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Post by epitaph on May 14, 2009 19:46:56 GMT -5
Just curious to see what everyone misses from the earlier days of this site.
Here's what I miss from version 1...
Adoption Area. I thought this was a lovely idea. All the pups that wanted to be adopted could line up, go play, and wait to be adopted. They got to show off to alphas and was in fact how I managed to get into Deor when I first joined. My character Reihiko had wanted to be adopted by the current alpha at the time (ghart - however you spell his name anymore). And I was lucky enough that he happened to swing by and take interest. This was a lot of fun! I mean, if you were there and you remember it, I'm sure you'd agree. I would kind of love to see this one come back. I think it was a wonderful part of the site.
Mating Area. Not really a needed thing... but I just kind of laugh at it cause it's like a dating site for wolves! xD We would all gather at this place called the "Waterfall" and everyone would just kind of chat and whatnot, and some of them would pair off and decide to be mates. Hahaha even I went there back when I was my first character, Reihiko. It all happened in like... one or two threads that were started after we reached a certain number of pages from the last.
Story telling. Every so often there was a place that wolves could gather on neutral ground and listen to stories that other Varg told. Sort of like gathering around a camp fire and sharing stories and tall tales and history of families.
lol I don't really know who else is going to visit this thead, maybe Zhentee, Tarkah, Tor, Fennie and Wuffie will get a kick out of this.
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Post by Tarkah on May 14, 2009 23:16:13 GMT -5
haha! good one.
what do i miss... I miss the old Ge rad.
haha yes the mating board! that always amused me! "hi be my mate!" "okay!" oh boy how fun
lol! I got adopted by Zephyr and Zhentee at the adoption boards. oh good times. But now Zhentee is married and well Zephyr.. iunno where the heck she is. I texted her the other day. text me back Zephy!
I miss the times of Kanis and Tamra. I think Kanis is married too now! lmfao. The balkar and Frecne were always so lively and neck to neck!
I remember Reihiko! Was she the one that used to like my mate too? Andre. hmm or maybe she was the one that liked his other character Neit.
I remember when i joined the site with a total of 97!! members. lol now we add a 0 to the end and get like 970 that was in like what 2001?
and i remember you were there too when we had below 100 members.
HAHA i miss when post points were like gold!! Remember that first ever character? Where we'd post aaaaaaaall day JUST to get enough post points? Cause we needed 20 to join a pack and 75 to be allowed in the mating board. and EVERYone wanted a mate.
I miss getting yelled at Fennie cause I was such a bad poster.
oh i also missed when Tor and Fennie was called Larka and Fell
Our old banner was also killer awesome.
i miss being 12 and getting yelled at to fix my spelling or post longer post. I swear my first post was prob like "Tarkah barked and said "hi!" to the other wolf. she jumped over the lake and wagged her tail"
oh maaaan
You know what BT? We should do like a TS the history thing yah know.
I started with the packs... but never finished. I think i'll just have to finish them now!
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Post by epitaph on May 15, 2009 1:43:13 GMT -5
No, Reihiko was the one that got killed by Neit, she didn't love him. xD Then we though, it would be cool if the reincarnate and him were mates... but that never went through cause he vanished... to somewhere. Reihiko also had a crush on Falkner, and... no idea who else... I think Thunder tried to be her mate once, but then he was all nooooo I want Aztec. xD But no one mated with Reihiko. Yeah, 2001... double digit members... MAN! Those were the days. TS was so much more active then too, back when it seemed fancy and new because Tor and Fennie figured out how to give different places different backgrounds and packs could have different headers. We were all like: OMG AMAZING! I remember Deor back when it was all .... five members... and active then dead, active then dead. Lunacy (haha I just realized how it's pronounced)... I miss her. Dunno where she went off to. Aztec ventured off into the world... and... Yeah Zhents is married. And moving to Japan! O: I believe she still lurks around as Zwi. If I'm wrong feel free to point and laugh at me. TAMRA! OMG he was amazing. I remember sitting at my computer being 11 and going "OMG I want to be as good as himmmmm!" And marveling over the former first and all his talent. Lol I think post points were more than gold. It always is to newer members. Always spamming up a bunch of RPs with their short posts and being all OMGOMGOMG fifteen more! HAHA good times, good times. I think my first post was along the lines of: "Reihiko sniffed about and stood there staring." We should finish all that... Of course I don't really know a lot about the packs... or remeber much xD But maybe something like this thread or naming names would remind me. EDIT: I also miss my Deor, back when I was the Drappa. I only wish I could've done better for it... you know? I mean, yeah, I got it a little more organized, but I never was able to make it active. /: I'm not very good at leadership.
