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Super Mario RPG Legacy started as a
school project. I had to "Job Shadow"
someone and learn about a certain
profession. I ended up learning about
websites, and for my project, made a
sample site all about Super Mario RPG |
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At the time of this project, there was
only 1 major Mario RPG site out there -
Secrets of the Seven Stars (Sotss). I
had an unfinished site and decided to
put it up for everyone. The site was
launched on July 9, 2003. It wasn't a
very good website, but I thought it was
excellent since it was the first major
thing I did on computers |
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The site's main page went through 3
different looks within the first week,
and Version 1 was all set up afterward.
A message board was added by former
staff member SUPERgeno, and AxemRed was
added to the site staff. Soon after,
some things happened and both SUPERgeno
and AxemRed left the site. Along with
that, they decided to change the board
to "Gaming Central Xtreme" - I soon took
it off as the official board. |
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Since the site was new, losing the board
wasn't a huge loss or concern. I ended
up making my own board through EzBoard.
It didn't work out so I changed it into
a ProBoard. That didn't work either, so
I just decided to take them both down.
The site was without a message board for
a while, but it worked out in the end. |
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After a little while, Version 2 rolled
around with an InvisionFree board.
Version 2 offered many things including
2 full navigation bars, SMRPG related
themes, and no music on every page. It
was a big improvement from Version 1.
During Version 2, we reached 1,000,000
page views and started to average over
500 people a day. Version 2 also saw the
release of Mario & Luigi, and we were
one of the earliest sites to get info on
it |
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After a long wait, Version 3 was
released to replace Version 2. This
version got much more attention than
Version 2 and was generally considered
to be better. Soon into it, we crossed
the 1000 people per day mark and
increased our affiliates and links.
Version 3 also saw the release of a new
game in the form of Paper Mario: TTYD.
Soon after, the look became old news for
me, and I decided to change it |
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Version 4 was released on July 18, 2005
with a new look. The 2 navigation bars
were dropped in favor of 1. The site
also was coded differently. It made
things much easier and faster. Version
4, like Version 2 and Version 3, saw the
release of a new game in the form of
Mario & Luigi: DS. Unfortunately, we
were hacked during this version, and it
never got the attention it should.
However, we did reach 2,000,000 page
views. |
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Version 5 came out shortly after Version
4. Many considered this the best version
yet with it's combination of blue
colors. It kept the 1 navigation bar
layout but added horizontal links as
well. During Version 5, the MP3's made
their return and we reached 3,000,000
views. The forums also passed 50,000
posts and 1,000 members. We also started
averaging around 1500 people a day. |
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May 13, 2006. The 10 year anniversary of
Super Mario RPG. Smrpg Legacy celebrates
with the release of Version 6, by far
the best yet. We also had the biggest
amount of change with its release -
every page was completely redone. 25 new
sections were added in 1 day |
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Important Dates |
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» July 9, 2003 - Site was launched under
the name Super Mario RPG Legacy |
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» July 13, 2003 - The homepage gets it's
final design |
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» August 8, 2003 - Hit counter added |
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» August 11, 2003 - First message board
is added |
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» August 19, 2003 - Axem Red joins the
staff |
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» August 24, 2003 - Axem Red and
SUPERgeno leave the staff |
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» September 14, 2003 - Second message
board is added |
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» October 9, 2003 - Axem Red comes back
to SMRPG Legacy |
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» October 24, 2003 - Axem Red leaves for
the second time |
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» January 17, 2004 - Version 2 is done
and launched |
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» April 15, 2004 - SMRPG Legacy starts
averaging 500+ visits a day |
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» July 9, 2004 - Site's first birthday |
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» December 18, 2004 - SMRPG Legacy
reaches 1,000,000 page views |
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» December 31, 2004 - Version 3 is
launched |
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» April 21, 2005 - SMRPG Legacy starts
averaging over 1000 people a day |
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» July 9, 2005 SMRPG Legacy turns 2! |
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» July 18, 2005 - Version 4 is up
averaging 1400+ unique visitors per day |
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» August 22, 2005 - SMRPG Legacy reaches
2,000,000 page views |
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» November 13, 2005 - Site hacked |
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» November 24, 2005 - Site restored
after hacking |
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» December 12, 2005 - Version 5 is
released |
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» December 28, 2005 - The MP3's make
their return to the site |
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» January 31, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy
reaches 3,000,000 page views |
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» February 19, 2006 - Google Ads removed
for ads by Gamefly |
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» March 3, 2006 - Super Mario RPG
Diehard forum created and dedicated to
the remake |
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» April 1, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy announced
a fake Paper Mario 3. Soon after, it was
announced |
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» April 16, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy holds
it's first ever Give-Away Contest with
awesome prizes |
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» May 7, 2006 - Contest Cancelled
because of to many fake entries |
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» May 13, 2006 - 10 years of Super Mario
RPG. V6 comes out to celebrate, MLDS
sections up |
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» May 21, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy starts
trying to get Geno / Mallow in Super
Smash Bros. Brawl |
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» June 26, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy creates
the idea of a Mario RPG Encyclopedia |
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» July 9, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy turns 3! |
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» August 3, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy sends
letters to Square-Enix and Nintendo
about a Smrpg DS |
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» August 19, 2006 - Nintendo responds to
the letters with a personal send-out |
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» August 26, 2006 - Smrpg Legacy reaches
4,000,000 page views |
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