Dalas
Prowler
- Joined
- Apr 13, 2006
- Posts
- 1,043
- Location
- Haugesund, Norway
- Society
- Death Unlimited
- Avatar Name
- Luke Dalas Cambridge
This thread is in two sections: The short story (the next paragraph) for those who can't be bothered to read my typically lengthy post, and the long story for those who can. Take your pick and thanks for reading!
The short story, for those in a hurry:
I would like to make today, April 21st, the Calypsian day of Atlas Island including the now-gone-but-never-forgotten Atlas Island North. If you were there to remember this great place in its glory days, spare it a thought today (or when you read this). Thank you!
*End of short story, please leave now if you are lazy*
Are they gone? Right, down to business then. Now for you more patient people, I will elaborate...
Today is the day I turn 21 years old in real life. The month of April 2010 means that I've been a participant in Entropia for 7.5 years (3/4 of a decade).
These two significant dates arriving at the same time invokes some thoughts and reminiscences over what has happened during all these years. What have I done? Where have I been? Who have I met? How could I have done things differently?
I came to think about the place that, due to being the founder of the community there, became almost synonymous with my name. So let's concentrate on Where have I been?
ATLAS ISLAND NORTH
... was a very special place to me. Here's why:
The beginnings: 2006.
I'll begin with a quote from my Forum research:
"Early Sept. 2006 (Can't quite find the exact day this started. Lil help?)
Calypsians log in to find that mob spawn at Phoenix has dropped to near zero. Those mobs they do find won't give any sweat. And a strange fog has enveloped the entire location.
A few days later, a turret was placed right next to the TP, making sweating/hunting there impossible." - (John Teacher Capital, 2008)
It all began when the turret at the old Camp Phoenix was sprung on us (the sweating community) in mid/late 2006 (from a Forum search I discovered the above quoted information). People were very unhappy about it but were forced to move to other places. We could only guess Mindark had done this to stop sweating becoming too easy for us. For those who weren't around in the Phoenix days, we used to sweat Armax, Atrox, Gokibusagi and Diripi to name a few. Suddenly one day there was a turret placed directly in the middle of the sweating area which was right next to the TP (you could literally stand in the TP and sweat).
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So it was time for me to find a new spot to sweat at. I tried a few, such as Fort Troy, but none were as charming as Atlas Island North, so I settled there.
Boldar, collaboration...
It may be that you remember a famous and unfortunately deceased member of our EU community named Boldar Boldar Blood. If not, see this thread: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/greetings-messages/163352-sad-farewell.html
Boldar was a friend of mine. He was to Atlas Haven what I was to Atlas Island North. We, in our own little ways, oversaw our respective TPs, chatted, kept order and created our own communities. We saw it as a collaboration between us to make Atlas Island a nice place to visit in general. Many people visited Atlas Island for the sole purpose of meeting one of us.
This collaborative effort would last a few years and in some way I am glad that Boldar never got to see VU-10, the Cryengine update due to the geographical and therefore populational effects on Atlas Haven. I'm glad that he died with the pre-Cryengine view of a bustling Atlas Haven that wouldn't be the same without his presence.
I'd like to thank Boldar for everything.
Community: 2006 - 2007.
As I was hanging out at Atlas Island North regularly now, I wanted to build a community comparable to that which Camp Phoenix had. I knew it would be a tough job, but I wanted to make it work. I knew the sweating here was just as good; I just had to convince others, a task I found increasingly difficult over time as places like Swamp Camp and Nea's Place came to the fore.
As it happened, I had a society which was almost a year old at the time. My society mates had no problems joining me at AIN to sweat. That was a good start! A few friends of the society joined too. This was the start of a part of EU history I'm proud to have set into motion.
2007 was a golden time for Atlas Island North. We had our regulars, people who liked to pop by between their busy schedules and the community was positively glowing. I was teaching the art of enjoying sweating.
This was also the year I met my girlfriend, Freja, while chilling out at AIN one day in August 2007. I had just got back from a holiday during which she had begun sweating at AIN. I arrived back and she already had an impression of who I was due to the community talking about me. She thought I sounded pretty arrogant, she later admitted, like one of those "too good for you" people. Obviously she was wrong.
