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[Diva]

Hey guys, welcome to the Alora Newspaper 2018 edition. Hopefully everyone is having an awesome start of the year.

Enjoy reading the newest Alora Newspaper and have a great week! :)

 

The rule's book has been recently updated. Please acknowledge these changes:

 

Date & time of updated rule: 12/30/2017 8:06 PM GMT

Updated section: 11. Providing Fake Evidence

Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately

Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED

 

The attempt to use of fake evidence is prohibited on Alora; This will result in a permanent ban from the community, both on the forums and in-game. This includes evidence submitted in a report, an appeal, or to defame a user in any section of the forums. 

Brief explanation (optional): Players who attempt to provide fake evidence (whether its a PM from a different server or just photoshopping something from Alora) will not be allowed in the community as it's almost certainly only used with malicious intent.

 

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Date & time of updated rule: 1/17/2018 7:55 AM GMT

Updated section:  1. Flaming, Disrespect, Harassment and Inappropriate Content

Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately

Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED

 

• a. The use of inappropriate, slanderous and/or disrespectful language towards another’s race, belief system, mental health, ethics, or sexual orientation is not tolerated whatsoever. Although we have an effective ignore system, we expect our members to be courteous towards one another.

Brief explanation (optional): Any harassment towards a person's mental health will not be tolerated.

 

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Date & time of updated rule: 1/19/2018 12:42 AM UTC

Updated section:  3. Spamming

Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately

Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED

 

Spamming on Alora is not allowed, as it causes disarray throughout the server. We aim to maintain a cordial, pleasant atmosphere on Alora. We expect our members to be respectful to one another. Failure to comply with this rule will result in a 24 hour mute, followed by a 48 hour mute, and finally, a permanent mute. If excessive enough, the wrongdoer can be given an IP-Mute, and, finally, a permanent ban will be put into effect if deemed necessary. If the content of the spam contains terribly inappropriate, derogatory, or offensive text, the wrongdoer will receive the latter.

 

• a. If a member acquires a donor status that has a fairly short yell cooldown timer, that does not give them the right to abuse it under any circumstances.

• b. An auto-typer is allowed via public chat. However, one must have at least 15 second intervals between each message with or without an auto-typer.

 

• c. Excessive begging for personal gain will not be tolerated on Alora. 

 

Brief explanation (optional): This is intended to combat players who are constantly begging for items/gp and acting as a nuisance to others. This rule may be edited to place it in a better category in the future if necessary. 

 

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Date & time of updated rule: 20.01.2018, 8:09 PM GMT

Updated section: 13.c

Time or date that the updated rule(s) will be put into effect: Immediately

Part(s) added, changed or removed: RED

 

Ragging is prohibited in the wilderness or ::edgepvp on Alora in its entirety as it negatively affects our PvP community as a whole and debases the dignity of PvP. Alora's definition of a ragger is one who consistently goes out of their way to disrupt someone's experience in the wilderness or ::edgepvp by attacking them repeatedly (staff discretion will be used when infracting someone for ragging). All ragging reports must be reported with sufficient video proof. First offenders will serve 5 hours in jail, followed by a 24 hour ban, with an ending result of a permanent ban.

Brief explanation (optional): This rule is changed to classify ragging more appropriately.

 

 

 

Keep up to date with our rules & full list can be found by clicking HERE!

The Updates that come out on 01/17/18 was huge! The following was added;

 

Dragon Slayer 2 Development
 
The next update will be more targeted, as it will mostly be Dragon Slayer II content, which was released just over a week ago on OSRS. We’d like to get this content into Alora as soon as possible, and have already gotten a decent amount of work done towards this. 

 
This content includes:

• Vorkath boss fight
• Myth’s guild
• New items such as:
  • Mythical cape
  • Wrath runes
  • Dragonbone necklace
  • Superior dragon bones
  • Ava’s assembler (with Vorkath’s head)
  • Skeletal visage / Dragonfire ward
  • Dragon crossbow / bolts
  • Dragon kite shield
  • Dragon platebody
• As well as content such as:
  • Surge spells
  • Wrath altar
  • Myth’s guild
  • Rune / Adamant dragons

• General updates:

