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So long

Written on Dec 31, 2007 // Site.

Well then, time to pull the plug.

As of 2008 the forum will be gone, along with just about everything else.
I’ll keep the member blogs supported as long as the few active people still around keep using it, non-active blogs will be deleted over time.
So why? Well, for a number of reasons.
Look at the mugshots in the gallery, it’s a graveyard of times gone by. Nearly everyone is long gone. Look at the forum, with me and Humane busy hardly anyone else is posting new threads (thanks to the few who’ve tried). Most of the regulars are long gone, hell most of the moderators are long gone. We’ve tried a few things this year to get others involved but no one has picked up the torch.
There have been a lot of people involved in making this site, this community, great. But who’s left?
Last week CommS007 left the internet. Deleted his blog, his livejournal, last.fm account, hyves, facebook, you name it. I don’t think anyone noticed. I did, and it got me thinking.
So here we are.
I have since a while stopped discussing more personal things on here for the simple reason that the wrong people might read it. It works, but it’s hardly fun. Yet another reason to pack up and leave. Another domain, another language and private membership helped solve at least that problem, but it’s yet another reason gone to continue working on this.
I might keep this blog around to update it with random things as I have done over the years, tidbits of code, some new design things, movies I’ve seen, computer stuff I like.
Or I might not. I haven’t quite worked that out yet.

There’s also a chance I might resurface elsewhere starting a new site, or a new project. Who knows.

Possibly sometimes maybe related posts:

27 responses so far, say something?

Origin
Dec 31, 2007, 7:07
Wow, April Fools Day already?!?

Seriously though, it’ll be sad to see it go. I haven’t been the greatest contributor, but checking the forums/blogs to see what’s up has been a daily routine for me for 3-4 years. It’s been fun. =\

Anyways, best of luck to you, Humane, and Evie in everything you do.
janrocks
Dec 31, 2007, 8:19
We gave it our best shot. I suppose people move on, get married, have children, get jobs or plain find other things to do. I noticed commsie go too.. Didn’t want to say anything because.. well he must have his reasons, and who am I to try changing anything he decides.. maybe I will give him a shout on IM next time I see him online, just to check he’s OK.

Well.. there it is, suppose all that’s left is to wish you all the best in your new country, new family and new life.. Have a great one.. and remember.. I’ll be here if you ever need to talk..

Regards

Jan
julynell
Dec 31, 2007, 8:40
Although I am not that long around here I have known you for some years now and it’s a shame to see it go. You put a lot of effort into this whole thing over the years. However, for some reason it did not surprise me, knowing you ;)

And yeah, I noticed Commie left too…didn’t really know what to say about that or wasn’t even sure I needed to think anything about that for that matter.

Ah well, I guess janrocks is right. People moving on, doing other things in their lives.

See ya around, my friend and remember, there are always people that care ;)
Best of luck to you and your loved ones. Have a great 2008 and make something of your life that’s worth living.
helixy
Dec 31, 2007, 9:01
Oh, this saddens me…and I’m definitely one of the n00bs. In the nine months-ish that I’ve been posting, it’s been nice.
To be honest, I’m not much for the forum scene, because most forums are inundated with silly twits and irrational pricks. Not this one. :3 So it was nice to maintain a pleasant…well, whatever I’m trying to say. xD

I’ll tell Phixious when we wake back up…

All my best to you and yours.
pandroid
Dec 31, 2007, 13:03
Sad, but not surprising. I’m gonna miss this place, and all you people in it. I had almost four fun years with you guys, if you count the FFMO days as well. Hope you all have long, happy lives!

In the end, all empires fall.
Ultima
Dec 31, 2007, 17:57
Well, you are not without reason or right. Though I was just thinking that you were the one that was gonna last. But it’s partly my fault as well as others that this is happening. I’ll try to keep up with my blog but if it gets deleted then it gets deleted. I wish you well none the less.
Pb
Dec 31, 2007, 20:01
As others have echoed here, I’m sad to see it go. I’ve pretty much been posting with you on various boards since I got the internet. I definitely can see where you are coming from, it is your internet space after all.

