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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 18/09/2026

Juxtaposition update #609: - Reply & Yeah! notifications: Get notifications in-app when someone interacts with your posts - Community descriptions on console: You can now see descriptions of communities you visit! - Better spoilers, notification changes, and more!

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Juxtaposition release #609: Reply/Yeah notifications + community descriptions!

It’s that time of the month again: Juxtaposition updates!! We got some highly requested features brought to you by @PN_quarky. Reply/Yeah notifications - By ashquarky in #585 When someone Yeah’s you...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 26/08/2026

Juxtaposition update #592: - 3DS post design refresh: Check it out by opening Juxt on your 3DS! - See who Yeah!'d posts on web: Previously avialable on console, now on web - Community platform indicators: See what console a game's community is for - Background data reworks

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Juxtaposition release #592: New look for posts & Yeah-list on web!

It’s been a hot minute since I last released a new Juxtaposition update. But here I am again! New look for posts on 3DS - By ashquarky in #583 3DS got a new look for posts! Your Mii now is now standi...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 12/07/2026

Juxtaposition Update #570: - Updated report reasons: The reasons shown to report a post now reflect our rules - Database separation completed, swapping to PostgreSQL in progress On web: - Sorting in post replies: Sort replies by old and new! - Improved reporting + 6 more!

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Juxtaposition release #570: Report reasons, better web reporting & database refactor!

Hey all, Last release was a pretty small update, this one is normal sized again 😃 Updated report reasons - By Joshua8600 in #566 When making a report, you have to choose a reason for reporting. The ...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 19/06/2026

We're happy to announce that we now have a guide for using Pretendo with the Ahazar 3DS emulator! Check it out: pretendo.network/docs/install...

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Pretendo Network

An open source Nintendo Network replacement that aims to build custom servers for the WiiU and 3DS family of consoles

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 02/06/2026

Juxtaposition update #532: - Community searching: Communities can now be searched - Profile privacy settings: Choose whether logged-out users can see your profile in account settings - Web redesigns for profile and community pages + 2 more, view all the changes: forum.pretendo.network/t/28472

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Juxtaposition release #532: Community search, profile privacy & new community/user page!

Hey all, We got some exciting new features for you today, some highly requested amongst them! Community searching - By Quarky in #525 The all community page now has a searchbar! To search, go to “co...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 09/05/2026

Juxtaposition Update #514: - Web font: Juxt now has a proper font on web - More database unification: The database simplification from the last post is 95% done! - Community list now shows all communities: A bug was fixed that stopped them from appearing See the rest: forum.pretendo.network/t/28083

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Juxtaposition release #514: New web font + database refactor

Hey all! We’ve had 6000 updated lines of code this update, but unfortunately not much you can actually see. I hope you enjoy the update anyway! Introduced a font on web - By Joshua8600 in #501 Joshu...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 28/04/2026

Juxtaposition Update #494: - Lots of bugs squashed: Fixed a lot of things, check the full changes! - Migrating databases: Internal databases are in the process of being simplified - Automod: An automod was added to help catch rule-breaking posts View all the changes: forum.pretendo.network/t/27865

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Juxtaposition release #494: Bug fixes for days & automod

Hey all! We’ve been hard at work to bring you a new Juxtaposition update. Various bug fixes - By ashquarky in #489 and #491 @PN_quarky has gone through a bunch of bugs and issued fixes, here are all...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 18/04/2026

Juxtaposition Update #484: - Fixed community links: Community links were adjusted on 3DS to work no matter where they're tapped - Direct message removal: Direct messages are no longer available on Juxtaposition View all the changes: forum.pretendo.network/t/27701

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 09/01/2026

We have reached the amount of pledges needed to start creating a plushie! Thank all of you for your amazing support, you're the best! We'll start designing with Makeship, and he'll be available for purchase for 3 weeks in 1-4 months!

A Makeship petition page for the Bandwidth Plushie. It is completely supported!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 09/01/2026

We have less than 48 hours left and we need 41 more $2 pledges to make the Bandwidth plush real by partnering with Makeship! If the goal isn't reached, you'll be refunded. If we succeed, you'll be charged the remaining $28 to get your plush. Pledge now! www.makeship.com/petitions/ba...

