First of all, I just want to give a big Happy New Years and Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah to all of you out there! First thing done for the site in '04 is updating the chatroom! You login the same way you did with the old one(You still have to click yes on the plugin pop up ad >_<), but I think it looks and feels a lot better. Hope to see all of you there! Also if you go on the poll, you've seen that it's(finally) been updated!!

At the top, you can see that there is a shoutbox in which you can talk on. Same rules as on forums apply to the shoutbox, and I can ban unruly people. Also on the layout front ShadowJ's been busy so that's why the lack of updates, but hopefully he can get it up soon *ahem*

I'm going to announce that the Dark Rift is getting a completely new layout. If anyone wants a preview, please ask in the guestbook, chatroom, or forum. I'll give a report when previews of the layout will be up.

This is a really frustrtaing bit of news I have to bear here. The forum went down because Server 2(And all the boards on it) crashed. Now fortunately all our topics are still here(though out of order), but we have to replace the banner, and basically start over from scratch on editing the forum's looks! Users will have to re register, as all their accounts have been deleted. I'm sorry to have to tell you this...

For some reason, the forum for this site isn't working. I've gone on the Invisionfree site and browsed through the board directories to see if it was only me, but it's not. Invision may be having a slight problem, and until further notice the forum is down >_<

After 3 hours of hard searching + work, I finally got a chatroom for us ^_^! It's a little bit basic for now, but it can be improved upon. Come on in and talk to us!

We are accepting staff members now, if you want to become part of the team, send an email to me, my email is on the Staff page. From strategy writers to graphic artists, all help is appreciated. You may also register at the forum

We got the fanfic AND fan art pages up so you all can come send your stuff to me or Dark Ronin(No linking to ff.net) be sure you've read the rules first.

The Discoveries Guide is now up and the Copyright notice of the guide(s) by John Mitchell is up, the Copyright notice is a must read

YAY!! THE SITE HAS FINALLY BEEN PUT UP!!!Today the site has been launched, after weeks of hard work, it can finally be viewed by fans of SOA all over the globe! Happy browsing ^_^!!.