Oh jeez, since I was tagged I feel compelled to do this now. lol.
How did you discover Iwaku?
The spring of 2014 I was super bored with my life. My longtime rp partner had moved away to college and was too busy to talk with or rp with me like she used to, I didn't have a job, I hardly had any friends, and I was sorta feeling down. The one thing that always cheered me up though was roleplaying so I figured I could seek a new roleplaying home and look for partners to replace my college friend. That's when I found... not iwaku, but RpNation!
As a very shy mouse, I stuck mainly to 1x1 roleplays and only talked with my partners on occasion. Still, I wasn't really that happy. Most of my partners were cold and kinda boring. That's when someone messaged me who sorta changed my life, in more ways than just in roleplaying.
It was a crazy fellow who messaged me with a roleplay he was scheming up, asking me if I would play Queen Elsa in it. The concept of it sounded interesting--and I was still bored as hell--so I went ahead and decided to join it, my first Murder Game. I never even really had done many group rps before!
So I joined it. It was crazy, outrageous, exciting, horrifying, and one of the most unique rping experiences I had ever jumped into before. The people were quite friendly too, much more interesting than the people I did 1x1 roleplays with. So I kinda stuck with this little group... until the day our "leader" who had invited me to the rps in the first place had been banned and our group shutdown. We were kinda in a panic for a while because in our early days he was the glue that kept our group together. He hadn't given up on us though. He invited us to move with him to a new website where he felt our group would be more openly accepted: Iwakuroleplay. <3
When I got the invite I was totally against it! I didn't want to move. I hated the drama that had happened when our group was shutdown and was firm in my belief that I wanted nothing to do with the group anymore. I'd go back to my safe 1x1 roleplaying box and let them move on. That was that.
But some of my friends like
@Ellya ,
@Xibilation , and others messaged me encouraging me to go over to iwaku. They really wanted me to check it out, so I decided I would at least do that.
Soooo, I came over to iwaku and saw all the fun my friends were having and how nicely the group was getting set up and my resolve to stay out of it faded away. I joined Iwaku under the username you see today and the rest is history. I came here because of my group, but fell in love with iwaku just because of how wonderful it is!
What were my first impressions of the site?
Compared to RpNation, that I was used to, it felt more... relaxed. I felt like there were less restrictions and more freedom to do what I loved most, writing, more than any other rping website I had ever been on. The format was nearly the same as RpNs so I was used to it nearly right away, and I felt very, very comfortable!
What did or do I like best about Iwaku?
Many, many things! To name a few things, I like...
The ratings buttons. The first time I saw them they gave me a good laugh. I just thought they were very clever and well thought out.
The admins. They are all super nice!
@Diana was the first person to greet me, in fact, when I joined Iwaku and she has been nothing but kind and helpful ever since then!
Creative freedom! Not many roleplay websites have a section for libertine roleplaying, creative challenges, and guides for writing. I was very happy to see such things here on iwaku, even if I don't really participate in libertine roleplays myself.
The people! This is my favorite thing, honestly. The great people of Iwakuroleplay and Murder Games have always been so kind and friendly to me that they have helped me tear down walls that I never knew I could. I found more than just roleplaying partners here. I found friends to laugh with, play games with, talk with even outside of iwaku, watch movies with, and more. The people of Iwaku and the MGs are my second family. I received more happy birthday wishes, in fact, from my friends here on Iwaku than I did real life family and friends this year. I talk to the people here on iwaku more than I do many of my real family members! I LOVE YOU GUYS! Seriously, some of you are better than any real life friends I've made. I really don't have any real life friends I hang with anymore and my parents worry about me, wondering if I'm lonely. But if they only knew about you guys, their jaws would drop if they knew how many friends I have. I'm blessed!
So what do I like best about iwaku? You guys! <3
@Hospes @Ellya @Krieg @Atomyk @T.O.M. @OrlandoBloomers @Gummi Bunnies @Bomb @Verite @The Tactician @Gwazi Magnum @Hazel-rah @Josh M @Verite @york and many others! ^_^
Did you have some pretty memorable happenings early on? Funny incidents?
Goodness, I have far too many stories I could tell. But one of the most memorable things, I could say, is that the person who invited me to iwaku got banned (rightfully so!) and I became one of the leaders in the group he left behind. lol. Other things are becoming a CV, becoming a Staffer, and having fun with my friends playing CAH games over Skype... laughing so hard my stomach hurt when
@Krieg read the cards in funny voices during one of our games.
I love Iwaku and I'm super pleased to be here, roleplaying, helping out as a staffer, and enjoying time here with my friends! :)
