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= Current Structure =
 
= Current Structure =
Currently, the structure of [[MFGG]] is as follows:
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The current forum structure of [[MFGG]] is as follows:
  
 
'''Staff Section'''*
 
'''Staff Section'''*
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'''MFGG'''
 
'''MFGG'''
 
*[[News Forum]], for forum/site announcements.
 
*[[News Forum]], for forum/site announcements.
*[[Fangame Discussion]], for talk about fangames or to show off your own
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*[[Fangame Discussion]], for discussion about fangames or to show off one's own.
**''[[Sprite Rips]]'', created for the purpose of keeping sprite rips out of the [[General Chat]].
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**''[[Community Fangame Project|CFP - Mario Bros.]]''
*[[Submit-it]], to suggest a file of one's own creation for the site's gallery
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**''[[Community Fangame Project|CFP - Wario Bros.]]''
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*[[Submit-it]], for suggesting a file of one's own creation for the site's gallery.
  
 
'''General'''
 
'''General'''
*[[General Chat]], for General discussion, as long as the discussion has some value
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*[[General Chat]], for general discussion, as long as it has value.
*[[Arts Board]], for graphical, musical, or literal arts
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*[[Arts Board]], for graphical, musical, or literal arts, or the discussion of art in general.
**''[[WIP/Sketch]]'', A sub-forum for [[WIP]] artwork and sketches.
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**''[[WIP/Sketch]]'', for showing one's own [[WIP]] artwork and sketches.
*[[Wifi and Online Gaming]], for DS, Wii, X-Box/360, or computer games played online
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*[[Wifi and Online Gaming]], for discussion of video games that can be played online.
*[[Wii Discussion]], a temporary forum for discussing Nintendo's new console, the [[Wii]].
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*[[Wii Discussion]], for temporary discussion about the [[Wii]].
*[[Help Forum]], for posting help topics for pretty much anything.
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*[[Help Forum]], for help on almost anything.
  
 
'''The Dungeon'''
 
'''The Dungeon'''
*[[Casual Conversation Castle]], an off-topic board for casual discussion only viewable to the [[Casual Member]] category.
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*[[Casual Conversation Castle]], for casual discussion only viewable to [[Casual Member|Casual Members]] and the [[MFGG]] staff.
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*[[General Friendliness]]
 
*[[Archives]]
 
*[[Archives]]
 
**''[[The Vault]]''
 
**''[[The Vault]]''
**''[[General Friendliness]]'', the remains from the old layout before it was axed.
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**''[[Mini-game competitions]]'', for storing finished minigame competitions.
**''[[Mini-game competitions]]'', for storing finished minigame competitions
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**''[[Sprite competitions]]'', for storing finished sprite competitions.
**''[[Sprite competitions]]'', for storing finished sprite competitions
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**''[[Drawing Competitions]]'', for storing finished drawing competitions.
**''[[Drawing Competitions]]'', for storing finished drawing competitions
 
  
 
= Old Structure =
 
= Old Structure =

Revision as of 10:45, 30 December 2007

The logo of the MFGG forums during the EZBoard era. Thunder Dragon, Nite Shadow, Fireball3k, Supertoad2k and Yoshiman can be seen in the background as they were the current moderators of the time. Also present is the Confused ShyGuy - one of MFGG's "mascots".

The Mario Fan Games Galaxy Forums (MFGG forums, or just forums) comprise the hub of MFGG's communication and public opinion, particularly on matters dealing with fangames and current events. They may also discuss topics, or lacks thereof, that bear no relevance to the foundation of the main site. It is generally agreed that the community of the site and forums are entirely separate, despite sharing the same name.

History

The MFGG forums started out as a simple guestbook on Thunder Dragon's Bowser Technologies website. This feature was eventually replaced with an EZBoard, marking the first incarnation of the MFGG forums. When Bowser Tech was replaced with MFGG on the 16th July 2001, so were the forums.

February 2003 marked the opening of the VBulletin forums, completely replacing the EZBoard for a number of reasons. This version of the forums was hosted by Spitfire, who, in October of the same year decided to stop hosting the forums due to them being hosted on an illegal copy of the VBulletin software. The forums were then moved to Retriever II's Penguinia and upgraded to the Invision version you see today.

MFGG was eventually moved to Retriever II's new server, Taloncrossing due to the amount of bandwidth needed to run the forums, however all information was carried over.

The forums have also recieved a number of modifications over the years such as a Custom Word Filter and Badges.

Community

The community of the MFGG forums is a fragile weaving of silly and serious members alike. They are arguably rather stupid as a whole, but undeniably much better off than most users of the main site which is agreed to be a separate community.

Over the years, the forum members have melded together in a sort of unofficial family. The members can poke fun at each other, sometimes without injury, and often share secrets or problems that would best be left off of the internet.

The members have breathed personality into the forums, making it a message board experience... like no other, shall we say. The MFGG forums are much more liberal than most other forums, and the morality, as well as sense of humor, is entirely different.

There is the usual plethora of rancid, overused, ruined inside jokes, generally only intelligible to the community. Some jokes, fads, or memes include the Arrival of Blaine the Train, Delccordion, and the controversial SoVeryHappy.

Memes

Main article: Fad

Like most forums, the community contains its share of memes (or fads) and is prone to arguments over idiotic and trivial things.

As there is an article on this already, only important or prevalent memes are listed.

Current Structure

The current forum structure of MFGG is as follows:

Staff Section*

MFGG

General

The Dungeon

Old Structure

This was essentially the way MFGG was structured before the 21st of June 2007 and since the Invision forum was installed.

Staff Section*

General

Fun Stuff

Submissions

Archives

Obselete or deleted sections

*The forums in Staff-Only are not entirely known

In previous versions of MFGG, such as the EZBoard and vBulletin, the order of forums was different, but this has changed over time. Many of the forums have suffered name changes, such as during an April Fool's Prank, or because of an administrator's boredom. This generally affected the PPP more than the others.

See Also