  • Combat changes:
    • Fixed tricky combat bug:
      • If two players are fighting each other and are both red-barred (1hp), and player 1 attacks player 2 as player 2 is teleporting away, of course player 2 will not take damage, but if player 2 has vengeance active, they will not take any damage but player 1 will take the vengeance recoil, causing player 1 to die.
        • Recoils/vengeance on players who are in the process of teleporting will no longer work.
          • This also applies to phoenix necklace, barrows armour stat reducing effects, poison, etc. (will not work if the damage player is in the process of teleporting)
    • Risk protection changes:
      • Minimum risk amount to be able to attack anyone (regardless of their risk vs yours) is 2.5m gp (risked, meaning items kept on death do not count towards this 2.5m requirement).
        • This amount was previously 7.5m but we have lowered it as the risk protection system is mostly in place to prevent hardcore ragging with no risk, but a player with 2.5m risk should definitely be able to attack any player that they want to in the wilderness.
    • Dragon claw special attack buff:
      • The accuracy (chance of hitting on any 4 of the attacks) of the claws’ special attack has been considerably increased.
    • Armadyl godsword special attack buff:
      • The accuracy of the AGS special attack has been considerably increased.
    • Saradomin god sword special attack fix:
      • Previously, the special attack would not heal you or restore your prayer if you hit 0.
        • The special attack will now always heal at least 10 hitpoints and restore 5 prayer points (default if you hit less than 22 damage).
    • Fixed a bug with XP drops:
      • If you used a special attack weapon with 2 hits but 1 XP drop (eg. Dragon dagger special) and the first hit was a 0, the XP drop would not show until the next hitsplat. This has been patched.
    • PJ timer in Edgeville reduced:
      • ~5 second timer for most of wilderness  (unchanged)
      • ~8 second timer for Edgeville only (reduced by 2 seconds from 10 seconds)
    • Dragon spear special attack fixes:
      • Fix Dragon spear special attack retaliation:
        • If someone attacked you with a Dragon spear and you attacked them back, you would get skulled. This has been fixed and you will no longer be skulled upon retaliation.
      • Push direction:
        • The direction which the target is pushed into was incorrect. It should now push them in the opposite direction of the attacker.
  • Giant mole changes:
    • Glitch fix:
      • The mole would sometimes get stuck in a wall after digging underground. This should no longer occur.
    • Wyson the Gardener Mole skin/claws exchange rate:
      • As requested by the community, the exchange rate for mole skins/claws has been heavily boosted.
        • Previously:
          • 20 skins = 1 bird’s nest
          • 10 claws = 1 bird’s nest
        • Updated:
          • 3 skins = 1 bird’s nest
          • 2 claws = 1 bird’s nest
      • Increased chance to get a good nest (clue / god egg) from Wyson by nearly 30%.
      • FAQ:
        • Why not update to 1:1 as it is in OSRS?
          • On OSRS, the nests that are given by Wyson never contain Bird’s eggs or Clue scroll nests. On Alora, God eggs are a possibility making the nests from Wyson more valuable which means we need to adjust the rate a little bit.
            • If requested by players, we can remove the god egg / clue nests from Wyson and make it a 1:1 exchange, but keep in mind that these god eggs can allow you to obtain Evil chicken suit pieces which are relatively rare and tradable.
  • Crystal halberd imbuement:
    • Crystal halberd can now be imbued through an imbuement scroll.
      • The imbued version of the halberd provides the following benefits over the regular version:
        • +2 Strength bonus
        • +3 Prayer bonus
    • The Crystal halberd (i) can no longer be purchased from the Slayer reward shop.
  • New QOL commands:
    • ::hs <name>
      • Will take you directly to a player’s hiscores page
        • You can still type the command normally (::hs, ::highscores, ::hiscores) to be taken to the main page if you do not want to input a specific player’s name.
    • Staff commands:
      • (See below)
  • Slayer changes:
    • Slayer fixes:
      • Baby blue dragons now count towards Blue dragon Slayer tasks. 
      • Baby red dragons now count towards Red dragon Slayer tasks.
      • You can no longer receive Superior slayer encounters in the Grotesque Guardian instances (they could appear after killing Dawn or Dusk which is not intended).
    • New tasks:
      • Barrows brothers can now be assigned as a Hard slayer task (18-64 assigned)
        • Each brother killed counts towards this task, rather than each chest opened.
  • Gem rock mining buff:
    • Gem rocks now last 3x as long before running out of ore.
    • Gem rocks will now give Opals/Jades far less often.
      • Gem rocks will now give all other gems more commonly to make up for the reduction in Opals/Jades.
  • Quality of Life abbreviations:
    • To make searching for items/NPCs easier, we’ve added the following abbreviations:
      • NPC drop searching:
        • Mole = Giant mole
        • Zam (as well as the previously accepted “Zamorak/zammy”) = K’ril Trutsaroth
      • Trading post item searching:
        • Gmaul = Granite maul
        • Tsotd = Toxic staff of the dead
        • AGS = Armadyl godsword
        • SGS = Saradomin godsword
        • ZGS = Zamorak godsword
        • BGS = Bandos godsword
        • ACB = Armadyl crossbow
        • BCP = Bandos chestplate
        • DFS = Dragonfire shield
  • F2P Shop update:
    • Pizza has been added to the F2P shop (only the non-ironman version of the shop).
  • Barbarian assault icons are now tradable.
    • Includes: Attacker, Collector, Defender and Healer icons
  • Lunar spell book update: Flax Spin spell:
    • The flax spin spell is now functional!
      • You must have a Magic level of 76 to perform this spell.
      • Up to 5 flax will be turned into bowstrings upon casting this spell. If you have less in your inventory, it will spin as many as you have.
  • Edgeville PvP added:
    • You can now fight other players in the Edgeville PvP area!
      • You can reach this area by typing ::edgepvp or using the Teleport wizard and clicking on the PvP teleports (will place you inside the bank)
      • Features:
        • There are no targets here.
        • There is no risk protection here.
        • The only safe-zone here is within the bank.
        • You can attack any other player who’s level is within 15 of your own.
        • You can still receive PKPoints for killing other players here.
        • The map is classic Edgeville (without the home area’s custom edits)
          • The only differences here being that the Well of Goodwill, as well as a tree north of the bank have both been removed.
          • The wilderness ditch, as well as the trapdoors around the map have all been disabled.
            • With that being said, ladders around Edgeville can still be used.
  • ::skull/::skullme commands added:
    • These commands, as the title intends, will skull you if you type them into your chatbox. You will be first shown an “Are you sure you wish to do this?” confirmation dialogue with a yes/no option before skulling.
  • Cleaning cloth is now available:
    • Use this item on any imbued items (eg. Berserker ring (i)) to unimbue them. Keep in mind you will not get back the imbuement scroll! Same goes for any painted items (eg. Green Dark bow), you will not get the pain back.
    • How to obtain:
      • Regular/Ironmen/classic can both purchase this item from their respective General/Supply shops.
    • Example items:
      • Fremennik rings
      • Crystal halberd, Granite ring, Salve amulet, Slayer staff, Wilderness rings, etc
      • Ornamented items (eg. Dragon defender, Occult necklace, Dark bows, etc)

