Happy Holidays...........

Can you believe another year has just flown by us? We are all in the midst of holiday festivities and the coming of the New Year.
There have been many changes this year in the Village, some good and some bad. But, we have managed to get by without so much as a scratch.
Some of the Villagers entered a story contest in the kong forums. We are waiting to find out if anyone from the Village won.
And I am pleased to announce that our newest mod is none other than kaosfury. What a wonderful thing to have happen right now when I am so busy to have that extra help to keep an eye on things. Grats kaos!
I also want to tell all of you Villagers how much I appreciate all of you. When I go on mod calls, I get to see how other rooms are and I am grateful to be able to return to our happy little home. The regulars in the Village are what make this room so great, I can count on all of you to be there with all your humor and your kindness.
My heart goes out to each of you at this wonderful time. May you all have the best rest of the year, and I hope that the New Year is all that we hope it will be.

MeMe44

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

A Big Party Week..........

This week we celebrate some important events coming up for The Village. The Village turns "One" on May 29. Can you believe it, how time flies by when you are having fun. And on May 31, BJBinty celebrates her kongday, another epic day for The Village. And she has been in The Village from the very beginning. So she is a real native so to speak. And she tells us a little story in the post right below. Winding up the week, MeMe44 celebrates her 1 year modversary on June 5. Please join us in the fun all week as we celebrate all these exciting events.
MeMe44

The Village is One......................

It seems like only yesterday that I followed a link and found myself in The Village; of course, it had to be Protector that brought me here. The Village was the room kong decided it would put me in and I’ve stayed ever since :) thank you kongbot for picking the most wonderful home for me.
It seems I had chosen the right time to join as The Village had only just opened and not many people knew about it. As the year has rolled on by I have watched The Village grow from a small room to the thriving community we now share. Yes, we have had our ups and downs, but underneath it all we are The Village people and stick together.
The Village has seen many changes, like the change over from McCoyEVP to MeMe44 and the surprising amount of mods that have sprung up from our regulars. It doesn’t matter if you are new to the room or a long time resident like myself The Village will welcome you in and smother you with huggles, it’s not just a room anymore its got a personality of its own.
So come on all you Village People join me in a toast to Our Wonderful Room!!! May it continue to grow in love and friendship.
(YMCA costumes optional)
BJBinty

Congratulations...................

The Village is extremely proud to welcome strawberry777 and bigstew17 to The Village as our newly modded couple. MeMe's Mod Squad only gets better and better. What an excellent way to start the busy summer season with a couple of extra mods on staff.
The Village is thriving with the addition of some new regulars that moved from other rooms. We welcome them and hope they enjoy their stay.
And how about our new chat? Wow what a difference,took a little while to get used to but improvements are still being seen. Thanks to those responsible for all their hard work.
If you would like to write something to put in the blog put it in my profile whispers and I will look it over and see if it is suitable for posting.
Thanks for being a great room.
MeMe44

Guilt or Innocence?…………..

I have had many rumors flung at me during my ownership of the Village, and I managed to fend them off with strong shoulders and a determination to fight. I consider the source and dismiss most of them. This time is different because it seems to be doing harm to the whole Village. The Village has been my home on this site since last July, and I would never do anything to harm it or the people that reside there. That someone would accuse me of that hurts me deeply. I do not pretend that everything has been smooth for the last few weeks, but I never thought that someone would hate me so much that they would make me look bad. In addition, my being silent about it is wrong. It is not my style, I am a very vocal person and not afraid of anyone or anything. My thoughts are with all the people of the Village, it is your choice to consider whether you believe these rumors or not. I have done nothing wrong.

MeMe44

Guest Writer...........

Hello Village,
This time I am turning over the blog to qwertyrobot. She will be adding her knowledge to our wonderful blog. Also we welcome Pwnzor1 to MeMe's Mod Squad. Congrats Pwn.
We also welcome Akasharoo who splits her time with us and Cafe kong, congrats Akasha. The Mod Squad is getting to be the finest on this site.
I appreciate all the hard work the Mod Squad does to keep the Village the
fine room it is.
OK, here is qwerty's post.......




One wonderful day, I somehow travelled to a site called Kongregate. Another wonderful day several months later, I found a home in the Village where I could learn and grow. I have done both. It is amazing that there exists a place where I can do that; Where I can make the most hilarious mistakes and be taught; Where I can make friends no matter who I am or what I do or what I think; Where people are included with open arms (often times literally!), not excluded; Where I can participate in a community that daily astonishes me with its fun, vigor, friendliness, openness, and large amounts of funny!



Selfishness is not what characterizes this Village. People can get far more concerned with their own narrow achievement than with the wellbeing of others. And when that spirit infects a community, the community becomes the weaker for it. So we have to ensure that spirit doesn't infect our community. All of the jealousies, recriminations, cutthroat competitiveness, and possessiveness are far too ugly for chat. Points or people, the Village is a place to greet people enthusiastically and to cheer then on, not to tear them apart. Splitting people apart, putting them in boxes, excluding them, that is not the Village.



A wise person once told me that on the internet everyone is purple. In the Village, we all deserve the same amount of respect, the same amount of inclusion, the same amount of politeness. Just because some individual, group of people, or the world in general doesn’t behave well is not an excuse to abuse chat or the people within it in any way. The Village is a wonderful place to be, where everyone, no matter their limitations or how much they are excluded in the real world, can be included. Time in the Village should be about this, not petty differences that break us apart. For inside, we are all the same. We are all human. And when we realize this, and choose to be positive, we can be great.



