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| Saying Goodbye to a Legacy | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 26 2013, 05:03 AM (529 Views) | |
| Alison Summers ♪ | Sep 26 2013, 05:03 AM Post #1 |
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All Hail the Crimson King
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Well folks this is probably one of the hardest things that I have ever done. We have all put so much work into the place but I think we have reached a point, due to the current lack of activity and level of interest that we can agree that it is time for things to come to an end here on Ocean of Stars. I think we can all admit that things have declined here over the past few years. I don’t think that there is any one thing we can blame for that. Role playing sites die, it’s a fact of life. That this site has been around for more than five years I think is a testament to just how great it really was during its time and it’s because of that great legacy that I don’t want to take away from all the good things. This being the case instead of focusing on how things ended up I want to focus on how things were and even though we are saying goodbye to Ocean of Stars I think we can all safely say that this is not the end for any of us. Ocean of Stars will stay with us in some ways long after this site is forgotten. So how do you say goodbye to something that has a history stretching back five years? How do you pay tribute to all the plots, all the fun and all of the blood, sweat and tears that have been poured into this place by so many different people? When something has become such a big part of your life what do you do when there is nothing left to do? These questions and others have haunted me while I have been working through my conflicting emotions today but even now I’m still not sure that I can answer them correctly. Can I do justice to all the memories that were made here over Ocean of Stars’ five year run? Probably not but we have come to a cross roads on this site and I think that I need to try because this place deserves that much at least. We’ve had some amazing times here, created some amazing characters and stories and done some amazing things. All of us. Everyone who has ever been a part of this site has been a part of a story stretching back to the beginning. No matter how long you stayed here and no matter how much you think you accomplished everyone who was a member has contributed to something incredible. Above everything else, no matter what your memories are of this place you have helped make Ocean of Stars into something special and I know that Kel and Middy join me in thanking each of you for that. Now I know it’s hard at times like this to look back on things and not feel a sense of sadness. Even now there are a lot of things are being left unfinished and a lot of stories are being left untold. I think a lot of us still have those stories in us and I think we still want to tell them, I know I do, but as I have already said we have all seen this coming and I for one want things to end here on a high note. Some may remember these words that were made into a song by The Byrds: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted, a time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up, a time to weep, and a time to laugh.” I think these words are applicable to Ocean of Stars as well and while its time may be passing away I don’t think we have to look back on the fun we had with sorrow. Look at everything we have done. Look at all the friends we have made. Remember the good times and I don’t think anyone will be able to say that it was all for nothing. How many of us got our first start in role playing here on this site? How many of us found friends who we still keep in contact with despite never having met them face to face? Look at all the creative talent that has been poured out in the thousands of threads, enough to fill novels. Taking all that into account I don’t see how anyone could look back on this place and see anything but how great Ocean of Stars really was. We have all been a part of something bigger than us and if we focus on the good memories I think this place will remain in our minds for years to come. In closing I would like to thank each and every one of you that I have had the pleasure of role playing with. We’ve had a lot of good experiences together and I know that I have personally loved my time here because of all of you. For those that have stuck it out until the end Kel and Middy join me in thanking you even more. You have been the reason that this site has continued as long as it has and the dedication you have shown is one of the things that makes this so hard. You all have left an impact on my life that I will not soon forget and while this may be the end for one great site I know that it is not the end for our many members both old and young. Those impacted by this site will go out, find new homes and take a little piece of Ocean of Stars with them no matter where they choose to go. It’s this simple fact that I choose to hold on to as I go forward from here because in the end after you take all the plots and characters out of the equation it our community was always our strongest point. Thank you all for sharing your lives and creativity. I hope it has been as wonderful for you as it has been for me. I love you all and wish the best for everyone in the future. Speaking on behalf of all the staff I encourage you all to keep in touch because as I said before the strength of our community is one of the biggest reasons Ocean of Stars has been as successful as it was. Thank you for being a big part of my life for the last three years and I hope we can all meet again somewhere down the road. Until then stay safe, have fun and enjoy many more years of role playing and writing. In sincerity, Beth aka: Alison Summers |
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| Kel94 ♪ | Sep 26 2013, 06:25 AM Post #2 |
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This looks like a job for....
