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Post by ♥Picasso on Jul 19, 2011 20:43:10 GMT
 Happy Birthday, CR!
It's hard to believe that it's nearly been a year in Conflicting Rivals. Sometimes I think it was just a few weeks ago that Tachi and I were nervously biting our nails, waiting for our first member of the site and hoping it would be a hit. Other times, I feel like the site has been going for years and it's weird to think that we're only on its first birthday. I still can't believe I've made it. This was the first site I've ever made, and it's been as successful as this! <3
It's still three days before we get to CR's official birthday. The site opened on the evening of the 22nd of July. I decided to open up this thread now, however, as I couldn't wait it gives you time to prepare FOR ONE EPIC B-DAY.
Now I'm gonna start wittering on about CR in a year. We've had our ups and downs, of course. I've fallen in love with this site several times, I've also had some major arguments with this site, but we always come back together in the end <3 It's not always easy to run a site, and I've always had my trusty staff to help me along.
Firstly, I'd like to thank Tachi for helping me with the site right at the beginning. She gave me ideas (and she is still giving me ideas! Not even a few hours ago she was feeding my plot ideas), she's made me laugh and she was a great Co-admin to have. I love you, Tachiii <333
Secondly, I'd like to thank the two staff members who have stuck with me throughout: Smiff and Fate. You two are amazing! I'm surprised you haven't pissed off and gotten bored with CR XDD Thank you for sticking with me and the site <33 Everyone appreciates it.
Then there's Mudbug, Aero and Doll. You three have also been a huge help to CR. I've often needed you guys when I haven't felt like being an admin for a few days. I know Doll is no longer a mod, however she was a great one when she was <3 THANK YOU GUYS ;DDDD
But CR wouldn't be anywhere without the members. I don't think I could thank you guys enough for being there, keeping active and roleplaying. You may have joined last July when the site just opened, or only yesterday, but I love you all. You guys make CR. Without you guys, there wouldn't be CR.
So after a ridiculous amount of thanking, I'm going to tell you what this thread is all about. I want you guys to tell me what your best and worst parts of CR were. What made you laugh the most? What have you enjoyed? What pissed you off? I want to know what your experience of CR has been in a year.
So guys, this is Picasso signing off <3
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Post by trau on Jul 20, 2011 23:32:31 GMT
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Oh, CR. I know I only re-joined just today and I've missed a lot, but even when I was here that long time ago, I had a blast. I made a lot of friends and a couple (haha) rivals, and the plots I got to watch and take part in were pretty insane. Now, as for my best and worst points in CR... Well, no one should be surprised by my worst.
THE WORST PART. The worst part was when I stormed off of CR after whining like a baby goat about how I didn't get chosen to be staff after only having applied for the position twice. I behaved extremely childishly and it ended up losing me a lot of the trust and friendship that I had on here for it. I said and did things that no one deserved and, naturally, I regret it. I'm proud of myself for apologizing to everyone (because apologizing is hard for me to do) and I'm happy that I earned everyone's forgiveness. THE BEST PART. Oh, geez... Picking a best part is something along the lines of impossible. I suppose that in order to have any best part at all, I'd have to have joined in the first place - which I did. So I guess I'd have to say that my best part was joining this site in the first place. I really don't remember how I found it, but I'm glad I did.
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Post by MudBug on Jul 21, 2011 1:27:35 GMT
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Anyhow, I'll try and keep it simple!
The awesome!
Well, joining and trying RPing for the first time was AMAZING. I had alot of fun diving into the world of it all, more than I ever thought I would. I really enjoyed playing Braker, actually, my crazy Saint Bernard. That's some of my fondest memories, so far. 'cause I'm a creep.  I won member of the month, among other victories for my charries/relationships, which was such a high! And, of course, I had the honor of getting made Global Mod, which has just been awesome so far! Oh and the plot whoring, can't forget the plot whoring.
The not..so..awesome.
Well, hmm, this is gonna be hard to think of...
It's always been hard when people left. There have been a few that had to go, and plots just ended. That's always sad. I myself just returned from a long hiatus, which I actually regret more than I thought I would. Missed you guys, and my charries, and my plots. </3
That's about all I can think of that hasn't been a blast. Oh, and that time Photobucket blew up on us and everything went all uglypants. That sucked. Yeah.
