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Thousand Roads is Now a Proud Member of the Rucola Holdings Family of Brands

Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
Thousand Roads is Now a Proud Member of the Rucola Holdings Family of Brands!

Hello, everyone! Today I'm excited to announce that Thousand Roads has officially been acquired by Rucola Holdings, a legitimate and well-respected international family of brands seeking to enhance the digital landscape through synergistic partnerships with small creators. The injection of capital from this new relationship will allow us to bring you exciting new community features and expand Thousand Roads' reach to the stars above!

You can already see the impact of this thrilling new opportunity all around the forums! Rucola Holdings is now bringing you personalised advertising relevant to your interests as members of a "Pokémon fanfiction forum," with high-quality offerings from the authors you know and love.

And that's not all!

Introducing Thousand Roads Premium!

Do you love exclusive content? Do you love to support your favorite fanfic authors? Then Thousand Roads Premium is for you! For just 10USD per month* you can enjoy all the benefits of an ad-free forum experience, exclusive discussion spaces for premium members, and corresponding benefits on our Discord chat server! Post here or DM Negrek to receive payment details and join the ranks of the coolest, most important members of the community!

Thousand Roads Brand Partnerships Now Available!

If you're enjoying our new premium ad service and wondering how you can get in on the game, you're in luck! Rucola Holdings is pleased to offer brand partnerships to all members of the Thousand Roads community to help support our local creators in their writing endeavors. Support the community, get the word out about your work, and gain access to our exclusive Thousand Roads Premium program, all for an extremely reasonable price! All of our brand partners automatically gain access to Thousand Roads Premium, as well as the opportunity to feature their tasteful advertisements in our prominent brand partnership space, where they will attract the attention of hundreds of loyal readers! To apply, simply post in this thread with your proposed advertisement, and one of our staff will reach out to negotiate payment details. Become a Thousand Roads brand partner today!

As you can see, a lot is changing around Thousand Roads--for the better! And this is only the beginning! Keep an eye on this thread for further news and updates, and of course to investigate our brand partnership and premium program opportunities!

* Please note that for legal reasons we can only accept payment in Robux or iTunes gift cards
 

kintsugi

golden scars | pfp by sun
Location
the warmth of summer in the songs you write
Pronouns
she/her
Partners
  1. silvally-grass
  2. lapras
  3. golurk
  4. booper-kintsugi
  5. meloetta-kint-muse
  6. meloetta-kint-dancer
  7. murkrow
  8. yveltal
  9. celebi
XLTH2R2JKMF1C6N9

this is the code I got from my apple iTunes gift card that my grandson bought me please tell me how to fix my printer thank you I am on fixed income
 

Umbramatic

The Ghost Lord
Premium
Location
The Yangverse
Pronouns
Any
Partners
  1. reshiram
  2. zygarde
i would like to join the premium program it is not to launder money i get from selling slowpoketail on the black market
 

elyvorg

somewhat backwards
Premium
Pronouns
she/they
Partners
  1. grovyle
the middle head of a hydrapple paid many many pokebucks to submit this ad for your consideration
sillyhydrapplebanner.png
i think the other heads were trying to say something too but they didn't have money so i didn't bother listening to them
 

Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
Since our previous announcement, we've added several more dynamic properties to our brand partnership program! Enjoy!

XLTH2R2JKMF1C6N9

this is the code I got from my apple iTunes gift card that my grandson bought me please tell me how to fix my printer thank you I am on fixed income
Oh, no! Unfortunately I'm afraid that a driver update will be required to resolve your printer issue. Please send another iTunes gift card, and one of our technical associates will be happy to assist you with resolving your print difficulties.

i would like to join the premium program it is not to launder money i get from selling slowpoketail on the black market
Thank you for your generous contribution to the Thousand Roads community. Welcome to Premium!

If you have an interest in slowpoke tails, I recommend that you reach out to our sales team. We have several employees with extensive knowledge of the market!

the middle head of a hydrapple paid many many pokebucks to submit this ad for your consideration
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i think the other heads were trying to say something too but they didn't have money so i didn't bother listening to them
What a lovely banner! Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the community. Welcome to our partnership program, and to Thousand Roads premium!

