Anchor Cove Changes

[Terryfic]

After discussions with Milowent, the Anchor Cove Secretary of Defense, acting Mayor Terryfic has turned the Cove once again into a gated community. This will require all visitors to identify themselves before being allowed to enter and enjoy our lovely community. Our goal is to keep the streets of Anchor Cove safe from those mystery men lurking in the shadows. And by making sure everyone has a nice nametag on we will avoid those awkward moments when you just can’t put a name to a face. Next time you see a fellow Covite walking down the street make sure to tip your hat and say ‘Good day.’

Also this evening there have been major renovations to Anchor Cove. After a recent spike in emigration, Anchor Cove found herself with a large number of abandoned buildings. So in an effort to clean up and rejuvenate our downtown area we have demolished them and relocated any affected retailers to more active districts.

Recent polling of Covites has revealed that the issue we all feel most strongly about preserving and promoting is our community itself. We all enjoy it when LG15 puts on a show, or when the travelling Green Brothers stop by for a song or story, but what we love the most about Anchor Cove, what keeps us coming back, is each other. All of the things that are external to our community are fantastic and they are what brought each and every one of use here in the first place, but what keeps us together is the amazing collection of people who have chosen to call Anchor Cove their home.

We love to hear your opinion about the different productions we all follow, but I would like to encourage you to share even more. Don’t think of our community as just a place to talk about shows and such. We all have varied and fascinating backgrounds and would all love to hear each others thoughts on any and all topics. Some of my favourite things to read here have not been related to our usual fare at all, like our local paper The New Cove Times, or our small yet ambiguous dictionary (defining our local lexicon), and other stories too, like the detailed piece MiloPress published about The Ex-Girlfriend Project and also of course the Anchors. The next time you come across a funny story or something you think is interesting please take the time to share it with all of us.

[milowent]

Changes look great, Terry.

I think the Cove has always attempted to adapt to changes in community needs.

For those wondering about the decision to go private, you may not know or remember that when this site was first started back in September, registration was required to access it. At the very beginning, this was the primary lg15 forum, until sometime after the Creators finally got their act together on their forum.

In mid-September cassieiswatching (CiW) mania began, discussion of which the Cove decided to ban (and the Creators distanced themselves from it also). This was a pretty bold move at the Cove, and the official phorum became swamped with cassiefans -- approximately 67% of all posts at the phorum were about CiW back in October. So, the Cove essentially preserved a fandom drawn to Bree and Daniel and not the 2nd-wave fans of lg15 fans drawn in by CiW (and 3rd wave brought by OpAphid and general continuing press which has filtered to a wide age range).

Sometime in October the Cove was opened to guest access. For a time, with the NoHoGirls, SamHas7Friends and the seeming promise of other Internet Mini Series (IMS) emerging en masse, Terry, Vanilla and others worked on a whole new Anchor Cove site. But frankly, IMS have not taken off. It's LG15 at the top with a few other shows here and there with a lot less traffic. Episodic internet video may still take off, it's just slower than we thought it might be.

So, i think it makes sense to go to our community roots. Going registration-only is not intended to turn people away, but to encourage interaction from those who still choose to come by. New faces, old faces, and forgotten faces are always welcome.

And I second Terry's point that we'd love to hear more about other thoughts and topics other than just lg15 or internet video here. What makes you laugh, what makes you cry, what inspires you like bree may have once?

[wixy15]

How many active members now?

[milowent]

wixy15 said:

How many active members now?

counting you, about 3. :-)

[wixy15]

No, seriously...? Where's noa?

[Alissa Brooke]

Well at least I left the place in good hands, hahaha.

The only reason it was taken off registration-only status in the first place, was customer complaints.

[intrigued2]

Wow! Where did everybody go?

[milowent]

intrigued2 said:

Wow! Where did everybody go?

membership is still growing actually, but the identities of the active people posting tends to rotate over time. noa has been gone for a few months though, though she hinted at a return once.