  Bug fixes / miscellaneous updates:

  • Banking fix if bank is full:
    • Previously, if your bank was full, you could not deposit more of items that you already have in your bank. You can now deposit existing items without the error message.
  • Ring of Life / Defence skullcap fix:
    • A major bug with these items caused them to teleport you home instantly when attacked, even with high hitpoints. This has been fixed and the items should operate as intended.
  • Event manager rank collars changed on the forums and in-game.
  • Christmas event + Giveaway have been removed:
    • Christmas mesh net / barrel bomb have been removed.
      • Unfortunately the mesh net was a temporary item and OSRS has removed it from their cache.
        • Anyone holding these items from the Christmas event will now be holding a piece of cabbage instead.
  • Fletching bug fixed:
    • Fixed a bug that allowed you to fletch very quickly.
  • Godwars dungeon aggression distance:
    • Minions within the boss chambers would often ignore players and not attack them after a certain distance.
      • All minions within these chambers will now be aggressive throughout the whole room and attack any players who are within the room.
        • This also applies to instanced rooms.
  • Raids changes:
    • Muttadile healing has been nerfed:
      • Mostly intended to make solo raids easier, Muttadiles will now heal less HP and have less time to heal.
        • With this change, Muttadiles also heal slightly less on team raids, but it will likely not be as noticeable.
  • Killtime record fix:
    • A bug when determining whether your fight with a boss was a team fight or a solo fight has been fix.
      • Previously, if the boss hit you first and you had Vengeance or a Ring of recoil on, the recoil or veng would be the first thing to damage the boss, meaning your kill time would not count as a solo record and would not be logged. This has been fixed, and recoil/veng will no longer mess up your kill times.
  • Boss failed retaliation bug:
    • Sometimes, certain bosses would cease to attack players whatsoever (eg. Bandos, Giant mole, etc).
      • I believe that this bug has now been patched, but since it is difficult to reproduce, there is a possibility that the fix did not work. In this case, please re-report this bug and I will look into it further. 
  • Item changes:
    • Wise old man’s santa hat is now tradable.
    • Santa suit (regular) is now tradable.
    • Iban’s staff now requires 50 Attack and 50 Magic to wield.
    • Pharaoh’s sceptre can now be claimed by ironmen/classic from their collection boxes.
  • Demonic gorilla fixes:
    • Demonic gorillas safe spots have been patched.
    • They can no longer switch prayers as quickly as they could before. The delay between their prayer switches has been doubled to make them easier to fight.
  • Item TP values fixed:
    • Strength potions (1-4)
    • Imbued Fremennik rings (Berserker, Warriors, Seers, Archer) now all have a proper item value.
  • Prayer fix:
    • A bug with prayer which could be exploited through Banshees and other prayer-reducing NPCs has been patched (negative/unlimited prayer).
  • ::watchbr bug:
    • Fixed a bug where you could ::watchbr from an instance (eg. Kraken room) and then when you stopped watching you’d be in someone else’s instance.

