TGIF! I hope everyone has had an excellent week, and is looking forward to the weekend! It's my birthday on Sunday, so make sure you have an extra-awesome time for me! There're few things to talk about, so let's take a look! New Crafting New Crafting Items for St. Petersburg went out today, so get crafting! Player Bans FB: 8 MS: 37 As always, we are committed to keeping our games fun and fair for everyone, and will continue to ensure that players are playing fairly and within our Terms of Use by swinging the banhammer where it needs to be swung. There's been some confusion in the past about these numbers, so let me clarify. The above numbers are the number of accounts we have permanently frozen for violations of our Terms of Use. We also do temporary freezes for less severe violations, although these aren't included above. It's also worth mentioning that frozen accounts do currently still show up in the game, which has caused some confusion as well as the sentiment that we don't freeze accounts. We're looking into ways to alleviate this sentiment, as we genuinely spend quite a bit of time enforcing our Terms of Use to keep the games fun and fair for everyone. Quarterly Newsletter #2! Back by incredibly popular demand, our second ever Quarterly Newsletter was released this week! There were a few snags with it's release, but most players should have gotten it now. If you haven't, please check your spam/junk folder. If you signed up for the newsletter and still haven't received it, send us a message through Support and we'll look into it for you. For future newsletters, you can increase the probability of it reaching your actual inbox by putting noreply@kanoapps.com in your safe senders list. There's also a short survey about the forums in the newsletter, so if you're itching to give us some anonymous feedback about your forum experience, go for it! Facebook Offsite Game Policy Change Facebook recently announced a change to their policy regarding offsite versions of games on Facebook that will take effect December 5th, 2012. You can read more about it here. Community Stories Have you met someone in game that you're now best friends with? Have you done something really important because of some advice another player gave you? Have any other awesome/inspiring/cool stories about an interaction you had with another player through the game? We occasionally here through Support about players meeting their significant others through the game, or about how they've made lasting friendships, or other awesome stuff, but we've never been able to share it because Support requests are private and we value your privacy. That being said, we do want to share some of the awesome stories we know are out there, so if you have any you'd like to share with the community, please email me at community@kanoapps.com with the title "Community Stories". Stories can by anonymous, but if you'd like to say who you are in game, please mention your game name and what game you play. I'll pick one each week to share in my TGIF post, and I look forward to being able to share these awesome stories with you all! So start sending! Community Volunteer Team We are always looking to expand the awesomeness of our Community, and to do that we need to expand our Community Volunteer team! We currently have two types of Community Volunteers, Game Gurus and Moderators. Moderators help the community by helping keep the forums civil and respectful, as well as on-topic, spam-free, and within the forum code of conduct. Being skilled and experienced players, Moderators also help in the community by answering questions and acting as liaisons between the community and Kano. This position is quite the commitment, as we expect our moderators to be able to volunteer at least a few hours a day (although some do much more than that.) Game Gurus are skilled and experienced players looking to share their knowledge with the community, with a particular focus on newer players. Gurus are expected to watch the Guru threads for questions, as well as answering questions elsewhere in the forums, although they don't have the forum powers or responsibilities of Moderators. If you're interested in either position, email us at community@kanoapps.com for more information! Support Report Unfortunately, I didn't bug Melanie in time to get a message from her. On her behalf, I would like to remind you all to be nicer to eachother, and us. Being nice is awesome. On that note, look at this picture I found for you! Joke of the week! Back by popular demand, it's time for the joke of the week! More accurately, back by one player reminding me about Joke of the week, but close enough! This week, a pun: I don't understand insomnia. Sleeping is so easy I could do it with my eyes closed! Click here for the appropriate sound effect. Well, that's it for this week. Have a great weekend, and be especially nice to eachother on Sunday (or as I like to call it, DanDay.) Play Now! Facebook Canvas: http://bit.ly/zs_kaforum Facebook Connect: http://bit.ly/zs_forum_fc MySpace: http://mysp.ac/zs_ms_forum
