May 16 Update!!

[Haruno Sakura]

All right, here's another update from the staff!!

Anybody who didn't post in the Activity Check has had their characters deleted unless I gave them grace for some reason or other. Their apps have been moved to the archives, opening up the spots of the following canon characters:

Uchiha Itachi
Uchiha Sasuke
Sabaku no Gaara
Pein

So please, if you can, fill up those spots ASAP. We want them to be filled, after all!

The start of the Quotes spotlight is up, and it will be running until Wednesday. Once Wednesday rolls around, I will be putting up the polls for each of the respective spotlights, INCLUDING THE QUOTES SPOTLIGHT!! Send me your quotes as soon as you possibly can! I don't want to have to keep it open after I've already fixed up the sidebar for the spotlights, so please, send as many as you can! The more, the better; I can fill up to 35 spots in a poll, so no worries!

There has also been a new-ish grading system invoked, if some of you have not noticed. Characters will require things called "stamps" in order to be passed. There are two types of stamps, one is a "half-stamp" and the other is a "full stamp". The admins [Saska and Monsun] are able to give both, but the mods [Isanne and Cendrillon] are only able to give half stamps. Originals with custom jutsu and any canons require two full stamps to be passed, and originals that just have canon jutsu and weapons require one and a half stamps to be passed. Jutsu and weapons themselves, when posted in the Character Creation area, only require one and a half stamps to be passed. Kekkai Genkai and custom clans require a full two stamps to be passed.

Hmm, other than that, I can't really think of anything. Don't forget to welcome your newest staff member, CENDRILLON, even though she's been staff for a little while now. ^^ Also, spread the word to your friends! Get your friends to join the site; the staff are awesome [as most of you can probably agree] and while we might seem a little harsh when we review your profiles, it's really nothing. We just want you to have awesomely-written profiles!

Sincerely,
~ Saska [Head Admin]