For this Tuesday’s live show, I’ll be sharing a little bit of holiday tradition that I’ve learned from Jewish friends over the years. One of my interests is Jewish-American culture/food/music of the early 20th century so I picked up a bit through high school and college. This ancient holiday celebrates a successful armed revolt against the Greek Empire, and of the miraculous oil that burned for 8 days and nights. Though not a major holiday on the scale of Passover, it has become a important winter tradition in the United States. It’s celebrated by children with a wooden top (dreidel) … Continue reading Hanukkah Happy Hour Live Show for 12/16

Aloha folks and welcome to the second week of December! Here at the Warpportal office we’re hard at work at getting the gigantic level 175/60 update prepped for Renewal server. This is the first level cap increase since characters were able to level past 99, and with it comes unique skills for your third job characters. For the best stuff this week, be sure to let me know in the comments of the thread version of this post what things from THIS week you’d like to see get a shout out in next week’s post. THREAD OF THE WEEK With the … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Community Spotlight for 12/9

Aloha everyone! This is the weekly post/thread to showcase the best stuff from the community this week. Hope everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving week, if you’re in the United States. At the Oda homestead we had plenty of turkey, green bean casserole, mai tais and ham (which I baked). We had the chance to reflect on the things we are thankful for. For me, it’s been the privilege to be the CM for the RO community. For the best stuff this week, be sure to let me know in the comments of the thread version of this post what … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Community Spotlight for 12/2

Hey there folks! Busy days last week, with more content about to drop on RO1. We’re getting the level cap increase and getting lots of improvements in on Classic. I’m not going to be in on Tuesday, so I’ll be doing the Tiki Tuesday live show on Monday! Please ask your questions in the forum thread. Image of the week————————————————————————— A great Halloween loading screen from Kuci’s thread on the forums. You should read these threads—————————————————————- Zerotigress speculates on what kind of interesting future content could be added to the game in the Expanding RO’s Worlds Thread Zoesensei has a … Continue reading Maui Monday Community Spotlight for 11/25

If you are viewing this in the Tiki Lounge section of the forums, this is the place to ask your questions for this week and for me to showcase the best stuff from the community last week. Thread of the week: In the “Spill your secrets” thread, players give their tips and tricks for quickly leveling, making potions and other semi-hidden things you can do in the game. Current contests this week: For the writers in our community we have Sapphic’s Wanted Poster contest, where players create a “dead or alive” type poster for monsters in RO. For those who … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Community Spotlight for 11/18

Since we will not be in the office for Veteran’s day next Tuesday, I am posting the Tiki Tuesday thread for you to ask questions today! Community Spotlight: This week the Pumpkin Carving Contest came to an end. This was a lot of fun, with players drawing or carving festive Halloween Pumpkins! I’m announcing the winners here! Digital: LillKraujas Anonymous Traditional Paper Drawing: Facekiller Kamikali Carved Pumpkins Chetchet Ralis Tatihana has started a fun Holiday Pop-Up Card contest where players design (and perhaps mail) fun 3d holiday RO themed cards. Check out the rules and submissions here. We also have … Continue reading Maui Monday Livestream

Good Monday and Aloha everyone, I know the last few weeks have been rocky but I look forward to answering your questions this Tuesday during our live show. Monday Spotlight on popular community created content Probably the biggest thread this last week was a spirited but mostly civil discussion about Renewal WoE. Big and small guilds gave feedback on the state of our weekly Guild vs Guild event and how they would want to see improvements. The thread is very long, but there are a lot of interesting points being made by players new and old. For the art of … Continue reading Tiki Tuesday Community Spotlight for 11/3