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Nocturnia Diiore
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Post by Nocturnia Diiore on May 15, 2009 3:19:12 GMT -5
STORY TELLING, OHMYGOD I REMEMBER STORYTELLING, THAT WAS SO AWESOME! WE SHOULD BRING IT BACKKKKK. I totally forgot about that! I miss... Mandarb and Risk, the two misfits who Nocty took in back on the old site. Risk was such a good friend and I wish (s)he were still around, I could always count on her character when I was hungry for some good RP. And Mandarb, wow, I can't describe how much I miss her character. He was such an original creation, so full of description and truly fun to RP with. She was back for a while there, but I'm guessing she grew busy again and had to go back to being inactive. I'll have to message her on MSN and see whether she'll ever come back again. :3 Another thing I really, really miss is seeing nearly every thread open and willing to add roleplayers. Back on TS1, there were hardly ever any private threads, thus making it easier to find open RP. TS1 didn't need a "Need Someone to Roleplay With?" thread.. That was how you met people, hopping into open threads and just rolling with it. I don't miss the Adoptions board, there were waaaay too many people posting repeatedly thinking their posts weren't being seen and too many 'orphans' who were never taken in. xD To be honest, I don't really remember a whole lot from the way-way-back TS days, but I do remember a good bit from my 'later' TS1 days - likely more than some, but less than others, you know? I guess I've got my share of TS history in my memory, but it doesn't really seem proper to mention here - maybe if a TS history thread were made for us to just unload and post our own personal histories, I'd likely have a thing or two to say. We've been here this long and we've got the potential to double TS's years and looking back is a perfect way to better ourselves in the future.
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Post by Zwi on May 15, 2009 3:32:08 GMT -5
yes Zwi is Zhentee =3 I'm in the middle of moving overseas so I'm not as active as I would like to be but I can still lurk. I only post when I feel it's necessary... like right now! Zeph is out of SanFran now and back home (we still text.) she is an absolute workaholic lately, saving up to move up north somehere... Montana or Idaho or something, I can't remember. I miss the adoption area too! now every one is having pups and its like... litters right and left! @__@ Adopting also helped the newbies out, because it gave them some one to help them along and introduce them to every thing. *nods* And like you all said I miss all the oldies who are no longer here! Zeph, Kanis, Tamra (Who I believe was actually a girl, just RPing a male character like me, but if I'm wrong, well then point and laugh! XP) Keechak, Azzy, Maveric, the list can go one and on! I also miss the old Ge-Rad, but that's because I was Dragga and ran it. (poorly I might add, but I was young and stupid then.) That's another thing I miss... running the pack... I just miss Zhentee in general! XP I know he was MY character, but I miss RPing as him. =( and is it cheating if I say I miss TS1? I miss the Gods being Larka and Fell. It really threw me off when we switched over. And I miss when the gods RPed with the characters, thought I don't remember how long they did that, I just remember Tor (when it was Larka) Coming into the thread Zeph and I had going as pups, and Zhentee wanted to attack her! XD Ahahaha! such a stupid pup he was/horrible RPer I was. those were good times! P.S. this was typed at like... 3:30 in the morning when I was dead tiered, so please forgive mistakes! T3T P.P.S. Yes Kanis is married now too! I talk to his wife on DA sometimes! XP
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Post by Tor on May 15, 2009 4:58:32 GMT -5
Oh man you guys are gonna make me tear up! It's making me giggle thinking back to all those things!
