This is a story about me, "An Old Geezer". This will tell the story of how I got into RPing in the first place, what happened after, the events that occured, and how I am here now. This is not mean't to be a discussion forum, but rather a way to vent my inner thoughts and turmoil, and a way to give people a semi-decent read while doing so. As I put more of my story down, you may begin to recognise who I am, though I will never truly reveal who I am. That is up for the readers to ponder and decipher for themselves. If you have gotten this far and have become interested in this forum, I thank you, now... let's begin...
Chapter 1 : The Beginning
A long time ago, I The Old Geezer, was looking for a website, to chat and have fun on, as my dsi and 3ds games were getting quite repetitive. That is when, on one faithful night, I had found Plaza. I remember looking at the chatrooms thinking to myself, "I wonder how many friends I'll be able to get on here...", but then... I saw something... peculiar, near the bottom of the list... a chatroom labeled... "The RP Room" ...
So, out of curiousity sparked from playing many rpgs in my time, I clicked into it. There were nearly forty people in there... happily RPing with no restrictions nor any godmodders to be seen... I thought to myself... "What are they doing? Telling stories?" After what seemed like 30 minutes of just lurking and watching, the mysterious term "RP" was beginning to make sense, as I concluded that this "passtime" was interacting with each other via played characters and making a story with other people... I was pretty much right.
After watching and reading for what seemed like an hour, I thought, "Why not try to take part in this since I know what to do?". So, I asked a random person, they asked for info, and at that time I had already been thinking of a certain cloaked wanderer to play as. I gave them "His" info via chat, since I had not known nor gotten into the trend of putting character info on profiles. They let me join. And it was time to post since a character was trying to interact with mine. I quickly defaulted to a asterisk = quotation marks kind of typing, and for it's time, it was actually decent. This was the beginning of a great age of my life.
Chapter 2 : Advancement
Having been RPing for a while now, I had now gotten up to par with some of the more active RPers on the site, quickly learning about how it's better to have your character's info on your profile. But, that day, was an important day in my RPing career, for that day marked the beginning of a few friendships that would last a long time, some even to this day. That day, I joined an RP with people who had characters that gone by the names, Crisis, Son of Death, Emi, The hybrid with multiple personalities, and Ash, The Phantom. That day marked the start of continuous RP after continuous RP. Looking back on it, I have never, to this day, ever had such a consistent and cooperative RP group such as them, yes, there were some who could match them by a bit, but never as good as the original three mentioned above.
Chapter 3 : The Golden Age of Plaza
About a few months later, we each had gotten to know each other as friends. Crisis and Ash had always gotten a sort of "rivalry" plotline between them, and (unfortunatley) Emi had to constantly "be saved" from necromancers, kidnappers, sorcerers, you name it. And me... well. I was the guy with the Great Big Sword who would try to keep them from killing each other. (and most of the time I was also the GM for the RP, often at that time being recognised as a "good RPer" for my narrations, descriptions, and plots for RPs. no, I am not making that up, someone actually said in the chat "Draken's a good RPer!") As well, as that we had encountered a new friend, Dream The Wolf Deity... Robot... Thing... (i'm sorry, my mind's a little rusty) who would always try to protect Emi from danger. Gotta admit, those were pretty good plot points back then. But then... out of nowhere... Emi just... vanished, without a trace. (mind you, she actually came back to plaza later in life, but only for like 3 days... it saddens me thinking about it) "Crisis", "Ash", and "Dream" also knew nothing about where she had gone, but life kept going, and so did our RPs. Though, those RPs never quite felt the same without the lass... Thus... that was the beginning of Turmoil.
Chapter 4 : The Dawn of Turmoil
After a few months, the Moderation system of plaza changed, rather than the Admins hand pick the mods like they usually do, they changed it to where the mods of higher ranking can Mod anyone they please, as they see fit. ("as they see fit" defined : their friends) Albeit, it didn't impact us at the time because nothing really changed. But, there was another... greater evil that came to plaza soon after... That evil shall not be named by it's true name, but rather, we'll just call it the Sepulchre for now...
