, 2005 Today was General Ceel's first day without Internet, so I (Rolf Sergeo), will be filling in here until he returns. The staff wishes him luck with his move. Today was also a good day for TGC as far as posts are concerned, but a far cry from the recent numbers. Closing at 870 posts, it still managed to bring the daily average up to 750. But compared to the recent days, averaging at about 1500, it was a relatively slow day. Hopefully we can retain the board average around 750, so the board can keep the chat. News Notes: - Chat is returned to members after reaching 750 average daily posts. - The board is closer to reaching its 500,000 total posts, the record will most likely be reached tommorrow. Today's Stats: Daily Posts: 750 posts, Total Posts: 499665, Total Visits: 5311201. September 29 Though it was a relatively slow day, the board still managed to reach its histortic 500,000 total post count. Yay! -Rolf Sergeo October 2005 October 11th 2005 With General Ceel absent from his beloved board, it is fair to say it has been a troubled weekend for the staff. Following several incidents in the chat room, it has been removed pending further notice and several members reprimanded. New Notes: -21 Days until Episode III on DVD -Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months): $183 Last 7 day Stats: Monday: 7437 page views 660 posts Sunday: 8034 page views 828 posts Saturday: 7197 page views 839 posts Friday: 7025 page views 503 posts Thursday: 8204 page views 652 posts Wednesday: 7547 page views 737 posts Tuesday: 7656 page views 705 posts October 12, 2005 This marks my first post in the Owner's Diary since I signed off back in late september to uproot myself from my childhood home to move in at a new location in a town about 35 minutes from my old one. I'm happy to see that The Gungan Council has managed to weather what turned out to be my longest absence from the community ever. I'd like to thank the members of the staff for all of their hard work and dedication while I was away. Thanks guys! -General Ceel New Notes: - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $188 - Gold Community - 6 months Expires on: March 4, 2006 (143 days left) - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 1662 Posts and counting - 138793 registered members - We currently have $100.00 in our chest. - Hottest Discussion: TGC: Person Above You Game (3263 posts) Who's Online: (8:00PM) 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 1 Guest - 0 Anonymous · Skelosh Delaroche · Remy Gray · Karlie Lynn · Korran Halcyon · Akima Shonlar · Kahne Porte · Angela the Herbalist · AslynDenethorn · General Ceel · Tantor25 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 797, Daily Visits: 7251, Total Posts: 509167, Total Visits: 5409847 Today's New Members: Sasha Caleb, Seath Caleb, Natha Engergon, Nick Danger 01, Nadia Marzullo October 13, 2005 ITS BACK! Members of The Gungan Council, remember today for it is a historic day in the history of TGC role playing, and infact all Star Wars role playing on the net. The original "The Sith Council", which originally terrorized the web from Swfans and Talkcity, after years in hibernation, has finally been reborn as a faction of the TGC role playing galaxy. With any luck the group will again prosper. I look forward to seeing it. New Notes: - Dark Lord Maim added to the hall of fame - Former member Firebird1 seen attending the TGC Reunion Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Keira Lyshaa · Aidan Crow · Korran Halcyon · Mac8136 · JulianTMC · Angela the Herbalist · Wickim Totim · Dark Lord Maim Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 815, Daily Visits: 7302 October 14, 2005 The only Star Wars event within sight is the Release of Episode III on DVD in just 18 days, and yet The community is bursting with energy and activity. Keep in mind that this is the same community that over the years has recieved comments from the competition saying things like "TGC is dying" or "TGC won't last much longer. But as usual, TGC has proven the opposition wrong. As of October 14th 2005 we are not only the lagest Star Wars community on the Ezboard network, but also the largest Role Play of any type on the Ezboard network. Furthermore, all communities that were formerly our compeition here on ezboard before they decided to move to different systems, have either died or suffered major declines. VICTORY! ....and yet we will continue to soldier on, growing, expanding, and improving the online Star Wars experience for the next generation of Star Wars fans. New Notes: - 18 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - "Literature & Thought" forum deleted do to lack of interest - 6795 registered members - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 2060 Posts and Counting - We currently have $100.00 in our chest. - Wickim Totim added to staff as moderator of "The Great Hall" forum. Who's Online: 29 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 7 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Rogan Drayen · Keira Lyshaa · Bane Nathos · DarkSkyKerberos · Marcus Tharan · Aidan Crow · Karlie Lynn · roskk · JulianTMC · Zoe Dia · JediHorn · Mike Orsolodge · Darth Phantom · Darth Cazador · Jedi Tirria Dakins · Itala Marzullo · AslynDenethorn · Kryshinna Morning · wholi gabais · Jedi Amnde · Naan Chudo Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 852, Daily Visits: 7493, Total Posts: 511904, Total Visits: 5430228 October 15, 2005 New Notes: - 6801 registered members - TGC Autumn Reunion 2005: 2211 Posts and Counting - 17 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Current Top Role Plays: 3rd Annual TGC Masquarade Ball, The Battle for Yavin IV, Conquest of Ruusan Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 3 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Kryshinna Morning · Ja Ron Fiod · Wickim Totim · DarkSkyKerberos · Siris Qorbin · Skelosh Delaroche · Darth Terace · Jedi Disra · JediHorn · Arveleg · Natha Engergon Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 892, Daily Visits: 7711, Total Posts: 513578, Total Visits: 5442345 Today's New Members: Utkon Mai, Jedi Disra, SithKilders, Micheil Epoque, Yidhra October 16, 2005 Two new features were added to the community today. First off, in the TGC Historical Databank, I have constructed a "Community Record Book" which will track record community activity levels at TGC from this point forward. The second new feature, in the Staff Forum, is the "TGC Topic Schedule" which will remind the staff members when to begin and end not only our traditional yearly gaming threads, but also the various sesional events that we have been creating from year to year. I hope that these features will continue to foster a sense of tradition at TGC through out the coming years. New Notes: - 16 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - We currently have $100.00 in our chest. - Episode III DVD Countdown thread reaches 600 replies. Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 902, Daily Visits: 7648, Total Posts: 514309, Total Visits: 5447104 October 17, 2005 In just two more weeks, The Gungan Council will celebrate yet another birthday. And on that very same day Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith will be released to the world on DVD. In the meantime, TGC is drawing ever closer to reaching the never before seen 1000 posts/day average mark. To put things into perspective, Swfans.net, in its prime years of 1999 and 2000, generated about 1000 posts per day. At this current time, no other Star Wars communities come anywhere near to this level of activity. The Gungan Council is in a class of its own. Who's Online: (11:57PM) 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 8 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Kryshinna Morning · Jedi Tirria Dakins · Darth Phantom · BethanyKismet · Genevre Bolera · Wickim Totim · Bane Nathos · Korran Halcyon · Skelosh Delaroche · Akima Shonlar · Krystle Chaos · Jedi Sia Dallia Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 960, Daily Visits: 7904, Total Posts: 516366, Total Visits: 5458889 October 18, 2005 For the time being I feel like I'm running out of interesting things to talk about in the journal. Quite frankly, the community seems to be running quite smoothly. Isn't it funny how we always have more to discuss during times of crisis than we do in times of prosperity? Not that i'm complaining. I'm enjoying the peace and high activity that TGC is currently experiencing. I know that it can't last forever (it never has). I'll take it while it lasts. New Notes: - 14 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - 14 Days Until TGC's Birthday - 6808 registered members - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (137 days left) - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $200 - We currently have $100.00 in our chest Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 984, Daily Visits: 8019, Total Posts: 517335, Total Visits: 5466639 October 19, 2005 Another generation has come and gone on ezboard but The Gungan Council is still here. I was cleaning up the Ezring Links section of The Gungan Council today, and also spent some time on the ezboard ForumFind search engine, and it hit me that most of the 2003 to 2005 generation Star Wars boards either departed from Ezboard in the wake of The May 30th attack or had died off altogether during or prior to the attack. To name a few: Star Wars Tales, Legends of Destiny, The Oaken Dawn, Jedi Bites, Star Wars Adventures, and Rise of the Empire have all ceased to be members of the ezboard network. The situation, however sad, is both expected and familiar to me. By 2002 nearly all of the original 1999, 2000 and 2001 communities, the communities that i enjoyed during my first days on ezboard, had already fallen into disuse. Today, given ezboard's system purges and the data loss of the attack, those boards are not only dead, but have also been long since deleted. And yet here remains The Gungan Council, vitually the only Star Wars community to survive it all and emerge stronger than ever. New Notes: - 13 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Who's Online: (3:30PM) 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Aidan Crow · jedi with power · Tiresais · darth1lore1 · Jedi Amnde Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 969, Daily Visits: 7854 October 19, 2005 I noticed something interesting today. I was on google, doing searches for old information from the formative days of Swfans, TGC and other formerly associated communites when I happened across the Jedi.Net forums which I had not visited in quite some time. For those of you not familiar with Jedi.Net, the domain was originally registered in 1995 by "Kyoo" and "Jason". The site was used mostly for personal junk until 1999 when they decided to make it a home for Star Wars collecting information and news during the height of Phantom Menace Madness. Like The Gungan Council, Jedi.Net reached its "Golden Age" between 1999 and 200. In recent years, however, it seems to have declined. Back to the point. Statistically speaking, the little old amature Gungan Council is in the same league with this once world famous community. Jedi Net: Our users have posted a total of 539,340 articles We have 7,754 registered users Its good to know that The Gungan Council is one of the sites carrying the torch of Star Wars fandom, even as other formerly great sites die and decline. New Notes: - 12 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: Daily Posts: 990, Daily Visits: 7759 October 21, 2005 Today I was given the honor of being invited by ezboard vice president Steven DeMello to take part in the Alpha testing phase of "Yuku," the new blog-message board product created by ezboard.inc. At the end of next week i'll be taking part in the next phase, the beta-testing phase. I'm looking forward to that, as the alpha version is still quite primitive. The beta version promises to be much closer to the final product. No release date has yet been set for the final version, or at least that date has not been made public. This is all pretty interesting. There are only a couple dozen people in the whole world taking part in all of this, most being ezboard executives and staff members. That gives me the distinct honor of being one of a few civilians taking part. Yuku appears to be the future of ezboard. Having been a customer since June 1999 i was there at the beginning. It seems fitting that I get a chance to take part in this as well. I'll say more about the program in the coming days and let everyone know what kind of cool things they are in for. News Notes: - The first news of ezboard.inc's new product "Yuku" reaches TGC. - Ceel helps alpha test "Yuku" Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 1001, Daily Visits: 7897 October 22, 2005 Last night I spent some time setting up a copy of The Gungan Council over on Yuku. At this point it will take some getting used to, which is the entire reason i've set it up. (Well that, and the fact that I want to have a leg up on the competition if this is where ezboard.inc's focus is shifting. Don't get me wrong now, I love our old ezboard and have no intention of moving TGC unless Yuku gets a hell of a lot better by the time it is finally released. That said, we'll be in good shape if that should happen. More on Yuku. I've been asking questions, trying to figure out what Yuku means for those of us still on ezboard. So far there haven't been any straight answeres, as the company staff members seem confused about what they are allowed and not allowed to say, and who they are allowed, or not allowed to say it to. In the case of the future of traditional ezboards, i've heard everything from "Yuku will not effect ezboard at all" to "When Yuku goes online Ezboards can be migrated to the new software and servers." Check back here fore future updates. News Notes: - 10 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD: Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 968, Total Posts: 520819 October 23, 2005 Ever wonder where your fellow TGC members live? Now there is a great new program that can show you just that. Thanks to a product called "Frapper" you can now enter your zip code or location and see it appear on a map next to the locations of all your TGC friends. To visit the Gungan Councils frapper map and add your location, simply CLICK HERE News Notes: - 9 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - 6817 registered members Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 521908, Total Visits: 5502541 October 24, 2005 This evening I began the process of giving the Role Playing Hall of Fame its first comprehensive revision since the its creation nearly a year ago. The revision process includes not only editing and revision of the enteries themselves, but also the deletion of some enteries, and the reordering and renumbering of others. Seven names were trimmed from the character section of the hall of fame today. Tomorrow, as the process continues, I hope to touch up the writing quality of a number of enteries. News Notes: - 8 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - 8 DAYS UNTIL TGC'S BIRTHDAY Who's Online (11:30PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Zatara Dantes · The Lady Athena · Zinerva · Jensen Bettencourt · Rolf Sergeo · Darkestsith6 · Darth Terace · Skelosh Delaroche · Rulic Corodious · DeltoraZERO · Jedi Amnde · Natha Engergon Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 948, Daily Visits: 7877 October 25, 2005 Well, its finally happened. We have reached the one week (7 day) mark in our ever shrinking countdown to the release of Star Wars Episode III on DVD. Thats right, next tuesday morning (or monday at midnight) we'll all be able to sit down and watch all 6 Star Wars films on DVD for the very first time. News Notes: - Alpha testing of TGC Yuku board continues with 5 TGC staff members currently taking part - Hall of Fame revision process continues - We currently have $200.00 in our chest. (Special Thanks to our Anonymous contributor) Who's Online: (11:00PM) 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 0 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Zinerva · Baruku · Skip Lone · Vascious Relens · Kassandra Distorith · Jensen Bettencourt · Veronica Terianda · BethanyKismet · Korran Halcyon · Rolf Sergeo · Kahne Porte · MaizeWayne · pyromaniac0998 · Remy Gray · Jedi Amnde · Karlie Lynn Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 913, Daily Visits: 7815 October 26, 2005 News Notes: - 6826 registered members - 6 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - Skye Keller seen making a rare visit to TGC Who's Online: (9:15PM) 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Darth Sunshine · Aidan Crow · Seath Caleb · Pissed Ahnk · Araeana Liz · Jensen Bettencourt · Kassandra Distorith · Quel Jin Lorn · Teroglahn the Otolla · jai er · Tantor25 · Rolf Sergeo · Korran Halcyon · Mac8136 · Darth Terace · Kahne Porte · MaizeWayne · Lucian fiend · Darron Wraith · Jedi Amnde · Karlie Lynn Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 908, Daily Visits: 7757 October 28, 2005 This evening, in my spare time, I decided to open up a new temporary forum at TGC (seeing as the reunion is about to end). The new forum is a writing worshop. While I'm in a good mood, it will give the members a chance to have me look at their work and help them improve their craft. It will be interesting to see how it works out in the coming days. News Notes: - 4 DAYS UNTIL ROTS ON DVD - 6831 registered members Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 925, Daily Visits: 7944 October 31, 2005 The last day of October is turning out to be an important one for many reasons this year. First of, the 31st is Halloween, that entertaining night when all the little ghouls and goblins in the community get a chance to dress up in little children's costumes and parade around the town looking for candy. October 31st is also the last day of The Gungan Counci's 5th year of existence. By tomorrow our 5th year will have passed and the Gungan Council will look upon its 6th jaunt around the sun with great interest. And last of all, but perhaps the most imporant to many of you, today marks the last day of our countdown to the release of Star Wars Episode III on DVD. After more than 6 years of waiting, our Star Wars DVD collections will soon be complete. This DVD marks perhaps one of the last truely important real life Star Wars moments of our lifetims, or perhaps ever. On a personal note, i'll be headed out to Wal Mart early tomorrow morning to get my copy. I hope you get a chance to get yours, and perhaps a day of vaction time to soak it all in. Enjoy! News Notes: - 1 DAY UNTIL ROTS ON DVD Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 905, Daily Visits: 7805 November 2005 November 1, 2005 Happy Birthday TGC. Happy DVD day Star Wars Fans. Halloween is over. Welcome to November. As you can see, today is a busy day for Star Wars fans. Last night as I sat on my front porch handing out candy to all the little trick or treaters, i remarked to my sister that I wish I had copies of Revenge of the Sith to hand out to all the children dressed as Star Wars characters (8 Darth Vaders, 1 Darth Maul, 1 Clone Trooper.). A few hours later and I would have been able to do just that, as Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD all around the world. I woke up bright and early this morning (if you can call 7:30AM early anymore) and made a trip to Wal Mart to get my copy (including the special third bonus disc included with copies sold at Wal Mart). At any rate, today is both a happy day and a somewhat sad day for Star Wars fans. While the Gungan Council celebrates its 6th birthday with brand new copies of Revenge of the Sith at their sides, we are happy to at last have be able to take home all six Episodes of our beloved saga. And yet, as we purchased our copies today we did so with the realization that never again would we have a new Star Wars film to look forward to on DVD again. In related News. TGC's countdown to the release of the DVD, which began back on May 19th when the film first reached theaters ended this morning with Nairi Kintaro scoring the win on the final day. Today also marks the beginning of our countdown to the 30th Anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars on May 25th 1977. Our countdown will last 569 days, and ends on May 25th 2007. Our countdown is the first of its kind on the internet. News Notes: - Revenge of the Sith Countdown thread ends - Countdown to 2006 begins Who's Online: (4:00PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Skip Lone · Kimberley Knight darksider · Vascious Relens · Veronica Terianda · Darth Maleficus · Tantor25 · Skelosh Delaroche · Falco Volt · Darth Scuro · Rolf Sergeo · Mak Manto · Darth Monnik Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 907, Daily Visits: 7834, Total Posts: 529516, Total Visits: 5571867 November 2, 2005 The Star Wars 30th Anniversary Countdown has been given some company in the Star Wars Cinema forum. This morning i installed a java based countdown clock. The clock is counting down every day, hour, minute and second until the 10th Anniversary of the day that The Phantom Menace was release to the public. The clock currently reads 1293 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, and 58 seconds. It will reach absolute zero at 12:00 Midnight on May 19th 2009. On November 1st of that same year The Gungan Council, should it still exist, will celebrate its very own 10th anniversary. At this point you are probably asking yourself "So General Ceel, whats up with all these countdowns?" Countdowns have been an important part of the Star Wars fan experience on the internet since around 1997 when the first fan sites began to countdown to the release of the Phantom Menace. Similar countdowns were later set up to help pass the time leading up to the releases of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. The Gungan Council's own countdown to Revenge of the Sith lasted nearly 900 days, and as you know, we also counted down to the release of the Episode III DVD which finally reached stores yesterday morning. As our earlier countdowns were great fun for all of those involved, I look forward with an anticipation to the good times that these new countdowns will bring. As I mentioned in yesterday's diary entry, our countdown to Star Wars' 30th year represents the very first of its kind on internet, as does our countdown to The Phantom Menace's 10th. Every member should be eager and proud to take part in these historical Star Wars events. In other news, after being down since the 28th (for updates i presume), our Yuku location is up and running again. I look forward to getting the chance to check in out in a few minutes. News Notes: - 1293 days until THE PHANTOM MENACE 10TH ANNIVERSARY November 4, 2005 A problem with my second phone line (yes i still dial-up) kept me offline for most of the past two days. Verizon finally get their buts out to my house late this afternoon, and so as you can see all phone lines are currently present and accounted for, so i'm back. As a result of my absence i guess you could say that there really isn't too much for me to report. I hope that everyone is enjoying their pretty new copies of Revenge of the Sith (DVD). Once you get a chance to see it a dozen times and finally peel yourselves away from your bigscreen TV's I hope you will join us in the Star Wars Cinema forum to duscuss your reactions to this latest release from Lucasfilm. News Notes: - 566 until the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars - Fall boxoffice enters 10th week. Season ends Thanksgiving. Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 531,424, Total Visits: 5,592,450 November 5, 2005 Today work began on the "Glossary of TGC History." Complementing the Role Playing Hall of Fame and the TGC Historical Databank, the glossary will hopefully succeed at preserving those little bits of information that do not properly fit in the Hall of Fame and Databank. For the time being I am attempting to get at least one entry in the glossary for every letter of the alphabet, but check back on a daily basis as frequent updates will be made. TGC members are welcome to contribute to the Glossary by replying to the glossary with the information they would like to add. To access the Glossary of TGC history simply follow the links in the Operations & News forum. News Notes: - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 - We currently have $200.00 in our chest. - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $176 Today's Statistics: Daily Posts: 895, Daily Visits: 7689 November 6, 2005 Work continued on the Historical Glossary. As it stands there is at least one entry in the glossary for most of the letters of the alphabet. This means that the first draft is largely completed. Many additional entries will be added as ideas come to my mind or are contributed by other members. In the meantime, I have begun preliminary work on what will hopefully become (in a year or two) my first book. I mention this here because the book will be an autobiographical account of growing up as an obsessed Star Wars fan un rural America. As The Gungan Council has been a large part of the Star Wars experience for me it will no doubt be featured heavily in some sections of the text. Who's Online: (10:15PM) 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Gornz · Raken Stormrider · BethanyKismet · Malicion · Sirus Darkwalker · Rolf Sergeo · Corringath Ventraas · Azrael Zell · Karlie Lynn November 7, 2005 A recent poll at The Gungan Council asked members how they feel about The Phantom Menace, 6 years after the films release on May 19th 1999. 