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| Topic Started: Jun 22 2009, 10:58 AM (99 Views) | |
| Alandree | Jun 22 2009, 10:58 AM Post #1 |
 
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If you have something to say about OM and your experience here, feel free to post! On June 15th, 2008, Dree made a board. I could never have anticipated the success it would have, or the people I would meet within it. I believe the main factor in it being so densely populated is in the fact that I discovered forum advertisement. I've made a lot of boards in my time, and none of them have ever reached 60+ members before, active accounts or not. But I cannot for the life of me figure out how it has attracted so many amazing, talented, creative, loving, wonderful people. You have all brought light to my life, and I cannot begin to express how thrilled I am each and every day to be a part of this. Though our core community is relatively small, it's extremely stable and family-like. Each and every one of you bring integral elements to the board in your own way, as writers, role-players, and as people. I am astounded daily at not only the content of each post, but of the quality. It is an absolute joy to read everything each of you has written for us here. Our characters are well-processed, intricate, charming, and lively. I love them all, almost as much as I love all of you as members. I find myself extremely lucky to be counted among you. Thank you. |
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| Liza | Jun 22 2009, 01:14 PM Post #2 |
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-must...post...here.- And on June 23rd, 2008 Liza joined that board that Dree made on the 15th! And she saw it and it was love at first sight; three of her favorite musicals, all combined together into one site? How could she not join? And why weren't there already a bajillion members? So she joined, but it was after much contemplation and a few hours of merely sitting and looking at it, and reading, and re-reading, and more looking, some staring, and then some more sitting and even more reading. Mostly because Liza was so hesitant to join a board that was created on Zetaboards, which she had never heard of. And to join a board as the first member aside from the administrator - because that always makes her kinda nervous just because, ;D But eventually the temptation to play Mrs. Lovett - yet again, on yet another board - got the best of her and she decided to join. And to her surprise, she loved Zetaboards. (Even if she still hasn't figured out all the admin control-y stuff yet... and forgets her password every time she tries to sign onto OM from another computer and has to reset it for the umpteenth time.) >:D This is probably the first actual roleplay where my interest in it has never dwindled after a few weeks, or a month or two. Nor has the site dwindled after a few weeks. And not only is that because of the friendships that have developed, but also because of how interesting the characters are, and what a variety we're so fortunate to have. Each day I love to read the replies to threads that Lovett or Christine are in, and to have the opportunity to think up something in reply to that writing. Or to be able to just sit there in awe and re-read it over and over and over again. Or, to be able to creep on another thread and read those posts x] The writing talent of the members here amazes me every day, and I'm so grateful to be able to write with such fantastic people. I love you all. And never have I been on a roleplay where it has thrived long enough for me to develop a character more, and to work out all of the kinks and clean up the bad spots - another thing I'm grateful for. I could not have asked for a better place to make decisions regarding how I want to write my characters, and why I want them to be that way. And I've said this a million times but I have to say it again, the majority of the cleaning up that I've done with Lovett is thanks to Dree's Todd. He is, hands down, the best I've ever written her with. ♥ And to be asked to be an admin was a thrill for me, though I know there are times when I'm not here at all or am here one moment and gone the next, and that I don't contribute nearly as much as Dree, I'm very grateful to be in such a position, and to be a part of this board in general. I love you all - you're essentially my second family. So thank you to Dree, for creating this board and giving Lovett & Christine a home for a whole year, ;3 & Here's to seeing another anniversary next year! ;D ♥ |
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| Lena | Jun 22 2009, 01:27 PM Post #3 |
This s**t is Lenanas: L-E-N-A-N-A-S
