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[[File:RaymanPC_Style.png|500px|thumb|The look of Rayman Pirate Community's main page]]

The '''Rayman Pirate-Community''', commonly abbreviated to '''Pirate-Community''' or '''PC''', has been the largest ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' community since the first deletion of the [[RaymanZone]] forums on December 20th 2004. It was founded on August 8th 2003 by Hunchman801, an ex-moderator of the French and English sections of [[RaymanZone]], shortly after he was unfairly ~~destituted~~. Pirate-Community can currently be found at [http://www.raymanpc.com/ www.raymanpc.com].

The '''Rayman Pirate-Community''', commonly abbreviated to '''Pirate-Community''' or '''PC''', has been the largest ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' community since the first deletion of the [[RaymanZone]] forums on December 20th 2004. It was founded on August 8th 2003 by Hunchman801, an ex-moderator of the French and English sections of [[RaymanZone]], shortly after he was unfairly banned. Pirate-Community can currently be found at [http://www.raymanpc.com/ www.raymanpc.com].

==History==

Pirate-Community was originally meant to be the fusion of four fan sites ([[RayMind|RaymanBD, RaymanTCG, RaymanEncyclo]], and [http://membres.multimania.fr/fantasnip MetalGearRayman]), but soon became an influent and active internet portal, thanks to its forum, which purpose was to provide a fair and free place for [[Rayman]] fans, in opposition to the arbitrary bans occuring on [[RaymanZone]]. The first three fan sites were later merged into [[RayMind]], while the last one was discontinued.

However, the ~~two~~ most important Pirate-Community websites are now [[RayTunes]], founded on June 20th 2006 by Drolpiraat, ~~and~~ [[RayWiki]], founded on January 4th 2008 by Hunchman801. Even though Pirate-Community is still mostly visited for its forums, ~~both~~ websites have become references on the internet.

However, the three most important Pirate-Community websites are now [[RayTunes]], founded on June 20th 2006 by Drolpiraat, [[RayWiki]], founded on January 4th 2008 by Hunchman801, and [[RaySaves]], founded on 21st April 2013 by RoboticTeensie. Even though Pirate-Community is still mostly visited for its forums, these websites have become references on the internet.

On February 25th 2009, a new ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]'' [[Hall of Fame]]<ref>Rayman Pirate-Community, ''Rayman 3 Hall of Fame'', http://raymanpc.com/?p=hof</ref> was created on Pirate-Community, in order to replace the official one, which was long discontinued.

The community has also seen partnerships and affiliation with [[Rayman Fanpage]], another unofficial ''Rayman'' fansite, [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com/wiki/The_IRIS_Network_Wiki|The IRIS Network], a wiki for the [[Beyond Good and Evil]] franchise and [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares Haruka's YouTube channel], containing walkthroughs for many games in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]].

The community has also seen partnerships and affiliation with [[Rayman Fanpage]], another unofficial ''Rayman'' fansite, [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com/wiki/The_IRIS_Network_Wiki The IRIS Network], a wiki for the [[Beyond Good and Evil]] franchise and [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares Haruka's YouTube channel], containing walkthroughs for many games in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]].

The [[RaySaves]] facility~~, founded by Pirate-Community member RoboticTeensie on 21st April 2013,~~ was made a Pirate-Community on February 8th 2014, and ~~is hosted on its servers~~.

The [[RaySaves]] facility was made added to the Pirate-Community servers on February 8th 2014, it currently hosts save game files for the PC versions of [[Rayman 1|''Rayman'']] and ''[[Rayman 3]]''.

The community celebrated its tenth birthday on August 8th, 2013, with a new theme for the board making its debut for the celebration. As of that date, there were over 797,000 posts in total.

As of February 17th 2014, more than 875,000 messages have been posted on Pirate-Community, which is approximately one hundred times more active than the official forums of [[RaymanZone]].

==Appearance==

Pirate-Community has had many changes to its appearance since its conception, initially using existing themes with Rayman related icons on top. The original theme used by the forums was the [https://wiki.phpbb.com/SubSilver subSilver] theme for phpBB2<ref>https://raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7631&start=40#p656845</ref>, it moved to using the [http://archive.jakob-persson.com/templates/solaris/index.html Solaris] theme in 2005-2006, and currently uses a proprietary theme designed by Hunchman801, Matyuv and Hoodcom.

It has also seen changes in appearance in celebration of holiday events, in addition to community specific events such as its 10th Anniversary.

===Gallery===

File:RPC1.1.jpg | The earliest known iteration of Pirate-Community Portal

File:RPCSolaris.jpg | The Portal using the Solaris theme

File:RPCRabbids.jpg | The forums using a Rabbids theme as part of an April Fools

File:RPC8thBday.png | The forums as seen during Pirate-Community's 8th Birthday

File:RPCPre10.png | The portal prior to the 10th Anniversary revamp, this theme is still accessible via the User Control Panel

</gallery>

==Affiliates==

* [[RayTunes]]

* [[RayWiki]]

* [[RaySaves]]

* [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares The Gaming Cosmos YouTube channel]

* [[Rayman Fanpage]]

* [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com The IRIS Network]

