30-03-2026, 03:27 PM
Hello my ride or FOXDIEs, as some of you may have saw March 21st marked one whole year of Metal Gear Forums! We have some new additions to the site to mark the occasion.
||REX HANGAR THEME||
The "REX Hangar" theme has been added to the site.
![[Image: ezgif-com-animated-gif-maker.gif]](https://i.postimg.cc/fWVcwpPQ/ezgif-com-animated-gif-maker.gif)
Click the image above to try the theme on.
An MGS1 theme was voted to be the reward for hitting 50 members. That was a long time ago, but with good reason! The REX Hangar theme is by far the most bespoke theme MGF has had so far, and so required some extra work. While an MGS1 theme, the idea for REX Hangar actually came from the MPO+ map of the same name and how scaling ladders up and down really gave REX a sense of scale. To replicate that effect the existing images of PS1 REX weren't going to cut it, so our very own @Jassassino took the time to play Otacon and completely recreate Metal Gear REX and the hangar from scratch. He's done incredible work and the theme could never have happened without his help-thanks, Jass!
Here's the REX model in all its glory:
![[Image: Full-Animation2-ezgif-com-optimize.gif]](https://i.postimg.cc/FKtcGVgr/Full-Animation2-ezgif-com-optimize.gif)
![[Image: Metal-Gear-Rex.png]](https://i.postimg.cc/prvFxW12/Metal-Gear-Rex.png)
We hope you like the REX Hangar theme! While it has been beta tested by our Philanthropy Members, a lot can go wrong with a new theme being used on lots of different devices and resolutions so if you encounter any issues with it let me know and I'll sort them out ASAP.
||ORGANIZATIONS||
Being added to the boards are three forum organizations.
They are Pieuvre Armement, Praying Mantis, and Raven Sword.
![[Image: buttonO2.gif]](https://metalgearforums.com/images/orgs/starters/pa/buttonO2.gif)
![[Image: buttonre.gif]](https://metalgearforums.com/images/orgs/starters/PM/buttonre.gif)
![[Image: button2.gif]](https://metalgearforums.com/images/orgs/starters/rs/button2.gif)
Named after the PMCs from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, these orgs are designed to encourage a sense of camaraderie and competition across the boards. The org concept most of you are familiar with from the old boards has been adapted to fit the site's current size-they're less the private clubhouses of yesteryear, more a public team you're flying the colours of. Any member can pick one of these three orgs to join, no application, no probation, just their choice of the three. There's no private forum, but each org does have a public chat thread in Organization Chat. There will be power rankings and competitions to give members the chance to earn some glory for their organization, no matter how they use the forums.
After joining the org of your choice you will display the org's button in your post bit and will be able to post in their public chat thread, their Mother Base. Using the forum how you normally do will contribute towards growing your Mother Base and the organization's reputation in the power rankings. I hope we can all get into the spirit of orgs again, even if it's a bit different! This is a learning process so feel free to give any thoughts or feedback.
For now these will be the only orgs, but if the site grows enough we may one day see the reintroduction of members being able to create their own organizations...
Go to User CP>Miscellaneous>Group Membership>And then select "Join Group" on the org you wish to join.
||BUDDY INITIATIVE||
We've recently hit 200 members! This is great, but only around 50% of those signups have posted. So in an attempt to bring in some new recruits that are more likely to get involved in some discussion we’re doing something I'm calling The Buddy Initiative-a member recruitment drive with prizes to be won for taking part.
Click here to read more.
||MGF AWARDS||
Anybody who was on the old boards will surely remember the MGSF Awards-an annual event where members would vote across various categories to commemorate the best and worst of forum activity the previous year. For our first MGF Awards we've come up with the following categories:
Please send your votes for each category to @Node via PM.
Votes will close on May 1st, with results posted shortly after.
||NEW QUOTE SYSTEM||
I'm sure we've all had it when we're replying to a large post but we're only replying to one section. To make this situation easier the quote function has been updated.
Next time you're met with a large post:
![[Image: New-Quotes1.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/vmnGGWnV/New-Quotes1.jpg)
And you only want to respond to part of it, simply highlight the part you're interested in:
![[Image: New-Quotes2.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/ZnRg5SQp/New-Quotes2.jpg)
And click "reply" to instantly add it to your post:
![[Image: New-Quotes3.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/cJhXgzwK/New-Quotes3.jpg)
or select "quote" if you want to then add sections from other posts and add them all at once.
