Site Updates/News

6th update, 2/11/02.

Well folks, if you've been keeping track of my comings and goings on the message boards I usually go to, you'll know about this already.  If you've also paid attention to the fifth update, you also already know about this.  For those who don't know, I'm going to be leaving on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I leave tomorrow morning to go to St. Louis so I can get to the Missionary Training Center the same day, and I'll be there for three weeks before hitting my mission, which is the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission.  I will be on my mission for two years.  Naturally, that kinda puts a halt on any future updates until I return in two years.

Wow...two years...that's actually how old the site is, now over two years old going by my first update listed on this page.

It is my goal to continue writing the Mobius: Second Tyranny series when I return from my mission.  After all, I didn't do all of the hunting for webspace and writing up these stories and posting them online for nothing, and what's more, it was technically the Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM and fan fiction thereof that got me started as a writer, so I'd like to continue writing the series as a sort of tribute to the cartoon that got me started as a writer.

My current plan for the message board is to turn it over to two of my brothers while I am away on my mission.  I believe that between the two of them, they'll be able to take care of things while I'm away.  I didn't get to train them very much regarding the site itself, so I'm planning on having them avoid dinking with the site, although I hope they keep an eye on the site so we know if it's going to be dumped and I have to find new webspace.

The main updates are pics this time around.  I know I promised to put up Tergonaut's character profile, but time has been so absolutely short ever since I got my mission call, and so you'll just have to live with the photo of myself that I've got on the Tergonaut page.

As for artist's pics in the Guest Art section, we've got two pics from Cookirini, two sketches from Rayearth, and a pic from Virus.  Most of these have been lying around my computer for months now, but at least I'm putting them up on the site now.

I don't know whether people are still going to bother coming here after a while.  I'll admit that this is certainly not a fancy or snazzy or feature-filled site, I've mostly used it to store pics for my message boards and such.  My hope is that even though I'll be gone for two years, that there will be some loyal readers who await the day when the Mobius: Second Tyranny series continues.  The whole reason for this site was so I could display these Sonic stories, and I'd like to fulfill that reason if at all possible.

Here is the address of my mission home for anyone who wishes to send me snail mail:
Elder Matthias Justin Johnson
Utah Salt Lake City South Mission
7001 S 900 E Ste 250
Midvale UT 84047-1746

That address is for the mission home rather than my actual address, since I'll be moving every few weeks to different apartments.  This way, I should be able to get all of my mail without having some letters accidentally lost when they arrive just after I've left an apartment or home.  The mission home will know where to find me, and they'll redirect it to me.  Might take me a little longer to get letters, but better that than to lose some.

To end this update, I would like to bear my testimony that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is the true church, that the gospel and the full priesthood authority have been restored to the Earth in these latter days by a prophet of God, that the Book of Mormon is the most correct book on the Earth, that it is another testament of Jesus Christ, and that Jesus is the Christ, who died for our sins that we may, through our sincere obedience to his commandments, be brought back to live with our Heavenly Father one day.

And I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

See you in two years!

-Matthias Justin Johnson, a.k.a. Tergonaut
5th update, 11/10/02.

It's been a long time since I've updated, and it's now been nearly a year since I started my updates on this page, not to mention that it's been over a year since I've set up this website. It's a little sad in a way, but I'm still here and so is the website, so that's a good sign.

No story updates at all at this time.  While Gideon is working away at his next story, I'm afraid that I've been very lax on my next installment of the Mobius: Second Tyranny series.  I hope that, whoever may be still reading this after all this time, you may be able to forgive me for my lack of writing for this site.  While it is true that I don't have any actual responsibility regarding this site, that no one can really expect a new story churned out regularly, I would eventually like to make this site the home to the entire completed series of my Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM fan fiction, with my brother Gideon's works preceding mine in the storyline. It may take a long time, especially since I have a very special announcement to make.

I have received my call to be a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  I will be on a two-year mission, in which I will have to uphold the highest standards and will be virtually disconnected from the real world while focusing on service for the Lord.  This means that, when I report to the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on February the 12th in 2003, I will not be able to update my site at all for two years.  I do plan on continuing to update the site after I get back, so don't fret too much if you were worried.

But I have updated the site recently, partly with removing the old profile of Tergonaut from the Tergonaut page - sorry, folks, I promise to update it so that it'll actually have something on it soon, specifically the new profile of Tergonaut that I'm going to update it with.  Also, in the Guest Art section, Cookirini has generously drawn a picture of Sailor Crusader for me, Sakaki has given me some sprites of Tergonaut and Sailor Modesty, and I've finally fixed the link to T-M-E's spritesheet of Tergonaut so that it actually goes to his most recent modifications to the sprites, most notably the correct representation of the helmet spike and the slightly darker shade of orange.

I removed the Miscellaneous discussion forum on the TergoCorp. Industries message board, replacing it with the Emerald Chat RPG forum.  Since it didn't look like anyone was going to be talking about them anyway, I decided to refit it for use for a small group of chatroom roleplayers that I've recently been hanging out with.  Right now, I've been getting more activity from them than I have from anyone else in the entire history of the board.

