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It seems that the tragic loss of the sphere forums might be resulting in a revialized community spirit within the sphere community. If this is indeed the case, I think it would be a good idea to capitalize on the situation and fan the flames by engaging the community in some sort of community projects. Here's just a few ideas:

1) Of course we already have the community script pack, are there any priorities on scripts that are currently missing? We could take volunteers for script assignments. Even if you are a novice scripter, with a little help from the community here; you can contribute more than you know.

2) Maybe a weekly or monthly script challenge would be fun. Someone proposes a somewhat general script idea with plenty of room for uniqueness. Give several criteria and requirements in order to qualify and then post the winners/runners up on the following week.

2.5) Team challenges could add to the fun and community aspect of the above idea. Using programs like dropbox can allow groups of members to collaborate on a script in secret before submitting it to the “judges”

3) I know it is a pretty ambitious idea, but I think community sponsored shards would be great. I’m sure we all know of the other popular UO emulator and their sponsored servers and I’m not saying we should try to be like them. I just think that there is so much talent here. Some have a creative mind and can come up with ‘out of the box’ game mechanic ideas. Some are gifted story tellers and can write innovative mythos and background fiction. And of course there are many skilled scriptors capable of turning dreams to reality within the world of sphere. There is so much opportunity for collaborative work these days that just wasn’t around last time the community had a boom and I think the idea of a community world (or two or three) whould just be wonderful.

Just a few thoughts...any one else?