I thank you for the memories, and for providing a place to post the few reviews I did. If you decide to make another community themed site, or any other new web projects, shoot me an email. I’ll come and check it out. Best wishes for you and your family. Good luck with everything X, and God Bless.

-Plumbum
Dragon627
Dec 31, 2007, 0:17
Why is it that even tho I’m rarely active here anymore, I still get that fucked up feeling in my stomach when I read this. Gah!

Here’s to the good old days. I sincerely wish the very best to every one of you.
Ookami
Dec 31, 2007, 0:44
How’s it go?

All good things come to an end?

Feh. Seems that’s the way of life for sure.

It’s been fun X, and everyone else, and I wish you all well.

Cheers.
janrocks
Dec 31, 2007, 2:31
We can take this in a couple of ways. OK X has decided to pull the plug on what is left of the nicest site I have ever been proud to be a contributing member of.. No foul.. it’s your space and expense there x-man (hugs btw). We did think we would get chance to wish all our friends a HAPPY NEW YEAR.. but not to be..

So I have a proposition for all the still alive members who would like to keep in contact with their friends from across the years ( I love all you guys.. you are like a family to me).. you can hunt me down.. turkman has found my poor forums. and they are a pretty clean slate really.. IF.. and don’t think I’m spamming because the motive is for the community not myself.. IF you would like to join a messageboard just to keep in touch with the remainders of the forum people.. then google juliaskitchen - the food and drink place. Los of room for anybody who wants to continue and keep the legacy of x111.com alive.. people who have never joined always say (if they had heard of us) that it was among the best communities and nicest friendliest sites anywhere…
Can we just let our community die?? Up to you..

And again.. HAPPY NEW YEAR..

X, Humane and Evie.. all the best.. you guys saved me.. I’m giving some of that love back **hugs**
Flame
Dec 31, 2007, 12:47
You never really know what you got till it’s gone you know?

I wasn’t really an active member, I didn’t really have that much to say on the topics but i did enjoy reading all the opinions expressed on the forum.

A owe a lot to this site, FFMO was my internet home way back and this become quickly my second and most of my internet life has been here with this site, I’ve met a lot of friends through here, sure I don’t speak with some of them now but I guess that’s because life goes on.

But X, I owe you many thanks, for the memories and fun your site had provided.

I wish you, Humane and little Evie all the best in the world.
Corvo
Dec 31, 2007, 15:56
“All good things, come to an end…”

A tough decision.
But given your current offline project and the ‘activeness’ of the site…
…I’d say you’ve made a correct choice.
(still, it’s strange to see ‘the plug being pulled’)
phixious
Dec 31, 2007, 21:40
well, though i have a feeling that there is more to this than meets the eye, i can’t fight it. There would be no sense in that. Although, with the community that we have built over the years, and are now tearing down, it will be hard (i think that i can speak for all of us) to possibly drift away and never speak again.

I will do what i can to offer a new “home” for some of the members, if that is not a problem. That will be up to X. If i am going beyond my bound there X, please let me know. The other comment i have about this is yes, the forum has been dead lately, but didn’t we want to appeal to an older audiance? As all of you should know, especially you X, life happens. We might not get to check everyday or post everyday. That is just a fact of appealing to the age range in which you can still have intellectual conversation. That being said, i salute you X and i thank you for your years of giving me a place.

…I think we all need to say that this site has become our home away from home. In a way, i see this as losing a family, but i guess it is just being silly. X, Good luck along the road of life. Enjoy the simple things and don’t let anything get you into that place of no return. You know that you still have a friend in everyone of us. Don’t hessitate to call upon your friends to help you in times of need. I know for me, i can be reached many ways, and i hope to hear from you sometime in the future.

*/me waves and fades into the darkness
Saint
Dec 31, 2007, 9:19
well, it was good while it lasted…weird, i’ve been coming here for so long, and now one of the cornerstones of my internet is gone.
goodbye
CommSie
Dec 31, 2007, 15:11
Jab.