17 members checked in with their votes. The results show that 35.3% of the voters felt nostalgic about the film, 35.3% felt better about the film than they originally did in 1999, while 29.4% said that they felt worse about the film than they originally did. Having been at the perfect age of 16/17 when The Phantom Menace was released, I of course loved the film to death in 1999, and today look back on it with a feeling of great nostalgia. News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 563 away - This weeks boxoffice game film: "Zathura" - 69846 registered members - Shmi Skywalker makes rare return visit to TGC - Vega Van Derveld makes rare visit to TGC Who's Online: (11:00PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Bane Nathos · Korran Halcyon · Karlie Lynn · Darron Wraith · DeltoraZERO · Alita Velos · Mac8136 · Rolf Sergeo · BethanyKismet · Sirus Darkwalker · Darkestsith6 · Kryshinna Morning · General Ceel · Tantor25 Today's Statistics: Total Posts: 533,037, Total Visits: 5,610,292 Newest Members: BenjaminNathos, Killchain the Slayer, Aislyn Rhacir, RZQ 001, Maximilian Vick November 8, 2005 While I sat at the computer this afternoon trying to prod myself into the mood to do some writing, i ended up running some very deep searches on the internet, looking to uncover whatever remnants of 1998 and 1999 that I could, as those years pertain to the history of Star Wars role playing on the net. I ended up digging up some interesting bits of information, and so was able to once again revise the Role Playing Timeline found in the TGC Hall of Fame. Head on over to the Hall of Fame to check it out November 9, 2005 Thanks to first hand information generously provided by Swfans.net veteran member Atreyu, I was able to refine the dates and events of the Role Playing Time Line, as it pertains to the separation and reunification of the Jedi factions at Swfans.net and CouruscantCity.net in the summer and fall of 1999. In addition to the changes I was able to make using the new informatino provided by Atreyu, I personally made a number of major changes to the timeline. First off, I extended the timeline to reach back to the release of the original trilogy, before tracking it forward to the creation of the World Wide Web and the first Star Wars websites, including Starwars.com and TheForce.Net. Secondly, with the timeline, after a year of work, finally reachin a stage of near-completion, I have removed the markers which had up until now divided the time span into branches based on basis (message board, chatroom, TGC, etc...). The time line is by no means finished, however. As more people willingly contribute information about the past I will gladly work it in. News Notes: - Historical Glossary Updated - Hall of Fame Updated Who's Online: (9:50PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Gornz · Maniac742 · Jensen Bettencourt · Darth Immortus · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · Mac8136 · Kahne Porte · MaizeWayne · Sith Knight Solo · Corringath Ventraas · Malice Draclau · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 895, Daily Visits: 7582 November 11, 2005 Today brought more massive updates to the time-line located in our hall of fame. I spent 5 hours doing research about Usenet, newsgroups, and bbs's to track down the very roots of online Star Wars fandom, which, as it turns out, goes back much much further than most people on today's modern internet would belive. Head on over and check it out if you get a chance. News Notes: - 563 Days Until Star Wars 30th Anniversary Statistics: Daily Posts: 896, Daily Visits: 7596 November 14, 2005 Excuse the lack of updates over the past few days. Diving head first into the task of writing the first ever book about The Gungan Council and message board based Star Wars fandom has been keeping me busy logging long, late, hours. This morning just after 2:30AM I completed work on the first draft of just one of the many essays that will make up the book by the time it is completed sometime next year. Who's Online: (5:40PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · acquavite · Ardeth Drakeheart · Kikashi Hatake · Zione Ghent · Tantor25 · Rolf Sergeo · Darth Terace · Darth Scuro · Maximilian Vick · Darth Varrn · Vega Van Derveld · Sara Arkelion Statistics: Daily Posts: 820, Daily Visits: 7244 November 15, 2005 There were two interesting additions made to TGC today. First of, the first ever "TGC Holiday Forum" has been set up to see us all through the holidays. The forum will remain open until New Years day, and will cover Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years, as well as their minority counterparts. In its first day the forum has been a great success, brining in nearly 400 posts so far. The other addition to TGC was a new role playing faction. The Legend of the Jedi / Wookiee Conclave came into being after discussion in the Role Play Planning forum touched on the idea of creating a group for our Wookiee role players. With any luck the faction will be a great success in the days ahead. News Notes: - 40 Days Until Christmas 2005 Who's Online: (10:25PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 3 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Gornz · Bane Nathos · BethanyKismet · Sirus Darkwalker · MaraKai · Korran Halcyon · joshua grant · Vastice Delure · Akima Shonlar · Ash Lie Raina Lee · Han Skywalker · DeltoraZERO · Conn O Lochlain · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 809, Daily Visits: 7361 November 16, 2005 In recent years it seems as if more and more of the characters played at TGC have become Humans. Years ago the population was more diverse, and I think it is time to try to make it like that again. Too help stimulate a more diverse population I have updated the Character Creation Guide to include a short list of Star Wars Species that we have seen in the 6 films. The list is by no means a complete list of Star Wars species, but nor is it intended to be. TGC was created because of the Star Wars films. If more people begin to play as these species the community as a whole will closer resemble the galaxy it was intended to represent. Bothan Dug Droid (Protocal droid, battle droid, R2 unit etc..) Ewok Gamorrean Geonosian Gungan Hutt Human Jawa Kaminoan Mon Calamari Neimoidian Rodian Storm Trooper (Clone) Twi'lek Tusken Raider Wookiee November 17, 2005 I have seen a number of crazy bugs on TGC over the years but this one takes the cake. If you were to look down at our community chest today, November 17th 2005, this is what you would see: We currently have $636.95 in our chest. The correct number should be $200 dollars. The glitch seems to have occured during a period of downtime we suffered for a few minutes less than an hour ago. In other news, the Holiday Banner contest which has been taking place in the Holiday forum over the past serveral days appears to be a complete success. The first banner was put up today. Who's Online: (7:15PM) 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Aidan Crow · Kassandra Distorith · Araeana Liz · MaraKai · Teroglahn the Otolla · Korran Halcyon · Darth Scuro · Aayala Rennagen · Jedi Sia Dallia November 17, 2005 After a quick vacation yesterday, which took me to the Sights & Sounds Millennium Theater in Lancaster Pa where I saw a wonderful preformace of "The Miricle of Christmas", I am back to make another update to the TGC Owner's Diary. Business on the board was slower than I had hoped in my absence, but should increase as we draw closer to the holiday season. This weekend represented the first weekend of the Holiday Boxoffice contest at TGC. Taking part in this weeks game were nearly 20 TGC members who came out to predict the opening weekend of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Friday estimates show that the film took in just over 36M on its first day of release (including midnight showings). Weekend results will be out monday afternoon. Out of the 9 submissions to TGC's Holiday Banner contest, the board is currently displaying the second of those nine at the top of the board. The rest of the banners will be shown during the coming months. If you'd like to see your quality, TGC Holiday banner up, there is still plenty of time to make your submissions. News Notes: - 551 DAYS UNTIL STAR WARS 30th Anniversary - 6890 registered members Statistics: Daily Posts: 736, Daily Visits: 7247 November 22, 2005 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - THE TGC HOLIDAY FORUM: 821 Posts and Counting - 3 Days Until Christmas - Community Chest glitch fixed yesterday Who's Online: (3:45PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Nawq · Tai Thersain · Tiresais · Tantor25 · Darth Terace · Kamon Vondiranach · Ray Sparrowhawk · Emryc Statistics: Daily Posts: 699, Daily Visits: 7090 November 24, 2005 HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Posting on The Gungan Council, or any major winter holiday for that mater, on the day of that holiday, especially in the morning, is an interesting experience. With many members busy spending time with their families, or off on vacations, the board spends most of the day being fairly quiet. There is a strange sensation to it all, like walking through the halls of a school house during the summer, or when everyone else has gone home for the evening. There is an odd feeling of tension, as if everything has gone on a temporary hiatus, but will soon burst back into life. In that sense, it becomes clear that The Gungan Council is more than just files on a computer somewhere at Ezboard headquarters in California. Rather, the board is a community, and through its members and its history, has managed to create the illussion of being a real, physical place. Something for you to think about. HAPPY THANKSGIVING November 25, 2005 December is almost here, and as always that means HUGE movies for the Christmas Holiday. On two weeks The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe opens in theaters around the world. The followink week sees the return of King Kong to the bigscreen in Peter Jacksons new updated version. To help celebrate these two huge movies The Gungan Council is currently offering two extended boxoffice games in which we will be predicting the opening day, opening weekend, domestic total and world wide total grosses for both films. In addition, our weekly boxoffice games will continue as always. News Notes: - 29 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS Statistics: Total Posts: 545275, Total Visits: 5741972 November 30, 2005 It is the last day of November and for those of with a keen interest in entertainment, many interesting things are happening, or are about to begin. December 9 and December 14th will mark the arrival of two of the years biggest blockbuster films. First comes The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, which will be followed by Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong a few days later. An extended boxoffice game has been set up for each of these films in the TGC boxoffice & entertainment forum. In total about a dozen people have registered for the contests so far. News Notes: - The TGC Holiday Forum: 1066 Posts and Counting Who's Online: (6:40PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 0 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Aidan Crow · Captain Corran Horn · Malicion · Quel Jin Lorn · Janene Bloodraven · Tantor25 · Skelosh Delaroche · Korran Halcyon · Darth Terace · Darth Omicidio · Corringath Ventraas · Hawk Hinata · Fallable · Kobita · Maniac742 Statistics: Daily Posts: 658, Daily Visits: 7087, Total Posts: 548989, Total Visits: 5781310 December 2005 December 1, 2005 In just six days the TGC Role Playing Hall of Fame will celebrate its 1st birthday. I guess that is is appropriate then, to mention that the Hall of Fame (including the timeline) is currently in its best condition yet. Today, using a wealth of information that was so generously donated by long time Swfans veteran, Atreyu, I was able to zero in on many more specific dates and events dealing with the sections of the timeline spanning from 1999 to 2003, where previously inaccuracies and voids had existed. In honor of the upcoming 1st anniversary of the Hall of Fame, i would like to take a moment to personally thank all of the members who have donated time, energy, and information into this important process of archiving the history of our community. Special thanks are extended to all who have supported and contributed to this project both directly or as source material. Contributors include but may not be limited to the following people: Atreyu, Itala Marzullo, Figrin D'an, JonathanLB, Darth Turbogeek, Organa Solo, Lady Syren, Danster The Gangster, Bane Nathos, Lady DeVille, Quel Jin Lorn, Darth Roul, Jen Katrina, Diete Somir, Malice Draclau, Dark Lord Maim, Keira Lyshaa, DarkSkyKerberos, Vega Van Derveld, The Devil Sith, Lynch, Hwoarang (Ice Fox), Korran Halcyon, Kassandra Distorith, Jan Dondana, Supernova (Lord Psychic), Recon Klain (Darth Stone), Sith Ahnk, Rogue Steiner, Spark Vallen, Darkestsith6. News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 540 Days Who's Online: (9:40PM) 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Karlie Lynn · Naan Chudo · Seath Caleb · Atreyu · Bane Nathos · KithVerloren · BethanyKismet · DarkSkyKerberos · Korin Ade · Korran Halcyon · RoninWendigo · Clegg Holdfast · Shi Node · Vastice Delure · Kobita · Draco Naru · Rylan Kordel Statistics: Daily Posts: 677, Daily Visits: 7271 December 2, 2005 The short lived "Wookiee Enclave/Legends of the Jedi" faction was removed from the galaxy today due to failure to get up and running after a month of trying. The legendary Ewok Council however, which was one of the first TGC factions founded as far back as 2000, has made a come back and so has been added to the links at the bottom of the board. In other news, additional work went into the role playing time line today. A combination of new research done by myself, and information/corrections provided by members of Swfans.net as improved the accuracy of the project once again. Who's Online: (7:15PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Kimberley Knight darksider · Dark Lord Maim · Andrew Barlow · Raken Stormrider · Araeana Liz · Darth Maleficus · Korran Halcyon · Darth Terace · Rolf Sergeo · Clegg Holdfast · Darth Scuro · Darkestsith6 · Tantor25 · Darth Rash · Hawk Hinata · Alexander Geddoe Statistics: Daily Posts: 699, Daily Visits: 7365 December 3, 2005 After peaking at over 1000 posts per day (average) back in October, The Gungan Council eventually slid to just below 700 posts per day. The current average is back up to 700+ again, and so it looks like the board has gone into an up-swing for the holidays. It is kind of strange to think of 600 to 700 posts per day as being slow. During the slower years from 2002 to 2003 we were happy just to keep a 200 to 300 per day average. Although the fanfare of this past summer has passed, its good to see that the community has remained quite strong, and so will live to see another year-- our first post-episode II year. News Notes: - 22 Days Until Christmas - STAR WARS 30th ANNIVERSARY: 538 Days Away - Big Boards Ranking: #1467 Who's Online: (10:50PM) 25 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 7 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Bant Skywalker · Aidan Crow · Araeana Liz · Bane Nathos · DarkSkyKerberos · Korran Halcyon · Darth Terace · Darth Scuro · RZQ 001 · Kyle Fayar · Kahne Porte · Lady Silencia · Biohazard EHW · Rolf Sergeo · Remy Gray · roskk Statistics: Daily Posts: 707, Daily Visits: 7516 December 4, 2005 Those of you brave enough to visit DonFatso's Bar & Grill will find it pleasantly overrun with slightly-in-character antics and general foolery that harkens back to the days of Shmi's Diner (2000 to 2004). Two or three threads in particular recall the olden days of silly, light hearted fun, that have for too long been missing from The Gungan Council. One of those threads is "The Ceel-o-philes ~vs~ The Don-onites," where General Ceel has drawn a chalk line down the center of the Bar & Grill. On won side stands the followers of DonFatso, on the other the devotees of General Ceel. Among most interesting are the angry, ghostly blue spirits of Bane Nathos and Baruku who's custom user titles were slain by DonFatso following General Ceel's failure to post additional comments with his day-number in the countdown thread for the Star Wars 30th Anniversary. News Notes: - First annual TGC Yule Ball in progress - Utkon Mai (Played by Bane Nathos) becomes resident Jawa Statistics: Daily Posts: 709, Daily Visits: 7514 December 5, 2005 Last Night I made som changes to how members of the community will be able to view this TGC Owner's Diary. All of the 2005 entries will now be available within one post. Each year, at the end of the year, each month will now be compressed into a single post covering the entire year. This has been done to make it easier to navigate thread. It will also make it easier for me to save the document as a whole as a back-up in the event that something happens to the system. News Notes: - BIG BOARDS RANKING: #1468 - We currently have $200.00 in our chest - 78946 registered members - 21 Days Until Christmas - 536 Until Star Wars 30TH Anniversary - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (89 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $160 - This weeks BO Game: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Who's Online: (6:40PM) 25 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 7 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Master Bratac SGA · joshua grant · Aidan Crow · Korran Halcyon · Malicion · Bant Skywalker · Samir Hawk · Valysa Thai · Kamon Vondiranach · Star Colton · Zoe Dia · jai er · Draco Naru · Kyle Fayar · Tantor25 · Naan Chudo Statistics: Daily Posts: 726, Daily Visits: 7623, Total Posts: 553691, Total Visits: 5826682 December 7, 2005 Today we began taking a census of characters in the galaxy. This week all sith characters will be counted. Next week all Jedi will be asked to check in. Then finally, in two weeks we will be counting up the number of Neutral Characters we currently have active. In less than 10 hours, 52 Sith characters from three factions, plus non affilated sith, have checked in. News Notes: - Humor Archive added to board Who's Online: (10:30PM) 36 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 10 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Bane Nathos · Kobita · Jameris Malak · MaizeWayne · DeltoraZERO · Jedi Sia Dallia · Darth Nihilis · Sasha Caleb · Bant Skywalker · Skip Lone · Valysa Thai · Tatooine Girl · Blake Siren · Phyron Aziorl · Riddikilo · BethanyKismet · Darth Scuro · Corringath Ventraas · Gornz · Spark Vallen · Lady Silencia Statistics: Daily Posts: 740, Daily Visits: 7818 December 8, 2005 Just as the first major winter snowstorm of the year begins to grip the eastern USA, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is about to be unleashed on the world, and so is the hot topic this week in the Boxoffice & Entertainment forum. That it is snowing in the Eastern USA, and that this movie is being released seems fitting, given the snowy topic of the first film (which i will not give away here in case somebody has not read the book). The movie is currently being featured in not one, but two boxoffice games. A third thread currently in progress in the same forum is attempting to tackle the Religious Controversy surrounding C.S Lewis classic christian allegory. Enjoy your weekend. Statistics: Daily Posts: 751, Daily Visits: 7909 December 10, 2005 The most interesting Christmas banner of the year was submitted to the TGC Holiday Banner Contest this morning by Max Furion. The banner features Yoda with his lightsaber drawn, wearing a santa hat, and a clone trooper with his blaster drawn wearing the same. The background is made up of snow and waterfalls. The most interesting part is that the image has been formatted as an animated gif so that snow appears to be falling in the foreground. Good work Max. And just a reminder. We will be accepting holiday banners all the way through until New Years Day. News Notes: - 1254 days until THE PHANTOM MENACE 10TH ANNIVERSARY - 14 Days Until Christmas Statistics: Daily Posts: 726, Daily Visits: 7743 December 11, 2005 Our new domain, http://www.thegungancouncil.net/ went live today. For now the domain will serve as a basic portal page to The Gungan Council message board. In the future, hopefully, it will develope into a working website. December 14, 2005 I dug my feet in yesterday afternoon, and working half way though the night, managed to throw together a pretty decent looking webiste at thegungancouncil.net. Sections of the site include the main page, forums, blog, star wars news, boxoffice, entertainment, countdowns, humor, contact us, banners and about us. Some content has already been added to each page. Please head on over to take a look, and I encourage you to tell your friends about it. Statistics: Daily Posts: 754, Daily Visits: 7948 December 17, 2005 Due to an almost total lack of role playing activity, and failure to meet the requirements of a TGC faction for an extended period of time, following countless warnings over the last six months, The Rebel Alliance has been officially removed from the TGC role playing galaxy. The Reble Allicance was originally founded on March 30, 2001, and has been an important part of The Gungan Council Role Playing galaxy ever since. TRA is perhaps best know for thier massive role play "The Battle of Zaltin" which became the very first TGC role play to ever to exceed 1000 replies. I hope that the staff of this once great community will decide to get their acts in gear and ressurect the group in the near future. News Notes: - Former member Darth Snack seen visiting TGC Who's Online: (10:50PM) 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Jet Cristo · Ram Grath101 · Smuggler Shae Irakih · Rurouni272000 · Doasan Miant · Rogan Drayen · Kahne Porte · Darth Snack · Draco Naru · Shiori Daimaru · Siris Nido Statistics: Total Posts: 562,437, Total Visits: 5,920,892 December 18, 2005 Last nigt between 8:00PM and 1:30AM EST, members of nearly every faction in the TGC role playing galaxy gathered in the role playing forum to take part in something that has not been at TGC since as far back as 2000-- a high speed, short form, role play. The thread, "Endor's Game", spanned 324 replies from start to finish, with an average of well over one reply every minute for most of the night. The general response is that everyone had a great time and is looking forward to doing it again next friday. December 18, 2005 The role playing galaxy is heating up again it seems. Yesterday a new faction, The Imperial Remnant, was added to the galaxy, and almost immediatly they began to launch a takeover attack on Yavin IV, a planet currently held by The Jedi Brotherhood. With any luck this is a sign that The Gungan Council Role Playing galaxy will finally have the strong Imperial faction it has been seeking. News Notes: - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (74 days left). - 30th Anniversary Countdown: 520 Days Who's Online: (1:11PM) 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Vergil Black · Jet Cristo · Alucard the fallen One · Kassandra Distorith · conner vertigo night · Bane Nathos · Loyal Marine · Skelosh Delaroche · MaizeWayne · Corringath Ventraas Statistics: Daily Posts: 746, Daily Visits: 8013, Total Posts: 564906, Total Visits: 5949927 December 23, 2005 On the Eve of Christmas Eve the members of the Gungan Coucil have come together for "Bushwhacked On Bespin", yet another massive weekend role play. Being it as I am taking part in this thread I don't have much time to write here. I will say that, we have managed to slam down more than 110 posts in the first hour and everybody is having a blast. If you couldn't be a part of this weeks game, be sure to make time for the next one in just 7 short days. December 24, 2005 Merry Christmas Eve TGC. Despite the holiday TGC members managed to turn out around 400 posts today. It has been more than 3 years since TGC experienced a day of less than 100 posts. Even in the face of the May 30th hacker members managed to churn out 200 to 300 messages in a shortened day. News Notes: - Bushwhacked On Bespin completed at 1:30AM - 7011 registered members - 516 Until Star Wars 30th Anniversary - Big Boards Rank: #1460 (+6 for the day) Who's Online: (11:45PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Jedi Sia Dallia · Windsor Gray · Gornz · Vascious Relens · Veronica Terianda · Admiral Disra · Malice Draclau · Remy Gray · Shiori Daimaru · Siris Nido · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 774, Daily Visits: 8280 December 25, 2005 MERRY CHRISTMAS! December 27, 2005 Christmas is over and the new year is about to arrive, bringing to an end this years edition of the Owner's Diary. There are, however, still a few days left in the year, and plenty of action to take part in at The Gungan Council. This weekends speed role playing "Some Like It Hoth" will be begin at 8:00PM on Friday. Hope to see you all there again, for the third week in a row. Who's Online: (5:30PM) 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 13 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Sara Arkelion · Ram Grath101 · Darth Raws · Tantor25 · Lupercus Revel · General Dorlas · Riddikilo · The Lady Athena Statistics: Total Posts: 569163, Total Visits: 5996860 December 29, 2005 In anticipation of the new year I did some house cleaning on TGC today. Following the loss of threads during the May 30th hack, the post count displayed for each forum on the board was rendered incorrect. Today I corrected that problem with the Role Playing Forum and the RP Planning forum by moving all of the threads into new versions of each forum. I previously took care of the problem in several other forums, but had waited to do it with these two, as doing so required the updating of a lot of links to other threads. At any rate, many topics from the role playing forum were also archived today. I am hoping to start the new year off with a nice clean role playing forum. News Notes: - STAR WARS: 30th Anniversary: 511 Days to go - 7022 registered members Who's Online: (4:30PM) 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Valerie Denethorn · Aidan Crow · DarkSkyKerberos · Crystal Dinaia · Korran Halcyon · Sara Arkelion Statistics: Daily Posts: 726, Total Posts: 570288, Daily Visits: 7787, Total Visits: 6009936 December 30, 2005 "Some Like It Hoth", that is the name of TGC's third weekly "speed role play" in the last three weeks. The effort to ressurect the old tradition of weekly role plays continues to show signs of early success. That say that it takes a month to create a habit. In one more week it appears that we will have achieved that. Enjoy. News Notes: - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (64 days left Who's Online: (10:00PM) 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Gornz · Korbin Dallus · Ram Grath101 · JikmaTemebiu · BethanyKismet · Veronica Terianda · Teroglahn the Otolla · Korran Halcyon · Tantor25 · Phinehas Nido · General Dorlas · rak kamazia · Kamon Vondiranach · Darth Gladius · roskk · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 727, Total Posts: 571240 Daily Visits: 7868, Total Visits: 6022437 December 31, 2005 It is the final day of 2005, and force once in my life I don't have anything profound to say. Although the year began with the low of the May 30th hack, the community recovered to end on a great high end note of reunions, holiday forums, star wars DVD's and friday night role plays. The good news is that it appears that our string of good luck will carry over into 2006. Happy New Year Everyone.
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Posts: 118203 (11/30/05 7:42) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	2006 January 2006 January 1, 2006 The last holiday banner was taken down today, replaced by the current standard banner. All Christmas red holiday highlight colors were replaced with their traditional yellow. It has been a long fun holiday season since November, however at 12:01AM this morning it came to an end and we greeted 2006 with open arms. As the clock struck midnight the first ever TGC Year Long Role Play officially opened. New Years Eve brought 1430 posts to the community, New Years day is shaping up to be just as busy. Happy New Year. News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 508 Days to go - Hottest Discussion: TGC: The Person Above You Game (5662 posts) - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (62 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $148 Who's Online: (4:30PM) 28 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Chris Luna · derik carill · DarkSkyKerberos · Admiral Disra · Remy Gray · Korbin Dallus · Karlie Lynn · Malicion · Korran Halcyon · Ram Grath101 · General Dorlas · Rolf Sergeo · Jarek Rax · Kodo Jast · Kahne Porte · Anakin Skywalker 688 · Phinehas Nido · Darth Scuro · Gornz · Spark Vallen · Shekelor · Davy Kidd Statistics: Daily Posts: 736, Daily Visits: 7810 January 2, 2006 It is the tuesday after new years. Most schools and businesses went back to work today or will do so tomorrow. Thats right, its back to the grind everyone. Go to work and school with the knowledge that TGC will be waiting for you at home to help you blow off some steam after a hard day. News Notes: - The Siege Of Coruscant: 76 posts and counting Who's Online: (9:20PM) 24 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Peiori Caligga · Windsor Gray · JikmaTemebiu · Araeana Liz · BethanyKismet · Quel Jin Lorn · Turk Raider · Crystal Dinaia · Terra Nightingale · Lupercus Revel · Kamon Vondiranach · Kodo Jast · Emalfni · Riddikilo · Kahne Porte · JonathanLB · Joseph Fett · Siris Nido Statistics: Daily Posts: 738, Total Posts: 574578, Daily Visits: 7817, Total Visits: 6049389 January 4, 2006 Added a temporary, but interesting new forum to The Gungan Council today. Star Wars: Fan Issues. I thought it would be interesting to, for a few days, discuss the issues that diehard Star Wars fans face. This includes those things about us that non-fans do not understand, as well as areas of contention that come up between differing types of Star Wars fans. The forum has been a success thus far, generating over 100 posts in the first two hours. In other news, Yuku, the new product from the makers of ezboard, which is now in its beta testing phase, continues to undergo development. Many changes have been made since the products inception last fall. The Gungan Council's test board is still up and running, awaiting whatever the future holds for us, should ezboard.inc's focus drift away from this traditional product that we love so much. Statistics: Daily Posts: 734, Daily Visits: 7757 January 6, 2006 Partially out of boredom, partially out of a desire for a change, i spent some time this morning messing around with the TGC Test Board. With that said, I am considering trying another blue design on for size. It has been a few years now since the board was blue, and i thought it might be fun to go retro. The next few days will show if that is the course we take. News Notes: - The Siege Of Coruscant: 196 Posts and Counting - Tonights Role Play: Retaliation On Tatooine Who's Online: (4:10PM) 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Windsor Gray · Darth Vemyn · Tiresais · Teroglahn the Otolla · Mac8136 · Kamon Vondiranach · Cronus Kosan Statistics: Daily Posts: 729, Daily Visits: 7742 January 8, 2006 In attempt to keep in touch with the Gungan Counci's 6 year past I recently set up a forum for the purpose of putting together a nostalgia role play which, when in action, will feature a number of former TGC members returned from the grave, in a manner of speaking, for one last tumble through the galaxy. Thus far the forum seems to be a success as close to a dozen posters who we have not seen in quite some time have dropped by to say hello. Statistics: Daily Posts: 754, Daily Visits: 7915 January 10, 2006 After only a slight slump surrounding the hoilday, activity seems to be picking up speed again. The board looks to increase its daily average posts above 800 per day in the near future. News Notes: - The Siege Of Coruscant: 320 Posts and Counting - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (52 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $157 - 85057 registered members Who's Online: (9:20PM) 30 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 6 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Paradin Red · Alpha 02 x · Kel Taas Rune · IG 501 · DarkSkyKerberos · Remy Gray · Karlie Lynn · Malicion · Rusty Metropolis · MaizeWayne · Mac8136 · Erik Byrnjolf · Kamon Vondiranach · Hawk Hinata · Shayla Vondiranach · Loki Narvi · BethanyKismet · Emalfni · Kasai Rukou · Corringath Ventraas · someguyinthemaw · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 773, Total Posts: 583120, Daily Visits: 7955, Total Visits: 6127793 January 12, 2006 Another friday has come. That can mean only one thing. Yes, that right, another amazing Friday Night Role Play on TGC. This week finds members of various TGC factions duking it out on Dagobah in "The Battle of the Bog". Enjoy your weekend. Statistics: Daily Posts: 772, Daily Visits: 7878 January 16, 2006 This morning the average daily post count of the board slipped past 800 again. Judging by the strength of some of the days that we have been seeing I expect it to continue to climb. A return to the 900 to 1000+ range is not out of the question. Who's Online: (2:50PM) 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Baruku · kypzethdurron · Bane Nathos · Quel Jin Lorn · Doda Navik · MaizeWayne · Andre Sanchez · Leonato Nido · roskk Statistics: Daily Posts: 803, Total Posts: 587448 Daily Visits: 7881, Total Visits: 6167892 January 17, 2006 In an effort to get people to finally advertise for their factions again I have enforced a Mandatory advertising program. Each day each faction must post at least 10 advertisements for their faction at various locations around the net. I expect to see good results in a few days, as new people begin to be drawn in by the advertisements. News Notes: - STAR WARS 30th ANNIVERSARY: 492 days - 7095 registered members Who's Online: (5:00PM) 25 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 23 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · IG 501 · Natha Engergon · Nerra Ziveri · Daric Todrias · Skip Lone · Aidan Crow · Ram Grath101 · Goffel · Marina DeVoe · kypzethdurron · Kassandra Distorith · Vicious Deity · Darth Raws · Tantor25 · Skelosh Delaroche · Aurelia