had so much energy to code yesterday and now i'm in the negative

«Fr¤§t¥» Sections like forum rows have header templates. They wrap around them like parent classes, which is where you want to put html like grids be, as it affects every element. For forum rows, it's under category headers.

The reason it doesn't work on forum rows is because forum rows is style for each forum row. So it's necessary to apply it onto the parent instead.

<div class="tableborder">
<div class="forumrow-background category-headers-<!-- |cat_id| -->"> // added this category id to make each category section unique. this allows me to add specific images for them if i want to. eg category-headers-1 would target the category with ID 1, etc
<div class="maintitle">
<div class="maintitle-name"><a href="http://.jcink.net/index.php?c=<!-- |cat_id| -->"> // manually adding category url. imo it's better than using the variable with the link already included. it's neater to format in your css
<span><!-- |cat_name| --></span></a> // category name without the url since we're already doing that above
</div> </div>
<div class="categoryheaders2"> // this is where i have my grid added. though of course, it depends on your code where you want it, as long as it wraps the forum rows
<% FORUM_ROWS %> // display the forum rows
</div>
</div>
</div>

I would recommend adding a cat id (as well as forum id when you get to forum rows) to be able to specifically target boards as needed. Like in your example, there are categories that have different column layouts, so you'll need to be able to target that specific category those boards are under.

Html Templates are the templates for sections that make up the forum. It’s making its appearance from scratch. The < - -> are variables that display the value of that item in the html. For example < — posts —> will displays posts where the post variable is allowed (so it will work in post rows but not in forum rows).

For grids, are you referring to its column appearance or something else?

Edit: yes it’s all css and html.

What kind of dev do you think doesn’t happen or be considered enough in rping?

For me, it’s misremembering and to an extent, misunderstanding. It’s understandably harder to convey in rping but i think as long as you are clear about it in ooc chat, it is doable and i think the rewards are much more interesting. Most misunderstandings end up being comical or resolved quickly, which i think is fine… but those things, i think tend to be “big.” Small misunderstandings are better… and are like a seed being planted unnoticed to cause great trouble in the future. I love that stuff.

I like it bc come the big confrontation, it’s these small grievances that come out and the other person would fail to understand it. I like how it reflects how arguments really go: usually you end up not fully understanding the other. You don’t know what led to that moment. And that’s okay. Ultimately we can’t fully understand each other. We don’t have the time or energy for it. But despite all that, we can choose to accept the flaws and move on…

the closest i had this happening in my dev was with my friend. He was down with this kind of stuff too. I feel bad looking back bc my character was the one who misinterpreted his character’s actions. It wasn’t the main drama between them but it was also what’s keeping him from reconciling or trying to understand him.

If a member does something against what you think is appropriate in the site’s setting, idk what’s stopping staff from just… asking that part to be changed.

I know how crazy things can get in a site, having been in rps where everyone was doing something major and big. You can’t expect it all to mesh properly. Sometimes, you have to edit. Sometimes you just have to make an excuse. Sometimes you just lowkey ignore the inconvenient part happening and never talk about it. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.

Of course this is barring people who are intentionally only there for power levels. But i find that much more of an uncommon occurrence than instances where members overdo their stories a bit. It’s better not to take it seriously imo. No matter what Edgy God Goku does, it’s not gonna affect the site if everyone just don’t pay attention to it

Dont you know the saying

You snooze you choose how you parade your victory over others

so i had fun with the recent activity clip

Finished catching up on apothecary diaries with my sister and we ended up talking about billionaires and world hunger

One word only play the game according to our precious rules



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here's the revamped promo + more details + new details + opening date!! thanks to geist for their feedback bc i suck at writing info lol

🎷 are youtube audio links. mind the sound!

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Now we are flames. Now we are fire. Scorching the pain, the kindness, the sweetness, the bitterness. The clouds, the wind. Beautiful and ugly. Our indecently potent “reality” leaves only ashen traces on our tongues. We understand how the stars have found themselves alone in the nothingness of space.

The past sins and the future judges.

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✧ Prologue [🎷 ~ Obsession]

There is only one story. This story is about humans and Pokemon. It's a book of infinite pages, filled with souls of eternal quality, creating worlds of light. So powerful is their existence that their simple being produces echoes. Immense and enermous echoes that are a world of their own, spanning from hundreds to thousands to hundred thousands of years. But being empty echoes that they are, these inspired imitations soon fade to nothing, unnoticed, leaving not a trace of their being behind.

They've become too many, and far too stronger. There is an infinity to hold them all, so it's not a problem of "how many is too many." The problem is these echoes are overlapping and intertwining in masses and multitudes. A new form of energy is being produced, subconsciously absorbed by Pokemon from the book. It is unprecedented. New powers and new evolutions are being discovered. It started with Mega Evolution, then Z-Moves, followed by Gigantamax and now Terastalization. More will follow, more powerful than the last. Until eventually, the balance will be tipped and humanity end by the hands of Pokemon.

