how i feel, having to babysit everyone that uses this thread because people can’t read rules and learn to pick their petty battles in private:
(p.s.: i didn’t even think about logging on again, but i was on the email i linked to this account and i just noticed i had at least 100+ notifications for this thread over the course of two days, and i found that super strange…boy i do regret clicking on the notifications.)
(if it weren’t for the few lovely people helping me to keep everyone cool, i’d have this thread shut down for good lol)
nah. there’s gonna be more fighting to come and i’m already dreading it lolol
i’m not really blaming anyone though, everyone who comes here usually wants to unleash some kind of negative emotion so its not surprising people that are feeling negative emotions & and have conflicting viewpoints will start a fight. kinda wish that wasn’t the case, but i guess it’s inevitable. even with rules, i know people will still argue no natter what
that’s the problem though, a fight that broke out a while ago was simply about someone disliking a tv show. i really hope people having opinions doesn’t become a “trigger point”.
anyone should feel comfortable to rant here and if we just censor everyone’s opinion, that’d be bad. however, if people don’t realize that this isn’t the fighting thread, that’s also awful too. people here are already feeling very pressed and heated so they’re not in their right feelings to rationalize and read op rules, they wanna fight fight fight
i mean debates are cool and all, but if the discussion is dragging on for more than an hour and takes up 100+ posts on a thread, then that should be taken to the PMs.
i just think it’s weird because when this thread was up n running on the old forums, i guess people were more mature??? i was able to peacefully take a bit of a hiatus for at least two years with only one small, minor argument breaking out.
i really dont wanna spend my finals babysitting teenagers and adults because that’s really just pathetic at this point
i’ve never felt being responsible for this thread was dreadful until just recently
Anyone who’s currently living in India and is 15 years old and facing the 10th Board Exam this year, this is dedicated to you all…
I gotta tell you that we gotta buck up ourselves 'cuz, did you see the board results? OMG! The highest score is 499/500 which is 99.8% which was achieved by only four students (3 girls, 1 boy) all over India…Can you imagine getting full on full in subjects like English, where teachers tell you that there’s gonna be compulsory deduction of marks? Well there wasn’t! I asked the topper of my school who was that boy who got the highest score and he said that he lost only one mark in French, which was his II Language. I was so hyped, for the love of every good things Oreos.
To all those facing 10th boards this year, all the best from the depth of my heart. And those who have already passed out 10th boards, congratulations, bless you all and best of luck for all your future endeavours
Loneliness can tear you up inside to an extent that after some time, you feel nothing. You feel like there’s burden all over you and you are too weak to handle it. That’s what’s happening to me. My school has been closed for a while and I’m happy about it. Well, not happy to be exact… It’s just better. Being the person who’s invisible in school is way better than being popular, I’m speaking from experience. When you are popular, you always get stuck with the wrong crowd and fake friends or may I say individuals. I don’t have a best friend. Needless to say, I don’t even have a person in my life whom I can call as a friend. I’m quite popular at school and even though like all of my schoolmates know my name, where I live and smile at me occassionally in the hallways, I never find a person who approches me and doesn’t tell me that I’m pretty or cute or hot. They all do that, and I don’t mean to brag by saying this. But this is all they care about, the person on the outside. No one cares or dares to look what’s inside and therefore I never find people who can be friends with the real me and not the me who pretends to have an oh-so-perfect life. I have no true friends, none that I can talk to. I’ve issues with my parents and I can’t talk to them either. I literally have no one expect my pillow at night that I can hug till I cry to sleep. All these diseases that I was born with, all these things which just make me think that it sucks to be me, I can’t really help but have suicidal thoughts. I know I shouldn’t be doing this, ranting on the ranting thread while trying to hold back the tears I’ve run out of. I have more than enough reasons to cry and the forums give me just a little to smile. My real life is nothing but chaos, mess and all the little things that add to my depression. I can’t cry anymore, I just… I can’t.
I get you. I really don’t like face to face things and sleepovers. Sometimes I go into a hermit crab mode where i go into my little shell. But I have a friend who understands and helps me talk and be social. Also if your friends don’t want to see you, they are not good friends. If anyone makes you feel like trash son’t spend time with them, infact they should be helping you with your problems not adding to them.
I also have terrible vision, even if I was the age to drive my eyesight would make me illegal to.