  Staff updates:

  • UUID banning:
    • Staff members will now be able to ban problematic players with a more secure method, through their computer’s UUID. This cannot be easily changed the way as a MAC address can and is unique to your computer using the serial number of your BIOS chip.
      • Commands:
        • ::uuidban / ::muuidban (manual)
        • ::liftuuidban or ::removeuuidban or ::unuuidban
        • ::getuuid
        • UUID will also now show/link players on usage of ::ru (For Global moderator+)
    • The staffCP has also been updated to allow viewing/searching of UUIDs in logs.
  • Punishment note system:
    • Staff members can now leave notes on bans/mutes/jails/mutes/ipmutes/etc.
      • When handing out a punishment, the staff member will be asked if they’d like to leave a note for future reference and for other staff to see. 
      • (See below for command)
  • New staff commands:
    • ::scp <name>
      • Will open a player’s staff CP page
        • You can type ::scp without a username to be taken to the main panel to manually search.
    • ::logs <name>
      • Will open a player’s log history
        • You can type ::logs without a username to be taken to the global logs page.
    • ::punishments or ::punish <name>
      • Will open an interface showing all of the player’s current/previous punishments, as well as any notes left by the staff member who punished them.
        • Note: Pay attention to the names on the list, if you search for “Omi”, punishments for both “Omicron” and “Omipure”), for example, could show up.

  Forum updates:

  • @Mention button added on every post near the edit/report/quote buttons.
    • Clicking this button will automatically add @Username into the post reply box, and will also scroll you down to the bottom of the topic where the reply box is making it convenient in longer topics.
  • Shoutbox rejuvenation:
    • Using @[name] within the shoutbox will now properly format usernames with group colours and add a link to their profile.
    • Tiny profile pictures now appear next to usernames in the shout box. 
    • BBCode is now allowed in the shoutbox. Examples:
      • Using for bold text
      • Using for italic text
      • Using for URLs
      • Using for coloured text backgrounds
      • Using [color=blue] for coloured text
      • Using to use specific fonts
      • … and many more!

