Our Lost Comrades

[Scarbrow]

It is with great pride that I'd like to announce our long-lost comrade of arms, Trogg, is to join our new forum (well, not so new, but you get me) shortly. I've managed to contact him by his old email address. Please direct him here when he arrives.

Preemptive welcome to the forum, Trogg!

PS: I hope this thread stays open for old-timers who come back. We are still missing friends from the old forum. I'll try to find one or two of them. Does somebody want to help? There are still a few addresses on the old forum (http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=members&view=top).

EDIT: Also, could any screen reader user tell us if it's possible to copy the link to an item, and how? He was having some problems to accomplish that, trying to get the Item IDs from his unique Blacklake Keep items.

[Elrond]

Sign me up! I'd love to see some old comrades back in the forum.

[scout1idf]

I had Blackcrowe's E-Mail address so I just tried to contact him and it was rejected twice.

I did a quick check and he's not listed in the top 300 in the Hall of Champions anymore either, so I guess he doesn't play, at least with the handler name Blackcrowe.

I would say he doesn't have that E-Mail account anymore. To bad, I would liked to have heard from him again......

Would it be possible to have the GM "post an ad" in the game news on the log on page for people to join the forum? Just a thought.....

[Badstench]

Regarding Blackcrowe: Judge Fury and Varsil Demonsoul were mismatched friends.

However, The players behind the characters were very good friends, if only through the internet, and through this game in particular.

I (Kori) had regular contact with Blackcrowe, mainly because of the fiction thread in the old forum, "Behind The Green Door".

The last communique I received through Blackcrowe's email address hinted that he wasn't well.

His sudden silence suggests a dire outcome. I don't want to think about it. I miss him.

I truly hope he will show up one day, and regale us with his sense of humour.

He was not just my friend, but a friend to all of us.

And that's why I want you to know my real name... Kori Mitchell. If I ever disappear, know that I am Badstench, and I think of you all as "friends".

[solitu]

Some old forumers I remember: Dustbinbag, Daishii, Shalok-Gul, Subzero, Daffanka... Too bad I don't know them well enough to know their emails.
Best wishes to all!

[Oldschool]

There are also some forum members who were at one time active in either forum that still visit this one but for whatever reason(s) don't post. C'mon guys and gals you know who you are. If you're not sure then you fall in the category as far as I'm concerned. So.... How are things going?

There are also some members who seem to visit sporadically who are active at different levels when they do visit. Taleria and Chareos come to mind. And while he doesn't play anymore I would include Mattman here since he has occassionaly vistited and posted. Same thing for these folks whether I mentioned you or not. How's things goin'?

Then there are the members that haven't visited in varying degrees of "a while" who don't seem to fall under the previous category.

Like Scout and Badstench I miss Blackcrowe and I hope he is well.

Other members that come to mind are; Barn, Rakhan, Kith and although he was recently mentioned Carior, Grymlok, Gypsy, Amberjoy, xrayspecs, RaleighTSakers, Miryenne and Metaldoc.

Apologies to anyone I may have overlooked and then are also other members who are "older" (before my time).

I'm also going to link this thread with a brief commentary on the old forum "just in case".

[Oldschool]

OK just finished making that thread with this one linked. Boy it has been awhile as my old forum skills were a bit rusty as it took a bit to remember how to post and then modify it.

Here's the link on the old forum if anyone is interested. Just remember folks if you're not registered on the old forum you have to be to even view posts. And as far as I know you can still register.

Anyhoo... here's the link, http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=5182&page=1

[Oldschool]

PS: I hope this thread stays open for old-timers who come back. We are still missing friends from the old forum. I'll try to find one or two of them. Does somebody want to help? There are still a few addresses on the old forum (http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=members&view=top).



Excellent idea for a thread Scarbrow. I'll lend a hand as well and anyone else who wants to thanks in advance.

One thing regardless of whether an email is sent back or received would folks post who they've emailed and results in this thread like Scout did. Again, thanks in advance.

[scout1idf]

Would it help to sticky this thread just in case it would happen to go dormant?

[shadowblack]

That's not a bad idea. Sticki'ed.

[Badstench]

Concerning Dustinbag...

Real name "David"... he is/was very focussed on his Christian beliefs, and passsionate about life. Sryth was something he did when he wasn't doing anything else, which wasn't often... very out-doorsy.

A nice guy with a good sense of humour and very tall.

He strikes me as the type of guy who would give up wasting time on the computer rather than quitting Sryth particularly.

[Elrond]

concerning dustinbag...

He strikes me as the type of guy who would give up wasting time on the computer rather than quitting sryth particularly.

HERETIC! To the stake!

[thingirl]

HERETIC! To the stake!

I must defend my brother*. TO THE STAKE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Brother in Christ, that is.

[scout1idf]

Concerning Dustinbag...

Real name "David"... he is/was very focussed on his Christian beliefs, and passsionate about life. Sryth was something he did when he wasn't doing anything else, which wasn't often... very out-doorsy.

A nice guy with a good sense of humour and very tall.

He strikes me as the type of guy who would give up wasting time on the computer rather than quitting Sryth particularly.

