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WOW! A Very Merry 10th Birthday to you, Entranceway!
I was one of the older "second wave" players here, joining back in March/April 2008 when we were still kickin' around on livejournal. I was rping in Discedo at the time, and quickly realized how much overlap the starting playerbase had with Eway. I lurked around for a couple of months, invited to the AIM chatroom by a great gang of mutual friends, before I finally joined with Replica Riku madeinoblivion from Kingdom Hearts (Who Namine proceeded to rename 'Arland', which means 'Pledge'.) I remember a lot of zaniness and brainstorming in chat and on Skype- it became a very comfortable place to hang out and get through a tough season of my early post-college years. I was friendly with most of the 2nd gen mods, and I remember loosely plotting out how a chess match event might be run over a Christmas date night with my girlfriend Kal, way back in the day.
The first mansion event I popped in on was the Silent Hill UFO ending event! Which proceeded to set the tone for an abundance of really fun and unusual happenings around the mansion. This game has always had such a good mix of fun and tearjerking events, and plenty of opportunities for shennanigans. Some of Arland's stand out moments were causing havoc with flinging the contents of Beast Boy, Linda and Kite's underwear drawer at the chandliers, having an awkward father-son relationship with Vexen, and making a promise to bake treacle treats for the dormouse every Tuesday. (Which, if I'm remember correctly, also had a ton to do with establishing one of the early mirrorverse plots.)
In early 2009 I added Coraline Jones exploring_game to my roster, and she was a great inquisitive addition to the mansion, from becoming an honorary Gryffindor (and Weasley, despite the blue hair) to becoming the object of Mirror!Fakir's authorial interests as a plucky protagonist. I loved having an Other Father to play with, and feeling so included by the Marble Hornets cast in creepy things happening in the woods.
I also played Yzma from Emperor's New Groove (wrong_lever), because what could be more well suited for Eway's sillier antics than a cranky old bat who sounds like Eartha Kitt? She enjoying shooing rowdy kids out of the hall, had many failed attempts at flirting with the Winchesters, and was generally a scary-beyond-all-reason sight in her bathrobe with cucs on her eyes.
I've ducked in and out to play here a few more times, always welcomed warmly even when I couldn't quite keep up with the growing pace.... I had a brief stint with Demyx sitarslacker & more recently Jacuzzi Splot crybabybootleg from Baccano for a few months, circa 2012ish.
I hope to bring these familiar faces back around for the 4th wall, and possibly rejoin if I feel like I can wrestle some character back into my bones- I've missed this place a lot and it always brings me back.
Eventually, modding committments at Siren's Pull did drag me away from Eway, but I have been watching you grow fondly from not-very-far, and have always played sidelines cheerleader to Koji's efforts at keeping the mansion on the rails all these years. You all are SO, so lucky to have such a dedicated and cheerful headmod who pours so much energy, patience and love into this place. NO game makes it this far without clearheaded guidance, sticking to concept without going stale, encouraging a slew of player-supported events and maintaining an infection enthusiasm even when the numbers are down. You are the kind of heartfelt leadership that every creative world needs behind it to thrive, Koji ♥
Kelly / magicnme / Puli
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WOW! A Very Merry 10th Birthday to you, Entranceway!
I was one of the older "second wave" players here, joining back in March/April 2008 when we were still kickin' around on livejournal. I was rping in Discedo at the time, and quickly realized how much overlap the starting playerbase had with Eway. I lurked around for a couple of months, invited to the AIM chatroom by a great gang of mutual friends, before I finally joined with Replica Riku
The first mansion event I popped in on was the Silent Hill UFO ending event! Which proceeded to set the tone for an abundance of really fun and unusual happenings around the mansion. This game has always had such a good mix of fun and tearjerking events, and plenty of opportunities for shennanigans. Some of Arland's stand out moments were causing havoc with flinging the contents of Beast Boy, Linda and Kite's underwear drawer at the chandliers, having an awkward father-son relationship with Vexen, and making a promise to bake treacle treats for the dormouse every Tuesday. (Which, if I'm remember correctly, also had a ton to do with establishing one of the early mirrorverse plots.)
In early 2009 I added Coraline Jones
I also played Yzma from Emperor's New Groove (
I've ducked in and out to play here a few more times, always welcomed warmly even when I couldn't quite keep up with the growing pace.... I had a brief stint with Demyx
I hope to bring these familiar faces back around for the 4th wall, and possibly rejoin if I feel like I can wrestle some character back into my bones- I've missed this place a lot and it always brings me back.
Eventually, modding committments at Siren's Pull did drag me away from Eway, but I have been watching you grow fondly from not-very-far, and have always played sidelines cheerleader to Koji's efforts at keeping the mansion on the rails all these years. You all are SO, so lucky to have such a dedicated and cheerful headmod who pours so much energy, patience and love into this place. NO game makes it this far without clearheaded guidance, sticking to concept without going stale, encouraging a slew of player-supported events and maintaining an infection enthusiasm even when the numbers are down. You are the kind of heartfelt leadership that every creative world needs behind it to thrive, Koji ♥