Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm proud to announce that we are finally prepared to open the doors to the new website! As of now (5:10pm Central Standard Time 9/26/09) you may begin roleplay on our new forums which can be found at: http://madhatterrgames.com/vampire-larp/index.php


PAYMENT PLANS & ACCESS TO FEATURES
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Please make yourself an account (I suggest using your real name not a character name for your account) and get settled in! At this time, those of you who are paying via paypal, please cancel your subscriptions to us.

Just in case you’re browsing this email I’ll say it again - CANCEL YOUR PAYPAL SUBSCRIPTION TO US IMMEDIATELY.

Information on how to set up your new subscription through the new website will be forth coming. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RE-SUBSCRIBE ON THE PAYMENT PAGE OF OUR NEW WEBSITE UNTIL WE ASK YOU TO. It's working from what we can tell but I need to touch base with Jim on a few more things before we open the flood gates to everyone and I want to make sure all the bolts are tightened down on the system before we progress.

For the moment everyone will be set up with a regular online subscriber account regardless of their intentions for the future (the only exceptions will be staff of MGP: Vampire and employees of Madhatterr Games) all features for that membership level on the site should be accessible to you. For details on the difference between our Online Subscriber Program and the Online Subscriber PLUS program… please check out: http://madhatterrgames.com/vampire-larp/payments.php

For some of you this means you’ll get a sneak peak at what the online players get for their payments each month, for some of you it will just mean that you have the same sort of benefits you had here at Ning.com


ERRORS ON THE WEBSITE WORTH PLAYER POINTS!
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If you notice any problems with the website such as:
+ The ability to see a social group you’re not a member of
+ The ability to add photos
+ The ability to add a image as your signature
+ The ability to customize your colors and background on your blog or profile pages
+ The ability to send messages to more than one person at a time
+ The ability to use an animated avatar
+ The ability to start a social group
… or anything else that the Online Subscriber PLUS program offers…

Please let us know asap. Errors found on the website are worth 1pp a piece for the next month so be keeping a sharp eye out.


CHATROOMS
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You’ll also notice that we do not yet have a main chatroom on our bottom chat bar. This will change asap. For now you have two choices - keep chatting oocly here at Ning.com (I’ll leave things open here for the time being) or access our Out of Character Chatroom (it’s a landing chat space) in the IC Chatroom page. You can find that under the “subscriber” button on the menu bar.


2nd ONLINE CHAT GAME FOR SEPTEMBER
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Our chat game night (tomorrow) will take place on the new site. There is no premise scheduled due to how busy I’ve been with getting the new site ready for everyone to move into however, I and others on the staff will be on hand for your challenge throwing needs and I welcome everyone to show up to rp with one another… who knows, I may throw out some plot if the mood strikes me. *wink*


If you have any questions, please either private message me on the new website -or- post to the out of character forum or catch me on chat. MORE CHANGES TO THE SITE ARE COMING… it’s not done, but it’s good enough for us to start “living” in. Let’s get going and make the place feel like home.

See you at the new site!

While this should go without saying, we want to be very clear - this website is a work of fiction only. It's members do not believe they are real vampires, they do not engage in acts of drinking blood, casting magic spells, worshiping demons or injuring others. This is just a game. Just as someone who plays Clue(tm) doesn't go out and kill someone, just as watching Law and Order(tm) on TV isn't an induction into a crime ring or winning at Monopoly(tm) won't entitle you to a million dollars... we do not believe we are vampires and anyone who does believe they are a vampire, isn't welcome to attend any of our events. The world is dark enough without such things being brought out of fiction and into the real world. 'Nuff Said.