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11/03/09 The results of the new homepage poll are in! Almost everyone voted for a new homepage. The mods will be thinking up ideas for it, but we want your ideas too, so visit this page to give us your ideas! -Lukea2k8
10/10/09 I've been going around the site thinking that it needed some remodeling. Changes much? I'm going to post a poll up here so you guys can vote whether or not you'd like a new homepage look. I've got some really great ideas so far, so hit the poll whenever you'd like to! Give us your opinion in a thread if you feel it's the best way to give us some ideas. - Raptor2
08/30/09 Upcoming contest! Win an iPod or Sony camera! That's right guys! We've planned an upcoming contest in which you can win a 16GB iPod TOUCH or a Sony Cybershot W290 digital camera. It is your choice guys. Details on this bad one will be coming really soon! Stay tuned guys and if you have any questions at all, please private message the moderators. Your fellow moderator, -Raptor2
07/26/2009 New content! The new Tracks by Series page has been released! Go add your series to the page or play the existing ones. Also, as a bonus, we present you a whole new track category we haven't even told you about yet, trial tracks! It can be found under Tracks By Type. If you still want to get a track code from the uncategorized or powerup track pages, you can still find them with the search. Have fun and enjoy what's left of your vacation! -Herska
06/15/2009 I have been looking in the tracks pages and saw that some users still don't know how to add their tracks to the pages and are even turning to others' profiles such as the mods themselves to find answers. To learn how to add tracks, please check out this page or the tutorials. Thanks!! -Raptor2
06/09/2009 YEAAAAAH!!! Summer's almost here and that means no school and that means MORE mod activity, BETTER content, and BIGGER fun. Now that the mods have been freed from their busy schedules, it is time to come up with more ideas. So please, PLEASE, help us out by send us what ya got by either sending the mods ideas or posting them up on the Improvement Plan page. What are you doing still reading this?!! GO ADD/SEND IDEAS!!! "Get some." -Raptor2

