Crystal M. V. Rosepaw
Loyal Dibbun
Even if I am inactive, if you need to contact me, messaging me will send me an email! :)
Posts: 439
Main: Crystal Rosepaw
Alt 1: Rikian Zarooah
Alt 2: Kaede Dawnshadow
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Post by Crystal M. V. Rosepaw on Jul 27, 2020 10:47:47 GMT -5
So Zeke and I were talking (I'm approachable, I promise!) and it's made me come to the realization of just... How elderly I am, by DAB standards. I mean, DAB is 21 years old, and I've been around through 15 of those. The fact that I only missed 6 years of DAB is crazy to me; the first iteration came out when I was 4 years old! I know I'm not the eldest around (hello Legolas and Fluffbelle!) but as a friend described to me when telling them about it 'you're like the old village mystic!'
In that discussion, I was looking through the DAB page on the Redwall Wiki and was somewhat disappointed on how little fleshed out the actual activity of DAB was. The page mentions forum migrations and Ringleader changes, but mentions very few actual DAB happenings (mostly just the two versions of DAB Idol, really). Because of the forum migrations, it makes reminiscing a little difficult; I can't just look up the Old Things.
I've spent plenty of time recounting stories to Zeke (mostly about mt own misadventures, I'll be honest!), and I want to know everyone else's DAB Memories! I want to hear about specific threads, prominent other dibbuns you remember, major changes, your own misadventures, the activities come and gone.
Humor an old little ball of floof and spin me a tale of DAB gone by!
(who knows, maybe I'll live up to Ottie referring to me as 'DAB's Librarian' and actually try to add some things to the Wiki)
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Post by Burfle, Brookfill & Madrigal on Jul 29, 2020 14:27:15 GMT -5
Yeah, the Redwall wiki certainly takes a very bare bones approach. Then again, it'd be difficult to narrow everything down to fit into a wiki page really. What I've found myself when looking back is that I think of different "eras" of dibbuns present. Especially when thinking back to the old dorm days of Clever Clan. From what I remember when I joined it was just me and Gruckford actually posting in the CC dorm, or it seemed like it anyway. When I was dorm leader of CC I remember Isaiah, and a few others too (I don't want to go name by name because I always feel like I'm forgetting someone and I'm not sure who.) Man, that almost feels like it was an eon ago. I also remember my first foray into a sea patrol quest with Sunset as leader. I remember being nervous as to who I should post an interaction with, because I felt a little like I didn't want to trouble anyone with having to work with me, which is an odd thing for something as collaborative as RP. It's funny, because when I think about it, some of the "higher up" members almost had a strange sense of celebrity about them to me. Now of course I know that I am the most important and everyone else are simply my underlings. Also, crafting Burfle's rivalry with Riverstream was interesting, especially since it gave me a good character connection to play off of (Hi Riv!). If it's going to annoy her then Burfle will probably do it. Maybe I'll post again with a proper good list of memorable things when I sort out the jumble of recollections in my mind.
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Post by Dunshee. on May 29, 2021 9:23:38 GMT -5
The only problem with spinning a tale of the DAB of bygone days is that I can’t remember those bygone days very well anymore! I joined DAB…I want to say 18 years ago? So 2003? Give or take a year, anyway. I was 13 I think. I had found the site a year or two earlier, but it was mostly dead at that point as it had no active leader. But by the time I found my way back Tangle had taken over and the community was thriving. But 18 years is a long time and I am struggling to remember very much. I’ve spent some time trawling through the Wayback Machine and nostalgically staring at the page captures there, but that prompts formless feelings rather than specific memories. DAB used to use Voyforums, but I can’t find any captures from my time. I also can’t find a capture of the original Proboards that we switched to. Ah well. I guess from my early days, I mostly remember my love for DAB. I became a wee bit obsessed and soon had earned more CCs than anyone else. When I ‘retired’ I even got an award from Tangle that was put up next to my name. At one point I was also in charge of 8? activities/tasks. Eventually I slowed down, of course. But I really enjoyed the feeling of being part of the fabric of the community while it lasted. In hindsight I was only active on DAB for probably under 3 years, but it felt like a long time at the time. The main thing I’ve taken away from my time on DAB, though, are friends. Actual real life friends. This pic (assuming it linked properly) is from one of the page captures from 2004 or something. Three people there in particular – and a few more not pictured – are people I still have Facebook and are in touch with. Not, like, all the time. Okay, in fact, I don’t remember the last time I’ve necessarily chatted with any of them. But they’re there, we’re connected, and I know I could reach out at any time and we could re-connect. From the pic, Laurelina, Shadowfang, and Cadenzie are among those friends. (Cyprus too, but I don’t think I ever added her on FB or anywhere else. Maybe she didn’t have one. So that’s one I’ve fallen out of touch with.) Along with a few other oldtimers like Vinxliyar, Constolly, and Punkablood, we spent hours chatting on AIM during and then still after our DAB heydays. (Side note: Lauren and Nutty, from the picture, were sort of part of the same friendship circle, but less active; I think Laurelina still has them on FB though? But I don’t.) Those were some of the most fun moments of my teen years. We had silly, stupid, fun chats every week, as well as serious ones and sad ones and everything in between. Without going into specifics, there were multiple moments that