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Special Edition Newsletter
Topic Started: Apr 1 2014, 04:39 PM (5,220 Views)
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[anchor]intro[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: fridooh

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The round table is celebrating its first year. The forum has had its ups and down, but we are still alive and standing strong! We would like to thank all the staff we've had over the year that kept the page active with contests, events and also keeping the forum clean and family friendly. But TRT would be nothing without all the dedicated members who helped to keep the site active with all your beautiful zoos, wonderful designs, stunning artwork and kind nature.

We are celebrating this birthday with a very special newsletter for you. Here you can read about the sites history and creators, all the fun events and competitions, all our features, get to know the staff better and also news that made a difference to the community. We have also included a special puzzle corner for you where you can win great prizes :)

Thank you for a great year and we hope for many many more!

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  • [go2=history]History[/go2]
  • [go2=events]Events[/go2]
  • [go2=marathons]Marathons[/go2]
  • [go2=features]Features[/go2]
  • [go2=spotlight]Spotlight[/go2]
  • [go2=encyclopedia]Encyclopedia[/go2]
  • [go2=RTZI]RTZI[/go2]
  • [go2=animal]Focus[/go2]
  • [go2=interviews]Interviews[/go2]
  • [go2=games]Games[/go2]


[anchor]history[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Zebrasorus

It’s been said so often, but I’m still amazed that the Round Table even survived two months, let alone an entire year, yet here it is, still alive and well. It’s undergone a good deal of change, but many things have also stayed the same; the things that attracted people in the first place.

One thing I always thought notable about this forum, was simply how different it was, and still is. Many of the past websites in this community often seemed to be the same thing with a different forum skin on it, but the Round Table stood out. This wasn’t always to its benefit, but for people wanting something different, we were there.

The start of TRT is interesting, though. It was first thought of in a time when Gaia was going through some difficulty between staff and members. There were issues being brought up or thought about quietly that weren’t being resolved, and like many members, three friends weren’t quite satisfied. They were, of course, Danny, Josh, and I. Since then Gaia’s made a great deal of change for the better, and that’s wonderful for them, but much of the originality found here came out of wanting something different.

So we had topics upon topics of ideas and plans; some were made a reality, others got lost in our mess of a staff forum. If I had to choose a time when my friendship with Danny or Josh was most fun, it was probably then. Would you believe that one of our most defining features, the Pointies Zoo, almost didn’t happen? I believe Danny and I were both rather skeptical of the idea at first, but go figure; Josh was right. (This was something we learned happened a lot.)

But of all our ideas, I think it’s our main inspiration that attracted people the most. The Round Table was based on the idea of equality and kindness. We all agreed that staff shouldn’t act better than a member for any reason. Our original “target audience” was actually the n00bs of the community, with hopes of helping them into the community, but anyone was welcome to join.

I don’t think anyone really took the site seriously at first, but over time we earned respect and loyal members, whom we would not still be here without.

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[anchor]events[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: fridooh

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One of the biggest events here at TRT, the Swinter Party! The event contained a bunch of fun activities, such as exiting contests, two new community games and a new theme; Snowflakes in the Sand! There were also new special downloads, fun goodies, new silhouettes and titles! The staff worked long and hard for this event and we'd like to thank them for their work. I'm sure we all enjoyed this event a lot!
A fun game was the snow wars. The aim of the game was to have as much snowflakes by the end of the swinter party as possible. Another game was the Shell Collecting Competition, where staff had hidden 32 different shells around the board. It was up to the members to search for them!
And let’s not forget the new emoticons
B-) :snow: (:^)

Would you like to revisit the swinter party? Check it out here!

The swinter party also included a total of three contests - in-game photography, sets and photography. We had lots of great entries, but some of them stood out and came top three.