05/05/09 Some of you may feel the site has been a bit quiet lately, and so do the mods. Most of the mods still go to school, and loads of tests, tasks, exams, (or whatever you call it), tend to await them around this time of the year. We're busy, in other words, but fear not: Soon we will return and bring the site back to its gears, and in the meantime, keep the activity up! Post tracks, comments, questions or anything, and have fun. -Svinepels
04/01/09 APRIL FOOLS!
03/01/09 Author and rider seeks reviewers! Do you have what it takes? Send us a message. -Svinepels
02/25/09 Hey all! Wazzup?! We have recently already picked our mods and they are doing GREAT! Already, they have set up and starting contributing as well as became familiar with the Wetpaint skills necessary to help build a great site. As you stated in the Improvement Plan, you guys want more contests. I, Raptor2, already have some ideas, but it'll be some time until this one contest is launched. In the meantime, I would like more ideas to be brought in! Your help will be greatly appreciated! -Your Mod Squad
Meet our new mods! 02/07/09 What's up Free Riders and welcome our new mods, Herska, Moyyom, and Campbell_94! Congrats guys and thanks to all of you out there have participated in being moderator!
Vote for your favorite collaborated track 01/28/09 The two pairs of finalists have finished their tracks and now we're waiting for your votes!
I want YOU to send in ideas! 1/19/09 Wassup one and all!!! The moderators of the site are looking for help, but I, Raptor2, am trying to come up with even more ideas to help the site stand out. I want YOU, to send in some ideas to help improve the site. The Mod Squad wants to rocket Free Rider to the limits! So what do you say? You in? -Raptor2
1/16/09 YOU CAN STILL ENTER! The Collaborated Author Contest Entry deadline has been extended! Get started now!
1/16/09 MODERATOR positions opening soon! Check back and learn how you can apply to join the FR-T Mod Squad!
12/27/08 The Collaborated Author Contest Entry theme has been announced! On your marks, get set, read the details!
12/23/08 The Free Rider LIVE Chat has just been updated to a new Meebo widget. Much better. Felt like telling ya guys. Also, I'm in need of some replies for suggestions for the Best Track ever. Hurry up guys. Don't make me and the mods choose the tracks for you. It'd be boring! 0.o -Raptor2
12/16/08 Announcing the new Collaborated Author Contest! Design a track with a partner and win an Amazon.com gift card. Find a partner before December 27th to enter.
12/11/08 We need an experienced free rider player to join us in the FRT CQS! If you think you're the one, send a message to svinepels and tell a bit about why you want the position.
11/29/08 Incredibly wacked out crazy dudes! We went from 5199 members to 5269+ in just one day! That proves we're getting attention! Keep it up guys! Just felt like sharing this with you. -Raptor2
11/25/08 Woe! At first I didn't even believe dudes, but LinkJon, one of the remaining mods from WAAY back then, has just come back! Awesome! Also, if you haven't made any entries or threads to the Nominations page, feel free to do so! If not, get ready to be forced to.... lol. -Raptor2
11/21/08 First of all, congratulations to OtterNox who won the V Track Contest! His track Certain Death is now the official ultimate V Track. Wolfram's track Two V per Wolfram finished in second place, and got almost as many votes as OtterNox's track. Soon, another contest is going to be launched. This one will, as you may know, focus on collaborating. Stay tuned, it's going to be different from all the previous contests! -Svinepels
11/17/08 We're working on the planning and details of the Collaborated Authors Contest and they'll be released soon, so please check back! It's gonna be ah-some! Also, we're going to be needing a few suggestions to the Nominations if you really want to see which track will be taking home the Best Track of All award. Please make some threads or replies on the Nominations for 2008 page for recommendations! Thanks! Your mod, Raptor2
11/13/08: The 8 finalists have been picked and you can now vote for your favorite V track! Click Here to Vote!
11/11/08: Hey guys. I've come up with an excellent idea that I find interesting. Read the question below and cast your vote. -Raptor2
11/11/08 The page has been locked. 8 finalist will be selected in due time and when that time has come you better be here to pass your vote on the best V-Track.
10/17/2008 New Free Rider Contest on the way! Details on the way!
10/13/08: Feedback It appears that most of you (70-80%) like the new home page better than the old one, and that means a lot. I (with help from the other mods) tried to make it as user-friendly as possible, and I hope it helped the people who sent us messages about how tired they got by navigating the site. I have said this before, and I say it again; Please come with feedback here. Keep posting your tracks and have fun! - Svinepels
10/12/08: Site's Growing Big Time Dudes, seriously. Your contributions to this site are huge and help make it big. We may be falling back on rep and page views and crap, but the moderators seriously appreciate your effort into trying to make the site known by others. If you're new here and not a member, register for an account and access the true database of what is your #1 Source for all Free Rider tracks of all types, sizes, shapes, storylines and more, organized meticulously by our proud mod dudes! So what are you waiting for? Register or contribute until you grow addicted. Also, we will be sending a message to the Wetpaint staff to extend features on the site, that way, we can come up with a database like site, easy to use, easy to edit, and very fun to use as well. Your fellow moderator, - Raptor2
10/10/08: What the Crap? Lol? Yo! Yea we know what you mean. What am I doing here?! Believe it or not, this is your FRT site! The FRT Community Staff have brought you the ultimate in page navigation and looks. Fully updated and ready for your use! Believe it or not, I believe it is pretty trick, but this isn't the last of what you'll be seeing, oh nooo! We will have more pics, including what can be a newer version of an FRT pic and the ultimate in your entertainment..... MUSIC! So stay tuned Free Rides! Watch this page and we will let you in on the 411. - Raptor2
One of the last polls has opened! you can now vote for your favorite FR2 track! Go here to see who the nominees are! ~FRT Moderators 09/22/08:
10/02/08: As Raptor2 mentioned we are now working on a new home page. Users have been sending us messages, asking us how to navigate the site and other questions related to navigation of the site. The new home page will focus on easier navigation of the site's most important pages. I don't know exactly when it will be finished, but not too far from now ;) - Svinepels
Yo Free Riders! What's up? Take your last peek at this homepage because it is about to be reorganized, remade, and redecorated! No more boring homepage! You'll see a whole new load of stuff waiting for you by Friday! Your mods will be bringing you the best looking homepage the Free Rider wiki has ever had! So strap on and hang on cuz' this is going to be rad and trick! ~ Raptor2
9/01/08: Alright Free Riders, it is the start of the a new month and we promise to bring you new features to this legendary wiki! Our ever-growing community is hitting the charts, but there might be surprises around the corners! Be sure to watch the Free Rider Newsletter page for updates!
9/01/08: Xusernamex has won the contest!
08/18/08: Some of the nomination polls are shutting down soon! If you haven't voted, hurry up and vote!
08/16/08: Shoooooot! We went down again! We're at 36th in the Wetpaint 500! Anyways, the contest is well underway to being finished! Be sure to register if you'd like to enter [hope you can catch up though!]. Plz guys, this contest offers a DS as a prize and no one is hardly even entering! Try it out! xusernamex is one symbol away!
08/05/08: Free Riders! What's up? The Wetpaint 500 didn't really change as of July 31. We're still at 29th. :(
07/28/08: Hey Free Riders! Check out the Wetpaint 500! We're number 29th. [From July 24th]
07/25/08: For those who don't know, the Nominations have began for 2008-09! Hurry up and vote for your favs!
07/24/08: The Free Rider LIVE Chat is now open and you can message other Free Rider members at a faster speed!
07/24/2008: The first contest symbols have been found, but it's still not too late to enter! Plenty of time to get in on the game!
07/20/08: Get a clue! First hints on the Free Rider contest are released.
07/19/08: We went up on the Wetpaint 500! Go check it out! We're #39, up from 71 just 2 weeks ago!
07/18/08: We're finally kicking it off! The contest has just started!