Yeh I think when we moved I switched the 'God's' to God's rather than Larka and Fell because I'd matured a bit - in all respect I just loved Larka so much that when I made the site I HAD to be her XD And yes I remember that Zwi! I used to RP as her in the first few days...no idea what the hell I was thinking to be honest, I could never pull it off now. I guess that's what's great about being 14/15 and still having an imagination that can do anything =P
The storyboard I remember, that was a good idea...don't know why now we never kept that one going! May have to think about bringing it back ^_^
Mating Board I can't see coming back, but God that was funny. I remember going there as Lyft and falling for someone...God I can't remember the name now...but he ended up going for Demon which annoyed the hell out of me! Demon is a good character to remember...she had a LOT of things going on back in the day. Such a unique character; the original whore XD
Lunacyn was me BT =P I LOVED her and Lyft, they are actually two of my favourite characters I ever created...so much story behind them both. I just couldn't keep them up and had to kill them both which was VERY sad...but Gawd I have LOADS of old characters I miss!
I think that's what I miss most. Characters. They were all so fresh and new back then - naive and simple, even the most twisted of characters made simple but point-worthy posts. Ok guys...gonna reveal something that only a small portion of you know...I WAS LEOHLIC. Not sure how obvious it was but I know the few people I told were shocked XD That was fuuuuun.
Now he was my biggest character (haha, nah smallest literally XP)...soooo much history I could spill about him. But I'll keep it in. That HISTORY thread idea Nocty where you can spraff your own character's history sounds like quite a nice idea. But it's kind of like a Bio thread which I generally can't be bothered reading through. We could make a sub-board in that board for it if anyone else thinks it could work?
TS1 WE MISS YOU!
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Post by epitaph on May 15, 2009 9:55:58 GMT -5
OMG you were Lunacy?!?! I WAS RPING WITH TOR AND NEVER KNEW IT?!?!?! Dx Ahhh why do we all have so many different acccounnnnnnts... nnn I just want to have one account with all my characters that would make my life SO much easier! xD I remember Reihiko was like: "Lunacy is my best friend!" And trying to be in lots of threads with you even though we never talked OOC or anything. xD I believe I met you in the play area, and we all played tag. x3 From TS2 I miss BT and Nageam (I liked her mostly cause of her dappled pelt). I think those were my two favorite characters. I also miss Seirei who I had for a little bit, but I kept not being able to keep him going cause his threads kept goiing (raspberry noise) down the drain. A favorite thread of mine was with Alkiera, Renn, and CARCAROTH ( who is also Tor, but I knew that one)! I played Nageam and she was all naive and was like OMG Carcaroth is AMAZING and Renn is PURDY! Hahaha that was a lot of fun. I was going to have her try to wander around and run into Carcaroth a few times - I don't remember if we talked about that. xD Hee hee heee TS CATS huuuuuurrrrrrr
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Post by Tarkah on May 15, 2009 12:42:47 GMT -5
LOL that would be my lazy bf. Remember? He played Markaz and Ziev. But then after he was like grr why didn't i go with Lyft. Hurray for regrets. He killed off Markaz.. i guess Demon was too much. I still talk to Demon she was gonna get married but now she's not. *shrug* i miss her character though! haha the spice she brought on made everyone so active =P
Tamra! haha yah she is a girl. Oh man she was one of my idols. Her balkary posts made puppy Tarkah hide and pee. Last I heard was she went to school to be a nurse, and i think she is one now, graduated and havent heard back from her.
I agree I really liked how the adoption area helped new members become a better roleplayer. I think it might be nice to have something like it come back.. but i dont remember.
ooooh i see. I still talk to him (Neit) too and he said he might come back. lol unlike everyone else we've mentioned he isn't married =P hope he wont mind but the cats out of the bag he's dating Shatocwnn lawl.
lol Thunder.... funny times
I remember Lunacyn and Crimson. was he like blood red? that was weird. Did you two end up together?
I think there were probably two plots that were the best out of all plot pack history. One with Kanis, Tamra and that wolf from the balkar who could tell the future? or speak with ghosts or something? What was his name?? Frecne and the Balkar had the BEST rivalry
another awesome one was when Tamra kidnapped Alaysia. is that her name? Something about Alysia being his pup and Ge rad had to "Rescue" her back.