A Makeship petition page for the Bandwidth Plushie. It is at 159 supporters of 200, and 79 percent of the goal.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/01/2026

We're partnering with Makeship to bring you a plush of Bandwidth, our lovable racoon mascot! He will cost $30, and we need 200 pledges of $2 to start making him! We have 10 days to reach our goal until the petition ends, so help him escape into the real world and support now! preten.do/makeship

A promotional image of a store page, displaying a Makeship concept page. It links to "https://preten.do/makeship".

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Hunter R. @hunter-r.com · 11/10/2025

A new video is out now, covering one of Nintendo's most dangerous oversights; a remote code execution exploit within Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Special thanks to @pretendo.network for their help with this video! Hope you find it interesting! 🧱

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 21/06/2025

Starting right now, Splatoon has special stages for the entire weekend! Various maps that were taken off the rotation by Nintendo will be in the rotation when those modes appear. This event will end in 2 days, so play them while you can! For details, see splatoon.oatmealdome.me/one/pretendo...

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Splatoon 1 (Pretendo) - Schedule for Banned Stages Event | JelonzoBot

The Banned Stages event schedule for Splatoon 1 on Pretendo.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 29/05/2025

4 new game updates today! Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Yo-Kai Watch 2 have officially LEFT beta testing! Tri-Force Heroes has been brought back online as well as Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure, which has also left beta testing! Full announcement below:

Screenshot of a discord message from developer shutterbug saying: “## Animal Crossing: New Leaf available to everyone & more
Hey @everyone, we got a nice batch of updates for you:

**Animal Crossing: New Leaf** & **Yo-Kai Watch 2** is now available to everyone. It has moved from testing to the general public. Enjoy!
Reminder: Dream suite is not available for ACNL, it's still work in progress.

**The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes** is back online. It wasn't online for quite a while, but now it's officially back!

**Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure** is back online **and** has been made available for everyone.

Enjoy the updates and happy gaming!”

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 19/04/2025

We're experiencing some temporary instability on the side of our server host. We have contacted them regarding the issue and are awaiting their response. We apologize for the downtime while we sort things out. Until then, most services will be offline/spotty

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 12/04/2025

Join @pablomk7.bsky.social and our very own DaniElectra as they give a talk (in Spanish) about emulation, retro games and Pretendo! Stream will be held at videoapuntes.upv.es/streaming/ev... at 4:30pm CEST, 2:30pm UTC

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Servicio de VideoApuntes

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 11/04/2025

Several exciting updates for you all today! Animal Crossing: New Leaf has officially entered beta testing, and Smash has been moved OUT of beta testing and is available to the public on both the Wii U AND 3DS, among other changes! See our full announcement below for details! 💜

Screenshot of a Discord message from user "@mrjvs" reading: "Animal Crossing: New Leaf in testing & more
Hey @everyone, we have some exciting news to share:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf is now available to beta testers! (Thanks to @shoginyam)
While Dream Suite is not currently available (still a work in progress), the rest of the online functionality is available.

Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS are now stable enough and are available to everybody!
Only fights are available at this time. Sharing of elements such as Miis, Stages, etc. are still in development.

Pokken Tournament is functional again, thanks to the effort of @SuperMarioDaBom
Unfortunately, Friendly Matches with Friends Only do not yet work - We are aware of the issue and are currently investigating.

Super Mario 3D World can now use Miiverse once again, also thanks to @SuperMarioDaBom
Ghosts are still not available however.

That's all, enjoy the updates to Pretendo!"

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 26/01/2025

Our 2nd big announcement of the year! Yo-Kai Watch Blasters (all variants) has officially entered beta testing! Region locking is still in place (for now) and friend matches are not implemented, but basic public matches are! See our full announcement below💜

Screenshot of a Discord message from Jon reading "Second big announcement of the year! Yo-Kai Watch Blasters (Busters) - all variants - is now available for beta testers thanks to our newest Junior Developer, @shoginyan! As with all games, especially those in beta testing, not everything is functional yet. Bugs and instability are to be expected. Currently only public ("Far Away") matches are supported. Friend matches are not implemented at this time.

At this time, the game's built-in region locking is still in place. North American and European users will be unable to match with Japanese users. However we are looking to try and potentially lift this restriction, as we have done with Monster Hunter and Tri-Force Heroes (though nothing is set in stone).

We hope you've all had a good 2025 so far, and we thank you all for your continued support!"

