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Nostalgia is an interesting word. "A sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations." Now it may not seem that interesting to you, but I think it is. I'm thankful for the fact that there is a word that stands for all those feelings I get when I think of things before. That way I don't have to say I don't know how to explain how I'm feeling. Nostalgia.
Age of War has gone through a few changes in its period of existence. Now, if you're like me you've lived through each of those periods and probably have fond memories of each of them. Starting with ProBoards and the first generation, there are things I remember fondly. The Shoutbox Flooded! thread. A place where people count build up incredible amounts of posts and ninja each other without being frowned upon. So many jokes and random/awkward things going on in that place. The Riddles thread, where we could test each other's intellect with small riddles that were interesting and eventful. Not to mention making certain users feel less than smart because they couldn't solve simple things. Zelda Nuts, introducing the site to Xats and Falc's programming abilities. Not to mention I got to be an admin on that site.
The Zetaboards site. A second home for our lovely community and RP. Holding a party for our RP Characters and watching Rose slap a certain someone. Rescuing Rose, and then Rescuing Rose again. Gerrard betraying their kin and going dark side because he is evil. Our infamous store where everyone could jump in and sell stuff whenever. I especially remember MidS selling a lot of, well, interesting consumable items. It was fun seeing everyone being able to contribute to something that everyone had access to. Of course I should mention Xats, a chat that for a long time held all of our exciting and awkward and, more often than not, pervy chats. The origin of so many things almost everyone in our site family appreciated and love, and after a while became a tradition and trademark, like CapitalDColonitis which allowed us to show our emotions in a fun way that didn't always mean being sad. Not to mention talking without worrying about how much it was and the others commenting every now and then with things that made you laugh.
Of course there are a lot more memories I'm fond of from the past, but these are the ones off the top of my head.
So I made this thread so you could tell us what you most liked about the old sites. What made them special for you? What memories still make you laugh? What do you miss about them? Anything you can think of. This is a place where you can all say anything you want about the old sites, even mention some of the bad things but try to keep it good. Maybe a bad thing that made it good? It's up to you. Be sure to comment on what others say. Maybe you share memories with someone that you would some day want to recreate? Just think about anything you can.
"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible." -George Santayana
Age of War has gone through a few changes in its period of existence. Now, if you're like me you've lived through each of those periods and probably have fond memories of each of them. Starting with ProBoards and the first generation, there are things I remember fondly. The Shoutbox Flooded! thread. A place where people count build up incredible amounts of posts and ninja each other without being frowned upon. So many jokes and random/awkward things going on in that place. The Riddles thread, where we could test each other's intellect with small riddles that were interesting and eventful. Not to mention making certain users feel less than smart because they couldn't solve simple things. Zelda Nuts, introducing the site to Xats and Falc's programming abilities. Not to mention I got to be an admin on that site.
The Zetaboards site. A second home for our lovely community and RP. Holding a party for our RP Characters and watching Rose slap a certain someone. Rescuing Rose, and then Rescuing Rose again. Gerrard betraying their kin and going dark side because he is evil. Our infamous store where everyone could jump in and sell stuff whenever. I especially remember MidS selling a lot of, well, interesting consumable items. It was fun seeing everyone being able to contribute to something that everyone had access to. Of course I should mention Xats, a chat that for a long time held all of our exciting and awkward and, more often than not, pervy chats. The origin of so many things almost everyone in our site family appreciated and love, and after a while became a tradition and trademark, like CapitalDColonitis which allowed us to show our emotions in a fun way that didn't always mean being sad. Not to mention talking without worrying about how much it was and the others commenting every now and then with things that made you laugh.
Of course there are a lot more memories I'm fond of from the past, but these are the ones off the top of my head.
So I made this thread so you could tell us what you most liked about the old sites. What made them special for you? What memories still make you laugh? What do you miss about them? Anything you can think of. This is a place where you can all say anything you want about the old sites, even mention some of the bad things but try to keep it good. Maybe a bad thing that made it good? It's up to you. Be sure to comment on what others say. Maybe you share memories with someone that you would some day want to recreate? Just think about anything you can.
"We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible." -George Santayana
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