The scheduled site maintenance is now finished and you can go back to your regular schedule of posting.
Some features have been temporarily disabled to expedite the process of a more secure system.
Please also remember that since we upgraded the system, some features may still be the same, but they may have changed positions. We don’t have the ability to move things around as this is in the core code of the system. It may take a bit of getting used to, but this is worth it.
Technical Details:
Enabling the said features will take place later this month, once your resident web monkey has more time (hopefully).
Other details to be changed:
For the meantime, let us know if you encounter bugs and post them on the Forum Bug Reports Thread.
Thanks and have a nice day!
We will be having a scheduled maintenance from 1PM of August 8 (Monday) to evening of August 9 (Tuesday).
We will be upgrading the forum software to the latest stable version to improve your experience and security. More info once the maintenance finishes.
Please note that the forums will be down during this period. Thank you for your cooperation.
The OtaKai Figure Society will have a display booth today and tomorrow (June 18 to 19th 2011) at the 10th Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention.
Stop over and say hi to us! See you there!
The 10th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention 2011
also known as ToyCon
June 18-19, 2011 at the Megatrade Hall 1,2 and 3,
5th level, Mega B, SM Megamall 10am-10pm
The grand daddy and mommy of pop culture convention in the Philippines is now 10 years old! Philippine Toy Con is Asia’s biggest and long time running convention for comics, toys, anime, cosplay, movies, gaming and anything related to hobby and collectibles.
Refer to: ToyCon Website
We regret to inform everyone that Otakai Figure Society is not participating in Ozine Fest 2011.
- Sakura Committee
In our action against spammers, we checked all current accounts with the StopForumSpam database and deleted dubious accounts.
If you feel your account has been affected and cannot log in, kindly contact us using the “for layout and technical concerns” form.
UPDATE:
All registrations are now subject for approval, to make sure incoming registrations are not spam accounts. It’s not fool-proof, but it’s the only way to keep spammers at bay. For new registrations, please check your email if your registration has been approved so you can activate your account.
Including references to the OTAKAI name
In view of the recent events where the name and image of the OtaKai seems to have been compromised, the administrators of this community would like to clarify that as a community, OtaKai is NOT, in any way, directly involved in the issue and is not taking sides. Further, we would like to clarify that this is a personal dispute between individual parties who happen to be members. That said, any actions, attitudes of these individual parties should not be taken as a reflection of the community as a whole, or the rest of its members.
We are currently in discussion with all the parties involved and still investigating the matter. For the meantime, should you encounter instances where OtaKai’s name seems to have been used in a manner that runs counter to this official statement, please contact the Sakura Committee so they can deal with the issue quickly, objectively, and under set rules of this community.
Hello everyone,
Otakai Figure Society has been able to hold 4 successful figure displays (Ozine 2009, AOF 2009, Ozine 2010, and Toycon 2010) in the past two years, and we look forward in joining the Philippine anime community in its future endeavors.
We would like to thank the committee heads and the members who have steadfastly given their time, resources, and their figures for the benefit of OtaKai. Such volunteerism is unheard of outside the realms of OtaKai.
For everyone’s information, OtaKai Figure Society, the Sakura Committee, the moderators and its members do not and will never charge any organization/group when it is invited to hold figure displays in events.
Expenses like;
As such, OtaKai Figure Society tries its best to protect its members from being abused and to level the field between OtaKai and the inviting organization. It has tried to negotiate privileges like free tickets, nice display area, and food/drinks for its display volunteers/members. Sometimes we are granted these requests and sometimes, we are not. Yet, as a testament to the quality of its members, all displays have been successful and has helped OtaKai grow to what it is today.
We, the Sakura Committee, have found the need to protect its members after careful evaluation of past display activities.
We would like to make sure that the privileges agreed upon by OtaKai and the inviting organization/group BEFORE the activity is held would be upheld DURING and AFTER the the activity.
For this to happen, effective today, July 26, 2010. All organizations/groups interested in inviting Otakai to conduct figure displays during their convention/activity must coordinate with the Sakura Committee directly (either YM, pm, or telephone).
Depending on the convention/activity, the Sakura Committee will negotiate privileges for its members with the organization/group.
It took faster than we expected as the server move went without a hitch.
That being said, we also now have our own domain name :)
Just edit your bookmarks to http://otakaifiguresociety.org
Have fun!
UPDATE! We are moving the scheduled maintenance a day earlier as a safety precaution. We saw a drastic increase in server bandwidth as the days wear on, so we’re moving early.
The forums will be down for a scheduled maintenance this coming weekend— July 23 and 24. This is due to the planned move to a better and well-equipped server.
We hopefully get it done come evening of July 24.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
If you’re reading this, you’re probably aware that iPBFree closed its doors suddenly earlier this week. I don’t want to repeat what I’ve already said repeatedly since it happened, but I will say this; we are really exceptionally sorry about the loss to your communities, and if we’d had any…
Official Statement from iPBFree