Fate must be overturned. Worlds born from the echoes must be destroyed. As a Dreamer, you have become a sacrifice for the greater good as your world is prematurely taken out. As a Fable, you have been beckoned to resume the noble goal by working toegther with the destroyers.

Who created such a plan? Arceus, who wishes to safeguard its creations? Or humans, who seek the continuation of their survival?

This ambition belongs to the Legends of Youth, a group large enough to be considered a nation. They have different forms and species and are led by creatures capable of turning a world to ashes.

They are Pokemon.



✧ Three storylines [🎷 ~ Holding Hands]

The beginning of the site plot is set after the Legends of Youth have already destroyed "enough" worlds to put a halt on the demise of humanity. However, that is not the cause behind operations becoming inactive. The twenty Destroyers who served as companions have disappeared. Without them, the Legends of Youth cannot enter other worlds without paying a great price. One of them did turn up recently, however, which reinvigorated the desire to find the rest.

But along this are other unexpected developments. A strange copy of the Paldea Region, Paradox Paldea, has come to be as a refuge for those who managed to survive the destruction of their world. A highly unstable place where time does not move and Pokemon does not exist. Survivors are in need of help. The Legends of Youth are unaware of Paradox Paldea's existence.

Lastly, there is the Soul Crest, a small window into the soul created upon being forcefully displaced from one's story. The Soul Crest matures over time as the holder goes through growth and catharsis. Its existence is due to the influence of a higher power known as the Legends of Past, legendary and mythical Pokemon who have ascended to godhood due to the stories they have accumulated. They are in support of Dreamers, although being concepts, their intervention is difficult to observe. Their very existence is called into question often times.

Members can choose to be involved in these storylines, which progresses as determined by IC development. Together, they make up the Components myth.

• Salt and Light: Finding the 19 other missing Destroyers, along with the mysteries in the Pokemon world, the home of the Legends of Youth.
• Quick and Dead: Investigating Paradox Paldea. Disrtotions, mystery dungeons, and time machines are scattered about in the surface above Area Zero.
• Brimestone and Fire: Maturation of the Soul Crest. Character development and such passively progress this storyline. This is a path leading to one attaining greater power.

✧ Playable character origins [🎷 ~ Secret Sky]

Character origins play a distinct roles in the story. Simply put, there's canon characters (Fables) and original characters (Dreamers). Canon characters are those described from the book who possess a soul with eternal quality. Their origin is referred to as "the legends." Original characters are from the echoes born from the legends. There's no specific word used to such origin, but it's been disparagingly referred to by the Legends of Youth as "secondhand", "white noise" and "low fiction."

Fables and Dreamers are presented with the same opportunities and can impact the story equally. Their starting hands are merly different.

• Fable: Summoned by the Pokemon Leagues to assist them in destroying worlds. They start out with one Pokemon from their canon team (legendary and mythical Pokemon included; Shiny Pokemon allowed only if it's canon). The timeline of Fables can be set anytime during their lifetime, even years prior or after the events of their major appearance. (Eg. A "teen Professor Oak" or an "adult Red").
  
  
  • Metasideros condition: A consequence of the grandness of their souls. Taking a Fable into a reality less than the legends is like trying to beat a diamond with a wooden hammer or running a high-end video game on a rundown, old monitor. Sensations offered by this reality is dulled and warped for them. They can tell when they're hurt; they can tell it still hurts. But it feels like experiencing it through an outsider's perspective watching in, or being in a lucid dream that's still too hazy to appreciate and marvel. Maybe there is a way to adjust with this condition...
  
  
• Dreamer: Extracted by the Legends of Past, who have chosen them as a potential champion. They start out with one Pokemon of their choice from their world (can be an unmet or familiar Pokemon; cannot be Shiny, can be legendary or mythical). Strictly speaking, Dreamers are all those who lost their worlds but playable Dreamers are special due to their connection with the Legends of Past.
  
  
  • Dreamshaped: The destruction of one's world isn't simply a physical incident. With their worlds gone, Dreamers are uprooted from any connection to a story. They neither have a past nor a future anymore -- a fate opposite of death. While death is the end of life, severance from the whole is undoing the life that came to be. Dreamers can remember their lives well (even better than they used to while alive) but are emotionally detachted to them like only knowing them by statistics and facts and none of the sentiments. Maybe there is a way to join the collective again...

