Your Fondest Memeory of Charas

[Fisherson]

What is the memory of this place that makes you laugh, smile or even cry with happiness? The one you hold onto so tightly you never can forget? For me it's hard to say. Possibly it's the day I started selling Charas Action figures from my little sprite shop, or perhaps it's delving into the Castle of Dragnium and fighting a giant Pikachu. Perhaps even the day I and Ed went laser sword to laser sword and he revealed the awful truth: "Fish, I AM your father!" 8O Which are only a few of dozens this wonderful forum and it's members have bestowed to me.

[Momeka]

Can't say I got any memories of particular moments. But it was fun back in the day when I was a kid and could barely speak any english. You got home from school worked on some stupid rpg maker game and posted about it here. Heck, if it wasn't for Charas I would probably never started studying programming and create my own game studio.
It was also fun learning to sprite by following InsaneJP's charset tutorials. It was fun hanging on the offshoot forum that popped up, like Red and Whites Starscape(?). There I started talking to Drace who I still talk to on a daily basis. There was another forum that I think Ellie created that ended with me, Archem and Moosetroop just hanging around being stupid.

It's been fun, too bad charas is the dead forum now.

[Meiscool]

There was this one time when I went on spring break w/o internet and I came back and some guy made a "Meiscool hasn't posted in a few days, she must be dead" topic. That was fun.

[Prpl_Mage]

I think the best part was seeing all the stuff that people made. And it still is. You went online and Warxe had posted some weaponset, ZKX had some sprites in another thread, Moose had his epic adventure, Razor had the unfunny comics and then people showed their projects with a lot of enthusiasm really doing something they like.

[Benema]

definately would have been these Reactions from these members on the following occasions

Eds Reaction when I (gemini/Ben) was made moderator of AoA

SaiKars Reaction when I was Administrator and subsequently his reaction when I managed to get midnight de-staffed... and he no longer had admin panel access to defend her honor.

Every time anybody left charas for good

When Osmose got a job with EA, and I was inspired to get a gig with activision as a result.

Banner contests

Razor, everytime anything ever happened.

The dope RP with dragonium, when I had a moustache

The satisfaction of making ellie admin and sai kars reaction to that

bad game reviews

the terroja raffles troll crossover

felix, whenever i spoke




honestly... this place was an indie developer community before they had a name for it. Ive met a lot of industry peeps who are mind blown when i tell them I was an admin here, and that its still running..... for real though. inactive or not, this place had an impact on some important aspects of game dev as we know it today.
Be proud you guys.

Im old as **** now...haha. 34. I became a pixel artist here. I posted my first big art show here...which is now dwarfed by the gallery shows ive grown into. Since leaving, ive done some awesome things...I quit all my jobs and made a living doing graffiti with a name that was inspired by this place. I teach university lectures now...and wrote my first ever tutorials for this site. Im friends with half of the guys from Bioware, and have been garaunteed a position when I am able to work again... Because you cats made me confident enough to try going pro despite being a high school dropout.  Im entering my second bout with cancer,  and my prognosis is not good. if im not around to say goodbye the day this place closes...


I love you guys. Thank you



also, my  smiley




    Love  Ben/Gemini/

[Prpl_Mage]

Glad to hear you're still alive, I know some people who were worried about you. Keep at it!

[drenrin2120]

Goddamn Ben, I wasn't sure we'd ever see you post again. I remember following you on youtube, but I think you stopped posting stuff to your channel or I just stopped checking it. Regardless, you were one of the people who inspired me to think more critically of my work. I like to think we all helped each other grow and better ourselves in our crafts. And that's probably the only reason I still kick around this place.

[Fisherson]

Regardless, you were one of the people who inspired me to think more critically of my work. I like to think we all helped each other grow and better ourselves in our crafts. And that's probably the only reason I still kick around this place.

So that's why I never see him hardly anymore! o.O Also Activision! Used to love them till they killed Tony Hawk for me by getting rid of the Make your Own game feature. I really liked tinkering with that. =/

Im old as **** now...haha. 34. I became a pixel artist here. I posted my first big art show here...which is now dwarfed by the gallery shows ive grown into. Since leaving, ive done some awesome things...I quit all my jobs and made a living doing graffiti with a name that was inspired by this place. I teach university lectures now...and wrote my first ever tutorials for this site. Im friends with half of the guys from Bioware, and have been garaunteed a position when I am able to work again... Because you cats made me confident enough to try going pro despite being a high school dropout.  Im entering my second bout with cancer,  and my prognosis is not good. if im not around to say goodbye the day this place closes...

My word! I had no idea you had such an interesting life since leaving us as a active member and I'm sorry to hear about your cancer. =( I'll pray for your continued good health and happiness! Though I don't think any of us will be here the day it closes. Charas will always endure I feel! ^o^...Or hope. This place is a second home to me. A place I come to that's all my own and where I'm a celebrity and well loved. Not just some oddball who never seems to finish a game and who's game freinds look at him funny when he starts talking code script being responsible for their virtual deaths. XD

Regardless, you were one of the people who inspired me to think more critically of my work. I like to think we all helped each other grow and better ourselves in our crafts. And that's probably the only reason I still kick around this place.

Not for the free sake and hookers? Ah well more for me~! In all seriousness it is Charas that inspired my Dentverse Lore and got me to open up about it with others and by doing so made me realize I needed to take my game making a little more seriously and try to make a true cannon beginning instead of dedicating my time and energy to Warped and Misadventures, not that I don't hope to release them one day in the future soon. But more than Charas love Dave and all his allies and the story in general. Heck if I could sucessfully lose the Jedi eliment? I'd be able to take it profession with a unfolding story saga and everything I confidently feel cause I never meet anybody who doesn't like my space opera style of writing using a purple haired psychic and his twinkie munchin' merc of a freind saving the universe from Al Gore and other horrors. Though unlike the rest of ya I would just settle for people on this site and few of my non-Charas freinds getting to play it. I don't want to be professional game designer or even a writer I just want to share my vision and tell tall tales.

