Testimonials~
Jul 27, 2013 15:12:10 GMT -6
Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2013 15:12:10 GMT -6
I don't know how many of you remember back on Easter where I made the Appreciation thread and we talked about how much we love(d) and appreciate the members that we've met and befriended. This time around I want to do something a little different (but not much).
This time we are talking about the site as a whole. I'd like to get input from people who've been here forever (like Silv, Zin, Sam, myself, Bry, Kenni, Aly, Elena, Mordo et cetera) as well as people who were newer recruits (Empathy, Deus, Gaunt, Noelle (the newest member), et cetera). There are two things I'd like to hear but you can do whatever you'd want to do. The first is how you joined and who recruited you and the second is how welcome you felt, how much the site has changed, things of that nature.
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I joined shortly after the forum was created way back in August. One night I was on Neopets and it was 3 in the morning and I was looking for some roleplays, especially Teen Titans. I didn't expect to find any since it was so late and the series had lost popularity years ago, but lo and behold I found one. The problem was, the board had 100 or so posts and so I figured it'd be near impossible to get accepted in and even more impossible to catch up with what was going on. Nevertheless, I uncharacteristically decided to take a chance, because I REALLY wanted to roleplay Teen Titans. Sam was the first one who talked to me, saying that she liked my signature which was lyrics from Relient K (due to an awesome AMV I watched about Terra), but everyone greeted me, even though they knew each other and not me.
Kenni told Silv to explain the plot to me when I asked but Sam gave me a great briefing and they accepted a list intro. I was able to roleplay with them and some OC Titans in a drive-in theater. It was fun but rarely do I ever see the same people on Neo more than once, except the crashers. Later though, I got a neomail from Aly with a link to the petpage that housed an image with the link to this forum. I had to decline because I had been in trouble in the past and normally I would have forgotten all about the forum and moved on. But for some reason I asked my mom if I could join and three days later I got her to say yes. Immediately after that, I made an account, an app, and started talking in the cbox. Everyone in the cbox told me to join one of the few threads they had, which was Hit The Streets. I was terrible at writing and Sapphire was obsessed with Beast Boy but all of them were really happy to have me and kept posting back for me.
For a long time, I was afraid to post plot ideas and I wouldn't even post a thread because I was the newbie. I didn't think they'd want to roleplay with me, and were just being polite. I asked before I posted anything, art or any reply, or to recruit on Neo to make sure it was okay. I always said "I didn't have the authority" to do that. One day Kenni told me that anyone who is a member of this forum has the authority to make a plot, or a roleplay or share art. I felt so welcomed here and I stayed, threading with the smaller roster and getting to know everyone here, especially Sam because she played Beast Boy. Renee didn't like me much, fearing I'd replace her but we worked it out and we became close as well. Eventually I began making boards to try and recruit other members. It was//is nice to welcome new members the way the original members welcomed me.
I still feel welcome to this day and I've made such great friends here. There have been some issues, and members have fought each other and me but we always got through it and we really are a family. I have to shout out to Zin here because she always gave me advice and helped out with my little projects and so did Silv (plus after she became Admin, I keep tossing work on her xP) and they still do.
To potential new members: joining us means becoming part of a family. We're fun, we help each other and the cbox is always open and if you need advice you can PM any member. This site has made me a better writer and is a huge part of my life. I love this place and you should too <3
This time we are talking about the site as a whole. I'd like to get input from people who've been here forever (like Silv, Zin, Sam, myself, Bry, Kenni, Aly, Elena, Mordo et cetera) as well as people who were newer recruits (Empathy, Deus, Gaunt, Noelle (the newest member), et cetera). There are two things I'd like to hear but you can do whatever you'd want to do. The first is how you joined and who recruited you and the second is how welcome you felt, how much the site has changed, things of that nature.
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I joined shortly after the forum was created way back in August. One night I was on Neopets and it was 3 in the morning and I was looking for some roleplays, especially Teen Titans. I didn't expect to find any since it was so late and the series had lost popularity years ago, but lo and behold I found one. The problem was, the board had 100 or so posts and so I figured it'd be near impossible to get accepted in and even more impossible to catch up with what was going on. Nevertheless, I uncharacteristically decided to take a chance, because I REALLY wanted to roleplay Teen Titans. Sam was the first one who talked to me, saying that she liked my signature which was lyrics from Relient K (due to an awesome AMV I watched about Terra), but everyone greeted me, even though they knew each other and not me.
Kenni told Silv to explain the plot to me when I asked but Sam gave me a great briefing and they accepted a list intro. I was able to roleplay with them and some OC Titans in a drive-in theater. It was fun but rarely do I ever see the same people on Neo more than once, except the crashers. Later though, I got a neomail from Aly with a link to the petpage that housed an image with the link to this forum. I had to decline because I had been in trouble in the past and normally I would have forgotten all about the forum and moved on. But for some reason I asked my mom if I could join and three days later I got her to say yes. Immediately after that, I made an account, an app, and started talking in the cbox. Everyone in the cbox told me to join one of the few threads they had, which was Hit The Streets. I was terrible at writing and Sapphire was obsessed with Beast Boy but all of them were really happy to have me and kept posting back for me.
For a long time, I was afraid to post plot ideas and I wouldn't even post a thread because I was the newbie. I didn't think they'd want to roleplay with me, and were just being polite. I asked before I posted anything, art or any reply, or to recruit on Neo to make sure it was okay. I always said "I didn't have the authority" to do that. One day Kenni told me that anyone who is a member of this forum has the authority to make a plot, or a roleplay or share art. I felt so welcomed here and I stayed, threading with the smaller roster and getting to know everyone here, especially Sam because she played Beast Boy. Renee didn't like me much, fearing I'd replace her but we worked it out and we became close as well. Eventually I began making boards to try and recruit other members. It was//is nice to welcome new members the way the original members welcomed me.
I still feel welcome to this day and I've made such great friends here. There have been some issues, and members have fought each other and me but we always got through it and we really are a family. I have to shout out to Zin here because she always gave me advice and helped out with my little projects and so did Silv (plus after she became Admin, I keep tossing work on her xP) and they still do.
To potential new members: joining us means becoming part of a family. We're fun, we help each other and the cbox is always open and if you need advice you can PM any member. This site has made me a better writer and is a huge part of my life. I love this place and you should too <3