Well, may as well introduce myself, I suppose, since this is where the bulk of my time is going to be spent. 🙂
Name: Jamie Elise
Nick Name(s): Elly, Elise, etc.
Age: 15
Sex: Female
Location: Aberdeen
Likes: Music, in general. Horror, action, comedy are my movie choices. Otherwise, feel free to ask. 🙂
Dislikes: I'm not sure, nothing comes to mind immediately.
Looks: Well, not sure I can post a pic, since I literally just joined, but I can say that I'm about 5'5", very athletic build. Got blonde hair, blue eyes... Other than that, again, not sure what to put.
Ladies and gents, after an unprecedented absence, I am back. Sorry I kinda disappeared on you guys for... Several years. I've been going through an incredibly rough patch in my life, and have only just sorted it out in the slightest. But let this post mark my return, and may it be known that iKinneas is back in the UHRP to stay!!!
EDIT: Welcome aboard, Elly. 🙂
WARNING: Incoming rant... But I'd request everyone ignore the fact I'm posting a lot of random crap and just this once, hear me out before you jump over this. If you're still unsatisfied, all I've cost you is a few minutes of your day, and I sincerely apologize.
All joking aside, let's get this started:
Alright, everybody, so here are my thoughts on the current state of the UHRP, as well as other random thoughts that may occur:
1. This place is teeming with potential. It really is. I've talked with some of the people here quite a bit over the last week or two that I've been back, and I can tell you guys are good. Both in RPing and creativity. But that's redundant to say, aside from me telling you all that it's positive praise, and not to look at me and go "Damnit, Kin... We know we're good. That's why we're on KM-effin'-C's UHRP, and not in some random, bass-ackwards RP site in the middle of some back alley of the internet." You guys... I've been to other RP forums... I've played with many, and I'm here to tell you this: KMC is the elite. You guys are top of the line, high end, Grade A+++... Whatever cliche I have to use to get the point across. This is the place to be, if you wanna RP. (Oh shi-- I feel a new UHRP catch phrase coming on...)
2. With the exception of only a couple of longstanding RP's that I actually recognized (well, they're sequels at this point, but I recall the originals vividly. Love being able to say that, it makes KMC feel like home again.) this place is hurting for some new content. Again, we're all teeming with talent, so I know we can get some new stuff up. Part of this problem is the fact that there's not enough of us here to partake in every different kind of RP that is live. Which is sad, considering there was a point when I remember having to go to page 3 or 4 of the UHRP to find an RP I had posted in only a few days beforehand... And it would have a good 5-10 posts minimum on top of mine. We need new members, who are going to be dedicated. Send word to your friends and family who have overactive imaginations and love to have fun. Let's get numbers back up!! (See incoming rant somewhere down to the bottom of the post, I'm sure I'll go on and on before it's over with and won't even realize it until this post is finished and published to the page.)
3. This isn't about the current state of the UHRP, but I feel that it needs said, and it is a thought I've had, so... Deal with it. 😛 I remember once upon a time being pretty tight with quite a few of you who are still here... As well as many who have left over the years, for whatever their reasoning was. And I remember back toward the end of my time here (before the recent resurgence I'm trying to make) being rather short-tempered with everyone. Not a few... Everyone. I snapped easily, I ignored people for weeks on end who I still to this day consider to be friends... There toward the end, I became, for lack of better terminology, more than just a bit of an ass. To any of you who this applies to, which I count as everyone, because I feel, personally (whether it's true or not) that I may have directly/indirectly contributed to the overall death of the UHRP... I am terribly sorry. If there was a way to travel time, I'd go back and beat the ever-loving p!ss out of my younger self for the way I was back then. Morale was already getting low in the UHRP, and I recall there being a split at one point, a group wanting to leave and start another board... And then some of them coming back... I remember a miniature Civil War of sorts amongst members. I don't ever want to see KMC in that state again. And I'm sorry for whatever role my personal actions may have caused in that, if any. I'm sure, on some level, they did... I feel that they did. That's the proper way to put it. Guilty conscience, I suppose.