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Let me start by saying this: I never intended to join OM when I first heard of it. Yeah, I skimmed through it a bit, fell in love with each of the characters one late night at a time, but I never thought 'Hey, let's join!' Even after voting for them in the RPG-D FOTW (which, in OM's case, should've been called FFTW, Forum for the Win) and posting a little comment I thought nothing of, I didn't consider it. After a while, I stopped lurking and just went about my business running a large Twilight site and being at three other somewhat lame sites. In February of this year, all of them died. All of them. Right around the same time, they just went -poof- and I was lonely, homeless in terms of sites, and downright angry at myself for joining such sites that could simply die. So I posted a want ad for a new site and just left it at that but even the site I joined after that didn't quite make me happy. It was around late March that I finally picked up a copy of 'Phantom of the Opera,' the novel. In the mood for a bit of opera-house-slander and scandal, I went a-looking for a place to play someone from the novel (ANYONE, to be honest) and found this little jewel of a site called something that even now, months later, I still cannot pronounce (OM is a decent enough nickname, ain't it?) At first, I feared that I was in over my head (there was some sort of inside joke that was pulled the first day involving Pikachus) but in less than two hours, Meg was done and it was like "HAI!" Basically, OM became one of the best sites I've ever been to. This is both from personality of the members (everyone here has been absolutely wonderful and always encouraging.) but also on a relaxing and fun time view. I've never felt especially pressed to just push out a reply and if a 'good' reply takes 3 months, well that's life. . . (SPEAKING OF, SORRY ERICAL!) Let me just say, I love this site and every moment (obsessive c-boxian times or not) is possibly one of the best I've had in the virtual world. . . Even if I have zero historical accuracy in any of my characters. xD Love ya'll, Lena-loo |
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| Skazka | Jun 22 2009, 03:19 PM Post #4 |
all the ships go down/following the sound
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One fateful day, after almost three days of agonising over a biography, Skazka joined OM. That day was August 28, 2008, after encountering the board first through RPG-directory. The first character bio wasn't terribly impressive, but I knew from the start I loved the crap out of this place. Alandree was a present admin, a named personage and a person in the cbox. A member like myself, not some weird untouchable Elder Thing. (Though she did play a major canon, she still didn't let it go to her head.) She coaxed me into staying, generally reassuring me during my very first OM Twitchy Fit. (Thus was started a grand tradition, of Dree being the sane one. Comparatively sane. This place gets to you.) Soon enough, other people joined. And they were awesome. Some people have left. Some have stayed. We've had few to no bad apples, and the people I've met here are the coolest I know. I love you guys. |
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| Erical | Jun 23 2009, 04:22 AM Post #5 |
Leader of the Surete
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Erical - known at that time as VraiVidocq - slunk into OM with every intent of falling upon her nearest favorite Les Miserables character and clinging to him with all her might. It was quite possibly on the dark side, most likely in the nocturnal time of the 24-hour period, and almost definitely bad weather for that time of year. I came here because I was on a musical forum trying to glean love for my favorite musical and wondering why I - a self-professed fanatic of the period and the subject - seemed to take the whole thing so much less seriously than some of the fans online (seriously? LM fans can be a bit unnerving. I felt like a complete fraud for not reading the Brick once a year, and in fact for not actually having read the whole thing straight through... ever.). One of my fellow Javert fans mentioned OM, and I wandered over to see what it was all about. My only prior experience with RPing had been a rather abortive attempt with an e-mail based Anne McCaffrey RP system, which had very strict rules and paired new arrivals up with 'mentors' until it was proven that they could play properly. Ms. McCaffrey had authorised the site, so we all had to be careful to stay strictly in canon (i.e. Cats are felines, horses are runner beasts, dogs are canines, don't mess up. EVER. ((I left because I called a feline a cat once too many times and was put back on Mentor-watch and then my mentor never seemed to get around to approving and sending out my posts)). I loved the place immediately. OM is so friendly, and I am always scared of entering huge places because everyone has their friends and the story is already set in concrete and - well - I'm very very shy. :$ OM was the perfect place, not too big to be scary, professional, friendly... even if Valjean was taken at the time! I snaffled Grantaire, swore undying affection, and I've been in love ever since. We have so many - well - nerds, geeks. writers. and history-buffs that I don't feel weird or out of place. The writing is unbelievably awesome, the atmosphere is encouraging without being demanding, and I managed to go away for a while and then come back without feeling as though I'd missed too much to be able to slot back in. And I came back. I felt I had to leave because I'm being stalked on the web and I was feeling very unsafe, but I missed you guys. And I kept checking in to see what was happening. And finally I thought - I'm not going to let this control me. And I came back. Dree... you are awesome. I have never met another mod like you. You don't make me feel like a lowly peon, you make me feel loved and wanted and you listen to me. Everyone one else - I love you guys. We make beautiful words together, and it is such an amazing creative environment. I may be tardy with my replies because I'm overworked or over-busy, but never ever ever doubt that I think of you all. :wub: Obscurite Musicale is where it's at people! We ROCK. |