It was like any other day. Until what seemed like a noob joined the RP chat. We tried teaching it the ways of plaza. (Plaza's special RP type : Dialogue. *action, narration*) But, it just laughed at us. We stopped and just tried to ignore it from then on. Until. It "sparred" with another RPer. This was no ordinary "spar". The Sepulchre would incorporate "logic" into RPs so much so that no matter what, the other RPer's post would almost always be somehow "Invalid". It was like you had to be perfect in every single detail of movement and action, that if you forgot one single thing, Sepulchre would count it as Invalid. Obviously, no one would go through the trouble just to do that since it would also incorporate "logic" so much as to where you couldn't even understand what's going on. That's not the worst of it though. Sepulchre would also claim the defeated RP character (he would always win the fight) permanently dead, and constantly bug you about it until they gave in or left plaza entirely. That's STILL not the worst of it though. The absolute worst is that he would randomly hijack people's RPs and "kill" their characters, and the mods would do nothing about it because it wasn't a offense, though, most of them didn't even care to dwell in the RP room in the first place. You could imagine how that would go down couldn't you? (But, that's not the main reason I'm typing this down. The reason I'm typing this in such detail is that the same Sepulchre is also on here, but thankfully, Kim is a good Admin and actually knows what she's doing. That also goes to the rest of the Admins and Mods on the site.)
Chapter 5 : Two to Three Months Later
Two to Three Months Later, EVERYTHING went downhill. We're talking Mods who don't do their job, as well as ones who ban people for no reason at all, Sepulchre going around forcing people to leave the site, and all this other nonsense. Thankfully, my good friend "White" had been sticking by my side while all these events were occuring, especially since Crisis got banned by a rogue Mod, and Ash vanished due to The Sepulchre. It was a dark time indeed, where to such at times I wouldn't even go on at all. That's when I started looking for another RP site. I was looking into Chatzy (or whatever you call it) but was discouraged since it wasn't mobile nor 3ds compatible. I looked into various forum based RP websites, but ultimately got burned out after looking at the various forum RPs going on. After about a month of searching, I heard someone talking about how they stored their RP characters on a mystical place called... The RP Repository. So, I sneakily gone to their profile and clicked the link. I was at their character's profile soon after, and out of pure instinct, I clicked the RPR button at the top of the page and was brought to the main menu. You obviously know what happened from there.
Chapter 6 : Time heals all Wounds
After RPing with some fellows on the Repository for a good while, I vanished off of plaza for quite a while, seeing as how it's gone so downhill. For quite some time I did all my main RPing on here, I gotta admit, the people on here are some fine folk, but... nothing can ever compare to the good old trio, as well as plaza in it's golden age. I then began to grow a lust for nostalgia, and then upon instinct one day I clicked the link to plaza. I was then flushed with emotions and memories of all my friends I had left behind for that long amount of time, it shocked me as to how I could ever do such a thing, "They must be worried sick about me!" I thought to myself. So, I hopped back onto the RP chatroom to see good old white lurking there as always, we caught up for a bit and then RPed, and thus that began my nightly cycle of checking the plaza rooms for a few brief seconds to see if any of my old friends were on before hopping onto here. But... little did I know by doing that... I would be the catalyst for the vengeance of all those the Sepulchre drove out of plaza...
Chapter 7 : Dawn has Risen
So... one day... out of pure boredom, I decided to go on my 3ds and do my nightly routine. But, when I was looking in the user list, I was awestruck. One of the admins of the site was in the RP room, talking about how he could make it better. So, I whispered to him the situation about the Sepulchre, and fortunately, he actually listened. In the next few hours, there was some bright red text over the RP rooms (they made two recently). Text, that talked about a new rule being added to the chatrooms. About RP hijacking. Now, you may think, "But how does that help?" well, The Sepulchre could only drive people out via RP Hijacking. And since hijacking was now a bannable offense, as well as character jacking and the like... well, let's just say he tries to keep to himself nowadays when mods are around... heheheh. To think... that I, a person who waited and waited, for my lost friends to show up again in which they never did... only to have that small little chance... that ended a plague which haunted plaza for about two years... and to get vengeance for all those the Sepulchre has drove out by severely limiting it's abilities... it feels redeeming. You will probably never know how it feels to finally pull a thorn out of your side/everyone's sides that's been there for that long, and then be able to throw it away without a care in the world... I don't care if you believe this part of the story or not, but I will always remember the day I did that... freeing the RP rooms... from a horrible tyrant such as Sepulchre.
Chapter 8 : The here and Now
That was the last noteworthy event that happened... even though plaza is overan with godmodders and noobs, I will never forget the wonderful times I had there. I doubt any RP on here that I will ever be in can match the serene times I had on plaza's golden age... when I think about it for a long time, I occasionally shed a tear, knowing that something such as the imaginative and wonderful RPs on there will probably never happen ever again... Well, if you read this far, I am flipping proud of you. Thank you for reading my story about the history of me, I know I didn't include all the details, but I did include all of the necessary parts. Kim, the rest of the admins and mods, I thank you also for keeping such a place like this, this great. I know I will probably never encounter an RP such as those of plaza's golden age on here, but, i'll just have to make do with the friendly folk on here... and one last thing...