Maturity: 2008 - 2009.
I was already known by this time as the "King of AIN" by the community. People joked about Atlas Island North being changed to Dalas Island North. All my friends knew they could find me sitting down in my spot just in front of the ShopContainer at AIN. People passing by even stopped to ask why I was always in this exact spot. It came to be known as my "Throne" and I was even given a Pall Stool to use as a Throne by some of the AIN community. Thanks guys!
*Screenie of my Throne coming soon*
As time passed and PM windows started to take over my life (as they inevitably do if you're naturally disposed to chat as much as I am and you've been around for so long), I became known for sitting down on my Throne more often than actually getting up and sweating (*cough cough* Alice). It may have seemed like I was being lazy but often I was just helping people with advice and such, or chatting in All or Soc chat.
This was the time I consider AIN to have been at its most mature, due to it not requiring me to be there to maintain it. The community no longer needed someone to encourage them to come along to AIN, they were in for the long haul (which unfortunately wasn't so long).
Finale: August 2009.
The Cryengine came along, there was a lot of change, and most importantly, AIN was gone. The home I had nurtured and loved for 3 years had disappeared from the face of Eudoria. I had spent almost half my entire EU life at AIN, and suddenly it was gone.
No one knew just how massive the conversion to the Cryengine would be, so no one could predict how the landscape would look. I hoped AIN would be left intact, but alas, it wasn't. I moved on gracefully and without hesitation. AIN was a place to remember, a place I am glad to have been associated with. I am not alone in saying that I loved AIN.
Calypsian Atlas Island Day: 2010 onwards.
On this day, my birthday, I would like you to spare a thought for my old home Atlas Island North and Boldar's home Atlas Haven. Perhaps you were part of a TP run that went through there. Maybe you even saw one of us sitting around in our respective spots sometimes. Maybe Atlas Island was special to you for another reason (if so, let us know).
EU has moved on, the AIN community have all moved on, but we all share a common bond: We all sweated at Atlas Island North.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you've gained an insight into a part of EU's history.
[br]Click to enlarge[/br]
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The short story, for those in a hurry:
I would like to make today, April 21st, the Calypsian day of Atlas Island including the now-gone-but-never-forgotten Atlas Island North. If you were there to remember this great place in its glory days, spare it a thought today (or when you read this). Thank you!
*End of short story, please leave now if you are lazy*
Are they gone? Right, down to business then. Now for you more patient people, I will elaborate...
Today is the day I turn 21 years old in real life. The month of April 2010 means that I've been a participant in Entropia for 7.5 years (3/4 of a decade).
These two significant dates arriving at the same time invokes some thoughts and reminiscences over what has happened during all these years. What have I done? Where have I been? Who have I met? How could I have done things differently?
I came to think about the place that, due to being the founder of the community there, became almost synonymous with my name. So let's concentrate on Where have I been?
ATLAS ISLAND NORTH
... was a very special place to me. Here's why:
The beginnings: 2006.
I'll begin with a quote from my Forum research:
"Early Sept. 2006 (Can't quite find the exact day this started. Lil help?)
Calypsians log in to find that mob spawn at Phoenix has dropped to near zero. Those mobs they do find won't give any sweat. And a strange fog has enveloped the entire location.
A few days later, a turret was placed right next to the TP, making sweating/hunting there impossible." - (John Teacher Capital, 2008)
It all began when the turret at the old Camp Phoenix was sprung on us (the sweating community) in mid/late 2006 (from a Forum search I discovered the above quoted information). People were very unhappy about it but were forced to move to other places. We could only guess Mindark had done this to stop sweating becoming too easy for us. For those who weren't around in the Phoenix days, we used to sweat Armax, Atrox, Gokibusagi and Diripi to name a few. Suddenly one day there was a turret placed directly in the middle of the sweating area which was right next to the TP (you could literally stand in the TP and sweat).
