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.

Hikaru-chan's Magic Knight Rayearth Message Board Haruka | Dynasty Kingdom

[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 ...

Hikaru-chan's Magic Knight Rayearth Message Board Haruka | Dynasty Kingdom

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