I miss 2012-2013, when I had all my friends, my worlds from back when I played on java, my old pocket edition worlds from alpha 0.10.3 and the minecraft community had no toxicity at all.
I miss Ivan, Its_jhjklk, diskstray32, Dev_428, NoobGuy and AlanFlood46. They all deleted their accounts except me. Then all of them except Ivan moved to another country, and none of us knew their mail, nor their phone number. Ivan lived on another country, and we first met on a mail list. But he forgot my mail, and had to change his. Since then I never heard of them again. If I at least knew Ivan's number... but I didn't.
I created this thread because I had to say this. I talked already about Ivan, but I lost a lot more. At least I still have some friends left... but I lost my java worlds when the files on my pc corrupted. At least the system files were fine.
And my old phone broke, and when that happened, I lost my old pe worlds. Then a friend of mine accidentally banned me. And then... my little brother did the same. But this time it was on purpose. Not gonna talk about it.
It is strange but my most fond memories are online friends as well, since this is minecraft forum, I will talk about my minecraft friends back then.
They were naughty, glitchers, hackers and spammers, they pretty much turned my survival realm upside down and became a crazy creative world by begging me to give them admin permissions.
I have a lot of hate for them back then as they pissed off the other realm members whom are playing survival, but now that I remake a minecraft realm, I realized how truthful, how honest, how natural their personality, how true they are to themselves and in the seek for fun. I would never have fun by forcing everyone to play survival world, but I still have to because back then, they pretty much glitched me out of my realm, my minecraft account got hacked, name is changed and I do not want to be a sacrifice for someone else's fun again.
But amongst all my minecraft friends, these guys, I guess I cannot say their names since I am not saying the good side of them, these friends brought me the most fun, destroyed the barrier on how to enjoy a game and socializing, they are so advanced, they could make games like chess inside minecraft and they pretty much taught me everything I knew in minecraft, from creeper will explode your house to travelling to special areas like shipwrecks, mansions to commands and blocks to spawn structure, copy, clone, save.
I shouldn't have quit minecraft back then and then we could play along more, oh wait, you guys kicked me out of the realm, so it was not my fault.
Just want to say, I had the most fun with you all.
I guess I'm the opposite, most of my memories are in real life but I linger on them a lot as everything before 2020 feels distant and foggy to me now. My entire life was moved online since then.
I guess I'm the opposite, most of my memories are in real life but I linger on them a lot as everything before 2020 feels distant and foggy to me now. My entire life was moved online since then.
Well, Its_jhjklk, diskstray32, Dev_428, NoobGuy and AlanFlood46 were also my friends irl. Their real names were (or not I kept forgetting them):
Its_jhjklk's real name was Roberto Gómez
diskstray32's real name was Nicolás Panadero
Dev_428's real name was Peter Smith
NoobGuy's real name was Ahmed Saif
And AlanFlood46's real name was... well, Alan Flood. Obviously.
But, since I kept forgetting their names (because my memory socks for names xd), I called them by their gamertag. They didn't care about that, they knew I was referring to them.
Sometimes, I find myself reminiscing about past moments of happiness. However, I have no desire to relive those events. Instead, I cherish them as joyful experiences that I was fortunate to have lived. They will always remain with me as I continue to create new positive experiences, adding to my collection of cherished memories.
Since we're touching on online experiences, I'd like to share some memories from my old internet days that evoke positive feelings for me.
1.One of my earliest online multiplayer experiences was in an MMO set in a zombie apocalypse.
There was a popular gathering spot at the rooftop of a bar near the church and graveyard where new players would spawn. While most areas had PVP enabled, this particular spot served as a safezone, allowing us all to gather, hang out, and chat freely. It was quite a spectacle when two players would trash talk and then leave the churchgrounds to slaughter each other in one of the surrounding areas.
I couldn't find an image of that particular place but I found a picture of a nearby arena on the game's website (Which is surprisingly still up)
The game's forums no longer exist. However, I managed to find some backups of them using the Wayback Machine. Unfortunately, these backups don't have the black and red theme that was present on all pages of the site. The records date back to 2006, but I specifically selected a page from October 2008 as it displays the usernames of some of my in-game friends.
I really enjoyed my time there. I kept in touch with as many of my friends as I could for as long as I could, but we all went our separate ways eventually.
2. There was a browser-based MMO that I was very active in. Luckily I was able to find a fully colored snapshot of that game's forum. It was in that forum that I discovered Minecraft through some of my fellow players who were excited for the upcoming release of the beta version.
