Regular Update

Regular Update

Due to a family tragedy, I am keeping this update brief. My apologies for not doing all the things I’d wanted to do on the site this week.

As always, there’s a new MP3, new comic and a new poll.
Two weeks left to enter the contest.
My Shining Force CD on auction, with bonus, at Ebay.

See the Campaign Site, Shining Force II Site and Final Conflict site for recent updates.

Response to the Poll results, for future additions to SFC:
Though I won’t be adding more MP3s due to the legal implications, I will certainly try to add more artwork and wallpapers ASAP.

I may not be online much these next few days, or replying to email. I’ll try to be at the forums during work hours if I can, but I’ll be busier at work this week, and in the evenings our phoneline is pretty tied up, as there are many arrangements to be made. I’m sorry.

Regular Update

Regular Update

First of all, I’m sure you’re all aware of the tragedies that befell the USA yesterday. My thoughts are with all those affected by these awful events.
In light of yesterday’s events, I had to change the comic strip of the fortnight at the last minute, as the one I had planned for this fortnight (and drew over a week ago) may have seemed somewhat tasteless under the current circumstances. The replacement may not be up to the usual standard, and for that, I apologise. But I’m sure many of you are not in any mood for comedy at this time anyway, and understandably so.

As always on our fortnightly update, there’s a new MP3, new comic strip and a new poll.

The August contest is now officially over, and the winners have been announced… were you one of the lucky ones?

The September contest has now been launched, check it out here!

I intended to review another bunch of sites for addition to the directory, but I ended up getting carried away with my Final Conflict translation, and in the last few days have translated 4 (pretty long) sections. Check it out at the Final Conflict site!

The Shining Force Campaign is going very well, with over 130 signatures added in about 2 days. Support so far is great, so if you haven’t already added your name and sent an email, why not nip along to the Campaign site and do so now!

I’ve got a few more items to add to my collection page, but I’m holding off doing that until the other half dozen items I’m waiting for arrive.

Finally, without further ado, here are the results of last fortnight’s poll. I was somewhat disappointed to see that so many people “don’t care” whether there’s a new game, but it’s great to see how hopeful the majority are that there will be another Shining game!

Various Updates

Various Updates

The August contest is now over, and entries are no longer being accepted. The winner will be announced on Wednesday 12th September.
Also, I’ve added 2 new sections to the Final Conflict translation.

The Shining Force Campaign is going well, with over 100 new signatures added in less than 2 days! If you haven’t already, drop by the Campaign site & do your part to support the cause!

SF Campaign: Phase III Launched!

SF Campaign: Phase III Launched!

The Shining Force Campaign: Phase III has now officially launched! Drop by the site to find out what it’s all about!
Don’t forget, there’s only 2 days left to enter the current contest – the winners will be announced on Wednesday 12th September.

I’m currently reviewing a whole bunch of sites (~50 of them) for addition to the SFC directory, and I’m also redesigning the chat system here… it never did look very nice, so I thought I should take some time to tart it up 🙂

I’ll also be working hard on my Final Conflict translation, as I’ve got a few days off work now. Keep your eyes peeled!

I’ve archived all the August news now. See how short this page is?!

More updates to come on Wednesday.

Various updates

Various updates

I’ve moved the old news into the archives now 🙂
As you can probably see, my PayPal account is now fully operational, and ready to accept donations. Don’t feel obliged in any way though – I’ve only added this due to the requests of several people. Any donations received will primarily be used towards the costs involved in contest prizes, such as getting them & posting them. But who knows? If I get sufficient donations, maybe I can make this site my fulltime job (wishful thinking!)…

Anyway, on to the real news stuff now.

My Shining Force II Guide has now been completely redesigned, and although some areas still need things added to them, it’s already bigger than ever 🙂

The message boards now have well over 500 members and are active as ever, so if you haven’t already joined, why not do so now?

As always, with this fornightly update comes a new MP3, comic and poll for you to enjoy… and a warning that you now have less than 2 weeks in which to enter this month’s contest!

…but this fortnight, that’s not all you’re getting from SFC! I’ve added a new section for each Shining game, “midi sound files”, and there are plenty for you to download. Some of these have moved from my Shining Force 2 site, however there are dozens of new tracks, provided mostly by the talented Magnus Andersson. So, if you want to check them out, have a look at the game pages.