If... any of my old friends see this... please know... i'm sorry for anything I've ever done to you guys... I just want to see you guys again... It's been so long since you guys vanished... please... if you see this... try to message me... here are some other hints, as to who I may be...
: Exodias, White Pear, The Corruption/Darkened.
Chapter 1 : The Beginning
A long time ago, I The Old Geezer, was looking for a website, to chat and have fun on, as my dsi and 3ds games were getting quite repetitive. That is when, on one faithful night, I had found Plaza. I remember looking at the chatrooms thinking to myself, "I wonder how many friends I'll be able to get on here...", but then... I saw something... peculiar, near the bottom of the list... a chatroom labeled... "The RP Room" ...
So, out of curiousity sparked from playing many rpgs in my time, I clicked into it. There were nearly forty people in there... happily RPing with no restrictions nor any godmodders to be seen... I thought to myself... "What are they doing? Telling stories?" After what seemed like 30 minutes of just lurking and watching, the mysterious term "RP" was beginning to make sense, as I concluded that this "passtime" was interacting with each other via played characters and making a story with other people... I was pretty much right.
After watching and reading for what seemed like an hour, I thought, "Why not try to take part in this since I know what to do?". So, I asked a random person, they asked for info, and at that time I had already been thinking of a certain cloaked wanderer to play as. I gave them "His" info via chat, since I had not known nor gotten into the trend of putting character info on profiles. They let me join. And it was time to post since a character was trying to interact with mine. I quickly defaulted to a asterisk = quotation marks kind of typing, and for it's time, it was actually decent. This was the beginning of a great age of my life.
Chapter 2 : Advancement
Having been RPing for a while now, I had now gotten up to par with some of the more active RPers on the site, quickly learning about how it's better to have your character's info on your profile. But, that day, was an important day in my RPing career, for that day marked the beginning of a few friendships that would last a long time, some even to this day. That day, I joined an RP with people who had characters that gone by the names, Crisis, Son of Death, Emi, The hybrid with multiple personalities, and Ash, The Phantom. That day marked the start of continuous RP after continuous RP. Looking back on it, I have never, to this day, ever had such a consistent and cooperative RP group such as them, yes, there were some who could match them by a bit, but never as good as the original three mentioned above.
Chapter 3 : The Golden Age of Plaza
About a few months later, we each had gotten to know each other as friends. Crisis and Ash had always gotten a sort of "rivalry" plotline between them, and (unfortunatley) Emi had to constantly "be saved" from necromancers, kidnappers, sorcerers, you name it. And me... well. I was the guy with the Great Big Sword who would try to keep them from killing each other. (and most of the time I was also the GM for the RP, often at that time being recognised as a "good RPer" for my narrations, descriptions, and plots for RPs. no, I am not making that up, someone actually said in the chat "Draken's a good RPer!") As well, as that we had encountered a new friend, Dream The Wolf Deity... Robot... Thing... (i'm sorry, my mind's a little rusty) who would always try to protect Emi from danger. Gotta admit, those were pretty good plot points back then. But then... out of nowhere... Emi just... vanished, without a trace. (mind you, she actually came back to plaza later in life, but only for like 3 days... it saddens me thinking about it) "Crisis", "Ash", and "Dream" also knew nothing about where she had gone, but life kept going, and so did our RPs. Though, those RPs never quite felt the same without the lass... Thus... that was the beginning of Turmoil.
Chapter 4 : The Dawn of Turmoil
After a few months, the Moderation system of plaza changed, rather than the Admins hand pick the mods like they usually do, they changed it to where the mods of higher ranking can Mod anyone they please, as they see fit. ("as they see fit" defined : their friends) Albeit, it didn't impact us at the time because nothing really changed. But, there was another... greater evil that came to plaza soon after... That evil shall not be named by it's true name, but rather, we'll just call it the Sepulchre for now...
It was like any other day. Until what seemed like a noob joined the RP chat. We tried teaching it the ways of plaza. (Plaza's special RP type : Dialogue. *action, narration*) But, it just laughed at us. We stopped and just tried to ignore it from then on. Until. It "sparred" with another RPer. This was no ordinary "spar". The Sepulchre would incorporate "logic" into RPs so much so that no matter what, the other RPer's post would almost always be somehow "Invalid". It was like you had to be perfect in every single detail of movement and action, that if you forgot one single thing, Sepulchre would count it as Invalid. Obviously, no one would go through the trouble just to do that since it would also incorporate "logic" so much as to where you couldn't even understand what's going on. That's not the worst of it though. Sepulchre would also claim the defeated RP character (he would always win the fight) permanently dead, and constantly bug you about it until they gave in or left plaza entirely. That's STILL not the worst of it though. The absolute worst is that he would randomly hijack people's RPs and "kill" their characters, and the mods would do nothing about it because it wasn't a offense, though, most of them didn't even care to dwell in the RP room in the first place. You could imagine how that would go down couldn't you? (But, that's not the main reason I'm typing this down. The reason I'm typing this in such detail is that the same Sepulchre is also on here, but thankfully, Kim is a good Admin and actually knows what she's doing. That also goes to the rest of the Admins and Mods on the site.)