Honestly this is me except that my parents don’t allow me to hang out with my friends. I can only hang out with these kids that my are my dads’ childhood friends children (woah). But, in all honesty, I feel really uncomfortable with them and we don’t have much in common plus I don’t think they like me. Because of lack of socializing (as I had no social life two quarter previous) I actually got sick. I had anxiety so bad and a lot of other things. I have done the excuses to friends and everything so I know that exact feeling and I have earned distrust from my friends due to that.
On the old forums… I remember being on there a year or two back and there was this poster- anime and I really liked their posts however it seems they weren’t active anymore. Could you be the person or-?
I have come back a few years later on Episode to see that the app has greatly changed as well as this community. For starters, it seems that Classic style is being long forgotten. And that makes me sad. I loved Classic and I always wrote in Classic. Although those stories pretty much don’t exist anymore- that’s the bane of my existence. I even changed my name on this new forum and story name. Anyways, besides the point- I just feel sad that Classic isn’t popular at all anymore and even seems to be hated because it’s “creepy” or something. On the app, I can’t find Classic stories. Or good stories for that matter- but I’ll keep that rant for another time. Is Classic really dying? I feel as if my story will not be read at all because, a.) It is not porn b.) It will comply with Episode guidelines c.) I most likely will not include romance (or at least it won’t be the main point d.) I’m attempting something original, e.) No one’s pregnant, f.) It’s not Limelight or INK- it’s Classic. I guess at this point I am making a story just for myself to have fun making. But, that also sounds sad. I mean, even though authors may say their story is good and say they don’t expect to get many reads or fanmail, authors expect it for the hard work they put in. I am saying that I won’t get reads, but to be honest I’m expecting something. One fanmail maybe? I just would like to go back to the time I left… at least Classic was quite popular then. I’m not sure if I like this new environment on Episode. It’s like the stuff that a lot of people wanted to prevent back then- cliche stories, guideline violations, and promoting originality has had a downfall. It’s as if the quality of Episode is degrading slowly. I just wish a lot of things got more respect on here. I would love to see a rising popularity in Classic as well. Maybe, Episode can hold a promotion for Classic? Although I don’t see anything that would benefit Episode in that. It also seems that more popular authors are also shifting to INK or LIMELIGHT. Which makes Classic even less popular. I think that’s enough for now… I just don’t now how to talk about my sadness of Classic disappearing without being repetitive lol.
i think i ghost wrote this because i ADORE the classic style!! it reminds me of an old pocket gems game I used to play called campus life. it just brings back so much lovely nostalgia from when i was a lil seventh grader and i felt as cool as cher from clueless because i had that app
i really wish it were updated with more clothes, actions, and props. i feel like if it were equally treated with its other episode art style friends, it would be more popular.
Yeah, they said they’re not making Classic assets anymore.
Same with INK. I think what they’re trying to do is to put their main focus on Episode as one style. If they had all 3, it’d be tough as they use different techniques and softwares (or maybe it’s just easier, idk.) for different styles. Classic was the first style I read stories in (Glamnour Heights being my first back when it had an app), and it is still great for mystery stories, but it’s just not written in as much. Maybe there could be a contest where you are to use Classic and make a story?
Ok but can i just say… JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE!!!
All I see are pregnancy stories, it’s getting out of hand. I mean, god damn it, if a woman was pregnant I’m pretty sure she’s supposed to be focusing on the baby, not chasing some asshole of a guy she messed around with
Plus, when I talk about the app with my friends, all they have to say is “oh, isn’t that app filled with erotic stuff? Like naughty things”
DUDE I COULDNT EVEN DENY IT it’s flooding with all the horrid stuff.
All i could say was that not all stories were like that. (Probas just 90% of it. Pretty much)
I swear, these things get more reads than any other story that deserves recognition.
Hell, I bet if I were writing a pregnant with so-and-so/ bad boy story instead of a fantasy one, I’d have gotten a thousand reads in a matter of days. That’s just sad. Lool.
I’m glad you’re back! I remember reading some of your old comments and often used to ranting thread you had created back then as well. I was hoping that you would come back even though I didn’t know you!
I actually believe that different styles suit different genres better. I was also hoping that Episode would do a promotion for the Classic style via contest! I think with that, many new authors could grow to like Classic and/or bring the popularity of Classic up again amongst readers.
it’s flooding with all the horrid stuff.