transcended ‘internet friendship’ and moved deep into ‘serious real life stuff’. I met Cadenzie in real life once, too. No one else yet, but there’s time. Psychologically, teenage years are formative experiences for everyone, of course. But I definitely can count a few things about myself as coming out of my friendships that I started on DAB, shaping aspects of me from my sense of humour to how I treat others. Probably the most conscious example for me is how I view things like political and religious differences. I got into a *lot* of arguments on DAB about those topics; being a teenage boy, I figured I knew everything, of course. There was one particular spat with another member over religion which was on the verge of turning nasty, and one of this person’s friends, the aforementioned Shadowfang, reached out to me and befriended me. She didn’t even try to, like, bridge the gap between me and her friend/my debate rival – she just chatted with me about whatever came up, including religion. Shady and I had completely opposite beliefs yet became really close friends. It was eye-opening for me, and I’ve literally never gotten into an argument about religion since. Anyway. As happens in life, it’s easy to fall out of touch even with really good friends. I’ve not spoken to a bunch of these people in years. But I know the friendships still exist. A few years ago one of them randomly reached out to me despite this gap in conversation. Something had happened in her life that we used to talk about and she was distraught and remembered how we used to support each other. It was an instant reconnection like old times. And then we went on about our lives again and haven’t talked since. But I know I could do the same to her any time I want or need to. This…became long and rambly and probably not particularly interesting for anyone other than me. But it was fun to reminisce. To me, DAB was a place that fostered relationships. As a shy teenager trying to figure the world out, it became home for a few years. And even after I grew up and moved on, I took some very close friendships with me. And that’s just…that’s really cool. I wish I had thought to reach out to Tangle and thank her whilst I still could. But I’m sure she understood more or less the impact she had on so many people, especially young people.
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Post by LordTBT on Dec 29, 2021 1:26:54 GMT -5
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Jasmine
Busy Dibbun
Jasmine's UBERX Driving! (and also recently promoted to Abbess~ thanks Celebes! XD)
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Main: Jasmine Fieldmouse
Alt 1: Frost Wildcat
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Post by Jasmine on Jan 3, 2022 22:34:58 GMT -5
Wow this thread brings back a lot of memories! Time for a little bit of my own sappy ramble post... DAB did have a few "eras", although imho I've seen them from the pov of what platform DAB was using at the time haha. I joined in 2005, on the old purple proboards, and recall being personally welcomed by Tangle. There were also voy forums. One of my first writings was with the Dibbuns vs. Ma Mellus. Can't remember much else of the plot though haha. There was briefly a fantasy board where sometimes we could rp things outside of Redwall. There was a fun time travel thread where all our characters were from different eras, from ancient Rome to mid-1900s. but anyways, I digress. I remember the biographies voy page, that was a lot of fun to read through back in the day, other stories others would create about their dibbuns. Some were really really sad, some cute and sweet. I forgot if I posted anything about Jasmine, something about her being from Noonvale. It's so long ago, wow! And the old DAB geocities site was great. Still vaguely recall the MIDI music melody. And on another page there was some MIDI instrumental to backstreet boy's "everybody" but instead there were lyrics for "every dibbun", "because DAB's back, all right!" (aaa nostalgia) And there was some really great artwork by "Thistle: The Strawberry Queen". I never met her, and was sad I joined shortly after she left, but I was a huge fan of her art. And then sometime I think in 2007 we moved to Zetaboards, and closed the purple proboards and voy forums. I think that was my most active years as leader of Giggling Gang. I recall leading everyone on some group activity mystery to solve, and even came up with all these riddles. I wish I could reread them, but vividly remember having a lot of fun coming up with them, and checking every day to read if others could figure them out. 2008 was I think my last year before life grew too busy, and my interests started shifting. As for the dorms... I believe I started in Giggling Gang, became deputy(?) and leader of Giggling Gang, then leader of Slippery Sneaks. Somewhere around then I also briefly joined Dastardly Dibbuns, or I'd just hang out because most of my friends were part of that dorm. (I think one of their character's surname was Highlander?) Then I remember something about Active Array and Clever Clan, but the memories sort of fade out there. I fondly also remember good friends like Alea, Ranlawe, Springald, Midnight, Aqua... and there was Tilly, Lauren, to name a few... I wish I could recall more, too many names I forgot. There were also the pillow fights sparring thing? I think I only participated in one of those (and lost, ha). And candied chestnuts were fun too. I recall creating some cc store to earn candied chestnuts, and was so proud from one writing with Midnight earned us both an amazing 75(!!!) candied chestnuts. (Although now I forget what they were even used for.) And then somewhere after there was the move back to proboards. and here we are now, an old-aged dibbun elder passing by and here to share a story to anyone who'll listen. This place has some very fond happy memories. DAB was always such a positive fun place and with some of the nicest people on the internet, and will always have a special place in my heart.
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