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by Yuidirnt on 28/04/09 - 12:20 pm

New mods

by Yuidirnt on 08/03/09 - 04:06 am

Notice

by Yuidirnt on 06/03/09 - 12:25 am

Valentine challenge! + updates

by Yuidirnt on 21/01/09 - 02:57 pm

Challenge?

by Yuidirnt on 18/01/09 - 09:10 am

Plagiarism

by Yuidirnt on 15/01/09 - 11:15 pm

Happy New Year!!

by Yuidirnt on 02/01/09 - 04:46 am

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

by Yuidirnt on 25/12/08 - 09:42 am

So Long and Thankyou

G'day everyone. It is with regret but pride that I must step down as TONFA Admin after only a few months. The maintenance of the site has been lacking since I moved and for that I blame myself. My new internet connection has been too slow to load the site properly so many of the duties I should be carrying out have been lackluster. Until I can improve it, I don't feel I have the right to call myself Admin.

So that's why I have passed the title onto the magnificent Yuidirnt. She's a hidden angel on the site, she does a lot of the work and I get the credit. Please treat her with the same respect and enthusiasm you gave me. I'll still be a lurker when I can actually get on the site and I'll be reading your fics too,

Ta and thankyou for a wonderful few months,

Ex-Admin Tucka

PS. Ghost membership deleting is going well thanks to my wonderful mods.

by Tucka on 04/12/08 - 12:23 am

Be Prepared

Heyo everyone! Unfortunetly we're still having problems with the site so the moderators and I will be doing a clean up of the site. This means in one week's time (22nd Nov 08) I'll be purging our Juvi-Fic category and deleting ghost members.

Please be prepared for this, if you currently have a story that is in the Juvi-Fic Category please make sure it's up to the latest standards of the rules and we'll move it back into the general reading area.

Thanks mates, keep up the quality work!

by Tucka on 17/11/08 - 04:46 pm

Thankyou Everyone!

G'day guys! After more than a month I've finally settled into my new place, got phone and internet access. A grand thankyou to Priest and the Moderation team for keeping everything organised!

 The unfortunate problem is for some reason I can't access the site reguarly so for now, until I figure what's causing it I'm still heavily reliant on our amazing Mods to enforce the rules.

 Cheers and inspiration, keep on reading, writing and reviewing!

        ~Tucka

by Tucka on 05/11/08 - 02:45 pm

Downtime/Uptime

Aaaand we're back. Hopefully you won't have to hear from me anytime soon, hey? *grin*

Priest out!

October 03, 2008 12PM
Geez... sorry about the extended downtime, guys. We're just waiting on the server host to merge everything onto the new servers, and then we'll be able to get everything up and running again. Apparently it'll all be done by midnight pacific time tonight, according to the email I was sent.

On that note, you'll notice the little donation button to the side. That donation button goes directly to the host's donation page, and means it's sent directly to the host and not into my pockets. If you can help out, that's great. If you can't don't worry about it.

-- Priest --

September 25th, 2008 10PM
It's Priest again; looks like we've got things under control between Tucka and I. We're working on getting the site fully online again as soon as possible.

-- Priest --

The Forums

September 25th, 2008 8PM
Priest here! Bet you didn't think you'd hear from me on this front page at all since I handed the reigns over to Tucka, hey? It's a little depressing why I'm back, though.

Yes, I have noticed that the website has gone down. This was not intentional, as I haven't even looked at the stats for TONFA since the administration change. However as of 8:30 this morning the Customer Support Team for the server host contacted me. Apparently TONFA is quite the popular little site-- so popular that we've managed to crash the database server. Whoops. They took the "offending" database offline, and now we're working on a solution to get everything running again. There are two options available to us, and I've already notified the TONFA administration/moderators of these options on the forums.

Cross your fingers, here's to hoping TONFA's only down for a short period, hey?

-- Priest --

The Forums

by Priest on 04/10/08 - 12:13 am

On the road again!

Aha! Sorry for the late reply guys! Running late on a work report and then I got to go cross country for my very first scientific convention! I have to say I did all right and if, in say five years you look up a distribution map of the Narrow Nosed Planigale and it has an ever so slightly greater northern distribution, well know that a Narutard found that out!

Otherwise everything is running smoothly! The BiC was a success and I've finally got around to putting up our Hall of Fame! Since I want our BiC to have a bit of glitter about it, would our winners like to write a bit of an acceptance speech and we can add it to the page! Our first prizes are starting to come in so why not pop around and aim high next year!