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 02/01/2025

To kick off the new year, we're pleased to make 2 announcements! Most excitingly Monster Hunter 4 G/U is now available to the public, featuring experimental cross-play between the JP and the international versions! We are also excited to announce a game night Friday the 3rd!

screenshot of a Discord message reading: "Hello everyone! As part of this New Year 2025 we've got two special announcements to make:

Monster Hunter for everyone
After some time seating in beta testing, Monster Hunter 4 G/Ultimate is now ready for the public and being released today! The game is (almost) feature complete, only missing the ability to blacklist people.

We also feature the possibility to crossplay between the Japanese and the international versions (MH4G and MH4U), thanks to some modifications on the server to remove the region locking placed by the game.

Pretendo Game Night - January 3, 2025
Alongside that, we'll be hosting a game night on Friday, January 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM to around 1:30 AM!

We will be hosting the event in the ⁠events channel, and we are excited to play with everyone!

The games we'll be playing are from the Jackbox series and include: Trivia Murder Party 2, Tee K.O. 2, Job Job, Quiplash 3

Anyone will be able to get involved - and we're looking forward to seeing as many people as possible join us. Please note that you will need to log in with Twitch when joining.

If you would like to be pinged for future events, get the @EventPing role from ⁠Channels & Roles!"

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 28/12/2024

Additionally, very happy to see parts of Mikage finally reaching the hands of the people! The majority of the emulator core is now available at github.com/mikage-emu/m...!

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GitHub - mikage-emu/mikage-dev: Mikage Developer Edition

Mikage Developer Edition. Contribute to mikage-emu/mikage-dev development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 28/12/2024

Thank you SO MUCH to neobrain for the huge shout out during his talk today at 38C3! Everyone on the team loved the breakdown of the 3DS and look forward to trying out Mikage for ourselves! For those who missed it live, the full talk can be found here! streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/relive/...

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Relive: 10 years of emulating the Nintendo 3DS: A tale of ninjas, lemons, and pandas – 38C3: Illegal Instructions Streaming

Live streaming from the 38th Chaos Communication Congress

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 28/12/2024

Shout out to neobrain at this years 38C3 as he talks about 3DS emulation, Mikage, and preservation outside of emulation! Talk starts at 10am EST (10 minutes) streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/glitch

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Saal GLITCH – 38C3: Illegal Instructions Streaming

Live streaming from the 38th Chaos Communication Congress

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Azahar Emulator @azahar-emu.org · 28/12/2024

Check out neobrain talk about Nintendo 3DS emulation at #38c3, starting in 15 minutes! The talk will cover the history of Nintendo 3DS emulation, the technical challenges it poses and the future of 3DS preservation. You can watch it live here: streaming.media.ccc.de/38c3/glitch

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Saal GLITCH – 38C3: Illegal Instructions Streaming

Live streaming from the 38th Chaos Communication Congress

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 25/12/2024

Good day! We've got one last set of new Juxt communities for y'all to check out: Hyrule Warriors, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Mario Kart 7, and Monster Hunter 3. Merry Juxtmas and Happy Holidays!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 24/12/2024

Quick point of clarification: For those unaware, Juxtaposition (or Juxt, for short) is Pretendo's reimagining/reimplementation of Miiverse. This is a social media platform tightly integrated with Wii U and 3DS systems & games.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 24/12/2024

These past few days, we've been adding new communities to this service; these are not game servers. Game servers (e.g. online multiplayer) are developed separately, and will have their own set of announcements as needed.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 24/12/2024

On Day 2, we added Pokémon Rumble World and Pokémon Rumble Blast. On Day 3, we added Pokémon Sun/Moon and Pokkén Tournament. Today, we added Pokémon X/Y, Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, and Team Kirby Clash Deluxe. Tune in tomorrow for the final day! Merry Juxtmas and Happy Holidays!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 24/12/2024

In case you've missed it, starting December 21st we began "5 Days of Juxtmas", where each day we've been adding new communities to Juxtaposition. On Day 1, we added Tomodachi Life and Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 16/11/2024

Both the teams who have come together to make this new emulator already had support for our servers built into their respective forks. We believe it’s pretty likely that this new emulator will also have this

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 16/11/2024

Check out Azahar, an up-and-coming 3DS emulation collaboration between @pablomk7.bsky.social (originally a Citra dev, who continued to maintain a fork after it was shut down) and Lime3DS, who did great work getting 3DS emulation running on Android! azahar-emu.org

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Azahar Emulator

An open source 3DS emulator. Continuation effort of the Citra emulator.

