Zhorken
groove out!
- Pronoun
- they or she
Quite a few people are already aware that a bunch of us are reportedly working on reviving ASB, but some kind of actual announcement is wayyy overdue.
So, yes, that's still happening! It's been going pretty slowly, unfortunately. Most of what we have to show for the past six months is the web app I'm building to replace the ASB forum hack, since none of us can maintain the hack. I'd say it's almost done, but ever since I started it I've been thinking it's "almost done" and then realizing I've underestimated the amount of work left, so I'd rather not give an official ETA.
I'm aiming a lot higher than the hack. I want this thing to handle as much of the work as it possibly can — the hack already did most of what we used to need the bank thread, Pokémon Registration Office, etc. for, and I'd like to get things the rest of the way there. It also has its own Pokédex (which is partway done, like the rest of it) so hopefully nobody will have to go to five different sites trying to chase down all the info they need.
The one downside of moving away from the vB hack is that there's not much we can do to integrate it with the forums. You'll have to register for the ASB site separately, but I'm aiming to make the registration process as effortless as I can. The registration form is short, and account verification will just involve pasting a link to your ASB profile into your forum profile. A few people have already found the "ASB profile link" field, and once this whole thing launches, that link will also appear in your postbit in the form of a little Poké Ball.
Anyway, feel free to play around with it! Keep in mind that anything you do will get reset when we actually launch. Also, if you're going to try and look for bugs, please bash on this sandbox copy instead of breaking the actual beta. If you find anything, let me know. If you've got any other feedback or questions, that would also be awesome, because I don't really know what to announce other than "look at my awesome web app", eheheheh. The rest of the work that needs doing is all rewriting threads and stuff, and the rest of the team has been busy with college and stuff, so we haven't gotten far with that.
So, yes, that's still happening! It's been going pretty slowly, unfortunately. Most of what we have to show for the past six months is the web app I'm building to replace the ASB forum hack, since none of us can maintain the hack. I'd say it's almost done, but ever since I started it I've been thinking it's "almost done" and then realizing I've underestimated the amount of work left, so I'd rather not give an official ETA.
I'm aiming a lot higher than the hack. I want this thing to handle as much of the work as it possibly can — the hack already did most of what we used to need the bank thread, Pokémon Registration Office, etc. for, and I'd like to get things the rest of the way there. It also has its own Pokédex (which is partway done, like the rest of it) so hopefully nobody will have to go to five different sites trying to chase down all the info they need.
The one downside of moving away from the vB hack is that there's not much we can do to integrate it with the forums. You'll have to register for the ASB site separately, but I'm aiming to make the registration process as effortless as I can. The registration form is short, and account verification will just involve pasting a link to your ASB profile into your forum profile. A few people have already found the "ASB profile link" field, and once this whole thing launches, that link will also appear in your postbit in the form of a little Poké Ball.
Anyway, feel free to play around with it! Keep in mind that anything you do will get reset when we actually launch. Also, if you're going to try and look for bugs, please bash on this sandbox copy instead of breaking the actual beta. If you find anything, let me know. If you've got any other feedback or questions, that would also be awesome, because I don't really know what to announce other than "look at my awesome web app", eheheheh. The rest of the work that needs doing is all rewriting threads and stuff, and the rest of the team has been busy with college and stuff, so we haven't gotten far with that.