Even though the game was entirely about attacking other players to steal or damage their possessions, it was in this environment that I learned my most valuable lessons about patience and kindness.
It would have been wonderful to stay in touch with some of the people I met there. Now that I'm older, I can truly appreciate their patience and support during my phase of tween angst and belligerence.
3. I looked at two additional sites from my past before deciding to stop.
Considering how many of these services have vanished, I was very surprised to discover that one of the MMOs I used to play, which appeared outdated even upon its release, is still operational. Tycoon online is still going somehow.
I logged into my "new" Kongregate account that I had created back in 2009. I'm fairly sure that every one of my friends abandoned the game a long time ago. The messages in my inbox still remain, however.
It's a shame that the chat function has been removed. I formed many old-friendships through it.
As you can see, I can do quite a bit of reminiscing. However, I am well aware that dwelling on past experiences (Even positive ones) can sometimes stir up negative emotions. Fixating on what was or what could have been may lead one to despair. Therefore, I always remind myself just how important it is not to ruminate on past events. The only constant in life is change, so I strive to direct my attention towards present and future moments of happiness.
That brings us to the present day. Only a few weeks ago, I lost access to several of my gmail accounts due to 2-factor authentication. Unfortunately, one of the emails I lost was linked my previous Minecraftforum account.
What's gone is gone. Time to focus on being a better contributor this time around.
I know. But minecraft isn't as fun for me without them. And I'll just say, I lost my favorite worlds: the only survival world that lasted a whole year and that creative world where I made my first (and only) mega-build. Took me a month to finish it.
Guess what edition they were in? Java. Worlds from 2012-2013. Now they're just corrupt files on my hard drive.
EDIT: Not everything is lost though. Managed to recover my old pe worlds (see "computer science and technology")
You see the thing about living in nostalgia is that there are still new things coming out that aren't total trash as well as things that are old but you just haven't found before. If you tie your entertainment to memories or potential instead of current experiences, you're setting yourself up for unhappiness.
I know. But minecraft isn't as fun for me without them. And I'll just say, I lost my favorite worlds: the only survival world that lasted a whole year and that creative world where I made my first (and only) mega-build. Took me a month to finish it.
Guess what edition they were in? Java. Worlds from 2012-2013. Now they're just corrupt files on my hard drive.
EDIT: Not everything is lost though. Managed to recover my old pe worlds (see "computer science and technology")
My bad, My intention was not to minimize or disregard your loss. I empathize with the feeling of longing for something that is gone. I wanted to share my thoughts on nostalgia and on embracing the present and future.
Happy to learn that you recovered your old PE worlds, along with some other meaningful items..
Do you miss anything?
I do.
I miss 2012-2013, when I had all my friends, my worlds from back when I played on java, my old pocket edition worlds from alpha 0.10.3 and the minecraft community had no toxicity at all.
I miss Ivan, Its_jhjklk, diskstray32, Dev_428, NoobGuy and AlanFlood46. They all deleted their accounts except me. Then all of them except Ivan moved to another country, and none of us knew their mail, nor their phone number. Ivan lived on another country, and we first met on a mail list. But he forgot my mail, and had to change his. Since then I never heard of them again. If I at least knew Ivan's number... but I didn't.
I created this thread because I had to say this. I talked already about Ivan, but I lost a lot more. At least I still have some friends left... but I lost my java worlds when the files on my pc corrupted. At least the system files were fine.
And my old phone broke, and when that happened, I lost my old pe worlds. Then a friend of mine accidentally banned me. And then... my little brother did the same. But this time it was on purpose. Not gonna talk about it.
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?
It is strange but my most fond memories are online friends as well, since this is minecraft forum, I will talk about my minecraft friends back then.
They were naughty, glitchers, hackers and spammers, they pretty much turned my survival realm upside down and became a crazy creative world by begging me to give them admin permissions.
I have a lot of hate for them back then as they pissed off the other realm members whom are playing survival, but now that I remake a minecraft realm, I realized how truthful, how honest, how natural their personality, how true they are to themselves and in the seek for fun. I would never have fun by forcing everyone to play survival world, but I still have to because back then, they pretty much glitched me out of my realm, my minecraft account got hacked, name is changed and I do not want to be a sacrifice for someone else's fun again.
But amongst all my minecraft friends, these guys, I guess I cannot say their names since I am not saying the good side of them, these friends brought me the most fun, destroyed the barrier on how to enjoy a game and socializing, they are so advanced, they could make games like chess inside minecraft and they pretty much taught me everything I knew in minecraft, from creeper will explode your house to travelling to special areas like shipwrecks, mansions to commands and blocks to spawn structure, copy, clone, save.
