This won't affect many of you besides the users at the top of the rank system, but I've done some minor readjustments to the stats required to achieve ranks, so some of you may have unexpectedly moved up or down a level or two. Yes, it was intentional - and as usual with anything involving the rank system, it doesn't matter one bit. :)

On a side note, #nintendo's 6th anniversary is on Saturday, December 5th. We don't have a whole lot planned yet, but feel free to shoot me any ideas you may have, especially if you're willing to take charge of running them.

Passing on a message from TOH...

Admit it, you've probably had StarCraft installed on your computer at some point, and you've had that CD sitting there for years, all lonely and unused. It's time to put it to good use once more, as this weekend we're trying to get a big #nintendo game of StarCraft going! We'll aim for Friday night around 8 or 9PM eastern, and probably the same time Saturday night, too. If we get a good number of people going, maybe we can play this more regularly.

But until then, I'm encouraging you to install StarCraft if you haven't yet (and if you have it, Brood War), go on their online service, and update it to the latest version. If you don't have StarCraft, most stores that sell PC games should have the StarCraft Battle Chest available for a very good price, and it includes the full game, the Brood War expansion, and two useful strategy guides to help you through the single-player campaigns and to help you get acquainted with all the game's units.

Whether you're experienced or not, anyone who's able to play is welcome, so give TOH a /msg in #nintendo if you're interested so he can get an idea of how many people are coming.

I'm feeling nice today, so I added the first-ever benefit to having a high normal rank... the ability to moderate quotes. If your rank is Topi or above, you will see the option to moderate the quote queue in the Quotes menu. It takes 5 positive or negative votes to accept or reject a quote, and you are not allowed to vote twice or vote for a quote that you submitted. This is currently very much a trial setup, the numbers may be tweaked a bit, and it may disappear if it's abused or doesn't work out. But for now... have fun.

IdleRPG has returned to #nintendo! The website is back at http://www.nin10doh.com/idlerpg, and you can join the game in #nintendo-idlerpg. The nin10doh.com profile field for your IdleRPG character is also back - simply go to Edit Profile and fill in the blank so that your character's stats will appear on your user profile here!

We've now added the ability to watch a live feed of the #nintendo IRC chat from your web browser! Just point your browser to the Watch Chat Live page. The chat will automatically update every 10 seconds with the latest messages in the IRC channel.