11/03/09
The results of the new homepage poll are in! Almost everyone voted for a new homepage. The mods will be thinking up ideas for it, but we want your ideas too, so visit this page to give us your ideas!
-Lukea2k8

10/10/09
I've been going around the site thinking that it needed some remodeling. Changes much? I'm going to post a poll up here so you guys can vote whether or not you'd like a new homepage look. I've got some really great ideas so far, so hit the poll whenever you'd like to! Give us your opinion in a thread if you feel it's the best way to give us some ideas.
- Raptor2

08/30/09
Upcoming contest! Win an iPod or Sony camera!
That's right guys! We've planned an upcoming contest
in which you can win a 16GB iPod TOUCH or a Sony Cybershot W290 digital camera. It is your choice guys. Details on this bad one will be coming really soon! Stay tuned guys and if you have any questions at all, please private message the moderators.
Your fellow moderator,
-Raptor2

07/26/2009
New content!
The new Tracks by Series page has been released! Go add your series to the page or play the existing ones. Also, as a bonus, we present you a whole new track category we haven't even told you about yet, trial tracks! It can be found under Tracks By Type.
If you still want to get a track code from the uncategorized or powerup track pages, you can still find them with the search.
Have fun and enjoy what's left of your vacation!

-Herska

06/15/2009
I have been looking in the tracks pages and saw that some users still don't know how to add their tracks to the pages and are even turning to others' profiles such as the mods themselves to find answers. To learn how to add tracks, please check out this page or the tutorials.

Thanks!!
-Raptor2

06/09/2009
YEAAAAAH!!! Summer's almost here and that means no school and that means MORE mod activity, BETTER content, and BIGGER fun. Now that the mods have been freed from their busy schedules, it is time to come up with more ideas. So please, PLEASE, help us out by send us what ya got by either sending the mods ideas or posting them up on the Improvement Plan page.

What are you doing still reading this?!! GO ADD/SEND IDEAS!!!

