Hey! Help Rowdy.com win an award!

Mashable is proud to present the 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a unique opportunity for the most accomplished websites and services to achieve international recognition across scores of influential blogs.

Last year’s Open Web Awards achieved over 250,000 votes combined between Mashable and our 50 international blog partners. This year we’ve doubled in size: nearly 100 blog partners have signed up from 18 countries, providing unprecedented global coverage for the nominees and winners. You can read more about the timeline, categories, rules, sponsors and blog partners at the Open Web Awards site.

Here is the link.

Sharing Functionality Enhanced!

Hey folks, we just added an "Add This" button to blogs, videos, and photos, so you can share your favorite Rowdy content on your other sites. Supported platforms include Del.icio.us, DiggIt, Google Bookmarks, MySpace, Facebook, all the big sharing sites! Please use it early and often! It will make you seem cooler to all your friends.

Rowdy Chat for Texas

The Rowdy chat rooms are always open, but don't forget to gather at 3:00pm EST Sunday to chat during the Dickies 500 at TexasIt promises to be a really exciting race, and an important one in the Chase, so there should be plenty to talk about!

The Rowdy boys are also in the chat rooms all during the week, so stop by anytime to see what's going on. We're also setting up some great guests for scheduled events in the near future. Remember, you'll need an active chat account to participate.

Rowdy Trivia Games Are Launched!

Hey folks,

We just launched our newest feature--Rowdy Trivia! Now you can create trivia games of your own and share them on your profile for everyone to play.

Keep it clean!

Click here to try it!

Photo Posting Policy

Just a little reminder everyone...you can't post photos that are copyrighted material from another source. You also can't post photos of nude men or women, no matter how hot you might think they are. Both of these activities violate our Terms of Service and will result in our removing the offending materials, and if necessary, banning an offending member from the site.

This has been mostly fine up to now, and most folks are pretty accommodating when asked to deal with their own posts, but just keep this in mind, cool?

Thank You!

Driver Zone Round Three Winner!

Cartoon was the winner for Driver Zone's Round Three, and will take home $1000 in prize money!

For the complete listing of winners, or to see how you placed, click here.

We are still in the process of verifying the remaining results (2nd-15th), so if you were a winner, stay tuned for communication from us so you can collect your prize!

Trivia Game Feature is Almost Ready

Hey folks, we're putting the finishing touches on our new Rowdy Trivia game, where you can create your own brain-teasers and share them on your profile. It should be pretty fun to see what you all come up with. Look for it towards the end of the week or first of next.

Site Usability Enhancements

While viewing blogs, photos or videos, you can now see how many there are, which one you're on, and navigate to the next or previous entry.

We've also updated the "About Us" page, which will now have all the latest Rowdy-specific news. Where Buck and Bass are, what contests we have running, new features on the site, that sort of thing. Be sure to check it out...

First Day of Autumn Theme

In honor of the first day of autumn, we have launched an "Autumn Leaves" theme for you to use at Rowdy.com.

To select it, go to your profile page, click on "Edit", and scroll to the bottom. Select the theme and hit submit to get into the fall spirit!