Wayne · Ordan Ghost · MaizeWayne · Brayden Xykarn · Loki Narvi · Pter Arakin · Siris Nido · Sara Arkelion Statistics: Daily Posts: 827, Daily Visits: 7995 January 19, 2006 Nothing to Report News Notes: - The Siege Of Coruscant: 411 Posts & Counting - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (44 days left) Statistics: Daily Posts: 843, Daily Visits: 8058 5 Newest Members: Cris Windu, Modo Hakk, Windlion, ELECTRIC AIR, Blagga The Hutt January 21, 2006 The daily advertising campaign being carried out for the past week is doing wonders for the galaxy. New members arriving by the dozen, and all it takes is 10 adverts per day, per faction. Message boards that die have nobody to blame but themselves. News Notes: - 7132 registered members - The Siege Of Coruscant: 463 Posts & Counting Who's Online: (3:00PM) 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 8 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Shaisem Het · ShadowFoxSP · Erik Byrnjolf · Mac8136 · One Eye Gill · Ichigami · Margruder · roskk · BioHazard36 · Siris Nido Statistics: Daily Posts: 876, Daily Visits: 8111, Total Posts: 592966, Total Visits: 6214237 January 23, 2006 23 days into the new year, The Gungan Council's numbers continue to climb. With the 1 year anniversary of the theatrical release of the the final Star Wars Film, Revenge of the Sith, coming up on May 19th, it will be interesting to see how we look as we step into our first year post-prequel hype. As it stands, according to Big-boards, TGC is the 5th biggest Star Wars message board in the world. Who's Online: (9:20PM) 24 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Zoe Dia · Atreyu · Ferran Silvertongue · Chace Wulf · BethanyKismet · Typ Miro · Quel Jin Lorn · Terran Glorian · River Barlow · Filtch Norran · Kiliara Askarion · General Dorlas · Lilliana Court · Sith Knight Solo · Kodo Jast · Emalfni · Remy Gray · roskk · Turken Raider · Pter Arakin · someguyinthemaw · IG 501 Statistics: Daily Posts: 900, Daily Visits: 8252 January 25, 2006 Nothing to Report News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Aniversary: 484 to go - Gold Community expires on: March 4, 2006 (38 days left) - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $157 - 7153 registered members Who's Online: (10:40PM) 29 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 23 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Turken Raider · Bane Nathos · Andrew Barlow · MaizeWayne · Noella Mistletoe · Clegg Holdfast · General Dorlas · Erik Byrnjolf · Rolf Sergeo · Wretlind · Rok Wollahr · Retsam Adoy · Draco Naru · Brayden Xykarn · BethanyKismet · Siris Nido · Ocdinater04 · Vicious Deity · Malice Draclau · Typ Miro · Darth Scuro · Violanthe · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 970, Total Posts: 597946, Daily Visits: 8749, Total Visits: 6255821 January 26, 2006 For only the second time in TGC history, but also the second time this year, the board has eclipsed the 1000 daily post average mark. Congrats to everyone for their hard work at bringing in new members. Another landmark statistical event is expected to hit TGC early tomorrow morning. TGC is now just a few hundred posts away from reaching 600,000 total posts. Once again, congrats~ Statistics: Daily Posts: 1000, Daily Visits: 8923, Total Posts: 599306, Total Visits: 6266579 January 27, 2006 With 1022 daily posts and rising, The Gungan Council has reached its highest ever daily post average. Early this morning the community also reached the 600,000 total post milestone. Who's Online: (8:30PM) 37 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 28 Members - 8 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Kecsno · Delt Ero · Bane Nathos · Korran Halcyon · Andrew Barlow · Relen Zero · Quel Jin Lorn · Axeba Terhil · Darth Maleficus · High Admiral Disra · Darth Rash · Skip Lone · Ocdinater · Alster DarkBreed · Kamon Vondiranach · Hawk Hinata · Vergil Black · Loki Narvi · Windsor Gray · Brayden Xykarn · xXx ObiWan Kenobi xXx · BethanyKismet · Cerian Sanika · Kasai Rukou · Corringath Ventraas · Mara Skieldas · William Klug · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 1022, Total Posts: 600586 Daily Visits: 9006, Total Visits: 6275760 January 28, 2006 It was another record breaking day at TGC yesterday. The 1856 posts that the community racked up was the largest day for TGC so far in 2006, and among the top 5 bigest days ever. The 501 posts brought in by the friday night role play "Send in the Clones" was also a record. Clones was the biggest Friday Night Role Play so far in our modern era for this event. Congrats everyone. Have a good weekend. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1033, Daily Visits: 8969 January 29, 2006 A few days ago, by popular demand, The Gungan Council's successful design forum, "Helping-Hand Design" was reinstated at TGC. So far our team of talented designers have already created close to a dozen wonderful Sigs and Avatars for TGC members. Good work! News Notes: - 7172 registered members - We currently have $200.00 in our chest - Sith Consortium removed from Galaxy - Ewok Council removed from Galaxy (again) Who's Online: (11:10PM) 34 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 9 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Lono13 · IG 501 · Lilliana Court · Mackjedi · DarkSkyKerberos · Andrew Barlow · Korran Halcyon · Kassandra Distorith · Jillian Forz · Clegg Holdfast · Relen Zero · Skip Lone · Darth Raws · Rolf Sergeo · Kamon Vondiranach · Retsam Adoy · Maniac742 · BethanyKismet · Siris Nido · Darth Immortus · William Klug · Ruro Mazender 5 Newest Members: William Klug, Jillian Forz, Ruro Mazender, Jak Burn, Cerian Sanika Statistics: Daily Posts: 1049, Daily Visits: 9084 February 2006 February 1, 2006 Yesterday, on the final day of January, The Gungan Council had another exceptionally busy day. The 2615 posts that our members made marked a new record high for the community. With days like this rolling in the board's daily average post count continues to rise. The record now stands at an average 1145. Tomorrow, for the first time in nearly a year, The Gungan Council will renew its Gold Community subscription. Due to the attack of a hacker upon ezboard last May, our community was given several weeks of additional subscription time as compensation from the company. Gold will not run out for another 30 days, but we will be renewing tomorrow nonetheless. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1145, Total Posts: 609080 Daily Visits: 9370, Total Visits: 6332210 February 3, 2006 It is once again Friday night at The Gungan Council and that can mean only one thing: The weekly Friday night role play. Tonights thread, "To Felucia With Love." Enjoy your weekend. News Notes: - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (212 days) - We currently have $52.00 in our chest. Who's Online: (8:30PM) 30 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Sith Knight Solo · Delt Ero · Turken Raider · Andrew Barlow · Clegg Holdfast · Relen Zero · Director Alucard Doyle · Thomas Wallace · Skip Lone · Rolf Sergeo · Hawk Hinata · Jacen Lone · Drakuss · Vestha Lutha · BethanyKismet · Cerian Sanika · Tifuri · Ivata Noku · Doc Windell · Gornz · Tantor25 · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 1194, Daily Visits: 9587 February 5, 2006 Today will remember for two events. The lesser of the two is the superbowl. The other event is the redesign of The Gungan Council. For the first time in the board's history, TGC is now a color other than green or blue. Thanks to the hard work of DarkSkyKerberos the community has a new banner, based totally on the classic trilogy, spanning the entire top of the board. All links and highlights on the board are currently gray and orange, giving it an atmosphere that recalls the warm orange and purples of Cloud City in Empire Strikes Back. Who's Online: 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Jude Priest · TK 8492 · Lono13 · Aidan Crow · Axeba Terhil · Ret Durn · Griff Letwik · Ocdinater · Mak Manto · Wickim Totim Statistics: Daily Posts: 1204, Daily Visits: 9592 February 7, 2006 Last evening I set up the "TGC: RPG Evaluation Forum", a place for TGC memebers to have their preformance evaluated by other members, while themselves evaluating their fellow members and factions. It is my hope that this forum will encourage all members to improve themselves as TGC members. Most Active Ezboards: (by # of posts last week) Survivor Sucks: 31,935 The Clay board: 13,718 AskMen: 12,859 The Gungan Council : 12,576 Who's Online: (4:30PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Darth Kajata · Skip Lone · Ram Grath101 · kypzethdurron · Andrew Barlow · Bane Nathos · Ret Durn · Myrkrull Lore · ArgothDroom · Tantor25 · Sith Knight Solo · Emily Victoria Garnier · Brayden Xykarn Statistics: Daily Posts: 1290, Daily Visits: 9959 February 10, 2006 Just As Soon Kiss A Wookiee? Well you'll get your chance this evening as TGC's now legendary Friday Night role play goes to Kashyyyk, the home planet of everrybody's favorite fur covered Star Wars Species. In tonights role play Jedi, Bounty Hunters, and members of the republic will try to capture the galaxy's most wanted Sith, DarkSkyKerberos. But it won't be easy. Standing in their way will be The Empire and two powerful Sith Factions. Be there! News Notes: - Big Boards Rank: 1468 - 43232 registered members Who's Online: (11:30PM) 30 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 26 Members - 1 Guest - 3 Anonymous · ArgothDroom · Sith Knight Solo · DarkSkyKerberos · Emily Victoria Garnier · Malicion · CharisAmaranthine · MaizeWayne · Relen Zero · Ram Grath101 · Anubis Starkiller · Darth Nihilis · roskk · RoninWendigo · Rolf Sergeo · alex ruona · Veronica Terianda · Retsam Adoy · Dark Emerald Jade · Anakin Skywalker 688 · Kahne Porte · The Lady Athena · Malice Draclau · Wickim Totim · Corringath Ventraas · Typ Miro · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 1323, Daily Visits: 10200 February 12, 2006 Do to the lack of respect show for TGC's recently recreated Helping Hand Design Forum, the forum has once again been deleted. The forum had been brought back as a gift to members seeking an easy and dependable location to request new images to represent their characters. Within a month of the forums return several of our factions took it upon themselves to, rather than go through Helping Hand, set up design oriented threads. Seeing as these threads had not existed prior to the rebirth of Helping Hand they appear to be totally disrespectful to TGC, representing another example of how many people take the board for granted and freely borrow/steal from it without scruple. It takes a lot of hard work by a number of wonderful TGC members to keep this galaxy running. Some people have no respect for that. Who's Online: (11:50PM) 32 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 15 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Luna Lavarious · Sesshomarus girl 001 · Bane Nathos · Darth Terace · Remy Gray · Vin Raull · Trik Deuz · Jedi Sia Dallia · roskk · RoninWendigo · Lohli Una · Lucian fiend · Cerian Sanika · Tantor25 · Naan Chudo Statistics: Daily Posts: 1372, Daily Visits: 10447, Total Posts: 626091, Total Visits: 6459126 February 16, 2006 Two days ago I set up the TGC: Historical Project forum. Today we began the effort to bring the story of The Gungan Council to Wikipedia. A special thanks should go out to kypzethdurron for setting up and publishing the first version of our article. We will continue to revise and refine the page over the coming weeks/months. The current version of the page can be found Here. News Notes: - Big-Boards.com Rank: #1450 (by total posts) - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $168 - 7261 registered members Statistics: Daily Posts: 1402, Daily Visits: 10650 February 21, 2006 For the first time in more than half a year there has been a major staff shake up on TGC. It began with the resignation of DarkSkyKerberos from her board-moderator position. Next up came Korran Halcyon's announcement that he would be unable to continue his TGC role as moderator of DonFatso's Bar & Grill for the remainder of the Real-life school year. In addition of these loses, a number of other members, including Baruku who is on duty in the middle east, have been forced, for one reason or another, into temporary leaves of absence. To compensate for the losses, thus far Bane Nathos has been moved up to board moderator, the position he held in 2003, while Bethany Kismet has expanded her duties to also includ Star Wars Cinema. This leaves Box Office & Entertainment and DonFatso's Bar & Grill without moderators. Those positions will be filled in the coming days. News Notes: - Big-Boards.com Rank: #1442 (by total posts) - 7281 registered members - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 457 days to go Statistics: Daily Posts: 1408, Daily Visits: 10561 February 24, 2006 A recent bit of research on TGC's 5 closest ezboard competitors has yielded some interesting facts. The Gungan Council: Daily Posts: 1,419 Galaxy of the Old Republic: Daily Posts: 97 Star Wars Evolution: Daily Posts: 97 Sithlore: Daily Posts: 87 Star Wars: Millennium: Daily Posts: 85 Yoda's Yarns: Daily Posts: 50 Two of TGC's own factions, The Jedi Brotherhood (143) and Regnum In Potestas (117), are larger and more active communities than the closest non-TGC ezboard competitor. News Notes: - 7291 registered members - Friday Role Play: There's Always a Bigger Fish - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $168 - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 Who's Online: 37 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 23 Members - 10 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Luna Lavarious · Delt Ero · Skelosh Delaroche · Ram Grath101 · Jedi Sia Dallia · Darth Maleficus · Darth Monnik · Zan Kyoru · Ocdinater · Hawk Hinata · Kiel Tremor · rak kamazia · Mak Manto · Unit 216 · Darth Immortus · Mercureus · Thyssen Stehl · Rick Dayson · Goffel · Arcane689 · Spark Vallen · Tantor25 · wholi gabais Statistics: Daily Posts: 1425, Daily Visits: 10640, Total Posts: 640968, Total Visits: 6577710 Newest Members: nella772, x Darth Baal, Daedalus Luna, Lenan Arderre, Emily Hinata February 26, 2006 As of this morning there are 452 days left until the 30th Anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars. When we began counting down on November 1st (the day that EP3 was released on DVD) there were 569 days to go. While this appears to be another long countdown, it is infact shorter than our countdown to the theatrical release of Episode III. That countdown began at the beginning of 2003 and spanned 833 days before finally coming to an end on May 19 2005. Following the 2007 conclusion of the 30th Anniversary countdown, TGC will begin countingdown for the May 19 2009 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace. Who's Online: (4:40PM) 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 3 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Skip Lone · Oblivion Tamer · Goffel · Bane Nathos · Myrkrull Lore · Bliss Peche · General Dorlas · wholi gabais · High Admiral Disra Statistics: Total Posts: 642568, Total Visits: 6593638 February 27, 2006 If you look below at the who's online segment of today's owner's diary you will notice two old familiar names currently viewing the board: Ahnk, and Master Atonai. Both of these were formerly prominent members of TGC, though we have seen very little of them in the past few years as they have gone on to do their own separate things. Who's Online: (5:20PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Damien Mariss · Skip Lone · Talon Hinata · Pissed Ahnk · Myrkrull Lore · RoninWendigo · Tantor25 · Rolf Sergeo · Kain Shadowfax · cole nicklie · Arcane689 · Hawk Hinata · roskk · Hyden St James · Master Atonai Statistics: Daily Posts: 1382, Daily Visits: 10415 March 2006 March 1, 2006 Welcome to March. Spring is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Unlike Spring 1999, 2002 and 2005, we don't have any new Star Wars films to look forward to, but that doesn't means that there are not any big events in store for the community. Earlier this week we elected the first ever "Galaxy Wide" Jedi and Sith council's. With the cooperation these council's will create between our force using factions, look for some potentially AMAZING role playing this spring. Be there. News Notes: - 36,242 posts on TGC last month - Big Boards Rank: #1444 (by total posts) - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 449 days away Who's Online: (7:45PM) 52 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 40 Members - 2 Guests - 10 Anonymous ¡¤ Serendipity19 ¡¤ Antares Marclonus ¡¤ cabbitstar ¡¤ Emily Hinata ¡¤ RoseStarJTAP ¡¤ Aden Nathos ¡¤ Bane Nathos ¡¤ joi2fine ¡¤ Remy Gray ¡¤ JuicyFreak ¡¤ Captain Jerst Fapal ¡¤ Malicion ¡¤ Rusty Metropolis ¡¤ Kidadalee ¡¤ JoeysTinkerbell ¡¤ roxybooboo ¡¤ Darthbeerman ¡¤ DMBsAmericanBaby ¡¤ High Admiral Disra ¡¤ Ocdinater ¡¤ Lorren Misthain ¡¤ Utkon Mai ¡¤ JRTISMINE ¡¤ Darth Midian ¡¤ Magnus Valentine ¡¤ smurfcore ¡¤ Vestha Lutha ¡¤ vader888 ¡¤ eclaire4186 ¡¤ Darth Iscariot ¡¤ Laharl Leingod ¡¤ Helloooo Im a caaaar ¡¤ Chancellor Antonius ¡¤ Darth Immortus ¡¤ Thyssen Stehl ¡¤ Justin Woodriver ¡¤ TNT21 ¡¤ bogglethemind ¡¤ Kamadzea ¡¤ Reyven Samoth Statistics: Daily Posts: 1340, Daily Visits: 10346 March 3, 2006 Another friday night has arrived. Tonight's role play is "Look at the Size of that thing", what is sure to be a massive battle centered around the Death Star. With the first ever elected galaxy wide Sith and Jedi council's, tonight's role play promises to be interesting. Who's Online: (8:00PM) 44 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 30 Members - 7 Guests - 7 Anonymous ¡¤ Kallis Mertoi ¡¤ Emily Hinata ¡¤ Sith Knight Solo ¡¤ TK 8492 ¡¤ Thea Hinata ¡¤ Darth Terace ¡¤ Jack Tempo ¡¤ general skywalker ¡¤ Malicion ¡¤ cole nicklie ¡¤ Relen Zero ¡¤ Ram Grath101 ¡¤ General Dorlas ¡¤ Damien Mariss ¡¤ Darth Maleficus ¡¤ High Admiral Disra ¡¤ Gin Rummy ¡¤ Zan Kyoru ¡¤ Rolf Sergeo ¡¤ Hawk Hinata ¡¤ Shana Valor ¡¤ JarrodConner ¡¤ Retsam Adoy ¡¤ TK1213 ¡¤ Kiel Tremor ¡¤ Laharl Leingod ¡¤ Cerian Sanika ¡¤ Kahne Porte ¡¤ wholi gabais ¡¤ Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 1301, Daily Visits: 10502, Total Posts: 648484, Total Visits: 6650554 March 5, 2006 As the first week of march comes to a close activity around the galaxy has begun to slightly decline from the record highs that it has experienced over the last two months. This is of course expected, as people need a chance to recharge their batteries, meanwhile our college age members have midterms and other tests to deal with. News Notes: - 61391 registered members - We currently have $52.00 in our chest Statistics: Daily Posts: 1248, Daily Visits: 10301 March 7, 2006 Yesterday I sent out an email announcing a need for greater unity among Star Wars communities. Today I set up the "SW: Board Unity Hub" on TGC and began going from board to board to spread the word to those who may have not recieved an email. Although it is early in the game, the results are not turning out as I would have liked, although this is not altogether unexpected. There are too many bitter feuds among board members, and too many unable to give up old grudges. Furthermore there is a class of people who do not quite grasp that their communities are not nearly so active as they believe. This all began with Swfans in 1999, a board that recieved thousands of messages each day. Boards with a handful of members, crawling along with a few dozen posts each day, seem unable to grasp that even the 1234 daily posts of TGC (Daily Visits: 10266) do not compare to what role playing once was and should be again. Its a shame. This way of online life is going to die in the next few years and too few people are willing to do anything about it. News Notes: - 7400 registered members - STAR WARS: 30th Anniversary Countdown: 444 - Big Boards Rank: #1436 (based on total posts) Who's Online: (1:40PM) 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous ¡¤ Spark Vallen ¡¤ Ram Grath101 ¡¤ Pissed Ahnk ¡¤ Ardeth Drakeheart ¡¤ Tolkiene ¡¤ wholi gabais ¡¤ Hawk Hinata ¡¤ roskk ¡¤ vince kieff ¡¤ Aeria Voru Statistics: Total Posts: 653086, Total Visits: 6692434 March 8, 2006 Day 2 of the board unity project, after a rough start, things seem to be picking up and are beginning to move in a direction other than down. Star Wars Evolutions has isolated itself from the rest of the communities, however some good suggestions are not starting to come out of The Rebel Faction and some of the other communities that are involved. In the meantime, I am still looking for people to help get the word out to Swfans.net, Legends of Destiny, Jedi Praxeum, Meras.Org, and StarWarsRPG.Net. If you have an account on any of these boards, or are willing to create one, please post a copy of the original board unity message where possible. Who's Online: (9:10PM) 27 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous ¡¤ Tantor25 ¡¤ Luna Lavarious ¡¤ Artemis Zothar ¡¤ Darasuum Kandosii Gratua ¡¤ LenanMiader ¡¤ Bane Nathos ¡¤ Zeth Skywalker ¡¤ Tris Draclau ¡¤ Ocdinater ¡¤ Rolf Sergeo ¡¤ Jagg Dierous ¡¤ Retsam IDEJ ¡¤ Akima Shonlar ¡¤ Kamon Vondiranach ¡¤ Hawk Hinata ¡¤ Remy Gray ¡¤ Rick Dayson ¡¤ Cerian Sanika ¡¤ Horik ¡¤ Lady Silencia ¡¤ Jol Ordo Statistics: Daily Posts: 1221, Daily Visits: 10430 March 10, 2006 Due to repeated harassments from other communities, yesterday, I dropped all interest in the "board unity" project that i earlier proposed. To my delight, however, the project continues to live on at the hands of a few people who like it and have decided to carry it forward. In other news, its friday night again, as always, that means role playing. This weeks role play is "Around The Survivors, A Perimeter Create" Who's Online: (4:55PM) 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 13 Guests - 1 Anonymous ¡¤ Captain Marcus Gray ¡¤ Antares Marclonus ¡¤ Emily Hinata ¡¤ Mike Zenima ¡¤ Keira Lyshaa ¡¤ Emily Victoria Garnier ¡¤ Andrew Barlow ¡¤ Ram Grath101 ¡¤ Darth Maleficus ¡¤ Hawk Hinata ¡¤ Jol Ordo ¡¤ Master Atonai ¡¤ Akima Shonlar ¡¤ Ordan Ghost ¡¤ Cerian Sanika ¡¤ Spark Vallen ¡¤ Raccoon Meeko ¡¤ Reyven Samoth ¡¤ Lady Silencia Statistics: Daily Posts: 1186, Daily Visits: 10322 March 12, 2006 Nothing to report today. Well I have several things that I feel like saying, but they will remain unsaid here. Those who could profit from the information would never understand. Those who would understand already do and so would gain nothing from my words. News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 441 days away - Hall of Famer DarthPoreon drops in for a visit - 7428 registered members - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (175 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $180 Who's Online: (2:50PM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous ¡¤ Lorren Misthain ¡¤ Darasuum Kandosii Gratua ¡¤ Mike Zenima ¡¤ Zan Kyoru ¡¤ Kassandra Distorith ¡¤ Jonkar Sebatine ¡¤ Mak Manto ¡¤ Remy Gray ¡¤ roskk ¡¤ Emily Hinata ¡¤ Relen Zero Statistics: Daily Posts: 1197, Daily Visits: 10345, Total Posts: 659459, Total Visits: 6751922 March 14, 2006 Business as usual.... News Notes: - Big Boards Rank: #1429 Who's Online: (10:45PM) 31 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 24 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous ¡¤ ArgothDroom ¡¤ Emily Hinata ¡¤ Ethan Wayne ¡¤ Bane Nathos ¡¤ Dara Shadowtide ¡¤ Kassandra Distorith ¡¤ Talena Marzullo ¡¤ Tris Draclau ¡¤ Lenan Arderre ¡¤ Ian Gray ¡¤ Jedi Sia Dallia ¡¤ Darth Maleficus ¡¤ Katrina Garnier ¡¤ Skip Lone ¡¤ Ocdinater ¡¤ JarrodConner ¡¤ Magnus Valentine ¡¤ Vestha Lutha ¡¤ BethanyKismet ¡¤ Laharl Leingod ¡¤ Cerian Sanika ¡¤ Kahne Porte ¡¤ Terry Rune ¡¤ Antares Marclonus Statistics: Daily Posts: 1191, Daily Visits: 10480 March 16, 2006 Yesterday Ezboard sent out the following message: Regarding Yuku and ezboard. We are busting our butts to get Yuku to a level where you will be excited to be there. Ceco and his team are working to make Yuku faster and we are developing new features every week. Personally, I think we are a month or so away from the time that you will look at Yuku and say ¡°wow, I need to be there¡±, but don¡¯t let that stop you from wandering over there and giving it a try. I would love to have feedback from every ezboard user on what we can do to make Yuku into exactly what you want. What about ezboard? Well, to be honest most of the team here is focused on Yuku. We are still maintaining ezboard and will do so for the forseeable future. There was some confusion I read online about our ¡°shutting down ezboard at the end of 2006¡å. Yes, it is true that ezboard, Inc. will be shutting down ezboard.com. BUT, not until all of you have moved to Yuku. When is that? You¡¯ll tell us by moving to Yuku. We are not going to turn off ezboard.com at the end of 2006. We will turn off ezboard.com when everyone has moved to Yuku. The reason we built Yuku was to give you a new and better place for your message boards. Our job is to make Yuku the place you want to be. We think we are getting there, but we also realize there is more work to do. Your ideas are what made ezboard what it is today and they will make Yuku what it is in the future. See you here and see you on Yuku. Rob As those of you who have been reading this owners diary know, myself, along with several other members of the TGC community, have been testing Yuku for about 7 months now. During that time ezboard's management assured us that Ezboard and Yuku would remain separate products, meaning that we would have the option to move to Yuku, however traditional Ezboard would continue to be functional. As you can see from the message above, that does not seem to be the case any longer. The TGC staff will be discussing the situation in private over the coming days/weeks, and will make an official announcement as to our plans for the future of TGC, sometime in the coming weeks. March 19, 2006 Nothing to report. Who's Online: (2:45PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 2 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Astonishing Starlenko · Captain Jerst Fapal · Saskia van Zuydewijn · Aden Nathos · Mike Zenima · Delt Ero · Bane Nathos · Salem Norongachi · Tantor25 · Mak Manto · Nee Blackheart 1 · Nyphomaniac · wholi gabais · Utkon Mai · High Admiral Disra · Kyle R Solo Statistics: Daily Posts: 1133, Daily Visits: 10193, Total Posts: 665345, Total Visits: 6809215 March 22, 2006 Sorry about the lack of updates lately, i haven't really been in the mood. I've been a little bit "down in the dumps" these past few days. It happens to everybody. News Notes: - 7461 registered members - STAR WARS: 30th Anniversary: 431 days Statistics: Daily Posts: 1140, Daily Visits: 10181 March 30, 2006 Time marches on. Its hard to believe that we have already reached the end of march. The month ends tomorrow, on my birthday, and the first signs of warmth are finally arriving in the North East USA where many of our members live. Get outside and enjoy it! News Notes: - 7480 registered members - Big Boards Ranking: #1418 - Gold Community expires: September 3, 2006 (157 days left). - We currently have $52.00 in our chest. Who's Online: (11:50AM) 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 5 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Archaen Fel · Kassandra Distorith · Lenan Arderre · Athelstane King Statistics: Daily Posts: 1096, Daily Visits: 9582, Total Posts: 678124, Total Visits: 6905352 April 2006 April 2, 2006 In just over a month and a half the 1st anniversary of the theatrical realease of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith will be upon us, and what a year it has been. It began with the ezboard hack on May 30th, and ends with the understanding that Ezboard will likely be replaced by Yuku within the next year. News Notes: - 100487 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1424 - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (154 days left) - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $177 Statistics: Daily Posts: 1042, Total Posts: 680472, Daily Visits: 9094, Total Visits: 6930228 April 5, 2006 Once again I must say that I am sorry for the lack of updates to this Owner's diary in recent days. I have been hard at work digging into my own writing projects, which has left me with little time and interest in TGC for the time being. Don't worry though, the rest of our wonderful staff is still active and ready to help you with any problems you might encounter. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1000, Daily Visits: 8850 April 8, 2006 Last night saw our weekly friday night role play travel to Alderaan. Due to a poor turn out from members we will once again be taking a week off to recharge of batteries. In other news, my updates to this journal will continue to be sporadic at best. Your humble Ezop is in the process of writing a very poor novel. Look for it to occupy my mind, and my time, in the weeks ahead. Who's Online: (8:20PM) 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Arin Ellis · Shorco Shan · Bane Nathos · Korran Halcyon · Drakon Loashar · Jedi Sia Dallia Statistics: Daily Posts: 1002, Daily Visits: 8681, Total Posts: 686300, Total Visits: 6985523 April 12, 2006 With spring having finally arrived, and many of our members entering the last few months of the school year, things have slowed down quite a bit at TGC in the last few weeks. With that said, we are still quite active in the grand scheme of things, however in a slighly decline as compared to the massive activity that we recieved at the start of 2006. Statistics: Total Posts: 688852, Total Visits: 7014605 April 15, 2006 Enjoy your Easter weekend everyone. News Notes: - 7526 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1413 Who's Online: (11:30PM) 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Akira742 · Archaen Fel · Shorco Shan · Bane Nathos · Malicion · ArgothDroom · Carissa Dustine · Brayden Xykarn · Adan Dreiz · Emily Hinata · Pter Arakin Statistics: Total Posts: 691585, Total Visits: 7040662 April 16, 2006 First of all, Happy Easter everyone. Enjoy Church services and/or your meals with your families. Moving on, I woke up this morning with a strange urge to change TGC around. Almost without thinking about it I converted TGC from the orange form it has taken on since Februrary, back to the traditional dark green font and banner that is of course TGC's most well known design. It is a design that carried TGC through its golden age in 2000 and 2001, and since then has made several brief returns. I'm not sure what brought on this most recent desire in me for a change, but it is likely connected my TGC desires. As you can tell from this owner's diary, I've been preoccupied with other parts of my life recently and have "neglected" TGC and Star Wars was a bit more than I usual do. With that said, look for me to do other things in the coming weeks to further "revive" TGC. We've slowed down in recent weeks, and the time has come to turn things around before they sink any further. Who's Online: (10:15PM) 29 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 3 Guests - 5 Anonymous · ArgothDroom · Euphoric One · TK 8492 · Egill Hobob · Bane Nathos · Rem Nikolo · Remy Gray · Peiori Caligga · Omega 3692 · Darth Maleficus · Darth Monnik · Mortuus Assyr · Lorren Misthain · JediHorn · Artemis Obauldi · BethanyKismet · Kahne Porte · Pter Arakin · General Ceel · wholi gabais · Jarlock Sekel Statistics: Daily Posts: 899, Daily Visits: 7966 April 17, 2006 In a continued effort to make sure that things continue to roll along here at TGC I have set up TGC Spring Reunion 2006. Our last reunion, Fall 2005, was a great success and so with any luck this one will be a hit as well. News Notes: - Big Boards Rank: #1409 - 7532 registered members - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $166 - Current Chest Balance: $52.00 Who's Online: (7:00PM) 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 0 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Adan Dreiz · JarrodConner · Alora SiDant · Talon Hinata · BethanyKismet · Malicion · Wickim Totim · Darth Maleficus · Kur An McBon · Tris Draclau · General Ceel · Jonkar Sebatine · Malice Draclau · High Admiral Disra · Darth Monnik · Aurulius · Emily Hinata · Jol Ordo Statistics: Daily Posts: 907, Total Posts: 693559, Daily Visits: 8178, Total Visits: 7060163 April 18, 2006 Already racking up more than 420 posts, the TGC: Spring Reunion 2006 seems to be doing quite well so far, and is a sign that my efforts of kicking TGC in the pants seems to be working. Community wide statistics seem to be on the rise again, but more than that, there has been a noted increase in interesting discussion and role playing topics over the past feew days. Its too early to tell how successful this effort might be in the long run, but things are clearly on the right track as we head into the last half of April. April 19, 2006 I spent some time this afternoon talking with Darth Roul on AIM. As it so often does with us, the conversation quickly fell to our common background as ezboard members who emerged on the Star Wars message board scene in the early days of Spring/Summer 1999, when The Phantom Menace was in theaters and all the boards were packed with Star Wars fans. We both long for a return to those days, and feel a great degree of sadness for some of the negative changes that the Star Wars fan base in general has suffered in recent years. We both agreed that it is a shame that those who were around in 1999/2000, and have the power to see things fixed, have either moved on from the message boards, or are still around but have somehow lost focus; seemingly becoming oblivious to all that has changed in the past 7 years. At the Gungan Council my goal has always been to maintain as much of the "old spirit" of the Star Wars community that I can. Although TGC has, in many ways, been successful in its quest, I cannot help but recognize our shortcomings as well. And yet, here we stand. After more than a half decade of pure Star Wars fandom, The Gungan Council continues to fight for that traditional Star Wars spirit. News Notes: - 7538 registered members - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 403 Days Away Who's Online: (8:10PM) 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Lorren Misthain · Peiori Caligga · Talon Hinata · Alora SiDant · TK 8492 · Bane Nathos · Ajax Tagachi · RoninWendigo · Tris Draclau · General Ceel · Ocdinater · Rusty Metropolis · Derrek Fisto · Samir Hawk · Hawk Hinata · sir coleman · Kyle R Solo · Adan Dreiz Statistics: Total Posts: 695823, Total Visits: 7081063 April 20, 2006 It is 78 degrees and sunny, the warmest day of the year so far, in Sayre Pennsylvania as I write this, Empire Strikes Back soundtrack playing in the background. In the meantime, TGC Spring Reunion 2006 continues to roll, recently passing the 500 post mark as we make our way toward the May 19th, 1 year anniversary of the theatrical relase of Revenge of the Sith. It was about that time when I first set up this Owner's Diary as a daily activity, so I guess you could say that it too is coming up on its first anniversary. Its good to see that a full year after the release of the final Star Wars film there are still enough fans to make The Gungan Council a continued success. With a history dating back to 1999, this marks our 7th in existence. The coming demise of Ezboard, the rise of Yuku, and a online Star Wars fan population that is sure to fall eventually, has put our future in question in recent months. Personally I'd like to be here in 2009 for the 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace as well as our own 10th Anniversary here at TGC. Who's Online: (3:40PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 6 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Jol Ordo · Josef Atrocom · Riku Alastor · TK 8492 · Mike Zenima · Lady Lumiya · Wickim Totim · Tiresais · General Ceel · Derrek Fisto · Darc Fisto · Kyle R Solo · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 903, Daily Visits: 8270, Total Posts: 696832, Total Visits: 7088656 April 21, 2006 "Don't Everyone Thank Me At Once", that is the name of tonight's Friday Night Roleplay set on Yavin IV. This will be our 15th Friday Night Roleplay sing we ressurected the tradition during the 2005 holiday season. Although there has been a slight slum in the success of these role plays, given the recent burst in activity TGC has been experiencing I look forward to this one being a great success. The Spring Reunion is doing wonders for the community, as is our recent return to our classic green design. New Notes: - Big Boards Rank: #1404 - Arveleg donated $10 - We currently have $62.00 in our chest. - 7540 registered members - TGC: Spring Reunion 2006: 652 Posts and Counting Who's Online: (3:00PM) 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 4 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Mike Zenima · Tiresais · General Ceel · Paul Crew · Mak Manto · Derrek Fisto · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 921, Daily Visits: 8337, Total Posts: 698499, Total Visits: 7099553 April 24, 2006 Here is a lesson for all you loyal TGC users out there: don't forget to pay your internet bill. I lost my connection sometime early Saturday morning and did not get it turned back on until monday afternoon. Needless to say, I am now back and ready to rock. While I was gone The Gungan Council passed another milestone. The board has now reached the 700,000 total post mark. Congrats everyone. Who's Online: (10:40PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous · ArgothDroom · Derrek Fisto · Korran Halcyon · Kate Visjic · Darron Wraith · Rolf Sergeo · JarrodConner · Artemis Obauldi · Mason England · Archaen Fel · BethanyKismet · Cerian Sanika · General Ceel · adrm19sanfran · Raccoon Meeko · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 945, Daily Visits: 8678, Total Posts: 701807, Total Visits: 7130796 April 25, 2006 Voting for the second edition of our "Galaxy Wide" Sith and Jedi Councils began just a few minutes ago. This time around we have more than 50 Sith and nearly 70's Jedi in the running. We will be electing 13 Sith and 16 Jedi for the Council's. Once elected the winning members will serve as Council members until the end of June. News Notes: - We currently have $96.00 in our chest. - 7553 registered members Who's Online: (5:55PM) 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 20 Members - 6 Guests - 0 Anonymous · ArgothDroom · Mike Zenima · Skelosh Delaroche · Derrek Fisto · Korran Halcyon · Kate Visjic · Laguna Kinneas · Jedi Sia Dallia · claudius draclau · Ocdinater · Mas Bosrel · Hawk Hinata · Cander Negon · Adan Dreiz · Talon Hinata · Mason England · Irishgirl1274 · shiro878 · General Ceel · wholi gabais Statistics: Daily Posts: 936, Daily Visits: 8735 April 26, 2006 The TGC Spring Runion has also been serving as a time to raise Community Chest funds for The Gungan Council. Today a donation of $40 by Baruku increased our total to $136. Our current target goal is $180. Thank you to everyone who has contributed. Lets do our best to reach our goal by the end of the week, leaving us with nothing to worry about as we await the next renewal date. News Notes: - We currently have $136.00 in our chest. - TGC: Spring Reunion 2006: 1050 Posts and Counting - Cooryn Folcoer added to TGC moderator staff Who's Online: (6:40PM) 32 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 26 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Derrek Fisto · Skelosh Delaroche · Korran Halcyon · Malicion · Rusty Metropolis · Kate Visjic · Aurulius · claudius draclau · Mac8136 · Tiresais · ravendarkness88 · Ocdinater · Voxon Doom · Hawk Hinata · Shana Valor · Mason England · Cerian Sanika · Denza 3000 · Kahne Porte · Anakin Skywalker 688 · Nesrin Blaine · Ajax Tagachi · Dar Hadar · Baruku · General Ceel · Reyven Samoth Statistics: Daily Posts: 929, Daily Visits: 8868 April 27, 2006 Another great day at The Gungan Council. We added another 10 dollars to the community chest (thanks Rianna), and board activity continued to be strong. News Notes: - We currently have $146.00 in our chest. - Big Boards Rank: #1396 Who's Online: (11:15PM) 30 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 23 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Alex Taldren · Alora SiDant · Derrek Fisto · Drake Hayden · Kate Visjic · Master Kobi · Darron Wraith · claudius draclau · Darth Rash · Lorren Misthain · Ocdinater · JarrodConner · Shana Valor · Cander Negon · Mason England · Cerian Sanika · Kahne Porte · Darkestsith6 · Corringath Ventraas · Darth Scuro · Pter Arakin · adrm19sanfran · Antares Marclonus Statistics: Daily Posts: 939, Daily Visits: 9106 April 28, 2006 "That Business On Cato Nemoidia Doesn't, Doesn't Count". Yup, you guessed right. That is indeed the title of this week's Friday Night Role Play (FNR). This is the 16th FNR that we have done since late last year. The goal from the outset was to spend a friday night role playing on each planet seen in the 6 Star Wars films (including the Death Star.). As it stands, we now only have four more planets to visit: Mygeeto, Coruscant, Saleucami, Utapau. Enjoy your weekend. Statistics: Daily Posts: 943, Daily Visits: 9207 April 30, 2006 The Friday Night Role Play was a huge success. Infact, it was such a success that friday night alone was not big enough to hold it, and the action continued until about 2:30 Saturday afternoon. When all was said and done, the roleplay topped out at 527 posts and about 23 pages. Good work everyone. Friday also saw The Gungan Council both reach and pass its fund raising goals for the next six months. A $55 donation by Kate Visjic pushed the community chest to $236. With the current cost of gold at about $190 and rising fast, the $236 dollars will allow us to continue to grow over the coming months. Today, Sunday, has always been eventful. A new faction, "The Separatists", has been added to the galaxy, with a second new faction based around the Rebellion set for possible inclusion in the galaxy sometime later in the week. Today was also the final day of voting in the 2nd ever "Galaxy Wide" Jedi and Sith Council elections. The results will be posted sometime tomorrow morning. Who's Online: (11:55PM) 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 1 Guest - 5 Anonymous · General Yotus · Euphoric One · Animus Velox · Kate Visjic · Darth Raine · Darth Maleficus · Renze 112 strain · Skip Lone · RoninWendigo · Adan Dreiz · Count Malevolin · naved007 · Kahne Porte · Jacen Danis Statistics: Daily Posts: 958, Daily Visits: 9414 May 2006 May 1, 2006 Here in the real world, the immigration issue is heating up in the USA. What should happen to the 12M people living in the United States illegally? Protesters, mostly illegials, staged a day of boycotting today, by not going to work and not buying products. It remains to be seen what kind of impact was actually made. Here at TGC the population seems to be pretty well balanced. More than 50 neutral characters have checked in for the latest "Most Wanted" list. This number can now be added to the 50 Sith and 64 Jedi who checked in last week. No boycotts here! Who's Online: (11:30PM) 24 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 6 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Commander Yelven · Alora SiDant · Count Malevolin · Thrak Fasa · Jacen Danis · ArgothDroom · Mason England · General Ceel · Darkestsith6 · Midnight Rapture · Kahne Porte · B2 G5 · Antares Marclonus · Reyven Samoth · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 974, Daily Visits: 9555 May 3, 2006 The check in process for the "Top 5 Neutral" list, and according to the numbers, Nuetral characters are now the largest of the three groups with more than 70. While there are around 50 Sith and 64 Jedi, the 70 neutral, overall, are lacking in the activity level. This problem can mainly be blamed on the fact that many people play neutral characters as a secondary character, and so their Jedi and Sith accounts take top priority. I'd like to see this change in the future, getting us back to a time where Neutrals are again strong. News Notes: -70592 registered members - TGC: Spring Reunion 2006: 1458 posts and counting - We currently have $236.00 in our chest. Who's Online: (7:00PM) 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 28 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · General Yotus · Luna Lavarious · TK 8492 · Derrek Fisto · Bane Nathos · DarkSkyKerberos · Eja Suuki · Roman Price · Yarver Fottswinkle · Darron Wraith · Syren Cloud · Goff256 · High Admiral Disra · Tantor Aden · Skip Lone · Lorren Misthain · Ocdinater · RoninWendigo · Cander Negon · Rok Wollahr · Archaen Fel · Rach Sullen · Corringath Ventraas · Danster the Gangster · Goffel · General Ceel · Tantor25 · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 988, Daily Visits: 9679 May 5, 2006 Yesterday Lucasfilm announced that the Original, unedited versions of the Original Star Wars Trilogy would finally be released on DVD this September. This announcement has been a long awaited one for older Star Wars fans, but I doubt it will make them has happy as they think it will. This is the same group of fans that have bashed the prequel trilogy without end. They are a petty bunch, caught up in their own pleasure. Who's Online: (10:00PM) 42 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 19 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Alex Taldren · Derrek Fisto · Karlie Lynn · Vohn Exel · Commander Yelven · CR X1 · Darth Monnik · JarrodConner · Dari Knightsaber · Retsam Adoy · Draco Naru · Count Malevolin · Mason England · Archaen Fel · BethanyKismet · Darkestsith6 · Rach Sullen · Cyrus Erisson · Rick Dayson · Pter Arakin · wholi gabais · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 989, Daily Visits: 9779 May 6, 2006 A full 24 hours later, our Friday Night Role play, "There Is No War Here Unless You've Brought It With You" is still rocking. Thats right, its been a 24 hour marathon. We've RPed around the clock. Currently standing at almost 800 posts, this is easily the biggest FNRP TGC has ever done. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. May 10, 2006 As the May temps heat up hear on the East coast of the USA, the boxoffice game here at TGC is heating up as well as we enter the 19th week of the year. This past weeks film was Mission Impossible III, which will be followed by a string of blockbusters nearly every week from here until August. Score Board General Ceel: 4 Karlie Lynn: 3 Bane Nathos: 2 Tiresais: 1 Cooryn Folcoer: 1 Emily Hinata: 1 Hathoruodo: 1 Wickim Totim: 1 Clegg Holdfast: 1 BethanyKismet: 1 Korran Halcyon: 1 Darth Erebus: 1 Who's Online: 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Aurulius · Darth Umbra · Baruku · Arin Ellis · Mike Zenima · ArgothDroom · Darth Maleficus · Tantor25 · Skelosh Delaroche · Artemis Obauldi · Ti Yet Deka · Brayden Xykarn · Arveleg Statistics: Daily Posts: 1010, Daily Visits: 10208 May 12, 2006 It is friday, and in just under 8 hours the weekly Friday Night Role Play will once again get under way. This weeks role play, "Oh I see it. This is going to be easy," takes TGC members to Saleucami, the third from the last Star Wars movie planet that we have yet to visit (Only Coruscant and Mygeeto remain.). Members of TGC have advertised heavily for this week's role play and so I expect it to be a great success. Last week we racked up 926 posts in 32 hours. It will be hard to top but I think we can do it. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1015, Daily Visits: 10223 May 14, 2006 HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY May 16, 2006 This week the string of Summer blockbuster films continues in our weekly boxoffice contest with The Da Vinci Code (Last week we predicted Poseidon, and the week before that Mission Impossible III). Score Board General Ceel: 4 Karlie Lynn: 3 Korran Halcyon: 2 Bane Nathos: 2 Tiresais: 1 Cooryn Folcoer: 1 Emily Hinata: 1 Hathoruodo: 1 Wickim Totim: 1 Clegg Holdfast: 1 BethanyKismet: 1 Darth Erebus: 1 Who's Online: (10:50PM) 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 1 Guest - 2 Anonymous · Archaen Fel · Karlie Lynn · Anika the Bruce · Lorren Misthain · Baruku · Skip Lone · Spark Vallen · Bane Nathos · BethanyKismet · Makayla Sevina · Lilly Garnier · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Mac8136 · Samir Hawk · Galion Vicis Statistics: Daily Posts: 981, Daily Visits: 10140, Total Posts: 722233, Total Visits: 7355902 May 18, 2006 364 Days and 16 hours ago from this very moment I set out from my home and headed to the movie theater to see Revenge of the Sith. TGC has not changed much since that day, though it has grown. But its kind of strange to think out very different my life is from then: new town, new house, new girl, new life. All that aside, it actually kind of feels like the Release of Episode III, the final chapter in the Star Wars Says was only yesterday. The Gungan Council was founded in 1999, shortly after the release of Star Wars Episode I. We were luckly enough to be able to share the entire Prequel Era with each other, and everything we get beyond that is just extra credi. So far we've been fortunate enough to get a full year of "extra credit." But how many more? Exboard is expected to close in the next year and be replaced by our new home at Yuku. I guess we'll all just have to wait and see how that turns out..... Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 5 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Arin Ellis · Ethan Wayne · Liagu Cobir · Malice Draclau · Nade Roskk Statistics: Daily Posts: 939, Daily Visits: 9815, Total Posts: 723373, Total Visits: 7368381 May 19, 2006 First off, Happy 1st Anniversary to Revenge of the Sith. With that out of the way, let me start by saying that we are currently 370 posts into the final friday night role play of the summer. The thread "Perhaps I Can Find New Ways To Motivate Them" takes us to the planet of Mygeeto. After a slow start things have really picked up. There are currently 19 people in the chatroom having the time of their lives. Enjoy your weekend. May 20, 2006 In non-TGC news, a little earlier today Barry Bonds tied Babe Ruth for second place on the career home run list with his 714th home run. Last night members of TGC hit a home run of their own in the Friday Night roleplay. The roleplay which took place on Mygeeto and is the last FNRP to be played until the end of the summer, managed to reach 572 posts, making it among the most successful FNRP's we've done all year. Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Darth Umbra · Archaen Fel · Mason England · Archangel of Devastation · Faridon · Hawk Hinata · Nade Roskk · hot liquid magma May 23, 2006 As we head toward the half way point of 2006 I continue to keep an eny on the development progress at "Yuku," our future home following the eventual transfer of all things once known as ezboard, over to the new product. In the last month there has been very little in the way of updates to Yuku so i take this to mean that major changes, as promised, must be on the way. In other news, in this week's boxoffice game will be predicting the mega blockbuster X-Men 3: The Last Stand. Thanks to much encouragement more than 30 members have already made their prediction for this Memorial Day Weekend release. May 25, 2006 For those of us living in the USA this weekend is Memorial Day Weekend. While founded as a day for honoring Americans who have fallen in war, Memorial Day weekend has also become the unofficial start of summer; a weekend for camping, cook outs, parties, and of course trips to the local cinema to catch the weekends massive blockbusters. Enjoy your weekend everybody and if you are going to be on the roads drive carefully. I myself will be attending a bachelor party for my friend Nate. Out of a core group of my four best friends, Nate is the second to tie the knot in the last two years, leaving just two more of us to go. All of the sudden I feel old, hehe. When I founded TGC we were all in highschool and now we're out of college and moving on. Its funny how time works... News Notes: - 7684 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1393 - We currently have $236.00 in our chest - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (101 days left) Who's Online: (1:15PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Darth Skiazo · Kane E Smart · Rok Wollahr · Arin Ellis · ARC 3129 · Tanis Stormrider · Skelosh Delaroche · Paul Crew · Tantor25 · MaizeWayne Statistics: Daily Posts: 897, Total Posts: 730019, Daily Visits: 9808, Total Visits: 7438828 May 29, 2006 All of the sudden it is as hot as hell in Pennsylvania as I write this. Last week was all rain and cold and it was beginning to feel that spring would remain forever. But today it was about 86 degrees, and even now near midnight it remains in the 70's, making it hard to write anything of consequence in this journal Statistics: Daily Posts: 951, Daily Visits: 9789 May 30, 2006 Yet another month is about to come to an end, and yet TGC keeps on rolling. See you in June. June 2006 June 1, 2006 Since World Cup Fever has once again gripped our European members I have decided to set up a World Cup 2006 thread for them to "get their socks off" in. For the next two or three weeks TGC looks to be a wretched hive of beer and cussing. Enjoy. News Notes: - 94712 registered members - We currently have $236.00 in our chest. - Current Cost: $221 Who's Online: (5:00PM) 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 7 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Derrek Fisto · Mike Zenima · Bane Nathos · DarkSkyKerberos · Hurr Ap Sharad · Hunter Helmley · Tris Draclau · Peiori Caligga · Sun Darc · Tiresais · Arin Ellis · Andrew Kamiya Sparks · Artemis Obauldi · Rajst Dar Tenye · dart gallimore · Mason England · Nesrin Blaine · RadiationTheater · Rowp · Athena Lorn · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 955, Daily Visits: 9671 June 3, 2006 Move over Summer, its Christmas in July at TGC. Okay, so its actually only the beginning of June, but fear not. At The Gungan Council we're getting into that great Christmas spirit all summer long. Okay, so let me explain. This morning I went into the bathroom to take a shower and found that the air smelled a little foul. Reaching to the back of the toilet I picked up a can of Glad bathroom spray. As it turns out the fragrance was "Apple Cinnamon" As the scent reached my nose, almost out of the blue, I was reminded of Christmas. A little while later, here I am sitting at my computer with Tans Siberian Orchestra playing, in the process of setting up a "Christmas in July" forum. As I recall we had a huge blast last year, starting around the first of November counting down the days until Christmas, stopping to enjoy Thanksgiving along the way, as well as New Year's Afterwards. We decorated the board with special Christmas banners while discussing our memories... At any rate, I've been feeling down in the dumps this past week so I figured why not try to beat the blues by bringing back the holiday's for a special encore performance. And so, I give you the 2006 TGC Christmas in July Forum. For the next two months we will be countingdown to July 25, our official Christmas in July. Be Merry and Enjoy! Statistics: Daily Posts: 981, Daily Visits: 9666, Total Posts: 741819, Total Visits: 7537039 June 6, 2006 6/6/06, a date that comes but once a century, and suddenly everybody wants to be a fan of satan, heavy metal and horror movies. But come tomorrow they will all go back to their pop music and pastels. Meanwhile the rest of us will soldier on enjoying the darkness. Long live Black Metal! Statistics: Daily Posts: 962, Daily Visits: 9376 June 7, 2006 From Satan to Santa... TGC's first ever Christmas in July...in June extravaganza rolls on. In just the first few days we have already managed to generate more than 800 Christmas related posts in our Christmas in July forum. Although its warm outside, and Christmas is more than 6 months away, it still feels like Christmas on TGC with the accents changed from yellow to red, and the warm glow of candle light pouring from our current holiday banner. In other news, tomorrow has been designated as a day for TGC members to attempt at giving the board more than 3000 posts in a single day for the first time ever. We've had big days in the past at TGC, some days exceeding 2,500 posts. But we've never hit 3000+ in 24 hours before, so we are looking forward to reaching our goal. News Notes: - Big Boards Rank: #1383 - 7741 registered members Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Lorren Misthain · Rok Wollahr · shiro878 · Ethan Wayne · Shinnaak · Wickim Totim · ARC 3129 · Lideron Hale · Tantor25 · Cronos Aegir · Dion Merali · Artemis Obauldi · Kahne Porte · Artemis Zothar · Draco Naru Statistics: Daily Posts: 1003, Daily Visits: 9588, Total Posts: 746068, Total Visits: 7576368 June 8, 2006 It is just after 11:00PM and TGC's official "3000+ Post Day" is about to come to an end. With just a few more posts needed to reach this historic TGC record it looks like we will indeed make it. Thanks and Congrats go out to everybody who posted their little fingers off during the last 24 hours. In other record setting news, The Gungan Council recieved its 750,000th post today. One Million here we come! News Notes: - Christmas In July Forum: 1411 Posts and Counting - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (87 days left) Who's Online: 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 1 Guest - 3 Anonymous · Serrena Alcine · Antares Marclonus · Bane Nathos · Hunter Helmley · Jedi Sia Dallia · Jaei · Skip Lone · Arin Ellis · JarrodConner · Arveleg · Artemis Obauldi · Shaelas Wann · Mason England · Mira Hawk · BethanyKismet · Nesrin Blaine · Wickim Totim · Mayda Ferium · Xirix Corillian Statistics: Daily Posts: 1098, Daily Visits: 10037, Total Posts: 750077, Total Visits: 7600253 June 9, 2006 WE DID IT. Yesterday The Gungan Council met its goal of reaching a new record daily post count for the community. When all was said and done the members of TGC successfully made 3,406 Posts, far exceeding even our own lofty goal. Congrats everybody. Enjoy your weekend. June 11, 2006 Its Sundy Morning, please excuse my absence over the last few days. This weekend one of my best friends got married. As one of the groom's men it was a busy weekend for myself and other close friends. I'm not the one who got married but i swear I must be as tired out from the whole thing as he is, lol. Who's Online: 7 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 3 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · DarkSkyKerberos · Mak Manto · Halden Sheppard Statistics: Daily Posts: 1081, Daily Visits: 9907, Total Posts: 752487, Total Visits: 7624872 June 12, 2006 The big news of the day is the retrofitting of the Gungan Council to a design that some of you might be familiar with. The Gungan Council is once again "blue"...the color blue that is. The Gungan Council first found itself this color from 2002 through 2004. At that time the board featured a full-board banner designed by former member, Jedi Master Vernacular. This time around Sith Master DarkSkyKerberos has molded the original three-piece banner by Vernacular into a single image which now crowns the top of our wonderful board. While Green in the most legendary color in the history of TGC, blue comes in a close second and many members who arrived between 2002 and 2004 had been looking forward to seeing it return. UPDATE: Original Vernacular banner recovered and restored to TGC. News Notes: - 7766 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1371 - We currently have $236.00 in our chest. - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $234 Who's Online: (8:30PM) 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Darth Necros · Set Til Shiv · Telemicus Dar Esh · Jean Jackmen · Nesrin Blaine · DarkSkyKerberos · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · ravendarkness88 · Malice Draclau · Hunter Helmley Statistics: Daily Posts: 1101, Daily Visits: 10137, Total Posts: 753550, Total Visits: 7638187 June 13, 2006 I have a custome of, once or twice a year, removing everyone from TGC's extensive banned list. Some of the people on the list do not deserve another chance, while others were simply young and made mistakes when they were banned the first time. For some people being banned, unbanned and banned again has become a yearly tradition. These are the type that never seem to come to understand what it means to be a resonsible member of the TGC community. Perhaps this year I will simply leave them banned. Things have been very peaceful and prosperous without them... Who's Online: 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 7 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Weserwve · Cooryn Folcoer · Mason England · Lideron Hale · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Kahne Porte · Vastice Delure · Kale Arkin · The Lestrange · Hawk Hinata · Remy Gray · Jedi Sia Dallia Statistics: Daily Posts: 1107, Daily Visits: 10210 June 14, 2006 Nothing to Report News Notes: - We currently have $256.00 in our chest. - Big Boards Ranking: #1369 Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 3 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Archaen Fel · Burseg Fes · Wickim Totim · Lideron Hale · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Mira Hawk · Darkestsith6 · Dion Merali · Tantor25 · Graff Sagaro · Kahne Porte · Kale Arkin · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 1121, Daily Visits: 10361, Total Posts: 755224, Total Visits: 7659076 June 16, 2006 What can bring people from all walks of life in all parts of the world together for a common purpose? The answer is Star Wars, and in this case, more specifically, The Gungan Council. This morning I got to thinking about the diverse cross section of society represented here at TGC over the past 7 years. We've had members post from every continent except Antarctica. We've had members ranging in age from 10 to 50+. We've had members posts from military locations in Iraq, Kuait, Guam, and Viet Nam. We've had published authors, a graphic designer who has worked on promotional material for Hollywood films. We've even been graced by the presence of people that have actually appeared as extras in Star Wars films. When I created TGC in 1999, as a highschool student living in rural Pennsylvania, I never dreamed that The Gungan Council could reach and touch so many. TGC: 7772 registered geeks and counting... Who's Online: (12:45PM) 24 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Darth Skiazo · Skip Lone · Rok Wollahr · Zelazny Webb · Telemicus Dar Esh · Jade Miseria · Burseg Fes · Beorht · Nesrin Blaine · Artemis Obauldi · Paul Crew · Tantor25 · Graff Sagaro · Kahne Porte · Chacha the Hutt · Hunter Helmley · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 1126, Daily Visits: 10339, Total Posts: 756558, Total Visits: 7674054 June 18, 2006 HAPPY FATHER'S DAY June 20, 2006 Ezboard recently began the migration of user account/profiles to the new Yuku system. A few days ago a "Yuku" advertisement began to appear in the control centers of ezboard members, inviting them to try out new profiles on Yuku. The whole idea, and indeed the look of the think, stinks of Myspace and Facebook. Apparently ezboard seems more interested in getting in on the blogging craze than in forwarding their rich history of quality forums. Although the migration of profiles has begun it appears that Yuku itself still has a long ways to go in terms of development before it comes anywhere near to meeting the standards and needs of The Gungan Council. Our test board, which opened on Yuku in October 2005 during the alpha-test phase, continues to operate. The current beta product has not improved much over the original alpha versions. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1162, Daily Visits: 10640, Total Posts: 761768, Total Visits: 7722704 June 22, 2006 Two more of TGC's own have enlisted in the US military this week. General Dorlas will be involved with Medium Helicopter repair while High Admiral Disra will train to become a Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems (FATDS) Specialist. These two join Baruku/Roul who is currently serving in the Middle East and TK 9284/Lt. Halden, who is in the Canadian Army Reserve, as TGC members who are already serving their countries. Congrats and good luck boys. New's Notes: - Big Boards Rank: #1372 - 7794 registered members - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (73 days left) - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $238 - We currently have $256.00 in our chest Who's Online: 35 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 23 Members - 10 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Shinnaak · Mike Zenima · Paul Crew · Ethan Wayne · Abaddon Velshaar · High Admiral Disra · Nee4 · Artemis Obauldi · Nee Blackheart 1 · Drake Vallen · Decon Remty · Mak Manto · Haldon Kor · Kale Arkin · Avicus DuSang · Sabu Vistus · Max Kebron · Jet Cristo · Danster the Gangster · Pter Arakin · Baruku · Spark Vallen · wholi gabais Statistics: Daily Posts: 1167, Daily Visits: 10585, Total Posts: 763620, Total Visits: 7741161 June 23, 2006 Season 2 of of the Friday Night Roleplaying series has just begun. Starting at 6:00PM this evening members of the Gungan Council began to gather in the chatroom, preparing themselves for a night of roleplaying action. "Endor's Shadow" began at 8:00PM and now, two hours later, shows no sign of letting up as the thread nears 200 posts already. I told everyone that they would get a cookie if the thread reached 500 so lets see if they can manage to do it. Next week's roleplay is already being planned. News Notes: - 7802 registered members - 19 People in the chatroom Who's Online: (10:00PM) 31 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 24 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Aron Nicklie · MaizeWayne · Vohn Exel · Darth Skiazo · Gene Solo · Darth Maleficus · Graff Sagaro · Cooryn Folcoer · Colt Sutran · Skip Lone · Hawk Hinata · JarrodConner · Darth Umbra · Kyle R Solo · Retsam Adoy · Mak Manto · Dirka Dirk · Thistle Visjic Hinata · Nesrin Blaine · Rach Sullen · Sabu Vistus · Dion Merali · Mayda Ferium · wholi gabais Statistics: Daily Posts: 1198, Daily Visits: 10839, Total Posts: 765403, Total Visits: 7757677 June 26, 2006 It is strange how listening to the soundtrack to The Phantom Menace never fails to bring back memories of the summer of 1999, when Star Wars returned to the world after 16 years, and sites like The Gungan Council were born. News Notes: - 7814 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1369 - Star Wars 30th Anniversary Countdown: 333 Days Who's Online: (11:55AM) 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Darth Skiazo · Luna Lavarious · Shinnaak · Mak Manto · Serapis Reijaan · Kale Arkin · MaizeWayne · Fava Hidrama · Hawk Hinata · Nade Roskk · Sabu Vistus Statistics: Daily Posts: 1127, Daily Visits: 10502, Total Posts: 767362, Total Visits: 7780961 June 27, 2006 The Gungan Council is currently in the process of electing the third Galaxy Wide Jedi and Sith Councils in the board's history. The check in process began last week and ended yesterday when voting began. This time around we will be choosing 15 Jedi and 13 Sith to serve on the council's for the next 2 months. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1116, Daily Visits: 10565, Total Posts: 768281, Total Visits: 7790719 June 29, 2006 June is about to come to a close, its hard to believe we're already heading for the 4th of July holiday. Hope everybody is enjoying their summer. Who's Online: (4:30PM) 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · DarkSkyKerberos · Caleb Torran · Karlie Lynn · Gene Solo · Serapis Reijaan · Ocdinater · Horlett White · Lideron Hale · Darth Cunruth · Drake Vallen · Mak Manto · Siris Nido · Rach Sullen · Max Kebron · ARC 3129 · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 1136, Daily Visits: 10638, Total Posts: 771170, Total Visits: 7815675 July 2006 July 1, 2006 Welcome to July. Last nights Fright Night Roleplay "I Saw A City in the Clouds" went well. Everybody had a blast as usual. The only draw back was the start of the Independence Day Holiday in the USA which greatly decreased our numbers as members were off on vacation or were preparing to leave. Statistics: Daily Posts: 1108, Daily Visits: 10504, Total Posts: 772839, Total Visits: 7833445 July 2, 2006 The Independence Day weekend holiday continues to roll on in the USA, but as it happens many people in the North Easte are headed back into their homes from their evacuations, finding many of their possessions and property ruined in the flooding that gripped the area through out the past week. In the wake of this disaster i'v suddenly found myself with months worth of clean up work to do for a friend of the family. As a result you will notice my hours here at TGC being cut down. Don't worry, you can still expect to see me every night, and sometimes early in the morning, I just won't be around during the day as much. Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 5 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Skip Lone · Kiara Midnight · Mike Zenima · Max Kebron · Tiresais · RoninWendigo · Goff256 · Remy Gray · Hawk Hinata · Kyle R Solo Statistics: Daily Posts: 1105, Daily Visits: 10445, Total Posts: 773651, Total Visits: 7841397 July 4, 2006 HAPPY 4TH OF JULY July 5, 2006 And so another July 4 holiday comes to a close. News Notes: - We currently have $256.00 in our chest. - 40854 registered members - Big Boards Rank: #1363 Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Jagged Antilles · Beorht · Artemis Obauldi · Mira Hawk · Tantor25 · Jake Leventa · Laxton the enigmatic man · Colt Sutran · Goff256 · Aurulius Statistics: Daily Posts: 1084, Daily Visits: 10463, Total Posts: 776095, Total Visits: 7870078 July 7, 2006 Its friday. Enjoy your weekend! July 8, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean II opened to an estimated 55.5M in the USA last night. If the number holds it will beat the old single day record set by Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It is important to remember, however, that Episode III opened on a Wed, not a Friday. Had Episode III opened on a Friday its opening day record would have been even larger. Who's Online: 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 6 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Paul Crew · Bane Nathos · Remy Gray · Korran Halcyon · Aurulius · Axl Bailey · Colt Sutran · Rysen Ral · RoninWendigo · Vastice Delure · Marsk Naggor · Mak Manto · Darkestsith6 · Nesrin Blaine · Halden Sheppard · Mayda Ferium · Mira Hawk · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 925, Daily Visits: 9831, Total Posts: 778057, Total Visits: 7895901 July 12, 2006 Sorry for the recent lack of updates to this Owner's Diary. I've been busy, busy, busy the last couple weeks . Who's Online: (6:46AM) 6 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 4 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Vohn Exel · Thrawn One · Cal Rush Statistics: Daily Posts: 899, Daily Visits: 9542 July 15, 2006 Yeah, so my presence on TGC continues to be far less than you are all used to. I spent most of the nearly 7 years that TGC has existed either as a student or as an unemployed College graduate. In recent weeks that has again changed, as it has on the occasions where I held other jobs. But don't worry, I assure you all that I am still very much interested in TGC. You can count on seeing me around the boards most mornings and most evenings during the week, and at various points on the weekend. News Notes: - Big Boards Ranking: #1361 - 7873 registered members - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $200 Statistics: Daily Posts: 920, Daily Visits: 9649, Total Posts: 783602, Total Visits: 7958016 July 18, 2006 Members of The Gungan Council recently voted to find out who were the Top 5 Best Characters in the galaxy as of July 2006. The results are finally in. Skip Lone: 44 Dark Sky Kerberos: 34 Captain Marcus Gray: 31 Malice Draclau: 29 Hawk Hinata: 29 Who's Online: (4:00PM) 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 6 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Max Kebron · Nesrin Blaine · Spiyt · Adam Senton · General Dorlas · Jake Leventa · Mak Manto · Malice Draclau · Kyle R Solo · Emily Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 873, Daily Visits: 9298, Total Posts: 785996, Total Visits: 7978274 July 21, 2006 The last few days TGC has been blessed by a presence that we've not encountered much during the last two or three years. Thats right, the incomparable Jedi Master, Vernacular, has been hanging out at TGC all week long. For those of you who don't remember him check the Hall of Fame to learn more. July 25, 2006 Week 30 of our yearly Boxoffice contest has arrived. Lets have a look at the current standings: General Ceel: 6 Cooryn Folcoer: 4 Karlie Lynn: 3 Clegg Holdfast: 2 BethanyKismet: 2 Korran Halcyon: 2 Bane Nathos: 2 Skip Lone: 1 Jedi Mad Pierre: 1 kypzethdurron: 1 Tiresais: 1 Emily Hinata: 1 Hathoruodo: 1 Wickim Totim: 1 Darth Erebus: 1 News Notes: - 7895 registered members Who's Online: 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 3 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Aidan Crow · Drake Pollard · Kyte Hinata · Darth Maleficus · Tantor25 · Rolf Sergeo · Mak Manto · Kahne Porte · Jake Leventa · General Dorlas · Goff256 · Brayden Xykarn · Hawk Hinata · Aurulius · Emily Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 764, Daily Visits: 8534, Total Posts: 790031, Total Visits: 8033524 July 29, 2006 The month is already coming to a close, hard to believe, and I've missed most of it thanks to work. Statistics: Daily Posts: 696, Total Posts: 792428 July 30, 2006 Jonathan L Bowen, author of "Anticipation: The Real Life Story of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" recently approached me about the possibility of TGC and its members contributing to a future Star Wars related literary project of his. Stay tuned to TGC in the coming months to learn more as this opportunity unfolds. August 2006 August 1, 2006 Welcome to August. August? Yes, today marks the arrival of the month of August. Hard to believe that the summer will soon be coming to an end isn't it? Don't worry, its not all bad. Once people have finished up their family vacations and are quickly becoming bored with homework and sports that mark the arrival of school they soon turn their attentions back to TGC. Yep, TGC always sees an increase of activity come August and September. Statistics: Daily Posts: 672, Daily Visits: 7914, Total Posts: 794238, Total Visits: 8083200 August 3, 2006 The last several mornings as I have sat at my computer, waiting for the start of my work day, I have passed the time by listening to all 6 Star Wars soundtracks and surfing Star Wars sites. Over the years I have found that the music of Star Wars always turns the trick of taking me back to those days when we all eagerly awaited the arrival the new Star Wars films. These days I cannot help but feel sad with the knowledge that, as far as we know, we will never again have a new Star Wars film to anticipate, a new soundtrack to buy, new movie moments to add to our canvas of worlds here at TGC. It has already been 7 years since the release of The Phantom Menace, and Revenge of the Sith was released more than a year ago already. In the 80's and 90's Star Wars fans waited 16 years between films and many gave up hope that they would ever get a chance to return to that galaxy far far away. How long will our generation have to wait? Will that wait ever some to an end? News Notes: - 40919 registered members - We currently have $256.00 in our chest. - Gold Community expires on: September 3, 2006 (31 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $177 Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Leeoj · Kiara Midnight · Tiresais · General Ceel · vince kieff · Emily Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 668, Daily Visits: 7911, Total Posts: 795590, Total Visits: 8100259 August 8, 2006 How did it get to be August 8th already. I checked this diary today and found that I had not made an entry since August 3rd. My how time passes quickly when you are having fun. Following the recent return of legendary TGC member "Vernacular", another TGC legend and Hall of Fame has made a return visit to TGC in recent days. Jedi Master Saace Falyk dropped in on Monday to say hello to some old friends. Saace was a member of TGC during the 200 to 2001 era, wedged between the releases of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Statistics: Daily Posts: 658, Daily Visits: 7810 August 10, 2006 We began our STAR WARS: 30th Anniversary Countdown on November 1st 2005 with 569 days to go until the big day. Today the countdown reached 288 days to go. After the 800+ day countdown to Episode III, the 30th Anniversary countdown will be the 2nd longest countdown in TGC history when all is said and done. Click the link at the top of TGC to join the countdown action today. News Notes: - 7937 registered members - We currently have $79.00 in our chest Who's Online: 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 1 Guest - 0 Anonymous · Mayda Ferium · Demonhawk17 · Silens Telum · RoninWendigo · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Clegg Holdfast · Hreven Kraal · Lanei Duran · Derrek Fisto · Vernacular · Domino Yang · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 644, Total Posts: 799907, Daily Visits: 7706, Total Visits: 8156384 August 13, 2006 I know I've been saying this kind of thing alot lately, but its hard to believe how fast time is passing. It is already the middle of August 2006. Where on earth did the first half of the month go so quickly? Before we know it we will be entering into September. In October comes Halloween. In November Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday season. That means another round of big movies and entertainment events, time with our families, etc.. Before long we will be welcoming the arrival of 2007, the year of the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars, and the 8th year of TGC's existence. In only two more years The Gungan council will be 10 years old, as will The Phantom Menace, the movie that started all of this for us. Statistics: Daily Posts: 618, Daily Visits: 7462 August 15, 2006 The time to choose the newest editions of the Galaxy Wide Jedi and Sith councils will soon be upon us. The check in threads for the election have already been started and can be found in the OOC Community forum. To look back on the results of past editions of the Councils please see the Historical Archive for a wealth of information on this and other subjects. Statistics: Daily Posts: 617, Daily Visits: 7452, Total Posts: 803073, Total Visits: 8190792 August 20, 2006 The 33rd weekend of the year is upon us. 33 happens to an important number for man reasons. For Example,. Jesus Christ was 33 years old when he died up the cross only to be ressurected. Frodo Baggins is about 33 at the start of the Lord of the Rings. Catch 33 is the name of a Meshugga album. The title is a play off the "Catch 22" cliche which of course means a situation where there is no way of avoiding the loss of something. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and have a good week everybody. Statistics: Daily Posts: 642, Daily Visits: 7557 August 23, 2006 NFL PREDICTION GAME 2006/2007 is coming. Thats right. Once again Bane Nathos will be leading TGC's football fans through the entire NFL season, from game one all the way to the Super Bowl in Super bowl weekend in January 2007. Last years game was a great success. Keep an eye on TGC's BoxOffice Forum. The first week's thread will be up and predictions will be accepted starting at the beginning of the first week of the regular season in September. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 1 Guest - 0 Anonymous · general skywalker · Jaska The Hutt · Bane Nathos · Scorpio Praeda · General Ceel · Carissa Dustine · Goff256 · Brayden Xykarn · Reyven Samoth · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 654, Daily Visits: 7527, Total Posts: 809338, Total Visits: 8253488 August 24, 2006 THE PHANTOM MENACE: 10th Anniversary Countdown has begun. Thats right. The members of The Gungan Council are embarking on a 999 day countdown until the 10th Birthday of the film that changed the world. On May 19th 2009 The Phantom Menace will turn 10 years old. If we succeed, this latest countdown will exeed TGC's previous record, and become the longest countdown in TGC history. The current record belongs to Episode III. Our countdown to Revenge of the Sith lasted an amazing 833 days. Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Darth Necros · Mayda Ferium · BethanyKismet · ArgothDroom · DarkSkyKerberos · Artemis Obauldi · Rolf Sergeo · General Ceel · Kamon Vondiranach · Goff256 · High Admiral Disra · Reyven Samoth Statistics: Daily Posts: 670, Daily Visits: 7558 August 27, 2006 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 7982 registered members - We currently have $79.00 in our chest. Who's Online: 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · JarrodConner · Skip Lone · Keira Lyshaa · BethanyKismet · TK 4215 · Lenan Arderre · General Ceel · Lan Cai Madowki · Zerxes Vondiranach · Goff256 · Darth Zeyan · Kasai Rukou Statistics: Daily Posts: 664, Daily Visits: 7611, Total Posts: 812085, Total Visits: 8288208 September 2006 September 3, 2006 Are you ready for some football? The NFL preaseason comes to an end this weekend while the regular season arrives this coming thursday. The entry thread for the prediction game is up and running and can be found in the Box Office & Entertainment forum for all of those who are interested. Good luck. News Notes: - 38004 registered members - We currently have $79.00 in our chest Statistics: Daily Posts: 679, Daily Visits: 7654, Total Posts: 817100, Total Visits: 8344755 September 5, 2006 The Labor Day holiday weekend has come and gone, and for those of us in the USA that means the informal end of Summer and the beginning of the autumn season. And with that, TGC has gone green again. Thats right, another design change. This time we have gone back to the light green design and banner created by Keira Lyshaa, first introduced a few years back. The Gungan Council, additionally, has set up a "Fall Festival" forum for discussing all things related to autumn in our lives. Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Sirus Moore · Rach Sullen · Corruo Licentia · DarkSkyKerberos · Tantor25 · General Ceel · Franz Meyer · Arklite Vao Statistics: Daily Posts: 698, Total Posts: 818680, Daily Visits: 7908, Total Visits: 8365767 September 6, 2006 Its almost like clockwork. School starts up each fall, and each fall the activity level at TGC begins to rise again after the late summer slump. Early summer is an active time, when many TGC members get out of school, but mid and late summer bring rise to family vacations resulting in time away from the computer. But then school starts and suddenly these same people are at their computers doing homework again while they post. And then of course you have a handful of adult members, like myself, who work all the time, but manage to maintain a slow but steady activity level throughout the year. Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Darth Necros · Skip Lone · Mayda Ferium · Tipp Gravin · Nesrin Blaine · Fritz Thyssen · General Ceel · Faridon · Hawk Hinata · Terrel Selret · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 712, Daily Visits: 7987 September 9, 2006 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 8033 registered members Statistics: Daily Posts: 715, Daily Visits: 8025, Total Posts: 821599, Total Visits: 8399806 September 11, 2006 Today marks the 5th Anniversary of the horrible Terrorists attacks which hit the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a field in Western Pennsylvania. Do you remember where you were that morning? I was still in college then, sitting at my computer posting on TGC when someone from down the hall knocked on the door and told my roomate and I to turn on the TV. We were just in time to see the 2nd plane hit. Almost without pause, the first of many messages about the horrific attack reached TGC. A year later, in honor of those who died, TGC's roleplaying forum was locked in order to cause a cease fire for a day. Five years to the day, America is still alive and strong, the battle against terrorism goes on, and TGC lives on. Who's Online: (5:45PM) 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Derrek Fisto · Keira Lyshaa · MaizeWayne · Ganan Feylocc · High Admiral Disra · Raven Hinata · Drake Vallen · Haldon Kor · Nesrin Blaine · Jessari Tanelorn · Moyicai Gimar · Spark Vallen · Mayda Ferium · The Lestrange · General Ceel · Reyven Samoth Statistics: Daily Posts: 711, Daily Visits: 8189 September 12, 2006 This morning at 12:01AM, for the first time ever, the unedited original theatrical editions of the classic Star Wars trilogy came to DVD video. I waited until I was home from work this afternoon to pick up my copies at Wal Mart, adding to my ever growing collection of Star Wars DVDs. Who's Online: (9:15PM) 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Rach Sullen · Lorren Misthain · Skip Lone · Corric Tarsyn · xizorkatarn · Sara Cloud · ARC 9132 · Bane Nathos · BethanyKismet · Stephen Meteor · ArgothDroom · Nesrin Blaine · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · Keir Wayne · The Lestrange · Farce Ayden · Isabelle Shiroph · High Admiral Disra · Karlie Lynn September 14, 2006 Transfer seems to be the theme of the month. In recent weeks TGC has experienced a sudden influx of members wishing to transfer their character ranks from other communities. Thats exactly the kind of thing I like to see. Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Kane E Smart · Hadrian Khan · Bane Nathos · Terran Glorian · Tantor25 · General Ceel · Goff256 · Hurr Ap Sharad · Cassius Exeter · Remy Gray · Reyven Samoth · Emily Hinata · Darth Skiazo Statistics: Daily Posts: 719, Daily Visits: 8330, Total Posts: 825296, Total Visits: 8447188 September 19, 2006 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 6 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Mayda Ferium · Keira Lyshaa · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · Fritz Thyssen · Carissa Dustine · Goff256 · Hawk Hinata · High Admiral Disra · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 704, Daily Visits: 8344 September 24, 2006 Starting on October 1st TGC will be featuring a Halloween forum. Similar to our Christmas forum last year, the Halloween forum will try to get people really talking and enjoying the fall season as they share their customs, memories and activities with each other. All month long TGC will be decorated with holiday themed banners. Hope to see you there. September 28, 2006 I decided to set up TGC's Halloween forum a few days early. I had planned on doing it October 1st, but the mood struck me last night. For the next month "TGC: Treehouse of Horror 2006" will be your forum for all Halloween discussion. Also, the first of the Halloween banners has now been applied to the board. Thanks Bethany! News Notes: - 8086 registered members - BoxOffice Contest Week 39 - NFL Prediction Game Week 4 Who's Online: (9:00PM) 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Corric Tarsyn · Bane Nathos · Promiscuous Addiction · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Goff256 · Setto Konis · Remy Gray · Emily Victoria Garnier · Ramal Cloud · Pter Arakin · Arklite Vao · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 749, Total Posts: 836606, Daily Visits: 8585, Total Visits: 8563508 October 2006 October 2, 2006 Welcome to the first monday in October. Its a chilly morning with a bit of fog here in North Eastern Pennsylvania as I dread having to leave for work in about 40 minutes. I hope that everybody's Sunday, the first day of the month, went well. I spent the day with my girlfriend Danielle and members of her family. News Notes: - 50097 registered members Statistics: Daily Posts: 757, Daily Visits: 8412 October 4, 2006 Another day, another banner. Thats right, it is only October 4th, but The Gungan Council is already featuring its 3rd Halloween themed banner with many still to come before October 31st. Don't miss a day or you might miss a banner. Who's Online: (7:24AM) 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Kyte Hinata · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Derrek Fisto · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 791, Daily Visits: 8398, Total Posts: 841949, Total Visits: 8611148 October 5, 2006 In just a few short days the Halloween Forum, "TGC: Treehouse of Horror 2006", has managed to run up a strong post count of 600. With most of the month still ahead of us it is sure to continue to grow. But we need your help. Please be sure to start interesting new topics. Who's Online: (7:40AM) 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · uxmal13 · Vohn Exel · Dorian Caedes · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Ken sho stoka · Kamon Vondiranach · vince kieff · Emily Victoria Garnier · Hawk Hinata · Cerian Sanika · Taer Lyn Pall Statistics: Daily Posts: 811, Daily Visits: 8500 October 9, 2006 And on we go into the second week of October...already. News Notes: - 8116 registered members - TGC: Treehouse of Horror 2006: 852 posts and counting - We currently have $79.00 in our chest Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 1 Guest - 3 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Zan Kyoru · General Ceel · Hawk Hinata · Xirix Corillian · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 863, Daily Visits: 8513, Total Posts: 847707, Total Visits: 8659386 October 13, 2006 I feel like I should say something this morning but nothing really comes to mind... Statistics: Daily Posts: 868, Daily Visits: 8467, Total Posts: 850809, Total Visits: 8694396 October 15, 2006 Yesterday we had our first snow flurry of the year in Pennsylvania and if that doesn't put a person in the holiday mood I don't know what would. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. October 17, 2006 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 8130 registered members - TGC: Treehouse of Horror 2006 continues - We currently have $79.00 in our chest Who's Online: (7:40AM) 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Alucard the fallen One · Darth Maleficus · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Abaddon Velshaar · Hawk Hinata · Taer Lyn Pall · Relen Zero Statistics: Daily Posts: 914, Daily Visits: 8677, Total Posts: 854903, Total Visits: 8731082 October 24, 2006 It is a cold frosty morning here in Pennsylvania where you might say TGC is "based". Its hard to believe that it is October 24th already. AHHHH, we're running out of October. The Halloween Forum has gone well for us this month, but of course I am already getting excited about converting it to the Holiday Forum come this time next week. If you are interested in creating Thanksgiving and Christmas banners for the board they are now being accepted in the Halloween Forum. News Notes: - We currently have $139.00 in our chest. - 8140 registered members Statistics: N/A Due to Ezboard Bug October 28, 2006 Only 3 more spooky days left before Halloween. After that TGC is going into Holiday mode. Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 6 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Keira Lyshaa · Nesrin Blaine · Korran Halcyon · Darth Terace · General Ceel · JelKi · Mak Manto · Kamon Vondiranach · Zerxes Vondiranach · Kyle R Solo · Relen Zero Statistics: Daily Posts: 951, Daily Visits: 8766 October 29, 2006 Spring ahead...fall back. You guessed it. Daylight Savings time again. It kicked in this morning around 2:00AM, but as always I forgot to change the clock on TGC until just a few minutes ago October 31, 2006 HAPPY HALLOWEEN November 2006 November 2, 2006 Let the Holiday Season Begin! Thats right, it is now November and that means the beginning of Holiday discussions on The Gungan Council. The Hoilday Forum is already up and running. Remember, we are currently seeking Holiday Banners to display at the top of the board. Statistics: Total Posts: 868,221, Total Visits: 8,864,381 November 4, 2006 Let there be Christmas Cheer! November is just getting started and already TGC's members have created no less than 8 Banners to adorn TGC in during the holiday season. Keep them coming! November 5, 2006 A very very strange thing has just happened. TGC's Birthday, November 1st, has come and gone.....and apparently we forgot all about it. Happy Birthday TGC. With the impending switch to Yuke this could be our last Classic Ezboard Birthday. All in all it has been a very good year for the community. News Notes: - 71166 registered members Statistics: Daily Posts: 809, Daily Visits: 8285 November 7, 2006 Nothing to Report News Notes: - 8172 registered members Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Aidan Crow · Bill Gould · Mike Zenima · Keira Lyshaa · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Kahne Porte · Kamon Vondiranach · Hawk Hinata · Thane Steiner · Karlie Lynn Statistics: Daily Posts: 822, Daily Visits: 8411, Total Posts: 872232, Total Visits: 8910234 November 11, 2006 Sunny and in the 60s in November? And in Pennsylvania no less? That has been the case all week long, but you don't see my complaining. My only fear is that when the temperature does finally drop down to normal levels its really gonna drop and be a shock to the system getting up for work in the early morning hours. But I guess we all have to take the good with the bad in each of our lives. Enjoy your weekend Statistics: Daily Posts: 833, Daily Visits: 8264 November 13, 2006 45 weeks into the year, this is how the TGC Weekly Boxoffice Game looks: Score Board General Ceel: 7 Bane Nathos: 5 Cooryn Folcoer: 4 Wickim Totim: 3 Clegg Holdfast: 3 Karlie Lynn: 3 Tiresais: 3 Tantor25: 2 Hathoruodo: 2 Emily Hinata: 2 BethanyKismet: 2 Korran Halcyon: 2 Baruku: 2 Mak Manto: 1 Skip Lone: 1 Jedi Mad Pierre: 1 kypzethdurron: 1 Darth Erebus: 1 Statistics: Total Posts: 877799, Total Visits: 8964146 November 17, 2006 Sorry for the lack of updates. The past two days I've been kept offline by a nasty computer virus, which I have just not gotten under control. In the meantime TGC recieved its 9,000,000th page view. Why is it that i always seem to be off line when we hit these milestones? Anyhow. Congrats all who care, and keep the clicks coming. November 19, 2006 8 years and counting at this, and I still manage to experience new "firsts" around TGC. Last night I had a conversation with our very own Spark Vallen on the phone. I've never talked to a TGC member in that medium before. It was a very interesting experience and well worth repeating again in the future. November 20, 2006 Word on the Street is that Ezboard has begin accepting community requests for Migration to the new Yuku system, and that manditory migration will begin by early 2007. Is the end at hand? Or just a new beginning? Hold onto your butts! News Notes: - Star Wars 30th Anniversary: 186 Days Away - TPM 10th Anniversary: 910 Days Away Who's Online: (5:30PM) 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 4 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Sageeth Luthor · Arin Ellis · HethShaLor · Serena Tazinoke · Owen Krieger · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · Odessian · Goff256 · Hawk Hinata · Antares Marclonus · Saron Dacen · Raven Hinata · Master Atonai Statistics: Daily Posts: 790, Daily Visits: 8484, Total Posts: 884190, Total Visits: 9034496 November 23, 2006 HAPPY THANKSGIVING November 26, 2006 Thanksgiving weekend is coming to a close and already much of the world has kicked into "Christmas Mode". Black Friday shopping in America was insane, as usual. On TGC members have been doing a little gift shopping of their own. For the second year in a row TGC is sponsoring its "Give The Gift of Ezsupporter" program. Buy somebody ezsupporter today. Not only is it a lovely gesture to a fellow member, it also helps keep the cost of our community low. News Notes: - 8213 registered members Who's Online: 29 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 5 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Alex Taldren · Steph Hinata · Emryc · Mike Zenima · Korran Halcyon · Sageeth Luthor · General Dorlas · Andrillian Sersan · RoninWendigo · Hawk Hinata · Kamon Vondiranach · Mak Manto · Tal Hawkins · Aspen Coralian · Craig Spark · Jan Willem · Corringath Ventraas · General Ceel · Ciara Lone Statistics: Total Posts: 887611, Total Visits: 9071996 November 27, 2006 Taking advantage of my time off from work for Thanksgiving, yesterday I owned the "Yuku Development Forum" on TGC. The change to Yuku is coming, likely in the next several months, and it was high time that TGC got ready for it. We would all linke for traditional ezboard to live on forever, but since that is not going to happen we have to make the best of the situation. So as you might have guessed, TGC has been a flurry with activity these past two days. Between the Yuku talk and the Holiday season there hasn't been a dull moment in days. News Notes: - We currently have $159.00 in our chest. Who's Online: (5:00PM) 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 8 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Emryc · Serena Tazinoke · Mike Zenima · Ig 172 · Kane E Smart · C3PZ · Skip Lone · Arin Ellis · Hawk Hinata · Raven Hinata · R2D7 · Nesrin Blaine · Jan Willem · Owen Krieger · Joscelin Grey · Phinehas Nido · Craig Sparks · Spark Vallen · General Ceel · Tantor25 · Arklite Stormrage Statistics: Daily Posts: 785, Daily Visits: 8683, Total Posts: 889158, Total Visits: 9090908 November 28, 2006 For the first time in a long time I must say that I am truly excited about TGC and its possible future. Its been 8 years since all of this began, and the recent history of the past few years has worn heavy on me. But I am seeing things a bit differently today. 8 MORE YEARS! 8 MORE YEARS! Who's Online: (3:00PM) 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 5 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Lady Velori · Sloane Saniss · Set Til Shiv · General Ceel · Jan Willem · Mak Manto · vince kieff · Emryc Statistics: Daily Posts: 800, Daily Visits: 8857 November 29, 2006 Old members are popping up right and left at TGC this week, no doubt their interests have been perked by the impending migration to Yuku. Who's Online: (6:10PM) 31 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 21 Members - 3 Guests - 7 Anonymous · Lady Velori · Matthew Lydar · Nex Memphis · Serena Tazinoke · Mike Zenima · Talena Marzullo · Kavax Xerras · Quel Jin Lorn · Mikhael Kosovich · High Admiral Disra · Tiresais · Colt Sutran · Hawk Hinata · Shana Valor · Mak Manto · Tal Hawkins · Nesrin Blaine · Inson Veritas · Corringath Ventraas · TK 1111 · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 811, Daily Visits: 8998 November 30, 2006 Last day of November, already? Yep, and the month seems to be going out with a bang. I haven't seen activity on TGC like this in a while. Feels great. Who's Online: (8:00PM) 43 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 14 Guests - 10 Anonymous · Matthew Lydar · Serena Tazinoke · Skelosh Delaroche · Jerrid Syn · Tivaris Gujin · Kane E Smart · Sloane Saniss · Talena Marzullo · Kavax Xerras · Colt Sutran · Ocdinater · RoninWendigo · Hawk Hinata · Kamon Vondiranach · Zealon Rath · Mak Manto · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Antares Marclonus Statistics: Total Posts: 891743, Total Visits: 9126264 December 2006 December 1, 2006 And now the moment that you've all been waiting for! (not). Late last night General Ceel made his long anticipated return to serious roleplaying. Thats right, with all this Yuku madness, and dreams of new challenges to come, it seems that that old competitive edge has returned to me. My first new serious roleplay in quite sometime is called "Crouching Kaddu, Hidden Gungan," and you already know where to find it. News Notes: - We currently have $170.00 in our chest. - 74229 registered members Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Lady Velori · Steph Hinata · Emryc · Karlie Lynn · General Dorlas · Colt Sutran · Skip Lone · Kamon Vondiranach · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 823, Daily Visits: 9211, Total Posts: 892804, Total Visits: 9138996 December 2, 2006 At the current pace The Gungan Council should recieve its 900,000th post later this coming week. At that point the race to 1,000,000 will begin. Some of the members, including myself, have made it a goal to see the board reach one million before the move to Yuku which is likely to happen in the early/middle of 2007. Who's Online: 34 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 24 Members - 5 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Lady Velori · Odessian · Derrek Fisto · Emryc · Serena Tazinoke · Caleb Torran · Sloane Saniss · High Admiral Disra · Darth Maleficus · Hawk Hinata · Damian Blacke · Zealon Rath · Evelyn Veicht · Draco Naru · Mak Manto · Tal Hawkins · Rinslet Nesha · Tethis Aresis · Nesrin Blaine · Max Kebron · PadawanBeldaPinik · Craig Sparks · General Ceel · Spark Vallen Statistics: Daily Posts: 837, Daily Visits: 9304 December 4, 2006 While the impending switch from Ezboard to Yuku is still some months off, the Staff and I have been taking this end-of-the-year chance to update the roleplaying hall of fame, and in essence are trying to wrap up, or tie up the loose ends, of the ezboard era of The Gungan Council. Visit the hall to see who has been inducted most recently. News Notes: - 8243 registered members Who's Online: (5:00PM) 30 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 9 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Emryc · Zelazny Webb · Tivaris Gujin · MaizeWayne · Sloane Saniss · Bail Garialod · Ashelin Marr · Corric Tarsyn · Ocdinater · Darth Monark · Darth Necromis · Warok Totem · Tipp Shimer · Finne Fir · BethanyKismet · Tal Hawkins · General Ceel · Tantor25 Statistics: Daily Posts: 850, Daily Visits: 9489, Total Posts: 895501, Total Visits: 9171281 December 5, 2006 Where is the holiday spirit? Who's Online: (5:30PM) 35 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 7 Guests - 9 Anonymous · Kallis Mertoi · Steph Hinata · Ashelin Marr · Arin Ellis · Mariya Fleischer · Evelyn Veicht · Dhagon Memphis · RM 117 · Tipp Gravin · Tal Hawkins · Finne Fir · Leonidas Sparta · Kahne Porte · Nesrin Blaine · Rach Sullen · Tethis Aresis · General Ceel · Elric Wayne · Antares Marclonus Statistics: Daily Posts: 854, Daily Visits: 9656 December 7, 2006 Another successful fund raising season at TGC. This year, thanks to the generous donations of a number of TGC's members we have again met our goals for the next 6 months. Thanks guys, and good work. News Notes: - 8250 registered members - We currently have $205.00 in our chest. - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $201 - Big Boards Ranking: #1356 Who's Online: 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 3 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Alex Dunne · Drake Pollard · Fritz Thyssen · Milo Series · Ashelin Marr · Ocdinater · Nikai Numenor · Ardus Kaine · Hawk Hinata · Dhagon Memphis · Mak Manto · BethanyKismet · Nesrin Blaine · Corbin Vondiranach · General Ceel · Elric Wayne Statistics: Total Posts: 897914, Total Visits: 9205809 December 8, 2006 The push for 900,000 total posts at TGC is on. As we speak, the charge for this milestone is being led by our own staff members Bane Nathos and Bethany Kismet who have vowed to see the goal met before 3:00AM on December 9th when the new statistical day begins on ezboard. Will we make it? Tune in tomorrow to find out. In the meantime go make a post and be part of TGC history in the making. News Notes: - 8256 registered members - Big Boards Ranking: #1353 Who's Online: (10:15PM) 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 2 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Lady Velori · Peiori Caligga · Darth Monark · Ashelin Marr · Galen Halcyon · BethanyKismet · Nesrin Blaine · RoninWendigo · Anesia Jy Vun · General Ceel · Phinehas Nido Statistics: Total Posts: 899543, Total Visits: 9218129 December 9, 2006 As TGC stands on the brink of transition between Ezboard and the new system, Yuku, yet another kind of era has come to an end for the community. At 2:20PM on this Saturday afternoon Danster the Gangster was removed from the staff of TGC. Danster has been an admin here at TGC since 2001. Once a potent force at TGC, and one of the community's most prolific posters, Dan's activity level has dwindled here in recent years. Last year, out of respect, I made Danster honorary "Co-Owner" of the community, in essence a move which allowed me to relieve him of daily admin duties which he could no longer maintain, while at once keeping him on as a holder of Admin powers over the community. But all things should and most, at some point or another, come to an end. With TGC gearing up for an exciting future, it only makes sense that a few links to the past should be cut, allowing for new traditions to form. Thanks Danster. Its been a wild ride. Good luck out there. Statistics: Total Posts: 900403, Total Visits: 9225256 December 12, 2006 Author, occasional TGC poster, and life long Star Wars fan, Jonathan Bowen (JonathanLB) is hard at work putting the finishing touches to his second book about the Star Wars experience. He has asked for our help in his seach fan opinions. Head on over to the Star Wars Cinema forum to lend a hand and perhaps see your name and words in print sometime next year. Who's Online: (4:40PM) 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 4 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Steph Hinata · Emryc · Zelazny Webb · Dawn Rursak · Gabriel Masters · Arin Ellis · RoninWendigo · Galen Halcyon · Hawk Hinata · Kyle R Solo · xizorkatarn · Draco Naru · Tipp Gravin · Mak Manto · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Antares Marclonus Statistics: Daily Posts: 857, Daily Visits: 10068 December 14, 2006 Over the past week the 2006 TGC Member Census has been taking place, with each member of the community checking in to report their presence and the faction with which they are currently affiliated. A year ago, in the 2005 Census aprox. 200 members checked in. This year looks to be just as strong, if not stronger. News Notes: - 8281 registered members - TGC: Yuku Development Forum: 979 Posts Statistics: Daily Posts: 852, Daily Visits: 10166, Total Posts: 904654, Total Visits: 9281622 December 19, 2006 The last two years have been very productive for TGC. After the May 2005 hack destroyed most of our roleplaying archives we were back to square one. Very recently, however, our two archives became very full, and for the first time since about 2004 (or early 2005) the archive forums had to again be split into three separate forums with archival designations based on thread length. Good work everybody. Nobody can keep TGC down. News Notes: - 8297 registered members Who's Online: 31 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 22 Members - 6 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Emryc · Korran Halcyon · General Dorlas · Relen Zero · arumizy · Torl Makas · RoninWendigo · Hawk Hinata · Subject 4D668493X · Master Atonai · Duo Crossward Maxwell · Diva Vestara · Mak Manto · Rinslet Nesha · Tethis Aresis · Nesrin Blaine · Baruku · General Ceel · Tantor25 · Darth Sandrius · Elric Wayne · Sandrius Monarrek Statistics: Daily Posts: 867, Daily Visits: 10340, Total Posts: 908924, Total Visits: 9330193 December 22, 2006 It is Friday evening, the beginning of Christmas Weekend as Christmas falls on a Monday this year. Hope everybody is enjoying their much desired time off, time with their family, and all other joys that the holidays entail. December 24, 2006 Enjoy your Christmas Eve. I have had a pretty good one so far. This afternoon I watched the Steelers game on a big screen TV and with plenty of beer. Too bad they lost. Earlier this evening friends and family came over to snack on various foods. Thats all for now. Who's Online: 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 5 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · CloudClark · Serena Tazinoke · Quel Jin Lorn · Skelosh Delaroche · General Ceel · Odessian · Tursi Drake · Halden Sheppard · Dearic Thyne Statistics: Total Posts: 912698, Total Visits: 9376524 December 25, 2006 MERRY CHRISTMAS! December 26, 2006 Take down the decorations and sweep the floor, its time to usher out the old year and welcome in the new. Hard to believe that we are already standing on the doorstep of 2007. May it be another good year for The Gungan Council. Statistics: Daily Posts: 835, Daily Visits: 10288 December 29, 2006 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 8318 registered members Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 4 Members - 5 Guests - 6 Anonymous · General Ceel · Kamon Vondiranach · Empty Road · Malachi Onasi Statistics: Daily Posts: 807, Daily Visits: 9864, Total Posts: 915372, Total Visits: 9414290
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Posts: 118203 (05/30/06 6:23) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	2007 January 2007 January 2, 2007 Welcome to the 2007 edition of my TGC Owner's Diary. It is hard to believe that this thing is already going on its third year. Oh where or where have the last two years gone? When the diary was getting started we were counting down the finaly days until the release of Revenge of The Sith. I can still remember how excited everybody was. Although there are no more Star Wars films to wait for the world of Star Wars Fandom remains active and eciting for all of us. In just a few short months Star Wars will celebrate its 30th Birthday, and of course there are the upcoming TV shows, both animated and live action, which are expected to reach the public in 2008 and 2009. Happy New Year. News Notes: - 71327 registered members - We currently have $205.00 in our chest. Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 1 Guest - 4 Anonymous · Keira Lyshaa · BethanyKismet · General Ceel · Odessian · Rulic Corodious · Farce Ayden · Corringath Ventraas Statistics: Daily Posts: 791, Daily Visits: 9362, Total Posts: 918782, Total Visits: 9445794 Today's New Members: Dreidik, 6silver6Fire6, Jaarn Kinmar, Arcia Wells, Nathaniel Alcine January 4, 2007 I had a nice little entry for today's date in TGC history all ready to get posted but I am sorry to report that my computer decided to eat it. Anybody remember the insecure days when on a computer you could hit forward and backspace and go back to find everything you wrote still there? I miss those days. sigh January 6, 2007 Wow, i feel like i've been neglecting TGC this week. Let me explain. Aside from my normal 8 hour per day 5 days per week job, each evening upon coming home I have been spending my hours remodeling my bedroom. I started out by scraping the walls, applying a nice new layer of plaster to hide the imperfections, and then sanding. This was followed by a couple coats of primer and finally today the first coat of paint on both the walls and the trim. My bedroom is now as green as a gungan with off white trim. And in my opinion it looks great. But do any of you really care about this? Probably not. I'll shut up now. Statistics: Daily Posts: 754, Daily Visits: 8873 January 10, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · arumizy · BigTalker · Tiresais · CactusJackFoley · Tantor25 · General Ceel · Darth Skiazo Statistics: Daily Posts: 698, Daily Visits: 8466 January 12, 2007 Greetings. Lots of action on TGC these past two days. Yesterday I opened a forum called "TGC: Community Meeting", and ever since we have been using it to hammer out some issues that have recently come to my attention across the community. One of the matters being discussed is possible changes to the take-over rules which have not been edited since they were originally drafted last year. Other discussion doing on deals with the proposal to consolidate our two Jedi factions and two sith factions until just one super faction for each side of the force. Who's Online: (4:40PM) 32 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 25 Members - 6 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Antares Marclonus · Kain Shadowfax · Steph Hinata · Derrek Fisto · Emryc · Bane Nathos · Korvus Corax · Zelazny Webb · Emily Victoria Garnier · Caleb Torran · Kavax Xerras · Jedi Sia Dallia · Darth Maleficus · Asa Goss · JelKi · Kamon Vondiranach · Kyle R Solo · Dari Knightsaber · Mak Manto · Nesrin Blaine · Corbin Vondiranach · Baruku · General Ceel · Spark Vallen · Elric Wayne Statistics: Daily Posts: 724, Daily Visits: 8672 January 16, 2007 Two very big days right in a row at The Gungan Council Roleplaying Galaxy. History has been made. With discussions first beginning in december, plans made then have finally come to fruition. Yesterday The Jedi Council and The Jedibrotherhood merged to become the ga;azy's only Jedi faction: The Jedi Council. Just about 24 hours later Dark Sith Order and Sine Occasu: Sith Brotherhood merged to become the galaxy's only Sith faction: The Sith Council. Its just like 1999 all over again. January 18, 2007 The action continues at The Gungan Council. The Jedi and Sith of the galaxy have now been consolitated against each other, but there is more work to be done. Today a special forum was set up to discuss ways of revitalizing our withering neutral factions. The Separatists have been removed from the galaxy altogether, while The Republic is about to recieve a face lift. More to come... Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Keira Lyshaa · Bane Nathos · Jake Caliban · Fritz Thyssen · The Joker666 · Lorren Misthain · Arveleg · Dari Knightsaber · Diva Vestara · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 732, Daily Visits: 9092, Total Posts: 931230, Total Visits: 9606536 January 21, 2007 Its almost Valentine's Day and in honor of the season TGC has gone pink. Check out our snazzy pink banner at the top, as well as pink hover text and other highlights through out the community. There are also Valentines' Day related topics to be discussed through out the community. January 24, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Master Atonai · Tsiil · Tiresais · General Ceel · Jamal Calrissian · Odessian · General Dorlas · Darius Sumner · Kahne Porte · Antares Marclonus · George Tisrall · Reyven Samoth · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 756, Daily Visits: 9329, Total Posts: 935877, Total Visits: 9663883 January 28, 2007 Sorry for the lack of updates. I went back to work this week, after two weeks off, and so naturally you might guess that my online time is a bit more limited than it would be otherwise. Both The Jedi Council and The Sith Council seem to have adjusted well to the mergers. There is still much work to be done in the neutral areas, however, and that will continue as time allows. Statistics: Total Posts: 937876, Total Visits: 9695247 February 2007 February 2, 2007 February has just begun, its a friday evening, and snow is falling outside my window here in Pennsylvania where it has been a strange winter. The two inches of snow that we are expected to get this evening will be the largest snowfall here so far this year. Pathetic. During the first two weeks of January we were still seeing temps in the mid 60's. Anyhow, enjoy your weekend. News Notes: - 41381 registered members Who's Online: 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 2 Guests - 5 Anonymous · NavaraJayce · Keira Lyshaa · Bane Nathos · Evelyn Veicht · Darth Maleficus · Kyle Thomson · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Kahne Porte · Bernon Eldin · Reyven Samoth · Kyle R Solo Statistics: Total Posts: 940811, Total Visits: 9742079 February 4, 2007 SUPERBOWL SUNDAY Take that all you mentally deficient European Soccer fans. Your favorite sport is boring. February 5, 2007 The Gungan Council is now just under 8,000 posts away from reaching the 950,000 total post mark. This means we will soon be within striking distance of the coveted 1 Million mark. News Notes: - Renewed Gold Community for TGC this morning - We currently have $8.00 in our chest. Who's Online: 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 4 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Bane Nathos · DarkSkyKerberos · Tantor25 · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Rolf Sergeo · Elijah Morvante · Derrek Fisto · AD 967 · Malice Draclau · Brayden Xykarn · Maniac742 Statistics: Daily Posts: 729, Daily Visits: 9960, Total Posts: 942662, Total Visits: 9766940 February 7, 2007 I wish there were something interesting to report today but there simply isn't. Oh wait, breaking news. Bane Nathos just got himself globally banned from the ezboard network by the spam filter because he no longer has ezsupporter....and as a result of his profile now being on Yuku he is unable to renew. Yikes. I told him to send a support ticket to ezlegal. Hopefully they will sort things out for him shortly. Statistics: Daily Posts: 726, Daily Visits: 9934 February 11, 2007 It is a cold February morning here in Pennsylvania where TGC was created and continues to be maintained from, but even with temps down around zero there are already some signs of sping on the way. And you know what sprin means right? Warm weather and hot movies. And hot movies give us something to talk about here. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 6 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Evelyn Veicht · General Ceel · Kahne Porte · Reyven Samoth · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 687, Daily Visits: 9550 February 13, 2007 Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. What did you get your sweetie? February 17, 2007 A few days ago, after repeated warnings during the past few months, "The Rebellion" was removed from the TGC roleplaying galaxy. Statistics: Daily Posts: 613, Daily Visits: 8784 February 21, 2007 TGC slowing down.... Statistics: Daily Posts: 580, Daily Visits: 8499 February 26, 2007 Come on February. End already. Nobody wants you around... March 2007 March 3, 2007 News Notes: - 65423 registered members Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Zelazny Webb · DarkSkyKerberos · General Ceel · Elijah Morvante · Tristan Nathos · Littryreeia · Hawk Hinata · Taer Lyn Pall Statistics: Daily Posts: 573, Daily Visits: 7816, Total Posts: 957475, Total Visits: 9969082 March 3, 2007 Ten Million Page Views and counting. Thats right, The Gungan Council has reached another milestone. Next up, 1 million posts. Please stand bye. Statistics: Total Posts: 960474, Total Visits: 10001837 March 10, 2007 TGC's 2nd most prolithic poster, and long time staff member, Bane Nathos will be parting ways with our community on Sunday for an expected absence of about two years. Bane Nathos has a long and interesting history here at TGC. Shortly after his initial arrival he was banned from the community due to his behavior. After his banning was eventually ended Bane worked his way though the ranks, becoming both a Master and an Admin. Most recently he founded "The Republic of TGC", though the most memorable event in Bane's time here will always be the occasion on which he accidently banned himself from the community. Bane has been a great friend to me personally, and a great asset to the community. He will be missed during his absence. P.S: Its too bad that he is leaving to help spread a false understanding of Christianity. But with any luck, and God's help, you might just find the truth out there. March 11, 2007 The US gov, in its infinite wisdom saw it fit to this year begin day light savings time two weeks earlier than usual. The idea? Energy savings. Will it work? I guess we'll find out in a couple years. The good news is that, as with Y2K, the world did not end at 2:00AM this morning due to computer issues relating to the change. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · arumizy · Thrawn One · Jade Nathos · Darth Maleficus · DarkSkyKerberos · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Brayden Xykarn · Emryc Statistics: Daily Posts: 568, Daily Visits: 7395 March 14, 2007 It is hard to believe that 2007 is already entering its 10th week, but its true. And since 2007 is now 10 months old it must mean that our yearly boxoffice contest is also 10 weeks old. Lets take a quick look at the standings so far this year: General Ceel: 4 Wickim Totim: 2 Kamon Vondiranach: 2 kypzethdurron: 2 Darth Cazador: 1 CactusJackFoley: 1 Jedi Amnde: 1 Kahne Porte: 1 Statistics: Daily Posts: 567, Daily Visits: 7327 March 17, 2007 On March 16th 2006 Ezboard CEO Rob sent out a message across the system updating members on their progress with the development of Yuku. At that point I had already been testing Yuku for about 7 months. Here we are a year later. The Yuku product continues to improve on a daily basis, and yet TGC remains here on Ezboard where it feels most at home. Will Yuku ever be what we need? The best guess is that within the next year, regardless, Yuku will become our home. News Notes: - 8443 registered members - Big Boars Rank: #1355 - We currently have $8.00 in our chest - Gold Community expires on: September 5, 2007 (172 days left). - Current Adjusted Price (Gold Community/6 months) : $163 - STAR WARS: 30th Anniversary Countdown: 71 Days Left - PHANTOM MENACE 10TH Anniversary: 794 Days Away Who's Online: 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Zelazny Webb · Derrick Nassor · Quel Jin Lorn · Myra Majestic · Nesrin Blaine · Moros Delicti · Metran Seamus · Darth Terace · General Ceel · Odessian · Steph Zenima · Jonkar Sebatine · Kahne Porte · Bernon Eldin · Warrik Trokum · Tyriq Calrissian Statistics: Daily Posts: 582, Daily Visits: 7273, Total Posts: 966199, Total Visits: 10071762 March 22, 2007 Where the hell did March go? No matter, the months and years tick away and TGC remains. Statistics: Daily Posts: 584, Daily Visits: 7257 March 24, 2007 Efforts are currently under way to reorganize The Band of Outlaws and The Crimson Ferret's Revenge into a single faction at TGC. Neither faction is currently preforming up to expectations, and there are obvious advantages in putting more members in one location. And so, as we get ready for Yuku the squeeze continues. TGC is being boiled down to its most necessary parts, which will make it far easier to move when the time comes. Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 8 Guests - 1 Anonymous · ARC 7151 · Araeana Liz · Darth Sandrius · Anesia Jy Vun · Moros Delicti · Rolf Sergeo · General Ceel · Black Tiara · Corringath Ventraas · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 580, Daily Visits: 7259, Total Posts: 970069, Total Visits: 10124320 March 26, 2007 The push for 1 million is on. A group of members calling themselves the "Strike Force" have each pledged themselves to make 150 posts or more per day until the goal is reached. So far the results have been nothing short of wonderful. TGC scored nearly 1900 posts yesterday, while today we are on pace for 2000+. Good work guys. Current Strike Force members are: Rach Sullen Saphira Rain Sarah Scanlon kypzethdurron Mak Manto Darth Terace Moyicai Gimar Cooryn Folcoer Yuki Kaji Onnai Keira Lyshaa Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 4 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Rufion · Serapis Ra · Saphira Rain · Keira Lyshaa · Darth Immortus · Tiresais · Yuki Kaji Onnai · Diva Vestara · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 647, Daily Visits: 7284, Total Posts: 973520, Total Visits: 10142335 March 28, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Statistics: Daily Posts: 811, Total Posts: 979453 March 29, 2007 Some interesting news on the ezboard - Yuku front was posted on TGC today by a visiting member who knew of our ongoing conerns with the impending switch. Going on two years after we first heard the word "Yuku" it seems that Ezboard is getting some updates. Thats right. They told us that development of ezboard was over, but that no longer seems to be the case. Will Ezboard still close one day? Probably. But at least for now it looks like the time for that is still some time off. Work continues on Yuku, ever in its beta phase. In the meantime, live goes ever on here at TGC on ezboard, where we have been since 1999. Who's Online: 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 3 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Darth Umbra · Talon Prowler · NavaraJayce · Mike Zenima · Darth Maleficus · General Ceel · Ky Knightfire · Kronosrising · Mak Manto · RiverShanshu · Hawk Hinata · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 875, Total Posts: 981848 April 2007 April 1, 2007 Welcome to April Statistics: Daily Posts: 888, Total Posts: 984019 April 3, 2007 Everybody be sure to welcome the newest faction to The Gungan Council Role Playing Galaxy. The Band of Outlaws and the Crimson Ferrett's Revenge have merged to become The Galactic Underground, a more focused and powerful faction to represent the criminal element in TGC's neutral sector. Good luck all. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 0 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Spark Vallen · Nate Bullock · Steph Hinata · BethanyKismet · Quel Jin Lorn · Metran Seamus · General Ceel · Kelt Fel · Derrek Fisto · Jessari Tanelorn · Sebastian Dantiri Statistics: Daily Posts: 952, Total Posts: 987013 April 4, 2007 It is time.... Almost. Those of you who are loyal readers of my Owner's Diary are about to find out what, as of the last few days, only the staff of TGC has known. Spring is here, and the Friday Night Role Playing series is about to return. In 2006 the members of TGC spent 20 friday nights of fast paced roleplaying on each of the 19 planets and moons (plus the Death Star) which had screen time in the 6 Star Wars films. This new season of FNRP's will follow the same format as last year, but as always you can expect exciting new twists from week to week. Expect additional announcements about the 2007 FNRP season in the days ahead. Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Avicus DuSang · Bella Dais · BethanyKismet · Nesrin Blaine · General Ceel · ARC 2132 · Mak Manto · Kuraii · Derrek Fisto · Vortigen Ksun · Sebastian Dantiri Statistics: Daily Posts: 953, Total Posts: 987628 April 7, 2007 Less than 10 thousand posts remaining until TGC finally reaches that long awaited goal: 1 Million Total Posts. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Caleb Torran · Bella Dais · Darth Sandrius · ArgothDroom · Darth Maleficus · Darth Terace · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Kronus Nightwind · Corringath Ventraas · Bernon Eldin Statistics: Daily Posts: 962, Total Posts: 990205 April 10, 2007 As Spring Reunion 2007 continues, and the board grows ever closer to post #1M, there is a renewed interest in the history of TGC and roleplaying through out the community. News Notes: - Joni Wan Techu - Vega Van Derveld drops by Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Korran Halcyon · Littryreeia · Peiori Caligga · Renze 112 strain · Tiresais · Lorren Misthain · Barty Tenion · Rolf Sergeo · Joni Wan Techu · Rach Sullen · Danster the Gangster · Spark Vallen · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 986, Total Posts: 992578 April 11, 2007 In just 46 short days Star Wars will celebrate its 30th birthday. The Gungan Council has been counting down to this date in our official countdown thread since November 1st 2005. Who's Online: 25 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 6 Guests - 7 Anonymous · Shidaan · Savin Skirata · Krisella Carter · Silais Una · Mike Zenima · Nesrin Blaine · Darth Terace · General Ceel · Rolf Sergeo · Darth Monnik · Vega Van Derveld · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 1002, Total Posts: 993542 April 13, 2007 Today is Friday the 13th but don't worry. Every day at TGC is strange Statistics: Daily Posts: 1027, Total Posts: 995343 April 16, 2007 It may be April 16th, but from where I am sitting at my computer next to a window that looks out over a street in a small Pennsylvania I can see what is clearly a winter snow storm. I would like to hear Al Gore and his Global Warming buddies try and explain this one away. Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 0 Guests - 5 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Peiori Caligga · Joni Wan Techu · Caleb Torran · Arin Ellis · Anesia Jy Vun · General Ceel · Bryce Pyrrin · Rogue Steiner · Vici Arnod · Hawk Hinata · Malachi Onasi · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 1047, Total Posts: 997838 April 17, 2007 Just a few seconds ago, at 4:35PM, The Gungan Council received its 1,000,000th post. As you can see from the who's online listing just below, the following people were present at the time this amazing milestone was reached. Congrats to all. Who's Online: 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 5 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Lady Razielle · Kiara Midnight · Mike Zenima · Steph Hinata · Stephen Meteor · Tiresais · Metran Seamus · General Ceel · Barty Tenion · Mak Manto · Derrek Fisto · Hawk Hinata · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 1104, Total Posts: 1000001, Daily Visits: 8825, Total Visits: 10348523 April 19, 2007 Today a set of official "Bounty Hunting Rules" which have recently been drafted in the locked Staff Forum were made public and put up for member consideration. These rules, if effective, will add a whole new layer of fun to the already amazing TGC experience. News Notes: - STAR WARS 30TH ANNIVERSARY: 38 Days Away - PHANTOM MENACE 10TH ANNIVERSARY: 761 Days Away Who's Online: 23 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Peiori Caligga · Joni Wan Techu · Lady Razielle · Kiara Midnight · Verne Daltine · Tiresais · CactusJackFoley · General Ceel · Bryce Pyrrin · Feynan · Corringath Ventraas · Vici Arnod · Hawk Hinata · Vega Van Derveld · Kyle R Solo · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 1143, Daily Visits: 9081 April 22, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Statistics: Daily Posts: 1182, Total Posts: 1005028 April 25, 2007 Last Friday saw the FNRP series make a smashing return. Coming this Friday we'll try to keep the ball rolling with "Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly?", a roleplay set to take place on Bespin (Cloud City). News Notes: - We currently have $184.00 in our chest. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · NavaraJayce · Steph Hinata · BigBobJoylove · Rolf Sergeo · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Raven Hinata · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 1064, Total Posts: 1007131 May 2007 May 5, 2007 Welcome to May 2007 at TGC. Yeah, better late than never. I know. Spiderman 3 opened in theaters today. I remember back to the days when the earlier Spiderman films went up against our very on Star Wars prequels. Exciting summers those were, watching the box office preformance of both films. This Summer looks to be a big one at the boxoffice in its own right: Spiderman 3, Shrek The Third, Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End, Ocean's 13, Fantastic Four 2, Transformers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Simpsons (movie), The Bourne Ultimatum and Rush Hour 3. Its been 3 or 4 years since we had a summer stacked up this way, but I suppose thats what happen when the system depends on mainly sequels to keep things going. Statistics: Daily Posts: 918, Daily Visits: 9036, Total Posts: 1015030, Total Visits: 10494638 May 6, 2007 Spiderman 3 opened with an estimate $148,000,000 over 3 days this weekend, after pulling in over 58 million on Friday alone. Insane. I have been tracking boxoffice numbers since 1997/1998. In 1999 we were all amazed at how The Phantom Menace became the first film to ever reach 100M in just 5 days, and today we have films reachin nearly 150M in just 3 days. How long until a film reaches 100M in just a single day of release? In 2005 Revenge of the Sith became the first film to make 50M in a single day. Since then that record has been broken twice. Dead Man's Chest did it last summer, and Spiderman 3 did it three days ago with the new record of 58M. Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Joni Wan Techu · Caleb Torran · Arin Ellis · Praetus Ka · DanteJedi · Artemis Obauldi · Mak Manto · Littryreeia · Savin Skirata · Malachi Onasi Statistics: Daily Posts: 878, Daily Visits: 8695 May 7, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - We currently have $184.00 in our chest. - Big Boards Ranking: #1371 - Star Wars 30th Birthday: 20 Days to go - TPM 10th Birthday: 743 Days to go Who's Online: 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 2 Guests - 7 Anonymous · Zatara Dantes · Kane E Smart · Joni Wan Techu · Caleb Torran · Spark Vallen · Praetus Ka · Tiresais · Yuki Kaji Onnai · RoninWendigo · Bryce Pyrrin · Cronos Aegir · Artemis Obauldi · Kahne Porte · Jake Leventa · MaizeWayne · Teeshaa Kaet · Rach Sullen Statistics: Total Posts: 1016695, Total Visits: 10513373 May 12, 2007 Every once in a while a new rumor about the production of new live-action Star Wars films finds its way onto the internet. This has been happening for years now. Lucas has of course stated repeatedly that it will never happen. But on the other hand Lucas has been known to change his mind. The latest rumor claims that Lucas himself, in a recent interview, stated that he would like to make two more live-action Star Wars films, though not connected to the Skywalker story. Though, as with all the others, this is not likely to be true, a Star Wars fan and a Star Wars community owner like myself can't help but dream. Two more Star Wars films would guarantee our community 6 to 8 more years of life, including massive spikes in popularity during the months leading up to and shortly after the release of each film. It would mean two more chances to relive the magic and excitement that we all felt together at TGC in 1999, 2002 and 2005. Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Korran Halcyon · Savin Skirata · Bill Gould · Fiera Marzullo · Vega Van Derveld · Mist Mayweather · BethanyKismet · Nesrin Blaine · samanthjade75 · Niko Brix · Darth Sandrius · Yuki Kaji Onnai · Jedi Amnde Statistics: Daily Posts: 929, Daily Visits: 8753 May 13, 2007 There are now just 14 days remaining until Star Wars turns 30 years old. The Gungan Council has been counting down to this landmark event since November 1st 2005 in a thread now located in the Star Wars Cinema forum. November 1st is an important date for several other reasons. On November 1st 1999 my "General Ceel" account was created and TGC was born. On November 1st 20005 Revenge of the Sith was released on DVD for the first time. When all is said and done 569 days will have passed since the countdown began. The countdown to the next great event, the 10th birthday of The Phantom Menace is already in progress. Statistics: May 16, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 6 Anonymous · Keira Lyshaa · Bill Gould · Alphonse Haven · Yuki Kaji Onnai · Artemis Obauldi · Darth Terace · Midnight Rapture · Salem Ave · Dracko Xilodel · Relen Zero Statistics: Daily Posts: 912, Total Posts: 1025553 May 20, 2007 Its been a big month at the boxoffice. Spiderman 3 set a new opening weekend record a couple weeks ago. This past Friday Shrek 3 hit theaters and looks to have a huge weekend, while Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End looks to keep the trend going as it enters theaters with advance showings on Thursday evening. So don't forget to play TGC's boxoffice game. May 25, 2007 Today is important for two reasons. First off, May 25 marks the 30th Anniversary of the theatrical release of the original Star Wars (Episode IV). Thanks to everybody who has been counting down with us since November 1st 2005. Its been a long fun countdown and I look forward to the completion of the 1000 day Phantom Menace 10th Birthday Countdown. The second reason today is important is for the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I got to see the movie last night at a special screening, but for much of the world today is the big day. I had a blast watching what will probably be the final pirates film. I might go see it again this weekend. Enjoy your memorial day weekend and don't forget to honor our fallen soldiers. May 31, 2007 The last day of May already? Where has the spring gone.... Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 2 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Lorren Misthain · Kane E Smart · Viktor Corvus · Joni Wan Techu · TJ 1884 · Mist Mayweather · Airic Vortelius · Mak Manto · Jake Leventa · Hilaal Yuchee · Antares Marclonus · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 772, Daily Visits: 8017, Total Posts: 1035615, Total Visits: 10708827 June 2007 June 3, 2007 Welcome to June. Now die. Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Joni Wan Techu · Notreb · Jessan Solo · Artemis Obauldi · Ted Czar · Derrek Fisto · TK 467 · Captain Marcus Gray Statistics: Daily Posts: 752, Total Posts: 1037597, Daily Visits: 7877, Total Visits: 10730692 June 7, 2007 Well, as summer draws ever closer TGC grows even stronger with what seems like another ignited flame of interest in members who are taking a more active role in posting. So far, everything has been moving at a decent, marching pace. We hope to speed it up, never the less. Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Steanaler · Darth Cunruth · BethanyKismet · MaraKai · Darth Terace · Relen Zero June 13, 2007 I'm back at it after about a week and a half offline. My computer gave out recently, and i finally got the chance to replace it with a new one last night. Can't believe that June is half over already. Where is the time going? Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Herik Beskar · Vohn Exel · Steanaler · Peiori Caligga · Arin Ellis · Ayreon Faraway · Quel Jin Lorn · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Corringath Ventraas · Aden Ordo · Luthia Maloran Statistics: Total Posts: 1044542, Total Visits: 10801187 June 17, 2007 Sorry about the strange month. We are more than half way through June now and i've made little in the way up updates to this diary. Hopefully my heart will be more "in it" come July July 2007 July 1, 2007 Everybody enjoying their Independence Day weekend? So far I've been to two movies (Live Free or Die Hard, Ratatouille) and one Fireworks display, and of course i'll be sneaking off on Tuesday evening to see an advanced showing of Transformers at the local theater. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Kane E Smart · Kai the Poet · Arin Ellis · Bella Dais · The Red Pyramid · General Ceel · Geldraon Sadjii Eurbon Statistics: Daily Posts: 621, Daily Visits: 6614, Total Posts: 1055360, Total Visits: 10918391 July 3, 2007 I just got home from the movie theater where this evening I watched "Transformers". This is the kind of film that could have very easily been a steaming lump of crap. Giant alien robots is not exactly the easiest live action sell in the world. But they pulled it off. Absolutely phenomenal summer popcorn blockbuster. Go see it this weekend if you get the chance. In other news (for you metalheads) I bought tickets to see Heaven and Hell, Alice Cooper and Queensryche this September. 10th row seats on the floor of the arena. Can't wait! Statistics: Daily Posts: 830, Daily Visits: 8195 July 5, 2007 Its raining, its pouring. Overall its been a dry summer, but the last few days have been kind of wet. Thats okay though, perfect chance for everybody to catch up on TGC. I for one know that I have some catching up to do. Busy, busy, busy these days: work, running, watching lots of movies, blasting lots of metal. Meep! Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Joni Wan Techu · Arin Ellis · Alema Nilim · General Ceel · Darth Terace · Mak Manto · Yoshiro Otaro · Rogan Drayen · Hawk Hinata · Savin Skirata · Bernon Eldin · Jedi Amnde · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 692, Daily Visits: 7203 July 13, 2007 The big film for this week is Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix. It was too hot to sleep the other night so I went to see the film at 12:01AM. I went to bed at 2:30AM and got up for work at 5:30, and I don't even like Harry Potter. But of course seeing big summer films in crowded theaters in the middle of the night is always fun. The energy of the fan experience is fun enough alone. I do miss the nights of big screen Star Wars in a packed house. The other exciting topic of the week is TGC's very successful temporary forum on "Female Appreciation." The girl staffers requested it, Skip Lone begged for it, and I approved it. 2300 posts and counting, looks like this one will be around a few more weeks at the least. Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Shimiwooka Bangarand · Joni Wan Techu · BethanyKismet · Arnie Vondiranach · Mist Mayweather · General Ceel · Recoil Clarik · Salem Ave · Darth Monnik · Hilaal Yuchee Statistics: Daily Posts: 867, Total Posts: 1066074 July 19, 2007 TGC is getting wicked on Wiki once again: Click Here. Get your arse over there and contribute. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 13 Members - 0 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Ryan Kalhoun · Steanaler · Lady Razielle · Cander Negon · Stripe Krexel · General Ceel · Corbin Vondiranach · Kane Rei · Xarax Zoie · wholi gabais · Corringath Ventraas · Hilaal Yuchee · Jedi Amnde Statistics: Daily Posts: 781, Daily Visits: 8669, Total Posts: 1069673, Total Visits: 11076678 August 2007 August 5, 2007 We are entering week 32 of the year already. Can you believe it? News Notes: - 26775 registered members - We currently have $199.00 in our chest. - 653 Days Until TPM 10th Anniversary Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Avicus DuSang · Darth Shakti · Wickim Totim · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · Bryce Pyrrin · Mak Manto · Aurora Sarkin · Atreu Damazki · Aden Ordo · Katrina Garnier Statistics: Daily Posts: 642, Daily Visits: 7908 August 9, 2007 A few days ago TGC renewed Gold Community yet again. Special thanks go out to everybody who donated. Its not too early to begin making donations again. Who's Online: 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Katrina Garnier · Zephon Phoenix · Salvador Messiah · Kady Seabell · Enset Kallun · Anesia Jy Vun · General Ceel · Sapphire Valor · Shi Node · Kamon Vondiranach · Mak Manto · Gen Skywalker · Sophia Antoinette · Malice Draclau · Ryan Kalhoun Statistics: Total Posts: 1082708, Total Visits: 11236050 August 15, 2007 Nothing to Report Who's Online: 22 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 19 Members - 0 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Joni Wan Techu · Lady Razielle · Phoebe Draclau · Marck Vallen · Calina Gvnega Waya · Chloe Hinata · Steph Hinata · Mist Mayweather · Wickim Totim · The Feral Child · General Ceel · Jon Paolo · Yoshiro Otaro · Kamon Vondiranach · Meric Nadun · Darth Monnik · Savin Skirata · Vega Van Derveld · Katrina Garnier August 19, 2007 Although you may not see ole General Ceel around TGC as much these days as he once was, rest assured that I'm still here and every much in the habit of maintaining my day to day responsibilities toward the community. I post every morning before work and then again in the evening. I check the forums, make decisions in the staff area, clean up, and handle other duties. With a busy life at work and my rekindled love for running you might say that my TGC life is currently in cruise control. If you need me, as always, you know where to reach me. Statistics: Daily Posts: 653, Daily Visits: 7511 August 16, 2007 Where have the last 400 days gone? The long 1000 day countdown until the 10th Anniversary of the 1999 theatrical release of The Phantom Menace is quickly nearly the 600 mark. News Notes: - 8814 registered members - 632 Days Until TPM 10th Anniversary Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Sophia Antoinette · General Ceel · Spark Vallen · Darth Snack · Adaris Nadun · Tipp Gravin · Korran Halcyon · ARC 5711 · Tyla Rokanh · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 684, Daily Visits: 7298 September 2007 September 1, 2007 Labor Day weekend here in the USA, thats the unofficial end of summer. Enjoy your weekend. Fall is here. Brrrrr Who's Online: 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 4 Members - 2 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Sandrius Siaden · General Ceel · Katarine Ryiah Statistics: Daily Posts: 666, Total Posts: 1097920 Daily Visits: 6972, Total Visits: 11392379 September 11, 2007 6 years ago today a bunch of godless @#%$ Muslims flew highjacked American planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. And i've got some words for those bastards. WE'RE STILL HERE. September 15, 2007 A couple of days ago TGC's "The Republic" was transformed into "The Rebellion". Statistics: Daily Posts: 650, Daily Visits: 6808 September 16, 2007 Jingle Bells? Already? Yes, indeed. Last evening TGC's 100 day countdown to Christmas Began. Not feeling the Christmas spirit yet? You will be, you will be. As always the staff at TGC has a whole slate of activities to get the community through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year and everything in between. Don't miss a day of it! Christmas comes but once a year. We're gonna make it last for 3 months. Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Evelyn Veicht · Darth Maleficus · Alaesha Ohtake · General Ceel · Emryc · Darth Monnik Statistics: Total Posts: 1108240, Total Visits: 11505370 September 27, 2007 "The Haunted House", now open. You heard me. TGC's yearly Halloween forum is up and screaming. Drop in today to join the discussion. Don't forget to submit a banner. Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 0 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · RC 9051 Nomad · Kari Pujadas · Wickim Totim · Evelyn Veicht · General Ceel · Sophia Antoinette · Derrek Fisto · Tendril Black · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 676, Daily Visits: 7117 October 2007 October 7, 2007 The new Nightwish album, "Dark Passion Play" hit stores this week making several members of the metal crowd here at TGC very happy. Who's Online: 20 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 1 Guest - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Shimiwooka Bangarand · arumizy · Darth Phantom · Bryce Wayne · Lavrae · Tyen Shi · Braedon Burke · Alema Nilim · General Ceel · Yoshiro Otaro · Philip Guychard · Thaed Arbak · Iris Lorid · Emryc · Jessari Tanelorn · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 748 Total Posts: 1124757 Daily Visits: 7486 Total Visits: 11663757 October 11, 2007 After 5 weeks, this is how the standings for TGC's yearly NFL prediction game are looking: General Ceel: 50/76 Danster The Gangster: 46/75 Wickim Totem: 45/76 Lorren Misthain: 44/76 Korran Halcyon: 43/76 Mak Manto: 33/61 Spark Vallen: 31/60 Kahne Porte: 35/59 Kamon Verdinoch: 20/32 Raynius Phrog: 21/44 Darth Terace: 20/29 Darth Umbra: 18/28 Tris Draclau: 16/28 Rach Sullen: 15/28 Bill Gould: 8/16 Bane Nathos: 7/14 kypzethdurron: 2/2 Statistics: Daily Posts: 731, Daily Visits: 7381 October 15, 2007 With the 2007 Masquerade Ball already in progress this Halloween season, behind the scenes planning for the 2007 Yule Ball which is to begin around Thanksgiving has already begun. The 2007/2008 Holiday promises to be an exiting one here at TGC. Don't ya go anywhere. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 0 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Vormulac Taintspore · arumizy · RC 9051 Nomad · Serrena Alcine · Annie Velez · Alema Nilim · General Ceel · Ishta White · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 726, Daily Visits: 7347 October 18, 2007 Some familiar faces which had been missing from TGC over recent months have made their return. Everybody be sure to welcome back BethanyKismet and Warren Darkclaw. Who's Online: 33 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 20 Members - 7 Guests - 6 Anonymous · Draezhar Dawnsorrow · Kari Pujadas · RC 9051 Nomad · Esmara · Peiori Caligga · arumizy · Warren Darkclaw · Adrian Thresh · Zack Steel · Evelyn Veicht · christinakiedis · Caleb Torran · BethanyKismet · Kahne Porte · Rach Sullen · Wickim Totim · Keir Wayne · Spark Vallen · adrm19sanfran · General Ceel October 21, 2007 We are down to our final two 2007 Halloween banners at TGC. That means Halloween is almost here and in just over a week our attention will turn to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Planning for this year's Yule Ball is already underway, and the Christmas countdown has ticked down from 100 days to a ever shrinking 65 October 30, 2007 Lots of exciting things going on at TGC this week. In anticipation of the holidays, the Halloween forum has been converted over to "The Holiday Forum". This years banner contest and fundraisers are already in progress. Meanwhile, members are being encouraged to "dress for the holiday" by sporting holiday themed character sigs. Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 0 Guests - 4 Anonymous · RC 9051 Nomad · Zelazny Webb · Marck Vallen · BethanyKismet · Selahiel · Sergei Bronislav · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Malice Draclau · Rei Eclipse · Emryc · Ava Pradeux · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 820, Daily Visits: 9648 November 2007 November 1, 2007 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TGC November 7, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 48 Days Until Christmas Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 5 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Jessan Solo · Darth Shakti · Paige Draclau · Tiresais · Maniac742 · Marck Vallen · Tendril Black · Mikhael Bakunin · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 791, Total Posts: 1149241 November 14, 2007 Planning and sign ups for the 3rd annual TGC Yule Ball began over the weekend. If you haven't signed up yet, you still have time. The Ball begins November 23rd. Who's Online: 17 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 2 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Chloe Hinata · Steph Hinata · The Goatee King · General Ceel · Skelosh Delaroche · Deija Marzullo · Srika Kiren · Kahne Porte · Ayin Kaes · Mak Manto · Rach Sullen Statistics: Total Posts: 1156053, Total Visits: 12005323 November 19, 2007 All the drama at TGC these day seems to be behind the scenes... Statistics: Daily Posts: 826, Daily Visits: 9219 November 25, 2007 An aim-troll by the name of "xTGCAnony2007x" has been providing the staff of TGC with hours of entertainment this week. Its been a while since we had this much fun laughing at somebody. But I guess we should be crying instead because its sad to think that there are so many dumb people still out there in TGC land. Don't worry guys, we'll get rid of them all one day. