A Tribute To Our Site

[Anaxfly]

Welcome to Warriors; the Four Clans. We are a Warriors roleplaying website of the original Warriors Series by Erin Hunter. We have 365 active members and if you don't refresh your page every 2 minutes, you have missed a lot in your story line.

Don't You remember those days? They were great :]. I was 13 then. I'm 17 now. I'm applying to colleges soon. I remember when the first word count was installed. I thought 35 words was absolutely absurd, I went all like "MAPLE, HOW DARE YOU!?" but then I realized that maybe writing 35 words per post wasn't so bad after all. I mean, its only 35? How hard could it have been? My posts eventually turned into thousands. Thanks for that first word count Mapes.

Do you guys remember the rainbow text? Everyone used to love it. But when I switched over to Mac I couldn't ever get it to work, how sad. And the graphics. I've never seen anything so competitive. Truth is, back in the day, we all sucked. I was looking at some of our old work, we were terrible! Now if we tried to compare, there would be no question whether or not we improved. Derek and Marissa have amazing photography now, I'm so jealous. Sabrina is drawing hilarious cartoons that make me giggle and laugh, and it seems like every time I see her on facebook she is excited about school (compared to those days when she used to complain about school).

Oh and the great amazing cBox arguments! They used to cause such problems for us. To me they were the worst things ever, the #1 problem in my life. And then we'd all try to sit there and fix them, and it would only get us into more trouble. And the whole hacking event, where everyone went "OH MY GOSH WATERFALL HACKED MY ACCOUNT" and thus the site went under maintenance and tons of new staff positions were opened up, and everyone was eager to apply for a job. That caused so much drama, but I can't lie, I secretly loved every second of it!

Our font styles changed over time, too. We used to write like this a lot.

Sometimes we'd write like this too. It all depended on how we felt like doing things at any particular time in our lives. I think it happened sometime in the switch between middle school and high school. Where some of us were there and some where here. I have no idea. But we seemed to go through social phases at the same time. And if someone hit a certain point before everyone else, everyone quickly caught up, or that person left the site. How sad. Everyone used to always quit. But we all come back. One day, we all come back. Even just to see what's going on, or if we are feeling nostalgic. I miss those days.

We'd also write like this. I think we did it to draw more attention to ourselves, but that could just be me being me. I know I wanted attention and I also wanted to fit in with everyone here. We were all kinda weird... I would always say I wanted to be different, but really, I just wanted to fit in with everyone else.

Switching out of that now. I used to take on way to many characters for me to handle. I think over time I've had over a dozen characters that I've had to retire. This one and Shorfoot were always my home bound ones. Shorty was always the name I kept though. She was my first character on this site, and the first character that I ever really role played. I'd been on other roleplaying sites before, but none really ever grabbed my attention like this one did. It was sort of like a home for me. I knew I could always come here and people would know me and what not. I always felt secure here.

I started writing this post because Amelia said something to me on facebook about how the site has become nothing. It makes me sad, but I feel as though our website has had a good run, it has an honest life, and pleased I guess, hundreds of people. That makes me happy :] I also started looking through my old graphics, i was getting kinda good but my skillset is exclusively for cats haha thank you signatures! But thats alright by me :]

We all used to plan on having reunions, like, we would make plans to meet somewhere at someone's house, to catch a plane. I wish he had done that at least one time... It would have been great to see all of you guys. Oh well.

The application process for making a new character was always tedious. But eventually, I learned to like creating new characters. I think going back now, I would have loved to make a bank of character applications, and left the rp ex blank for the maker to fill out. I think we got one of those eventually. I never contributed though. Plus it would have made me sad to see so many of my creations go to waste. Sometimes I still go into the archives to read our old threads. We were dumb. Just so you guys all know, we were really dumb. But it was so worth ever moment ever spent on this site... I used to spend sick days on here bored out of my mind, I never imagined that it would become that way permanently... how sad.