  Master Donator Rank

  • The Master Donator (rainbow) rank is now available!
    • This is the most prestigious rank on Alora, with unique benefits not available to any of the other donator classes.
      • Any player who has opened 500 or more bonds or donated in excess of $5000 will be granted this rank! This makes it a highly elusive rank which will likely not be seen often.
    • Forum effect:
      • One of the most notable features of the Master donator is the color-changing effect of the username as well as the post background to match the color of the website.
    • Standard benefits (upgraded versions of the lower donator rank benefits:
      • All Uber (and below) donator benefits mostly one-upped, including:
        • 35% chance of rare loot from Clue scrolls
        • Raids benefits:
          • 30% chance of extra loot in Raids
            • Possibility of 6 rewards
          • 7.5% points lost on death in Raids
        • 12% boosted drop rate on all rare loot
        • 20% increased clue bottle/bird’s next chance
        • 50% PKP bonus
        • 30% Instance cost reduction
        • 32% Bloody chest rare loot chance increase
        • Inferno start wave raised to 45
        • Maximum of 9 planks can be made with Plank make spell
        • …and every other Uber benefit!
    • Unique benefits:
      • Stray dog pet
        • Only available for Master donators, this unique pet can be purchase from Probita!
          • You can even shoo-away your stray dog! Don’t worry, he won’t run off, though.
      • Cost-free skin colors:
        • Master donators do not have to pay to set/change their skin colors through the Donation manager.
      • Dragon skin color:
        • Also exclusive to holders of this rank, a new deep-red skin color is now available! As with other skin colors, this color will be free to obtain. Speak to the Donation Manager to set your skin color to Dragon.
      • Possibility of 6 items from Raids
      • Vote book bonus experience lasts 30 minutes longer (1:30 instead of 1 hour) as well as giving 10 extra vote points (does not stack with vote bonus on weekends)

You can find more information about our recent updates by clicking HERE!

 

Many thanks to @Omicron for these spectacular updates!

 

Over the past couple of weeks there have been some coming and goings. The following changes have been made to the team. I'm sure you'll all join me in welcoming the new members to the team as well as thanking past staff members for their efforts.

 

Staff update as of January 8th & 17th, 2018:

 

Promotions:

Lord of Rats has returned as Server Moderator.

Savitr has been promoted to Server Support.

Mewtwo has been promoted to Administrator.
Xuf has been promoted to Global Moderator.
HC Proxy has been promoted to Server Moderator.
Hondenei has been promoted to Server Moderator.
king purple has been promoted to Server Support.

 

Resignations:

Ryuu has temp. resigned from Server Moderator due to personal matters.

Classic Hxza has resigned from Server Support due to personal matters.

 
Demotions:
None.

 

Congrats to everyone promoted and best of luck to those gone.

 

All staff updates can be found HERE.

 

This week I've decided to Interview 2 staff members from the community I hope you guys enjoy what they had to say!

 

 

The first person I interview is Classic dew!

 

 

Greetings.

 

Diva: What is your best childhood memory?

 

Classic dew: In 8th grade I ran the 800m at state and finished first place shortly before passing out and getting a concussion. It was 100% a great memory.

 

Diva: Who do you most admire in life?

 

Classic dew: I most admire Jeff Cavaliere who is a physical therapist and strength training coach that puts out a lot of science based exercises to help the masses for free.

 

Diva: What is your strongest personal quality?

 

Classic dew: Optimism. No matter what happens I can always find a bright side to things and find a way to enjoy whatever I am doing.

 

Diva: If you were president, what is the first thing you would do?

 

Classic dew: Build the Mexican border wall (in certain locations) to help reduce illegal immigration and send as many illegal immigrants as possible/I would also decrease exports since we produce an adequate amount of food and other resources to sustain ourselves.

 

Diva: What is a skill you'd like to learn and why?

 

Classic dew: I would like to learn the skills of being a blacksmith. I already enjoy melting things down and making ingots of different materials in a home-made forge. I think that having the ability to make your own weapons would be incredibly important in the event of a loss in power, or zombie apocalypse. With the fact that my wife speaks multiple languages, does pottery, is a seamstress, and I am going into medicine, I feel that we would be set up to strive in any environment no matter the circumstances.

 

Diva:  If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be?

 

Classic dew:  I would like to witness any of the battles of either world war. The fighting and tactics used along with the miserable conditions all sides endured is insane and I would simply like to meet and talk to any of the soldiers who had the mental stamina to withstand what they saw and went through.

 

Diva: What’s the best thing that happened to you last week?

 

Classic dew: Last week I got confirmation that my paperwork will be going through to finally start physical therapy for my shoulder, which I injured over 8 months ago. I have been in immense pain since I injured my shoulder, and it was the injury that lead to me joining Alora (Small miracles). Either way I can’t wait to strengthen my shoulder to the point it no longer dislocates or has a subluxation issue while walking down stairs or running.

 

Diva:  What were you like in high school?

 
Classic dew: I was just like I am now, but with less patience, and slightly less respect for others. I was also very thin, but very athletic. I ran track, played American football, and played soccer.

 
Diva: If you had to change your name, what would your new name be, and why would you choose that name?
 
