We’re just under a month from Tenchiforum’s 8th birthday and it’s time to let everyone know that Tenchiforum is back!
This has been a big update, and a long time coming so bear with me as I try and hit all the bullet points of what the new update is, and then I’ll go in depth as to why for those interested.
1. Tenchiforum is open once again.
First and foremost, for the first time in almost 2 years, Tenchiforum has open registration again! No more spam bots.
2. New look and new outlook.
With a new update comes a new look to represent it, but this one is a fusion of old and new Tenchiforum, one might even say a “celebration” of Tenchiforum as a whole. We want to celebrate the history of Tenchiforum, but move forward in a way the old site could and would not.
3. Tenchiforum Forever.
I have every intention, much like Pioneer did with Tenchi Muyo in Love 2, of this being the “last” really big update to Tenchiforum, this is supposed to truly be what Tenchiforum will be forever.
So, where have we been? Why have we come back out of the shadows?
Well, as some of you probably saw via social media and our humble little website a little over a year and a half ago, the staff at Tenchiforum had pretty much called it quits.
Originally, I didn’t want to close the forum (hence leaving social media open) or leave at all, but Tenchiforum was stuck between a rock and a hard place on the technology side of things.
For those that remember, Tenchiforum in 2015 and 2016 was getting bombarded by spambots. This was due in part because Tenchiforum was using a slightly outdated version of phpbb3.
So why not just update it?
Well….I couldn’t. In order to update phpbb3 to the latest version, with the latest spambot countermeasures (at that time), required the server hosting Tenchiforum was on to be be running a later version of PHP. Unfortunately, the webhost for Tenchiforum couldn’t update it to that, meaning, that Tenchiforum was stuck on an island doing whatever it could to defend itself from the hoards of spambots.
On top of that, the “Universe” update skin that came with Tenchiforum had not been updated to work with the latest version of phpbb3 anyway.
All of this, coupled with the feeling that the staff had at the time (which I detailed in our “Adieu, Tenchi Muyo!” post), basically told me that now is the time to put up the carnival rides for good.
And we would have stayed that way too, but if you’re a Tenchi fan, something something carnival quote.
Out of the blue earlier this year, I was contacted and told that not only was Ai Tenchi Muyo! being dubbed, but was told who all of the original cast would be returning (before anyone else had any clue).
This ignited a fire in myself and the staff because Ai Tenchi Muyo! was our baby, and it would be the first time in almost 20 years that the voice of Ryoko, Petrea Burchard, would be returning to voice her iconic role.
And so here we are! Enjoy the reunion tour, and maybe if we decide to we’ll release a new album if the time feels right 😉
Tenchiforum throughout the years.
1. Tenchiforum 1.0 – The Rapidboards Era (2010)
2. Tenchiforum 2.0 and 3.0 – The Original Era (2011 – 2013)
3. Tenchiforum 4.0 – The Universe Era (2014 – 2017)
4. Tenchiforum 5.0 – The Forever Era (2018)