If this place ever came back alive, I would want to be a part of it. But if it doesn't, I am very happy with what I have gotten from it. The good the bad and the ugly were all actually sincerely amazing.

The twitching of a tail brushed up against one of the stalked of barley, making a light rustling noise. There was no need to worry about scaring off prey in this celestial terrain though, there is no need to eat. Every thing is blissful just as it is. It has been around for eternity and will remain so forever. Happy and content.
Pale green orbs looked out over the hills of beautiful grain. There was an ache in the eyes, but also a glint of pleasure. Turning around to face her destination into the unknown endless hills, Anaxfly bounded away into the distance, until the site of her was no more. She made one note though: to leave their site, but never their ears.

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I MISS YOU GUYS, MUAH

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I still write like this! Having small text, but a post that still looked long, was always so satisfying to me (even if I did usually cheat by blockquoting two or three times). And I remember the word counts as well! Oh, how I hated that word count. 35 words?! How was I supposed to come up with 35 whole words?! Perish the thought! It always seemed impossible to me, and then as my word counts grew to 100, then 150, 200, and bigger and bigger until eventually I refused to post until I had at least 500 words, I asked myself, "How did I ever think 35 words was difficult?" Because nowadays, it's difficult to make a post so concise and so short... Not that any of us really post anymore.

The cBox drama was always a guilty pleasure for me. When I was younger, I would engage in arguments under the pretense of trying to make them stop, even though the more I said "just stop fighting!", the more fighting I caused. And when I became a cBox mod, I began to take it more seriously, and if I couldn't resolve a conflict, I had a nice handy ban button. The solution was only a click away! I only wish I'd gotten more chances to use it...

And your talk of the hacks (which I remember all to well - I was petrified that my account would get hacked, even though the first time I witnessed a hacking here, I was a nobody!) reminds me of the many times we had impostors in the cBox. People posing as Maple, or Sunny, or other mods, sometimes even posing as me when I was right there! And aside from that drama, we had people faking their own deaths and lying about their genders. Yes, there was always something interesting going on here. I used to stay home "sick" just so I could spend a day on this site, chatting with some of my favorite people in the whole entire world.

I remember when Derek, Becky, Marissa, and you and I had all discussed going to a summer camp somewhere, just so we could all meet up. I actually recently met Becky at Disneyland, and it was one of the best days of my life, of course. And it's still on my bucket list to meet every last one of you! (I think Maple's closest to me - YOU'RE NEXT, MAPLE!!!)

The friends we've made here are never really going to leave us. I mean, it's been months since the last time you and I talked, but it feels like it's only been a day or two. And when I met up with Becky at Disneyland, it didn't feel like I was meeting someone for the first time, but rather like I was greeting an old friend that I'd known my whole life. Even her parents felt familiar to me. It was easy to rely on Marissa, who was always available for an AIM conversation at any hour of the day (or night), and Sunny and Cherry were shoulders to cry on, even if I had to do the crying over (very tedious) PMs. Though me and Derek are two very different people - he's the artistic rebellious social butterfly and I'm just an average Californian chick who sits at home on Friday nights and reads Harry Potter while reminiscing on old times - he's like the brother I never had but always wanted. Becky is one of my best friends, though I wonder if we'll ever have the chance to meet face to face again. I fell in love with a boy named Liam, and stayed in love with her when she revealed to me that she was actually a girl named Alyssa, and even now, she holds a large chunk of my heart in the palm of her hand to do with as she pleases. And Maple made it all possible. So thanks, Maple, for changing the life of a 12 year old girl and for helping to shape her into the 17 year old young woman she is today.

[NightStar.]

I LOVE YOU ALLY.

I would make a long post about how much I love each and every person I've ever come in contact with on this site, but I have to go to sleep, so I'll edit this post later.

