Sonic: Taku

Hey. I don't come here too often, but now I have some news. First off, I've run into a roadblock with the Affiliates that requires everyone who wants to be affiliated to re-apply. An application board in the forums will be up soon.

Also, FulForge has recently started work on an all-new project that I think a lot of you will take interest in. It's not Sonic related, but it's pretty cool anyways. Basically it's a machinima (video made on a video game) which takes the form of a movie. Keep in mind that the game it's taken on (Crackdown) is rated M by the ERSB and the movie itself would probably rank PG13. It won't have inappropriate slang (you know what I mean. Bad words.) or anything that would be considered bad in most families but it does have violence (guns and H2H) and blood.

Lastly, I'll be looking around at Webs to see if there's any really small things I can add. Specifically profile features. So check around a lot to see if I've added anything!

So, pretty soon you should notice some INTENSE changes to the appearance of Sonic: Taku. I'm changing the template to 'Gaming', which means it'll give it a whole new look of technology. At the same time it'll keep the background and it's likely that the banner might move slightly (I took the Welcome to Taku text off with Gimp) and some colors will obviously change slightly. But besides that, same Taku. I'm not sure whether to classify this as a true update or not, so I'm just going to say it's going to be Sonic: Taku v2.1.

EDIT: I'm also changing the Web Forms used for Information and Terms of Use to Pages. I figured out how to fix Pages to work better, so if you want to mess with me and send me the email be quick. In addition to this, the Home is being replaced by Information and renamed to Home. That'll keep things clean.

The site for Sonic: Taku is finished. You may be wondering why the Affiliates haven't been transfered. There's been an issue with that which will require everyone who wants affiliated to send me an email (themoni7or@gmail.com) with the image URL and the URL of their site. Keep in mind that I'll be watching your sites and if you get rid of your affiliation with us I'll first send you a message saying so, and if it still doesn't change your button is removed from our site. So play fair!

So, you guys have probably heard that I made a custom stage on Super Smash Bros. Brawl to be the OFFICIAL Sonic: Taku level. It's true. I hope you guys know or can figure out how to get stages from your computer to your Wii, if you can't there should be a tutorial on the site. Oh, and it's IGN, so it's safe. Get to the stage here.

Oh, and I think I should clear up that the top-secret project relating to Sonic: Taku that I've said I'm making isn't for the release of Sonic: Taku. In fact, it may not be coming soon at all. Or it may never come. So far I've said that I'm LOOKING for a way to do it. Work has not yet begun on the actual project. At any rate, there's only two things which are holding it back from immediate creation: money and something I can't say (as it would ruin the surprise). But anyways.

Lastly, I think th-

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Hey. By now you've probably noticed that Sonic: Taku hasn't gone final yet. Sorry about the wait, I was busy. And after some intense research I can now confirm that Wii Sports sucks and it was a good move to make it free. Or bad, I'd be surprised if the number of broken things due to Wii Sports rage was under the number of times I've played video games (that's in the quadrillions, folks).

Back on topic.

If I don't get it done soon it'll be done late tonight. Again, sorry for the wait. As soon as it goes gold I'll let you guys know.

Oh, and lastly, don't think I'm done with Sonic: Taku and I'm abandoning it. That's not how it's going at all. The site may be finished, but Sonic: Taku is most certainly not. I have MAJOR plans for Sonic: Taku that may or may not happen, it depends on how I approach the next step. But believe me, you're going to love what I've got in store. More than anything else.

Before Sonic: Taku can be truly 'ready' it has to have all the features needed. And sometime during either Wednesday or Thursday it'll have all the final features. Here's the list of things on the list before it's completely ready:

• A few more locations
• Promo Image
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl Custom Stage (you heard right, I'm making a stage. It's gunna have a specific theme in mind: volcano.
• Affiliates transfer

Not a whole bunch of work. And keep in mind that if everything's not done by Friday they'll be delayed until probably mid-late Sunday. I'm headed to my aunt and uncle's on Friday, staying the night, and heading home late Saturday. Perfect time to end Sonic: Taku, hmm?

The progress on said things will be listed in the comments below. I might be getting one or two done tonight, but it's not likely.

