Only a few hours left!!

Hi everyone!

I’m heading out for the evening and won’t be back at my computer until after you all have Eclipse in your little hands.  Pel has agreed to open the boards as soon as she gets back to her computer.  Since she is in New York, she will get her book before me.  The boards will reopen sometime after midnight tonight for Eclipse discussion. 

Because we have had so many of you join us in the last week or so, we will not open the entire message board system for a few days yet.  What you will see is the introduction forum as well as the technical difficulties forum and anything pertaining to official announcements from Stephenie or the lexicon.  The Eclipse discussion forum will be open along with the character discussion forum.  But that’s it for now.  This is to help us keep an eye on things for the first few days and make sure that everyone new to the site has a good feel for how things are run. 

Also, as a precaution against 100 people starting duplicate threads on the same topic, the only people who will be able to start a new thread in the Eclipse forum will be a member of the admin team.  We have set up a thread where you can request a topic if you have a good idea for discussion that isn’t currently posted.  I have tried to foresee the main topics of interest for the book and have started about 20 threads all ready myself, but there is bound to be something I’ve missed!  LOL!

Another thing you need to be aware of is that the board will be full of spoilers.  PLEASE don’t come into the forums without having finished the book!  We are not putting restrictions on topics for banners and signatures, so spoilers could be found anywhere on the boards.  We will keep spoilers off the front page here, but we can’t promise that for our message boards. 

Remember that Stephenie will be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning.  40 lucky member of the lexicon will be in the audience supporting her, but you can do the same by tuning in and cheering her on!

On a last note, I want everyone to do Stephenie proud tonight and tomorrow as you go out and get your books.  Be smart and show your book sellers that this is a hot item and that Stephenie and her fans deserve the best!  Enjoy the book, and head back over here to talk about it with us!  Remember, I’ve had to keep my mouth shut for over a year now and I am DYING to talk about it! 

Have fun!

Alphie

As an addition to Alphie’s notice before the boards re-open, I would like to remind people, especially newcomers, of a few rules:

1- Avatars must be 200×200 px or smaller. (2 inches by 2 inches)

2- Signatures must be 250px TALL at the most. ( For you non-tech people that’s 2.5 inches high. Hold a ruler up to the screen if you have to and measure from the white line that divides your post from your signature to the bottom of your post. All text, graphics, links and tickers must be included in the height.)

3- Use the search function! Our wonderful Mayde has spent a lot of time organizing a list of commonly duplicated topics in the Quench Your Thirst forum for you to peruse. Put her hard work to good use!

4- Respect other people’s opinions! This is crucial to our community thriving. Just because someone’s opinion differs from your own does not mean they’re wrong. Listen to what they have to say. You might end up seeing that they have a good point.

5- Respect the mods and admins of this site! We do this for love of Stephenie and love of the world she has created. No one is paying us to do this and we all have jobs, lives, and families in the "real world." If we ask you to do something or lock a thread or anything like that, we have a good reason. I promise. If you have a legitimate complaint, PM one of the admins (Alphie, Pel, or myself) and politely tell us what the problem is. We will be more than happy to help.

If you do not follow the graphics rules posted here, a mod at the lexicon may choose to send you a PM. If you receive a PM and do not change it in a week, an admin will be forced to remove your avatar or sig. You will notice that I have already done this to a fair amount of people. For those of you who find your signature to be not as you left it and see other people who have huge signatures, please keep in mind that there are over 4,000 members and I am but one admin. I could not possibly find and fix EVERYONE. I am hoping that people who have overlarge banners and signatures will take notice of the changes that have been made and change their signatures accordingly.

I am super excited about tonight and I hope that everyone has as much fun as the staff of the lex plans to!
Three cheers for Eclipse!

Seraphyn