What happened to Hoggle?

[CommodorRaptr]

This isn't a story obviously, I just wonder what happened to Hoggle and his stories about the fictional country of Grabesh? Me and my girlfriend really enjoyed the stories of Melissa and the continuation of it witn the new character Clara? Is there a reason for his disappearance from the site??

[automagix12]

This isn't a story obviously, I just wonder what happened to Hoggle and his stories about the fictional country of Grabesh? Me and my girlfriend really enjoyed the stories of Melissa and the continuation of it witn the new character Clara? Is there a reason for his disappearance from the site??

Hi CR,
You are right, I noticed it last week: the stories and pictures by Hoggle123 seem to be gone. But WAIT: As soon as you log in, you should see them at their usual place, in "Stories by established authors", no worries. I had contacted Hoggle last weekend, asking why his stories are now invisible for "guests" (i.e. anyone visiting the forums without being logged in). He said the change was done by him on purpose, he has some good reasons. So, don't worry, the stories are not gone, and will be continued. (I was relieved, too.)
After you log in, go here: viewforum.php?f=53

[hoggle123]

Hi CommodorRaptr,

Thanks for asking and for the nice words! Glad you and your girlfriend are still enjoying the tales of Melissa and Carla!

No disappearance, I'm still here. I just made the stories members-only to reduce bot traffic (Google, Bing etc. crawl everything and inflate view counts without giving feedback). When you’re logged in everything should be as it was.

The stories are ongoing, and a new chapter is coming soon. Thanks again for reading and caring — means a lot!

— Hoggle