In-game photography, Strangers in a New World
Trademark with the entry “A Giant in the Woods”, 1st place
Farkle with the entry “Artic Alligator”, 2nd Place.
Imp with the entry “Bad Bet”, 3rd Place
1993 with the entry “Swinter Holidays”, 3rd Place

Swinter Set
Adam with the entry “Graceful Gruidaes”, 1st Place
Farkle with the entry “Polar Paradise”, 2nd Place
Stephen with the entry “Good Flight”, 3rd Place

Swinter Photography
Orca Freak with the entry “Winter Wonder Land”, 1st Place
Ultamateterex2 with the entry “Icy Morning”, 2nd Place
Furka with the entry “Isola d'Elba”, 3rd Place

A huge thank you to all the participants and congratulations to the winners! :)

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At the end of October, Halloween came to the site! This event contained fun games, two contests, new exclusive silhouettes and a new theme - Midnight Green. The game "pick a pumpkin" became a huge hit, the members had to choose a pumpkin that could contain a price, maybe some pointies or a special Mythical silhouette. The trick or truth game also became a hit, where members visited staff teams "houses" and guessed who the house belonged to and if the statement made was true or false.
RTZI also had their Halloween celebration with a Creatures of Darkness challenge. And of course, a huge thank you to Royboy who gave us a Halloween gift, the Columbian Mammoth!
Let’s not forget the new Emoticons :pumpkin: :boo:

Revisit here!

One of the contests was the "Spooky Story" contest where members wrote their own horror story!
Tyranachu with the story "Computer 16", 1st Place
Snoopy with the story "You Can't Scream", 2nd Place
Flower with the story "Hell Girl", 2nd Place
Murdock129 with the story "Unhinged", 2nd Place
Myrtle Snow with the story "Shadows", 3rd Place
JurassicMT with the story "Terror at Praya Pong Dum", 3rd Place

The other contest was the Dress-Up contest, where members could nominate the people who they thought had the best Halloween set!
Okeanos, 1st Place
MrGorsh, 2nd Place
Furka, 3rd Place

A huge thank you to all the participants and congratulations to the winners! :)

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Merry Christmas everyone! We celebrated Christmas with lots of new fun features such as goodies & Christmas silhouettes. Santa’s Reindeers where hiding around the site and it was up to you to find as many as possible!
We also played a different version of pick a present, this time, you had to pick a present for someone else! After all, Christmas is the time for giving :) The presents could contain everything from 100 pointies to a very special Christmas silhouette; Rudolph!

Revisit here!

We had a total of three contests during Christmas, in game photography, art and zoo building.

Christmas at the Zoo
Swimming Spaghetti Monster with the entry Aurora Arctic Center, 1st Place
Izzibob with the entry Polar Bear Exhibit, 2nd Place
Knertje2208 with the entry Arctic Excursion, 3rd Place

Postcards from the North Pole
Orca Freak with the entry "A Little Reindeer", 1st place
Zoocrazy with the entry "Hard Life", 2nd place
fridooh with the entry "Lonely Christmas", 3rd place

Creative Christmas
fridooh with the entry "Polar Bear Close-up", 1st place
Robbie with the entry "Heaven", 2nd place
Mastodon28 with the entry "TRT Star", 3rd place

A huge thank you to all the participants and congratulations to the winners! :)

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[anchor]marathons[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Danny & Orca Freak

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April 12th – May 12th

The Marathon I was a mega-competition made up of one main challenge as well as various smaller challenges which involve zoo-building, in game photography, graphics-designing, writing and project design! The contest was run in various teams with the theme: Continents.
The main challenge of the competition was to design a zoo featuring animals only from your chosen continent. The zoo may be created on multiple maps if that is easiest or it may be made on one map swapped between members of the team. Not all the members in the team had to be involved in this main challenge, however, as there were plenty of opportunities throughout the event for them to get involved. Teams were also required to discuss plans and ideas in their own special hangouts on the site as a small percentage of their total marks was based on the discussion they did as a team.

Winners:
1st Place: Team Desana (South America) ~ AuroraFang • dp197 • Flishstar • Franco • MIBound • Titan
2nd Place: Ushindi (Africa) ~ Alex • Animalboy • Danny • Imp • TradeMark • zozmonster
3rd Place: Europe's Finest (Europe) ~ Crookedjaw • monoslocos • Stephen • The Dragon Whisperer • uolym
Star of the Competition: MiBound

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October 12th – December 1st

The two biggest sites of the moment, TRT and Gaia, have worked hard to create what we hope was the most fun, challenging and exciting contest in the history of the Zoo Tycoon Community. Marathon II is the first event hosted by both Gaia and the Round Table. Because of this cooperation, there will be several differences between this marathon and the original. Challenges and polls will be posted on both sites and members will be able to sign-up for the contest on either site as well. Hangouts were available on each site to promote activity between the two forums. We had 5 judges for each site. As with the previous Marathon, the judges decided the scoring for all of the challenges, however the final entries was scored based on a poll. The theme for the first Marathon was "Continents". This time, we chose the theme "Biomes".

