thetruefan wrote:

I am fan

Pleasure to meet you, fan. Congrats on dumping your 3000th post on my little topic.

Yea, I know, heh. Thanks man

I am fan

Pleasure to meet you, fan. Congrats on dumping your 3000th post on my little topic.

And yeah, the forum's definitely seen better days in terms of activity, but it's kind of nice in a way. We all get to know each other really well, especially since most of us have been here for years.

That is the bonus of fewer numbers, which is probably why I got close with Antr, Doppel, Ayumi and others in the first place since we shared a private forum. The downside was that activity dropped if somebody left, which several people eventually did and the forum died out.

I have a hard time remembering one of us. He often referenced himself as Saphira, as in the one from Eragon, which he also used as an icon and RP character. I think his name was DragonElder13 or something, but I've been unable to find him so I may not remember the name right. I wonder if it rings anyone's bells here.

Your name does ring a bell, I remember your name a lot better than many of the others here. I can definitely understand people who prefer the original trilogy. Essentially it has a higher quality and variation of gameplay. TLoS is more moving and smacking enemies and playing with elements, no more, no less. The story and world is what seals the deal for me though, since it feels more consistent and less 'magically random' compared to the originals. I get a higher satisfaction from being able to understand the world, which for the originals I really can't.

Likewise. Brohoof /)

... Heck it's been like 2 years and I still never made the new logo since SR didn't like my original one.

As a thought we can always commission a well respected Spyro artist who can spend a lot of time on detailing and getting his shapes right. And perhaps give it a transparent background so there's no weird white border.

[Edit] In fact you can send that image to me and I can fix up that white part.

Edit: Wow, I just looked at my join date. I can't believe I've been here for a little over 9 years...

And yeah, the forum's definitely seen better days in terms of activity, but it's kind of nice in a way. We all get to know each other really well, especially since most of us have been here for years.

Apparently Ayumi got a bit...upset...after SR banned him a while ago. According to legend, he infrequently returns on either an alt account or in the chat, lamenting upon this websites inevitable destruction and inactivity.

The ghost of Ayumi, huh... Things have taken an interesting turn, though I remember him as a rather persistent person. I don't remember much about his relation with Dark Fury Dragon, but I do have some recollection of him chasing her around, maybe even harassing, after a breakup or something. DFD got on a hiatus, if I remember right, due to life matters and the two got distant. Ayumi didn't take it too well.

Speaking of inactivity, the presence of people here does seem rather toned down. I recall there was a lot higher activity during the age of TLoS. I can see that the fandom has mostly died out, since Dawn of the Dragon came 8 years ago. Man, that's a long time ago. Jared Pullen's reigniting the flames though, now that he joined deviantart and has gone out of his way to delve into the game details we don't know about.

I suppose it didn't have a point, though it was strangely satisfying to gather your own hoard. Rather than removing it, I would've liked to see it being developed into a ranking system of sorts, where members would be rewarded based on their contributions to the forum. I think that would've encouraged the community a little.

I think Stormy joked once that in order for me to become a veteran Spyro Forum user I must encounter him on one of these 'visits' and challenge him to a game of smash or something

Ah yes, the fabled "BRAWL ME!" from irc. Spyroforum lore runs deep. I always seem to miss his return visits too

Lol, deep voices are great for livestreaming. I don't actually talk during my stream because balancing audio from music, stomping, and my voice is pretty difficult. I also average maybe 3 or 4 viewers, so I'm still learning. I was thinking of doing a Spyro marathon stream sometime soon with a mic just to see how it goes.
DDR is pretty hard to find everywhere; it's pretty much a dying game at this point. I actually play at home with a heavily-modded metal pad. But yeah, disc golf is super fun - and that course sounds awesome. Me and my buddies try to play at a new course every weekend

Spyroforum used to have a gem-system where you would gain some gems for every post, but they didn't really serve much of a purpose, so they got cut once the forum layout changed.

Are we talking about the same Ayumi here? How are you related to him? 'o'

Apparently Ayumi got a bit...upset...after SR banned him a while ago. According to legend, he infrequently returns on either an alt account or in the chat, lamenting upon this websites inevitable destruction and inactivity.

I think Stormy joked once that in order for me to become a veteran Spyro Forum user I must encounter him on one of these 'visits' and challenge him to a game of smash or something

So yeah, no special relations or anything

I used to go by DDR_Maniac back in the day - lots of my old posts were pretty...interesting as well, but that's just being a teenager for you. I'm also Stormy's brother, which is why I'm a mod now, basically.

I play a lot of Stepmania/DDR/ITG for exercise too, and also started up a livestream which I enjoy doing in my free time along with video games. Now that the weather is finally warming up, I'll be outside running, playing tennis, and frisbee golf too.

I think I remember you. We didn't really talk, but I remember seeing you around, quite a bit actually. Her brother, huh? Spyroforum is turning into a family business ;D

Ooh, nice. In a way DDR intrigues me, but it's not really something you can find here in Finland. I sometimes dreamt of doing livestreaming too, but frankly I don't play that much these days and anime is taking most of my time. I also have a really deep voice, so I have no idea how to incorporate that =3 Frisbee golf is a nice pastime. There's courses all around Finland and one particularly interesting course is not too far from my home. It's built on top a terminal moraine, making each track vary in many ways.

By the way, didn't this forum used to have a reward/trading system of sorts? Collecting gems for your profile by various means.

So yeah, from the above you can tell that my top two interests are music and a bit of game development, though I lean a lot more on the music side of things now as of late. I play piano and trombone, plus compose / arrange music with Sibelius software (just mentioning it if you want to check it out). I might even do Spyro piano tutorials / performances in the future

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Plus, I have yet to prove my worth in defeating Ayumi on the fields of battle in IRC or somehtin' or nothin'...

Ooh, nice. We have the same interests. Though I haven't really delved into music as much as I would've liked to, I'm nonetheless studying Information and Communication Technology. We have 8 majors to choose from and my goal is video game applications from them in order to become a game designer. I might check that software you mentioned. Nice to know it carries the name of our national composer.

Are we talking about the same Ayumi here? How are you related to him? 'o'