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Currently, the House and the Senate are trying to pass two bills that are described as “anti-piracy” bills; the House with SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and the Senate with PROTECT IP. The purpose of writing these bills is to combat online piracy, however the vague nature of the bills gives too much power to corporations who can (and likely will) shut down legitimate sites under claims of “copyright protection”. Almost anything can be copyright infringement under these bills, including Let’s Play series, and fan sites such as Zelda Eternity. If these bills pass, anything with a copyright that is unofficial can be considered copyright infringement and be removed.
In order to protest this, from 12 AM EST January 18th, 2012 to 12 AM EST January 19th, 2012, Zelda Eternity will be blacked out. Other websites such as Reddit and Wikipedia will be participating, so be sure to spread the word anywhere you can, whether it be Facebook, Twitter, or any site you use! And have no worries about the forums, as they will still be up for discussion and communication during the blackout. Thanks for your time, and be sure to spread the word!
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Hey ZE’ers, been a while since I’ve shown my face on the main site (probably because my writing is SO BORING >_>;;). I’m back now with some great news, though. We upgraded our forum software to vBulletin! Doing this, we’ve given ourselves more opportunities for creativity and you more and more ways to enjoy our forums. Which also means the opportunity to hold more contests and events, but let’s save those details for another time.
Anyway, as of right now, we have no forum theme, but rest assured, there is a theme coming that will correspond with our current layout. We also imported everything from the old forums into the new forums, and while thankfully all the threads/posts made it, you might find that your profile picture or avatar didn’t quite make it.
For more information about the new forums, click here.
Note: You have to reset your password before you can log back into the forums. To do that, click here.
As for the staff openings, if you go to this page you’ll notice we’ve opened them up again. The available positions are Video Specialist, Content Writer, and News Writer. Don’t forget when sending your application that each of the positions have a requirement of providing an example of your work. We’ll try to respond as soon as possible, but know that it could take up to 1-2 weeks.
There you have it everyone. Enjoy the new forums, and be sure to send us an application if you’re interested in working for Zelda Eternity!
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Hello, ZE! This afternoon, I bring you a few interesting pieces of news. First, some site news. As you may know, the Zelda Eternity forums have been looking to transfer to a new, more powerful forum software (from Simple Machines Forums to vBulletin) for a while now, and as of today, we’re finally beginning that transfer! A certain thread on the forums may have worried some of you about this transfer being dangerous, and may even result in a complete wipe of the forums, but rest assured, we now know that this will not be the case. That’s right, we’re transferring all of the forums, and everything is going with them (save for the few modifications the administration made to our old forum software, like the inclusion of profile comments). So to those of you worried about losing, not only memories, but more opportunities for discussion, worry not! The forums will be preserved.
Haven’t joined the Zelda Eternity forums yet? Then it’s probably time to fix that issue! If you want hours upon hours of good old fashioned Zelda discussion, as well as joining what is, in my opinion, the best darn community of Zelda fans on the internet, then you should definitely sign up! Unfortunately, registering for an account has to wait until after the forum upgrade, but don’t worry, the wait is worth it! Keep checking back to our forums to find out when you can register (bookmark it!). In the meantime, feel free to introduce yourself in the comments section. Or, if you’re already known, state what you think of the forum transfer in the comments. Or just comment, darn it, we live off of those!
And that’s it from me. Weegee, out.
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There’s no real purpouse to this post except that we want to wish you guys a merry christmas and happy holidays, so I won’t drag this out. However, I do want to say that we really appreciate you fans every year, and as we’re on our 4th year here on ZE, we hope to continue giving you livestreams, podcasts and of course tons of Zelda content and news. But yeah, happy holidays from me and everyone else working at ZE! I’ll be trying to 100% Skyward Sword myself during the holidays, and I hope you guys will play loads of Zelda too!
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: The stream is now at 7:30 PM EST.
Last month our preliminaries for the fansite crossover tournament began, with each of the four communities holding their tournaments first to see who would be their representative in the finals. Though there was a bit of delay, it’s finally time for the four lucky winners to duke it out in the finals to win either Skyward Sword or Metroid Prime Trilogy. We will be streaming it live tomorrow, starting at 5pm EST. I realize this is a bit of a short notice, but I do hope you can stop by and enjoy the show anyway.
Following the final round, there will be an exhibition match between the four representing webmasters of each site. Before this match happens, there will most likely be an opportunity for audience members to brawl against the organizers and the contestants themselves. So if you want to show your skills off, here is your opportunity.
Don’t forget, 5pm EST. Be sure to stop by and bring your skills if you’re up for a challenge!
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I apologize for the VERY late update on this but today is Zelda Eternity’s 3rd Birthday which is really quite exciting. It’s been a hectic day for me and I didn’t have as much time as I had hoped to get everything ready properly. Well as you can see, this is Version 7 of Zelda Eternity known as “Serenade of the Goddess”. It’s a design that really captures that Skyward Sword feeling and I’m hoping a lot of people will like it. We are currently experimenting with making the site a bit more user-friendly so you may expect slight differences with the design this time around. Anyway, the site IS a little wonky right now in terms of placement of things being out of whack and tables and such looking odd but we’ll get to that over the next day or so. Click “Read More” to find out more about this grand update and such…
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Hey guys, I’m sure most of you already know about the fansite tournament, right? Well, today is the last day to sign up for the preliminaries for ZE, so if you haven’t signed up yet (or haven’t put in your FC as some haven’t), now is the time!
On Monday the 14th, the match-ups for the tournament will be posted. From there, the entrants have two weeks to complete all the match-ups and have a winner of the preliminaries. There will be threads on the forums for both confirming a convenient time with your match-ups for each round, and for confirming the winners. Please remember to use this thread for questions/comments to keep from cluttering the other threads.
Click here to sign up, as signups end today at 11:59pm PST!
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Hey there once again, ZE! So I’m here providing a couple updates in the realm of Twilight Princess content. Now online is a mixture of guides and walkthrough chapters. The new updates are listed below.
Guides:
Poe Souls
Howling Stones. You may have noticed that this guide was already available, but some helpful diagrams have been added.
Guardian Puzzle. This guide includes a diagram of this puzzle for each version of the game!
Walkthrough Chapters:
Twilight Princess Site Walkthrough: Chapter 3. This chapter covers the first dungeon in the game, the Forest Temple.
Twilight Princess Site Walkthrough: Chapter 4. This chapter covers Link’s second journey through the twilight in the Eldin Province.
Make sure you check out these new additions to the site!
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Wow, it’s already November, and it’s going to be quite a month! We’ve got Skyward Sword coming up in a matter of weeks, as well as Zelda Eternity’s third birthday. Plus, I’m sure many of you gamers are excited for all sorts of other games that are releasing this month. Now, I’m sure you’re wondering what this current announcement is all about, so let me go ahead and explain..
Zelda Eternity, LegendZelda.net, Metroid Headquarters, and Shinesparkers.net are all participating in what we’ve dubbed as a “Fansite crossover tournament”. Basically, these four sites will first hold individual preliminary tournaments online with Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and the winner from each site will enter in a final round against each other. The final winner will receive a grand prize of either the Skyward Sword Bundle or Metroid Prime Trilogy, whichever they want (only one can be chosen). Each website will organize their own preliminary tournaments in their community first, and must have them complete by November 28th.
Now, you may be wondering how in the world we’re going to organize all this. It’s simple, really. Hit the jump to read on the details and rules.
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