And that's all we have for this update! Thank you so much to everyone who has been a part of Year 1 of Metal Gear Forums! It's been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking forward to wasting more time on the internet with you all. Mwah!
||REX HANGAR THEME||
The "REX Hangar" theme has been added to the site.
An MGS1 theme was voted to be the reward for hitting 50 members. That was a long time ago, but with good reason! The REX Hangar theme is by far the most bespoke theme MGF has had so far, and so required some extra work. While an MGS1 theme, the idea for REX Hangar actually came from the MPO+ map of the same name and how scaling ladders up and down really gave REX a sense of scale. To replicate that effect the existing images of PS1 REX weren't going to cut it, so our very own @Jassassino took the time to play Otacon and completely recreate Metal Gear REX and the hangar from scratch. He's done incredible work and the theme could never have happened without his help-thanks, Jass!
Here's the REX model in all its glory:
We hope you like the REX Hangar theme! While it has been beta tested by our Philanthropy Members, a lot can go wrong with a new theme being used on lots of different devices and resolutions so if you encounter any issues with it let me know and I'll sort them out ASAP.
||ORGANIZATIONS||
Being added to the boards are three forum organizations.
They are Pieuvre Armement, Praying Mantis, and Raven Sword.
Named after the PMCs from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, these orgs are designed to encourage a sense of camaraderie and competition across the boards. The org concept most of you are familiar with from the old boards has been adapted to fit the site's current size-they're less the private clubhouses of yesteryear, more a public team you're flying the colours of. Any member can pick one of these three orgs to join, no application, no probation, just their choice of the three. There's no private forum, but each org does have a public chat thread in Organization Chat. There will be power rankings and competitions to give members the chance to earn some glory for their organization, no matter how they use the forums.
After joining the org of your choice you will display the org's button in your post bit and will be able to post in their public chat thread, their Mother Base. Using the forum how you normally do will contribute towards growing your Mother Base and the organization's reputation in the power rankings. I hope we can all get into the spirit of orgs again, even if it's a bit different! This is a learning process so feel free to give any thoughts or feedback.
For now these will be the only orgs, but if the site grows enough we may one day see the reintroduction of members being able to create their own organizations...
Go to User CP>Miscellaneous>Group Membership>And then select "Join Group" on the org you wish to join.
||BUDDY INITIATIVE||
We've recently hit 200 members! This is great, but only around 50% of those signups have posted. So in an attempt to bring in some new recruits that are more likely to get involved in some discussion we’re doing something I'm calling The Buddy Initiative-a member recruitment drive with prizes to be won for taking part.
Click here to read more.
||MGF AWARDS||
Anybody who was on the old boards will surely remember the MGSF Awards-an annual event where members would vote across various categories to commemorate the best and worst of forum activity the previous year. For our first MGF Awards we've come up with the following categories:
|| Best New Member ||
For the best new face who joined the community this year.
|| Best Avatar ||
For the member with the best looking avatar on the site.
|| Best Sig ||
For the member with the best looking signature on the site.
|| Post of the Year ||
For the post that deserves to be remembered-be it for the right or wrong reasons.
|| Topic of the Year ||
For the topic made this year that gave the most to the boards.
|| Member of the Year ||
For the member who had the best overall impact on the site this year.
|| Most Missed ||
For the AWOL member we want to see back, be it an MGSF oldie who we've not seen on MGF or just someone who hasn't posted in a while!For the best new face who joined the community this year.
|| Best Avatar ||
For the member with the best looking avatar on the site.
|| Best Sig ||
For the member with the best looking signature on the site.
|| Post of the Year ||
For the post that deserves to be remembered-be it for the right or wrong reasons.
|| Topic of the Year ||
For the topic made this year that gave the most to the boards.
|| Member of the Year ||
For the member who had the best overall impact on the site this year.
|| Most Missed ||
Please send your votes for each category to @Node via PM.
Votes will close on May 1st, with results posted shortly after.
||NEW QUOTE SYSTEM||
I'm sure we've all had it when we're replying to a large post but we're only replying to one section. To make this situation easier the quote function has been updated.
Next time you're met with a large post:
And you only want to respond to part of it, simply highlight the part you're interested in:
And click "reply" to instantly add it to your post:
or select "quote" if you want to then add sections from other posts and add them all at once.
And that's all we have for this update! Thank you so much to everyone who has been a part of Year 1 of Metal Gear Forums! It's been a lot of fun so far and I'm looking forward to wasting more time on the internet with you all. Mwah!
