So, let's get down to outlining what we've done to the forum today:
Addition of Clans Forum
This new forum has been asked for repeatedly over the many months I've been a part of Conquer Club. Today we are finally splitting the Callouts forum into two separate entities. Callouts will remain, with the purpose of making challenges and calling out players in a general manner. It also sees the addition of a couple of sub-forums, appropriately entitled, "Create/Join a Social Usergroup" and "Archives." The purpose of these sub-forums should be fairly clear from the outset, and it should help make the organization of groups dedicated to music, sports, fishing, or whatever else a little easier to accomplish.
More importantly however, the competitive clans now have a home of their own in the brand new Clans forum that has been split from Callouts where all the information about clans was previously housed. In the main Clans forum you can discuss all things clan related such as clan rankings, tips on running clans, etc. There are also a couple of sub-forums attached to the main forum as well entitled, "Create/Join a Competitive Clan," which should be self-explanatory, "Active Challenges" for the announcing and following of challenges between clans, "Complete Challenges," for the displaying of past clan challenge results for all to see, and finally "Archives" to assist the Clan Directors in keeping the forums neat and tidy.
Now, you have probably noticed that some old sub-forums are still around, and that these new forums are pretty much empty. Just wait a couple of days and the Clan Directors will get everything moved to the proper spots and those old, outdated sub-forums will be removed. Shouldn't take long.
We recognize that these changes are not everything that the clan leaders or the clan members are hoping for, but we wanted to get started down the right path as soon as possible. Hopefully we'll roll out some further tools and additions to the clan system as the days move by.
Until then, enjoy your new home!Adjustments and Additions to TeamCC
Recently we held an open nomination period to gather information on who the community would like to see added to the team that helps around the forums. I want to thank everyone for the nominations they submitted as they were quite helpful in narrowing down a good list of candidates. Today, it is my pleasure to announce to you the first two individuals who are joining our team directly as a result of those nominations!
- [player]MrMoody[/player] is joining TeamCC as an addition to the Chat Moderators group and will be helping keep Live Chat under control and a great place to spend some times between turns.
- [player]mpjh[/player] is joining TeamCC as an addition to the Society Moderators group and will be adding his capable hands to the work that the other Society Moderators do in keeping The Society of Cooks running smoothly.
Please join me in giving them a round of applause for being willing to lend their helping hands and take on the responsibilities of their positions! It's great to have you guys!
Now, they may be the new additions to the team, but we are also doing a little bit of reorganization within the team as well, and I'd like to make you aware of the changes so we are all on the same page.
- [player]clapper011[/player] is relinquishing her position as a Chat Moderator to focus entirely on the position of Global Moderator. She will no longer be monitoring Live Chat, but will rather be participating more regularly in watching over the forums as a whole.
- [player]jennifermarie[/player] will be switching responsibilities from Global Moderator to become a member of the new Discussions Moderators group that will be overseeing the General Discussion and Off-Topics forums.
- [player]sully800[/player] will be switching from his long-time duties as a Multi Hunter over to helping out in the Suggestions & Bug Reports forum as an S&B Moderator. He will no longer be doing any multi-hunting, but rather helping to get the many suggestions and bugs sorted through in a more timely manner.
- [player]Steelhorse[/player] will be relinquishing his long-time duties as a Global Moderator to focus on work as a dedicated Tournament Director, specifically in the distribution of the tournament related medals, which is quite a job all on its own.
- [player]Night Strike[/player] is relinquishing his role as a Global Moderator to take over for Steelhorse as the head of the Tournament Directors group and focus on keeping the tournaments portion of the site running smoothly.
- [player]wacicha[/player] has decided to focus entirely on his work as a Society Moderator and will no longer be responsible for watching over the General Discussion forum as he previously did.
And last, but certainly not least, it is time for TeamCC to bid goodbye to one of its long-standing members as they retire from work as a moderator in the forums and return to the comfortable embrace of regular membership. Long-time Suggestions & Bug Reports Moderator, [player]cicero[/player] is stepping down from his duties as he in turn moves on to focus on exciting new things in both his personal and professional life.
We will miss him dearly as he has always been a magnificent sounding board for ideas, concerns, and developments behind the scenes in the team forums. We wish him luck in all of his endeavors and hope to see him grace the battlefields with us from time to time.
Clean-up of The Society of Cooks Forums
For a long time, The Society of Cooks has been helping struggling, new, or confused members of the site learn the basics of how to play the game and improve their scores and ranking. Some time ago the new Training Grounds forum was created to house this group and their endeavors, but it was never filled with anything of import. So, today I've done a minor cleanup and reorganized that forum so that The Society of Cooks is the main forum, housing all of its juicy details on becoming a better player, and the other sub-forums are now attached to it, rather than the old Training Grounds forum. That old forum is gone as it wasn't doing us any good and was just cluttering up the place.
Just a smidgen of spring (or I guess it should be considered summer) cleaning for this particular change to the forum. Hopefully it will continue to provide exposure for The Society of Cooks and we'll continue to see a rise in the quality of players we compete against.
unlike clapper 
I think most of the changes are good, good addition in Mr. Moody. 