I do remember reading that he would come and go. Go for 6 months to a year at a time.

His last visit was....

Last Login Date:Jun 27, 2009, 5:26pm

.....so you never know, it hasn't been a year yet.

[Elrond]

I must defend my brother*. TO THE STAKE WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*Brother in Christ, that is.

If the choice is to play Sryth or quit, then it is Sryth all the way, even if it takes me to the stake! :p

[paladin]

I remember a lot of these folks since I've been playing since October or November of 2004. I see Taleria on Windows Live Messenger fairly often and DarkEmpathy is very active on the Audyssey Blind Gamers' mailing list and on the discussion forum of an RPG called Entombed. Entombed is the first RPG that I know of that was designed specifically with the blind in mind. As such it's played entirely using audio and either screen readers or the Microsoft Sapi speach engine. It's apparently based on a lot of those ROguelike RPG's with random dungeon layouts and it doesn't use a standard HP system. You get hit points but each body part has a certain percentage of the total, meaning that if a part takes too much damage it can't be used until healed. I actually don't like this sytem personally since it means that it's perfectly possible to take a small amount of damage to your head or torso and die instantly since if either the head or torso are mangled it's game over. But getting back to Dark, after experiencing Entombed he's apparently decided that it's more entertaining than Sryth since there's more strategy. And over the last year or so he's gone on about the GM's greediness, all because of encouraging donations and rewarding said donations with ATs. Apparently in Dark's eyes that's being greedy all because he himself can't currently afford to buy a residence and access the content available from them. I mean what's wrong with making a few small donations from time to time and saving up the ATs and gold until you can actually afford whatever it is you want? And I'll be the first to admit I love Entombed (I bought a copy), but the learning curve is definitely very steep for someone who's never played RPG's before.

[smv1973]

There are also some forum members who were at one time active in either forum that still visit this one but for whatever reason(s) don't post. C'mon guys and gals you know who you are. If you're not sure then you fall in the category as far as I'm concerned. So.... How are things going?

There are also some members who seem to visit sporadically who are active at different levels when they do visit. Taleria and Chareos come to mind. And while he doesn't play anymore I would include Mattman here since he has occassionaly vistited and posted. Same thing for these folks whether I mentioned you or not. How's things goin'?

Then there are the members that haven't visited in varying degrees of "a while" who don't seem to fall under the previous category.

Like Scout and Badstench I miss Blackcrowe and I hope he is well.

Other members that come to mind are; Barn, Rakhan, Kith and although he was recently mentioned Carior, Grymlok, Gypsy, Amberjoy, xrayspecs, RaleighTSakers, Miryenne and Metaldoc.

Apologies to anyone I may have overlooked and then are also other members who are "older" (before my time).

I'm also going to link this thread with a brief commentary on the old forum "just in case".

I got a PM from Amberjoy last August on the old forum and at the time she was not playing the game that much do to having medical issues.

[texlaw1992]

As one who was not around for the old forum, exactly when did we switch over to this new forum?

Re: Badstench's comments, it is true how you can somehow get to "know" someone just via posts. I have no idea if anyone here has talked on the phone or met anyone else on the forum in real life (I have not), but I just "knew" that Badstench would be at the AC/DC concert while I also "knew" that he wouldn't be caught dead at Lady Gaga (lol).

[thingirl]

From what I can tell (http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=5158) (you need to be regesterd on the old forum to view stuff) June 27, 2009.

[paladin]

From what I can tell (http://shadowwolf47.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=5158) (you need to be regesterd on the old forum to view stuff) June 27, 2009.

I certainly don't remember that being true back when I initially registered for the old forum. That was November of '04. It was almost a year later that I met Dark, or at the least, it was then that he first messaged me via PM and later via Email. That was of course long before residences or even Donations were introduced and Dark's opinion of the game became rather soured. He's mentioned writing to the GM to express his disappointment, but it's been at least a year since he logged into the game, much less the forum. In fact I don't even know if he's got an account here.

[Elrond]

Would it be possible to move this thread out of the Adventure Lounge? I'm used to seeing and "adventure" thread at the top of the lounge; and unless the GM starts "our lost comrades" adventure, I keep thinking that this is an adventure thread!

[scout1idf]

I was wondering if Havoc has access to peoples E-Mail addresses on the old forum? As the Admin of the old forum, I didn't know if he has access to that kind of information or not.

I was looking through the members list today and there are so few that don't say "hidden" (mine included).

[paladin]

Hmmm, that's an interesting thought. I wouldn't know if he would or not. Only reason I have access to Dark's Email was that he gave it to me years ago.

[Daffanka]

Well this is appropriate http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u299/Daffanka/emot-toot.gif

[Doolipalally]

Party time! :) Good to see you, Daffanka!

[Elrond]

Hey, Daffanka! Welcome back; and I hope you stay for a long time. The forum is better with you than without.

[Daffanka]

Kids and work are the bane of Internet RPGs. Now I have more quests and proving grounds to work through though. So that's good.

For some reason Sryth is loading really slowly for me. :(

[shadowblack]

Welcome back, Daffanka! :)

[spencer]

Great to see you again, Daffanka, Welcome Back :)

[Young Ned]

Hey, Daffanka, good to see you again. :cool:

[Oldschool]

Welcome back Daffanka.

