New pages are here!

Things were getting a bit cramped, so we have added to this site a couple of new pages. Namely, the Contact and Q&A pages. Now you don’t have to join the forums just to tell me stuff or ask a question.

Er… Scratch that

Well, the hosting site tried to put ads on my site. Right then and there, I left that place and came back home to the more trustworthy blogger. Anyhoo, I will be making efforts to make this look more like a site than a blog. Minor things, you know.

Also, new forums are up on a different forum host. And these forums don’t have objectionable ads. Three cheers for a new forum!

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I’ll get to those cheers eventually.

A blog leads to…

I finally got a free hosting service with no ads or anything. Best of all, I should also be able to host my own forum on it (bye bye, objectionable ads) and many other things. Things are looking up for the Fire Wolves!

No more!

This is it; the last straw. Put simply, the ads on the forum have become to outrageously inappropriate. As of now, the forums are closed. They will soon be re-opened under a different hosting service.

Mystical Creatures in The Ballad of Dreams: Zombies

To make up for the fact that I am a bit late on my magazine, I shall bring you a special report on the zombies of “The Ballad of Dreams”.

Zombies are corpses magically re-animated through the use of dark magic. Zombies have no will of their own and obey only the one who rose them from their graves. They are incapable of feeling anything, emotionally or physically, and can fight even if it is missing a few limbs. However, it does need its brain to retain “life”, thus destroying it is the only non-magical way to kill a zombie. They are also highly sensitive to magic and will die if hit by any powerful offensive magic, though weaker spells will also suffice if cast by a powerful magic-user.

Zombies are able to spread disease and rot by touch. This only works on organic materials, such as animal or plant matter. Contrary to what some may believe, those who are killed by zombies do not become zombies themselves.

A bit of a delay

I am sorry, but the Fire Wolves Magazine may be a bit late.

Ratings Wars

Now in the forums are the “Rate the Above Person’s…” games. Varieties include avatar, signature, location, and class. I also may be adding more “say something about…” games.

What else can I say? They’re games and they’re grrrrrrate!

Over 100 Views

This page has officially been viewed over 100 times. It may not sound like much, but it’s an important step… I think.

The forum problem and how you could help

The forum hosts won’t do anything about it. Looks like if I ever want to have those ads removed, I’ll have to have ALL the ads removed, which means paying them $50. So here are the options:

- We wait until I manage to get the $50. With no allowance and hardly any starting money, that could take a long time.
- One of you hosts the forums instead. If you have your own site, maybe you could lend me a bit of that space? I’m afraid blogger doesn’t allow file uploads, which are necessary for forum boards.
- One of you pays the $50 to get the ads removed. Yeah, like that would ever happen.

Until one of these things happen, I suppose an all-ages forum board is beyond our reach.

Measures are being taken

I am doing all that I can to make spboards.com do all that they can to remove the more offensive ads on the forum board. Perhaps sometime soon, the boards can be safely browsed by a six-year old. Yeah, that’ll be when I invite Cole.

New feature in the forums

I have added the Battle of the Pics to the forums. No, this is not where you go to throw pictures at each-other. This is where you go to put up a picture/drawing that can defeat the previous picture/drawing. Low bandwidth computers be warned: many images will be in this thread.

If you decide to join, may the pic be with you, Luke.

A clarification of the last post

When I said it was getting closer, I did not mean that the ads that the hosting site put on my forums actually have nudity. But they are tip-toeing closer to that.

Somebody willing to help get rid of the ads?

Alright, the “find your mate” ads on the forums are tip-toeing ever-closer to nudity. Can somebody donate $50 so I can get them removed? I will need the donor to do the actual payment to get them removed, because the hosting site only allows payment via credit card or PayPal, both of which I’m pretty sure I’m too young to sign up for.

Or alternatively, maybe one of you readers could host the forums on your site. Of course, I do not realistically expect anyone to offer to do either thing, but I thought it would be worth a shot.

Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter, Bloggier!

Alright, here we go. Starting today, this week is the Blog Improvement Week. And I need your help.

I need your suggestions, as well as perhaps a helping hand with coding and stuff like that. To offer the said help, you may do many things. You may utilize the comment system on this blog (click on the “## comments” link), you may e-mail me at Jesse_Hammond@cox.net, or you may go on the forums and go onto the “Blog Improvement” thread in the “General Discussion” forum.

It’s a Hit!

I finally have found a good hit counter for the site; one that does not require an image ad be put with it. Let’s hope this one helps in my attempt to find out how many visits to this site there are.

Why must I procrastinate so?

The next fire wolf magazine is going to need to be done soon and I have barely started. Well, time to get to work.

Phase One Complete

Well, colors are down. Now, let’s see what else I can do…

Redecoration

It is that time once more. Time to redecorate the site. Of course, it may take a moment to complete, so be patient. After I am done, this site will be thanksgivingized.

I hate to say this…

The parent has spoken. I am no longer allowed to have a chat on this blog. However, at least he bothered to give me a good reason. He states that chat runs the risk of things called Zombie-bots, which send viruses, and many other things. So due to safety and mainly parental control, I must remove chat from this site for now.

Third Time’s a charm?

The new chat is up and running. This time, it is completely non-profit. There’s not even a payment option available and they have a .org ending, which are two good reasons for me to trust them. I think this one’s up to stay.