I am removing the Soundcloud syndication of podcasts.

The limited amount of space for a free account creates more work to rotate our pod-casts in addition to the already additional work needed to add them in the first place.

I don’t believe anyone is using Soudcloud for these podcasts! It is probably good to have from a marketing standpoint, but that’s about it!

In the event anyone ever want’s us on soundcloud and is willing to cover the costs for an account OR wants to request I run a fundraiser for it due to a perceived interest, I could re-visit it at that time. I think right now though its not an added benefit and just creates more work so killing it!

The account will remain active with an intro piece though!

Echoes from the Caverns’s stream on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds.

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Hello everyone, Asclepius here with a short introductory post. Recently I joined the Caverns as part of the news team with Lord Baldrith. Since then the volume of fan fiction work sent in by the community has increased dramatically, to the point where Lord Baldrith can’t handle all the work on his own. I have been asked to come on board and voice some podcasts as well.

This post serves two purposes; firstly to let you know that there may be another voice bringing your creations to the wider community, and secondly if you can see and hear this, then I’ve mastered the trick of posting the podcasts to the Caverns site!

We do have a bit of a backlog at present, but we will try to clear it as fast as we can. In spite of that, we still want to bring as many original creations to the community as possible, so don’t stop posting.

Echoes…Echoes…echoes from the caverns was brought to you by Lord Baldrith, Asclepius and Sir Stile Teckel. Do you have a piece you would like us to read? Please contact us at LordBaldrith@thecaverns.net, Asclepius@thecaverns.net or stile@thecaverns.net

We need YOU

We are working on a really large podcast for some fan fiction. Currently we are in need of someone that can do a voice that is evil sounding, and loud booming.

This is NOT a processional gig! Were not professionals and were working with a LOT of people. Its a “just do the best you can” gig. If you think you can even somewhat pull off a voice like that, then we can use you.

Do NOT offer to help us out unless you will be able to do it for us withing a timely manner (A week?). We are already replacing many people who have as long ago as two months ago offered to do voices and we still do not have their lines. At this point we would like to finish this podcast and get it out to the community and its going to take time to put it together and publish it!!

So anyone that offers to help, needs to be earnest in they will do so within a reasonable time line please!

ITS EASY!! VERY EASY!!!!!!! TAKES MAYBE 10 MINUTES!!!
You really don’t have THAT much to do. You can use whatever recording software you have. If you need something you can download audacity which is free and only takes a moment to install.

We send you the story with your lines highlighted to make it easy for you!!! You use whatever mic you would normally use (A headset is ok!). We will edit out background hiss and things like that – just please try not to have background noises when you record (TV, kids screaming, dogs, these are things wed like you to avoid).

Then press “Record” on audacity, and read your lines!! Try to capture the mood as best as you can and such. Aim for that evil loud booming aspect!!! Put a bit of a pause between each line to make it easier for Lord Baldrith to cut them out and edit them into the producing.

Save the file and arrange to send it to me. THATS ALL!!!!!

WHAT DO YOU GET?

• Its fun
• You are participating in a project that involves a lot of community members
• you will be heard by many!
• You will be listed in the cast credits!
• You will be listed as a member of The New Britannia Theater troupe! (Like the actors guild of real life, if you participate one time, in any production, you are a member!)

Please contact me if you can help!!!

Don’t have a loud booming evil voice but want to do stuff like this? WE may have some other voices we need for this production (but maybe not, were wrapping up the last of them). But even so – we will do other stuff we can use voice actors for on a continual basis – so if you want to do one and we can’t get you in this one, let us know. Well get you in others. My one condition to anyone is: We need stuff back from people in a reasonable time limit – or we WANT to be TOLD – “I dont have the time right now, but ask me for the next one”.

Thank you everyone for your time and consideration!

