The Town Bulletin:. Vol 5 Issue 1

[Ray]

The Town Bulletin

Vol 5, Issue 1

So, i'm sure alot of you have noticed the sapling going through alot of waves of activity and inactivity and i'll be sincere, that is entirely my fault for not driving the ship. I'll be completely honest with you guys, it is hard to drive activity to a forum where the main series hasn't received a new instalment in ages. When I started this forum, new leaf was already 2 years into it's life and it doesn't help that either that I am quite a fickle individual. If say the next week i'd be into another game, i'd stop updating the sapling. I never did forgot about here though, I love this forum and the work we've all put into it. I miss the days when we had our secret santa events and loads of people participated back when we had loads of mods.

Now alot of you might not know what happened to them and I won't name specifically but we had a falling out with one mod and they left of their own accord, the other two just disappeared without a word. Mimi was the only one who stuck around (thanks). We decided not to restaff because we felt that with the activity we had, the two of us could handle the forum alone. Wow this sounds like we're shutting down doesn't it  , DEFINITELY NOT EVER.

Before I started this forum, I had made numerous websites/forums as a child and now as an adult I was looking to re-ignite that passion I had for web communities. Animal crossing is one of my favourite series of all time and I have alot of memories with it so I decided to build it on that. Having something productive in my own time gives me a feeling of self-worth and accomplishment and seeing anyone of you post at all brings me great joy. This forum will always be around for years to come and i'll always bring it back from the brink until the day when this place becomes consistently active.

I've decided it's better to issue these town bulletins when we actually have news/changes to tell. Forcing writing one of these every month just turned it into a chore, especially when there's nothing to write about! In light of this we've actually had quite a few changes over the past few months. On that note, I hope you enjoy reading and once again, i'm sorry for the lack of activity and hope you haven't forgotten about us. We hope when a new animal crossing game is released it will spark the activity again!

New Changes & Updates

Discord Chat

We have an official discord chat people can join now. It's been running for a few months and doesn't have alot of members right now so be sure to show your face and drop us all a message! I definitely check it all the time.

Forum Skin Changer

So quite a while back some of you asked if you could change the forum theme whenever you want and we were like noooooooooooO! Well, we've had a change of heart. You can now change the skin to spring, summer, autumn or winter's theme whenever you like from your profile.

To do so: go to profile > edit profile > settings > forum theme. For those of you who want the forum theme to still change automatically with the seasons of animal crossing, you can choose the 'Rotator' theme.

The Sapling's Wikia Page

Not the most exciting update but one that is worth a mention. We now have an official wikia page which just explains a bit about the history of the sapling. It's nothing special but I feel like it marks the forum being set in stone in history. To me that's pretty grand. You can find it here.

Visual  Theme Images

It's worth a mention just in case people were thinking, "where did it go?". Well we briefly had these mini banners next to each of the forum sections on the main page. I don't have a record of this so you'll just have to visualise. I might however reuse the image I made at a later date though!

New sections

We've added the new guides and tips board, which is a section where everyone can create guides and help other animal crossing players with their techniques and hints. Anyone can make a guide and the best ones get pinned on the official guides page in the nav bar. There's also some forum incentives so be sure to check it out here.

New Visuals

We've gone back to how the sapling used to be like when we were with zetaboards (anyone remember that?) Instead of people's avatar shown next to the boards, we have delightful tree's which light up if there's new posts.

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Affiliates

So we've clean sweeped through our affiliates and this time affiliated with more suited websites, some have quite big fanbases! We're also reaching out to alot more websites such as Zelda Universe & Nintendo Switch Network and hope to have some exciting news for you soon! Be sure to visit them and give them a warm welcome:

Zelda RP - A legend of zelda roleplay based forum.

The Anrui Region - A pokemon roleplay based forum.

Torrenta - A pokemon based forum.

Sinnoh - A plot based pokemon roleplay.

The Bowser Shrine - A mario themed website supporting Bowser!

Nintendo Nerds Forums - A forum for nintendo fans.

Mario Fan Games Galaxy - A compendium website for all things mario!

Super Mario Bros X - A massive mario fangame that blends elements from super mario 1, 2, 3 and world.

Forever Forgotten - A pokemon roleplay forum.

Nintendo Castle - A nintendo news website.

Gaming Reinvented - A gaming news website.


Pixel Pattern Editor

We now have a cute pixel pattern editor that you can practise creating animal crossing designs and share them on the forum! For more information click here.

Forum Suggestions

It's been a long time coming but we've answered some of your prayers​! As previously mentioned before, we've now given you the option to change the forum skins. This was previously requested by a member of the forums (I forget which). We do listen to all your requests even if they're not implemented so keep em coming! If you have a suggestion, please let us know here!

Community Spotlight

For the most interesting and exciting thread we've seen in the past few months is....................there isn't one! Doesn't that just bring a tear to your eye? I couldn't really nominate my own threads xD I will link to a thread I love though which is the Brewster Chat Thread. Here you have the chance to say ANYTHING about EVERYTHING you ever want! It is the biggest thread on the forum and you should come say hello and let us know what you've been up to!

Member of the Month

It's time for the member of the month award again! This is an award to give back and say thanks to the most earnest members, most useful and helpful and all around amazing people! For this month the award goes to??

EVERYONE!

It's been a bit dead for a while so there isn't a specific member in mind this month, however, there is something which has been quietly overlooked which deserves praise. We've finally reached 100 members! Isn't that great??! (112 and climbing!) A big thank you to everyone who's stayed with us and joined, even if they no longer spend time here. We love every one of you and thank you all for spending anytime of your lives here. It's you that matters and makes this place history!

Conclusion

That's it for now folks. Thanks for taking the time to read this what turned into a massive update xD We're planning some new competitions and bringing back the monthly raffle so stay tuned for that! See you around the boards!