It will live, change or be reborn yet again.
Littlemog
Dec 31, 2007, 15:29
Aye, it was good while it lasted; I met a good many friends on here (and on FFMO, when it was up). I got fed up with many a forum and eventually this was the only one I regularly posted on - one with mature members, mods that didn’t push their weight around. That forum might not have been busy but it was one of a kind. Cheers to X for hosting it, and to everyone that posted in it for making it an enjoyable and mature community.

Good luck to X, Humane and Evie. And to everyone else, should we not all find the same “home” to post at.
robbie
Dec 31, 2007, 11:23
Life goes on… pity though… good luck with whatever you decide to do
magiccardplayer
Dec 31, 2007, 14:28
gonna have to agree with Dragon on this one.
Hate to see it go, even if my posting spurts were more than a few months apart.
=/
Travis
Dec 31, 2007, 4:28
X, I really enjoyed your site, even though I didn’t get a chance to use it much, and I’ve been so busy this last year that I haven’t done much online. I just wanted to thank you again for the help you gave me in getting me started with the site I built.
Who knows, maybe what you’re doing here, including what Commsie did, is just the beginning of something bigger that’s going on. The internet has become swamped with personal “stuff,” including real names that can be linked to all kinds of beliefs, for good or bad. I kind of did the same thing Commsie did, I ditched a Myspace page, blog, and removed all the personal info from a facebook page. I guess I got tired of updating it all and spending more time online then I was offline, which makes life a drag. Heck, maybe these “online communities,” which have tried to be a substitute for real communities and circles of friends(for some, or perhaps many), are starting to show that they don’t quite fit the bill.
I’m interested in any future projects that you do.
Humane
Dec 31, 2007, 17:43
It does give a sickening feeling to my gut to see the site go. You went from banning me 5-6 years ago to wanting to marry me. (Mehehe… Though I did deserve it.) My how we’ve all changed. You’re weird. Probably so weird that you’ll revive this site in the next year.

I miss seeing Raven and Kaos around. And I missed Commie like mad too! Glad to see him blogging again. :)

But this is goodbye for now and I do hope to see everyone, even the old members that have disappeared, around again.
XIII
Dec 31, 2007, 1:14
Wow, thanks for the reactions. There are more and more kind than I’d have imagined.
Ehm, ok, so where do we go from here?
I don’t want to just re-open the forum and go right back to where we left off. But on the other hand I’d hate to see those of you left go.
The bloggers around here are picking up the pace it would seem and that’s a good vibe. I’m already working on some new stuff.
The rest is ‘to be continued’ in the mean time.
But stick around, like CommS said, we’ll be back one way or another.

And thanks.
Lorianne
Dec 31, 2007, 18:11
Even though I’ve only been browsing through the site/forum every once in a while for quite some time now, I still find it odd to find out that it’s no longer up…

I’ll still be lurking around though.
If anything new starts, I might sign up again. If you don’t mind that is…

Good luck X, and maybe untill some other time.
Musical Angel
Dec 31, 2007, 22:39
Woah….this really took me by surprise. I was super busy with work and catching up on the last 6 months that I lost with my husband! Then we went on our honeymoon and I come back to find the board off. I kept checking back daily confused thinking maybe there were site changes going on or something that I just didn’t know about. I finally decided today to search you’re blog list today and found this. Hmmm….well, it was wonderful to be a part of the group. I pretty much dropped off the other sites because they were either more dead then this place and/or didn’t provide the type of conversations I was looking for. I’m glad I got to know you. I think you made a good choice as well. Be sure to keep in touch. You have my IM. Blessing to you and your new little family. ^_~

~MA..~
CommSie
Dec 31, 2007, 1:39
Just a re-formatting :P Lurk along and be reformatted into not just eavesdrop only q:
MMerc
Dec 31, 2007, 22:31
It’s sad to see such a good thing go away, especially something that has affected people over so many years.

At the same time, it is also great to see the many familiar names of the people I got to know from long time back. Getting lost in remembering good times is always a great feeling.

I must tip my hat to Dragon627 for starting it all for me.
Thank You.

Thank you and Goodbye XIII, I wish you and everyone the best.