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CREATOR The Creator role is for people who create Mugen content. Very simple. There is no requirement that you be of a certain skill level to obtain this role, only that you've completed more than one Mugen project. • Apply for the Author role by commenting on this thread. Include some links to whatever content might help you qualify. Please be patient with staff while we consider your request.

Ok try it now. The sitemap was rebuilding in the background after all the changes, but it's finished now.

I overhauled the forums layout. There were too many nested sub-sub-sub forums, rarely used forums, and other unnecessary containers. So I'm in the process of untangling everything, and sorting it out to be more easily accessible. Almost all available forums are now visible from the front page, and the logic of the layout is much cleaner. It's still a work in progress that will span the next couple of days, but the major work is done. Take some time to explore and see for yourself. Here's a list of merges and deletions: • There are no longer container forums at the top of each section. The top forum of each section now has content. • The News forum was deleted. Offsite releases now go in the sub-forum Offsite in the Releases section. • The Fawn was moved to Special Events, and the archived news to The Docks sub-forum in The Warehouse. • The Characters Warehouse, Stages Warehouse, and Screenpacks Warehouse from Collections were combined with the Resources Warehouse to make The Warehouse. • The Pokemon sub-forum was merged with its container forum Nintendo, due to lack of use. • Mugen Discussion was renamed to Mugen Lounge which now contains the sub-forum called Video Sharing. • The Video forum in Member Galleries was merged with Mugen Cinema to create the Video Sharing sub-forum in the Mugen Lounge. • SNK Edits & Capcom Edits sub-forums were merged with their container forum Edits in what's now The Warehouse. • Resource Requests and Completed Requests were merged with Content Requests. • The Lifebars and Hitsparks sub-forums and their container forum Screenpacks were all merged into the main Releases forum where chars and stages are. • The Patches and Palettes sub-forums were merged into their container forum Edits which was renamed to Edits & Add-ons in the Releases section. • Site Overview was merged into its container forum Introductions. • The Screenpacks collections was renamed to Motifs. • The Tutorial Library's main questions sub-forum was moved into P2P Help and renamed Mugen Coding. • The Tutorial Library's sub-forums, Tutorials and Code Snippets remain in the Creation Lab under the original name Tutorial Library. • A sub-forum named Site Related was created in P2P Help for questions regarding the workings of the forum itself. • Ikemen Dojo was overhauled. The Forge was renamed to Releases, and the Ikemen Wips sub-forum was renamed to the Wip Forge. • The Dojo's League sub-forum was hidden until and if it becomes useful. • The Hangouts, Member Galleries and Travel Station were essentially merged to create the Communities forum. • The Writing & Fanfic sub-forum was renamed to Roleplay & Fanfic due to the popularity of role playing. • The Fawn may wake up from hibernation soon, but in a different form. We'll see how it goes. • Character of the Month was renamed to X of the Y. If someone has a better idea please let me know. • A Role Requesting sub-forum was created in Staff HQ. It will be updated soon. • A new view is available for the front page. Click the blue buttons next to Start a Topic. The images are not final, and suggestions are welcome. That's most of what I could get done today. Expect more changes over the next couple days as the reorganization / pre-spring cleaning process continues. Any suggestions anyone has to help make the layout cleaner and more focused are more than welcome. Hope you guys like it so far.

It should be working now. My apologies for the inconvenience. Please let us know here if registration is still giving you trouble. Thanks for pointing this out.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I'll look into it. What was the display name you used when trying to create the account?

Here's the new WIP I'm not starting. It does everything at once every time you push any button. This message should show up on discord....

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HAPPY KRAMPUS! This years bound to fail holiday surprise from me is a pretty major visual update to the forum discussions theme. The original, pre-change is now selectable in the bottom themes menu. Oddly, despite looking bigger because of the avatars, the new theme is a little more compact spatially. It's going to stay set as the site's default theme until January 1st. At that point, if too many people are reviled by it we'll have a public vote as to whether to keep it the default or just make it selectable.

