Dearest GoA Members and Friends,

Me and the rest of the staff are regretful to announce to you that, after next month, GoA will be no longer with us. GoA was a wonderful project to work on, with the best of people to work with. It's sad to see it go and it's sad that it never was able to reach its full potential. In our case, the right ideas and imagination were there, but not us. The worst part about starting a community is the unforeseeable future that always lies ahead of you. You never know if, within a month or a year, if you're going to have the time or the resources available to continue its growth. In our case, many RL complications and schedules made it impossible for us to give the required amount of time and attention that GoA was worthy of.

As of today, I will be stopping all payments for the site and making a full scale back up of the site's database. Since I've already paid for August, there should be a grace period of at least one more month before it vanishes from the web. I highly recommend that those who have important data, such as RP threads, works in the Library, etc. come to the site and make a personal back up of their own. However, if you lose your chance to do so, you can simply email me (hall.jessea@gmail.com) what you need and I'll do my best to retrieve it and send it to you as soon as I'm able.

I would like to personally thank Harken for giving me the opportunity to help contribute to his ideas. Without him, GoA never would have been. I honestly don't believe you'll find the quality of imagination that went into its conception anywhere else. I'm very thankful to him and the rest of the staff for the shared opportunity and the fun that went into this project!

Sincerely,
Jesse Hall

P.S. ~ A special thanks to all of those who stuck around...

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To all of GoA,

As the title suggests, this is my farewell note. I would like to thank everyone for the great times that I’ve had here and I will always have fond memories of this place. I would also like to offer a sincere apology to anyone who intended to continue roleplaying with me, but I believe that there is a time where all things must come to an end, and Gates of Aedolyn’s time has come.

There is a list of things I have done to try to save the site and it is possible that I could’ve done even more, but I truly believe that if we were to have a full, lasting revival, the original staff would have to make a return and finish what they started. GoA is the most well thought-out and developed site I have ever had the privilege of being a member of, and it saddens me to let it go. The plot, setting, and everything had so much potential that was never fulfilled in its entirety.

Of course, I have little right to carve out the future of this beautiful site in stone, as that supreme ruling should be left to Harken or Thieryn, but there is little to salvage now. If either of them wishes the site to continue, then I will happily oblige and carry on with them, but very drastic measures must be taken that includes, but is not limited to, the wiping clean of all member postings, applications, roleplays and anything else that is not in use and not in the library. In other words, the only way I think that GoA can be salvaged is to close for a short time, be cleaned up, and have a reopening. Again, this is only if the head administrators wish to have a final shot. If not, my resignation stands.

I realize that there are not many of you left to even see this message, but for those of you who do, please understand that I’m not rage-quitting, running from disputes, or anything like that, but just see little hope for the site if we continue like we are now. I want no hard feelings to be left behind among a member list that was so wonderfully talented, and hope to encounter you all sometime, somewhere in the future.

Respectfully,

Verisiel (s3ntry)

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Hello, everyone, and a very happy summer to you all!

We will be making a few changes and additions to GoA in an effort to boost activity.

Effective at the moment, is a new Liquid Time Policy, allowing characters to be in multiple threads, with a max of three threads per character. Please keep in mind that there is no guarantee that this policy will be permanent, as it is only to boost activity. Should Liquid Time be discontinued, all threads of participating characters may remain open for its entire duration, but that character may not add any more threads. Apply to participate here.

Concerning unfinished character applications currently sitting in our Character Pool, a PM has been sent out to the character's respective owners. If a reply has not been recieved by June 12, 2010, then the application will be deleted.

Also, we now have an advertisement. So, should you stumble across any interesting advertising opportunities during your wandering of the internets, please feel free to advertise us. Thank you!

AND HAPPY TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY, EVERYONE!

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Hello GoA,

I'm really sorry for the neglect and I wish I could come back, but that doesn't seem very likely; but, I am going to commit myself to more updates and helping out our two new staff members!  These two girls have been with the site since we opened and they deserve everything (and more)!  I leave the site in their hands (as well as the other Cousellors).  Hopefully now things can get off the ground.

Congratulations Sorcha and Verisiel!

Harken

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It has been a very long time. I think we all know that there has been a general plateau of activity. However! This will not be an ongoing pattern. We at the Herald are displeased that our staff was caught slacking, but we intend to regain your confidence by plowing full steam ahead!

DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED

• Jaru's Newcomer's Guide - Jarucas wrote a comprehensive guide including all the basic steps involved in joining GoA.
• The Monsters of Aedolyn: A Bestiary - Jarucas created a beautiful bestiary with a slew of sinister critters. This is only an introduction to the rich fauna of Aedolyn, so if anyone else has a tenacious creature they want to see added, please feel free!
• Timeline Workstation - Harken began the great task of the overall Aedolyn timeline. Check back frequently to see the history come together.

• Membership Drive - Jarucas is putting our name out there and our member base up and going! Be sure to check out the Cross-Promotion plans too. Oh, also make sure to invite all your friends too join Aedolyn, because we all know that they want to.
• Thread Report - Silivrenniel updated the Thread Report to include all recent posts.
• Facebook Infiltration - Thieryn created our very own Facebook page. Check the thread link above for updates, but more importantly, spam the heck out of our new Fan Page!
• PMing Newcomers - Thieryn also came up with a beautiful new script to end newcomers an informative private message when they first join.
• Last But Certainly Not Least - Jarucas got promoted! Can we have another round of applause and cake? We at the Herald couldn't ask for a better bunch of big bosses to run the show.

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