News Archive

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12/30/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #99 "Facing the Sandshrew" up. It's been a long time coming, and raises thoughts and questions that even affect me over here on Foxfire... Go read it!

12/28/2023: Battle 131: Unishment is now up on Foxfire Version. Slightly late due to difficulties, namely I forgot to write it last night.

12/23/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #98 "A Troublesome Tail" up. The plot thickens further. It's great! Go read it!

12/21/2023: Battle 130: Side-Dish Showdown is now up on Foxfire Version.

12/19/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #97 "Shattered Mirror" up. Oh, it's fun. Go read it right now, it's great!

12/14/2023: Battle 129: Threat Revealed is now up on Foxfire Version.
Network update this week will be delayed as I will be out of town.

12/9/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #96 "Swapsies" up. It raises all sorts of interesting questions and possibilities and is great. Go read it!

12/7/2023: Battle 128: Overacting is now up on Foxfire Version.

12/2/2023: Network Update: Not late today either! Sandy Version has Battle #95 "Dervish's Delightful Discussion" up. It is cute and wholesome and good and you should go read it right now.

11/30/2023: Not late today! Battle 127: Attack of the Green Bean Casserole is now up on Foxfire Version.

11/26/2023: Battle 126: Fever Dreams is now up on Foxfire Version.
Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 94 "The Knightmares of New Neighbours" up. The plot thickens further, both the low-level and high-level. It's good! Go read it!
Update is late today due to the Thanksgiving holiday and various unforeseen circumstances. I'm home now, though.

11/20/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 93 "Spilt Oatmeal" up. The plot thickens, as does the oatmeal. It's good! Go read it!
The network update is late for a third time. Apologies. Hopefully this will be the end of it as life's been hectic lately.

11/16/2023: Battle 125: Live Laugh Loss, Part 2 is now up on Foxfire Version.

11/14/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 92 "The Hunted House" up. Though the house isn't really the one being hunted, exactly. It's good! Go read it!
Network update a few days late today, apologies.

11/9/2023: Battle 124: Live Laugh Loss, Part 1 is now up on Foxfire Version.

11/4/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 91 "Dire Door" up. It's good! It has survival vibes. Go read it!

10/31/2023: Battle 123: A Foxfire Nightmare is now up on Foxfire Version and it's got some weird paranormal (even for PokéBattles) stuff. Slightly early, because it's Halloween. Happy Halloween!

10/28/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Interlude 2 "Clearing" up. It is very good, and has interesting concepts. Go read it!

10/26/2023: Battle 122: Printer Problems II: Technical Troubles is now up on Foxfire Version.

10/21/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 90, "Shadowstein Part 3: Parents and Responsibilities", up. I adore this plot arc. Go read it!

10/19/2023: Battle 121: Printer Problems is now up on Foxfire Version. Additionally, belately, Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 89, "Shadowstein Part 2: Snacks and Play", up. It's very good. Go read it!

10/13/2023: Battle 120: Flashcards is now up on Foxfire Version.

10/7/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 88, "Shadowstein Part 1: Thunder and Lightning", up. I loved it. Things are getting quadratically worse. (In a good way.) Go read it!

10/5/2023: Battle 119: Notepad++ is now up on Foxfire Version.

9/30/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 87, "Shadows and Dark Creatures", up. It's such a bad sign -- but it's a very good battle. What's gonna happen to us? Go read it!

9/28/2023: Battle 118: Snake in the Grass Quarry is now up on Foxfire Version.

9/23/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 86, "Silent Treatment", up. Ominous things are building. It's good! Go read it!

9/21/2023: Battle 117: A/N is now up on Foxfire Version.

9/16/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 85, "Delays", up. The title is an accurate description of what's kept this update from coming out until now. That's on my end, though. The battle is good! Go read it!

9/14/2023: Battle 116: Camarilla Chaos is now up on Foxfire Version.

9/9/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 84, "Drawing Birds", up. It's good! It has classic bird Pokémon in it! Go read it!

