Thanks.......

I want to say thanks to all of you who make The Village the wonderful room that it is. Without all of you it would be an empty shell. The mods who help keep the peace, the regs who are part of the whole picture and those who are just visiting are all who make it thrive. I hear stories of other rooms and the problems they have, and I am so thankful that The Village is such a wonderful place to be in and have fun. So to all of you I give my thanks, I am so proud to say that I am the owner of this room. Cheers to all of you.

Also I am thankful that The Garden was able to get a couple of mods to help out in there. Cheers to Lancer and R_I_D_D_L_E, take good care of it please it was my first room that I was a mod in.

And to all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving in November, enjoy.

MeMe44

New Mod In The Village.....

We welcome kiwibob as our newest mod to help in The Village. He has been around here for a year now, in fact his kongday is September 14. Congratulations kiwibob on modship and your kongday.
Yay to more mods in The Village, keep them coming.

Talk Like A Pirate Day.......

It's back....................oh yes on September 19, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day. We had so much fun with this last year, we are going to do it again. And our honorary pirate will be so proud to have everyone be like him. lol Get out the rum and the shiver me timbers and party with us that day!!!!!

Repeat Performance..............

Last year I posted this and it's time to roll it back out for all to see. Some users have a real problem with behaviour,might have something to do with lack of respect.
I guess they never learned it at home. Well guys lets try again. Also some have the mistaken notion that mods are paid employees. Hello guys, we are volunteers that give up our game time to keep chat nice for everyone. So what I'm getting at is please try to help us a bit by not feeding the trolls, they thrive on attention.
Try to set a good example by following the room rules. I love The Village and all of you that reside there, lets all keep it a happy place.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Yes, the word is Respect. We are not talking about a song that was written and released by Otis Redding in 1965. Or made famous by Aretha Franklin in 1967. And was recently listed as #5 on the Rolling Stone's chart "500 Greatest Songs of all time.

The word Respect means to hold in esteem. Someone mentioned this word to me this week. Which brought me to writing this post. Some of the young people today are not aware of what this word means.

We all need to show respect and appreciation to the Greers for creating this site, to Greg for working hard to see that we have fun games to play, to administration for their efforts to keep things running smoothly. Respect and appreciation go hand in hand.

But this is where I come in into the picture. As a volunteer helping to keep this site wonderful,I think the Mods need a lot of respect. We all work hard to make sure everyone is having fun. I can't count..... how many games I have had to restart, the nasty names I have been called, the phone calls put on hold because I am in the middle of a troll parade. The food that has turned cold also comes into my mind. And I am not complaining by any means. I chose to do this and I love it. The fun I have greatly outweighs the grief. I just want some of our new users to learn the word "respect" and to appreciate what we all have been given. A wonderful site, with wonderful people who care about everyone. So all you regulars out there who know this word, let's teach it to the new users. It will be interesting to see if they can learn.

Celebrate Good Times................

On Friday, July 17, it will be one year since I became the owner of The Village. A lot has happened in this year.Mods have come and gone.People have gone to other rooms. But all in all it has been a wonderful year. The Village has grown in many ways. We are a thriving online community that has a blog, a wiki,and a page on Facebook. But a lot of the old Village is still here along with the new. We have some of the original people still here contributing to all the fun we have. McCoyEVP still calls The Village home, and without him, The Village would not exist. I am so grateful to be the owner of this wonderful room filled with wonderful people who I consider my extended family. So cheers to another year of good times. Please join us on Friday as we celebrate all day.

Updates:................

We would like to welcome djkittn as our newest mod in residence. She has
been helping out in Ant Hill but calls The Village her home.

Also, I would like to repost The Village rules.

The Village has Boundaries..........
This notice is to list the boundaries (rules) of The Village. We are not
discussing the size or the kind of walls that surround the perimeter.
We are talking about what is and what is not allowed in this township.
Your behavior in The Village will show new users how to act when
they are here.
Please mute when necessary, this keeps it peaceful. The Trolls are
looking for attention and will usually stop if not getting that attention.
As always we would like to have no swearing, you can get your point
across without bad language. Spam and caps lock are not something
we like to see in chat. And most of all we hate to see insults of any kind.
All the users in The Village should be our friends and we should not say
anything that might hurt their feelings.
We don't want ours hurt, do we?
We have set boundaries and there are consequences. This meaning that
if you step out of these boundaries there will be consequences.
You will be banned from The Village and Kong for a set period of time.
Oh noes, that means no game playing; no friendly chat!
Life can be fun in the Village, so join us ......


These rules were posted in this blog on July 22, 2008 and they still apply today.
The only addition is the mods would like to be notified before you post any
links please. This really helps keep bad links from being posted. Thanks
MeMe44