Classic dew: Jameson Winners. Why not? I like Jameson and I am always a winner.
 
Diva: Lastly, what are your plans for 2018?
 
Classic dew: I intend to get all 200ms in classic, rehab my shoulder so I can get into great shape again, get into shape to participate in a body building competition, get accepted into a good Physician Assistant school down south, hit 7 years in the US Army, knit 3 scarves, and graduate with my bachelors with a 3.8+ GPA.

 

 

Thank you for your wonderful talk, Classic dew.

 

 

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Next on our list is Endeavor!
 
 
Greetings.
 
Diva: What is a skill you'd like to learn and why?
 
Endeavor: Learning multiple languages. I've always been interesting in learning new languages but it's like my brain shuts off. I can comprehend the information as I read it but my problem lies with retaining it. A couple of languages I'd like to learn and become fluent in is French, Spanish and Japanese. I think it'd be a great ability and would even love to use it during travels.

Diva: What’s the best thing that happened to you last week?
 
Endeavor: Just a few days ago actually, I received a paper in the mail stating I am officially debt free! That's so exciting for me considering how long I've been paying towards them and how often my state taxes were taken from me to pay them off. Good riddance, debt! So so happy for that!

Diva: If you had to change your name, what would your new name be, and why would you choose that name?
 
Endeavor: Oddly enough, I have thought about this before. I don't know why but I have. If I were to change my name to be anything other than Brandon, it would probably be Vincent. I chose Vincent for my son's name because it has a decent amount of nicknames and to me, it's a fairly strong name in general. Since my son's name is Vincent, my next choice is Anthony. No idea why. 

Diva: If you could witness any event of the past, present, or future, what would it be?

Endeavor: I honestly don't know. If I go in the past, I'll probably alter an event and make the present worse. If I go into the future, I might witness something horrible I have to expect at any given time. I'm completely content being where I am presently. If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. 

Diva:  What were you like in high school?

 

Endeavor: I was definitely the class clown and class sleeper not that I'm proud it. I was initiated as a freshman by a group of seniors. They came over to my house at 5 in the morning and made me put on a clown costume, shoes and clown makeup. Not only was it embarrassing, my family knew about it and let it happen. When I go to school that morning, there was only 10 or so students throughout the entire school that were chosen to be inintiated. Long story short, nobody was surprised and I left school during 3rd period. LOL. A typical day for me in high school was hearing my name being called to the Principal's office for who knows what reason. Still managed to snag a 3.0+ GPA (could be better - I know) even though I didn't participate in HS as much as I should have.
 
Diva: What is your strongest personal quality?
 
Endeavor: My strongest quality is being willing to take a punch from anyone and still treat them with dignity. I've always cared about the good in everyone and strayed away from the bad. My mom used to tell me a smile could change a person's life without even knowing it. I'm not one that can become easily frustrated or angry so 99% of the time, I'm smiling. I carry that with me everywhere I go. 

 
Diva: If you were president, what is the first thing you would do?
 
Endeavor: If I were president, I'd reduce interest and tax on school loans and provide everyone free two year degrees (Associates) with a variety of payment methods to make their lives easy during schooling and shortly thereafter.
 
Diva: Who do you most admire in life?
 
Endeavor: My kids. There's no doubt about it. I feel like my advice is great and useful but I've learned so much from being a parent and raising my children. They are well-behaved and the best manners. I wouldn't have it any other way.
 
Diva:  What is your best childhood memory?
 
Endeavor: My best childhood memory was when I was 11 and my family moved out of the city onto a 40-acre plot of land to tend to my grandpa's farm after he passed away. That same year, my stepdad bought my older brother and I our very first dirt bikes. Our stepdad made a dirt track for us and my love for bikes started from there. I miss those good ol' days since we ended up selling grandpa's land along with ours to the DNR for wildlife conservation. No regrets whatsoever.
 

Diva: Lastly, what are your plans for 2018?

 

Endeavor: One of the hardest goals of this year I chose to tackle was reducing the amount of sugar and caffeine I consume. I do still drink SOME caffeine but the amount I reduced is phenomenal. The first week or two I was suffering from massive and nasty headaches but that part seems to be over with. I didn't realize how much a sugar "detox" of sorts can be so horrible. It does feel good. I also quit smoking last year so with sugar and quitting smoking, food tastes better so that's a win-win right there!
 

