The 'Shroom:Issue XCIX/Pipe Plaza

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Director’s Editor's Notes
Heya, this is Gabumon, and I am here to present a grand novum: Actual news within the director's notes of our news column! Very exciting, I know.

Sadly, the computer of our beloved Pipe Plaza director, Yoshi876, has malfunctioned and thus he will not be back with us in time for this month's release. Let us all join together in wishing his hardware a speedy recovery. Until then, I am here to fend off the silence with my incessant blathering.

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Section of the Month
We've received 9 votes last month, and 's Anniversary Announcements won SOTM with 4 of them, which amounts to 44.44%. 's New Articles came in second with 3 votes (33.33%), followed by 's Featured with 2 votes (22.22%). 44444, 33333, 22222, these numbers look ridiculous, I call hax.

Tip of the Month ()
This month, I'll be giving a basic tutorial on how to link to other pages in the MarioWiki. You have to know how to do this when writing an article, and it comes in very handy in many other places! When you're linking, double check that you've spelled the title of the desired page correctly, or you'll end up with a broken link!

A basic link, such as this: Mario, is coded like this: Mario Use this type of link to lead readers to other articles on the wiki.

If you want to redirect to a page, but have the link say something else, like this, type: this Usually this is used when you're talking about the character/item in question without stating their name or the title of the article, for example, referring to Princess Peach as just Peach.

You can also use this format for links in templates if the title of the redirected article is too long for the template box, such as linking to "List of games released in 2015," which might unbalance your template. You can instead use the above format to set the link to just "2015" in your template. Just make sure that when you use this type of link, you don't mislead readers with what you're redirecting them to!

Don't forget to check that the brackets you use on the end of your links are the boxes, ! If you use, you will get something completely different! If, for the first link, I had typed in you would have seen a broken link. When linking within articles, all you really need are the  links. Using will show a broken link to a template that hasn't been created.

New Articles ()
Welcome to this month's issue of New Articles, The 'Shroom's dedicated section to (you guessed it) new articles on the wiki.

You may have noticed that I extended the time frame covered this month due to E3 2015. We now have four/five new titles in the Mario series, including Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure (out now on the Nintendo e-Shop!), Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. We also got a ton more details on Super Mario Maker (changed from its previous title of Mario Maker) and a few more on Yoshi's Woolly World. My wish from last month that Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition would be covered well was happily granted.

Like last month, I will give a shout-out to user for their hard work. I thought about shouting out to Zootalo last month, but I'm glad I waited; he made 22 new articles this month and wins the new MVP award. In addition to what I mentioned above we also got lots of new articles related to the Super Smash Bros. and Paper Mario series this month among others. As usual, please take a look.

I like to give advice each month, so here's some for anyone wanting to make a new article on the wiki: If possible, please add images. Sometimes I make an article, upload images, and edit the article so that they are included. If you cannot find images, please tag the article so that someone else can try to find and get some for it.

If you want to see some changes or additions to new articles, please contact me. Either PM me on the forums (I'm right here |here) or leave me your suggestion on my talk page. The former will likely yield a quicker response, but I will make sure to check both areas for what you might have to say. Here is the list of articles as well as more information:

MVP of the Month= Zootalo (with 22 articles including the extension, but still the winner without it)

Month-to-Month Comparison= 59 ( +5 ) (Note that this is only based on articles made before the thirteenth due to the extension.)

Anniversary Announcements ()
And a jolly good day to you good ma'am. Or sir. Today is a great day to be on this globe. Not only is it almost the longest day of the year, it is also time for a new edition of Anniversary Announcements.

Most important of all: the polls have opened! The polls will remain open until July 17. If you are voting on the Userpedia and 'Shroom Awards, be sure to check out their respective dossiers that are also in this edition of 'The 'Shroom.

Click here to vote!

Also, presentation sign-ups for those awards open at July 1.

Then: Tournaments! While I kept things at a simple table last month, this time we go deeper into all of them, unless they have already started or closed sign-ups, or if they don't have a forum thread yet on the Awards Board.

Art Contest
Host: Hypnotoad Date: 1 June - 1 August Click here to visit the forum thread Click here to read the special section

Submissions open now.

All participants can submit a piece of art to the host over the course of 6 weeks. After that, a public vote over the submissions will be held, the names of the artists will be hidden. There are three skill tiers: Beginner, amateur and experienced. One can only submit one piece of art, regardless of which tier it is submitted for.

Awards Smash 2015
Game: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Host: Groden Date: TBD Click here to visit the forum thread

Singles have already started, this is about doubles.

This tournament is item-less, in a Swiss-game style, that is, teams will be matched with teams of about equal score, and the winners will rise on the ranklist. Rounds last 8 minutes, no custom fighters, best of 3.

Awards Retro Smash 2015
Game: Super Smash Bros. Host: Groden Date: July Click here to visit the forum thread

This tournament will focus on competitive play without items, Dream Land only, probably in a Swiss-game style, that is, players will be matched with players of about equal score, and the winners will rise on the rank list. Project64 emulator will be used for this tournament to enable online multiplayer. Note: this tournament is not yet confirmed, as it's gauging interest at the moment.

Awards Mafia
Game: Mafia Host: MrConcreteDonkey, Superchao and Smasher Date: Start late July, early August Click here to visit the forum thread

A game of Mafia without a specific theme, everything may appear as a role. Innocent and mafia parties are included, other parties may also be present. Locations also return and can be visited during day-phases.

Awesomenauts Tournament
Game: Awesomenauts Host: Hypnotoad Date: 8 July - 12 August Click here to visit the forum thread

The general flow of this tournament goes by a modified Swiss system, that is, players will be matched with players of about equal score, and the winners will rise on the rank list. Based on those results, a ranking will determine the winner.

Mario Golf: World Tour
Game: Mario Golf: World Tour Host: Icemario Date: July / early August Click here to visit the forum thread

This tournament will go by the Round Robin principle; everyone plays everyone else once. Also planned are some side tournaments according to in-game features.

Mario Kart 7 Tournament
Game: Mario Kart 7 Host: Stargazing Date: Late June / early July Click here to visit the forum thread

Racers will be put in brackets of 4-6 people, of which the top 2-4 will proceed to the next round. Individual matches will be raced in one-off in-game communities.

Mario Kart 8 Tournament
Game: Mario Kart 8 Host: Lakituthequick Date: Second half of July Click here to visit the forum thread

The players will be divided into brackets that race at specified times. The top 3 of each bracket will proceed to the next round. Individual matches will be raced in a room hosted by the host. Racing rules are 150cc, all items enabled.

The tournaments not listed here because they already started are: Pokémon (Gen 6), hosted by Palkia47; Yu-Gi-Oh, hosted by DragonFreak. Others not listed are: Guess the Results, hosted by the Awards Committee; Minecraft, hosted by Pyro and Freakworld.

As I said last month, these tournaments award participants with tokens to spend on prizes based on their performance. These prizes do not come from Yoshi Eggs, so if you are interested in donating such prizes, please contact Hypnotoad or Smasher on the boards. Recommended items include all sorts of gift cards and Steam items. We are grateful for any donations!

And for a last minute update: we added Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash‎ and Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam to A9 Most Anticipated Upcoming Game.

And that shall be all the things for the past month. Be sure to vote on the polls before they close, join the tournaments and enjoy the Awards! Until next month, Lakituthequick signing off.

All information above is correct as of June 16.
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