Made some adjustments to the forums layout. • [ IKEMEN MOUNTAINS ] became [ IKEMUGEN MOUNTAINS ] • [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] moved from [ HEADQUARTERS ] to the [ IKEMUGEN MOUNTAINS ] • [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] moved from [ HEADQUARTERS ] to the [ IKEMUGEN MOUNTAINS ] • [ GALLERIES ] became [ MEMBER GALLERIES ] • [ STAFF HQ ] became [ STAFF HEADQUARTERS ] • [ TRAVEL STATION ] moved to the staff area • [ FANFICTION ] became [ WRITING & FANFIC ] • [ GAMING ] became [ GENERAL GAMING ] • [ GENERAL ] inside what is now general gaming, became [ MISCELLANEOUS ] A few of these have been irking me for a while now. Pretty sure I got all of em, and a few new ones in one swoop. There may be minor changes here and there as it settles in.

Somebody tagged me one of these AMA threads once and it was kinda fun, so I figured I'd start one off. Pick another member, tag them and ask them any 3 questions you want. When they're done answering, they do the same. No other rules about repeats, passes or interruptions, it's just here to have fun with @The Magic Toaster 1) What are your 2 favorite things to do for fun? 2) Top 3 TV shows? 3) All time favorite 3 Mugen characters?

Darkflare If we ditch them all but the numbers, I think we'd be rewarding quantity over quality. Which is something plasmoid is also worried about with the current criteria. So I can see ditching all the ones that are currently there, like other people are saying, and yourself in part at least. They do call for a specific type of character, which is shitty. Too rigid. What would be your thoughts on replacing them instead with something a little looser and more refined? MkTendou A valid point, I hear that and it's certainly not something I'm interested in doing, pigeonholing creators into creating a certain type of character if they want a trophy. Fuck that. Yea so the requirements (at least for character creation) have to be pulled way back to necessities only. Anything beyond that, the kinds of specifications that would produce a specific type of character, maybe should each have their own trophy (like a capcom style char creation trophy etc). But that's way down the road, so not to get side tracked. Yes, got it. PlasmoidThunder Agreed fully, and already covered why. When I first put the idea out there a couple years ago, I just had numbers for the criteria. People rightly brought up the point that that's again pushing quantity over quality, so I / we took a first shot at drawing up some criteria. But yea looking back like you guys are pointing out they are stiflingly narrow. So then in pulling them back to bare minimum so they interfere with the creative process as little as possible, what would be your recommendations for requirements? Heard. HelloMyNameIsAAA I like your idea of having a "complete character" criteria which applies to all characters submitted (required sprites etc). I'd like to expand it a little further too. As for the number of characters required, I'll lower it a little bit, but I want to keep the platinum trophies really difficult to get, so they're rare. The bronze should be relatively easy, so younger people and beginner creators can at least get themselves a trophy. But if the numbers are lower, I think there should be some kind of extra thing to get a platinum. idk what exactly... Everyone I fully agree we should avoid boxing people in creatively. Like at all. It's Mugen. The question then becomes what precisely are the distinguishing characteristics that make for a "good" character in any style? On what basis exactly can this judgement be made? @HelloMyNameIsAAA I definitely like your idea of having a "complete character" criteria which draws on @MkTendou and @PlasmoidThunder suggestion of just doing required sprites etc. So using that as a starting point, and then adding requirements similar to required sprites and states, while including AAA's other idea of adding a single unique requirement to each trophy, (and lowering the numbers a little) this is what I got so far: Complete Character • All required sprites and states • Palette functions properly • Sounds are balanced and present where appropriate • Damage dealt and received is appropriate to the character • No bugs, debug floods or sprite swaps Bronze ~ Create 3 complete characters. Silver ~ Create 5 complete characters. 1 must have an A in either presentation or functionality in the Monthly Judgement. Gold ~ Create 8 complete characters. Author must have shown great knowledge of MUGEN coding and character balance. Platinum ~ Create 13 complete characters. 1 of which must act as their Masterwork, which they feel represents the current full extent of their person skill set.

I added some really basic icons to all the sub-forums. Kept it simple with 5 basic types, same size and design as the front page icons. Aside from just making the site look a little better, they should give the user a basic idea of what each forum in a section is about. Makes the sections layouts a little more intelligible.

If you'd like to volunteer to review some Mugen content, add your name to the list of potential Judges by posting here. If you change your mind later just delete your post. Contributing can earn you Quill Trophies, and help others earn Reviewed Badges.

