Slingerland Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 http://www.mooglecavern.com/ It's time for things to come to a close. This is a difficult page to write, and there's no question I'll leave much more out of it than I intended. But it's time for it to be written. Far past time, really.There is a strong, clear point I want to make before going any further. This is not me flipping off the fandom, or the people who made the site worth running for a very long time. There are some people who will never be convinced that this is anything but; most likely some feeble attempt to "take my ball and run home." There's nothing I can say to those, they've already made their decisions about me, and so I'm not going to fight or argue over it. The simple truth is that I'm not going away. I'll be around. And now the question of timing. Honestly, it's been something I've been thinking about since early last year, and it's been planned for several months. I thought one last New Years together would be a fair close. I left plenty of slack in case I truly needed to reconsider, but it just isn't happening. Regardless of how well or poorly you think I've done, for something around eleven years I've made my efforts to run the works in the best way I know how. My heart wasn't always in it, I admit, but I did it. I cleaned up messes, I resolved issues, I did what I could to keep an entertaining and fun place alive in an increasingly jaded and bitter internet. I feel like I've done my part. So why not pass the site along to someone else? There's some obvious candidates. But The Moogle Cavern, at least on the content and structure side, has always been an expression of my interests and ideals. Even if it's just the forum aspect being carried over, why force my ideals onto someone else? How fair is that when they have their own designs and desires, interests and ideas? Why should they inherit the problems and stresses tied to the name, simply because I feel it's time to step away? And why should I be forced to give up the thing I've worked on for over a decade? Even if it's just a name when it's all said and done, it's the name I've worked under for a long time now. Perhaps it's a little greedy, but for all this time, and all this worry, it doesn't seem right to give it away... or thrust it upon someone else. Recommend a place to go? No. A clear group of MC refugees would be another unfair pressure to push onto someone else. And I don't want people to sit together, waiting for me or someone else to make a follow-up site that people can flock back to after some pressure, as if this was a move for ego padding. I don't want to scatter real friends, but I don't want people to wait around in some artificial bubble, trying to carry on something that's been brought to a close. I will still be around, but I don't pretend to be some sort of beacon. Just a long-winded prat who offers up his opinion more often than he should. Pulling down the board suddenly is a big shock, I understand, and I know some of you will be pissed for that. That's unquestionably reasonable, but I can offer content out of it should you require it. I won't be passing around full copies, not only for security reasons, but because I simply can't trust some people to not make things further complicated. The Oekaki is still up for now, please save what pictures you actually want. Hosted sites are not deleted, but I would strongly recommend finding a new place before the end of the month, if you haven't already. I'm sorry I couldn't offer more warning. Also, the machine behind the logo is completely out of coffee. It's awful all around. I have to say, it's been a joy to run this site more often than not, and through it I've met some people I truly consider friends, even if I don't talk to them as much anymore. I hope that with The Moogle Cavern, I've somehow made some small impact on the interwebs, and the people that frequent it. And there we are. I know, I know. I was never there. However, I know that some of our members have been, so if they didn't know already...here ya go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamerdude Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Wow...I didn't see this one coming...granted, I was not really a member there, however I felt that SFGHQ and The Moogle Cavern did share some sort of bond. It's sad to see a site like this disappear...RIP Moogle Cavern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epon Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 wtf I didn't see this one coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Hedgean Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Wow...I didn't see this one coming...granted, I was not really a member there, however I felt that SFGHQ and The Moogle Cavern did share some sort of bond. It's sad to see a site like this disappear...RIP Moogle Cavern. By bond you mean shared 75% of the members at one point Also, Hi~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Winslow Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I saw the site like, once, and I couldn't figure out where any of the content was supposed to be. honestly I don't get what is going, but eh, it's not like this is mind blowing 'end of the world' stuff, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Hedgean Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Content? There wasnt exactly any, there used to be yeaaarrss ago, but it pretty much boiled down to a large forum community and an oekaki by the end of its life span, and for alot of people in that community is probably is quite end of the world. but no, to anyone that hasn't been there its just some random 11 year old website you dont care about thats dead. Also blame BlazeFire whats his face for me posting here not this, if I dont say that he will likely hunt me down and kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrapper Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 rip... when I saw it I had a sadface on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serephim Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Same. The Moogle Cavren used to be the place where i used to awe over those really neat Sonic Hoaxes until i came over one of Hidden Palace, which took me to Simon Wai's S2Beta site, which first opened me up to Emulation, which gradually got me to fangaming and here. Its a memory for me. I never even TOUCHED the forum, but just the fact that the name is gone is a downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckboy Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 huh i thought the moogle cavern died a while ago the more you know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesker Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Might have posted there once, and only because of the strong affiliation with SFGHQ. Although I won't really miss it, always a bummer to see community sites disappear. (Hey Cinos :0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockman Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 "Moogle Cavern", eh? I admit that the name does ring a bell. What the hell was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Napalm Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I visited it a few times after the SFGHQ Ezbread closed, didn't hang around though. Either way, sorry to see the site go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 I'll laugh if we somehow get all of the MCers down here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrapper Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I actually started off here a while back when we were still working off EZbread. I moved to the MC after a while, then visited both frequently. Now it seems I'm back here(and I started coming back here a few days before the MC died.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 "Moogle Cavern", eh? I admit that the name does ring a bell. What the hell was it? I was going to say this, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesker Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I'll laugh if we somehow get all of the MCers down here now. Or get some of the old SFGHQMBers back :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinos Hedgean Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I'll laugh if we somehow get all of the MCers down here now. Unlikely, as they have all migrated to Here so...yeah, life goes on Or get some of the old SFGHQMBers back :0 Hii~ Also, stop celebrating Marc's birth on my birthday, celebrate mine :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 We want our Rlan back. MC was where you could find Rlan, Blaze, half the people that submitted all the content on the main site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrKsoft Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Never really visited MC regularly, but back when I first popped up around here I definitely noticed the community overlap between the two places. Sad to see another older slice of the internet vanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadix Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 We want our Rlan back. MC was where you could find Rlan, Blaze, half the people that submitted all the content on the main site. We need our messiah to make a second coming lol. He won't recognize this place anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinfoil Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Eh. I wasn't a big part of the community. Probably played no part at all, really, except occasional posts and making it into Redrapper's official MC rap, whose chorus provides some rather sad irony to the current situation. But I've been going to that place for atleast 7 years now. I'm sure I don't share the same bond with it as some of the members here may, but it's still a rather off moment for me. R.I.P., MC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ashura Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Eh, I lurked there for a while ( months Before the hacking?) Got involved in another community and discovered it again after my brothers whining about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodee Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 wtf I didn't see this one coming werd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asuma Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 I though it died like 2 years ago. I totally forgot it existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Chalk me under the "I thought it was dead N years ago" group. I guess that's because the user intersect between SFGHQ and Moogle Cavern went from a claimed 2/3 to an unsung insignificance over the years. Well, RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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