I hope all winners pass on their thanks to Thei11, TONFA's Official Artist! He's now got his own page for you to contact him about commissions, and if your looking for ways to grab the reader's attention, one of these will put you ahead in the game!

As always, keep up the good work, read the rules, visit the forums and have fun!

by Bushtuckapenguin on 07/09/08 - 09:51 pm

Ladies and Gents! Shinobi and Kunoichi! I'm proud to present the results of TONFA's Best in Category Awards! I extend my congratulations to our 2008 Best in Category Winners, our Runners Up, everyone who was nominated and everyone who voted, thankyou! You're the heart of our community. To those who didn't join us, well, hopefully our next competition will rope you in. So I'm pleased to announce

General - Who Would've Known by Tige321
Het Romance - I'll Never Let Go by Phoenix Claw
Yuri Romance - My Name Is Haruno Sakura by hibiku13
Yaoi Romance - Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattan Darou? by fuyuko
Alternate Universe - Naruto meets Yu Yu Hakusho by kuramasgurl018
Other Character -- Thunder and Swirls by Kamisori

General - Senju Naruto by Baal of Yarns
Het Romance - No More Running by Dag
Yuri Romance - The Promise of a Leaf by Krokador
Yaoi Romance - Konoha Academy Chronicles by emz_rose
Alternate Universe - Days of Payback by CrimsonClover
Other Character -- A Girl Named Yama by XoXSilverDragonXoX

The Reviewer Competition goes on til September 1st, so if you're an avid reviewer on the archives, drop me a line in the MVR Thread!

I'm so sorry guys, I'm a bit crook today, so tomorrow I'll update our Hall of Fame, and catch up our winners about their art prizes. Ta and Congrats!

by on 20/08/08 - 09:14 pm

Vote'n Time!

Okay guys! The day is here! This is a case of, cross my fingers and pray to deity of choice and hope this works. Please, if you find a loophole into voting twice, don't be a tosser and use it. It would be such a dishonest win. Most of all my thanks to everyone who nominated and my hearty congrats to everyone nominated. For those who weren't I hope this spurs you on to greater heights!

And the winner of our random voting nomination is.... Dag, by virtue of a dirty bucket and names written on scraps of paper. Sorry it isn't more transparent but it seemed like a simple solution! Thankyou very much for taking the time!

Voting lasts from 14th August to 21st of August

by Tucka on 13/08/08 - 07:24 pm

Come on guys!

Heyo mates... Come on guys!  I've had such an apathetic response to this competition, it's really disheartening. If you guys aren't going to get excited over this, is there a reason for me to host other competitions? Can't you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

 For these reasons I'm extending nominations till the 14th of August. Everyone who nominates their favourite fics goes into the random draw for an art prize! Please! Please! Please! If not for yourself than all the other authors in the future!

Again, a big, big thankyou to our official artist thei11

Nominate Your Favourite Fics for Best in Category!
Everyone who nominates goes into the random draw for an art prize!

General Category Nominations
Senju Naruto by Baal of Yarns
Who Would've Known by Tige321
Air Mail to Neiji by Swords and Bandages
Naruto: Next Generation by Hailo95100

Het Romance Category Nominations

Yaoi Romance Category Nominations
Konoha Academy Chronicles by emz_rose
Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattan Darou? by fuyuko
Training Kakashi by Rieka

Yuri Romance Category Nominations
My Name Is Haruno Sakura by hibiku13
The Promise of a Leaf by Krokador

Alternate Universe Category Nominations
Naruto meets Yu Yu Hakusho by kuramasgurl018

Other Character Category Nominations
Truthspeaker by fUnKyToEs
Thunder and Swirls by Kamisori
A Girl Named Yama by XoXSilverDragonXoX

Register for the Most Valuable Review Awards
Ladyumbra
demonchick25
Hunter_axe

Look at those odds guys! Have a go!

by Tucka on 09/08/08 - 07:46 pm

Voila! Start Your Engines!

Ladies and gents! Shinobi and Kunoichi! It is my infinitely proud pleasure to present TONFA's first annual Best in Category Award! Nominations are open!

Nominations from 1st August to 10th of August! Get in quick!

