Important reading stuff

[Weltall]

I've actually been working on Tendo City lately. It's good to have free time again. I just wanted to talk about some of the things coming (and going).

First, the going. We all know how successful we've been trying to operate a dynamic, up-to-date webpage. It hasn't worked, and it's unlikely it ever will. We don't have the time, the manpower, or the interest to keep it going. When it was up, few read it, and most of the important stuff ended up on the forums anyway.

So, I am going to do away with it, somewhat.

It's true that there were some features of the page that people did like. Those I will keep, and restore from long ago death. Creativity will be brought back, with links to Comics, Shiggies, and other creative works made by Tendocitizens.

Reviews are now finally a part of the forum itself. They are now easily seen, easily accessed, and easy to post to. You'll see them every time you come to the boards, so there's no excuse not to drop in and write one yourself every now and then! I will need someone to perform moderating duties for Reviews, and unlike other mods, this one actually will have to do work, as I don't want non-Review threads or posts in this forum, and they will be moved out or deleted. Yes, there are actually rules at TC, whod've thought? :D

The last major announcement is the Archives.

This is the final thread ever posted in Rumble City:

Over the last three hours, Abstractica and I painstakingly saved every single remaining thread in the entirety of Rumble City, from all 34 pages of RC's topics, to Ramble and ROTM and even Forum5. I will make an effort to eventually archive them somewhere, so that we will always have our history. ana, thanks again, from the bottom of my heart.

Long Live Rumble! I will see everyone at Tendo, for this is my farewell post here.

~Ryan Usher, AKA Weltall
05-03-2000 ~ 02-15-2001
POsts: 935

*walks away*

I have been promising to build these archvies forever. Now, thanks to a brilliant Dark Jaguar idea, all of these threads I've had for so long have finally been given the works. All of them have fixed images, working links, and everything. They are just as you will remember them. What remains is that these threads need to be indexed. This will take a while, as it will likely have to be done by hand.

I also have all of the TC threads from Apr. 2001 - Dec. 2002, and they will also be given the works and archived the same way. Since there is a lot more complexity involved here, it will take awhile longer.

But there is finally light at the end of the tunnel, and I can finally make good on the promise I made four years ago.

So, there's going to be a need for help with the indexing. Anyone who has a good HTML editor, some time and a lot of patience... I'd love to have you on board to help. We're also going to have to do some major spring cleaning of the server.