Thanks Endeavor for the interview!
 

 

 

Disclaimer:

Have any interview questions you would like to ask any of the staff members?

Don't hesitate to send me a private message via forums/discord and I'll include them in next edition along with the answers from that staff member!

 

 

 

The MOTM poll has concluded and here are the final results received from the community.

The 3 top winners have been picked and the final voting has taken place among the staff team.

Spoiler

 

Community voting results:

 

 

Staff voting results:

 

 

The very final winner of January MOTM is....

 

Salter

 

 

Congratulations @Salter! Your outstanding work and helpfulness among the community has been noticed & appreciated by many. We would like to sincerely thank you for your efforts and hope you enjoy your prize. :)

Contact Lowkey for your 3 bonds prize in-game.

 

Stay tuned till the next month when the next voting takes place!

 

The January Community awards are happening now!

Visit this link to vote for your favorites;

http://www.alora.io/...mmunity-awards/

 

Voting ends on 25th of January. Good luck to everybody!

 

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That concludes the end of this newspaper! If you have any feedback/suggestions, don't hesitate to comment / contact me!

Read our last newspaper by clicking HERE!

[Syntax]

good work m'lady

[Savitr]

Thanks for the newspaper, Diva!

 

Congrats to @Salter for MOTM, and to those promoted (other than myself )

[Not Salter]

Always a pleasure to read the newspaper!

Thanks for making this!

[fake fanv]

Thanks alot diva! gz to salter tho

[Mr Bong]

Amazing updates. Congratulations to everyone promoted, make us proud. :)

[Classic mob]

i enjoyed reading it , good work

[Extremedanny]

Good job Divur enjoyed reading it

[KP]

Congratulations to @Salter , deserved !
Shoutout to @Classic Drew and @Endeavor for being beasts, amazing interviews ! 

[R e i]

Excellent job @Diva - Amazing read as usual 

[ultSASSAFRAS]

Always fun to read these, thanks Diva

[Coww]

This is awesome to see the month in review like this, thanks for this Diva :)

 

Congratulations to @Salter on winning MOTM.

[Endeavor]

Another great edition of the Alora Newspaper, @Diva. There has been many changes this month and I feel confident it's all for the better. We remain a very strong community with a strong staff team. No doubt January has been a great start for Alora in 2018!

 

Congratulations on every who were promoted and returned!

@Lord of Rats has returned as Server Moderator.

@Savitr has been promoted to Server Support.

@Mewtwo has been promoted to Administrator.

@Xuf has been promoted to Global Moderator.

@HC Proxy has been promoted to Server Moderator.

@Hondenei has been promoted to Server Moderator.

@king purple has been promoted to Server Support.

 

Shoutout to those that have stepped down! Thank you for your help, @Ryuu & @Hxza!

 

Congratulations @Salter for obtaining January's MOTM! Well deserved.

 

See you all in February!

[Dutchie]

Thanks for the newspaper Diva and congratulations to everyone who got promoted!

 

Congrats Salter on being MOTM, well deserved.

[Dante]

Great job on the Newspaper as always!

[Banks]

This was a great read. Thank you for posting this :) can’t wait for DS2.

Also congratulations @Salter for winning MOTM. You’re a stud.

[Sheep]

Congratulations @Salter on MOTM, interesting interviews @Endeavor and @Classic dew.

Once again congrats to those who got promoted.

And best of luck with those who left.

:)

[Austin Post]

Enjoyable read. Well done, Diva. The interviews always has been my favourite part. Do you run the Alora Newspaper solo, or with a team? I would be interested in joining, I ran a newspaper on multiple RuneScape Private Servers and I absolutely enjoyed writing them. 

[Diva]

Enjoyable read. Well done, Diva. The interviews always has been my favourite part. Do you run the Alora Newspaper solo, or with a team? I would be interested in joining, I ran a newspaper on multiple RuneScape Private Servers and I absolutely enjoyed writing them. 

 

I've been running them all by myself. It's quite fun and easy to do when you're solo actually, the only thing I need help with is probably finding some cool and casual questions to ask the people I interview. Let me know if there's anything you could suggest for the next edition, I'd allow you to give some of your input to make the newspaper even more interesting to read!

[Kaspeerv2]

Verrry nice newspaper @Diva loved to read it