[scout1idf]

Welcome back Daffanka.

[Badstench]

Strike me pink with a feather! I notice CHASE was recently at Trithik.

For those of you who don't know, Chase was one of the combatants in the final of the festival of blades at the Dragonfields... going head to head with Trogg.

[Oldschool]

And both if I'm not mistaken were the recipients of inaugural and permanent statues in their honour.

[Scarbrow]

I was wondering if Havoc has access to peoples E-Mail addresses on the old forum? As the Admin of the old forum, I didn't know if he has access to that kind of information or not.

I was looking through the members list today and there are so few that don't say "hidden" (mine included).

Problem is, Havoc really doesn't have access to the real "admin" from the old forum. I don't know if he would be able to see the emails as a "regular" admin back there...

[scout1idf]

Problem is, Havoc really doesn't have access to the real "admin" from the old forum. I don't know if he would be able to see the emails as a "regular" admin back there...

I wondered about that after my post.

I think that was the whole problem that made us move if I remember correctly.

Hopefully, he can.

I just looked and Havoc hasn't been around for 2 weeks. I'll E-Mail him and ask....


This is the E-Mail I just sent him.....

Hi,

I hope you are doing well.

Scarbrow came up with an idea to contact missing members through E-Mail (see thread) http://srythforum.com/showthread.php?t=911 to get them to come back and visit/join us on the new forum.

I was wondering if you had access to the "hidden" addresses on the old forum.

We didn't know if your "Admin" powers had that kind of access or not, but thought it might be worth a try.

All my best.

Dan
(Scout)

[Badstench]

Hmmmm... I'm not sure about the idea of accessing "hidden" addresses, even it's for a good reason. The addresses were originally hidden by the respective members for reasons of their own that should be respected.

This sits squarely on the shoulders of the "privacy" monster.

[zmflavius]

Hmmmm... I'm not sure about the idea of accessing "hidden" addresses, even it's for a good reason. The addresses were originally hidden by the respective members for reasons of their own that should be respected.

This sits squarely on the shoulders of the "privacy" monster.

But thing is, the forum has your address, like it or not, if you ever gave it to them for something like say, an account activation. If you don't want others to see it, you shouldn't dispense it.

Even if you "need" to supply an address, you should create a special "shield" address created specifically for registrations if you really don't want to dispense your real address.

[scout1idf]

I wanted to bump this back up and also post that I sent an E-Mail to Ganymede tonight (available through the profile page).

Kind of an invitation to return to the forum. {Last Activity: 12-31-2009}

Looking at the date, makes me think of a very bad New Years Eve.
**I gotta stop thinking negative**

[scout1idf]

I wanted to bump this back up and also post that I sent an E-Mail to Ganymede tonight (available through the profile page).

Kind of an invitation to return to the forum. {Last Activity: 12-31-2009}

Looking at the date, makes me think of a very bad New Years Eve.
**I gotta stop thinking negative**

I thought I would bump this back up with an update:

I'm sorry to say that I never received a response from Ganymede.:(

[Young Ned]

Sorry to hear it. Hopefully it's just because Ganymede lost interest in Sryth.

[scout1idf]

I sent an E-Mail to Barn42 yesterday.....

Hey Barn,

I don't know if you remember me or not but this is Scout from the Sryth Forum.

I along with the rest of the group was wondering if you were still playing the game and if you would like to join us again on the new forum?

We are about to start the second year over there and we all miss you.

I hope you will join us again or at least stop by and say HI.

Scout........... and when I checked just now, I had received a failure notice stating that my E-Mail could not be delivered, just like the one I got from Blackcrowe's E-Mail attempt.

I hope Barn just dropped that E-Mail account and nothing is wrong.....

[scout1idf]

Just another bump.

[crazyjay13]

im back

[Nodrey]

Greetings all. I do not know if anyone remembers me....but, I can assure you I'm an old player from sryth.

I began playing during the time before AG...The Secret of Stoneback Hill cost a couple bucks to play, and the toughest enemy was a Giant in a forest if I remember correctly. I know one of my quotes about the game is floating around the intro screen. Been gone around a year, trying to catch up to all these players with 100's. Last I can recall, Havoc had 100 for his destruction skill, and that was considered a big deal!

[Badstench]

Welcome back, Nodrey... you pre-date my starting time, so you can consider yourself to be an 'old-timer'. :p

[Elrond]

Welcome back, Nodrey! You're certainly an "old comrade;" and it is great that you're back. The game has changed so much since the "old" days where a single lvl 100 power was truly legendary. With the grinding scenario's and game content, that is doable in 3 months if one concentrates on it. And we have at least 4 players with lvl 100 in all skills and powers and another one or 2 with the xp for it but are refraining from spending general xp to achieve the goal. So welcome back to a new and different sryth.

[Oldschool]

Welcome back Nodrey. :)

[Havoc]

Adding in my own 'Welcome back from the land of Nod.' :)

[Fell Song]

Welcome back! hope you enjoy the "new" sryth