iTS 13th Birthday

iTS our 13th birthday so we fired up the lottery and have some other surprises as well. Please join us to celebrate. iTS been an amazing journey so far and long may it continue.

We have been busy revamping the site over the last month or two and hope you have enjoyed the changes. A big thanks to o**** for tirelessly updating ALL the director collections. A herculean effort.

We had over 150 new members join since we started the application threads and quite a few have been active, which is great. This brings our active userbase to near the 500 mark.

Member Classes

The new member classes are in place. You will see a new name for yours. The requirements for the new classes will be added to the FAQ shortly.
But not to worry, nobody lost anything. What you've earned in the past will of course remain yours.

Invites

We have opened IRC interviews, so new members can join easily. To apply join:

Server: irc.shadowthein.net | for Secure connection (SSL) use port +6697 (irc.shadowthein.net:+6697)
Channel: #stepintotheshadow
Direct link: irc://irc.shadowthein.net/stepintotheshadow

There are also new sections in the upper level forums, including the much requested offical invite forums where friendly staff from other trackers offer you a safe route in to theirs. Most will be looking at your recent statistics, so please make sure you're busy here, before considering applying.

First Line Support

We are looking for new FLS members to help with basic member questions and support, with a view to a moderator postition. Please send a staff PM if you would like to help. Active members only please.

Encoders

If you're an encoder, let us know. We would be happy for you to join the encoding group and help newer encoders perfect their art. We are always happy for any encodes to be shared wherever you like. If you'd like to upload your encodes here, we will create a collection with your tag so you can upload content outside the existing collections. Only encoders enjoy this extra freedom in terms of content.

User Classes

These are almost ready to go. Look out for an announcement soon. Your class will change, along with everyone else's.

Donations

We do our best to keep our costs low. Currently under 50 euros a month. It doesn't take a lot of people to keep us afloat. We strive to do our best to keep a tight-knit safe-haven for you to collect and share the things you love.The biggest pleasure we get is people making good use of it. Please consider donating if you can.

Uploads

The upload rules are currently being worked on. Please refer to the 'Big Changes' post on the home page as a guide for now.

Curators

We're looking for people to help beautify and update the collections. You can do this by posting an update in the collection database forum. These will be added to the main collection pages when complete. We'd love to see some of your creativity and flair with these.


If you can help with any of the above, or anything else, we'd love to hear from you. Feel free to send a staff PM whenever you like. If you have any questions, we will do our best to answer. Suggestions and help in the forums is always appreciated too.

Thanks to you all for keeping our small community alive and well and we wish you all a warm and shadowy time with us going forwards.