Winners:
1st Place: Team Sach'arara (Forest) ~ caviar • Okeanos • Farkle • keenakeen• RockY• Esmerelda
2nd Place: Team Ex Aqua Emergens (Wetlands) ~ Barackobamasaurus• Cat • Julien • Laura• Stephen
3rd Place: Team Kubwa Kaliba (Savannah) ~ l993• Hudson• Neonraptor• OwlEye• Panthera leo• Yur
Star of the Competition: Okeanos

A huge thank you to all the participants and everyone who helped behind the scenes; and congratulations to the winners!

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[anchor]features[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: fridooh

Here at TRT we have a wide range of features for your use, and all to get TRT to be as funny and original as possible. Here we have listed the websites largest features so you can read, and maybe find something you did not already know!

You can also read about our features here!

Pointies system:
Every post you make, you get three pointies. If you participate in competitions, events, have the right answers in the newsletter's tricky questions, you can win pointies. There are many opportunities for you to earn some extra pointies as long as you are active. For your pointies you can buy a silhouette for your Mini Profile zoo, or maybe give a silhouette to a Friend. You can also buy a brand new rank, such as the Bird Handler, Carnivore Specialist or Head Zookeeper. You can do all this in our pointies shop here! You can read more about pointies here.

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In our pointies shop you can find a variety of animals that you can buy for your pointies. These animals are called silhouettes and appear under your avatar. Hold the mouse over them , you can see an explanation for them and how the member received it. You can win silhouettes if you get a good placement in a contest, or been involved in an event, or in any other way earned a silhouette. Sometimes a rare, very rare or limited normal silhouettes are avalible in the shop during for example events. These can be bought for a certain time and then disappears again.

Make your own silhouette here or see all sillhouettes at the site here!

Staff PM Box:
The Staff PM Box is another cool feature we have brought here from the old Round Table. The idea is that, rather than PMing an individual staff member, you can post it in the PM Box and every staff member can view the post. If you have a download to upload, a contest entry to post or just an idea you only want the staff to know, the PM Box is the place to put it! - Danny

Creativity Panel:
The Creativity Panel offers a lot of art, such as photography, classic art, digital art and littrature. Are you artistic. you should definitely open a topic and display your artwork. Otherwise, you can look at other people's art, and feel free to leave a comment. In this section you can also find blogs that users have started, these can be about anything, members interests, everyday life or something entirely different. Feel free to open your own blog and share your interests. You can also find game designing, here members share their personal use designs. These designs will not be released as downloads, but there are many talented members showing incredible designs. If you design yourself, but do not want to release your designs as downloads, this is the place to show your art!

Downloads:
You can find lot of downloads in our download section, here but do not forget to check members' own topics where they show and sometimes release their designs as downloads. You will find our designing section here. If you design and want to share your designs, this is where you want to open a topic. There are also expansion and Designing Team Projects. Some members are the really talented and it's great fun to see everything they come up with. If you'd like to release a download, you can fill out a form that you will find here! This way, your design an official download on TRT!

Emoticons:
We have a variety of emoticons that are completely exclusive for TRT. These must not be used outside of TRT without permission. You can find them on the left side, if you use the full reply screen. - Danny

You can even make your own emoticons, check our tutorial!

Joinable Groups:
One of the features we have brought over here from the old RT is that members can have their own section in the "The Rooms" category. All you have to do is fill out a form and add members to your group! These sections are private and only the members you choose can even see them. You could make a group for your design team, a hangout for friends or a fan group for a book or movie you like. - Danny

Find the form here!

Tutorial Library
This section has grown in recent weeks and now contains a lot of tutorials divided into sections, like art, designing and zoobuilding. You can find a lot of cool stuff here, things you did not know and things you've always wondered how to do. Feel free to make your own tutorial and share your knowledge!

Newsletter
Every month we release our very own newsletter. There you can read the month's events, news, interviews with members and information about a specific animal. Each month, a selected animal becomes Animal of the month and is also released into our pointies shop. We also have polls where members answer questions and the resilts are displayed in the newsletter. But of course the newsletter is also full of fun and games, where you can ponder on riddles, math problems and more fun. Find the right answer, and you can get a small prize!