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 0 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Avicus DuSang · RC 9051 Nomad · Soren Wayne · Caleb Torran · Rorako Tidian · Kashir Kuro · General Ceel · Kelsey Shadow Statistics: Total Posts: 1162887, Total Visits: 12084881 November 29, 2007 Meep? Who's Online: 26 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 18 Members - 2 Guests - 6 Anonymous · Jessan Solo · Steph Hinata · Enset Kallun · Ayin Kaes · RC 9051 Nomad · Korran Halcyon · Savin Skirata · TK 9125 · Chaos Maxtor · Alema Nilim · Marok Tidian · amnde · Kahne Porte · Taiya Linosa · Mikhael Bakunin · General Ceel · Raine Marzullo · Luca Tranger December 2007 December 2, 2007 If you want peace you've got to fight for it. Over the weekend no less than 6 members had to be banned from TGC (For some of them it was a long time coming), and one faction had to be removed and replaced (The Galactic Empire.). And as the weekend comes to a close the community has become peaceful. Thats not to say that all the damage has been repaired. A handful of respected TGC members have temporarily taken leave of our community, but hopefully the wounds will heal in time. In a long history of community crisis, this one wasn't all that big, and over time we've become very good at dealing with such situations. News Notes: - 23 Days Until Christmas - 534 Days Until TPM 10TH Anniversary Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 7 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Malcom Crane · Haseo Sora · TK 9125 · Myrkrull Lore · Jacob Corona · Alphonse Haven · BethanyKismet · Kaylen Lothiar · Rach Sullen · Wickim Totim · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 728, Total Posts: 1167990, Daily Visits: 7831, Total Visits: 12153750 December 9, 2007 I woke up Saturday morning finding myself in the mood to look backward, and so Sunday morning I set up a forum called the "TGC HISTORICAL SOCIETY". I guess its time to start updating some of our historical information as well as recording some areas that were missed when Danster and I first laid down the Hall of Fame and Archive at the end of 2004. Who's Online: 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · RC 9051 Nomad · Jedi Binks · Caleb Torran · TJ 1884 · Tiresais · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 716, Daily Visits: 7962 December 11, 2007 Everybody is in TGC nostalgia mode this week. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy, but very very sad as I look back, missing the past and wishing for its return. Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 15 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Darth Phantom · Viridian Eran Xenos · Decon Slade · BethanyKismet · TK 9125 · Jameris Malak · The Feral Child · Alphonse Haven · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · Skelosh Delaroche · Darth Trucido · Master Judas Escariot · Akima Shonlar · Adrian Thresh Statistics: Daily Posts: 694, Daily Visits: 8116 December 13, 2007 In my latest adventure of sorting through the old internet archives I have come to realize something that I had forgotten, which is also something that many of you may be totally unaware of. The Gungan Council, in its nearly decade long history, has had more than 160 factions. Hard to believe isn't? Well not really. Things change. Ezboard is not as large as it once was, and the Star Wars craze is not as massive as it was in those golden years of 1999 to 2001. But we're still here, still living the adventure. Lets hope that this ride never ends. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Balazaar · Marok Tidian · Rorako Tidian · Phoebe Draclau · Wickim Totim · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Katarine Ryiah · Iria Blaedz Statistics: Total Posts: 1174429, Total Visits: 12234960 December 14, 2007 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 29 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 17 Members - 8 Guests - 4 Anonymous · Malcom Crane · RC 9051 Nomad · Korran Halcyon · Rusty Metropolis · Judd Hunter · Paige Draclau · Rei Eclipse · Tiresais · Kaliska Tanelorn · Starla Corningstar · Darth Phantom · Rach Sullen · Craig Spark · Kath Alak · Corringath Ventraas · Kashir Kuro · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 634, Daily Visits: 7946 December 15, 2007 Its nice to see a couple of old faces down in the who's online box this morning. First we have Vinsto, leader of former TGC faction "The Ewok Council. And going back many many years we have Mace McClain, leader of the legendary "Spectrum Squadron" faction from all the way back in 2001. Hang around guys. It would be nice to have you back. Who's Online: 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 1 Guest - 0 Anonymous · Vinsto · General Ceel · Taer Lyn Pall · Mariya Fleischer · Kaliska Tanelorn · Nee Blackheart 1 · Mace McClain December 25, 2007 MERRY CHRISTMAS December 26, 2007 This year I decided to try giving the community two presents for Christmas. The first was the return of the community chatroom. If good behavior continues, the chatroom will remain open on TGC (though not the factions). The second gift was the unbanning of all 90+ banned memers and accounts. All of those banned have been allowed to return under "restriction". If all behave properly they may stay. Those who do not will be banned once again. Who's Online: 19 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 16 Members - 1 Guest - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Demala Draclau · Peiori Caligga · Darth Phantom · Mist Mayweather · BethanyKismet · General Ceel · Darth Terace · Mekta Satak Kai · samaragalloway · Slob · Jacob Corona · Jessari Tanelorn · Savin Skirata · Auxelious · Vega Van Derveld Statistics: Daily Posts: 633, Daily Visits: 7890 December 29, 2007 Well its the final weekend of the year..... December 30, 2007 At the moment I am debating if I should continue to maintain this owners diary for another year. The other option, other than discontinuing it altogether would be to return with a new and different format. We'll see. News Notes: - 506 Days Until TPM 10th Anniversary Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · RC 9051 Nomad · Darth Monark · Malcom Crane · Alphonse Haven · Tris Draclau · General Ceel · Corringath Ventraas · Auxelious · Taer Lyn Pall Statistics: Daily Posts: 708, Total Posts: 1187827, Daily Visits: 7847, Total Visits: 12368809
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Posts: 118203 (12/01/07 10:46) TGC Owner Jedi Master 1138 More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	2008 January January 1, 2008 Happy New Year Lots of things to talk about today. First off, the 2008 year long role-play began this morning at 12:01AM. Titled "Siege Under Theed", it looks to be another monumental and potentially record breaking RPG for the community. Looking back at 2007 for a moment, it was certainly another interesting year for the Community. Early in the year we spent our efforts consolidating factions, so that for the first time since its inception the galaxy would once again be served by just one Sith faction and one Jedi faction. The gamble paid off, as these factions are now strong and well populated. The later part of the year was filled with drama. Many people were banned, a faction was lost, and there was generally a negative mood everywhere as activity levels dropped. But the year ended on a high note: the drama ceased, all members of the banned list were granted pardons, the community chat was brought back, and activity levels began to rise once again. 2008 looks to be filled with many interesting things. On the role-playing front, the year long role play will attempt to take the record for largest RPG thread in TGC history. On the posting front, a serious effort is now underway to construct what might be the first 1,000,000 post thread in internet history. The biggest story of 2008, however, will be Yuku. Members of TGC, including myself, have been testing this new version of ezboard since the alpha phase in the fall of 2005, but it is looking increasingly certain this this is the year in which we will be forced to move there. But you never know, we thought that we would be on Yuku two years ago. Perhaps we will be granted at least one more year here at our traditional home. Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Jet Cristo · Chaplain Meliadus · Darth Makavelli · CactusJackFoley · General Ceel · Opalu Minare · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 725, Total Posts: 1189965, Daily Visits: 7609, Total Visits: 12383474 January 3, 2008 It may not be 1999 anymore, but TGC is still packing a punch here on good old ezboard. Take a look at the daily post stats for the first three days of the year. 1058 (and counting) 2915 1174 Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · RC 9051 Nomad · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · samaragalloway · Mak Manto · Warren Azalin · Auxelious · Antares Marclonus · Maniac742 Statistics: Daily Posts: 835, Daily Visits: 7766 January 6, 2008 Once again the whole community would like to extend a special thanks to all those who have donated to the community chest which keeps this site running, ad-free and filled with features year after year. We have once again raised enough to sustain the community for another 6 months. In other community news, board activity levels continue to climb here in early January. Good work everybody. This is how a new year should begin. And finally, let me take a moment to pat myself on the back. WACK Hey, not so hard me. Anyhow, I just thought I would mention that I made my 100,000th post on TGC earlier today. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 3 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Steph Zenima · General Ceel · Mist Mayweather · Spark Vallen · Jaiden Kreel · RC 9051 Nomad · Korran Halcyon · BethanyKismet Statistics: Daily Posts: 940, Daily Visits: 7928 January 10, 2008 The year long role play for 2008, Siege Under Theed, is off to a great start, having already hauled in nearly 500 posts in the first 10 days alone. Good work everybody. Lets go for the record. Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Jet Cristo · arumizy · Kane E Smart · Darth Phantom · Mist Mayweather · Quel Jin Lorn · Myrkrull Lore · Hayden Hinata · General Ceel · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 1150, Daily Visits: 5256 January 13, 2008 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 492 Days until TPM 10th Anniversary - Million Post Countdown: 990,138 - We currently have $138.00 in our chest. Who's Online: 10 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 1 Guest - 3 Anonymous · Jessan Solo · Talisa Whitestar · General Ceel · Nee Blackheart 1 · Mak Manto · Xarax Zoie Statistics: Daily Posts: 1111, Total Posts: 1209729 January 30, 2008 Sorry about the lack of updates recently. February February 6, 2008 In recent months an ezboard message has begun to appear at the top of many communities, letting members of those communities know that their board will soon be moved to the new Yuku system which has been under construction for several years now. Last month The Sith Council became the first TGC faction to see that message (although the board has not yet been moved). Today TGC was finally marked for migration. The message reads: "Important ezAnnouncement:This board will upgrade to yuku this week. Login info will remain the same." Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Vormulac Taintspore · Craig Spark · Jessan Solo · Alphonse Haven · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Kahne Porte · Sealiah Latentia Statistics: Daily Posts: 631, Total Posts: 1227197, Daily Visits: 5400, Total Visits: 12618249 February 19, 2008 Just a few days ago Lucasfilm announced the return of Star Wars to theaters...but not in the way you expected. Thats right, the company's new "The Clone Wars" 3D Animated TV show which arrives on the small screen later this year will be kicking off with a feature length "pilot" episode to be released in theaters. The Clone Wars arrive on August 15th, 178 days from now. March March 1, 2008 March has arrived and TGC is still adorned with a message claiming that we will be moved to Yuku within the week. News Notes: -444 Days Until TPM 10th Anniversary -167 Days Until Clone Wars Animated Movie Who's Online: 9 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Vormulac Taintspore · Arin Ellis · kisohakto · General Ceel · Denza 3000 · Surge Korso Statistics: Daily Posts: 492, Total Posts: 1239583, Daily Visits: 4747, Total Visits: 12738821 March 10, 2008 Life at TGC goes on much as it has this past age.... full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of Ewoks..... Who's Online: 14 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Marck Vallen · Mist Mayweather · Jameris Malak · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · Steph Zenima · Katarine Ryiah · Fiera Marzullo Statistics: Daily Posts: 532, Total Posts: 1244841 Daily Visits: 5158, Total Visits: 12790215 March 12, 2008 The Sith Council and The Galactic Underworld were migrated to Yuku today. The Jedi Council moved several weeks ago. The Gungan Council and the rest of the factions are expected to make the jump shortly. These are the final days of the Ezboard era. Make the best of them. Statistics: Total Posts: 1245880, Total Visits: 12799536 March 14, 2008 Correction on that last entry. Apparently all factions are now at Yuku, with just TGC remaining here on good old traditional ezboard. We sure will miss her when she's gone. Who's Online: 9 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 1 Guest - 1 Anonymous · Calina Gvnega Waya · Talon Shadowdragon Sky · Darth Phantom · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Mak Manto Statistics: Daily Posts: 551, Total Posts: 1247268, Daily Visits: 5020, Total Visits: 12808506 March 16, 2008 Something just came to mind as I sat here beginning this update of the Owner's Diary. The Diary began in April 2005 just before the May theatrical release of Revenge of The Sith. It is 2008 already. It was 1999 when I founded TGC. Where has the time gone? Who's Online: 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 5 Members - 2 Guests - 1 Anonymous · adrm19sanfran · Darth Maleficus · General Ceel · Arveleg · Draven Fett Statistics: Total Posts: 1247860, Total Visits: 12815942 March 21, 2008 NOTHING TO REPORT March 24, 2008 Hope everybody had a good Easter weekend. For those in school its spring break time for many. The rest of us were back to work this morning. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 10 Members - 3 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Domos Virago · adrm19sanfran · Faith Greene · Jessan Solo · Rianna Organa · General Ceel · RoninWendigo · Steph Zenima · Angel Hawkmoon · Rach Sullen Statistics: Total Posts: 1250850, Total Visits: 12851070 April April 6, 2008 Another month has passed and TGC remains on Ezboard. Last month the last of the factions were migrated over. But as you well know, we're all glad to still be here. Every extra day we get here on ezboard is a blessing. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 5 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Caleb Torran · EVA000 · General Ceel · Chaplain Meliadus · Mak Manto · Vormulac Taintspore Statistics: Daily Posts: 509, Total Posts: 1258498 Daily Visits: 4782, Total Visits: 12918728 April 12, 2008 NOTHING TO REPORT Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 8 Members - 4 Guests - 3 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · EVA000 · BethanyKismet · Sirus Darkwalker · Darth Maleficus · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Ayin Kaes Statistics: Daily Posts: 490, Total Posts: 1261833, Daily Visits: 5021, Total Visits: 12956961 April 22, 2008 The 1000 day countdown to the 10th Anniversary of The Phantom Menace continues to march on. Only 392 days remain. Current standings: Lightside Wickim Totim: 115 Kypzethdurron:105 Jedi Amnde: 97 General Ceel: 69 Bethany Kismet: 64 Katrina Garnier: 9 Jedi Cole: 3 Sophia Antoinette: 1 Mak Manto: 1 Neutral Karlie Lynn: 44 Saede Taggart: 4 Marina DeVoe: 3 Viktor Mereel: 3 Cander Negon: 3 Hathoruodo: 2 Kuraii: 1 Darkside Bane Nathos: 53 Korran Halcyon: 26 Ty Shoman: 4 Karma Shanshu: 1 Mason England: 1 Kaisei: 1 Jet Cristo: 1 Perhaps we should do something special for the 1 year to go mark.... Who's Online: 15 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 3 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Marck Vallen · EVA000 · Mist Mayweather · RoninWendigo · Tantor25 · General Ceel · Darth Terace · Rianna Organa · Ayin Kaes · Denza 3000 · Corringath Ventraas Statistics: Daily Posts: 509, Total Posts: 1265826 Daily Visits: 5422, Total Visits: 13010315 April 27, 2008 Another month has almost passed on ezboard. Glad to still be here. Who's Online: 12 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Rach Sullen · Spark Vallen · Darth Phantom · General Ceel · Salem Ave · Corringath Ventraas Statistics: Daily Posts: 527, Daily Visits: 5660 April 28, 2008 The last couple of days I have found myself in a Star Wars mood. Would like to see some "good ole" Star Wars discussions here at TGC again. Well they have never gone away, but we can do more than we've been.... Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 9 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Jay Ferium · Darth Phantom · samanthjade75 · General Ceel · Ezmeralda Sky · Mak Manto · Salem Ave · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Total Posts: 1270114, Total Visits: 13050443 April 29, 2008 To help encourage more activity at TGC I have recently agreed to host a new FNRP if the members can manage to boost our daily post average back up to 1000+ per day. Things do seem to be packing up stead, ad we recorded more than 1000 posts yesterday and are on course to do the same today if things continue as they for the rest of the evening. By the standars of most TGC is already very active, and I guess that would be true. We've seen much greater activity here on many occasions, so I guess in terms of TGC things have been a litle bit slow in recent months. Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 7 Members - 4 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Phoebe Draclau · Darth Phantom · samanthjade75 · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Steph Zenima · Rach Sullen Statistics: Daily Posts: 570, Daily Visits: 6034 April 30, 2008 On May 5th 2005 I made the follow posting here in my diary: "A new chapter in TGC began. The General Discussion forum was renamed DonFatso's Bar & Grill. For many years TGC, and every other Star Wars RPG community for that matter, took a very casual approach to General Discussion, having mixed IC with OOC to a great degree, often spending much more time In Character. In recent years we have come to separate the two almost completely. DonFatso, our resident Storm Trooper, however, and his IC antics, are a shining example of an older, less bleak way of using this community. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully it will work out like I intend. (11 Days Until Episode III" Today the highly entertaining era of DonFatso's Bar & Grill has ended, and a new era has begun. At Aprox 1:35PM DonFatso's became "Sophie's Corner" But this was not the only news worthy event on TGC today, not be a long shot. The even bigger news was that for the first time the board design was changed to "red", giving the community a vibe that is altogether new to TGC. Who's Online: 21 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 5 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Aden Lothiar · Vohn Exel · Mallory Belmont · Phoebe Draclau · EVA000 · Veronika Fleischer · Mist Mayweather · Hatuke · samanthjade75 · Quel Jin Lorn · General Ceel · Sebastian Grout · Raken Cutlancer Statistics: Daily Posts: 548, Total Posts: 1272316, Daily Visits: 6064, Total Visits: 13070124 May May 1, 2008 May is a big month for TGC, and indeed Star Wars fans the world over. Always has been. Why? May is the month that all six of the Star Wars films were released. And even without a new Star Wars film this year (if you don't the animated movie in August) there is still plenty for movie buffs to look forward to, as May is also traditionally the month that kicks off the summer movie blockbuster season. This years's films include, among others, George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull which is the first new Indian Jones film since 1989. Also on the slate for this summer is Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Narnia being another fan favorite here at TGC, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Batman: The Dark Knight, Speed Racer, and more... Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Aden Lothiar · Darth Phantom · BethanyKismet · Jessan Solo · RoninWendigo · Artemis Obauldi · General Ceel · Steph Zenima · Ayin Kaes · Salem Ave · Corringath Ventraas · Hawk Hinata Statistics: Daily Posts: 575, Daily Visits: 6211 May 4, 2008 What a wild weekend for me. Woke in the middle of the night Friday with the call that my sister was going into labor, followed by a 6 hour drive through the night to dawn, arriving in Pittsburgh just as little Aiden was born Saturday morning. Drove home on Sunday, and still trying to catch up on sleep even as the new week begins. Who's Online: 16 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 11 Members - 3 Guests - 2 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · Peiori Caligga · BethanyKismet · RoninWendigo · Korran Halcyon · General Ceel · AslynDenethorn · Ayin Kaes · Nee Blackheart 1 · Sebastian Grout · Angel Hawkmoon Statistics: Daily Posts: 591, Total Posts: 1275776 May 7, 2008 NOTHING TO REPORT News Notes: - 377 days until The Phantom Menace: 10th Anniversary! Who's Online: 18 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 14 Members - 4 Guests - 0 Anonymous · Spark Vallen · arumizy · Caleb Torran · Talon Shadowdragon Sky · Phoebe Draclau · Brett Raynor · Quel Jin Lorn · Jessan Solo · RoninWendigo · Tantor25 · General Ceel · Darth Yevvin · Mak Manto · Salem Ave Statistics: Daily Posts: 614, Total Posts: 1278110, Daily Visits: 6342, Total Visits: 13121173 May 15, 2008 On May 16th of 2002 Episode II: Attack of The Clones was released in theaters? Where were you? On May 16th 2008 "episode 2" (at least in the order of the films) of The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian, will hit theates around the world. Its events like these that make May such a fun time for theater-goers. Get out there and see a BIG movie. May 18, 2008 Tomorrow, May 19th is the 9th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Phantom Menace. Who's Online: 11 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 4 Guests - 1 Anonymous · Avicus DuSang · Mallory Belmont · Caleb Torran · EVA000 · Plogvieze · General Ceel Statistics: Daily Posts: 663, Total Posts: 1283861, Daily Visits: 6546, Total Visits: 13184909 May 24, 2008 Its Memorial Day weekend here in the USA. Along with being a time to honor the fallen, this also happens to be the unofficial beginning of "Summer," when many people kickoff the vacation, camping and cookout seasons. It also happens to be one of the biggest movie going weekends of the year. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opened on Thursday at 12:01AM. I saw it 6:45PM Thursday. As expected its a fun action packed romp. Take this chance to get out there and see it opening weekend, as it may very well be the last time we ever get a Spielberg-Lucas collaboration. These are the guys that basically evented and then redefined the blockbuster over the last 30 years, accounting for more of the top 20 films in history than any other filmmakers. Who's Online: 8 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 6 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · General Ceel · Spark Vallen · Cronos Aegir · Darth Terace · Mako Solo · Jake Leventa Statistics: Daily Posts: 669, Total Posts: 1287711, Daily Visits: 6361, Total Visits: 13217001 May 26, 2008 "Happy" Memorial Day. Get out to a memorial service or parade in the morning and then enjoy the sunny afternoon with your family. In just four days the new Indiana Jones has hauled in nearly 270M world wide. Way to go Lucas, Spielberg, Ford, Williams and company. Terminal fanboys like ourselves need things to talk about now that the six Star Wars films have passed. Clone Wars cartoon & film, as well as the live action show aside, pickings have been kind of slim since the completion of the prequel trilogy and the LOTR trilogy. The goon news is that things are beginning to heat up on "The Hobbit" front, with two new Rings films expected early in the next decade. Enjoy the news few thousand days. I know that I will. May 30, 2008 Another month is about to pass and The Gungan Council remains on the old ezboard product......thank the maker. Who's Online: 13 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 12 Members - 1 Guest - 0 Anonymous · arumizy · Mallory Belmont · Ena Raune · Jameris Malak · Quantis Stalker · RoninWendigo · General Ceel · Mak Manto · Lady Callista · Jake Leventa · Lady Silencia · FelixaLaFortune Statistics: Daily Posts: 596, Total Posts: 1291297 Daily Visits: 5676, Total Visits: 13247724 June June 1, 2008 Welcome to June! Who's Online: 6 visitors in the last 15 minutes: 4 Members - 2 Guests - 0 Anonymous · General Ceel · Peiori Caligga · Hawk Hinata · Corringath Ventraas Statistics: Daily Posts: 588, Total Posts: 1292158, Daily Visits: 5429, Total Visits: 13255079 June 4, 2008 Sometime in the last hour or so TGC was moved to Yuku. June 5, 2008 Yuku is so retarded that I can't just simply copy and paste things to this thread without having the existing text elements tranfer over. What the hell is going through these people's heads? Stop trying to idiot proof the web. I long for the days when you had to learn to write code. The easier you try to make the web for idiots, the more idiots you'll attract. We used to have a higher quality of user. June 12, 2008 Alright, beginning to settle in here at Yuku a little bit. The initial anger is passing and its getting back to business as usual. Active Users: 10 Total 8 Registered Users 1 Guests 1 Anonymous 79 Visitors in the last day Most Ever: 30 On 06/12/08 Who's online in the last 15 Minutes: arumizy, Auxelious, Chir Una, General Ceel, Lady Razielle, Mako Solo, Mikhael Saurin, Siris Nido 362 Avg visits per day 8299 Avg views per day 617 Posts per day 1041 Posts in last 24 hours 13281857 Total visits 70677 Total views 1019555 Total posts 2693 Total topics 5929 Total members June 18, 2008 Although TGC is as old as dirt, something feels new now that we've been moved to Yuku. For example, all the old problems ezboard had way back at the beginning have returned to haunt us again. Slow load times, capacity problems, down time, old bugs... etc. So apparently all the new technology and what not has not managed to teach the programmers anything new. Active Users: 17 Total 12 Registered Users 5 Guests 0 Anonymous 171 Visitors in the last day Most Ever: 33 On 06/16/08 Who's online in the last 15 Minutes: Artemis Obauldi, Cronos Aegir, Darth Grimm, General Ceel, Katarine Ryiah, Mak Manto, Mason England, Neeve Anya, Phylis Alince, RoninWendigo, Sebastian Grout, Siris Nido 409 Avg visits per day 11311 Avg views per day 5573 Posts per day 11720 Posts in last 24 hours 13284820 Total visits 167868 Total views 1095287 Total posts 2828 Total topics 5964 Total members July July 8, 2008 Um yeah, so its July! Statistics: 13292937 Total visits, 1138450 Total posts August August 3, 2008 Sorry about July guys! I was busy! So lets see, whats new. We're about 2 weeks out from the theatrical release of the animated Clone Wars movie. The Dark Knight is still ripping up the charts and will probably pass The Phantom Menace sometime during the middle of next week, which really sucks in my opinion. Anyhow, keep posting! August 15, 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the new animated Star Wars films hit theaters today (Friday), without all the usual Star Wars midweek, midnight showing, blockbuster release hoopla, and so our 178 day countdown to this event here at TGC ended this morning as well. If you can pry yourself away from your TV where you are watching the Olympics then head on over to your local theater and take advantage of this rare opportunity to see something with the Star Wars brand name on it in theaters once again. August 24, 2008 This November Star Wars is coming to standard DVD...again. Lucasfilm will be releasing, a Prequel Trilogy box set for the first time, and the third box set of classic trilogy DVD's since 2004. No new content will be on the discs, but at least we finally get a prequel box I guess. Would have been nice to get a 6 film set instead, or better yet make the jump to Blu Ray. Oh well! Statistics: 446 Avg visits per day 12085 Avg views per day 1999 Posts per day 654 Posts in last 24 hours 13315025 Total visits 988535 Total views 1169050 Total posts 3604 Total topics 6119 Total members August 30, 2008 What you are reading now will be the final entry in the Owner's Diary. Its been a long fun ride, but I think its finally time to bring this feature to and end (at least for a year or two), and strike out in a new direction. This mornig I set up a new Sub-forum of the Operations and News forum called the Pan-Galactic Historical Initiative. Yes, I am once again in roleplaying history mode. Please stand by! 444 Avg visits per day 12622 Avg views per day 1913 Posts per day 561 Posts in last 24 hours 13317568 Total visits 1112548 Total views 1173415 Total posts 3744 Total topics 6137 Total members Last Edited By: General Ceel 08/30/08 9:58. Edited 2 times.
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