Marriland

Marriland.com is a fan website that was created by Marriland (a.k.a Devin) in June 2003. Following a hiatus of three years between 2016 to 2019, the site has undergone a rebuilding process, with all content prior to 2019 being lost. The website serves as a hub for -related content. There exists a , known as Marriland Forums for fans of Marriland to discuss content, but it is administered separately from Marriland.com, which is run by Marriland. Both feature a Marill as a mascot, and both were part of the Curse network between 2012 and 2018, where the forum was known as Azurilland Forums.
==History==
===Forums===
====Server issues====
The Marriland Forums have suffered from server problems ever since were released in April 2007. The "Diamond/Pearl Rush," as it is known on the forums, created a surge of traffic on the main site, and many new members signed up for the forums. Due to the website being fairly small in scale before this, the servers that were in place at the time were not in a state to handle the influx of traffic. This created a phenomenon dubbed "Marrilag" on the forums. Loading pages would take up to ten minutes at a time during a bad period, and even resulted in the server going down for hours at a time, as it couldn't handle the flood of new users.
This dire state persisted throughout 2007 and into 2008. During this time, Marriland himself was a declining presence on the forums due to commitments to the main site and real life obligations. In July 2008, Marriland began updating the forums from to , following complaints from both users of the forums and members of staff. The transition began at the beginning of August 2008, with the boards staying open for as long as possible before closing in September 2008. Due to delays, the boards were closed for all members for approximately two months, with the transition being completed on November 12. Despite server issues and periods of maintenance being needed after the completion of the transition, usage issues decreased dramatically from the phpBB2 period.
===Curse===
On December 4, 2012, Marriland joined the gaming network Curse, giving it access to Curses' staff, a new look, and its own forums.
===Fandom===
Fandom acquired most of Curse in December 2018. In 2019, Azurilland.com was instead redirected to , which is owned by Fandom.
===Forum Reboot and Closure===
After Curse closed the Azurilland Forums, a reincarnation of the Marriland Forums emerged in 2018 with the help of Devin himself. Due to a decline in activity, the forums was permanently shut down on February 15, 2021 and relegated to a Discord only community known as Village Bridge.
==Services==
===Adopt-A-Newbie!===
The Marriland Forums have a helpful service called "Adopt-A-Newbie!", where newcomers (called "newbies") can get a helpful start along with some knowledge about the forums and what to do. The service is located in the "General Forums" section inside the "Introduce Yourself!" forum and involves a system to assist newbies who come and ask for help. Newbies pick their mentor by looking at each mentor's application to see how many newbies he can mentor and what guidance the mentor provides. Mentors can only mentor newbies who are working on their Green and Yellow rank. After one month the newbie turns into a "Graduated Newbie" and is added to the Graduated Newbie list.
The "Adopt-A-Newbie!" service has mentored over 140 Marriland Forums newcomers so far. However, "Adopt-A-Newbie!" is currently accepting applications to become a mentor only after fulfillment of certain criteria as of March 23, 2012.
====Origin====
The idea for "Adopt-A-Newbie!" was suggested by Marriland Moderator: Pupitar247 on September 29, 2007. The idea started running on the forums on June 05, 2008.
"Adopt-A-Newbie!" was created by Marriland Administrator Azulkitten.
===Team Builder===
Marrilands' Team Builder tool allows users to input a standard six-member party and view the types that their team overall is weak to, resistant to, and immune to; it also calculates the average of the teams' base stats.
==Staff==
===Forums===
====Administrators====
*Typhlosion
*seaturtle
====Global Moderators====
*Bossvelt
*theDINOsaurus
====Past Staff====
User 	Position 	Years 	Notes
PokeMama 	Administrator 	2003-2012	Related to Marriland
Enygma 	Administrator 	2003-200?	Related to Marriland
haymaker 	Senior Moderator 	2005-20??	
Mozeta 	Senior Moderator 	20??-20??	
Flame_Blader1 	Global Moderator 	200?-201?	
Houndour 	Sectional Administrator	200?-20??	
HypnosProjectHQ 	Sectional Administrator	200?-20??	
Teriki Tora 	Sectional Administrator	200?-20??	
Aqua13 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
BonsaiDude 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Daniel 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Dark Shocktail 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
DemonicDratini 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	Later re-promoted as "TwilightSparkle", now known as "Vayatir".
DiarugaDude44 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Entei 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Gunther 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	Passed Away 201x
HolyMistress 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
III MASTER III 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
indigo nightbird 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Blues 	Administrator 	2007-2013	
Kawalski 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
LuckyLuke5392 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Motokino 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Mr.Crobat 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Pupitar247 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
Zebi 	Global Moderator 	200?-20??	
AndyBananny 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	
Asphyxia 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Technology Discussion plus all sub-forums
Chaosflare 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on General Chat
Diamondplayer44 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and sub-forums
ecksplicit 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on Pokémon General and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums
Firestorm a.k.a. Arcane9	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on General Chat, Games and Other Randomness, and Pokémon General plus all sub-forums
Harrison101 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on General Chat and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums
HECTOR 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and all sub-forums
Igloo42 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on General Chat and Technology Discussion plus all sub-forums
Kajjah 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on RuneScape
KOOLIONESSFULL 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Computer / Video Gaming and all sub-forums
LatiasWindBlast 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on General Chat
SpaceGoo 	Sectional Moderator 	200?-20??	Only on Pokémon General, Pokémon Main Series Games, Pokémon Spin-off Games, and Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums. Later re-promoted as "Applejack" but resigned.
Kenshin 	Administrator 	200?-2013	
TheFreak123 	Global Moderator 	2013-2013	
Klave 	Administrator 	200?-2014	
AzulKitten 	Administrator 	20??-2014	
bridog77 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
Messudopotatoasia 	Administrator 	20??-2014	
KiwiDean 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
BZWGolem 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
Volkner 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	Contriubtor in 2016
Phantomhive 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
GUMI 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
Whiteace 	Global Moderator 	2013-2014	
Sheep 	Sectional Moderator 	2014-2015	
MegaTorterra 	Global Moderator 	2013-2015	
Ardent 	Global Moderator 	2014-2017	Previously known as FirelordAlex and TorterraOats
Scrafty 	Global Moderator 	2013-2017	
Giron 	Sectional Moderator 	2014-2017	
Ice_Dragon 	Global Moderator 	2013-2018	
ETJ 	Global Moderator 	200x-200x	
LadyDragonart 	Global Moderator 	200x-200x	
Diarkia124 	Contributor 	2016-2017	
Silver 	Contributor 	2016-2017	
===Oekaki===
The Marriland Oekaki is a part of the website which lets users draw content. The creator of the image has to add a background and detail to their drawing for it to be accepted.
===Wiki===
====Bureaucrats====
====Administrators====
==External links==
* Marriland.com
* Marriland Forums
Category:Fan sites