After not seeing a new file from him in months, even in site events, I asked mattatdi if he had any future plans to make new stuff. Unfortunately he said he would no longer be able to, so it is with a heavy heart that I had to move him into the Staff Retirement home. Luckily, there's some pretty cool people in there now, so he really shouldn't be too lonely at all, sitting in his rocking chair and choking down pills. Besides, I had his assurances that he would continue to be a normal member of the site for as long as he could, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief that mattatdi will never be too far away for a chat about Rock Band, asking him just how to exactly pronounce his name for the thousandth time, or begging for a goodnight kiss. Thank you again for your legacy mattatdi, we will cherish it.
In losing a staff member however, that means that there is now an empty space that needs to be filled. Who is going to be the newest staff member at r21freak? Only time will tell....
Staff changes aside, there's so much stuff planned to be happening here within the next month or so, I can hardly believe it! Most importantly of them, I'm going to be implementing something soon that will give new reasons to play official r21freak stuff. It was an idea suggested by a member, and I couldn't stop thinking about how good an idea it was when I first heard it. It should be up within the next week or two.
Also, now that Comp IV is over, we need something else to satiate our r21-making needs for a while. To fill that, we're going to be starting up a new official r21freak site pack, the successor to r2112 and r21twins. Obviously, what people have had to say about the past two packs has not fallen on deaf ears, and this one is going to be carried out differently than the other two, so that ALL stepfile tastes are catered to. It should be a ton of fun, and expect it to start within the next week or two as well.
Besides those two massive things, there's a bunch of little stuff planned too. New unlockables are coming soon (a month or so), once I finish them up. There's another Iron Chef on the horizon as well (a month or so), so orangelove (where is he anyway??) can defend his title against the competitors (who will they be this time around??). Plus there's going to be another, fun little original contest up soon, run by a member of the site who has always wanted to do something like this but never had the chance to. It should be ridiculously fun, and I can only say right now that it has to do with Party Bomb... sort of! Expect that within the next few weeks. And, of course, none of this includes the stuff planned for the summer....
Phew, so much stuff! Never a dull moment here at r21freak. But yeah, for now let's all enjoy the Comp IV files, say our goodbyes to staff mattatdi and hello to member mattatdi, and speculate speculate speculate!
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