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Drastic Actions @drasticactions.dev · 01/11/2024

It's truly remarkable to see this! While I'm no longer involved in the project, seeing Archiverse come full circle as an integration into the platform brings me countless joy. It's the rightful home to see these posts in their proper context. We archived it to start with _for_ projects like this.

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/11/2024

There was simply a delay with the update, just an error on our end. They have been updated now! We apologize for the wait

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/11/2024

October update blog post is out now! This months post goes over a number of internal affairs/in-development experiments, including a new relationship with Archiverse, experimental new server software & new internal tooling for streamlining the creation of simple games! pretendo.network/blog/11-1-24

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October Progress Update | Pretendo Network Blog

Archiverse, new team members, new server architecture and more!

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shutterbug2000 @shutterbug2000.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Hi! Finally moved from you-know-where after the recent changes. I do dev stuff, usually related to reviving game servers!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 18/10/2024

Hello everyone from Twitter! We promise to start posting updates more frequently here, as well as our other socials! Welcome aboard 👍

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 29/06/2024

June's end brings exciting updates and future plans for us! Check out our latest blog post for details on server library improvements, game updates (including Smash & Pokemon), and more pretendo.network/blog/6-29-24 Thank you everyone for your support and patience! 💜

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 09/06/2024

The Wii U account settings app is now officially supported! You can now change user data, including country and region, from the Wii U *Note this is not compatible with SSSL! You will need the latest release of Inkay to access the app* github.com/PretendoNetw...

Screenshot of the Pretendo Network ID settings app on a modded Wii U

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/04/2024

7 days until the Nintendo Network shutdown! During these final moments, don't forget to submit some network dumps as you play! An updated spreadsheet noting which games we are missing dumps for can be found here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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NEX Games - Google Drive

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 25/03/2024

With just 2 weeks left until the Nintendo Network shutdown, we’d like to remind everyone that we are still accepting submissions for network dumps for all games on both consoles! For those interested, see our guide at pretendo.network/docs/network... (Full announcement attached)

Screenshot of a Discord message from user Jon announcing the NN shutdown reminder

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 14/03/2024

Shout out to our friends over at Insignia! Awesome work getting Halo 2 up and running! Hope your beta goes well 💜

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Insignia @insignia.live · 14/03/2024

Halo 2 will launch on Insignia in Public Beta on March 15th at 20:00 GMT (16:00 EST, 13:00 PST) with the following 10 multiplayer playlists. Please ensure your console is setup, and you've signed up for your Gamertag. See you soon! :D

Halo 2's OptiMatch "Choose Matchmaking Playlist" screen with the following options:
- Rumble Pit
- Double Team
- Team Slayer
- Team Skirmish
- Team Training
- Team Snipers
- Team Hardcore
- Team SWAT
- Big Team Battle
- H2 Challenge

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 06/02/2024

Now that bsky is open, welcome everyone!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/01/2024

Come join Jemma today as she streams some #Miiverse development to kick off the New Year! twitch.tv/PretendoNetwork

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 27/12/2023

There have been some positive updates regarding our last blog post about the connection issues with Nintendo Network, and some information on some other issues we had not yet talked about publicly (one of which is also now fixed) Our full update can be found here pretendo.network/blog/12-27-23

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 24/12/2023

We have a bit of a sad announcement to make today. It appears Nintendo has made some changes to Nintendo Network making it so new users cannot play online. In any game. We have gone into greater detail about this issue in our latest blog post pretendo.network/blog/12-23-23

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Nintendo Network shutdown - The beginning of the end | Pretendo Network Blog

An open source Nintendo Network replacement that aims to build custom servers for the WiiU and 3DS family of consoles

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 04/12/2023

As of today our winter beta is officially fully open! This includes Juxtaposition, our Miiverse replacement service! Most games opened in November, with a select few waiting until December. Juxtaposition was delayed for technical reasons, but is now open!

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 27/11/2023

For those wanting to make backups of the Dream Worlds from Animal Crossing: New Leaf before the shutdown, we have updated our archiver tools repo to add an archiver! github.com/PretendoNetw...

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Pretendo Network @pretendo.network · 01/11/2023

First post! And it's a big one at that! Our yearly beta has begun an early release this year! As of today we have rolled out 7 new servers for public beta testing! For more information regarding what has and has not changed see our detailed announcement post on our Discord server! invite.gg/pretendo

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