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[anchor]spotlight[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Danny, Zebrasorus and jragonizer

GENERAL
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Name: Daniel (Isaac)
Birthday: 3 December, 1997
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Favourite colour: Blue
Favourite food: My favourite food would have to be chocolate, followed closely by mango.
Pets: Our family has always kept a few pets. Our pet history includes rabbits, guinea pigs, finches, yabbies, hermit crabs, canaries, goldfish, quails, budgerigars and fighting fish. Currently, we have six pets: a golden labrador named Romey, a central bearded dragon named Gimli and three almost-two-month-old chickens named Snuggles, Pebbles, Pip and Darth Vader.
Favourite animals: My favourite animals would have to be big cats. Ever since I was a little kid, my favourite animal has been the Amur tiger, but I also love snow leopards, amur leopards and cheetahs, among other large feline species. My favourite non-feline animals would be red pandas, bears, rhinoceroses, leopard seals and platypuses.
Studying: I am currently studying 5 subjects in Year 11, the second-last year level in Victorian Secondary Education. These subjects are Biology, Chemistry, English, Information Technology and Specialist Mathematics. I am also studying Year 12 Mathematics Methods.
Future Plans: I currently plan to go to university after school to study to get into a Bachelor of Science course, focusing on Biological science (zoology in particular). I then wish to be able to work in a zoo (possibly as I continue further study) and hopefully, one day, succeed in my dream to run my own zoo.

INTERESTS:
Hobbies: I have many hobbies including drawing, graphic design, playing sports, singing in the shower, reading about animals, making things, creating games with powerpoint and so on.
Collections: I currently collect Schleich animal models and have a total collection of about 220 figurines. As well as this, I used to collect stamps and plush animals.
Animals: My interest in animals started as a young boy. I don't remember exactly what started it, because for as long as I can remember, I have loved animals, but my mum believes it may be because my grandma bought me an animal book when I was three. At that age, using that book, I taught myself to read and write. Ever since then, I have loved learning about animals, going to the zoo, drawing animals and writing about animals.
Art: Another interest of mine is art. For years, I've loved drawing and have since then, have really improved in my abilities. I have begun learning computer art and have attempted other forms of art as well. My favourite art form is sketching, but I am only any good at drawing animals.
Sport: Another major passion of mine would have to be sport, which is almost considered a religion here in Melbourne :P My two favourite sports are cricket and footy, although I don't play footy in a team. Cricket is a gentleman's sport played by many Commonwealth countries and involves a fielding team and a batting team, much like baseball. Footy (Australian Rules Football) on the other hand is a very rough sport which first became popular in my home state, Victoria. The footy team I support won the premiership last year.

COMMUNITY:
Best known for: Being a founding admin at the Round Table.
Reason for joining TRT: Originally, I didn't actually want to help staff this site because every site I had ever worked on before this one had not worked out and all the staff had left the place for me to deal with. Eventually though, I agreed just because my friend, Josh, and my girlfriend, Susan, were running it. What attracted me to the idea was that the plan of the site was to be a place where newer members would feel comfortable, be able to get involved in the community and have fun.
Community Achievements: I was Member of the Month at Northern Skies in January 2012, Member of the Season at Gaia in Spring 2012. My major staffing history includes being VIP at Gaia and an Admin at the Round Table
Skills: The things I have loved to do in the community include running contests and festivals, building zoos, designing graphics and chatting with members. My designing abilities include skinning and some coding edits.
History: I joined the community about three or four years ago but never got involved until I joined Aurora Designs Forums, where I made my first friend, OkapiSnowlio. A few months later, ADF became Northern Skies, which is the site I started to become more well-known at. After the fall of Northern Skies, I moved to Gaia and from Gaia, I helped found the Round Table.
Memorable Moment: The most memorable part of my time in the community was meeting Susan, my girlfriend, over a year and a half ago.
What I Want to be Remembered by: I want to be remembered as someone who always wanted to be fair, include everyone and have fun.




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Name: Susan (Helen)
Birthday: February 24th, 1997
Location: California, USA
Favourite color: Green
Favourite food: Pizza; I could eat pizza for a week straight and not get sick of it. xD
Pets: Greeting me daily with the greatest look of disgust possible, is Chili, my very grumpy bearded dragon.
Favourite animals: My favorite animal/aquatic creature is the Manta Ray, and it's been that way since I first got the Marine Mania expansion for ZT2, at which point I proceeded to have at least four of them in every zoo I made. xD
Future Plans: I'm hoping to get into an art and architecture university located in Australia and major in Architecture. I'm particularly interested in things like exhibit design, but even designing buildings sounds exciting, and I can't wait.