OMG anyone remember Kenyi? *sigh*
yah i agree characters these days are trying so hard to be different. Some tragic crazy lengthed past...
With Tarkah i just made her. A pup from the north that is orphaned cause her pack was killed by balkar. Or something lol. No crazy revenge scheme.
what i really loved was how the newbies fit in. On the first day I joined one of the ge rad betas msned me and pmed me and welcomed me and helped me out on what to do and how to do it. That was Keechak lol! I love her, miss her too. But least i still talk to her. she's busy with school and dogs and life. Anyone else remember her?
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Post by Carcharoth on May 15, 2009 13:43:32 GMT -5
Haha, yeh I remember RPing with you - and when she died I think you were BT then, you came and said goodbye...d'aww so sad ;_;
Crimson wasn't red no, he was a white wolf with blind eyes...not sure why he was called Crimson mind. They were forever heralding their love for one another but in the end nothing really happened sadly...the two sisters technically died mateless. And yes that was it! Markaz! I kept getting Maverick in my head but I knew it wasn't him, that was Keechak's mann. Heheh, man I miss that couple - weren't they voted the cutest TS couple back when we had that random contest? Ha!
Kanis and Tamra were the shiz - I do love Tamra, I miss chatting to her...I hope life as a nurse is doing her well. And Kanis with his lass from Aussie...things have moved on so much since those days... There ain't no rivalry today I think that compares with the old ones; Kanis and Tamra; Demon and Leohlic...I know there were more but I can't think as some like the ol' Bila and Tarkah...or was that Tarkah and Fiory after Bila was killed in that battle between Koran and List? My memory seriously sucks...
And yes I remember that thread BT! Haha, totally forgot till you brought it up, that was muchos fun going out and toying with all the little puppies minds XD I need to get him going again...hopefully the Koran/Balkar plot might get going again and he can start making a name for himself.
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Post by epitaph on May 15, 2009 14:17:34 GMT -5
I remember and miss all these people. D: Even though I never got to RP or talk with half of them. Fantome (as Starling) was on a couple of days ago you know? I cannot believe she figured out I was BT so quickly. D: Wasn't Fantome the first pimp of TS? HAH! The tragic past! I always tried to avoid most of it. The most tragic I think I had was BT because she secretly killed her family because of how poorly they treated her. And from there BT was always paranoid and haunted by that. Man! That was an amazing one. And I guess Linnaea seeing as Challyface killed his own son and her brother because he looked just like Nocty. I uber enjoy Nocty, I know he/you're still here, but I always liked that character, even before I knew you. Oh! I remember once my BT went hunting with Demon when she was getting sick and close to dying! I had so much thread (course BT was getting to the point where I didn't suck at RPing as much anymore). PS.... I'm skipping class today!!
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Zwi
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Post by Zwi on May 15, 2009 15:39:40 GMT -5
I remember Kenyi! And I already said Keechak! XP She is also doing good! I read her DA journals and we comment back and forth and stuff! We don't really text any more though. =( thats kinda sad, it was always fun getting text from people. *nod* And whats this back-story of which you speak? When Zhentee joined he was just a pup that happened to be there for no real rhyme or reason. I don't even know how he got there, it was just POP! There he was chasing butterflies with Zeph. Zeph was always the outgoing one making friends, and Zhentee then attacked them all for they were stealing his friend from him XP He did that to both Shatocwnn and Larka, he was a little turd as a pup! But yeah, back story, he never got one until close to his death! XP poor thing.
Yeah, I don't remember that pups name either, but I do think Zhentee and Tamra fought over it at one point. Zhentee had much respect for Tamra after that, even if he was a real badie!
Oh, and the Ge-Rad Forest burning down... that was sad =( was Ge-Rad still the “puppy pack” at that point? I can't believe how many puppies we had in that pack that one time! It was like... Alfa's and maybe Keechak, Aztec, and Tarkah, and then a s*** ton of puppies!
I'm kinda sad that I never got to develop Turkish as much as I wanted to. I tried bringing him back a few times, but it never worked out. =( I guess I'm just not suited to play the badies.