"Get some."
-Raptor2

05/05/09
Some of you may feel the site has been a bit quiet lately, and so do the mods. Most of the mods still go to school, and loads of tests, tasks, exams, (or whatever you call it), tend to await them around this time of the year. We're busy, in other words, but fear not: Soon we will return and bring the site back to its gears, and in the meantime, keep the activity up! Post tracks, comments, questions or anything, and have fun.
-Svinepels

04/01/09
APRIL FOOLS!

03/01/09
Author and rider seeks reviewers! Do you have what it takes? Send us a message.
-Svinepels

02/25/09
Hey all! Wazzup?!
We have recently already picked our mods and they are doing GREAT! Already, they have set up and starting contributing as well as became familiar with the Wetpaint skills necessary to help build a great site. As you stated in the Improvement Plan, you guys want more contests. I, Raptor2, already have some ideas, but it'll be some time until this one contest is launched. In the meantime, I would like more ideas to be brought in! Your help will be greatly appreciated!
-Your Mod Squad

Meet our new mods!
02/07/09
What's up Free Riders and welcome our new mods, Herska, Moyyom, and Campbell_94!
Congrats guys and thanks to all of you out there have participated in being moderator!

Vote for your favorite collaborated track
01/28/09
The two pairs of finalists have finished their tracks and now we're waiting for your votes!

I want YOU to send in ideas!
1/19/09
Wassup one and all!!! The moderators of the site are looking for help, but I, Raptor2, am trying to come up with even more ideas
to help the site stand out. I want YOU, to send in some ideas
to help improve the site. The Mod Squad wants to rocket
Free Rider to the limits!

So what do you say? You in?
-Raptor2

1/16/09
YOU CAN STILL ENTER! The Collaborated Author Contest Entry deadline has been extended! Get started now!

1/16/09
MODERATOR positions opening soon! Check back and learn how you can apply to join the FR-T Mod Squad!

12/27/08
The Collaborated Author Contest Entry theme has been announced! On your marks, get set, read the details!

12/23/08
The Free Rider LIVE Chat has just been updated to a new
Meebo widget. Much better. Felt like telling ya guys.

Also, I'm in need of some replies for suggestions for the Best Track ever. Hurry up guys. Don't make me and the mods choose the tracks for you. It'd be boring! 0.o
-Raptor2

12/16/08
Announcing the new Collaborated Author Contest! Design a track with a partner and win an Amazon.com gift card. Find a partner before December 27th to enter.

12/11/08
We need an experienced free rider player to join us in the FRT CQS! If you think you're the one, send a message to svinepels and tell a bit about why you want the position.

11/29/08
Incredibly wacked out crazy dudes! We went from 5199
members to 5269+ in just one day! That proves we're getting attention!

Keep it up guys! Just felt like sharing this with you.
-Raptor2

11/25/08
Woe! At first I didn't even believe dudes, but LinkJon, one of the remaining mods from WAAY back then, has just come back! Awesome!

Also, if you haven't made any entries or threads to the Nominations page, feel free to do so! If not, get ready to be forced to.... lol.
-Raptor2

11/21/08
First of all, congratulations to OtterNox who won the V Track Contest! His track Certain Death is now the official ultimate V Track. Wolfram's track Two V per Wolfram finished in second place, and got almost as many votes as OtterNox's track.

Soon, another contest is going to be launched. This one will, as you may know, focus on collaborating. Stay tuned, it's going to be different from all the previous contests!
-Svinepels

11/17/08
We're working on the planning and details of the Collaborated Authors Contest and they'll be released soon, so please check back! It's gonna be ah-some!

Also, we're going to be needing a few suggestions to the Nominations if you really want to see which track will be taking home the Best Track of All award. Please make some threads
or replies on the Nominations for 2008 page for recommendations!
Thanks!
Your mod, Raptor2

11/13/08:
The 8 finalists have been picked and you can now vote for your favorite V track!
Click Here to Vote!

11/11/08:
Hey guys. I've come up with an excellent idea that I find interesting. Read the question below and cast your vote.
-Raptor2

11/11/08
The page has been locked. 8 finalist will be selected in due time and when that time has come you better be here to pass your vote on the best V-Track.