INTERESTS:
Hobbies: Skateboarding is something I like doing in my free time; just riding a longboard to a park or something to clear my mind is really relaxing. I guess ZT2 designing could also be considered a hobby of mine.
Art: This is probably one of my biggest passions in life. Be it drawing, painting, or graphic design, art is something I absolutely love. I haven't been in the most creative streak lately, but whenever I feel the need to express myself, there's an art desk full of supplies to help.
Music: This would be my other major passion. There's hardly any kind of music I don't like, and I can listen to the same song over and over again for hours before I get tired of it, because each time I listen in for certain parts of the song; maybe a bassline, or some supporting synthesizer patterns. The same song can sound different to me this way, and I feel it helps my musical understanding as well. On that note, I play three instruments. I've been taking piano lessons (so technique and theory) for 7 or 8 years now, guitar (acoustic) for one, and bass for about a month. I dreamed of playing bass for years before I finally got one last Christmas, and I've been learning as fast as I can since; I also play in my church's youth group band, which is a lot of fun.

COMMUNITY:
Best known for: Helping start TRT or my design projects
Reason for joining TRT: Boredom, mostly. :D
Community Achievements: I've been Member of the Season (Summer 2013) at Gaia, Admin and Founder here, as well as Moderator at Gaia and Taiga.
Skills: A while ago I mentioned wanting to acquire every skill in the community, and I think I accomplished what I wanted with that goal. I now can create graphics, take decent ingame photography, build zoos and exhibits, and do all of the common parts of designing. I'm also beginning to learn about creating animations for ZT2, so I'll be able to add that to the skills I possess soon.
History: I first became active when I started making PowerPoint graphics at Tesara, which is also when I met my first real community friend, Waldo. Being the n00b I was, I missed all of the drama, and only moved to Northern Skies when everyone had disappeared from Tesara. That's where I met most of my closer friends; JRA, Danny, Jasper, Jimmy, and so on. That's also when I started designing, encouraged by people like Okapi Rainforest, Jasper, and -JimmyzHoopz-. Eventually NS fell as well and I moved to Gaia, and then from Gaia to TRT, but I've since started being active at both sites. In my time in the community, I met some of the greatest friends I've ever had, and I'm most grateful for that.
Memorable Moment: I guess I just touched on this, but the close friends I've made are going to be the part I never forget when I move on from the community. Josh and Danny are/have been the best friends I could ever ask for; not too many people could put up with someone like me (let alone enjoy it), but these two have always done that for me. Neither have been afraid to tell me the truth when I need to hear it, or cheer me up when I felt too down to get better. I don't think I'd be who I am now if it weren't for them. I guess sometimes things happen and distance will fall between some of us, but I don't think I'll ever forget or repay them for all they've done.
What I Want to be Remembered by: I feel like I've done a lot in this community; designed, built, etc.; but none of that really matters in the end. If there's anything I want to be remembered for in this community, I'd want it to be that I was a genuinely good person, even when things were tough. I might not be that yet, but that's my goal, and I guess that's a start.




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Name: Joshua
Known By: Jragonizer, Josh or JRA
Birthday: 3 April, 1997
Location: Louisville, Kentucky {USA}
Food: Yes I love food. I will eat just about anything... but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate something REALLY good ;) I love "Italian Food:" The stereotypical pizza, noodles and salads. But honestly I could write a book on food and my love for it... wonder if Jennifer Lawrence would want to co-write it with me...
Pets: I'm completely obsessed with my puppy named Pixar. He's been with us since Christmas and is FINALLY nearing the end of his potty-training experience! (I say this as he pees on the tile...)

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Studying: Hopefully I will begin college clepping by the end of this year, so as a Homeschooler I still have to finish arithmetic, an advanced course in history, theology, reasoning and composition, along with finishing this Biology textbook {woot}. Hopefully I will register for some online coding and programing courses as well. As for actually going to a University, I'm still undecided. I'm currently interning at a business development and strategic marketing organization which I could work full time at once I've completed my studies. The education being invested into me there has been optimal and hopefully I can skip an institution all together because of the experience I'm gaining firsthand there. At the same time I would love to go to seminary, so we'll just have to see how that all works out.

