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MapleStory Alpha, Blogs, BZL, FireAlpaca, Further, Games

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Hi all! Hope you've had a great summer so far? Thought I'd share an update on the alpha launch of the new Forum functionality! BZL's forums are split into 4 topics, which are identical to our site topics; Games, Art, TV, Music. Up to this point, BZL has been *solely* about stories, which are basically like blogs - little snippets of news, screenshots or videos. Forums are a way to ask questions or bring up discussions in a more casual way. It's also a format that's more conducive to chat as the thread gets bumped when there are replies. Each forum has a list of sub-forums. Many of us are current / former Maplers so there is a MapleStory forum. But there are also forums for other games as well as consoles (DS, Switch, PS4, etc). You'll note

Anime Art, Forum, , Games, GreetingsBZL, Interface, Shown

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Greetings BZL'rs. I'm hoping to get some feedback on a fairly big feature I'm considering implementing please. BZL's story posting functionality is somewhat limited in the sense that it is used like a blog entry where you might share a screen or video or some piece of news. My thought is to also create a way to ask questions, share opinions, etc - a forum. The forums would be limited to Games, Anime and Art. Posting to these forums would be simple - ie, add '#forum #art' when adding a new story. Optionally, you could click a 'forum' button which expands to show a list of available forums. Focus would be placed on simplicity and keeping the interface clean. Forum threads would be shown on the right column like on the above image. The story c

Anime Art, Illustration, Interview, AcidBlackCherry, , Binge, BloodHeat

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It's always exciting to see someone hone their skills to the point where they go beyond emulating their inspiration to a place where they can explore the things inside their head. At the same time, it's important for someone from the outside looking in to keep in mind that great art is not an island, there is many years of work involved in getting to that point. There are no shortcuts - everyone gets out of it what they put into it. Whether you've heard of Ian Olympia, aka wicked alucard, is not entirely important. His body of work as an illustrator of 11 years is a great example of that transformation from emulation to personal exploration. Echofreak manga art If you're into manga, you might enjoy his black and white prints or one-offs fro

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