[Wolfeh Wolfeh]

Ohmygosh. This place has always been, and always will be, my haven. I remember joining and being so nervous that I wouldn't fit in and yet you all welcomed me with open arms. I used to sit at school waiting for it to end so I could come home and be with you guys until I was forced to go to bed. I have so many memories of people who have come and gone and I miss every last one of them. I would love to meet each of you because without you guys my life would have sucked. Because of this place I am now able to write and I'm actually currently writing a novel! Like, actually far into it, not just a couple of paragraphs! It's all thanks to this place, with people who started off just as horribly as I did. We all challenged each other and got better and better, with writing, graphics, the whole lot. I still RP but no site will ever be this site. I have a lot of you on Facebook but I don't say much-I'll definitely pick up on that. I know that I'm gonna meet you guys, cause I mean how much fun would that be? Tons-o-fun. For serious. <3 I can't wait for that day but until then we'll always have this place.

Thanks to everyone here who has been there for me, to make me laugh or just listen...
And, of course, thank you Maple for bringing us all together.
You guys will always be my family. <3

[«MªÞlεδtǻr»]

My memory is so bad, but your guys' posts have gotten me going a little and there is a ridiculous amount of Warriors memories coming back! I remember when I first started the site, oh my gosh, some of the things I would post...just...horrid. I got so close to the first three leaders on this site - the only staff that were on it. I wish I was in contact with them over email or facebook. But at least I'm still in contact with you guys! I really do miss this site. I mean, it had gotten to the point in it's latter year or two that it was just too much for me to be taking care of all the time and was becoming difficult to stay afloat and deal with all of the road blocks, but it still had a great run.

Ah yes, the hacking. I remember that I had a bookmarks folder on my computer with a ton of bookmarks in it relating to MayFlower, and then I had a folder on my computer where I took a bunch of screen shots. I was so mystified by her because she could reroute her IP address and I had to always keep up with her to block it. And the drama with people quitting all the time and saying they were committing suicide: I wish those memories weren't the most recent for me...it seems like I was constantly dealing with something to that effect all the time in the last year or two of the site. It really was sad that people were doing that and then it was annoying too because they wouldn't listen to advice when we were trying to help. And that word count! Hahaha, so much drama over that and the bio requirements. I'm glad that in the end you all liked it and benefited from it though because that was my goal. I wanted to teach people something about writing and push them to be better as well as giving them a fun place to hang out.

Ahaha, oh my gosh, the cBox. I remember then whenever I'd sign into there everyone would be like ERIUHGJKNSH MAPLESTAR!!! I think some of my fondest memories are when people would come to me for help. I loved when I would get a message where someone was having a hard time and wanted some advice and that they trusted me to give them advice. I think my memories of the site ended up a little differently than all of yours because I had so many administrative tasks to do. I wouldn't really come and sit in the chat box that often and I didn't get to RP much with you guys, but despite that, it makes me so so so so happy that this site was able to bring us all together and that it really made an impact on your lives in a positive way. I remember when the site suddenly amped up the spring after I started it that I was just like, "God, I don't know what to do with this! It's in Your hands! Do with it what you want and I'll just be Your tool!" and it just leaves me in so much awe how He's blessed my life and your lived through it. It's so crazy. I think that having this site is partially what kept me doing fine when I didn't really have many friends in 8-10th grades. It made me feel needed, important, and accepted.

I would be absolutely amazing if we could meet up. I'm jealous that some of you already have. Ally, you are more than welcome to come visit me next! During the school year I'm four hours north of where I usually am, but if you're taking a flight to Portland then you'll be about forty minutes away. Where does everyone live anyway? Maybe we can try to set something up where we can at least get some people together who live near each other.

[|:{Rainita}:|]

Heh. Too many memories to actually type out right now. I'll do it some time when I'm staying up all night or something.

Fun stuff. Graphics. Posting. cBox. Plotting. Being catty and passive aggressive. Arguing. Like a crazy little teenager. I miss this. I haven't really had time since my sophomore year. I pretended I had time in my Junior year. Then I disappeared completely by my senior year.

Yes... I'll definitely be typing out a complete, revealing history of my days here.

EDIT. HOW THE DEVIL AM I STILL A LEADER? Sad...