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Post by Hunter on Jul 21, 2011 16:40:49 GMT
Okay, I’ll start with the bad thing which I think is the hardest part:
What I remember as a downer on CR was sometime in the beginning when a lot of the posting tables suddenly were gone and also the time Mudbug mentioned where photobucket messed with us xD Don’t even remember whether it was at the same time? Whatever, now you know :b
And then to the good stuff:
A little like Pic said; all the wonderful members of CR! (: I think there’s a nice atmosphere here – we both have fun IC in our little Hexasol and OOC in the c-box. People are nice toward each other and we have fun together, that’s the great thing about CR ^^
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Post by ♥Picasso on Jul 21, 2011 18:03:33 GMT
I guess I haven't mentioned my best and worst times yet, so I guess I'll go ahead ^^
The best;
Gotta admit, there's so much to choose from. I loved the excitement of getting new members and making new friends. I also loved the crazy amounts of plots I got my characters into. And of course I loved our tinychat times with us making fools out of ourselves <33 I've made some really great friends on this site and hopefully they will continue being my friends for a very long time ^^
The worst;
As I've said before, I've had a lot of bad times. After Christmas my muse was on an all time low and I could barely type out a decent reply. Even now I can barely roleplay D8 Other than muse, as the others have mentioned, when photobucket completely fucked up and got rid of most stuff on the site was so annoying. Not to mention when my computer blew up and deleted all my posting tables, all my graphics, everything. DD8
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Post by Jay on Jul 22, 2011 15:18:42 GMT
CR, you have been one of the best things in my life all year. I joined way back in... August, not long after this place opened. I don't remember how I found this place, but I loved the friendly people here and always will. I have been a constant lurker and always enjoyed just sitting and watching the C-box convorsations, even participating(even if it was to try to get the hyperactive members calmer(lookin at you Pic)) it was always fun and funny. I stuck to this place like glue, only vanishing for two reasons: 1. trips to DC to see my sister and 2. Being grounded(and sometimes not even then XD) and lurking in silence to read. To be perfectly honest, if this site ever died or lost all activity, I'd probably cry, I love this place to much, and would just keep RPing just to get people to come back. The Worst I'd have to say the worst thing is having people that I like and really want to stay, just vanishing and poofing from existance, like Dingo-Dile and some others. Even when some came back, it still wasn't fun to know that some of them just wouldn't return. The Best I have to pick just 1 thing?! Well I refuse. I love everythign here, from the friendly people and Pic teaching me how to make manips and tables, Mud helping me with all kinds of stuff and everyone dealing with my ramblings or my sometimes weird moments. I love RPing and all the random characters I've made and plotted with, all the totally weird ideas(KUNG FU KITTIES!) I've taken part in, or help set up(Wonderland is still a WIP though) and even the totally random RPs(Braker getting turned purple by my twins was to funny). No matter what, I love this place and never want to leave. |
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Post by smudge on Jul 22, 2011 15:29:50 GMT
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Like Jay said, it was sad to see members leave. At some points my muse disappeared down the drain as well, which sucked D; The photobucket glitch was pretty annoying as well, but I used flickr at the time anyways so it didn't affect me too much.
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Role playing on this site was the best...especially with our group of awesome members! I remember within the first day I joined many people openly wanted to plot with me, which was a nice feeling. Everyone is so friendly :]
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Post by {Mactíre} on Jul 26, 2011 11:13:47 GMT
Oh boy. This is going to be hard, but I'll try anyway.