Before we activate the trophies for Character Creation, Stage Creation etc, I think an open discussion about the final requirements for each would give us the fairest version possible. There was actually a small discussion about it a couple years ago where some points worth considering were made. Part 1 Part 2 Here are where the requirements stand right now, just as a starting point. We can adjust from here as people offer input. _____/ Character Creator For a character to be counted as complete, it must have all necessary sprites and states and no major bugs. Coding, sprites and animations quality must pass community evaluation. Bronze = create 2 complete characters Silver = create 5 complete characters incorporating at least 3 strikers, and 3 animated hyper finish bgs Gold = create 10 complete characters at least 4 with 5+ hypers and 5+ specials, and 4 with 3+ intros and win poses Platinum = create 15 complete characters at least 1 source accurate (or very close), and 1 that clearly shows the refinement of your skills in some way _____/ Stage Creator For a stage to be counted as playable, there must be no exposed "background" space, and no major defects with the edge movement or sliding parallax. The images quality and consistency must also pass community evaluation. Bronze = create 10 playable, animated, multi-layer, stages Silver = create 25 playable, animated, multi-layer, stages at least 10 with parallax Gold = create 50 playable, animated, multi-layer, stages at least 20 with super jump and 20 with zoom Platinum = create 100 playable, animated, multi-layer stages, at least 10 with bg controllers, and 1 that clearly shows the refinement of your skills in some way _____/ Motif Master For a screen pack to be counted as complete it must have it's own intro, ending, title, select and vs screen. The screen packs overall quality must also pass community evaluation. Bronze = create 2 complete screen packs Silver = create 4 complete screen packs at least 1 high res Gold = create 6 complete screen packs at least 3 with multiple slot options Platinum = create 8 complete screen packs, at least 2 with custom life bars, and 1 that clearly shows the refinement of your skills in some way

Recent theme being out of date issue made for a surprise release of a bunch of stylistic upgrades I was working on are part of the actual template updates. So I guess some of the brand spankin new highlights are, ehhem: • CKeditor is now color matched to the rest of the site. • Timeline page headers and timeline got some styling work done. • Reactions are now individually displayed by type. • Post restyling in progress, so comment feeds look still look strange.