9/7/2023: Battle 115: Rebuild of Doomed Mecha Subplot is now up on Foxfire Version.

9/2/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 83, "A Selection of Dates", up. It's good! Go read it!

8/31/2023: Battle 114: Ham-Ham Heartbreaker is now up on Foxfire Version.

8/26/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 82, "The Hunt For Darkness", up. It's good! Go read it!

8/24/2023: Battle 113: Had The Silly Thing In Reverse is now up on Foxfire Version.

8/19/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 81, "Detrimental Instincts", up. It is very good! Go read it!

8/17/2023: Battle 112: Making an Impact is now up on Foxfire Version.

8/12/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has a short prose interlude, "Interlude 1: Arrival", up along with commentaries for Classic Sandy Battles 16-25.

8/10/2023: Battle 111: Advancement of the Doomed Mecha Subplot is up on Foxire Version.

8/5/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #80 "Puzzles and Doubts" up. It's really good and it combines a lot of the things Sandy Version has been doing in interesting and new ways. I love it. Go read it!

8/3/2023: Battle 110: Angelic Loose Ends is up on Foxire Version.

7/29/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #79 "Sticky Situations" up. The return of PALM TREE. Go read it!

7/27/2023: Battle 109: Religious Debate is up on Foxire Version.

7/22/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #78 "A Wailord of a Time" up. It's a whale of a tale. Go read it!

7/20/2023: Battle 108: The Call of Chuck is up on Foxire Version.

7/15/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #77 "Alien Shadows" up. Go read it!

7/13/2023: Battle 107: How Kamina Got The DeLorean is up on Foxire Version.

7/8/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #76 "School Dazed" up. It's good, go read it!

7/6/2023: Battle 106: Unhappiness Evolution is up on Foxire Version.

7/1/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #75 "The Darkness Feeds" up. It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by... Go read it!

6/29/2023: Battle 105: Doomed Mecha Sideplot, Part 1 is now up. The name refers to how likely I anticipate this plot getting anywhere close to completion is.

6/24/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #74 "Fishy Farming" up. Featuring significantly more continuity than I manage most days. Go read it!

6/22/2023: Battle 104: Pirate Radio is now up.

6/17/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #73 "An Unusual Client" up. It's good, go read it!

6/15/2023: Battle 103: Library Masquerade from Hell is now up.

6/10/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #72 "Grinding Happiness" up. Go read it!

6/8/2023: Battle 102: Bed-Battered Morale is now up! You may have to CTRL+F5 as there is new CSS for one gag.

6/3/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #71 "Bed Joltik" up. Go read it!

6/1/2023: Fanfic 2 is finished and Battle 101: Bat Bug Battle is up!

5/27/2023: Today marks two years of Foxfire Version existing. The first part of Fanfic 2: Creation Crisis is up on Foxfire Version in commemoration, and the remainder will be up in coming days. Network Update: Sandy Version has commentaries up for its second arc, "No Gods Only Monsters". They were insightful, and answered at least one question I'd had. Go read them!

5/20/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version Battle #70 "Navigation Trouble" is up. Go read it!

5/13/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version Battle #69 "Puzzling Predicaments" is up. Sandy is very, very good. Go read!

5/6/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version Battle #68 "Liquified Guilt" is up. Sandy continues to mix prose and PokéBattles structure and it is good. Go read!

4/30/2023: Once again, the Network Update is slightly late -- this time due to a power outage. Sandy Version Battle #67 "The Ultimate Gym Leader" is up. Iiii am excited for what's coming next. Go read it!

4/23/2023: Slightly belated Network Update: Sandy Version Battle #66 "Aftermath" is up. It's a mixture of several different forms, and multifaceted, and also good. Go read it!

