I'd like to give my two cents on a subject that's got people talking recently: WN's low cash reserve. Without far more donations: WN cannot continue to operate as it currently does. This isn't a far off problem, either, we won't make it far past the new year if the problem isn't rectified and if we don't sort it immediately then we won't have enough leeway to sort it again if it does become a problem. The buffer we're eating into at the moment is crucial, we can't afford to wait until it runs out....

What's up Hollow?
I'm back in the race that is gaming and WN. I haven't made a blog since I stepped down from BO admin earlier this year. Looks like I jumped ship at about the right time, though I didn't see the end of the department in it's near future. Anyway, it doesn't take a genius to see that my activity has dropped loads since I stepped down but I've been sitting and waiting for this new MMO called Aion to come out.

And?
Glad you asked. It's got some innovative...

Yeah I know, tell me about it! Well, I'm still waiting on a few sections to be written up for me so until they're in then I suppose I'll have to hold it back but it won't be any later than Friday. If it's not in there on Friday then it's going up without it!

We have some commi slots open over in BO. Please go check out the BO public forum for more information. See my thread about 'do you have what it takes to be a commissioner' especially, as the other positions have had many applicants already!

Indeed, the BO restructure thread was a joke. Some people completely fell for it, some didn't (or said they didn't but really totally did and don't want to look like a fool.)

Actually we got a really positive review from the Military Council and it really boosted our spirits about the department's future. Expect an announcement about that in the near future with lots of statistics and things for you to sink your teeth into.

There were some people who were pretty abusive...

There's some major changes going on over in Battle Ops following our department review earlier this month.

Please see the thread for full details, and how it will affect you.

BO currently has ideas for promotion of LAN events within WN. There's a poll and more information up here. I encourage you to go vote and submit your thoughts as they could prove integral to the development of the proposed project.

Anyone with sufficient rights will know of the existence of the office, the place where the BO admins get together and drink until we fall over. Anyone with even more rights will be able to see what's inside. Don't though, it's just a group of guys dribbling all over the floor and being sick in the corner. Damn, I'm glad it's DP's office. I think he gets some child to come in and clean it up or something. I think they're from Africa but, to be honest, I haven't really ever seen them.
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...is how I would sum up this month so far. I've got a bit behind on all my WN goals but, they'll get done. I'm off this week and next week so I'll have time.

Unless, of course, I'm playing WoW some more. Patch 3.0.8 came out today and it's messed my custom UI up. I'm waiting for the author to issue a fix before I play again, as there's no way I can possibly play without all my additional features that make me seem knowledgeable!

Actually, WoW is creeping up my xfire...

I've written approximately 2 blogs before... ever. I can't say I'm particularly good at it, and I won't promise that I can make this interesting, or regular. However, it seems like a good place to attempt a record of the life of a BO Admin, for your amusement.

Sectionless Competitive Gaming was scrapped this month. You can go and read the full analysis if you so wish. The abridged version is simply that we couldn't test it properly and weren't sure if it would work. We didn't have...