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| Elise | Jun 23 2009, 10:08 PM Post #6 |
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A long time ago, on an RP board far, far away.... *BWWWAAAAAAAAAA BUM BUM BUM buh duh da da da da da da --- *record scratches* *clears throat* Elise found this board before she really knew anything about Les Mis. She *turns off first person* I came for the Phantom, and stayed for Les Mis, apparently. Seeing as all the characters I was originally going to take were well, taken. So, I grabbed Cosette, thinking "there's not much there" to quote Mdme. Thénardier. Well, everyone, to my shock, loved her. But more importantly, loved me. I had only RP'ed before with a) amatuers and b) a person who really, looking back on it all, didn't like me. I was TERRIFIED of this site, thinking "My GOSH. I'll NEVER fit in here! I'm not good enough for these people!!! T____T". Turns out I was. And now? I have a Auntie and a Mommy, sisters galore and a husband! XD XD XD You people are wonderful!! |
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| Alandree | Jun 27 2009, 02:56 PM Post #7 |
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I would like to extend a reiterated thanks to all the members who stood up for me in this strange onslaught of spam. Someone had been impersonating me, using my name in the cboxes of a number of other boards, and spamming with OM's address. With the help of common sense, bravery, and loyalty, you all aided me in combating these fools (the angry, senseless, immature admins who decided to take revenge and spam back, not to mention the original masquerading spammer him/herself) and defending OM like the warm, creative, caring sanctum that it is. Truthfully, I was a bit stunned by the extent some of you went to. I hear that many of you purposefully stayed up to keep an eye on the board in my absence, and I cannot begin to thank you enough for such unyielding support. On the eve of the attack, which was Wednesday, June 24th, I stayed up nearly the entire night worrying about it. There had been a throw-away threat from one of the angry (and least mature) admins that I'd noticed, stating that he would somehow find a way to get our board shut down. This caused me to panic and close the board, not to mention cry and fret for the majority of that night, which was weighed deeper on me considering I had my final diploma exam the next morning. Thankfully, though the threats persisted throughout the night and next day while I was away, you all continued to defend us, and eventually the spammer apologized, though not to us, and ceased the attacks. We have become strangely fortunate, in that through such a display of our member's maturity and loyalty, we have gained several followers who discovered us through spam alone. Of particular note is the lovely Brittany, whose generosity has gifted us with a premium cbox for two years. I give a special thanks to her, for both the gift itself and the trust she put in me as a stranger to not abuse her personal information. That touches me, flatters me, and warms my heart to see that there are such giving and kind people in the world. In a way, it was OM's darkest hour, but it lasted no more than a day in total, thanks to everyone. I want to let you all know that this is no longer my board alone, but ours. |
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| Erical | Nov 27 2009, 09:21 PM Post #8 |
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As the CBox is down, I want to extend my thanks here, where it belongs. When 'Torrentuous' turned up and I realised who he was, I really didn't want to continue talking to him at all, especially as it was the height of rudeness to embroil the CBox with an issue that really wasn't something you should have had to concern yourselves with. So I left until Dree could get back and ban him. Luckily both Luc and Daron kept me informed of what was going on so I knew when I was clear to return. I won't go into details but I can say from the very bottom of my heart how much it meant to me that you all stood up for me. I have been on other forums which haven't, but you all did. And that means so much - so very much that I can't put it into words. I love you all and I consider you my family. Thank you for your help and support, Skazka, Lena, Lucinda, and Daron. You are all such special, wonderful people and you bring tears to my eyes. I am so sorry that OM got caught up in this mess. And I thank you. |
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