By .ed.
Wednesday, 14. February 2007, 17:00:19
N+, members, founders, 300
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It seems we are growing in numbers faster than previously expected, but The Challenge still stands. Recently Secretly we've been looking for another female to assist with blogging, forum... foruming, and all around enplussing.*
Let me oficially introduce Beeks. This girl caught my eye when I saw a Wiimote and pink in the same picture. Actually, she found us.
With Nintendo and gaming no longer being dominated by teenage boys, it's about time we had another female voice around here to tell us what's up. Also an art student Beeks proves she's creative and has heart. With a passion for Nintendo and gaming that is backed by a stellar knowledge of the culture, she's a perfect fit. Also, if there are any guys out there upset that we didn't pick you as our latest moderator, perhaps you should have made cookies.
In all seriousness, I'd like everyone to welcome Beeks as our latest N+ Moderator. As we grow we will surely need more. So keep recruitting! And add an 
badge to your About page with the code below!<a href="http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog" title="N+ Founder"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/DotEd/albums/161273/N%2BFounder%20Gray.gif" alt="Nintendo Plus Founder"></a>
* enplussing is now officially a word.
By .ed.
Wednesday, 7. February 2007, 16:42:37
update, founders, challenge, nplus
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You know, yesterday I was thinking I should issue a challenge. To see if we could get 8 new members to bring us up to 300 by today. I didn't, and we hit the number anyway. Check out our Member List to see the latest N+ Members (hint: with the exception of the moderators on the first page, people are on the list in the order they joined). We've grown steadily over the months and have built an excellent community, active forums, a sexy blog, and kicky sweet content from our well informed members. Other sites are linking to us every day, so far we've been featured in over 110 blogs and over 22 gaming websites.
This got me thinking. I should issue a challenge to our 300 Members. A challenge against incredible odds...
I tried to think of something fun, rewarding, and kind of tough. Something that we can work together on. So here it is: Kill like a hundred thousand Persians.
Ha, no seriously... Lets try to get 500 N+ Members by the time Opera releases the Final Version of the Opera Browser for Wii, set for late March. Wha?! Don't worry, it's not nearly as difficult as killing 100,000 soldiers, but it's going to be tough. By working together, bringing in friends, brothers/sisters/cousins/coworkers/etc., promoting on our other personal sites with banners and links, spreading the word on N+ through message boards and other community sites, and spotlighting this blog (by clicking the spotlight link at the very top of the page) I am confident we can reach this number.
But Ed, you said this was going to be rewarding! Ah... well, it's hard to reward all 300 of you, some will undoubtedly work much harder than others, and many of the additional 200 will put in a great deal of effort as well. So I will proclaim the first 500 as N+ Founders. There will be a link in the Side Bar that will be a page that has all 500 of you named, honored, and of course, a link to your my.opera page. For those putting in even more effort, I will arrange something a little better, perhaps some Opera or Nintendo goodies (I have some stuff floating around here), and maybe we'll find out that we've got a future moderator in the ranks that we didn't even know about. This is your opportunity to really step it up and show us your support. So to see who is working the hardest, you can have the members you bring in leave a comment here letting everyone know who showed them the N+.
FOR SPARTA! Update: I made an
badge to put in your about or blog pages. Just place the below code
<a href="http://my.opera.com/Nplus/blog" title="N+ Founder"><img src="http://files.myopera.com/DotEd/albums/161273/N%2BFounder%20Gray.gif" alt="Nintendo Plus Founder"></a>
in your profile, message board signature, or in a sticky blog on your site to brag while supporting
N+!
(50%)
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