So, you guys probably know that I'm the founder of a group called FulMedia. It's now FulForge. And it's site is being worked on again (Sonic: Taku is close enough to finish), so if you dismissed it before due to immense suckage I'd give it another look.

Images. So, when I had to switch to Vista I was using a crappy monitor. REALLY crappy. I couldn't tell which images looked bad and which were good. So expect an update to the background image. Speaking of images, work needs to start getting done on the banner. I can't really make a good one. So I'm going to just add the background image in it's place, so there won't be much of a banner. It'll be cool. I think.

Oh, and the Terms of Use should be updated soon. I left out a couple details that I need to clear up on.

Lastly, I've been sent a bunch of emails lately asking if everything here is just a revised edition of the stuff at Old Taku. I figure now's the time to tell you guys that everything except the Affiliates and Locations are totally new. Enjoy it, NOW.

As of today, Sonic: Taku is now in the Gamma Build. I wouldn't really call it a Build, as it's not to find out what to add, remove, etc. but rather it's being used to show you what most things'll be like in the final version and for us to figure out how to make Sonic: Taku the most awesome thing we can make it. Not many changes will happen at this point.

Oh, and I might throw in something special for you guys at the final version of Sonic: Taku. Might just be for Taku veterans, might be for everyone. It really depends on how hard it is to make.

By now you've probably noticed that there's now a sidebar to the site. Yeah, I just now found that. So forget what I said earlier about a login button, lol.

Oh, and the C-Box is making a return. I figured out how to include it (I tested out the coding on a test site, so don't worry about safety), so expect it to be here shortly.

Q: FAQ Joke Censored? What?!

A: If you can't infer the joke you won't find it funny.

Q: Where've you been, Mon?

A: Grounded from video games and their systems as well as my laptop for a week. Started Monday.

Q: So how are you here?

A: Everyone in my house has a laptop but we also have a desktop that we use as the printer for everyone -DocCenter- which I just now realized I'd be allowed to use.

Q: So, if you can use this computer, does this mean you can work on Sonic: Taku still?

A: Spot-on.

Q: Does this mean there's no progress update soon?

A: Actually, here's the update of what's happened since I last explained everything: Absolutely nothing. evrthn gud rite kk.

Q: How do I log in?

A: Well, there's a couple differences between Proboards and Webs. There's no button to press on Webs which'll send you to the login screen that's only designed for logging in. You log in by choosing to create a thread, reply to a thread, etc. However, this should not be a problem considering there's no C-Box and if you want to lurk or just view threads and similars you can do so without having to log in every time, you only have to do so to add to the replies or threads already there.

Q: Is Sonic: Taku associated with FulMedia?

A: Not really, kinda, no...? Here's how things work between them. If one of them has a huge problem and has to be shut down (such as a bug in coding that only one of them had), the other is not affected. But if I have a problem such as my email address deleted, me being locked out of my own account, etc. they both have that problem. However, they will affiliate each other so both get the popularity they deserve.

Q: Affiliates?

A: Of course they're returning. Duh.

Q: Last question - I see Haven has rejected you again. How does this affect Sonic: Taku?

A: They can choose to affiliate us and us them again or not. It truly doesn't matter.

Hey guys. You may have noticed that a new section to catch your attention has popped up. The reason you can't walk right in and view everything is because it's still being considered (I haven't decided if I should include it or not). It's unlikely it'll stay for much longer if I don't have a 'Yes' ready. Oh, and be observant, you may find a hint somewhere!

Oh, and by the way, Sonic: Taku's going from the Alpha Build to Beta Build as of right now. When it moves into Gamma Build you'll have most of the final features set and I'll just be tweaking the features already there, e.g. editing the wording of things, the look of Taku (that banner above? It's going to be gone as soon as I'm done with the new logo, which is already in the works.), etc. And after Gamma there'll be the final version, which will only have updates for things that NEED to be changed.

Lastly, don't be shy! Join Sonic: Taku (Click the Members section in the Title Bar, it should have a button called Register or Join, something along those lines) and get all of these:

[]Ability to role-play

[]A say in what's changed or added to Sonic: Taku

And more!