1800 Members

After removing about 7 members yesterday, we've hit 1800 members. Our 1800th member is OrangesofDeath.

Leigh Leaves

After three years and tens of thousands of posts later, Leigh , our top poster, is deciding to take a brake break from RAF. Here's his post, made today, May 5 2008:

For all those that remember me, lol, pretty much life has changed recently and time for coming here has shortened.

I've got other things to do, things that mean more to me now.

I thought I'd be courtious, who would've thought I'd be that, and let people know I'm leaving.

Nothing against anyone here, except maybe Tyler :P Lol, kidding, life has to come first.

So goodbye! I may pop in occasionally but I won't be around anymore.

I still hold the record for the first person to reach 10k posts AND 20k posts ;) Lol, have fun!

Read ->

Anna Takes the Top Spot

Member, Anna has taken the top spot from Phoenix/Mike, who resided atop the list from March 8. The list pretty much shows member dedication, as it records on a first come basis who visits the forum.

RAF - 2 Million Hits

Ah yes, according to trusty StatCounter, our primary hit tracker, RAF, the forum itself, has crossed the two million hits mark today. We started tracking on February 23, 2005.

To view the number, just visit RAF's main page.

Remnants e-Books (1-4)

Following our Remnants Forum, member Dameg (who also provided us with the Vegemorphs book) uploaded the first four Remnants eBooks for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy!

Vegemorphs E-Book Online!

Dameg, member of RAF has provided us with the lone Animorphs parody; Vegemorphs. Please click the image above, or visit the RAF eBooks section to read Vegemorphs: The fungus Among Us along with all the other Animorphs books.

Forum Makeover?

Go here to read and discuss a post created by Ricardo which asks whether the forum needs a makeover.

New Boards for RAF

Now you guys have specialized areas to talk about Everworld and Remnants, both K.A. Applegate authored books. In addition, Michael Grant's (Applegate's husband) upcoming book series Gone now has a board for itself.

The new boards are called Forums on RAF because I noted the lack of forums for the currently over two series.

To discuss Everworld, click here.
To discuss Remnants, click here.
To discuss Gone, click here.

You now have a re-launched board, More Books..., to discuss, other books.

Web Host Issues

Hello,

There appears to be a problem with that server. Our administrators are working on that, but for the moment we have no news what is the cause of the issue. We deeply apologize for the inconvenience caused. You websites and services will be up and running shortly!

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Best Regards,
Victor

That's the word from our web host providers.

1700 Members

RAF's latest member, brings our total member count to 1700.

RAF Donate - Now Live

RAF Donate is now online. Powered by PayPal, RAF Donate allows you to send money via Credit Card, PayPal to the RAF Fund, which will go toward paying for the hosting services of The Animorphs Forum.

Members who dontate will be promoted to the prestigious Donator group on RAF. In addition, there will be a top list for all those who donate.

The Bored Board

...has been disabled. My entire feeling toward a spam board changed a few minutes ago.

Edit: It's back. Didn't know people liked it that much...

K. A Applegate Goes to Comic Con?

Any of your group going to Comic Con in San Diego this summer? There's a chance we'll be there.

- K. A. Applegate

It appears, according to correspondence with our admin Adam, the author of Animorphs, K.A. Applegate (and husband Michael Grant), might pay a visit to this year's Comic-Con.

If they decide to go, will you be there?

Katherine and Michael away for awhile...

Katherine Applegate and Michael Grant, are going to be away from the forum for an undetermined amount of time. This is because they are moving to Italy! I (TheEllimist/Adam) sent them an email about coming back to answer questions, and here is what they sent back.

Hi, Adam:

Sorry we didn't get back to you sooner. We are just neck-deep in work. We're selling our house, moving to Italy, writing and rewriting,(accepting awards in K's case) dealing with kids, selling cars . . . it's as busy as we have ever been.

So maybe down the road. But right now life is crazy.

M and K

So that is why they aren't here. The two topics have been locked and put away in RAF's Attic until they notify me or someone else that they are ready to make their return. But nothing is for sure. They said "maybe." But let's all hope for the best and pray/hope that their trip is safe and they settle very nicely in Italy.

E-Books Under Construcation (Again!)

I'm reworking the pages under RAF eBooks, so please bear with me while I take my time to change the layout on all pages. You can access the pages, but some may look different from the others.

Monday update:
I just finished editing all the pages by hand, hope you enjoy.

RAF Search

Adding to the usability of RAF, I have added (thanks to Google) search capabilities to all primary RAF pages (index/ blog / tv/ ebooks). This search box will be able to search all pages outside the actual forum. To search the forum, use this option.

Update: RAF Search will now be able to search everything on RAF. (Excluding RAF Classic)

RAF's Front Page

Only recently did I decide to create a front page for RAF. Actually, it was a couple of hours ago. I've always thought about it, but never had any reason to. But lately I realised that our newly created pages (TV / Blog / eBooks) because of how Google works, never appeared on the search giant. If they did, they had very low rankings.

So I decided to knock up a basic front page, linking you all to the forum's Conforums sub-domain, among the other important sections of RAF that are newly created or important. The main link, of course RAF: the actual forum

The aim, to ultimately open Googlebot's eyes as to our website. Hopefully the additional click when one visits animorphsforum.com, won't bother anyone.

Esplin 9466 Dethroned

After I fell ill in late 2007, Esplin 9466 (Russell, our staff member) over took the #1 position on the User's Online Today box. Since then, he has been there... until yesterday, when RYTX took the position for the first time.

How the box works?

Think of it like this: If I log in today, my name will appear, if someone logs in after, their name will show up after mine.

So if your name is first, you've been online every day for a long time. Because if you don't log on in 24 hours, your name disappears.

 

Since this box was added, only three persons have been #1, myself, Russell, and now RYTX.

Edit:
Phoenix004 has, for speculative reasons taken the top spot, hours after this post was made...
Congrats to him.

See this thread for more information and chatter.

1600 Members

12 days after our 1500th member registered, our 1600th member superunderline, decided to register.

I'm Back + Chat Open

I'm back from my little trip... and the weekly RAF Chat is now open... enjoy!