;;;The Good;;;;
Well, just about everything! I love all the staff (I really include Tachi, too, in this) for their sense of humour humour, gentle encouragement, AWESOME subplotting, and amazing coding. I love you guys to bits! Of course, I love all of my fellow commoners. Your personal plots are awesome, your C-Box hilarity(s) are. . . FRICKIN' HILARIOUS. I'm not metioning any names. I love you all. Without you, ever member, staff and commoner, (I'm calling us that, okay? xD), and I mean EVERY SINGLE DIFFERENT PERSON, CR would not be half as great as it is today (NO, RLY?!) I'm so glad I found this site and it exists, 'cause it's practially my dream RP, and always will be. There's no dogs without cats for them to hate, and vice verca. Come September, I will bid my first year here goodbye! ;;;The Bad;;; Well. The times when CR's been inactive lately. The time when something happened to Rikki. . . And the fact that I didn't find CR THE DAY IT OPENED. -Smacks self- And people leaving. And I'm gonna stop now because you can see this is a lot shorter that the last bit and I want it to stay that way. ;;;The Ugly;;;
The PhotoBucket crisis. How DARE they do that? Plus, the time before I got Firefox, when I used IE. Scrolly posting tables looked as if they were coded wrongly. . . Need I say more? Not really. Also that time when the link to that Dr. Who image was posted in the C-Box, and we curious, innocent, young people clicked. . . And our innocence was never the same again. x.x THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, CR! <3
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Post by fate on Jul 28, 2011 0:32:50 GMT
the great ;;;
Well, my wonderful friends. We all know how Fate just loves, to love. So I'm going to tell you everything I love about CR. What I would call the great things, the best times, the amazing people, and anything else. I joined as soon as Picasso sent me a link to this place, and I am super happy I did. So many good times; including all the wars or battles we've had. I love how all our characters switched into warrior mode and go all ninja on everyone. One thing that is best about CR is everyone here; you guys make CR it's easy to say. You make it awesome, along with our awesome Admin Picasso. Another great thing that I love about CR or, well, not about but I just love... is Florence. We've all seen her move from cruel to being a mother; though she'll always be cruel...I just find it so cute. Plus, lets not forget the people who started out in the posting table tutorial and are now making graphics for everyone else. I find that great, that this site has tutorials and things that just overall helped me improve. I know some of this isn't actually what's best about CR but there is just so many amazing things I could name...and I had to find time to make this paragraph out. The support this site offers, like when I was down and posted that thread; you guys helped me so freakin' much. You just don't understand <33. Of course, I can't forget the tinychat conversations we've had. Which I must say, had me in my room as soon as the people I loved to talk to usually got on. So much fun, so awesome. Overall, I can't choose one thing and never will be able to. But I can say, this site is the greatest thing ever. Wew! 'cept pandas and penguins. But I'm Fate, don't take it personally <3333.
the bad ;;;
Who thought of this? This bad part? Well, obviously I wasn't apart of it because I would say...WHAT BAD PART? There is nothing I can really think of that has really been bad about CR. Everyone has mentioned losing members and I will agree with that. It's always sad when someone goes because you never know if they're going to return. Though one bad part that has been through my mind all summer,is the fact that I was afraid I would have to resign from staff and leave CR. Not because of anyone here but because of life, school, and parents. But I promise, unless I'm demanded by the President; Fate's not going anywhere. Also I miss all the couples, characters, and plots that have just had me glued to the screen... that have either passed or died down. It's always sad to see a couple go or a wonderful character pass, or when a plot dies down. BUT THAT'S A SAD PART! Again; WHAT BAD PART? <33
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Post by flit on Jul 28, 2011 23:44:50 GMT
Okay, I really haven't been here that long, but I'd like to add to this. :3
The Awesome
Ever since I joined, I've been so excited to be a part of this site. The threads keep you glued to the screen. It's full of amazing people and plots, not to mention the randomness that might ensue whenever I take my eyes off the c-box. It's alright to be weird here and act like it which I'm really grateful for. Also, the whole plot... I'm very very thankful for being allowed to be a part of it. Ditto for being a part of this amazing community. You guys rock! <3
The Bad
I really don't have any bad experiences here. Thankfully I missed the photobucket crisis. XD The only bad thing I've had is threads I am a part of not being replied to for a couple of months... Haha, that's kind of my fault as well for not being here for a couple of months to encourage those who are part of them. Sorry guys for that... But I'm back for sure!
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I won member of the month, among other victories for my charries/relationships, which was such a high! And, of course, I had the honor of getting made Global Mod, which has just been awesome so far! Oh and the plot whoring, can't forget the plot whoring.
