In addition to exploring the usual ways of getting the site's name out there to a wider audience, we've decided to open this reward-driven referral program as a way to get you, our members, involved as well. The reasons we're hoping you'll help us with this are simple; we feel like we have a great (if small) community here already, and that our members are a huge part of that - as such, we can't think of anyone better to help us to recruit new members who will both enjoy the atmosphere of the Cafe and enhance it further. At the same time, we're sure you've sometimes held back from introducing non-HP-reading friends to the Cafe, so hopefully this will help to make that a thing of the past.

There are, of course, rewards available for those who help us to get the word out too, and this time around the prizes are provided by our Paid Account service, which we launched earlier this year. The member who brings in the most referrals over the course of the month will receive three months of free paid account time for our 'Platinum Basilisk' tier account, while two runners-up will receive free Silver and Bronze account time for the same period. (All prize accounts will be opened on the 1st of October, and the paid time will expire on the 31st of December.) In the event of a tie, the total number of posts for each member's referrals will be used as a tiebreaker - so, if two members each have 10 referrals, the member whose 10 referrals have been most active will be placed first.

Referring a member to the Cafe couldn't be easier - simply get them to sign up for an account at either the forums or the fanwork archive, and make sure they put your member name in the 'Referrer' field when they complete their profile. And... that's it. The detailed rules are simple, and are posted below - if you have any questions, feel free to ask us by PM or just as a reply to this post.