_____/ NEW FORUMS ADDED We've added some new forums, and done some general curating of existing forums names and locations. Here's a list of the changes: [ MUGEN DISTRICT ] >> [ COLLECTIONS ] >> [ HOUSE CHOICE CREATORS ] >> CoolAnimeHustler's Creations ~ The only gentleman capable of wielding the Clubs feature, earned his own place here. [ MUGEN DISTRICT ] >> [ RELEASES ] >> [ RESOURCES ] ~ Redirects to [ SPRITES & SOUNDS ] [ MUGEN DISTRICT ] >> [ MUGEN DISCUSSION ] ~ Container forum. [ MUGEN DISTRICT ] >> [ MUGEN DISCUSSION ] >> [ MUGEN LOUNGE ] ~ Moved from other location. [ MUGEN DISTRICT ] >> [ MUGEN DISCUSSION ] >> [ COMMISSIONS HUB ] ~ Place for forming commissions connections. [ MEMBER CIRCLES ] >> [ GALLERIES ] >> [ FAN FICTION ] ~ Show off some of your fan fiction writing skills. [ MEMBER CIRCLES ] >> [ TRAVEL STATION ] >> [ EMBASSIES ] ~ Place to discuss various mugen sites roles in the overall community. [ MEMBER CIRCLES ] >> [ RANDOM CHATTER ] >> [ MEMEZONE ] ~ Meme forum struggling for survival. Share em talk about em. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] ~ Container forum. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ AWARDS DIRECTORY ] ~ A list of all Awards currently available, who has them, and the creations they earned them with. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ REQUEST AN AWARD ] ~ This is where you get one. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ PAST EVENTS ] ~ Archive for past events that got front page coverage. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ PAST EVENTS ] >> [ 2019 BANNER CONTEST ] ~ That was fun. Grats TotalDramaXtremist and StrikeFreedomGirl555! [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ MFFA THE MONTHLY JUDGEMENT ] ~ A new series we're trying out where reviewers inspect a few select Mugen creations thoroughly and give their takes. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ SPECIAL EVENTS ] >> [ CHARACTER OF THE MONTH ] ~ Yeessss, it's back. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ TALK WITH STAFF ] >> [ OUTPOST BROADCAST ] ~ Only staff posts here. Posts are auto sent to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ (which is closing soon I think) and Discord. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ TALK WITH STAFF ] >> [ TROUBLE TICKETS ] ~ Replaces the old "Contact Staff" button in page footer, which now links here. Guests can post, but new posts must be approved. _____/ EXISTING FORUMS RENAMED [ COLLECTIONS ] >> [ CREATOR GALLERIES ] --> [ HOUSE CHOICE CREATORS ] ~ Still not sure about this one. Spent a long time thinking about it but still def open to suggestions. [ RELEASES ] >> [ CHARACTERS & STAGES ] --> [ CHARS & STAGES ] ~ Short sweet and to the point. [ CREATION LAB ] >> [ TUTORIALS ] --> [ P2P HOW TO ] ~ Peer to Peer is what P2P stands for in case anyone doesn't already know. [ HANGOUTS ] >> [ WORLD NEWS ] --> [ WORLD EVENTS ] ~ Still need a better name for this, tho I have to admit I'm not disappointed it's empty lol [ RANDOM CHATTER ] >> [ CHILLIN CHATTIN ] --> [ OFF TOPIC WHATEVER ] ~ Chillin chatting kinda rolled off the tung weird, idk. [ STAFF HQ ] >> [ DISCUSSIONS ] --> [ TALK WITH STAFF ] ~ A little more casual, little less hard ass sounding. _____/ NEW FEATURES ADDED Events Calendar ~ Something tells me this is going to end with me like "somebody slap me next time I try to bring the calendar back", but I'm giving it one last shot. It's pretty well organized and it broadcasts to the front page and the timeline so members can use it to get exposure for projects or topics they really want to get out there. Check out the Event Stream. Awards ~ An Awards system has been opened, and is now active. Members can earn trophies, badges etc for accomplishing different criteria per Award. They'll show up under your avatar on your forum posts, on your member hover card, and on your profile. You'll also show up in the recipients list on the Awards page, and have the option of showing off the work you earned the Award with in its respective Showroom Topics forum. You can also request an Award if you created something you think fits the criteria. Have a look in the Awards Requirements sub-forum of Request an Award, if you're interested. Check out the Awards Directory. _____/ GENERAL ARRANGEMENT Top Nav Menu ~ Has changed around slightly to incorporate the Events Calendar, and possibly the Awards. The Timelines categories and filters got their names adjusted to be easier to understand, and hopefully translate better. Top Nav Menu Outposts Sub Options ~ Have also been rearranged to be a little easier to navigate. Discord Changes ~ We've made some changes to the Discord Server. We now block account who's names consist of random strings of alphanumeric characters, to prevent bot attacks. We've also added a Pokemon Safari game channel, and a Monica channel. Well, that brings us up to date for the most part. Any questions, don't hesitate to ask them here.

Where all our Ikemen happens: http://mugenfreeforall.com/forum/169-ikemen-dojo/ Rodknee runs it, we try to do an Ikemen Tourney once per season.

Trophy System Soft Opening Where did those missing clubs wander off to? Seeing as they weren't getting much traffic, I repurposed them. With a little css finessing they've become the core functionality of a trophy system. Members will be able to earn trophies for various accomplishments, like character creation, write ups in the monthly judgement, and other things. We're going to start it with a couple of trophies, and if it works out well and people like it, we'll add more as time goes on, likely update the existing imagery etc. Soft opening is just to make clear that it's in a trial phase, which among other things means its open to suggestion regarding its design, both visually and to some extent functionally. Nobody has any trophies yet. The first round will be given out to the Character of the Month winner, and to contributors in the Monthly Judgement. Trophies for the Ikemen Dojo will also be made available in the beginning so keep an eye out for the next seasonal Ikemen Tourney. You must have discipline if you're going to win the Golden Dragon, so training should begin as soon as possible. They first round of trophies will be made available and visible in the [ EVENTS ] section some time this week. Let us know what you think here, ask questions etc, feedback is soo very much appreciated! Aaand some teaser pics: Marble C.ot.M Trophy Golden Dragon Trophy (Ikemen Dojo) Platinum Quill Trophy (for various types of write ups) UPDATE: The Awards system is now active. Check out the currently available Awards here.

In regards to the tie, we decided to rotate the 2 winning banners, giving each 6 months out of each year. TotalDramaXtremist's will be our winter banner, and StrikeFreedomGirl555's the summer. Thanks to Rodknee for the idea of rotating em. To everyone who participated, thank you for putting in the time, effort and patience to make these. You guys definitely made some quality stuff. Congrats @TotalDramaXtremist and @StrikeFreedomGirl555!!! New banner's up!