About the game
The eternal battle between the forces of light and dark continues to rage on.
The Light King went on a journey of spiritual discovery, his reasons unknown. In doing so he left his lands vulnerable to the attacks of the Darkness. The Lands of Light, have now been conquered by the dark. With any Light horses being forced out, or living as slaves to the Dark legions.
The Saligia; the gods that protect the world have made themselves known. Speaking through the vessel they allow mortals to speak with them to hear their judgement.
But with the return of the Light King heralds new hope for the forces of light. Will they suceed? Or will they fall?
I have A.D.D. and magic markers.... oh the thrills I will have...
Joined: Nov 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 28 Karma: 0
For Those of You Who Can't Seem to Let Go... « Thread Started on Sept 13, 2009, 9:10pm »
... You're on here for the first time in eons. The Emerald Cascades that we've all known and loved has died. And it's up to the only one's who have an emotional attachment to this little game, to keep it up. Yeah, a ton of us have grown out of it. I wont lie, we have. We don't want to admit the fact that we play role- playing games in our free time. Fine, fine- it's all fine. But do show some others the website that at one time we all cared greatly for. The website that we would check every few hours to see if a stallion had "claimed" us, or our mare had finally given birth. Or maybe we were just getting on to talk to others on the chat box- whatever it was, we all came on the site at least once a week.
From personal experience, I used to be obsessed with this game. I had virtually no life other than riding and pretending to be a horse. Yeah, those were the good old days. Getting in trouble for being on the computer way to long because I was trying to draw out a few sentences to make my character look tough. Or trying my hardest to be claimed, posting everywhere and anywhere to get attention. I brought friends to the game, and we all played with one another. But within a month, things turned to chaos.
New members joined, and others faded. Admins tried to do everything in their power to keep it alive, and those of us that were too in love with the game could never let go of hope for what gave us such delight- and gave us the chance to be, in our own minds, anything we wanted to be. It let us express the other sides of us that no one ever saw... and now we poke and prod the dead thing to try to wake it up? Have we lost all hope?
No, not many people will read this. No, I don't expect anyone to care about what I'm saying. All I know is that at one point this website was a second home- a shelter, if you will for me. I'm not going to let it lay vacant and gone. I'm staying here. I'll create new characters and post with myself if I have to (although, I really don't want to). We need to keep her alive people, whether we want to role play or not. This is a website where even more horse- hopefuls should be able to come to, without the worry of it being destroyed or dying on them. I care about EC. It's never going to be a lost cause in my eyes.
We need to RP with what we have. Screw trying to be bigger and better. Invite your friends. Invite your siblings. Invite that crazy girl at the barn that jumps 4 foot on a 14 hand pony. I know I will. Anything to keep the tradition going. But I wont always be here. I have school, I have work, and I have my horse to take care of. I don't always have time for it. But I will invite people who do. People who will love EC as much as I did when I had the time.
Joined: Aug 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 164 Karma: 0
Re: For Those of You Who Can't Seem to Let Go... « Reply #2 on Oct 15, 2009, 1:21pm »
It's been a year since this site has gotten attention; I promise I never forgot about the board at all. It isn't a board, really... like Black said, I know a lot of us considered the EC to be a home. And a lot of us fought for it since the beginning, when Thowra and Stygian were around, then to when Rogue and Shadow Knight became the admins, and finally when we moved to this lovely board to start a-new. I'm still as thankful as ever that Rogue was kind enough to allow me to work on this site, and to help build it up.
I don't want to admit that the board was dead, so I'll just say it was put on hold right before it was ready to open. I know that advertising was difficult for me, because I couldn't put up affiliate banners in the menu, because the site had a bug. I'm still trying to fix that. As for the Saligia, it was Rogue's idea, and I can't say I know the direction in which she wanted it to go, so I couldn't help her finish it. Not that the game really needs the Saligia; we got on just fine years before when it was only light against dark (and you had to battle in that stupid arena where a Mod had to judge your fight, and sometimes you didn't get a mod for weeks and then you stopped caring about fighting).
But the point of this message is, I'm doing my best to resurrect this site, because I know some of you are still loyal, and I wouldn't want to let you down. Even if you all have permanently moved on, I still have to give thanks for your enthusiasm and dedication. Especially to Black, and the rest of you who did your part, like Mini and Surreal, Rune... Because we've lost Teagan and Trigun, we're going to need some new 'Katanas', although I can't promote you guys unless we hunt down Rogue. So the hunt is on.
Enough rambling on my part; I just wanted to let you guys know that I'll do my best to ressurect this site, to debug it and fix those annoying codes at the top-- some of which refuse to work--, and then to advertise on every medium possible to get it active again. And I know a lot of you will support and help as much as you can, which I can't express how much I would appreciate that.
Re: For Those of You Who Can't Seem to Let Go... « Reply #3 on Dec 10, 2009, 9:38pm »
<3 I still come every few months, hoping to see some life. EC was the first horse roleplay I ever joined. It was the first large community that I ever found acceptance in, and the first community I've ever felt like people truly cared about me. I would love nothing more than to find it come to life again, even if it's not as grand as it once was. This place has changed a lot, there's been a lot of drama, but... I like the idea of getting back to the basics. There are a lot of Dark vs. Light rps out there now, but, you know what? I don't care. No place will ever be like EC, or have these same people.
On the off chance this place truly does come alive again, would we ever consider moving it again? Trying to up-keep it with so little control seems hard. Just something to consider, is all I'm saying.
Farria, do you have Rogue's MSN? I recall her getting online... some time this year. I'm also still willing to help out with whatever you need done, I believe you have my MSN, right?
Joined: Aug 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 164 Karma: 0
Re: For Those of You Who Can't Seem to Let Go... « Reply #4 on Dec 17, 2009, 2:06pm »
I don't think I have anyone's MSN anymore-- I can't remember the old SN I used, so I can't log on and talk to all the people I had from the new and old EC.
But I'm usually around, these are my most common contacts: AIM: Faarfaar YIM: kermit_yess MSN: faar.faar
Feel free to add me as you like, I'll probably be looking for some help around the site, and with contacting Rogue to set things up again.
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Re: For Those of You Who Can't Seem to Let Go... « Reply #5 on Dec 23, 2009, 7:06pm »
It seems that everyone else has made the speach that very much tells my own view/feelings. So I wont repeat that what has already been said. I feel somewhat awkward not repeating it, but they are an exact copy of my own views. over the past year it has been pretty hectic with school and my own horses, as well as trying to keep up some sort of a social life that it has been pretty hard to find any energy or muse to Rp, although i did try on other sites but the atmosphere or therefore lack of is just not the same. I miss EC and the people who make it the great place that it is. Long live EC =] My msn is the same as it has always been, and I will contribute in anyway necessary in order to bring life back to EC!! Hehe like Rune I check in every few months to see if anything is occuring =] and will do so a lot more frequently now just to harrass everyone =] hehe.