Hi, I'm Thepal. You might remember me from such mods as a mod I'm probably not meant to mention here that gave me the honour of being the first Modder of the Month at Skyrim Nexus, the Unofficial Morrowind Patch and the Blank.esm file for Morrowind that many TCs used as a base (among other things, such as my on-going Serpent Isle remake in the Oblivion engine).
I thought I'd drop in to... well... to be honest... advertise a new project I'm working on. It's called "A Tabletop App" (which I tend to refer to as ATA for short), and is an app that is designed to make running a tabletop game easier, as well as letting people play together even if they aren't near enough to play in person (one of the biggest issues with D&D groups, as people often move away). It's not meant to take away the social aspects (in fact, if people still live together there is nothing stopping them from using ATA as an alternative to a paper-based map while still playing in person), but to make life easier (especially for those new to the game or GMing).
I've recently put it onto Steam Greenlight, in order to find a good way to distribute it. As you may be aware, Greenlight requires people to vote on games and Valve chooses those with the most votes to be put into the Steam system. So, the selfish reason I am here is to ask any people who are interested to go take a look, and perhaps vote for ATA at http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=101871517 .
The less selfish reason is to continue my quest to see more modders have a go at making their own creations, whether commercial or not. There is so much talent here, as evidenced by the many great mods, and if that talent was put to creating new games and adventures then imagine the variety of new games and worlds that could be created. The independent games industry is growing, and we now have the opportunity to see games being made by more than those few big companies who have previously owned the industry. So have a go, form a team, and make something new. It is possible.
So, if you like what you see, please vote at: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=101871517 . Or if you just want to give a fellow modder a hand with his dreams, or show your appreciation by voting, then that would also be appreciated. And if you know anyone you think might be interested, then tell your friends.
Well, I now feel sufficiently embarrassed about making a shameful plug, so I think I'll end this post now.

Sorry, we don't do ads here.

Is it really an ad for someone who has been a part of the community for a decade to post about something they have created?