4. Again, a thought, not about the UHRP's state itself, but just in general. I know a lot of people (not saying any of you here, but people as a generalization) have issues in their day-to-day life. Sometimes even with one another. I'm not saying anyone ever is required to do this, nor would I ever impose that upon them, but:
If ever any of you, and I extend this as an open invitation to any member of the UHRP, from oldheads like the lot of us that are currently here all the way out to anyone who may join in the far-off distant future... If ever any of you need someone to talk to, not necessarily to divulge your everyday problems and deep dark secrets to, as I know that might be an uncomfortable sort of thing... But I want all of you to know that I'm always up at weird hours of the night. You can tell when I'm up and not by looking at some of my posts on here just since I've been back. Or by simply asking anyone in the .hack//RE:Boot. I'm always open for discussion, even if it's just that you're bored and want to shoot the proverbial sh!t with someone at 3 am because you can't sleep. Hit me up, if you want. I don't care to sit back and BS with you guys. Learning about the other members of the UHRP is what makes this such an amazing experience.
I won't judge. I won't turn around and tell your life story to anyone else on the page. If I get told something in confidence, then by the Nine, it stays in confidence.
5. Going back to what I said about getting to know one another making the experience... I want to rephrase that. It's not a part of it... It is the experience. Writing in an RP is a way to have fun with one another. But if we know one another, we can learn to better interact with one another, to better play off of one another's strengths and weaknesses in RPs whether it be for a teamup against an NPC boss encounter, or simply a 1-on-1 PvP fight in the RP for story advancement... It works for conversations in-game, as well. I know this is all basic knowledge, I just feel the need to say it for some reason.
6. Most of you know, and those who don't are going to learn quickly... I left KMC because I had a lot of personal drama going on, for lack of better explanation. KMC had always been my escape, my "Cyber-Family" so to speak. And when all the drama of that prior mentioned incident occurred, I was done. I hung up my RP belt, I threw away my passwords, I deleted every single trace of KMC from my computer, and I swore I'd never be back.
Well, I was wrong. Sometimes the bonds of friends are too much to stay away from, and that's when you know you've got keepers. Those of you here who don't know this: I consider each and every one of you a friend. We may never have spoken, aside from RP interaction while we were IC, but I consider each of you a friend.
And it pains me to see the UHRP... No... To see KMC in the state it's in. I remember the Golden Age. And I want to see this site back the way it was in the good old days. I want to see members bursting in at the seams just to be a part of the next big RP their cousin's best friend's mom's ex-boyfriend's nephew's brother-in-law's dog told them about that was just so f*cking awesome by description alone that they wanted to come see what all the hype was about.
7. (aka the point I'm trying to get across in some long-winded, roundabout fashion...) I'm dedicated to getting this place back up and running. I want it back up to par, and I want to see things like they were... And I want to keep them that way.
Oldheads? Get ahold of your friends that used to be on here, if you're comfortable trying to get them back. New kids? Get out there and tell your friends, family, everyone about this place! Let's get out there and rebuild KMC the way it used to be!
8. And above all, guys? Remember... Just get out there and have fun. Because that's what it's all about. Even if something happens where the handful of us are all that's left? At least we can keep it alive and somewhat running. And that's better than nothing by a long-shot.
Now then, I'm done ranting. It's all out in the open for you all. Take it or leave it, say what you will. I just wanted to use this thread, since it's for us all to hang out in and BS, anyway, to express a few things that have been on my mind ever since I came back.
Well, Riku, Okami, Donovan, Shadow or all the other names I remember, you certainly put into words what I've been too lazy to post over the years. Well said, old friend. I distinctly remember that small and extremely unsuccessful "Civil War" myself. 😂 A few people tried to get me to leave with them as well. I still consider that some of our best times as strange as that may sound because almost all came back
I'm friends with a couple of "retired" RPers on the Facebook. I know life happens and we're all busy with being adults for the most part but I'll ask them to check it out.