I gave it my best shot to keep things running after everything went downhill, but even my stubbornness got taken down after awhile. Here's hoping we can get it up and running again eventually.

There have been BOTS spotted in the forums... I will do my best to remove the ridiculous links made by these bots, I'm still trying to remember to access certain admin things around the forum. So until then, just don't click links, they don't seem to be damaging but who knows what they could really do... I don't seem to be quite as tech savvy as I used to be, oh the things the mind forgets when parenthood takes over.. It's amazing really.

Every time I've tried to get onto the GCR main page for at least the last week, I've gotten a "Server not found" message Am I just unlucky enough to try every time the page is undergoing maint, or is the page itself having problems?

I got crazy the other day and decided to implement the points and reputation system on the forums. You'll notice under your avatar next to your messages and on your profile that your points and reputation are listed there.

Here's how it works, you get a certain amount of points for each post and topic you submit. Also there is a voting system, you can vote a positive or negative point for each post that you read by someone else. Its kind of hard to see tho. Look closely at the top right …

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