Future Plans: My hopes are to be a business developer and maybe have some ties with marketing and other business roles. Within that career I dream to be able to develop upon my other interests of graphic design, coding, writing and computer technology. Most importantly I want to have a family and have time to homeschool my children and follow my god in whatever He leads me.

INTERESTS:
Hobbies: My hobbies consist of just about anything that will get me out of doing my school and cleaning. This includes sleeping, showering and eating. :) I also enjoy several outdoor activities, socializing, and the stuffs I listed up there^
Music: I love love love music, of almost every genera. I don't really play any, though I do know some songs on the guitar. Mostly though, I just prefer listing to it, particularly electronic, pop, country, INDIE, rock, rap, classical... yeah, as long as the song is good and catchy, it doesn't matter the kind of music it is xD
Art: I do enjoy art, mostly in computer graphics, but I also do some drawing and hope to paint someday.
Sports: I'm not a huge sports guy, but I am rather athletic. I'm a black-belt in martial arts, a yogi {one of those weird people who do yoga}, a soccer player and an exuberant ultimate frisbee player.
Current Projects: Currently I am trying to finish up highschool before the end of the year, while I intern at a business {more on that later} I'm also developing a couple websites and a few other things as well, which I'm not sure when I'l be able to finish. If you want to keep up with that, sign-up for my email bellow.

COMMUNITY:

Best known for: Being outspoken and opinionated... and probably for founding this site :P

Reason for starting TRT: Because I was bored and wanted to have fun with my friends and meet a need that many people were seeing as necessary. I also wanted to fresh start on my attitude towards people and how I expressed my beliefs and thoughts.

Skills: I've put my hand in just about everything Zoo Tycoon and suck at it all. From the time I started working on this site with Danny and Susan, till now, I haven't played ZT2 a single time. I don't have a zoo, animal, download or anything to show either... or at least that I remember releasing :P

History: I became active during the mid reign of Northern Skies, and began working on the first TRT with Susan, CRG and many others about two months later. Danny, Jasper, Jimmy, Waldo are only a few who assisted in it's creation. I had an extremely large circle of friends for only being in the forums for two months, and I really can't give credit to anyone but CRG for that because he introduced me to so many people. In the summer of 2012 I retired from the community temporarily and then later returned with new dreams of making this forum with absolute confidence that with Danny and Susan it could be done. I'm not sure if they just didn't want to disappoint me or what, but I'm not ashamed to say I was right! We did it! Of course not without TONS and I mean TONS of work from so many others who also saw the dream of TRT and worked SO hard to make it a reality!

Memorable Moment: Meeting Susan was one of the most memorable moments. Following that would be much later when I watched many people who I once called friends, dis me and turn against me in the name of humanity. A couple of those people I highly respected and trusted. It's kind of hard to trust anyone after something like that, and what little I had left was scattered thinner in following events that I wont embellish upon.

What I Want to be Remembered by: Several people have tried to spread crap about me, by misquoting me, mis-interpreting me and bringing up things from years ago which remain irrelevant to my current state of thought. I don't want to be remembered for something or someone I wasn't. When I created TRT I wanted to have a new chance to express myself as I really am, and not as the jerk I often portrayed myself as prior, when I was trying to be cool and over-confedent. Unfortunately some wouldn't let go of that, and many still won't, so while I will state what I WANT to be remembered for, the only ones who will remember me are the ones who knew me, and they already have memories of their own. Regardless, let me be remembered as Josh, co-creator of TRT, friend of some, kinda cool, slightly awesome, and a Warrior of his Lord, Jesus Christ.

To End this little bio thingy, I want to give a BIG hug to all my dear people here on the forums, lovers and haters alike. Don't care if you were the ones encouraging me everyday or doing the opposite, I dearly miss you all, and I literally have tried to think of someone here who I'm passionately upset with and I can honestly say you are all dearly missed. I still have no plans of returning, my life only becomes more and more busy, but you never know, maybe someday I'll pop-in for a bit ;)

Until then, you can follow me on Twitter @JoshuaAhlers, Facebook (message me so I know who you are) or Email me your email address, TRT username and general location. and I'll keep you get-to-you every few months on what I'm up-to.

