Post by Jet Marciano on Oct 29, 2013 20:35:38 GMT -8
Hello, the people 'round here call me Jet. I was bored one day back during the winter of 2008 and decided that I would create my own RPG community. Back then, I was part of another entertainment based community that used the ProBoards software, I would occasionally log onto the ProBoards Support forum and would marvel at the plethora of wizard, high school and vampire sites out there -- and I wondered if I could organize something different and unique.
I came across the Disney European comic called Kylion, which I had kept from attending a Comic-Con from a fewer years back... I believe it was 2004, since I remember that the television LOST premiered at that convention that very year. Based in Italy, that particular Kylion comicbook was pretty much the very first (and last) issue that was printed in English, I believe they were simply distributing the comicbook at the convention in hopes to bring it here to the US of A, but Disney's comicbook ventures were pretty much failures at that point... they instead brought another European comic property called W.I.T.C.H., which was turned into a television show as well -- but that particular cartoon property flopped here in America, so I guess Disney decided to not move forward with anymore American adaptations of the European comic properties.
Anyways, I kept the original vision of Kylion -- young people placed into a different world, but changed things in order to attract other people... like changing the plot by increasing the colonist population from 6 to a few hundred. I then pleaded with someone from ProBoards support to help me out, he came and registered and helped set up the board one night but then he never came back, claiming that the site would never be successful. But then, like a miracle, Jasmine came into my RPG life and she was onboard from the very beginning. I did meet another ProBoards Support Member named Calculus Nova and he helped out as well. Then came Star Warsian Jasten, a racoon-esque character by the name of Sarah, some banned user I would not like to name, a young lady who was about to graduate from high school at the time named Aeryn (I remembered that she was devastated that the movie Prince Caspian was not true to the Narnia book of the same name), and of course reliable Hayden (now known as Jennifer). I do remember we had fun times, we were a close knit group of folk and I will always cherish my memories of being able to call a place on the internet my second home. We did have some bumps, but we managed to overcome them and prosper. After a couple of years, my time in college was getting busier and I decided to change majors, so I closed the site and gave the keys to Jasten, who adapted the story and created a whole new community.
Just recently, I marveled at how much I enjoyed being with the band, I had fond memories and wanted to meet up with the old peeps. Noticeably, I'm much more busier than I was in 2008... I just graduated from college, have a couple part time jobs/gigs, looking and applying for a full time career, trying to have a social life, looking for time to spend with family, etc. But for some reason, I really wanted to have this thing part of my life again. So, in late September of this year I impulsively registered this url name and created this new site. My hope was to keep all the great elements of the old sites but entirely make it our own. In a matter of days, I was able to get some response from my old peeps, who were ready to get back on the wagon again. Within a week, we had the site ready to go for a soft-opening. Now, after around a month of development, I feel like the we're now back better than ever. I thank each of the oldies for coming back and I would like to welcome all the newbies as well to our community, I hope that we can make new fond memories together and become the great friends with this new venture.
Favorite Movie: Forest Gump, Star Wars original trilogy
Favorite TV Show: LOST (but I also like Arrested Development, Modern Family)
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Bands: The Beatles, Maroon 5, Coldplay
Anyways, feel free to ask me things, if you dare to....
EDIT *If you are wondering: I am EOS(admin), Jet, Zahir, Xander, and perhaps another character down the road.
I came across the Disney European comic called Kylion, which I had kept from attending a Comic-Con from a fewer years back... I believe it was 2004, since I remember that the television LOST premiered at that convention that very year. Based in Italy, that particular Kylion comicbook was pretty much the very first (and last) issue that was printed in English, I believe they were simply distributing the comicbook at the convention in hopes to bring it here to the US of A, but Disney's comicbook ventures were pretty much failures at that point... they instead brought another European comic property called W.I.T.C.H., which was turned into a television show as well -- but that particular cartoon property flopped here in America, so I guess Disney decided to not move forward with anymore American adaptations of the European comic properties.
Anyways, I kept the original vision of Kylion -- young people placed into a different world, but changed things in order to attract other people... like changing the plot by increasing the colonist population from 6 to a few hundred. I then pleaded with someone from ProBoards support to help me out, he came and registered and helped set up the board one night but then he never came back, claiming that the site would never be successful. But then, like a miracle, Jasmine came into my RPG life and she was onboard from the very beginning. I did meet another ProBoards Support Member named Calculus Nova and he helped out as well. Then came Star Warsian Jasten, a racoon-esque character by the name of Sarah, some banned user I would not like to name, a young lady who was about to graduate from high school at the time named Aeryn (I remembered that she was devastated that the movie Prince Caspian was not true to the Narnia book of the same name), and of course reliable Hayden (now known as Jennifer). I do remember we had fun times, we were a close knit group of folk and I will always cherish my memories of being able to call a place on the internet my second home. We did have some bumps, but we managed to overcome them and prosper. After a couple of years, my time in college was getting busier and I decided to change majors, so I closed the site and gave the keys to Jasten, who adapted the story and created a whole new community.
Just recently, I marveled at how much I enjoyed being with the band, I had fond memories and wanted to meet up with the old peeps. Noticeably, I'm much more busier than I was in 2008... I just graduated from college, have a couple part time jobs/gigs, looking and applying for a full time career, trying to have a social life, looking for time to spend with family, etc. But for some reason, I really wanted to have this thing part of my life again. So, in late September of this year I impulsively registered this url name and created this new site. My hope was to keep all the great elements of the old sites but entirely make it our own. In a matter of days, I was able to get some response from my old peeps, who were ready to get back on the wagon again. Within a week, we had the site ready to go for a soft-opening. Now, after around a month of development, I feel like the we're now back better than ever. I thank each of the oldies for coming back and I would like to welcome all the newbies as well to our community, I hope that we can make new fond memories together and become the great friends with this new venture.
Favorite Movie: Forest Gump, Star Wars original trilogy
Favorite TV Show: LOST (but I also like Arrested Development, Modern Family)
Favorite Food: Pizza
Favorite Bands: The Beatles, Maroon 5, Coldplay
Anyways, feel free to ask me things, if you dare to....
EDIT *If you are wondering: I am EOS(admin), Jet, Zahir, Xander, and perhaps another character down the road.
It's nice to know I made a difference to someone.