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Post by epitaph on May 15, 2009 16:27:51 GMT -5
I know what you mean, I could never play evil either. Except when you're an insane villain it's a lot easier cause it's like... it's not their usual self it's almost like an entity within them. HAHA too many insane vargies poped up after Hyders though.
Speaking of Hyde. I kind of miss the times of when TS didn't have all these strangely colored wolves! No green, or orange, or purple, or pink, or blue. Most wolves were just black or white or black and white. There were a few brown wolves, and Renn was unique because of her golden one! It was so easy to blend in, and now there's so many wolves that stick out you gotta make a normal one to stand out from the crowd anymore (even though peole will play as the blue wolf is stranger than the brown one as opposed to the other way around). HAHA Tron. Nothing against him/her or anything... just I thought that Tron was the most outrageously colored one there was... and he came from the future. LOL It's just kind of... how do these things happen?
I don't really remember Kenyi. The name I recognize, but I don't think I followed her enough to see what the character was like. Was that the person who had the skiny wolf in the tree in her signature all the time?
I kind of hope Niet will come back. He was generally pretty active. Plus it would be fun to have another veteran wandering around here and remembering the good old days with us.
We should... pick two characters... and tell them to be rivals. We need another good rivalry. How about a stronger rivalry between the Balkar and Deor? Or is that already happening with the plot between Balkar and Koran that's coming up? I know it has something to do with Nocty and that would be anything to get Chalos' tail in a knot.
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Post by Ayame on May 15, 2009 16:40:03 GMT -5
Awwww this all makes me wish I could have been around during the times of the old TS Sounds like it was so much fun!
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Post by Zwi on May 15, 2009 16:50:48 GMT -5
Yeah, the colors! @__@ we practicably have rainbow wolves now! Zhentee was the strangest for the longest time, being splotched black and red/brown with green eyes. Now I have a golden one with the marking of a gazelle. XP I would say that Zwi could rial with some one, but she is too stupid/happy go lucky to do that sort of thing. Now that I think about it though, it's not so much that I sucked at being a badie, more so then no one wanted harm to come to nay of their characters, so there was no one to be bad to. (or maybe thats just my mind trying to defend me XD) Turkish and Carnage had the start of a rivalry but I had to quit before it really got going. =*( I could bring him back to be a bit of a rival for some one, he would make a good one. That or I could start the new character I was thinking of, but I probably shouldn't start a new character so close to moving. =/
uhg, moving... I'm going to feel so far away from people, just because I know no one will be in the same country as me anymore.
This is a more recent thing, but does any one remember when like... nearly every one had a wolf-dog hybrid here? I think Firefly started that, but I had just gotten back so I don't really know. Or maybe there weren't as many as I remember, they were just very active.
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Post by epitaph on May 15, 2009 16:59:12 GMT -5
Haha rainbows... yeah, I think Zhentee was actually the very first strangely colored wolf... and from there... we just got more, and more, and... well yeah. I even joined in with two of my characters - though Seirei wasn't nearly as horrid looking as Bure was. Freaking white black and orange wolf with teal eyes.... I liked my Seirei, white and red - kept it simple. Purple eyes. That was a fad too wasn't it? Purple eyes? And there was the green eye fad, and the red eyes... Hardly anyone with brown or yellow anymore.
Yeah, I remember that. Firefly and like... didn't Lydair have one? And then all of Firefly's kiddies were hybrids because she was their mummy...
I don't mind being bullied! xD Harm can come to as many of my characters as I feel like it. So long as they aren't killed off before I'm done with them I don't mind. I've been told that I'm a character sadist, though seeing as their my characters would that make it masochistic? That's a note to anyone who reads this - feel free to torture my characters, just, you know, warn me first or something so that I know what's going on and I'm not like. Why is this jerk jumping all over my character and trying to mutilate her? No thanks BBQ.
But... but... Japan! You're moving to Japan!!! I've always wanted to go there it seems like it's so pretty and high tech and amazing!!! I'm hoping that when I get a job as an animator I can maybe go there and help out in Japan.
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