I'm interested in how some of you came about. While I've been a Pavilionite for quite some time, my inactivity in some episodes of my life caused me to miss things here and there and that includes new members. While this may help me a bit on my side project with RPG Maker, it isn't just about that, I'd really like to know more about you all if you are willing to share your story (and take it somewhat but not too seriously, I suppose). So I'll start by telling about how I came around here and what few memories I have of the place and maybe if others feel like telling me about themselves, I may learn something about them, for once. Or don't. 
I originally lurked the RPG Maker Pavilion in late 2000-early 2001. RPG Maker was a present for my birthday, so I looked up the site and I was skeptical of how the community was, originally. The (then) EZboard community was a bit hectic compared to what it is today, but I was still getting around the learning curve of RPG Maker. So I would occasionally glance over at the Tips & Tricks forum where Intro1 and a few others would post tricks and general advice. There I sort-of found a new "hobby-within-a-hobby," I suppose, because I was amazed by what creative things one could do with it at the time. So I just focused on discorvering new tricks and loopholes, it was half of what made the game maker so much fun to me.
However as far in the crazy community that was, I wasn't sure about joining yet. What originally set me off about the Pavilion, impression-wise, was something that I never understood then and coincidently (apparently) was something what made Ryner famous here: "The E-Mail from Squaresoft" prank. I can't remember how, but after some time passed I asked another pavilionite (by e-mail, I think) about the site. She (at least, I'm assuming she) was called Vampasia at the old Pavilion and was actually inactive at the time from then on, from what I can remember.
Vampasia gave her honest thoughts of the site, and also told me about the RPG Maker Garden having a more "laid-back" atmosphere. So I joined and posted there for a while as Kaerul. There I also posted my original "Fleshing Out A Game" thread, which now to me is like what the Star Wars: Holiday Special is to George Lucas. Anyway...
I don't quite remember but according to my oldest account I "officially" joined the Pavilion as an official poster at December 4th, 2001...a bit to the annoyance of Ryner and I seem to remember not being on Marlwolf's or Valk's good side originally either because I would argue about silly things somewhat often. Even more so, I would criticize how the staff did things in a passive-aggressive, sarcastic stance. I had annoying and snippy comments or threads that occasionally would get the topic locked from time to time, too. So I mostly stuck with the Tips & Tricks area after a while and went back to posting tips, oddly enough I was actually nice to people there.
I see some irony to this, as I was skeptical of joining a circle of people I thought were jerks when many times I acted like one once I did. And I seem to like the people that I didn't like originally. But I do apologize for all that, for what it is worth, by the way. Although, I don't ever remember being banned, though, so I guess I wasn't that bad...or active, either.
The only real "big events" that I remember being there for (at the moment) was Blitz's Departure (vaguely) and the RPGM2k Attack. As chaotic as the attack was, two funny moments still stick with me for some reason:
1. This wierd "e-interrogation" somehow started on the board between the Pavilion (including Blaze and some other staff) and the apparent attackers. I don't remember the details of exactly how that happened, but it in itself was great but funny in a way. It was an interrogation...on the internet. Just priceless.
2. This stuck with me most of all and I can never shake it when that event comes to mind. During the interrogation, one of us Pavilionites posted something along the lines of "Haha. This reminds me of an RPG story!" after some of the attackers stated why they did what they did. Probably the funniest thing I read that day while that all went down.
Anyways, that's I can remember to tell. If someone feels like something here shouldn't have been referenced or brought up, let me know or remove it yourself, if you'd like. I don't want to offend anyone.
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I originally lurked the RPG Maker Pavilion in late 2000-early 2001. RPG Maker was a present for my birthday, so I looked up the site and I was skeptical of how the community was, originally. The (then) EZboard community was a bit hectic compared to what it is today, but I was still getting around the learning curve of RPG Maker. So I would occasionally glance over at the Tips & Tricks forum where Intro1 and a few others would post tricks and general advice. There I sort-of found a new "hobby-within-a-hobby," I suppose, because I was amazed by what creative things one could do with it at the time. So I just focused on discorvering new tricks and loopholes, it was half of what made the game maker so much fun to me.
However as far in the crazy community that was, I wasn't sure about joining yet. What originally set me off about the Pavilion, impression-wise, was something that I never understood then and coincidently (apparently) was something what made Ryner famous here: "The E-Mail from Squaresoft" prank. I can't remember how, but after some time passed I asked another pavilionite (by e-mail, I think) about the site. She (at least, I'm assuming she) was called Vampasia at the old Pavilion and was actually inactive at the time from then on, from what I can remember.
Vampasia gave her honest thoughts of the site, and also told me about the RPG Maker Garden having a more "laid-back" atmosphere. So I joined and posted there for a while as Kaerul. There I also posted my original "Fleshing Out A Game" thread, which now to me is like what the Star Wars: Holiday Special is to George Lucas. Anyway...
I don't quite remember but according to my oldest account I "officially" joined the Pavilion as an official poster at December 4th, 2001...a bit to the annoyance of Ryner and I seem to remember not being on Marlwolf's or Valk's good side originally either because I would argue about silly things somewhat often. Even more so, I would criticize how the staff did things in a passive-aggressive, sarcastic stance. I had annoying and snippy comments or threads that occasionally would get the topic locked from time to time, too. So I mostly stuck with the Tips & Tricks area after a while and went back to posting tips, oddly enough I was actually nice to people there.
I see some irony to this, as I was skeptical of joining a circle of people I thought were jerks when many times I acted like one once I did. And I seem to like the people that I didn't like originally. But I do apologize for all that, for what it is worth, by the way. Although, I don't ever remember being banned, though, so I guess I wasn't that bad...or active, either.
The only real "big events" that I remember being there for (at the moment) was Blitz's Departure (vaguely) and the RPGM2k Attack. As chaotic as the attack was, two funny moments still stick with me for some reason:
1. This wierd "e-interrogation" somehow started on the board between the Pavilion (including Blaze and some other staff) and the apparent attackers. I don't remember the details of exactly how that happened, but it in itself was great but funny in a way. It was an interrogation...on the internet. Just priceless.
2. This stuck with me most of all and I can never shake it when that event comes to mind. During the interrogation, one of us Pavilionites posted something along the lines of "Haha. This reminds me of an RPG story!" after some of the attackers stated why they did what they did. Probably the funniest thing I read that day while that all went down.
Anyways, that's I can remember to tell. If someone feels like something here shouldn't have been referenced or brought up, let me know or remove it yourself, if you'd like. I don't want to offend anyone.
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