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Topic Started: Monday, 1. April 2013, 23:53 (2,974 Views)
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April Fools!

As most of you have figured out now, the merge announcement was a prank. Many of you found the prank to be pretty corny/unusual, but that was actually the point behind it. It was suppose to be so crazy and weird that it's funny. The pure coordination it took is also something that you can appreciate about it - it's not easy to coordinate between so many boards. :)

But I do understand that some of you are upset by the announcement - regardless of if it was a joke. Allow me to reassure you of something: we would never commit to such a change without consulting our community first. I understand that this is your board as much as it is mine, and I treasure it more than to just let it go suddenly on an announcement on April 1st. We don't do these kinds of pranks or mix-ups very often, and we probably won't do something like it again for quite some time so if you didn't enjoy it then you can relieve yourself now.

TLDNR: It was a purposefully obnoxious prank that didn't go so great, but it doesn't happen often and won't happen again for a long time.

Also: http://if.invisionfree.com/single/?p=18020820&t=5166535

Birthday Reflections

Now before I get to the updates for this month, I'd like to do a little recap on the birthday. We were able to release a whopping 31 themes last month - a theme a day! A lot of the themes were new to just us, while quite a few were also new exclusives. We hope that this has inspired a few people to begin or resume the journey to creating a theme. We do still have a few more themes coming that had a few troubles in the next few days (yes - Cygnus included!) so stay tuned. We celebrated with many games and got to remember or learn a lot of the things about Outline's past. All of those contests will remain open until their natural completion time.

TDLNR: 31 themes released, Cygnus is coming very soon.

April Updates

A lot of what I said for April Fools was true. We do want to evolve ZetaBoards. We don't want ZetaBoards forum owners to feel defined by the title 'free'. And this has been and will continue to be our focus as we move forward in this year. We're implementing the next step in evolving ZetaBoards: Hosted Projects.

Hosted Projects is our chance to build a bridge between community members with big eyes and hearts to the tools they need to create anything. Anyone with a big project in mind and a plan to achieve that project can apply to become a Hosted Project, which brings with it many advantages which you can read about here.

We welcome zetaboardsPRO as our first Hosted Project - we've been impressed with the development on that project so far and hope that it will make a great Hosted Project.

We also have a few other layout updates that you can check out here.

'My 2Cents' is the next variation on 'Grinds My Gears' and 'Debates'. It combines each section to agree, allowing you to state your opinion on things that you care about, are interesting to you, things you strongly disagree with, etc. We hope to see a bit more activity in this area, but we'll see where it goes over the next few months.


TLDNR: You can partner with Outline to make your giant project dreams come true, and now you can share money with homeless people so that you can tell them your opinion.

Looking Forward

We already have several projects upcoming for this year. Either in April or May, Outline Member Awards will be returning in a radically new format: in live video! We've been working the last few weeks to set up an amazing stage on the game 'Minecraft' where we'll be live-streaming the awards ceremony for everyone to see! We'll celebrate our members and their achievements, have some fun over the course of the night, and it should be a very good time. It'll be posted to YouTube for anyone who doesn't catch it live!

Later this year Outline will be going through a radical change we've been referring to as a rebranding. We'll be getting a new look that will quake the very foundation that ZetaBoards has been designed on - it will have both a light and dark variant and mobile themes of each to match (note that all of those parts may not come at the same time - we may space them out so that they don't get blocked up by one another). Other than that, we'll be sporting a brand new official color (we're willing to reveal that it's a slightly orange color) and standardizing our logo. We're also looking in to updated domain options.

TLDNR: Member Awards live on Minecraft, Outline will be changing its look entirely this year.

It's been a hectic day, but it's all entertainment in the end. We thank everyone for your dedication - you never cease to amaze me in the way you always pull together to support the community. :)

I noticed this post got pretty long, so I included TLDNR's to each section.

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Edited by Cody, Tuesday, 2. April 2013, 00:00.
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Exciting!
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I am sincerely glad we aren't merging. Seriously, what purpose would that serve? You did however, give me the means to prove my point (see the troll topic) +D

Also, this rebranding, I enjoy this idea. I am looking forward to see how exactly you guys go about changing things up.

In related news. I'll be working on a couple of things, now that I have more knowledge of these advanced elements for theming, as well as a better grasp on designing the theme graphics and what not. As well as some .PSDs and miscellaneous resources here and there.

5 years down, let's see what we can do now, aye? +D
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Fantastic updates, with a fantastic future ahead for Outline. Can't wait for what time brings, it's going to be quite exciting :)
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The future is bright, fellas! Cool updates.
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Great updates. :D
Consider this statement my permission to convert my themes to other platforms. Please link back to http://geoffreykoester.com. Be sure to rehost all theme images on the new platform as we do not know how long they will redirect. Also some boards hosting theme/skin images may not survive the move.

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Can't wait for these updates :D
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Sounds fabulous. Looking forward to the rebranding. :)
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The coming year will be more exciting for Outline and the community, with such amazing updates :D

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Awesome updates! Interesting
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its pretty much interesting
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It's definitely gonna be one of the most inspirational and best years for Outline. We are totally changing course - that we all can agree is for the better. :)
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As long as it doesn't involve ZNS I might come back :)
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I knew it was a prank. But to me, it was convincing because ZN has used themes from Outline and Antiquus. I could have fell for it, but I knew that it was April Fools Day.
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We are just as excited as everyone else about the opportunities that await us in the future. I'm looking forward to the Hosted Projects Concept and the partnerships we can add to a growing portfolio.

We should have more information regarding the Member Awards in the near future when we begin to finalize the structure of the event along with the finer details. As always though, we are open to questions regarding any of the updates; keep in mind though answers might be blunt or limited depending on our stance with the project.
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Wow, exciting indeed.
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^Yeah definitely :)
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Should be good, knowing Outline.
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