Hear Ye, Hear Ye,

Strangely somehow Lord Baldrith is on vacation on September 5th. We are a bit confused as to how this as valid as no one in the New Britannia Theater Troupe seems to have signed his vacation request, yet he says he is on vaction. Their will be an internal investigation on this to figure out who gave him this authorization!

However the show SHALL go on! Asclepius had offered to do the show on his own but really now! When I think of many talk shows when a regular cast member is missing, they susuallly choose a “friend of the show” to fill in for the missing participant.

So it is with great pleasure I announce that for that weeks show Lord Jouten shall be filling in for Lord Baldrith!

Indeed!

*Crack goes its wippy tail!*

Lord Baldrith and Asclepius cracked the wip at me and said “Hey Stile, get off your arse and start having some of the community send us some news!!” So please help me out so they don’t beat me to badly! If you have news articles you see in the forums, on the net, that you are involved in, about yourself, your guild, advertisements, or anything else Shroud of the Avatar related drop us a note!

You can use one of these contact forms, although ideally send it to myself (Stile), and ill forward onto them – as that way I can also do it as a text post at the Caverns for you.

Contact | Caverns, Dungeons, and Beyond.

Contact Baldrith | Echoes from the Cavern.

Contact Asclepius | Echoes from the Cavern.

I Figured id put together a couple of topics together on this post though. I’m always looking for “reporters” for the Caverns, Dungeons, and Beyond also. Someone to help do news pieces. I empower the people I work with, I do not direct or dictate. Ask Lord Baldrith, Sir Iscyle, Gabriel Nightshadow, Timelord, Amber Raine, Asclepius, or any of the many other people I have or do work with! I do not take credit for your work and in fact I will help try to get you recognition for it! I am very easy to work with – its a hobby, its for a game, its supposed to be fun!

You can do news on:

• Specific topic(s) that you follow or that are important to you
• On things from certain places or locations (MMO web sites? The forums? etc..)
• On nothing particular just what you fill like when you feel like it.
• You can do one post a year or 20 a day.
• I can forward you stuff right to your email so you don’t even have to look for news!

If you have:

• WordPress experience that is great!
• If you do not its not hard, and ill help teach you as you need and want (I even have some instructional videos..)

If you want:

• Ill help make some custom graphics for you
• Ill give you an Ankh quill of your own color
• A Caverns.net email address if you want one (not required)
• A contact page on the site(s)

What I ask is:

• Try to be casual – don’t worry about being mr. stuck up professional
• Be yourself, have fun with it
• Put your life first
• Stay away from politics
• When criticizing something by adding opinions always be do it constructively
• Don’t do anything illegal or in violation of Portalariums TOS
• Don berate other people and treat them how you want to be treated
• Don’t public Founder, Dev+, or things told to you in confidence that are not public
• Disagree with Portalrium or someone else relevant to your topic but do it politely and don’t start a war
• Use common sense
• That you ask me for anything you need so I can try to help it, because otherwise ill leave you alone
• You let me thank you often
• That I can communicate with you be email – It is more powerful in that its not limited to any one platform

So I started putting the Echoes of the Caverns podcasts on Soundcloud recently. This is in addition to it going on Itunes, played on Avatars radio, Tumblr, your own faviorite podcast program, direct from the website, or download them!

So now that Soundcloud has been going for a few weeks – IS that an important platform to you? As here’s the deal: Soundcloud was a testing platform. As its only free for a tiny bit of space! So just getting a feel for how people feel about if they want to use it.

At this time what Ill be doing is deleting the older casts to make room for the new ones. If its a popular platform im going to run a fundraiser to fund it. It could be funded a month at a time at 15.00 a month or 135.00 a year. Don’t really want to put the fund raiser / financial tracking in place for it though unless people are using it! You can use it without needing to donate though.. Just want to know there is a need and if there is ill do a fundraiser. So if thats of value to you, leave a comment, drop me a note, etc. If i hear from a couple people they like that option ill set up a funding bar.

Thanks!