[.:\Whitestar/:.]

Amandaaa, thanks for tagging me on the FB post. Oh, my gosh, I sort of can't believe that my account is still here. And looolllll at my fail graphics. Omg, the Linkin Park lyrics. This is too much.

I think joined here when I was 11 after my friend (I think she used to be Leafsong? old ThunderClan med cat?) got me into Warriors and encouraged me to join. First Warriors RPG site for me, and everyone was so welcoming. We definitely had good times here. I can't believe I was leader, haha; I just looked at some of my old posts and wow, I was so bossy, haha. And I was actually complaining about the 35 word thing. XD Now I'm about to be 17, wow. I'm not sure if anyone here now besides Maple would know me--most of my generation kind of cleared out after a while. But Rainita I remember you! There was a whole fiasco about the purple gecko in the Cbox, hahaha.

Despite my awful posts here, this site actually helped me a lot with my writing skills. And of course it led me to deviantART and on to make my own site (which is dead now, noooo). Too bad we all sort of outgrew Warriors. Great times here, though, so much fun. And I'm glad I was able to stay in touch with Maple.

[umberlight♡]

Haha, I loved this site! I'm ashamed to say I ended my time here in a really awful manner, but I've had some time to mature and I've found myself in the time I have not been on this kind of site. I find myself wanting to be back here, roleplaying whenever I have the urge to write again. I'd probably write something angst-y again because I was a stupid pre-teen when I started out here. Now I'm fifteen, going to be sixteen in November, starting my junior year in high school, and I still love this site, remember the codes for italicizing things haha, and would love to come back if this site made a grand return. I'm sad to say I don't think I was as invested in this site as you long-time members, but I still love it, and somehow made a place for myself here that I didn't deserve. Obviously, since I deserted my post as WindClan leader. Boy, that was stupid.

Maple, your designs are as wonderful as ever, if not more. And thank you so much for tagging me in the facebook post! Caitlin, you're so great for making this thread haha. If people have forgotten who I am, since I forgot I was Umberlight haha, I'm Petal/Hannah/whatever you wish to call me. <3.

[Mama Spirit]

I joined warriors when I was about 13 or 14 just about to go into high school as a very shy and unsure girl. Now I am 19 years old and going of to London Ontario to study Vocal Music Education and follow my dream of teaching through music. It is hard to believe that in 5 years I have changed so drastically. Going into high school I was afraid of change and I didn't want to take on a leadership role ever if I could avoid it. Through Warriors I learned how my imagination could lead to amazing plots and people wanted to roleplay with me. Eventually Maple, Sunny and I grew very close and talked on msn many times discussing the site, it's members and our ideas for the future.

I can remember when I first joined with Spiritfire. She was a small and quiet kit, just as I was. But over time she grew to match what I wanted to be. I wanted to be able to opinionate myself and feel confident when I stood beside leaders that I idolized. Coming out of high school many of the younger students view me as a leader through my roles in my 9/10/11/12 Performing Arts vocal class as well as through the mentoring program at school.

As for my writing....dear lord did I suck 5 years ago. I agree that I thought the word count rule was going to be to much for me, until I joined a wolf rp called Bleeding Souls where they expect 200+ words XD I continue to rp still over at that site and I have been an active member for 3 years much thanks to the roleplay experience I had here! Now I write about 15 300+ word count posts a month and feel proud that I am able to keep up and improve myself every month.

Thank you to all who roleplayed with me throughout my teenage years.
I love you all and wish you only the best in your adult lives <3

Mama Spirit (Melissa)

[~.:Sunfur the Loyal:.~]

You guys! Making me cry and all... psh, what horrible people you are. (Sarcasm)
I miss you guys so much! I have to go have a shower now, but I'll edit this post soon!