I shouldn't have quit minecraft back then and then we could play along more, oh wait, you guys kicked me out of the realm, so it was not my fault.
Just want to say, I had the most fun with you all.
I guess I'm the opposite, most of my memories are in real life but I linger on them a lot as everything before 2020 feels distant and foggy to me now. My entire life was moved online since then.
Well, Its_jhjklk, diskstray32, Dev_428, NoobGuy and AlanFlood46 were also my friends irl. Their real names were (or not I kept forgetting them):
Its_jhjklk's real name was Roberto Gómez
diskstray32's real name was Nicolás Panadero
Dev_428's real name was Peter Smith
NoobGuy's real name was Ahmed Saif
And AlanFlood46's real name was... well, Alan Flood. Obviously.
But, since I kept forgetting their names (because my memory socks for names xd), I called them by their gamertag. They didn't care about that, they knew I was referring to them.
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?
Sometimes, I find myself reminiscing about past moments of happiness. However, I have no desire to relive those events. Instead, I cherish them as joyful experiences that I was fortunate to have lived. They will always remain with me as I continue to create new positive experiences, adding to my collection of cherished memories.
Since we're touching on online experiences, I'd like to share some memories from my old internet days that evoke positive feelings for me.
1.One of my earliest online multiplayer experiences was in an MMO set in a zombie apocalypse.
I couldn't find an image of that particular place but I found a picture of a nearby arena on the game's website (Which is surprisingly still up)
The game's forums no longer exist. However, I managed to find some backups of them using the Wayback Machine. Unfortunately, these backups don't have the black and red theme that was present on all pages of the site. The records date back to 2006, but I specifically selected a page from October 2008 as it displays the usernames of some of my in-game friends.
I really enjoyed my time there. I kept in touch with as many of my friends as I could for as long as I could, but we all went our separate ways eventually.
2. There was a browser-based MMO that I was very active in. Luckily I was able to find a fully colored snapshot of that game's forum. It was in that forum that I discovered Minecraft through some of my fellow players who were excited for the upcoming release of the beta version.
Even though the game was entirely about attacking other players to steal or damage their possessions, it was in this environment that I learned my most valuable lessons about patience and kindness.
It would have been wonderful to stay in touch with some of the people I met there. Now that I'm older, I can truly appreciate their patience and support during my phase of tween angst and belligerence.
3. I looked at two additional sites from my past before deciding to stop.
I logged into my "new" Kongregate account that I had created back in 2009. I'm fairly sure that every one of my friends abandoned the game a long time ago. The messages in my inbox still remain, however.
It's a shame that the chat function has been removed. I formed many old-friendships through it.
As you can see, I can do quite a bit of reminiscing. However, I am well aware that dwelling on past experiences (Even positive ones) can sometimes stir up negative emotions. Fixating on what was or what could have been may lead one to despair. Therefore, I always remind myself just how important it is not to ruminate on past events. The only constant in life is change, so I strive to direct my attention towards present and future moments of happiness.
That brings us to the present day. Only a few weeks ago, I lost access to several of my gmail accounts due to 2-factor authentication. Unfortunately, one of the emails I lost was linked my previous Minecraftforum account.
What's gone is gone. Time to focus on being a better contributor this time around.
I know. But minecraft isn't as fun for me without them. And I'll just say, I lost my favorite worlds: the only survival world that lasted a whole year and that creative world where I made my first (and only) mega-build. Took me a month to finish it.
Guess what edition they were in? Java. Worlds from 2012-2013. Now they're just corrupt files on my hard drive.
EDIT: Not everything is lost though. Managed to recover my old pe worlds (see "computer science and technology")
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?
You see the thing about living in nostalgia is that there are still new things coming out that aren't total trash as well as things that are old but you just haven't found before. If you tie your entertainment to memories or potential instead of current experiences, you're setting yourself up for unhappiness.
My bad, My intention was not to minimize or disregard your loss. I empathize with the feeling of longing for something that is gone. I wanted to share my thoughts on nostalgia and on embracing the present and future.
Happy to learn that you recovered your old PE worlds, along with some other meaningful items..
Yes. When I saw that one of the extracted thingies was the com.mojang folder, I cried.
Those worlds were part of my childhood. A very loved part btw.
Not even my hello world works :'C
(But powerpoint does xd)
Btw what does api stand for?