✧ Themes and plots [🎷 ~ Exist]

Destruction of worlds, godhood, souls, magic and mystery, and Pokemon being the terrifying, dreadful creatures that they are, there is a side of horror and tragedy to be explored. While you can certainly attain incredible power enough to change reality, the otherworldly adventures are context to the stories of people and Pokemon, separately and together. Paradox Paldea and the Pokemon world are counterparts to each other, a world lacking the other. It isn't a black and white world pitting them against each other. The Legend of Youth who are advocating the destruction of worlds genuinely believe in the goodness of their cause. Both sides benefit better by working together but someone would have to make the initiative to understand the other.

The RP has no stats and shop items. Combat is freeform. It's a very narrative-driven place where members are encouraged to pursue whatever plots they desire. Events will push one of the three storylines forward to give members options on the direction they want to take.




✧ Special evolution and moves [🎷 ~ Gravity Wall]

The site's special mechanic is Chrysoboros, the process of combining blas energy. This allows access to special evolutions and moves that have thus been introduced in Pokemon entries. It's the power used to destroy worlds. Blas energy is the energy mentioned in the prologue.

Every Pokemon has a blas type that canont be changed under ordinary circumstances. Because of this, characters are limited to one special evolution of their choice for that Pokemon. In time, they will be able to combine them all, achieving the status of Destroyer.

Though Chrysoboros, there can be a new power or a special mutation.

New Power

1. Titan Form: Tranforms the Pokemon to gigantic proportions and boosts their parameters. Based on the Titan Pokemon in Pokemon SV.
2. Totem Form: Transforms the Pokemon into a Shiny variant. Summons and commands lesser Pokemon of the same species, type, or habitat, becoming linked to them. Based on Totem Pokemon and SOS Battles in Pokemon SM.
3. Master Move: Empowers a move to be stronger or potent, and more agile. Based on move mastery in Pokemon Arceus.
4. Assist Move: Lends a move to be used by someone other than the Pokemon who possesses the move. Its empowered state is enough to radically impact the terrain. Based on Poke Assist from the Pokemon Ranger games.
5. Sync Move: Empowers a move to affect an incredibly large radius. Afterwards, the Pokemon will have a “sync buff,” which reduces the effect of status conditions. Sync buffs are shared with Pokemon under their command. Based on the sync moves in Pokemon Masters EX.
6. Unite Move: Deploys a powerful signature move that can shift the tides of the battle. The effects depend on the Pokemon’s class. Based on unite moves in Pokemon Unite.

Special Mutations

1. EX Evolution: Based on Mega Evolutions. A power exceeding one's species potential.
2. Zenith Aura: Based on Z-Moves. A power linking a pair together.
   
3. Max Factor: Based on Dynamaxing. A power distorting space.
4. Terastal Phenomenon: Based on Terastallization. A power changing one's type.
5. Paradox Shift: Change into a paradox form. A power unique to Dreamers.

✧ Character classes [🎷 ~ Burn!]

Characters pair up with a companion Pokemon to attain a character class together and are locked in that line forever. To change classes, characters pair up with a different companion Pokemon. It is possible to pair with multiple companions with the same character class. Characters can freely switch classes simply by adventuring with a different companion Pokemon. There's no need to worry about losing progres or having to max a class.

Classes are based on occupations and are mostly flavour text. A champion does not have to be of the Trainer class; a professor does not have to be of the Researcher class. Classes are like having different outfits. Members are encouraged to simply have fun with it.

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✧ Sample movesets and Drama Cards [🎷 ~ Spurt!]

Moves will not follow standard Pokemon effects. Instead, it is dependent on the Pokemon and the role it has; members take liberty in designing the effects according to how it reflects their Pokemon. There will be a general guideline of what actions can be done for a role. It should be noted that these custom moves are NOT the only actions your Pokemon can make. You are still open to freeform moves (attacking, defending, etc.)

This customization of moves is largely inspired by Pokemon Unite and Pokemon Masters.

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✧ Advertisement and opening date [🎷 ~ Because the Sky is There]

Originally meant to open in December but I am moving it way into February to avoid getting burnt out! And making sure everything's a-okay! If you want to help, I'm still looking for a writer/staff/editor (not all of the above; you don't have to staff when it opens) and someone to run simulations with for the Drama Card feature.

Xatu art by 乌列errr of Pixiv

i sleep here

Weirdly enough... I can relate.

I don't skip every cutscene BUT there are games that I just don't get emotionally invested into, and they're typically games that are meant for you to. Could not get into any characters from Stardew Valley, Dragon Age, Undertale, Divinity 2/Baldur's Gate. I just embrace the aspects I like about them and I sort of prefer making my own story in my head. Yet, there are plenty of stories out there that makes me cry easily.

I also know of a streamer who is also a voice actor and is notorious for skipping cutscenes. Until he got deeply invested in Fear and Hunger and is somehow reading everything and even explaining its deep lore when he can barely survive 6 seconds of cutscenes before that. So maybe your SO is fated to play a game one day whose cutscenes they'll never skip...