At the crossroads? Options

[Shiidou Hikaru]

There isn't any point in ignoring the catastrophe that deleted 13 months of posts from our little community here. So instead of worrying about getting them back, I'd like to get everyone together to talk about what we should do next. For the most part, I believe that everyone looks to me as the leader here, but that doesn't mean that I own everything and that this forum is special to everyone else too. Please write down and post your thoughts about what happened. No idea or feeling is too small or without meaning. Above all else we need to stick together and the best way to do that would just to let out all of our feelings about this event and try to support each other. If there is anything that should be done to try to improve the feeling of peace and safety here I would like to hear any ideas that you might have.

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[Shiidou Hikaru]

So I think that I'll go first.



The MKR forum is something that I created mostly because I had difficulty finding a good place where I could discuss the Magic Knight Rayearth series with other fans like myself. At first I was the only one here and that lasted quite a while because the forum wasn't affiliated with any big sites. I don't believe in "spamvertising" either so it was slow to find anyone that would come here. After a while people did come though and slowly a warm and friendly society blossomed here and became one of the most pleasant and peaceful groups of people that I've ever known. So when the hackers came and ruined so much of it, I was just sick over it for the first day or so. The distressed avatar I have now really reflects how I felt at the time: sad, defeated, violated, failure, and a great deal of guilt because I felt responsible for what everyone had lost. Somehow I wasn't able to protect anything and I don't know if I've lost everyone's trust or not or if anyone still believes in me as a leader. v_v



I like would very much for things to not end here, not this way. Even if we have to start over from the beginning, I still want to keep going, whether we want to stay with Ezboard or not. Seeing all of the old topics popped up again constantly reminds me of what happened, so as soon as the restore efforts are finished, I'd like to archive all of the old stuff (except for the character forums) so that we can start over clean again. But those are just my thoughts ...

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Edited by: Shiidou Hikaru at: 6/4/05 3:37 pm

[Dr. Casey]

We haven't lost faith in anything, Hikaru-san. There wasn't anything anyone could do against the hacking. If we get a new forum (And honestly, I think it'd be interesting to move to an Invisionboard or something), we'll migrate over there and keep on being active. Don't worry about us thinking lower of you, though - the first night I came to this place, the main reason I decided to sign up is because I thought it had a really cool admin.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Wow, that's a very nice thing to say Casey-san. Thankies. *Hugs* ^_^ Switching to Invision would be a possibility. There is one that I set up for one of my friends here - Organized Randomness

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[Docs Fox]

Frankly speaking...I don't care where the board is as long as I can still converse with the people I've become friends with here. *huggle*

Hold me down.

Pin me to the ground.

So I won't run away.

Please, if you care,

Don't turn away.

Don't let me go.

Don't let me leave.

I love you...

[Shiidou Hikaru]

*Huggles* I would like to stay here myself for the time being, but even so, I'm starting to become really discouraged with Ezboard, so I guess that's why I feel like I'm at a crossroads right now. If we move, it would be better to do so after some thoughtful discussion instead of being a response to a crisis situation.

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[Yuki Fukurou]

I have to agree w/Docs-san. And like I said before, you did everything you could in your power to help. Well now it's our turn to do the same. The first time I came here was that it completely caught my attention & plus...I loved watching different anime series, especially MKR.



Second...considering that I've met so many here, & that I sometimes hang around here w/Shiro-kun...I've really been used to being here, all thanks to the others, & especially you, Hikaru-san.



Your positive attitude has been like an inspiration for me...so...I'm sure all of us will be able to figure this out...somehow. We just have to keep working on it & not giving up, ne? *pats her on the back* *huggles*.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

*Huggles back* Thank you so much Yuki-san. ^_^ It's true that we still have a place to hang out together. As long as the forum still works we can post and chat and share our feelings the way we always have. I'm sorry if I haven't been very cheerful or positive lately which is something that I should change because it can easily rub off on others. The last thing that I want to do is make everyone else sad too ... erm, I'll need to do something about that dreadfully sad avatar ...

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[Yuki Fukurou]

Dou itashimashite, Hikaru-san. Yokatta...that you understand. Let's just hope things turn out for the better. ^_^.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Well, I took care of the avatar, and now Hikaru looks cheerful again. ^_^ However, I brought some bad news from Ezboard that we're not going to get any more posts back. Tomorrow, I think that I may do some house cleaning and restart some of the game threads that have all been messed up. Also, I'd like to restart the rpg thread Yuki-san. ^_^

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[yuzuki chan17]

For whatever decisons are made, I told Hikaru-chan that I would just go with the flow ^-^ I'll still be here in the end =)



By the way Hikaru-chan, it's good to see your happy avatar ^.^

[CE Yume]

I'm glad you're alright, Hikaru-chan. ^_^ I was slightly worried when you told me what happened yesterday. But it's good to know everyone's feeling fine and moving on. =D

Plastic Flower

[Shiidou Hikaru]

*Huggles Yume-chan and Yuzuki-chan.* ^_^ The avatar was actually depressing for me to look at which wasn't helping any eh-heh ... ^_^;; It's good to see both of you will stay together with me too since you've been here the longest. *Huggles again* ^_^



Some of the old stuff in the games section and general discussion I'm going to send to the archives and start up new versions of the old topics. The "Who's online game" got up to over 5000 posts before it was messed up. Let's see if we can do it again. ^_^



On a side note, I believe that I still have all of the files that I need to set up an Invision Power Board forum. I'll set up another one for testing so that everyone can have a chance to play with it and maybe a few weeks/months from now we can revisit the board move subject again.

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[Yuki Fukurou]

Yokatta...that you're back to your happy self, Hikaru-san. Luckily for me...I still have the beginning part of my RPG. (thinks: Whew...at least I didn't delete that). Too bad that most of our posts are gone though. (thinks: Mou.)



By the way...your avatar is totemo kirei, Hikaru-san... & totemo kawaii as well. ^_^

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Awww, thankies Yuki-san. *Huggles* ^__^ That's wonderful if you still have your rpg setup saved someplace, we could start over again at any time, if we weren't too close to the end of the story. Or we could make up a new story but still use the same characters, either way would work. ^_^



BTW, mee likes your new new Kero-chan avatar too! *Huggles* Kero-chan.* ^_^

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[Yuki Fukurou]

^_^. Arigatou. I don't mind if we start anew, but I have to make a few quick changes on my 2 OC bios first & then I can cont. I can still play Lantis, ne?

[Yuki Fukurou]

And with that...meaning?

[Shiidou Hikaru]

I've thought about sending an e-mail to all of the members that have spent time with us. The automatic titles like "Mashin Master" do allow me to sort the member list by post count. So I was thinking about sending a message to those with 100 posts or more with a short explanation of what happened and ask them to please come and help us to rebuild our community. Maybe a few other things could be included if anyone has something to add?

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[Yuki Fukurou]

I have a little suggestion about the RPG board. For the whole choosing characters part...we should create another ver. for it. As for me...I might create a 2nd ver. considering that my 1st one is lost for good. But at least for the intro part...I have a back up.

[Shiidou Hikaru]

Hmm, all of the rpg's have been inactive for so long that it might be a good idea to wipe the slate clean and start over. Many of the players don't even come around amymore, so I could free up their characters for others to sign up. A lot of the threads a so old that the hackers might not even have touched them.

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