[br]Click to enlarge[/br]
[br]Click to enlarge[/br]
[br]Click to enlarge[/br]So it was time for me to find a new spot to sweat at. I tried a few, such as Fort Troy, but none were as charming as Atlas Island North, so I settled there.
Boldar, collaboration...
It may be that you remember a famous and unfortunately deceased member of our EU community named Boldar Boldar Blood. If not, see this thread: https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/forums/greetings-messages/163352-sad-farewell.html
Boldar was a friend of mine. He was to Atlas Haven what I was to Atlas Island North. We, in our own little ways, oversaw our respective TPs, chatted, kept order and created our own communities. We saw it as a collaboration between us to make Atlas Island a nice place to visit in general. Many people visited Atlas Island for the sole purpose of meeting one of us.
This collaborative effort would last a few years and in some way I am glad that Boldar never got to see VU-10, the Cryengine update due to the geographical and therefore populational effects on Atlas Haven. I'm glad that he died with the pre-Cryengine view of a bustling Atlas Haven that wouldn't be the same without his presence.
I'd like to thank Boldar for everything.
Community: 2006 - 2007.
As I was hanging out at Atlas Island North regularly now, I wanted to build a community comparable to that which Camp Phoenix had. I knew it would be a tough job, but I wanted to make it work. I knew the sweating here was just as good; I just had to convince others, a task I found increasingly difficult over time as places like Swamp Camp and Nea's Place came to the fore.
As it happened, I had a society which was almost a year old at the time. My society mates had no problems joining me at AIN to sweat. That was a good start! A few friends of the society joined too. This was the start of a part of EU history I'm proud to have set into motion.
2007 was a golden time for Atlas Island North. We had our regulars, people who liked to pop by between their busy schedules and the community was positively glowing. I was teaching the art of enjoying sweating.
This was also the year I met my girlfriend, Freja, while chilling out at AIN one day in August 2007. I had just got back from a holiday during which she had begun sweating at AIN. I arrived back and she already had an impression of who I was due to the community talking about me. She thought I sounded pretty arrogant, she later admitted, like one of those "too good for you" people. Obviously she was wrong.
Maturity: 2008 - 2009.
I was already known by this time as the "King of AIN" by the community. People joked about Atlas Island North being changed to Dalas Island North. All my friends knew they could find me sitting down in my spot just in front of the ShopContainer at AIN. People passing by even stopped to ask why I was always in this exact spot. It came to be known as my "Throne" and I was even given a Pall Stool to use as a Throne by some of the AIN community. Thanks guys!
*Screenie of my Throne coming soon*
As time passed and PM windows started to take over my life (as they inevitably do if you're naturally disposed to chat as much as I am and you've been around for so long), I became known for sitting down on my Throne more often than actually getting up and sweating (*cough cough* Alice). It may have seemed like I was being lazy but often I was just helping people with advice and such, or chatting in All or Soc chat.
This was the time I consider AIN to have been at its most mature, due to it not requiring me to be there to maintain it. The community no longer needed someone to encourage them to come along to AIN, they were in for the long haul (which unfortunately wasn't so long).
Finale: August 2009.
The Cryengine came along, there was a lot of change, and most importantly, AIN was gone. The home I had nurtured and loved for 3 years had disappeared from the face of Eudoria. I had spent almost half my entire EU life at AIN, and suddenly it was gone.
No one knew just how massive the conversion to the Cryengine would be, so no one could predict how the landscape would look. I hoped AIN would be left intact, but alas, it wasn't. I moved on gracefully and without hesitation. AIN was a place to remember, a place I am glad to have been associated with. I am not alone in saying that I loved AIN.
Calypsian Atlas Island Day: 2010 onwards.
On this day, my birthday, I would like you to spare a thought for my old home Atlas Island North and Boldar's home Atlas Haven. Perhaps you were part of a TP run that went through there. Maybe you even saw one of us sitting around in our respective spots sometimes. Maybe Atlas Island was special to you for another reason (if so, let us know).
EU has moved on, the AIN community have all moved on, but we all share a common bond: We all sweated at Atlas Island North.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope you've gained an insight into a part of EU's history.
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