Tampa Bay Anime in 2010

Welcome to the new year!  Tampa Bay Anime is back for another year of fun, friends, and (of course) anime. 

We have lots to look forward to this year, including new shows, returning conventions, and the usual regular meetings.  Hopefully, we’ll meet some new people and make new friends.  You might discover a new favorite show, or a new character might become your favorite.  Who knows?!

Come to the forums to learn more about what 2010 has in store for anime, manga, Tampa Bay Anime, and you.  Then, tell us what you’re looking forward to.   Read all about what’s coming up this year, Tampa Bay Anime’s plans, and where you fit into them.

Two New Forum Features

I'm proud to announce a couple new features that have just been added to the Tampa Bay Anime forums. 

The first one is something a lot of people have asked for.  There is now a section at the top of each page that shows the date for the next TBA meeting.  It automatically updates itself, so it should always be accurate.  If we are going to skip a meeting date, then this will be updated so that it skips that date and reminds you why the date is being skipped.

The second feature is much more fun.  There is now a code that you can use to embed YouTube videos directly into your forum posts.  All you have to do is find that video's id, and then type it in surrounded by [youtube] and [/youtube].  To find a video's id, look at its url. Find the characters after the "v=". If there is an "&" after that, the code is everything between "v=" and "&". Otherwise, it's everything after "v=".

For example, if the url is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8ODecbuhA, then the ID is "OM8ODecbuhA". If you want to embed that in your forum post, type in this:

[youtube]OM8ODecbuhA[/youtube]

When people read your post, they'll see this:

We're always looking and listening for new ideas, so let us know if you have anything you'd like to see added to the site or the forums.  Have fun!

Discuss this in the forums...

Holiday Schedule

The holiday season is upon us once again! Everybody has plans for getting together with family and friends over the next couple of months. Tampa Bay Anime takes a break around this time, to let people enjoy the holidays however they want. This year, we'll be skipping two regularly scheduled meetings.

THERE WILL BE NO MEETINGS ON THESE DATES

• November 24
• December 22

We're also making plans for our annual Holiday Extravaganza! This is a party we hold around the holiday season where we exchange gifts and TBA gives some lucky otaku some special prizes. It's a more upscale event that gives us the opportunity to live it up just a little bit among friends. We're still looking for a good place to hold the event. If you have any ideas, visit this thread to tell us about it.