Nah, only joking. The forum’s back, though, at the insistence of Seanikins, mostly. If you want to discuss SOnline, what it meant to you, how much you’ll be willing to pay to see it return etc., I suggest you head over here, and let your voice be heard.
No guarantees we’ll be listening, though :P
Unlike what some of you might think, I’m really not procrastinating on development ;).
On the contrary even! I am currently doing a total plot rewrite. It’s quite the endeavour, and although I’ve already written over 10.000 words, I am certainly not even halfway.
I hope to resume regular progress after the end of this month. And one definate certainty is that the background site will be greatly expanded then!
I have put the plot *somewhere* online, but for the sake of spoiler protection, I’m not going to hand out the location in public. If you feel like reading it, just contact me through e-mail or pm, and I’ll tell you where to find it :).
Finally got around to writing up this rather strange interview.
Take a look!
From Shining Force Central forums:
I’m making a Shining fangame, called Shining Valour. Progress is good, but has hit a snag: I can’t find anyone who wants to draw the character portraits. I was wondering if anyone out there in the Shining world would be interested in drawing some Shining-style pics, or even sending me some ones they’ve already drawn and don’t mind me using. Basically, you’ll get your name in the credits in big letters, and heaps and heaps of praise from me…
Here’s a couple of screenshots of the game to let you know how it looks.

If you’re interested in helping, either email McPhisto at tristastic@hotmail.com and he’ll let you know any information. Alternatively, you can check his topic (dead link) on the SFC forums.
I reorganized the site a bit and I worked out Phase 3 of the project :). The credits page has been moved from the D20 campaign section to the main site (under “About SSC”), and I’ve moved the progress section to a seperate page, as the table is getting somewhat big now ;).
Anyway, feel free to check the progress of the Shiny Sword!