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[anchor]encyclopedia[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Furka

Some of you may remember a site that was opened in 2012 known as "AnimalEncyclopedia". This site was largely unsuccessful but the idea was so great that we wanted to have that same concept here as well - a little Encyclopedia for animals of the world. With the permission of the original AE staff, we have been able to do just that. This new Animal Encyclopedia section is specifically made for members to read and create their own fact sheets.

We didn't want to make this just like any other fact file, though. The fact sheets have some basic information about the animals but also contain information specifically for how these animals are kept in zoos. Members can create their own fact sheets and edit existing ones with a simple reply. At first there were only a few made by the staff, but it didn't take long before members added their own FS to the Encyclopedia.

Credit goes to Umpaloompa for designing and creating the TRT "Animal Encyclopedia!"
Check it out here!

The Animal Encyclopedia is one part of the site that has been lacking in activity for a while, so we have come up with a contest to start getting it active again! For over a month, all complete fact sheets that any members created would have given them a certain amount of pointies and go towards unlocking new animals for the pointies shop! As well as this, the three members who made the most pointies were given their choice of one of the animals that were unlocked during the contest for free.

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[anchor]RTZI[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Snoopy & Hippopotamus.

The Round Table of Zoos Incorporated was open to the public in august 2013. The very first two managers were Umpaloompa and Snoopy, who did an amazing job at keeping RTZI active. Sadly, Umpa left the RTZI Manager position, meaning that Snoopy was by himself. But then in February 2014, Hippopotamus. joined the Staff Team as a RTZI Manager. The current two RTZI Managers are Snoopy and Hippopotamus.

Being a part of RTZI means that you want to take your zoo building experience to the next level of realism. The services that become open to you as RTZI member are:

Currency: That's right, you get your very own bank account when you become a part of RTZI! Our currency is in ZooPoints. You can earn them in many ways; selling your animals, participating in events, etc. and use them for buying new species, buying something in one of our high quality exhibit or art shops, etc.

Trading Animals: Another step-up to realism is trading animals between the companies! It's a very simple procedure to set-up a trade topic and offer on other companies animals. Just remember to be fair and clear with your intentions!

Events, Campaigns and Challenges: Probably one of the more "hands-on" experiences you get as a part of RTZI! The events are when something that endangers the welfare and well-being of animals, happens, and RTZI provides you an opportunity to adopt these animals for free and give them a home. Campaigns are slightly more complicated, as when you get the animal, there's a small price to pay for it, like releasing the off-spring into the wild, or perhaps even the actual animal once it's recovered, but you get to keep the off-spring and likewise. Challenges are a bit like normal contests, a part from you get prizes that benefit you in RTZI rather than the forum in general.

To conclude, we, the manager's of the RTZI, would like to thank the members who have and are participating in the RTZI. Without you, we wouldn't have a RTZI to run. Thank you, the members, for always wanting to make the game more interesting and fun. Our goal is to always help you have more fun each day while being engaged in the RTZI. We hope to help all of our members who have a great experience playing Zoo Tycoon 2.

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[anchor]animal[/anchor]Posted ImageWritten by: Orca Freak
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: P. lePosted Imagepersica


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Range:

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Asiatic lions formerly occurred in Persia, Palestine, Mesopotamia and Baluchistan. They survived in regions adjoining Mesopotamia and Syria until the middle of the 19th century, and were still sighted in the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the early 1870s. They were widespread in Iran, but in the 1870s were sighted only on the western slopes of the Zagros Mountains and in the forest regions south of Shiraz.
Today, the Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Gujarat is the only habitat for the Asiatic lion where an area of 1,412.1 km2 (545.2 sq mi) was declared as a sanctuary for their conservation in 1965. Later, a national park covering an area of 258.71 km2 (99.89 sq mi) was established where no human activity is allowed.

General:

The Asiatic lion, also known as the Indian lion, is a lion subspecies that exists as a single isolated population in India's Gujarat State. It is listed as Endangered by IUCN based on the small population size. The lion population has steadily increased in Gir Forest National Park, more than doubling from a low of 180 individuals in 1974 to a level of 411 individuals consisting of 97 adult males, 162 adult females, 75 sub-adults, and 77 cubs as of April 2010.
The most striking morphological character, which is always seen in Asiatic lions, and rarely in African lions, is a longitudinal fold of skin running along its belly.
The fur ranges in color from ruddy-tawny, heavily speckled with black, to sandy or buffish-grey, sometimes with a silvery sheen in certain lights. Males have only moderate mane growth at the top of the head, so that their ears are always visible. The mane is scanty on the cheeks and throat with where it is only 4 in (10 cm) long.
Female Asiatic lions live an average of 17 to 18 years, with a maximum of 21 years. Male Asiatic lions generally live for 16 years. Adult Asiatic lions have a less than 10% mortality rate. In the Gir forest, 33% of cubs die during their first year of life.