Nice advertisement system (ye,s I know it's for April fools, but it's still nice), how'd you guys pick whose tales got processed?
We reached out to select creators based on extensive market research, with the goal of maximizing impact and stakeholder interest! The good news is that absolutely any member of the community is welcome to participate in our brand partnership program--all we require is the advertisement from you and an entirely reasonable payment*, determined based on the size and complexity of your image!

* Please note that for legal reasons we can only accept payment in Robux or iTunes gift cards
 

NebulaDreams

Ace Trainer
Premium
Partners
  1. luxray
  2. hypno
For your consideration (do you also accept Monopoly money?)

glenbanner.png
 

Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
For your consideration (do you also accept Monopoly money?)

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Wonderful! Welcome to the Thousand Roads brand partnership program, and welcome to Thousand Roads Premium. Congratulations on making the smart choice to support the community and increase the reach of your high-quality content!

Everyone else can look for NebulaDreams' banner among our beautiful targeted advertisements, as well as several other new additions to the fold.

In less happy news, contract difficulties around the site acquisition mean that we no longer have the capital to pay for Shaymin to appear as our site's mascot. Instead, please welcome Trubbish, who has graciously agreed to step up and represent Thousand Roads for a much, much more reasonable price! We hope you enjoy this careful rebranding, and look forward to seeing more ways to spend money to support Thousand Roads in the near future!!
 

icomeanon6

That's "I come anon 6"
Premium
Location
northern Virginia
Pronouns
masculine
Partners
  1. alakazam
I'm late to the party, but the party seems to still be going!

jhs_ad.png

Is this the address I should mail the iTunes gift cards to?

Trubbish
Thousand Roads Headquarters
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20003
 
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Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
Thank you for for your generous donation, and welcome to the Thousand Roads brand partnership program! We hope you enjoy seeing your advertisement among our carefully curated collection, and that you enjoy your complementary Thousand Roads Premium subscription as well!

Is this the address I should mail the iTunes gift cards to?

Trubbish
Thousand Roads Headquarters
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20003
However, I must ask you to please not stereotype our trubbish, who after all is helping us out a great deal in our time of need! They can't help being made of trash, unlike certain individuals who may reside at this address.
 

Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
Unfortunately, due to continued financial difficulties resulting from the falling price of slowpoke tails, Rucola Holdings was forced to put Thousand Roads back on the market. I was able to grab it back up before anyone else could buy it. Unfortunately I don't have the resources to continue the partnership program or Thousand Roads Premium, but I hope you enjoyed this little taste of what might be possible!

April Fool's Day happened to coincide with the change in management, and several fics had April Fool's updates while it was going on, which you should check out for an extra dose of silly fun!

Huntress, Haunted
Pixie Sixthborn Vol VI
Finding the Peak Truth at the Peak
A Legendary Lawsuit
Bidoof Quest
Just Hold Still Cliffsnotes

Finally, for those of you who enjoyed our brand partnerships, here's the full list of them for posterity, or in case you might have missed them earlier while refreshing:


By Negrek


By Windskull


By Namohysip


By Seren


By SparklingEspeon


By SparklingEspeon


By SparklingEspeon


By SparklingEspeon


By Sinderella




By kyeugh


By kyeugh


By elyvorg


By kyeugh


By Dragonfree


By kyeugh




By Negrek


By Negrek


By NebulaDreams


By icomeanon6


By Bluwiikoon
 

K_S

Unrepentent Giovanni and Rocket fan
They all look amazing. And it was a fun run.

Out of curiousity if this is done next year could a link to "do it yourself tutorial" be offered too? I spent some time poking around but wasnt able to find anything trustworthy enough to try before things wound down.
 

Negrek

House of Two Midnights
Staff
Premium
Glad you enjoyed! I don't know how much there would be to a tutorial besides "use your favorite image-editing software to make a silly meme;" it's mostly copying and pasting images and adding text, which most editors can do and the procedure for which varies.

However, there are online generators for some of these that are based on well-known memes. For example, you could probably recreate the Bryan memes SparklingEspeon used for a couple fics using this generator here. It also has options for several other common memes, like the "it's more likely than you think" one I did for Path of Valor. But most of these, like e.g. kyeugh's banners, are simply images composed with text. There are a number of online image editors you could try if you can't download something like GIMP, but unfortunately I don't know much about their relative merits.
 
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