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For some reason I never thought I'd see this day. I always imagined that this place was timeless, never going anywhere, I'd be sitting here writing up posts until the end of time. I guess that's not really happening now, now is it? But, even if I don't get to spend the rest of my life here, I still got enough memories to last me for the rest of my days. Ocean of Stars has been home to me. This past August marked my 4th year here on the site. And man, what a four years it has been. I've grown a lot, in terms of writing, emotionally, and mentally. Sure, yeah, I've had my incredible moments of random stupidity and just lack of common sense, but I think it's safe to say, I wouldn't be the person I am now without OoS affecting that. I remember barely able to sit through school, anticipating the moment I'd get home and hop online to see what everyone else was doing. The junior year of high school I got a smartphone, and well, the anticipation kinda died down, but I still spent countless hours on here just because. And it's because of this site, I've made some of the best friends a gal could ask for. I've helped co-write countless amazing stories I could never hope to replicate with any other person or group of people. I've learned to really create a character that people love, and my confidence in my writing ability has skyrocketed. I've seen the good times, and the bad times, and I wouldn't trade either of those in for the world. I just want to thank everyone in the community, the current one and any old-timers returning for their profile, for all the wonderful times, for all the dedication to the site, and for just helping to shape this site into what you knew it as. And I'd like to thank my co-admins, and all former admins for all their hard work they put into this site to make it an enjoyable experience for everyone else. Please try not to be too broken up over the site closing. Ocean of Stars isn't gone forever, a little bit of it is inside all of you. You are part of the OoS legacy, remember that. No matter where you go, or what you do, you were, once upon a time, a true Obsidianite, an Ocean go'er, a Star in this vast Ocean. And now, we release you back into the ocean of the role-play community. Our friends in the HM-RP community would be more than happy to have us, so if you're ever in the neighborhood in need of an old favorite, please don't be shy and come on in! Who knows, you might just see a familiar face. As for myself, I shall be sticking around the board here for a while and help anyone out with profiles/thread retrieval in case they need it. But I'll be around for a few weeks max, then after that...well, show's officially over (and I leave you all to the ugly brown thing in the basement, that thing's gotta come out of there eventually). So I'll probably see some of you then, if not well....Good luck out there on the railways, you guys! ♥ Raquel a.k.a Kel94 [align=center] Alright children, the lights are out and the party's over. It's time for me: Doctor D, to start running and say goodbye for a little while. And I know you're gonna miss me, so I'll leave you with this. You know that big ball of radiation we call the sun? Well it'll burst you into flames If you stay in one place too long. That is if the static don't get you first! So remember, even if you're dusted, you may be gone, but out here in the desert, your shadow lives on without you. This is Dr. Death Defying, Signing off. [/align] |
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[align=center] People say you've been talking, you got a big mouth. Saying words you know aren't true, what the hell are you talking about? So now we have a conundrum, and the problem is clearly you. This is the part where it gets ugly, and the solution getting rid of you. You'll never be safe in the shadows, I'll be waiting in the dark. With a shovel and a bag full of lime, and I'll say the devil made me do it. [/align] | |
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| Alma | Sep 30 2013, 07:50 PM Post #3 |
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That's the machine that goes 'PING!'
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My body is not ready for this. OF COURSE this comes to pass while I'm struggling with some weird flu-like virus that keeps me in bed and far away from the Internet, haha. Fantastic. Just fantastic. I've been here at OoS longer than any other site. It wasn't my first, and it most definitely won't be my last, but it has the majority of my fond memories. There are people here who I've met in person (my dear Ammy, she will never be forgotten, nor the fact that she elected to come to Nashville for a concert in the middle of one of our coldest Falls with only super tiny skirts and tank tops to her name, haha) and people here who I wouldn't have gotten through college if it hadn't been for their support (Sean, one day I'm going to track you down and pay you back, haha. I owe my degree to you). I met someone that I think of as one of my closest Internet friends here, if not beyond that, and I have a fierce loyalty and love and protectiveness for every single person here besides. I am a Hufflepuff, after all, haha. I learned a great deal about myself here, both in terms of maturity and growing up. And in terms of being a writer, actually. Compared to where I started before I came here, I excel now. I create great characters. I let them grow in a beautiful way. My writing is finer than ever. So I have that to thank OoS for as well. I don't know if anyone is reading this, or if anyone will...but I've picked up the mantle of Skype recently, and I'd be more than happy for anyone to add me as almadelcore. And if anyone is craving an RP still and happens to have a taste for Harry Potter, I'd love to see anyone at all come down and check out my other site, Follow The Butterflies. It's very small and intimate - only around six to ten active members with multiple characters each - set the year after Harry's wizarding war. I have eight characters, including Zacharias (if anyone remembers him from here. xD), and we're all very happy and cheerful and welcoming and spunky. We adore new members. c: We all know that OoS has been a strange beacon of hope with how we jumped on new members and loved on them and welcomed them with every fiber of our being, but FTB is astoundingly close to that level of love. Maybe I brought a little of it there, haha. <3 I hope I see you all again, even if it's only through Tumblr or Skype or Facebook. And if our paths shall cross on another site one day, it won't be a moment too soon. ~Amy, aka Alma |
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