Some of you lurkers out there may have noticed that you no longer have access to everything on the forums (blogs, for instance). This isn't a bug on the forums or a horrible mistake. The staff is currently discussing and implementing a tiered membership system. We are hoping that this system will promote more activity and encourage lurkers to post and participate in discussions.
For now, you only need to make 1 post to move from "Newbie" to "Lurker", and only 5 posts to move to the "Active Member" tier. We will discuss and change this number to something more appropriate.
What does this tiered membership mean for the community?
It's not a popularity contest. We want you to contribute because you feel like it and not to increase post count. But we are also a very close community and writing that first post might be a little too intimidating for some. We can't force anyone to post, but hopefully content will be... [Read More]
There are a few things that drew me to Vacant Sky. The first and foremost is the wonderful custom music. Each musical piece is appropriate to the scene and enhances the atmosphere tenfold. The intro theme is wonderfully rendered and rivals the professional quality of commercial games. The second thing that drew me in was a modernistic setting. There aren't many games that use the modern setting, and even fewer that offer the variety in locale that Vacant Sky does. Oftentimes, game creators have a tendency to paint the modern times in dark grays – perhaps to convey the grubbiness and... [Read More]
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