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The '''Marriland Forums''' are a large group of {{wp|internet forum|forums}} created by Marriland (a.k.a Devin). It serves as a hub for fans of Marriland and to discuss {{p|Pokémon}} related content. It features a Marill as a mascot, and is currently part of the Curse network.

==History==
===Forums===
====Server issues====
The Marriland Forums have suffered from server problems ever since {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}} 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 {{wp|phpBB2}} to {{wp|phpBB3}}, 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, Pokémon-Marriland joined the gaming network [http://www.curse.com/ Curse], giving it access to Curses' staff, a new look, and its own [http://www.marriland.com/forums forums]. The old site still exists [http://old.marriland.com/ here].

==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 {{wp|mentor}} 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. 

''Note:'' “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 Jun 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 [[type]]s that their team overall is weak to, resistant to, and immune to; it also calculates the average of the teams [[Base stats|Base]] [[Stat]]s.

==Staff==
===Forums===
====Administrators====
*Marriland (Owner)
*Anthrix
*Applejack
*AzulKitten
*bluejay100
*Messuduppotatoasia
*TwilightSparkle

====Global Moderators====
*BZWGolem
*Cami
*Ice_Dragon
*KiwiDean
*Scrafty
*Shhmew
*TBA_404
*Thundawave
*PrincessLuna
*Volkner
*Vantas
*Whiteace

====Past Staff====
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| Pokemama || Administrator || 2003-201? || Related to Marriland
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Enygma || Administrator || 2003-200? || Related to Marriland
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| haymaker || Senior Moderator || 20??-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Mozeta || Senior Moderator || 20??-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Flame_Blader1 || Global Moderator || 200?-201? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Houndour || Junior Administrator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| HypnosProjectHQ || Junior Administrator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Teriki Tora || Junior Administrator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Aqua13 || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? || 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|BonsaiDude || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Daniel || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Dark Shocktail || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|DemonicDratini || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|DiarugaDude44 || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Entei || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Gunther || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|HolyMistress || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|III MASTER III || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|indigo nightbird || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Johnny || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Kawalski || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|LuckyLuke5392 || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Motokino || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Mr.Crobat || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Pupitar247 || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Zebi || Global Moderator || 200?-20?? ||
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|AndyBananny || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Role Playing Corner and all sub-fourms | 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Asphyxia || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and Technology Discussion plus all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Chaosflare || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on General Chat
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Diamondplayer44 || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|ecksplicit || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Pokémon General and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Firestorm a.k.a. Arcane9 || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on General Chat, Games and Other Randomness, and Pokémon General plus all sub-forums
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
| Harrison101 || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on General Chat and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|HECTOR || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Igloo42 || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on General Chat and Technology Discussion plus all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Kajjah || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on RuneScape 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|KOOLIONESSFULL || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Computer / Video Gaming and all sub-forums 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|LatiasWindBlast || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on General Chat
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|SpaceGoo || Junior Moderator || 200?-20?? || Only on Pokémon General, Pokémon Main Series Games, Pokémon Spin-off Games,<br> and Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum plus all sub-forums
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|Kenshin || Administrator || 200?-2013 || 
|- style="background:#{{water color light}};"
|TheFreak123 || Global Moderator || 2013-2013 || 
|}

===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====
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==External links==
* [http://www.marriland.com/ Marriland.com]
* [http://www.marriland.com/forums/ Marriland Forums]
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* [http://www.marriland.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=96&t=262842 The Marriland Hall of Fame]
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