Chapter 5 : Two to Three Months Later
Two to Three Months Later, EVERYTHING went downhill. We're talking Mods who don't do their job, as well as ones who ban people for no reason at all, Sepulchre going around forcing people to leave the site, and all this other nonsense. Thankfully, my good friend "White" had been sticking by my side while all these events were occuring, especially since Crisis got banned by a rogue Mod, and Ash vanished due to The Sepulchre. It was a dark time indeed, where to such at times I wouldn't even go on at all. That's when I started looking for another RP site. I was looking into Chatzy (or whatever you call it) but was discouraged since it wasn't mobile nor 3ds compatible. I looked into various forum based RP websites, but ultimately got burned out after looking at the various forum RPs going on. After about a month of searching, I heard someone talking about how they stored their RP characters on a mystical place called... The RP Repository. So, I sneakily gone to their profile and clicked the link. I was at their character's profile soon after, and out of pure instinct, I clicked the RPR button at the top of the page and was brought to the main menu. You obviously know what happened from there.
Chapter 6 : Time heals all Wounds
After RPing with some fellows on the Repository for a good while, I vanished off of plaza for quite a while, seeing as how it's gone so downhill. For quite some time I did all my main RPing on here, I gotta admit, the people on here are some fine folk, but... nothing can ever compare to the good old trio, as well as plaza in it's golden age. I then began to grow a lust for nostalgia, and then upon instinct one day I clicked the link to plaza. I was then flushed with emotions and memories of all my friends I had left behind for that long amount of time, it shocked me as to how I could ever do such a thing, "They must be worried sick about me!" I thought to myself. So, I hopped back onto the RP chatroom to see good old white lurking there as always, we caught up for a bit and then RPed, and thus that began my nightly cycle of checking the plaza rooms for a few brief seconds to see if any of my old friends were on before hopping onto here. But... little did I know by doing that... I would be the catalyst for the vengeance of all those the Sepulchre drove out of plaza...
Chapter 7 : Dawn has Risen
So... one day... out of pure boredom, I decided to go on my 3ds and do my nightly routine. But, when I was looking in the user list, I was awestruck. One of the admins of the site was in the RP room, talking about how he could make it better. So, I whispered to him the situation about the Sepulchre, and fortunately, he actually listened. In the next few hours, there was some bright red text over the RP rooms (they made two recently). Text, that talked about a new rule being added to the chatrooms. About RP hijacking. Now, you may think, "But how does that help?" well, The Sepulchre could only drive people out via RP Hijacking. And since hijacking was now a bannable offense, as well as character jacking and the like... well, let's just say he tries to keep to himself nowadays when mods are around... heheheh. To think... that I, a person who waited and waited, for my lost friends to show up again in which they never did... only to have that small little chance... that ended a plague which haunted plaza for about two years... and to get vengeance for all those the Sepulchre has drove out by severely limiting it's abilities... it feels redeeming. You will probably never know how it feels to finally pull a thorn out of your side/everyone's sides that's been there for that long, and then be able to throw it away without a care in the world... I don't care if you believe this part of the story or not, but I will always remember the day I did that... freeing the RP rooms... from a horrible tyrant such as Sepulchre.
Chapter 8 : The here and Now
That was the last noteworthy event that happened... even though plaza is overan with godmodders and noobs, I will never forget the wonderful times I had there. I doubt any RP on here that I will ever be in can match the serene times I had on plaza's golden age... when I think about it for a long time, I occasionally shed a tear, knowing that something such as the imaginative and wonderful RPs on there will probably never happen ever again... Well, if you read this far, I am flipping proud of you. Thank you for reading my story about the history of me, I know I didn't include all the details, but I did include all of the necessary parts. Kim, the rest of the admins and mods, I thank you also for keeping such a place like this, this great. I know I will probably never encounter an RP such as those of plaza's golden age on here, but, i'll just have to make do with the friendly folk on here... and one last thing...
If... any of my old friends see this... please know... i'm sorry for anything I've ever done to you guys... I just want to see you guys again... It's been so long since you guys vanished... please... if you see this... try to message me... here are some other hints, as to who I may be...
: Exodias, White Pear, The Corruption/Darkened.
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