4/20/2023: Foxfire #100: Lost, Forgotten, Never Begun is up on Foxfire Version.
Additionally, I am announcing that, in commemoration of 100 battles and nearly two years of updates, I'm taking a break. Foxfire Version is on hiatus, and will resume no later than Saturday, May 27, when the upcoming prose fic or War Event will be published. Regular battle updates will resume on Thursday, June 1 or earlier. Updates to the state of the network, such as it is, will continue as normal.

4/15/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has its first prose fic, Narrator is Missing, complete! Go read it, seriously.

4/13/2023: Foxfire #99: Return of Writer's Block is up on Foxfire Version.
I apologize for the somewhat dubious updates of recent days. Life has been stress lately. (I forgot to put Battle #98 on the frontpage. Seriously...)
In better news, while the network update hasn't hit yet, Sandy Version is serializing its first prose fic, Narrator is Missing, and it's really good so you should go read it right now.

4/8/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #65 up! It's also reached a critical moment with Webmasters being directly involved.

4/6/2023: It's still 4/6 here, it still counts. Foxfire #98: Showdown, Part 2 is up on Foxfire Version. Aaaaaagh.

4/1/2023: Not fooling. I'm alive.
Foxfire #97: Showdown, Part 1 is up on Foxfire Version.
Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #64 up! I really like this one. It's safe! Also, it's good! Go read it!

3/25/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #63 up! The plot thickens. It's good! Go read!

3/23/2023: Foxfire #96: Inevitable is up on Foxfire Version.

3/18/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #62 up! Plot developments are happening! They are good! Go read!

3/16/2023: Foxfire #95: Citadel's Doom, Part II is up on Foxfire Version!

3/11/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle #61 up! It's good! Sam Excavator and N.A.H. Man say to go read it!

3/9/2023: Foxfire #94: Citadel's Doom, Part I is up on Foxfire Version!

3/4/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has commentaries for Classic Sandy Version Battles 11-15 up! They're good, and insightful! Go read them!

3/2/2023: Foxfire #93: New Combineations is up on Foxfire Version.

2/25/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 60: Countdown to Impact? up! It's good! Go read it!!

2/23/2023: Foxfire #92: Critical Confluence is up on Foxfire Version.

2/18/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 59: What's In A Name? up! Mild content warning for language and toilet humor.

2/16/2023: Foxfire #91: Khanbine is up on Foxfire Version.

2/11/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 58: Tex's Chainsaw up! It's great! Go read it!
Tournament #4 has concluded with Round 2 being decided!

2/9/2023: In lieu of a battle, I present the long-awaited (by Tiny Tim) Tournament #4, Round 1. Round 2 should hopefully be up Saturday with the network update.

2/4/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 57: Sand and Sand Some More up and if you are reading this and/or invested in either this version or Sandy Version you should read it right now because it's both very good and important.

2/2/2023: Foxfire #90: Dystopian Combination is up on Foxfire Version.

1/28/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 56: Clouded Decions up! Go read it!

1/26/2023: Foxfire #89: Distantly Foreshadowed Doom is up on Foxfire Version.

1/21/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 55: Hobby Horse up! Go read it!

1/19/2023: Foxfire #88: A Bone To Pick is up on Foxfire Version. Amber Archive update: Emerald Version's Battle #93 is up!

1/14/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 54: Reunion up! Go read it!
Emerald Version may or may not be restarting, but it has at least part of one battle (Battle 94: Full Self Driving Metal Straitjacket) up, and has a place on the network!

1/12/2023: Foxfire #87: Frisked is up on Foxfire Version.

1/7/2023: Network Update: Sandy Version has Battle 53: Battle for the Tilde up and it is a doozy of a battle. Go read it, right away!
Amber Archive updates: Exciting news! Wave Version has a local copy. The webpage is derived from the Archive.org version, however, all audio files are actually present. Only the audio files I actually have have links. Thanks to Andre of Emerald Version for these files.
At this moment no transcription is available, but all Wave Version battles can now be listened to.

1/5/2023: Happy New Year!! Foxfire #86: Bill and the Hecklecrow is up on Foxfire Version. It does not actually feature a Hecklecrow.