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The '''Bulbagarden forums''' (also known as '''BMGf''')are the "common room" of [[Bulbagarden]]. A vBulletin message board, currently running vBulletin version 3.8.4, the forums were made public on January 1, 2003, when [[Archaic]] re-launched Bulbagarden. The forums are arranged into 7 categories: the General Forums, which cover housekeeping matters, news, and special events, the Pokémon forums, for discussion of all [[canon]] branches of the franchise, a Wireless Garden, which allows for [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|Wi-Fi]] trades and battles, a "Roleplay District," an area for writers and artists to share their work and critique that of others, a "Bulbagarden Projects" section for discussion of other areas of the site, and a section on "The World Beyond," dealing with non-Pokémon information. | The '''Bulbagarden forums''' (also known as '''BMGf''') are the "common room" of [[Bulbagarden]]. A vBulletin message board, currently running vBulletin version 3.8.4, the forums were made public on January 1, 2003, when [[Archaic]] re-launched Bulbagarden. The forums are arranged into 7 categories: the General Forums, which cover housekeeping matters, news, and special events, the Pokémon forums, for discussion of all [[canon]] branches of the franchise, a Wireless Garden, which allows for [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection|Wi-Fi]] trades and battles, a "Roleplay District," an area for writers and artists to share their work and critique that of others, a "Bulbagarden Projects" section for discussion of other areas of the site, and a section on "The World Beyond," dealing with non-Pokémon information. | ||
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Revision as of 01:39, 23 January 2011
| Bulbagarden forums | |
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| Language | English |
| Status | Active |
| Run | 2001 - Present |
| Date opened | 2001 |
| Creator | ???? |
| Mascot | none |
| Website | Main Page |
The Bulbagarden forums (also known as BMGf) are the "common room" of Bulbagarden. A vBulletin message board, currently running vBulletin version 3.8.4, the forums were made public on January 1, 2003, when Archaic re-launched Bulbagarden. The forums are arranged into 7 categories: the General Forums, which cover housekeeping matters, news, and special events, the Pokémon forums, for discussion of all canon branches of the franchise, a Wireless Garden, which allows for Wi-Fi trades and battles, a "Roleplay District," an area for writers and artists to share their work and critique that of others, a "Bulbagarden Projects" section for discussion of other areas of the site, and a section on "The World Beyond," dealing with non-Pokémon information.
In 2009, Bulbagarden forums' Wireless Garden subforum was expanded to a full-size section with separate forums for trading and battling activities.
Rules
The forums are run under a relatively liberal set of rules which permits virtually all intelligent posting, with artistic liberties granted with regards to vulgarity and perceived "crudeness". However, the general rules of all forums still apply. These rules include not abusing the CAPS lock, not flaming other users, not spaming, and policies against plagiarism, pirating, and warez. Trolls are not tolerated.
Culture
The forums have a number of traditions, including the masquerade parties held at Halloween and Christmas. Christmas Contests have also become popular, with the first large-scale contest taking place in 2009. The tradition was repeated in 2010 with a larger Christmas Contest that included over a dozen pre-order Generation V game givewaways.
The Outside the Box forums have a number of long-running Bulbagarden traditions, including the Conversational Chat Thread, the Picture Thread, the Random Messages thread, and numerous other forum games.
RPG Projects
The forums are the host for numerous inter-forum and unique-to-Bulbagarden Roleplaying Games. Fizzy Bubbles and URPG are two projects that exist on multiple forums, while Knight Pokémon University and Evolution to Destiny are Bulbagarden-exclusive RPs.
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