==External links==

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 [[File:RaymanPC_Style.png|500px|thumb|The look of Rayman Pirate Community's main page]]
-The '''Rayman Pirate-Community''', commonly abbreviated to '''Pirate-Community''' or '''PC''', has been the largest ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' community since the first deletion of the [[RaymanZone]] forums on December 20th 2004. It was founded on August 8th 2003 by Hunchman801, an ex-moderator of the French and English sections of [[RaymanZone]], shortly after he was unfairly destituted. Pirate-Community can currently be found at [http://www.raymanpc.com/ www.raymanpc.com].
+The '''Rayman Pirate-Community''', commonly abbreviated to '''Pirate-Community''' or '''PC''', has been the largest ''[[Rayman (series)|Rayman]]'' community since the first deletion of the [[RaymanZone]] forums on December 20th 2004. It was founded on August 8th 2003 by Hunchman801, an ex-moderator of the French and English sections of [[RaymanZone]], shortly after he was unfairly banned. Pirate-Community can currently be found at [http://www.raymanpc.com/ www.raymanpc.com].
+==History==
 Pirate-Community was originally meant to be the fusion of four fan sites ([[RayMind|RaymanBD, RaymanTCG, RaymanEncyclo]], and [http://membres.multimania.fr/fantasnip MetalGearRayman]), but soon became an influent and active internet portal, thanks to its forum, which purpose was to provide a fair and free place for [[Rayman]] fans, in opposition to the arbitrary bans occuring on [[RaymanZone]]. The first three fan sites were later merged into [[RayMind]], while the last one was discontinued.
-However, the two most important Pirate-Community websites are now [[RayTunes]], founded on June 20th 2006 by Drolpiraat, and [[RayWiki]], founded on January 4th 2008 by Hunchman801. Even though Pirate-Community is still mostly visited for its forums, both websites have become references on the internet.
+However, the three most important Pirate-Community websites are now [[RayTunes]], founded on June 20th 2006 by Drolpiraat, [[RayWiki]], founded on January 4th 2008 by Hunchman801, and [[RaySaves]], founded on 21st April 2013 by RoboticTeensie. Even though Pirate-Community is still mostly visited for its forums, these websites have become references on the internet.
 On February 25th 2009, a new ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]'' [[Hall of Fame]]<ref>Rayman Pirate-Community, ''Rayman 3 Hall of Fame'', http://raymanpc.com/?p=hof</ref> was created on Pirate-Community, in order to replace the official one, which was long discontinued.
-The community has also seen partnerships and affiliation with [[Rayman Fanpage]], another unofficial ''Rayman'' fansite, [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com/wiki/The_IRIS_Network_Wiki|The IRIS Network], a wiki for the [[Beyond Good and Evil]] franchise and [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares Haruka's YouTube channel], containing walkthroughs for many games in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]].
+The community has also seen partnerships and affiliation with [[Rayman Fanpage]], another unofficial ''Rayman'' fansite, [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com/wiki/The_IRIS_Network_Wiki The IRIS Network], a wiki for the [[Beyond Good and Evil]] franchise and [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares Haruka's YouTube channel], containing walkthroughs for many games in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]].
-The [[RaySaves]] facility, founded by Pirate-Community member RoboticTeensie on 21st April 2013, was made a Pirate-Community on February 8th 2014, and is hosted on its servers.
+The [[RaySaves]] facility was made added to the Pirate-Community servers on February 8th 2014, it currently hosts save game files for the PC versions of [[Rayman 1|''Rayman'']] and ''[[Rayman 3]]''.
 The community celebrated its tenth birthday on August 8th, 2013, with a new theme for the board making its debut for the celebration. As of that date, there were over 797,000 posts in total.
 As of February 17th 2014, more than 875,000 messages have been posted on Pirate-Community, which is approximately one hundred times more active than the official forums of [[RaymanZone]].
+==Appearance==
+Pirate-Community has had many changes to its appearance since its conception, initially using existing themes with Rayman related icons on top. The original theme used by the forums was the [https://wiki.phpbb.com/SubSilver subSilver] theme for phpBB2<ref>https://raymanpc.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=7631&start=40#p656845</ref>, it moved to using the [http://archive.jakob-persson.com/templates/solaris/index.html Solaris] theme in 2005-2006, and currently uses a proprietary theme designed by Hunchman801, Matyuv and Hoodcom.
+It has also seen changes in appearance in celebration of holiday events, in addition to community specific events such as its 10th Anniversary.
+===Gallery===
+<gallery perrow="5" widths="160px">
+File:RPC1.1.jpg | The earliest known iteration of Pirate-Community Portal
+File:RPCSolaris.jpg | The Portal using the Solaris theme
+File:RPCRabbids.jpg | The forums using a Rabbids theme as part of an April Fools
+File:RPC8thBday.png | The forums as seen during Pirate-Community's 8th Birthday
+File:RPCPre10.png | The portal prior to the 10th Anniversary revamp, this theme is still accessible via the User Control Panel
+</gallery>
+==Affiliates==
+* [[RayTunes]]
+* [[RayWiki]]
+* [[RaySaves]]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/user/HarukaTavares The Gaming Cosmos YouTube channel]
+* [[Rayman Fanpage]]
+* [http://beyondgoodandevil.wikia.com The IRIS Network]
 ==External links==