Well, furn has been hard at work tweaking the messageboards, and things are rounding into shape quite nicely. One of the things we've done along the way, since the Q3A Road Tour is completed, rather than retire the Q3Tour messageboard, is to convert it to a Quake III Arena board to segue to discussions of the game. Likewise, to further cover the other current game inspiring the most coverage around here lately, is the corresponding brand-new Unreal Tournament messageboard, so feel free to head over there with discussion of Epic's latest -- I mentioned it to GreenMarine, and he broke in the board with a loopy message that mentions that he will be hanging out on the board on occasion to answer questions and shoot the breeze, so things are off and running in fine style there.

While I'm discussing the messageboards, let me address a subject that inspired so much behind-the-scenes discussion here that I may not have made enough of a point of it amid the launch of these boards. The reason that email verified registration is being used is to be able to ultimately remove users who manage to abuse the boards. We're not into censorship here, and deleting posts (which has happened all of about twice so far) is not something we want to do, much less ban users (which has never happened yet), but I think it's fair to say folks have come to expect a certain level of discussion here, and while I'm pleased to see that a fairly high standard of posts has been demonstrated so far, it is probably partly due to this accountability that this has been the case (in addition to our high-quality of reader, of course). Anyway, the point behind this lengthy explanation, besides to give a feel for the philosophy here, is to reassure everyone that their email address will not ever be redistributed, it is entirely for this sort of internal administrative function, rather than to sell to some spam list (which will just never happen). Further, those with a fear of cookies, whether out of concern for calories or security, can turn off the use of cookies in their preferences if they don't mind not having their other settings saved for them. There's the deal, just wanted to make sure I mentioned all that stuff. Hope you enjoy the boards.