Snow is the clouds pooping on us. *nod*

I dislike snow.

I'm partial to Lan, myself.  He's such a BAMF. 

*pours beer over LZM's head*

Welcome, Vargas! We're glad you've joined us!

So tell us, who are your favorite characters?  What did you love the most?

6 hours ago, Kaylee said:

Dont uterus know what I think 

Your phone!!!

Mmmm, brownies.

DJ is my favorite 

Welcome, Zeustav!  Thanks for popping in to say hello

Feel free to ask us any questions you may have about the site... and make sure not to miss the social community section, it's a great place to meet people and make friends!

49 minutes ago, Mrs. Cindy Gill said:

And I counted 25 posts a page (counting isn't my thing so someone else can check). Last I knew it was 20 so I don't think there's been a loss of posts but again... math.

I count 25 posts per page too.  You're not wrong!

1 hour ago, Mrs. Cindy Gill said:

It doesn't count the posts anymore. I say we're at 1,000,000.

*confused face*

We can't click on the number of replies to see who's posted in the thread and how many posts per person anymore, but I can see the number of replies in the thread.  Is that a moderator only thing now?  

YAY 300,000 THREAD!

YAY AYLA!

*squishy tacklehugs*

*skips through the Tower giving squishy welcome back hugs*

3 hours ago, Ithillian Turambar said:

Now you just need a plain green siggy with an L in it 

I think Ithi is volunteering her services? 

I'm following the suggested order in the link I found.

Seems like a thing to do.

So one of the things I decided to do this year is fill in the gaps watching the Marvel movies and TV shows - I've seen a few of the movies here and there, and none of the shows.  

So in classic "if you're going to do something, do it right" fashion, I asked Google to give me an order to watch this stuff in, and it came up with this article.

This is going to take me a very long time.  And I probably won't get it done this year - but since I started bullet journaling last fall and fell in love with the concept of creating trackers for anything and everything (checking things off as you complete them is so satisfying), I made myself a MCU tracker to check off everything as I get around to it.  We'll see what I can accomplish in between everything else I'm tracking

As everything, the changes will take some getting used to.

It's definitely attractive.

Also, 5 of my January points to Eldrick for taking initiative and not waiting for Panchi

40 minutes ago, Illian Tear said:

Can't see myself on the list and for some reason i can't see the deserter's tree either. Im on mobile if that matters.

I'm expecting it hasn't been updated since you joined

The staff and members are still trickling back since the site reopened for beta testing, so it may be a bit before things are working as intended.

Welcome back to the new Dragonmount, Tower denizens! 2017 has ended, so let's take a look back at what you may have missed in the Black Tower during the past few months.

NEW ARRIVALS

Mere moments before Dragonmount was taken down for upgrades in November, Illian Tear bravely volunteered to join the ranks of Saidin channelers.  The welcome brownies may have grown stale during the weeks of Dragonmount being down, so make sure to stop in and say hello with a fresh plate of tainted deliciousness.

PROMOTIONS

Alas, we have nothing to report.  Don't forget to check the offsite information page and your current points to see how close you are to achieving a promotion!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

In case you missed it... mafia games will no longer be hosted in the Black Tower board for now - however, games hosted in the main mafia board with a Black Tower mod will be eligible for BT points.

EVENTS AND GAMES

Since our last Tainted Times update, Niniel's WoT Kids mafia game completed with a win for the crafty mafia team.

AJ proceeded to taint our minds with his Tainted Minds game, ending with a town victory.

OTHER

The 300,000 Post Thread Update:
          As of September 1, 2017:        236,720 replies
          As of January 1, 2018:              237,182 replies

Yeah.  The spam has been almost nonexistent. In the last four months (even with DM being down for about two months of it), we only managed 462 posts.

The Battle for Spam Supremacy:
          Black Tower:                          710,120 posts (up 10,880 from September)
          General Discussion:              977,756 posts (up 6,621 from September)

Apparently our overall spamminess within the Tower as a whole was far greater than the General Discussion forum, however. Great job, folks!

~~~~~~~~~~

And that's all for the first of January.  What do you want to see in the Black Tower in 2018?

~ Tress, Storm Leader of the Light

4 minutes ago, Nynaeve said:

Lucky you're too adorable. I can totally look past this.

3 minutes ago, Katiora said:

yes I can forsee this greatly impacting Mafia games lol 

Probably for the better.  

I hate nested quotes SO BADLY.

Oh absolutely.  As soon as I hopped on the Oathbringer spoiler forum, I spotted you.

I've been lurking quietly, reading a lot but not comfortable offering opinions just now.  

I may start posting there again after I finish my Mistborn series reread + Bands of Mourning + Arcanum though.  Maybe.

1 minute ago, Ashaman Leyrann Gaidin said:

You are on the 17th Shard? What's your username?

By the way, I wrote this post-Oathbringer scene that people might like. Contains Oathbringer spoilers (obviously):

http://www.17thshard.com/forum/topic/63494-ob-write-a-scene-for-the-one-year-gap/?page=2#comment-654426

Songstress.  (Same as it is here, although with the DM9 update my display name changed, as did several others.)  I posted there last in January of 2012.   Guess I can't manage to stay active on more than one forum at a time.

I am also considering the option that they just left the "site is offline" stuff up and are letting anyone who bothers to try log in.