I’ve arranged yet more cool prizes, and I’m pleased to announce that the contest leading up to Christmas will have a whole bunch of prizes. I love Christmas, so I’d like to try and make as many people happy as possible at that time of year 🙂

SFIII Headquarters – New Management

SFIII Headquarters – New Management

Shining Force III Headquarters is now “under new management”, however due to the site’s popularity, it is temporarily offline as a result of bandwidth restrictions. Do keep an eye on the site though, as updates are likely to be carried out in the near future.

SF2 Redesign/PayPal

SF2 Redesign/PayPal

Woohoo! Two lots of good news today! First off, the redesign of my Shining Force II site is about 95% complete, and so I expect to have it online early next week.

The second news? The credit card statement finally arrived today. So, I’m now happy to announce that I’m now able to accept donations for this site via PayPal. At the moment the money is likely to be going towards new prizes to give away in the contests & posting them out 🙂 Of course, if I get lots of money maybe I’ll be able to give up my job & just spend all my time working on this site! My PayPal ID is [INCEMAIL]

New banners

New banners

I’ve created some new banners, and encourage you to link to SFC to spead the word around! Let the whole world discover the wonders of Shining Force! Click here to get the linking code now!
Also, I’ve added Shining Force Chronology to the main navigation 🙂 Some new bits to be added to that section very soon.

The redesign of my Shining Force II site is coming along well, and I hope to have it online in a week or two.

Contest Winner

Contest Winner

The winner of the July Contest has been selected! Click here to find out who the lucky winner is!
Also, I’ve done some serious work on the Shining Force Chronology section (linked in the “About Shining Force” section… but maybe I’ll add it to the main navigation too, sometime).
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Update: Well, the Chronology has only been online a few hours, and already I’ve had some useful input from SilverwolfX… have another look at it, if you haven’t already.

Regular Update

Regular Update

Yet another fornight has passed! The July contest is now over, and the winner will be announced on Saturday, 18th August 2001.
I’ve finally moved some news to the News Archive, but I’ve yet to add a few links to the directory. Also, my apologies to anyone who had problems submitting their site over the last few days. Since I moved some files onto another server, the formmail script needed some changes. It’s all working fine now though.

Don’t forget to check out this month’s contest, the prize is a really rare piece indeed, a true collector’s item. I’ll say no more here, you can read all about it on the Contest page.

I’m currently working on a complete redesign of my Shining Force II site. More news on that soon, I expect 🙂

The page about my collection has been updated to include several new additions.

Not much else to report other than the fact that I’ve been able to arrange a few more cool prizes for contests… so I should be okay for about the next year! Oh, and still no word on my PayPal account, for accepting donations. Watch this space!

Well, that’s it for today. Hope you enjoy the Comic Strip, Poll & MP3 of the Fortnight!

Regular Update

Regular Update

Well, the redesign has now been online for 2 whole weeks 🙂 Feedback so far has been very positive!

You’ll find I’ve added a new “MP3 of the Fortnight”, new comic strip and new poll… so get voting! The MP3 file will be moving servers on Thursday/Friday, so there may be a small period of downtime then… my apologies.

Um… not much else to report really… I’ve got a few link submissions to check out and add, and more translation to do. Other than that, I’m planning to redesign my Shining Force II site, build a Shining Force CD site, finish/redesign my Shining Force site and then redesign and re-launch the Campaign. I’d also like to expand my Shining in the Darkness site, but that’s on low priority. Guess I’ll be finished in a few years then 😉
Tomorrow (or thereabouts), I’ll start offloading some of the old news into the news archive, which I’m probably going to organise by month.

Only 2 weeks left to get your Contest entries in, too… had some nice pieces of artwork so far, but maybe you can do better! Why not give it a go?

No site move?

No site move?

Well, it looks like I won’t be moving this site for some time yet! We’re going to have to put up with those banners, because the site uses 19GB per month in bandwidth… which is a pretty big amount. Certainly not an amount I could afford to pay for!

I’ll be updating the site on Wednesday with a new MP3, comic and poll. I’ve moved my Final Conflict site (which has got a lot more translation on it now!) to www.shining-force.co.uk/finalconflict because I didn’t want to put banners all over it 😉

There may be a few glitches in the site over the next few days, as I’m moving a lot of my downloads to another server. Sorry for any inconvenience. Also, I’m testing out some new code, so that when the CGI scripts on this page (the random quote, poll, banner etc) have errors, it doesn’t distort the page like it did before – I hope!