Editorial: Above and Beyond the Call

Julilla Sempronius, AncientWorlds

While I spend many more hours in volunteer service than perhaps I ought, the service of others is what continues to amaze and thrill me. There were ample demonstrations, hour upon hour of creativity given to AncientWorlds by the devoted and devious puzzlemasters during Springfest. I banged my head against the palace walls trying to dig into the dirt of Egypt's Malakata Palace Scavenger Hunt. I chased the elusive and tricksy Tuatha de Danaan seeking their four treasures in Celtia. I learned more than I ever knew about corn with The Americas crossword puzzles and thrilled to the beauty and variety of The Orient, now unveiled for all to enjoy.

Our incredibly talented citizens knocked themselves out to make this Springfest one of the truly memoriable Internet events, and what is truly amazing is the hours of work, coding, graphics and link testing that go on to bring it all to life.

Thank you, Springfest volunteers, you're incredible!

Equally amazing is the fact that our citizens give exemplary service on a day-to-day basis. I'd like to recognise two people in particular who have put in countless hours to edit the Acta Diurna. Make no mistake, while my name usually appears on the article pages, it was the Hapshetsut Nebet and Vortigern Aedui who really made the pages glow and flow.

Haps has stepped down after the April issue, and now it is time for Vort and I to take the summer off. It had been an incredible priviledge to work with both of these talented editors; their service is matched by their devotion and good humour. Please take a moment, when you see them online, to say "thanks" for their work.