10/17/2008
New Free Rider Contest on the way! Details on the way!

10/13/08: Feedback
It appears that most of you (70-80%) like the new home page better than the old one, and that means a lot. I (with help from the other mods) tried to make it as user-friendly as possible, and I hope it helped the people who sent us messages about how tired they got by navigating the site. I have said this before, and I say it again; Please come with feedback here. Keep posting your tracks and have fun!
- Svinepels

10/12/08: Site's Growing Big Time
Dudes, seriously. Your contributions to this site are huge and help make it big. We may be falling back on rep and page views and crap, but the moderators seriously appreciate your effort into trying to make the site known by others. If you're new here and not a member, register for an account and access the true database of what is your #1 Source for all Free Rider tracks of all types, sizes, shapes, storylines and more, organized meticulously by our proud mod dudes! So what are you waiting for? Register or contribute until you grow addicted. Also, we will be sending a message to the Wetpaint staff to extend features on the site, that way, we can come up with a database like site, easy to use, easy to edit, and very fun to use as well.
Your fellow moderator,
- Raptor2

10/10/08: What the Crap? Lol? Yo!
Yea we know what you mean. What am I doing here?! Believe it or not, this is your FRT site! The FRT Community Staff have brought you the ultimate in page navigation and looks. Fully updated and ready for your use! Believe it or not, I believe it is pretty trick, but this isn't the last of what you'll be seeing, oh nooo! We will have more pics, including what can be a newer version of an FRT pic and the ultimate in your entertainment..... MUSIC! So stay tuned Free Rides! Watch this page and we will let you in on the 411.
- Raptor2

One of the last polls has opened! you can now vote for your favorite FR2 track! Go here to see who the nominees are!
~FRT Moderators
09/22/08:

10/02/08:
As Raptor2 mentioned we are now working on a new home page. Users have been sending us messages, asking us how to navigate the site and other questions related to navigation of the site. The new home page will focus on easier navigation of the site's most important pages. I don't know exactly when it will be finished, but not too far from now ;)
- Svinepels

Yo Free Riders! What's up? Take your last peek at this homepage because it is about to be reorganized, remade, and redecorated! No more boring homepage! You'll see a whole new load of stuff waiting for you by Friday! Your mods will be bringing you the best looking homepage the Free Rider wiki has ever had! So strap on and hang on cuz' this is going to be rad and trick!
~ Raptor2

9/01/08:
Alright Free Riders, it is the start of the a new month and
we promise to bring you new features to this legendary wiki! Our ever-growing community is hitting the charts, but there might be surprises around the corners! Be sure to watch the Free Rider Newsletter page for updates!

9/01/08:
Xusernamex has won the contest!

08/18/08:
Some of the nomination polls are shutting down soon! If you haven't voted, hurry up and vote!

08/16/08:
Shoooooot! We went down again! We're at 36th in the Wetpaint 500! Anyways, the contest is well underway to being finished! Be sure to register if you'd like to enter [hope you can catch up though!]. Plz guys, this contest offers a DS as a prize and no one is hardly even entering! Try it out! xusernamex is one symbol away!

08/05/08:
Free Riders! What's up? The Wetpaint 500 didn't really change as of July 31. We're still at 29th. :(

07/28/08:
Hey Free Riders! Check out the Wetpaint 500! We're number 29th. [From July 24th]

07/25/08:
For those who don't know, the Nominations have began for 2008-09! Hurry up and vote for your favs!

07/24/08:
The Free Rider LIVE Chat is now open and you can message other Free Rider members at a faster speed!

07/24/2008:
The first contest symbols have been found, but it's still not too late to enter! Plenty of time to get in on the game!

07/20/08:

Get a clue! First hints on the Free Rider contest are released.

07/19/08:
We went up on the Wetpaint 500! Go check it out! We're #39, up from 71 just 2 weeks ago!

07/18/08:
We're finally kicking it off! The contest has just started!

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