Ishin

Cliques didn't kill this place at all. In fact, the most active eras of CV's RPG section all happened when "cliques" were not only more common, but prominent. Anywhere you go, be it on the internet or real life, there will always be people who get along more/work better with certain people. That's even true at family gatherings, LOL. That's not to say cliques are good, but most of the people in cliques would have written with anyone had they been approached. RP'ing on CV died (or is on life support, I'm not sure) because of other reasons. First, this is a site that lives and dies based on how much traffic it gets.

To do anything besides just browsing, to create threads in forums, post in those threads, message people, edit the wiki, etc., you need an account. Unfortunately, there was a time when a bug kept people from posting for more than a month. It's one thing if a posting bug is active for an entire day. The logical assumption would be that the staff members had notified the site engineers, but the bug had proven more difficult to fix than usual. A site whose well-being and profitability depends entirely on the level of engagement it gets from its users would die if people couldn't post for long enough.

That the bug was active for more than a month is indicative of one thing; there were no dedicated staff members to log in and notice that no one could post. It would've been simple. Staff member A logs in and notices that the last post across the entire website is a day old. They'd find it strange, because users they follow would still be online despite the apparent inactivity. So they'd try to post themselves, and find that it's impossible. They'd then notify the engineers, who would try to fix the bug. This didn't happen, because by then, CV hadn't had any active staff members in maybe over a year.

Management didn't know, because nobody was checking on the site. The bug was only ever fixed because Nova and some of the other mods repeatedly contacted the staff members off-site, and this is after they tried reaching the CV support email, which was useless. The truth is that CV is a sinking ship. Its changed ownership so many times, it's clear no one sees any real value in it to invest the money needed to maintain it. And this is without mentioning all of the other bugs that come and go. There's even been a login bug, LOL.

Also, the global interest in comic books is at an all-time low. The quality in the stories and even the art, has dropped. And most people outside of the comic book bubble associate the popular MCU movies with cartoons they grew up watching than with comic books. But the biggest reason RP'ing died here is life. This was just a fun thing for us to do, something to distract us from the responsibilities we had IRL. A lot of us were in our early to mid 20s when we joined. Now, most of us are in our mid to late 30s, and others in their 40s.

We have greater responsibilities, children, spouses, jobs that are more time-consuming, and probably a lower interest in RP'ing anyway. We got older, left, and not enough new people joined to replace us when we did, because a buggy site that could implode at any moment isn't attractive. No one cares about comic books as much anymore, and if they do, they're probably RP'ing on Discord. The fact that the mods were the de facto staff members of the site for over a year is telling enough.

We can battle.

No.

WYC briefly suspend their personal moral values to make a difficult decision in favor of the greater good?

• Has sensed a disturbance in the cosmic balance, prompting him to further investigate.
• Lives on a farm with Shiho in a faraway land unknown to world maps, and has been doing so for two years.
• Has not been to the Reisho Monastery nor seen another Keijijo clansman in years.
• Is both a martial arts grandmaster and well-learned ki sorcerer.
• Still honors his and Zhu's annual tradition of visiting Primrose Hill, although his last four visits have been astral/spiritual affairs.
• No longer knows if former close friend, Quintus Knightfall, still lives.

Sucks that Tenjin left so soon. That battle was fun.

@feral_nova: Can't, otherwise 2020'll get mad and the alien invasion'll happen sooner.

I'd give anything to have sports back, LOL.

◈◈ Primrose Hill ◈◈

In parts forever unknown to the maps of men, a figure of many trades sat on a hardwood floor. He was a grandmaster, of both blade and limbs. He was a scholar, of mysteries that so easily eluded those who sought to understand them. He was a father, to a child who shared neither his blood nor his name, but his spirit. And he was a warrior, for both goodness and savagery. He was Ishin - the Demon King.

Outside, the wind raced through the farm he had cultivated, and though his robes billowed from the breeze that came through the window in a sweeping rush, Ishin sat still. Hands on his lap, legs crossed, and sword at his side, the Demon King surrendered to the call of higher worlds, and entered a trance that drew his spirit out it's prison of flesh and bone. His spirit soared through the sky, nudged not by wind, but an energy known to many and mastered by few - ki. Like a dragon with a flame, it guided his spirit, and in the ticks between seconds, his spirit had reached it's destination.

Primrose Hill.

A public park to the modern world, but a cherished memory to the Demon King. Thousands of years before bulbs of artificial light were as plentiful here as the trees, it was where Ishin had met a woman he held dear to his heart; Zhu, the Phoenix. Generation after generation, they'd return to Primrose Hill. And thousands of years later, Ishin returned alone, finding company in the memory of a simpler time. For he had sensed the cosmic tides shifting towards the apocalypse. He came seeking peace, for there would soon be none. The end was nigh, and Ishin was ready to duel the gods of fate.

I can see why you'd be a Hufflepuff but I always imagined Ravenclaw. I wish I had the energy to go in-depth on why, LOL.