Alas, my attempts to find a good guestbook for the purpose of nominations was a failure so it's up to the forums to take your bets! You can either PM them to me or use the thread provided. Please keep in mind this is my first time running a competition so I expect their will be loopholes and questions and I'll do my best to answer them. Hopefully this will be a big success! Again, a big, big thankyou to our official artist thei11

Nominate Your Favourite Fics for Best in Category!
Everyone who nominates goes into the random draw for an art prize!

Register for the Most Valuable Review Awards

by Tucka on 31/07/08 - 06:45 pm

*Sigh* Why put yourself through this?

Heyo! Everyone! It is my pleasure to announce TONFA's first annual Best in Category and Top Reviewers competitions! Nominations open August 1st so start looking for your favourites! Not only will winners get the recognition of their peers, they will get a special category only winners can submit to, a graphic award for your summary so the public will recognize you and, my favourite of all, an art prize from the magnificent artist above, thei11!
Rules are here!

I am not happy. I've been bludging around this week because, heck after four years I've finally earned my Bachelor I think I've earned it. I come back to find a plagiarist has been identified in our midst. I believe humiliation is our best deterrent and I'm also hoping, as the Chinese saying goes, execute one to warn a thousand. Thusly I present to you,

darkxratha
Stolen: Funk Me Up and Hide & Seek from Neko Izumi of AFF.net
Mangled: Broken and Replacement from Kativachan of AFF.net
Stolen in Part: Illusions of Nightmares from Cepheus of AFF.net

darkxratha has been banned from the site, and this will be the treatment for any others I find out. If, say, a few fics of dubious origins were to suddenly vanish I won't make a big deal of it. If however I do find out others, you will get the same treatment- you will be banned from the site, all stories deleted and a looovely little memorial to you on our Black Book. Plagiarists of TONFA will not enjoy our hospitality.

I think some of you are saying Hey, she's only 12! Guess what! It's in the rules! I told everyone how I would deal with it and I stand by them. I opened my in box to count twenty-eight emails of redhot fury and I don't care to do this again.

Which brings me our second problem. I made the 700 word minimum rule to discouraged i drank red cordial and typed this into the submission box fanfiction. Because so many people don't read the rules I have gotten sick of personalizing messages. Now just have a copy/paste one informing you that if I find a submission isn't a poem, drabble or prologue, and doesn't meet that 700 word mark and doesn't have standard readability, I will give you one week warning to amend it or I will delete it. Forget the Juvi-fic category, if you don't care about your fic then I certainly don't.

It's not all doom and gloom! Talking with our marvelous artist thei11, we're organizing a special deal for TONFA authors only, for everyone who's ever wanted a title page or a picture of their OC to glam up their story, he's agreed on half price commissions! Imagine something as marvelous as Kana up their gracing your story, and drool over his gallery (he has left paper towels for your convenience.)

Heck, if I think it won't be abused I'll allow any story with 2500 words a title art submission to show it off and hook those reader's in! Or hurl yourself into your story and reviews and and win some! Whoot!

by Tucka on 24/07/08 - 07:15 pm

TONFA's First Annual Best in Category Competition

Heyo! Everyone! It is my pleasure to announce TONFA's first annual Best in Category competition, open August 1st!

The Rules are Here, as well as tips on how to get noticed!  Thanks to your cooperation to get the archives back in fine form I'll be opening our first in house competition, asking you to nominate your favourite fanfictions from the General, Het, Yaoi, Yuri, OC and AU categories!

Not only will winners get the recognition of their peers, they will get a special category only winners can submit to, a graphic award for your summary so the public will recognise you and, my favourite of all, an art prize from the magnificent artist above, thei11! For each category first prize will win a special soft shaded art piece of your choice whilst runner up will recieve a line art commission!

I also want to get out the news that three art prizes will also be given out to three reviewers who do their best to encourage and enlighten TONFA! I will be looking for honesty, attention to detail, following up chapters, backing up your advice.... All the things you crave in a review! The best thing about this is all nominations for the fanfictions awards, must be members before 01/08/08, where as Top Reviewer everyone is eligible up until September 1st when I announce the winner to be chosen by myself.

And trust me guys, Thei11's art is worth it! So my suggestion to you is get the word out everywhere you can! The more members we have, the more nominations your story may get, and the more reviews!