Love you all,
Sunnita

In the meantime:

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Gaaah oh this site! :]

I remember the first warriors site that I went on was Leafsong's site, and I don't really remember but someone from that site brought me here. I was instantly amazed by how fast the cbox would zoom on by. I was about 13 when I came here I think... Stirred up drama hahahh, and quit numerous times. But I loved this site... It was a constant when my life was changing. I remember summer of 2009, I honestly had few friends then, but it never really felt like that because I had all of you guys. You all were my world. However, life moved on for us all. It's funny though, how our days of posting, chatting, making graphics, etc. will always be a part of us.

Oh and Sunita... I'm not sure exactly where you live buuuut I'm going to be staying on the Canada side near the Niagara Falls Wednesday-Friday, sooooo... LEMME KNOW IF YOUR IN THE AREA ^_^

[«MªÞlεδtǻr»]

Jessica/White (I'm still getting used to calling people by their actual names...) - I'm so jealous that you know LeafSong/Alyse in real life! And yeah, you two were a couple of the original staff on the site, it's so awesome to be able to stay in touch with you guys. And Rain prettymuch goes back that far too. I used to be friends with Flash on facebook but she either deleted her facebook or deleted me. I wish I was friends with Rowan on facebook but I don't know his real name.


Spirit/Melissa and Sunny/Katie - remember the special cbox we had? Haha, so great. We had so many great times discussing site stuff and life. That goes for all of my staff really. In my latter years of the site the only people I had time to get to know were my staff and you all are so awesome! I'm so glad we've been able to stay in touch over facebook!

It's so funny hearing about your guys' stories of preeteendom since I think I'm at least a couple years older than most of you (Spirit and I are the same age). It makes me glad that you have all acknowledged the drama that comes with the territory of being a preteen and that you've grown out of it, haha.

Thank you Shorty/Caitlin for making this thread!! This is so great to talk to everyone again!

[.:\Whitestar/:.]

Haha, Leafsong/Alyse and I are still good friends--probably moreso now. Went biking with her today.

Man, I miss Warriors and roleplaying. Even though I was so immature and got involved in lots of dumb drama at least it was fun and ultimately taught me something. I would love to get back into RPing...I've been browsing through some RPs, but all of them seem so bent on having super nice skins, getting advanced role-players, enforcing high minimum word counts, and keeping the site organized beyond human ability. WTFC and my other early RPs were so fun because we were all just friends having a good time and didn't have to focus on RPing like our lives depended upon it. We just RP'd because it was fun. Super strict rules are why my sites failed...WTFC lasted because it was actually enjoyable. I think a lot of sites are forgetting about making the experience pleasant.

[.::Shadowpaw::.]

Maple, or...Amanda. xD Is there...any chance that W;TFC will ever return?

[~.:Sunfur the Loyal:.~]

W;TFC shall never truly be gone, it'll always be in our hearts and our minds. Whether or not there would be some resuscitation, I wouldn't be too sure, as the Warriors fandom doesn't really have much popularity any more. We're not the only site to go down with time.

[.::Shadowpaw::.]

Even Warriors Saga is becoming inactive! And that's something... But I really do hope that this site will someday make its return.

[.::Shadowpaw::.]

And it makes me sad, because I remember me, Spot, Shy and a few other people talking about how we'd still be on this site when we were adults, introducing it to our kids. :')

[.:spottedwing::.]

Okay so, I just read that the site is closed and in retirement and no one can sign up anymore WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN.

Ah, the rainbow text... I still to this day use that code on any site I manage to own. But no one uses it... it's it really that obsolete? D: But I'm glad my stuff makes you laugh Shorty. 'Tis is my job. :3 As for school, in ninth grade I had an epiphany, which suddenly made me stop being lazy and made me become a hard worker. I'VE CHANGED, I'VE CHANGED! Seriously, my gosh, I was so lazy in the past... I can't believe I'm still the same person. ._.

