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May 2019 Updates

Negrek

Play the Rain
Staff
Thousand Roads Updates - May 2019

It's been about a month since the board opened to the public, and we're off to an excellent start! With nearly 50 stories and over 500 posts made, it was a busy opening month, and I'm glad to have all of you here. I'm excited to be able to make a first update post about all the cool things that went on in May, as well as a few hints about what's upcoming for June. Thanks for all your contributions to Thousand Roads' first month; you've made this board a great place to be already.

Cool Threads from May

- In case you somehow missed it, Grand Opening Fanfic Mafia was a big success! I'll probably try to organize fanfic mafia games around once a year, but feel free to start your own whenever you like, fanfic-themed or not!

- If your fanfic features fakemon, or if you simply enjoy designing them for fun, check out the All-Purpose Fakemon Discussion and Development Thread! Post your own fakemon, comment on others' ideas, or talk about fakemon design in general.

- If you love geeking out about character power levels, Namohysip's put together a special spreadsheet to help you score your fanfic's team, whether your story's a trainerfic or focuses on the pokémon themselves!

- NonAnalogue's Not a Number is a text adventure where you control how the story progresses. The plot needs you to move forward, so why not drop by and try out a couple commands?

- If you're interested in character development, check out the Fanfic Truth or Dare Dimension! Whether you want to learn more about your characters by putting them in unusual situations or simply enjoy making them do silly or awkward things, this thread offers fun challenges for you to try.

- Also, remember that Review Tag is always ongoing--leave a review, get a review! Currently featured is Namohysip's Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Hands of Creation, a nonstandard PMD fic full of mystery and colorful characters.

May Software Updates

- As many of you have already discovered, there's now a user field for you to list your preferred pronouns, which will appear along with each of your posts. To change this setting, click on your username at the top of the page, then select "Account Details" and fill out the appropriate field.

- There were a number of other small software tweaks and bugfixes on the board styles--thanks to everyone who gave bug reports or suggestions!

Coming Up

- Keep an eye out for a casual writing event starting in mid-June! More details will be available soon.

- July brings Camp NaNoWriMo, and with it a second event to help anyone participating, or anyone just looking to do a bit of extra writing, hit their word counts. Want to catch up on reviews instead? There's help for you, too! More information and sign-ups will be available towards the end of the month.

- A number of additional small software and style updates are planned for this month, I plan to install a couple additional extensions, and hope to begin planning for a major overhaul of the fanfic section to make it easier for authors to attract readers and readers find the kinds of stories they enjoy. Look for a discussion thread about that to open near the end of the month.

Thanks again for an excellent opening month, and here's to more good times in June!
 
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