Veteran Writers

Been RPing since the start o it all, in October 2007 on the very day the Universe tab opened in the Facebook app. I don't remember the exact day anymore, just that it was October. Want to say early October? Either way. I'd only just joined Facebook the previous month when a couple of friends convinced me; it was my junior year of high school. It was an invite from one of those friends that used to add just about every app they could find.

Heh. I remember when apps were a big craze on Facebook. Now it's somewhat downplayed, with only a few major games drawing any attention. I avoid all of them like the plague nowadays.

Anyway, being the Star Wars fan I've always been, I played around with it, using the Influence attacks on my friends, answering all the trivia questions and getting upset at ones that were wrong... I didn't bother with the dueling bit, tried it out with an alt I had and didn't care for it. Dexterity, the little starship game, I played with now and then, it was fine as a distraction. Then the Universe opened up. At that time, I used to draw little goofy comics or write silly stories, the latter based on other properties like Star Wars. I had been writing one and there was a gag in it with the planet Belkadan, which I ran with and what led to me setting up shop there.

I didn't take it the least bit seriously at first. I assumed it was all in goofy fun, which was mirrored by many other random posters on the boards. I didn't even know about the RP that had been happening on the knowledge boards that preceded the Universe's opening and carried over into it for some. My character was (and to many degrees still is) just a self-insert of myself for fun, until I started to realize there were people taking this seriously, and I decided to as well. Granted, our idea of "taking it seriously" back then was to write overpowered characters with all the moves and ginormous fleets, but hey, we evolved.

That character? You're looking at him. After undergoing many grueling revisions. And a name change from something stupid. What once was a late-teens Grand Master is now a late-thirties regular Master, with a heavily-revised and more-realistic backstory. Many core elements stuck around, but he's actually a character now and not a self-insert fantasy. Hell, his backstory and that of those close to him is more or less still the same, just revised.

Before joining JvS I'd actually made up some of my own little Star Wars stories for fun, based around myself and a fictional gang of friends forming our own Jedi group and kicking ass. That's what carried over into JvS and was eventually refined. A few of my major characters and NPCs, as well as ones only recently introduced to the boards proper, are actually older than JvS, part of that original group I came up with, refined and tuned up. It's really great seeing them come to life in this way, and being able to interact off other characters and the environment as well. I love that about JvS. And I'll be here until I'm no longer able to.

Old fart reporting in. I was one of the first Sith writers on the universe threads. Hell, I think I may have been the first ever to post on Dathomir, considering I laid claim to it unopposed. Also secured the Star Forge on Lehon after a particularly nasty rout by the Jedi, which may or may not have kicked off the arms race that resulted in a fleet of 50 Executor-class ships being on the low side, I claim no responsibility for that bit of mayhem. I joined the app because, hey, Star Wars on Facebook, what's not to love? And when the Universe kicked in, all the better! I'd always wanted to try my hand at RPing! A fun, creative outlet for my little nerd self.

And sweet merciful fuck, was I bad at it.

My first-ever character was a mad scientist Dark Jedi who quickly became a Venom ripoff who quickly became a Green Goblin ripoff who quickly became a Ghost Rider ripoff who quickly became a human-brain-in-robot-body who quickly died. I was a man of many horrifically unoriginal hats. Wasn't all bad, though; I met a group of writers that I clicked with and we all went gallivanting around the galaxy saving the day. One of my good, good friends came from that group. Hell, the woman that decided to put up with my bullshit for life and marry me came from that group. And for all the strife, all the drivel, and all the inanity and insanity from those first few years? I remember the bad, but I truly cherish the good. Hell, even some of the quirkier RP elements from that period have stuck around. The Venom ripoff, for example, became something unique in its own right and if Liya Tawaza and Galdaart Fel are to be believed, it went from cheesy and unoriginal to downright terrifying. The original character is still around, by the way, albeit with numerous hiatuses and enough begging and pouting and puppy-eyeing for me to break my long-standing, borderline-famous rule of keeping characters in the dust once they take a bite of it.

It's been a wild ride.

Darth Flvin here! I started just as 1.0 was starting to get really big, although I didn't post as much as I'd like. When we moved to 1.5, thats when my activity kicked up to a new level and my character had joined The Ronove Order. Brought him up from the bottom, being trained by several great characters. Unfortunately Ronove ended up dissolving and I made the switch to a Mandalorian Character, but that first group of writers that I was a part of was phenomenal.

That first character is still alive today, although I'm taking a break from him for a bit. I wouldn't call myself a Vet personally, but I have been here for a while.

I started on JvS round about late '07. At the time, I had never done any text based RP, let alone RP to begin with. JvS has remained my only consist place of writing, I have branched out once or twice, but I always remain here. I always think I am going to quit, but I never do. I retire some characters, but there are some that always stick around. I've met a lot of people on JvS, and made many good friends thanks to it, and met someone who I hold very close to my heart because of it.

My first days on 1.0, I managed to run in to the CDDC, with Tanith and Co. I always remained on the edge of politics with them, setting up shop over on Caamas, before getting gifted Utapau and Sernpidal. Coming into 1.5 I retained those two worlds. Before doing away with the reminder of my terrible writing, and starting Prard'rac'helios (who eventually became Prarr'ebecc'aelios), my foray into the Chiss culture and technology. This character/account is currently my longest running to date, with Zion Morviael coming a close second.
I really do think, that things would have gone a lot differently, if I had not taken some of the chances I did branching out. I have become friends with some of the best people I have ever known, and created a narrative arc which involves not only many of my characters, but those of people I know. It has also allowed me to write with many people that I once never thought I would be able to write and socialise with.

I am pretty convinced I will be here until the day I die

P.S: I've also been very lucky to be able to help give back to this wonderful site (through the GEC, GRPEC, PGC, RPA, HNN, Sithies) which has given me so much.

Started way, way back on Facebook. Before the app even had planet threads. been here since then, will be here until they kick me out & board up the doors. Not my first RP site/group, but the only one I've stuck with for one reason or another. Usually due to the other writers. There is just something about this crew. Anyway, I found it by being more or less addicted to every app game on facebook (a site I haven't been on in years, now) at the time. Didn't make the jump to the planets until they were well underway (I didn't notice them).

First Character here was a rage ball of a jedi turned sith. He is still around (after about a dozen in character name changes to keep ahead of the people trying to kill or otherwise him). He has mellowed way, way out though (80+ years, a few close calls, three kids, starting a business & founding an empire will do that to a person). I also write two of his kids now, as well as a few random strays. For some reason, I seem to be coming back to him again & again, though it must be genetics as his kids share that trait of his. My other characters tend ... well to be underused at times.

Veteran since Facebook JVS 1.0 pre-board days.

For all the chaos that it was, I do look upon those days with some measure of fondness. Creating a character in the mess of those days, and having him survive, could only mean a solid character now.

It's been an honor to share the field of battle with you all. Not to get all sappy or anything, but you guys are a third family to me; by blood, the service, and y'all. Whether you guys RP'd as my closest compatriots, or as disparate enemies of all sorts matters not. I've seen grand things go it all, and would like to see it go strong.