"35 words?! How was I supposed to come up with 35 whole words?!" IKR?!?!?!?! But now I always exceed 35... but usually I start getting weak at about 150. XDDDDD Fail, I know. But then, there are times when I'll have a 600 word boost. O.o

"Where does everyone live anyway? Maybe we can try to set something up where we can at least get some people together who live near each other." Well, I still can't meet up. (as my parents still don't know about this site trololololo) When I go to college I probably won't be living in New York anymore (I hope to go out of state) Just about two or three more years, and I'll tell ya where I am ^^; Then I can visit ya, if I have a car. -doubts this- Or you can visit me. Simplify my life. XD

Sunnita, I am madly in love with those kitties in that pic.

I'm too busy in my life to RP on this site right now. (though if necessary I force time for CP, but that's about it...) BUT. When I'm done with med school and have a job, I could probably come back! XDDDD This site should be brought back. Just for the original members, at least, if no one else were to return. We could be such ghetto adults, roleplaying PG kitties. BOO-YAH.

I've yet to make my Warriors movie. >> << BUT HEY AT LEAST I GOT THE HANG OF THE STYLE RIIIIGHT?! AND I KNOW HOW TO ANIMATE SO MUCH BETTER NOW AWWWW YEAH

So yer mine memories... back in the day, when TLKFAA was my life. Best site ever. Drawing lions, aw yeah. So these people, they'd post bulletins, saying "JOIN MY WARRIOR CATS RPG!" and I was all "WHAT THE FREAK IS THIS I DON'T EVEN JUST SHUT UP WITH YA WARRIYAH CATS I DUN WANNA HEAR IT, IT'S SPAMMING THE BULLETINS YA FOOLS!" But ya know, I was curious. Cuz see, ya know, it was about cats. And it just ate away at my thoughts. That I have to educate myself about this series. Even if the talk of it annoys me.

So, there was a book fair in my school library in sixth grade. What do I see on the shelf? WARRIORS, OF COURSE. The New Prophecy. I think I brought three books from the second series.

I remember, being in my mom's room, being new to the books, and being excited to read it for some reason. I was CLUELESS as to what it would be about- I thought FireClan were about fire elemental cats, WaterClan controlled water, etc. (yes, I thought there was FireClan and WaterClan...) I was early into the book when I joined this site at age 11, nearly 12. And I remember how upset I was about -SPOILERS-Feathertail's death-SPOILERS-

Spotted's name was chosen by going to the official site. I decided she was going to be my fursona. I actually started a drawn sig/reference sheet for her early on that I was going to scan, but I never finished it. I still have it somewhere.

It was pretty much OCD that Spotted HAD to be medicine cat of ThunderClan. Still is. I just can't RP her if she's not a meddie. >>

I'd definitely say this site changed my life. I mean, I might've been friends with Des longer (or still.) She was recently in jail for something, I don't know what. She's also involved in a lot of bad things, so as you can see, it's good I got away. Not to mention, I didn't have many friends, and I was depressed and always needed someone to talk to ._. I remember, when I met Sunny, I could swear- SWEAR she (or you, if you're reading this ^^ was sixteen. I could swear she told me that. I don't know.

I'd like to know where Ryuu went. Seriously. I don't even have her on deviantART. This keeps nagging my brain. Where is that child?

I'm Agnostic now, but Maple, it's pretty interesting that you just left this site to God. It's changed a lot of lives- not many sites can do that. This site really, really, really changed my life. It impacts it even today, and probably will continue to impact it the rest of my life. I mean, I could be dead right now, but I've met awesome people who kept me alive. So, if it really is God who's responsible for all this, I am very thankful that He would bless me with such... a blessing! XD

So yeah... not sure what else to say right now.

[.::Shadowpaw::.]

*sobs*

[«MªÞlεδtǻr»]

I miss RPing too, and I like the idea of reopening the site for use to RP in when we "have more time," but I know from personal experience that things do not get less busy as you get older. They get busier. Having a job is going to take up more of your time than high school did/does. Especially when you start a family and then you need to take care of kids and a job and household stuff that normally your parents take care of.

I do like the sentiment though, we can all keep coming back here, and you guys are welcome to RP on the site a little if you want! It's just not open to new members and there's no moderation of the site anymore really.