Well, that's it for now.  Happy Thanksgiving!
-Tergonaut

P.S. added 11/12/02: Whoops!  Forgot entirely to add Eon Squirrel's pic of Sailor Modesty to the Guest Art section!  It's there now.
P.P.S added 11/15/02: Whoops again!  Just added Brayarg's pic of RedRenamon to the Guest Art section, since he had done that for me a while ago.
4th update, 6/18/02.

It's almost been two months since my last update, but I'm still working to make this site worth visiting.

I am glad to announce that the next story in the Mobius: Second Tyranny series is now in the Sonic the Hedgehog section and ready to read, along with the final part of Ashes of the Phoenix, and the entire next story in the Last Legion series, Lion's Claw, Serpent's Fang.

I have recently been getting some new artwork from friends and colleagues, but I have to wait until the next update to post those, as many of them are works-in-progress at the current time.

So, I hope you enjoy the stories. Feel free to drop by the message board and let me know what you think!
-Tergonaut
Third official update, as of 4/20/02!

Less than a month since my last update.  New record for me.

I've taken down the Pokémon stories and resources that I had on this site.  Since I'm not planning on continuing those stories, and since no one has shouted at me to continue them, I've decided to refocus the site.

No update with Mobius: Second Tyranny this time around, although the next chapter of Ashes of the Phoenix is up.

I've put up my In-Character profile for my online avatar, Tergonaut.  I plan on keeping and using this profile for some of my online roleplaying, but it's also a sort of personal profile that explains just who Tergonaut is.  I've also posted the lyrics to Tergonaut's theme song, "Herofast."

I'm planning on updating soon with another Mobius: Second Tyranny story, and perhaps adding a new section of my web-specific works.  In the future, you can expect to see more M:ST, more chapters of Gideon's fan fiction, and profiles for other elements and characters related to Tergonaut.  I'm also planning on some art contests to draw more attention to this site and expand the Guest Art Gallery.

Well, that's that for now.
-Tergonaut
Second official update, as of 3/28/02!

Well, it's been a couple of months since the last time I've updated and attempted to advertise.  This is actually one of the fastest updates I've made, and hopefully I can update more often in the future.

Now, I've put in a new section, some links that I think are worth putting up onto this site.  That section is titled Tergonaut's Preferred Links, and I plan on asking for an exchange of links so maybe I can get a little more traffic at this site.

I've updated the Sonic the Hedgehog section with two more parts of Gideon's story Ashes of the Phoenix.  This time around, I have NOT updated the Mobius: The Second Saga series, because I've started to rewrite it.  I've recently been feeling that many of the characters are a useless waste of story time, and several of the plot developments later on were going to be hindered by the Salamander walking tanks I had introduced in the series, so I'm starting from scratch.

I know, it's annoying that I haven't even finished the series before I start rewriting it.  But still, I think this change is really important, and I haven't totally left you fans without hope.  Because I've posted the first TOTALLY BRAND SPANKIN' NEW story of the revised Mobius: The Second Saga in the Sonic the Hedgehog section.  This time around, the series is going to reflect more of the Sonic SatAM's elements, since I have access to most of the SatAM episodes now and can use them for my writing research.  You'll probably notice the difference when you read the story yourself.

And of course, my message board has been updated and reorganized for better and more focused discussion.  I've taken out the Roleplaying Forum, since there hasn't really been enough activity to support it and I'm not sure I want to take the trouble to moderate that AND deal with the rest of my responsibilities.  I've got enough moderator troubles at the Mobius Forum's Roleplayers Guild! ;)  So please, take a stop by my message board and let me know what you think of the site, the layout, the stories, and just about everything related to this site.

Talk to you later!
-Tergonaut
First official update, as of 1/21/02!

This is really the fourth update, but considering that I've only created this page now and I can't remember the previous updates, I'm "restarting" the count.

I'm putting up the next two stories in the Mobius: The Second Saga series, so check that out!  I'm also finally adding the five chapters and epilogue of A Champion's Bier to the Sonic the Hedgehog section, which will mean the whole story is available for reading.  To finish up with the Sonic the Hedgehog section, I'm also putting in the prologue for Gideon's next story in the series, Ashes of the Phoenix.

As for the Pokémon section, there will be no further updates for that section.  Frankly speaking, I have lost a great deal of interest in the story series that I have written up so far, even though there are incredible plot twists that would have come up later in the series.  I may be persuaded to continue writing the series if enough people e-mail me about it, but for the current time I'm making it more of a showpiece than an active project.

The Miscellaneous section so far contains a few of my older stories, which I'm not particularly proud of but I'm leaving them up anyway.

I created an EZboard a few months ago titled Sonic the Hedgehog Roleplayers.  It was supposed to be a roleplaying message board for Sonic the Hedgehog fans, but I didn't keep it up (like this site) and just about everyone who went there for the brief time that it was up has stopped posting and probably aren't even checking it anymore.  I've decided to convert it into the general message board for this site, so please stop by there on your way out.  Remember to read the rules!

A new section has been put up that will feature artwork of my characters done by online friends of mine.  There are currently three (3) pieces of art there, so go take a look!

I'm going to try to update soon with more stories and a page containing some sites and message boards that I personally recommend.

In the meantime I welcome any and all comments, questions and feedback that you may have relating to the site and the stories.  Either stop by the message board and post there or e-mail me using the link on the main page.  Well, that's it for now!
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