Habitat:

They occupy remnant forest habitats in the two hill systems of Gir and Girnar that comprise Gujarat’s largest tracts of dry deciduous forest, thorny forest and savanna.

Diet:

Lions are predatory carnivores. They usually hunt in groups, but the actual killing is done by an individual lion. They frequently bring down prey much bigger than they are themselves. Showy males have more difficulty hunting than females because of their conspicuousness; therefore females in a pride do the majority of hunting. Males are still more aggressive during feeding than the females, even though they are less likely to have killed the prey.

Threats:

The Asiatic lion currently exists as a single subpopulation, and is thus vulnerable to extinction from unpredictable events, such as an epidemic or large forest fire. There are indications of poaching incidents in recent years. There are reports that organized gangs have switched attention from tigers to these lions. There have also been a number of drowning incidents after lions fell into wells.
Prior to the resettlement of Maldharis, the Gir forest was heavily degraded and used by livestock, which competed with and restricted the population sizes of native ungulates. Various studies reveal tremendous habitat recovery and increases in wild ungulate populations following the Maldhari resettlement during the last four decades. Farmers on the periphery of the Gir Forest frequently use crude and illegal electrical fences by powering them with high voltage overhead power lines. These are usually intended to protect their crops from nilgai, but lions and other wildlife are also killed. Nearly 20,000 open wells dug by farmers in the area for irrigation have also acted as traps, which led to many lions drowning. To counteract the problem, suggestions for walls around the wells, as well as the use of "drilled tube wells" have been made.
The wild population of Asiatic lions derived from just a dozen individuals that survived in the early 20th century. The population was thus thought to be highly inbred, and especially vulnerable to disease.

Weight & Length:

Asiatic lions are slightly smaller than African lions. Adult males weigh 160 to 190 kg (350 to 420 lb), while females weigh 110 to 120 kg (240 to 260 lb). The height at the shoulders is about 3.5 ft (110 cm). The record total length of a male Asiatic lion is 2.92 m (115 in) including the tail.

Zoo Guidelines:

Keeping Asiatic lions is captivity is basically the same as keeping African lions. You’ll need a large enclosure with lots of room to wander; but also trees for shade; rocks to climb and rest on; a small pool or river to drink from, or even take a dip; and climbing structures.
Lions are strong animals that can jump both high and far; and are good climbers too. So to keep the visitors safe, a strong and effective fence to keep your lions inside their enclosure is necessary.
Lions will also need an indoor enclosure for the night. In areas where the winters are cold, this indoor facility needs to be big enough to keep the lions inside during the day as well.
A separation area is recommended, especially when you want to breed with these magnificent cats.

Pointies Animal:

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Five paw prints hidden inside this newsletter.
Find each link and solve the riddles.
Put the letters together and form a word.
Post this world in the link below.
And bring our mascot back to TRT.

Code:
 
http://w11.zetaboards.com/The_Round_Table/pages/XXXXX/


Our lion will disappear after April 15th forever, so make sure you catch a glimpse of him before that.

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Edited by Orca Freak, Apr 1 2014, 04:45 PM.
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Ignacio
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I posted it in the Contest Entries section. I think that is the right place.
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Orca Freak
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Killer Whales rule the World

Indeed, you have to post it in the contests section.

But if you already posted it in the general section, don't worry, we'll check there as well. :)

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izzibob
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I FOUND ALL FIVE YAY BUT MAN HOW COULD I MISS THAT! xD Now time to crack the code...


EDIT: I did it, but I am really confused as to where I post my final answer to the clues. If I copy and paste the link, it says page not found, even if I replace the capital x's with lower case ones. Sorry, I just do not understand what to do now xD

EDIT: WAIT sorry I got it now. Man I can be stupid!!! :S
Edited by izzibob, Apr 11 2014, 06:19 AM.
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