This is the first time I've ever organised a competition, and all the prizes are coming out of my wallet so please, I'd love feedback.

by Bushtuckapenguin on 12/07/08 - 11:42 pm

Merely an Update

G'day once again, shinobi and kunoichi of TONFA! My exams are over, I'm an official university graduate! This is good and bad news. Good news! Time to start planning TONFA's First inhouse competition. I've already decided it will be a Best in Category with art prizes for the winner and the runner up, but also three art prizes will be given out to TONFA's best reviewers so start practicing guys! It will be based on quality over quantity!

Bad news, with all this extra time on my hands I can spend more time policing the rules-mwahaha! Unfortunately we still can't figure out what's making the html so touchy so please if you're looking for a reference continue to check the Forum's Version if you have any questions.

The main transgressions I continue to see are not sticking to the eight character/pair/team choice maximum. It's getting the point we're I'm going to get so annoyed that if I see more than eight characters I'm going just going to edit it and chose the All option and for god sake please don't make me be a nanny! The rule is in place to fix up our buggered search engine and once I see that it's useful again and authors can use the option responsibly the rule will be lifted, I promise.

The other rule transgression is the new 700 word limit. It's there to encourage you to write a full and detailed chapter expanding it with better imagery and so each chapter can contribute meaningfully to the plot, not to fill it with mindless babble. If you can't do that, I'm wondering.... I don't know what I'm going to do about it just yet but do yourself a favour and try to meet it. If you have old fics abandoned fics that don't meet the rules, could you be a mate and delete it? Ta, thanks!

Otherwise, to those who complied so quickly I was amazed! Thankyou so much for making TONFA a better place! Keep writing and perhaps recommend us to other authors Naruto authors on the web? Teehee, I'm impressed with some of the gorgeous banners coming out (I'm looking at you Baal_of_Yarns, stunning!). If you're looking for one, I have a thread available in the Forums where you can request at least something basic, but there's also other threads where you can request character and fic reviews! If you have time and talent, start your own shop, as well as dropping round and chatting about writing and the latest manga issues!

Now to a new piece Reviewer of the Month, starting July 1st! The winner will get a commissioned art piece from which ever DeviantArt artist I'm admiring at the time! I'm looking for quality over quantity, tact, advice and detail over what you liked and didn't like about the piece and what could have improved it. So, taking a bit of time on a fic review will be rewarding, I promise.

Cheers guys, I hear its exam time in Britain and North America so good luck to all of you!

by Bushtuckapenguin on 15/06/08 - 10:04 pm

Fireworks All Round!

Yay! Woot! Whistle! After much delay everything's come together. The new rules have been confirmed (partway uploaded due to an archive glitch) and are being put into action (Please go Here for details, no excuses if you don't read). The new categories have been put in place, I hope you love em! And it's time to meet our new Moderators!

General: Bushtuckapenguin
Het-Romance: Swords_and_Bandages
Yaoi/Slash Romance: Sacryde
Yuri/Femslash Romance: Silent Witness and Shadowbell
Alternate Universe & Crossovers: Artic Blade
MadFic: Salmon and shadowdragon
OC- Fics: demonchick25 and Bushtuckapenguin
Fan Ninja Bingo Book: Yuidirnt and Bushtuckapenguin
Essays & Tutorials: Articblade Bushtuckapenguin

Another huge thankyou goes out to Yuidirnt, your new Tech Advisor! She's a legend and she's been looking after the forums and stopped me from accidently pressing the self-destruct button. Join us in the forums and get to know them. Talk to them about what you'd like to see in your forums, the categories, the pairings!

As mods, it's their duty to keep the place neat and tidy and answer your questions. At the moment with the huge upheavel they'll be making sure their category is neat, and that means you may come back to find your fic wasn't where you left it. Please don't be offended, you are most welcome to sort it where you think it goes.

They will also be sending out polite emails about rule descretions, but they won't act on them for a week while you get used to the ropes. They will be tackling corrections in categories, quality control, new length requirements and the most important one ART THEFT! If you didn't draw it you must give credit with an artist and a website. If not we will delete it. The only exclusions to this are screenshots or flashdolls. Carry on soldier of you disagree.

Otherwise, thankyou to everybody for your contribution, commitment and cooperation!

Ta mates, from Tucka

by Bushtuckapenguin on 10/05/08 - 12:21 am

And They're Off and Racing!

G'day Shinobi and Kunoichi! Again I've been slack about updating but I have a lot of news for you!

Numero Uno is that the new rules and category systems. Sorry guys if you disapprove but you've had ample time to make your opinions known. These will come into effect once I've selected the new moderation team.

