I thought it might be worthwhile to let everyone know what's happening behind the scenes these days, especially since much of it is not visible.

We currently have seven new mini-areas that are in production. Why areas? Well, that's how new immortals cut their teeth on being in the CF staff. The good news--apart from the fact that areas are either being updated or expanded with new things--is that means our immstaff is progressing. As these newer immortals advance we will be seeing new religions pop up, new immortal persona taking on cabal management, and more delegation of immortal duties to staff members with growing command options.

The reported lag issue is still being investigated. Since I am taking care of bug reports, system administration, uploading areas, and all of the thankless things Zulghinlour did with amazing dedication, Umiron volunteered to step in and help with the testing (along with some other staff members). Interestingly, they have been unable to reproduce the reported issue. But we're collecting data, which is helpful.