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We aren't well organized enough to have a real ping list for light news... but ecurbh the ring ping king will add you to his, for major news, and I have added you to the Green Dragon list when we get that going again.
There is a current Green Dragon thread (Thread III) on my profile, we were halfway through TTT when it went on haitus, and also a link to our other ongoing thread, the TTT spoilers thread!
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