Sorry, we're closed!
Well, temporarily closed, that is. But it might be a while until the Planet Zot Forums, Oekaki board and Rate The Toon service are back online again.
The reason? The short version is, the administrator Schwpz just had a baby! Wheeee!! :D
Feel up for the long version?
ZOMG Schwpz had a [baby]!! O____O;;;
Despite her numerous online preparations for this event, there's no denying that her absence has none the less caused Planet Zot and especially the Planet Zot Forums to... how to put this nicely... reach a vegetate state of brain dead zombie-ness? And we do after all have our reputation to take care of, you know. Can't allow our beloved little planet to sink beneath certain standards, otherwise how will we ever be able to persuade good Zotters to come back once Schwpz's maternity leave is over? Besides, rumors have it that she's quite fed up with the set up of several sections on Zot, and we all know how hard it can be to renovate a building with 10 000+ people in it.
If you think of it, the Planet Zot Forums has not even once taken a longer maintenance break in the 6 ½ years it's be online - most website and computers don't even last half this time without either dying or needing a serious re-installation. And with so many active Zotters the planet could certainly use some hardcore vacuum cleaning to say the least (you don't even want to know what's beneath the carpet in the ChatZone board at the moment. And the swine flu is nothing compared to the health hazards currently oozing from the Reality board walls!).
So, what will happen is this:
Her Schwpzieness has temporarily closed down the Forums, Oekaki board and Rate The Toon sections on Zot, and is planning to spend the next upcoming months taking the planet apart, pixelated atom by pixelated atom, not to mention getting adjusted to this whole motherhood-thingy (the baby is cute alright, but who knew non-pixelated humans could cause so much sleep deprivation?).
You, in the meanwhile, get to have a break from your favorite pixelated reality, and by such forcing you to drop all charges against Schwpz for Zot-addictiveness. Just enjoy the fall - have a cup of tea, go for a walk in a park, take some funny pictures, and think lots of happy thoughts so that you will be all eager and energized for when Zot gets back online again. Because we will need you back on Zot again once this whole thing is over, and you're no good to Zot if you're all tired and naggy and llama-ish when that time comes. Zot needs happy Zotters in order to thrive, so take good care of yourself while on your forced vacation on planet Earth, all right?
And don't worry - We promise to come back. Dustbunny honor!
This is just a temporarily break. Before you know it we will be back, better and smexier than ever!
Also, Schwpz has sworn on her braids that no stardust nor post count will nuked during the renovation. As for the rest of the planet, she makes no promises [insert evil chuckle], but you can rest assured that your hard-earned dust will be safe and eagerly awaiting your return :3
Since we all know how agonizing it can be to obsess over a "closed" sign, why don't you sign up for a notification email?
Just submit your email address and we will send you an email notification once the Zot emporium is up and running again.
That way you don't have to check this page every 5 minutes just to ensure that you won't be missing Zot's grand re-opening or anything of the sort. It's completely safe - Zot will not sell nor use your email address to any other purpose than to notify you once Zot is up. In other words, you will not receive any spam from us of any kind.
Thank you for your much appreciated patience and understanding, and we hope to see you soon back at the Forums! :D
So long, Zotters!