I have been thinking of a community like a piece of music – made up of individual parts, but it is the whole that absolutely transcends reality. There are solos that are shine and special people in chat, but the interplay between all the voices and personalities is what makes chat. All the same, if several parts suddenly go a half step out of tune, a joyous major chord can be turned into something very melancholy. But Villagers are better than that. Humanity is better than that.



So I am thankful that I can be a part of this wonderful community, thankful for the friendships I have made, for all the amazing people I have talked to, for the camaraderie, the spirit, the jokes. I am learning so much, and I hope that I will continue to do that in an environment where competitiveness, possessiveness and putting people in boxes is muffled by encouragement, generosity, tolerance and most of all fun!




~ qwertyrobot

I wannabe a mod...............

I hear this countless times every day. But a little clue guys and dolls, when you say it you are put back at the bottom of the list. Also some things that will put you back at the bottom are: different behaviour when mods are present, being overly friendly and trying to be their best buddy. When mods are looking for a new mod, they rarely do it while wearing their mod suit. They come as an alt and observe.
You will be watched over time to see how well you blend into the room. The users I have nominated, I have watched several weeks maybe months before they are chosen. So if you want to make a good impression, be yourself, don't go overboard to make yourself noticed. It really does not help you at all. And don't become a minimod.
If a mod is present let them do their job. You do not need to step in and help. We mods have been trained and were chosen because of our abilities to handle the trolls.Please do not feed these trolls and also please learn to use your mute buttons. This site is growing and they are looking for new mods everyday. But as they are looking they are weeding out the ones that will never make it. All of you are great users and someday you may become a mod.

February in The Village......

Happy Kong-day MeMe44…



A year has passed, what a wonderful year it has been. Who knew a year ago that this site would have brought me so much pleasure. I signed on kong to play a game called Protecter, and I was hooked from the start. Maybe it was meant to be, so that I could meet the most wonderful people in the world. All of you have brought so much joy to my life, it’s like a party in my house every day. Each and every one of you are special in your own way, whether you are part of MeMe’s Mod Squad or a regular in the Village.I love chatting with all of you. The only thing I could wish for is a RL party with all of you invited to eat, drink, and be merry. So cheers to another year!


I would like to welcome BJBinty and qwertyrobot as the newest mods to join MeMe’s Mod Squad. They were already great regulars and are wonderful mods. In addition, we have visiting mods that drop in on a regular basis BlackSEED and Darxzero. The Village has become the place to be, so have a wonderful time while you are here.


HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY to all of you. Hope you find the love of your life
wherever they may be.

More Talent In The Village................

Twilight deepens as I walk from the fog of the city towards The Village. Fumbling for a match, I strike not only it but a posture as I swing access the gateway into it. Gently prodding those who greet me with a remembered moniker (which only slightly of their choosing). I whisper to the friendly overlord and settle in amongst the inhabitants who lurk this corner of the Wide World. We have banded as noncommittal travelers to oblivion’s ecstasy breathing domain. We come from afar, each and all. Swearing allegiance to none but our quests, we meet here to discuss our fortunes and ills, both of this world and another. I see others slide their often lubricated tongues into the fray of language I only occasionally monitor. Laboring for none by myself in this Village, I can only occasionally string out the lexicon used by long time Villagers. I see no Police. I see no Construction Worker. I see no Sailor. I see no large, Half-Naked Indians. Yet we remain Village People, banded together by mutual lust for adaptation to whatever foray we decide upon this eve. We shall never change the world outside our own, but whatever is outside our realm matters not. We are here to entertain ourselves and others, be it with wit or achievement. Here we sit and lounge, deepening our research into fun and revelry. Their faces and True Names are unknown to me; but I know them. Raising my glass to my sweat-beaded lips I cherish each night I meet with thee, Village.



This blurb for the blog was written by WahooSyrup, a new regular to join us in The Village. Welcome and keep writing.
Yet again I am amazed by the talented users The Village has in its cloistered walls. I am so lucky to have so many of you willing to give me your writings to post. Thanks to all.

MeMe44

Happy New Year...........

Ah, the start of a new year! Will it be a great one for you? Only time will tell. While you are finding that out, please enjoy some more talented prose from some of the wonderful people in the Village. I am amazed at how many of the Villagers are excellent writers, poets and musicians. Feel free to send me anything you want posted and I will review it and post it.


Badshad comes up with funny stuff all the time, this is something he said the other day in chat:

When you enter The Village to see what is there, remember your manners and take special care.
Watch out for the trolls, with their mean ugly mugs, and don't be surprised by the *glomps* and the *hugs*


vanilla_dreaming has written some wonderful things too:

Last night changed me forever. It’s hard to put into words what happened to me, but I shall try my best, for only in understanding will you be able to avoid my fate, and the cold, dark emptiness that surrounds my mind. I sat, last night, as I always do, typing away at my keyboard, surfing the net, browsing meaningless web pages to relieve the boredom that envelops my life. I watched as the red lights of the clock flashed at me, different numbers, different patterns each time I looked, yet still ticking, counting down. But to what? I glanced back, unseeing, to the screen, my mind shut off from my body. I knew I should get some sleep, God knows I needed it, but it’s harder than it sounds. For someone like me, at any rate. The numbers ticked on reassuringly, keeping track of seconds, minutes, hours that passed by. 22:32, 22:33, 22:34, 01:84. I did a double take, surely I wasn’t in that much need of sleep?

To read more of vanilla's work check out this site:
http://www.triond.com/users/vanilladreaming

And I would like to welcome VladTheEater as the newest mod to join us in the Village.
Vlad is off to New Zealand for a month on holiday.

OK, everyone enjoy and have fun, that's what it's all about!!!!!

MeMe44