[Archem]

Ben, you got me into Bison (B.C.).

That is all. I love you back.

[Moosetroop11]

Ben, dude, sorry to hear about the cancer prognosis >_> I feel like that kinda dwarfs the thread, but regardless...

Erm... I always had really fond memories of Red's Superhero RP? I know Warxe and Dark fox kinda went off on one and barely let anyone get a word in edgeways at points but regardless that thing was epic.

As Momeka says, Starscape was great.

I was a big fan of Bluhman's rpg. I was miserable it wasn't continued.

I loved how much everyone liked Epic Adventures and I was sad I couldn't continue it, but the whole thing was constructed from that classic webcomic generica (one dude is random, the other dude is sarcastic, stuff happens, sarcastic dude says "god damn.") and after I grew up a bit I felt like I couldn't honestly continue it and feel genuine.

I miss talking to certain people who haven't been here for a while, Like Leon and White, who I used to chat to quite regularly back when we were using AIM and stuff like that. And in a way I kinda miss the 'nasty hierarchy', as much as people might have hated it; the fact that you had to fight for Ghostclown's respect or Osmose's respect or Carmen's respect kinda made you try harder ;p I guess that was just the 15 year old me talking though, as opposed to the now 25 year old me.

[Dr. Ace]

So many memories, so much time spent at this forum. I miss a lot of the old people.

Also Gem, that sucks man. That really sucks.

[Razor]

My highlights include the many collective days, weeks, months of MSN conversations.
Red Giant's comic and his reboot with brand new artstyle (didn't last, oh well) MT11's comic, the support I had for Unfunny comics. Warxe's Warxe vs Zero animations.
The avatar contests. The Charas Pub. The word association game.
Fighting the strict moderation regime of Carmen and Ghostclown. My own rise to power, from nobody to Forum Gaming mod to Global Mod to Admin. I don't think I deserved any of it.
Dealing with Lord Raffles. Oh, Lord Raffles. We were so unprepared. Trolling is such an obvious thing these days, but we'd never heard of it back then and we got rolled (not typo) hard. We just didn't know how to deal.
He took a particular affinity with trolling Darkfox for some reason. I wonder what Darkfox is up to these days...
The Charas Wiki. What a failed venture.
Gemini. He was an odd guy, his style ruffled a few feathers but he somehow overcame everything and became an admin, and a damn fine one at that. I think Sai'Kar's reign was more fun though, but Gemini was great. He did some good things for Charas, whatever they were.
Then there was that whole thing with Mid a few years back... that was unfortunate. I may have reacted poorly, but hell she was wrong and Gemini was great.
Osmose is the unsung hero, though. His contributions to Charas's back end were very important and largely thankless, but he was our tech guy.
Afterwards, Lucas was supposed to be the big saviour, to bring Charas to a new golden age. But he wandered off and Ellie came back and she hasn't done anything. Where's our golden age, Ellie?

Most of these aren't fond memories, but they're memories and my memory is shitty most of the time so here you go.

Ben posting

Oh good, you're alive.
I legitimately assumed you were dead.
I hope things are getting better for you.

Im entering my second bout with cancer,  and my prognosis is not good.

Aww, ****. Well, keep fighting. Fight and win, damn it!

Razor, everytime anything ever happened.

Awww.

[Fisherson]

I wonder what Darkfox is up to these days...

This kinda touches a sore spot for me but it's time you all know the truth. Remember when me, DeathReaper, JeT (the original one) and Dark Fox? Well they got me into MSN and helped me graduate from PM RPs and post based RP stuff to IMing, for which I will forever be grateful but....When we got off away from Charas we formed this strange sort of cult. I didn't see it like that at first. It was pretty innocent too. Furry X humans and this strange endless RP that felt like a huge play session of Persona and pyschological stuff that I just wasn't ready for mentally.  I made mistakes irritated Reaper and eventually we got into debates about spirituality somehow and well that lead to rants to fights. DF and Jet backed him up and eventually so many bad emotions came out  among all the group directed at me that that somebody went crazy and threatened to send me a bomb. In the mail. The kind that explodes and kills people, not a joke.

I thought it was Reaper but he said it was a Jet who stopped talking to me and just left and then DarkFox got super, super down and depressed. Death Reaper lurked around my DA for a while till I decided to akowledge his PMs. We talked he was sad and apologetic but I told him the place where one of them was going to send that bomb was a public post office my MOTHER uses. I could never trust him again no mater how hard I tried and eventually he understood that and left peacefully. Jet and I almost went back to talking when he commented on one of my pics on DA buuut we grew estranged and eventually he stopped being the Jet I knew both Rep-wise and person-wise. DF....Gosh I think the last time I saw him MSN was still working but I'd broken the group to bits...It demoralized him and he left. Moved away I think his DA said but it's hard to tell. I don't watch any of them anymore. And ofcoruse when DF left? The Complete Resources shut down. I took three of our members away and for that I'll be forever sorry but it's me who's lead Charas into this state. -_- Fisherson: The "hero".

[Ghostclown_XO]

That one time it was full of bigotry and chaos. When every small child was a small thread, and every thread was so very difficult to fit into a needle. When purple hair and double users were entertainment, and double teams ran the dug out. Sick people, skulls and dogs, even people with only one arm. 

[Archem]

I took three of our members away and for that I'll be forever sorry but it's me who's lead Charas into this state. -_- Fisherson: The "hero".

Don't feel too bad about all that. I never thought of you as a hero.