Numero Dos, applications are open for the moderation team! I'm going to admit two members per category (Het-Romance, Yaoi/Slash Romance, Yuri/Femslash Romance, General, Alternate Universe & Crossovers, MadFic, OC- Fic and Essays & Tutorials) and it will be their responsibility to enforce the rules, keep it tidy and encourage a reviewing culture within it. If you think you're up to the challenge please PM or email me (PM preferred) with

Archive Alias:
Category: You can apply for as many as you want but you'll only get one. Please don't say Any and work to your strengths.
Experience with the Category: Why you like the categories you've chosen, what you'd like to see in the evolution of the category, ect
From there I'll have a look at your fics to examine it for your degree of literacy and how you interact with other members (ie are you an active, polite and critical reviewer, do you haunt the forums?) although for me the latter is more important than the former.

This will run until... well until I have a gap in my real-life schedule which will probably be a fortnight. I'm really looking forward to getting the Mod-team up and running again.

Then it will be my pleasure after, say a month once the new rules and category changes have smoothed out I will open the first TONFA contest with art based prizes! Perhaps a banner or a character lineart or a movie-like poster will be yours to display with your fic! *winks*

Cheers mates! Keep up the writing and reviewing, and I'm looking forward to seeing the new Mod team
,~Tucka

by Tucka on 16/04/08 - 01:16 am

Your Ridiculously Absent Admin

G'day Ladies and Gents, my apologies for my lack of communication these past couple of weeks. Alas I chose an idiotic time to take up a position of responsibility. It's been in the works for months, but I'm taking a holiday from my country town in Australia to the wider world of Montreal, Vancouver and Anchorage. So mates, if you see a little girl with cherry red hair in a ponytail holding a map and wandering in circles, help her out and you could win brownie points for the archives!

This means several things for you. Firstly, Priest but back up in charge of quality control until March 20th when I return. Keep up the good work, keep to the rules and keep reviewing. I am however worried about all the journals that are popping up, that's what the forums are for guys. If you want I can set up a part of the forum where that can be the main topic, member journals.

Now, I'm a little worried that so few people have commented on the category changes and the dead line is March 20th. If the majority agree the changes to the catagories will go forward, and sorry guys, if you you don't vote you can't really complain. So get in, get a look and say YAY or NAY! --> Get a wiggle on!

Cheers mates, I'll see you when I get back and we'll get the Archives rolling again.

by Bushtuckapenguin on 14/02/08 - 01:08 am

Let's Make a Start

G'day ladies and gentlemen, shinobi and kunoichi. Welcome to TONFA in its next incarnation.

I'd like to infinitely extend my gratitude to Priest for setting up one of the best and freest places to express one's creativity in its many Naruto forms. I'm not kidding! I've been around a lotta fandoms and there are few that allow X-rated, writing essays, art in stories, character bios and many more features so if you haven't thanked her yet, do so. I personally want to thank her for the opportunity to be the next to carry the torch for the archives.

So here be the introductions. I'm Bushtuckapenguin, and to my left is Tammy-Chan. Although I haven't posted much I am a huge fan of all of you as when I was in the field of the Simpson Desert every time I hit a small town I logged on and saved as many of your stories as possible to keep me sane. To find myself in a position of responcibility is a delight and I hope to establish any number of features to keep you happy and coming back for more.

The first of these is reestablishing The Forums. At the moment they are cheap but if I see them become popular I'll see what other features I can add. I certainly hope you find them useful because I find the best way to improve your writing is to bounce of others -BOUNCE AWAY!

That brings me to our second feature, most of which explained in greater details on the forums so I can hear your opinions, objections and suggestions. The first will be refining of the rules, mostly to go along with our second change- The Navigation. I suspect that since the archives were first established trends of changed and the goal is to separate some of the emerging categories that have since been defined.

Which brings me to our third topic, new moderators to make the transition smooth for any coming changes. I'll be looking to promote at least one per category. The people I'll be looking for will have a proven literary grasp in their stories, active in the forum and reviews and a clear understanding that everyone has to start somewhere, so why not give them a boost along the way.

As I said, more info in the forums. I look forward to working and hearing from you,

Cheers and Inspiration,
Tucka

by Bushtuckapenguin on 15/01/08 - 11:36 pm

See Ya Around~

by Priest on 22/11/07 - 07:30 am