It seems to me that the results of the last poll have become horribly outdated . . . despite how many people claimed they would be visiting often and would be able to post from time to time . . . well, look around. Nobody's posting these days.

Time to face the undeniable truth: everyone has quit HA2 at this point.

Now, obviously, some of us have come back. In fact, everybody who's reading this post right now has come back. So, I think we ought to all take a moment and reflect back on why we left in the first place - if we can find a prevailing reason shared amongst the majority of our members, then we can start working to ensure that that doesn't happen again. Hence the above poll.

Like last time, I'd appreciate it if everyone who votes also posts a reply down below here. Just so we can see who's checking HA2 - so we can see who's truly returned.

I think I'm going to start trying to post a poll question like this near the beginning of each month from now on, at least until activity picks up again. Maybe it'll spur some people to be checking in more often.

Oh! And if you're back and looking for a topic to join, might I suggest <a href="viewtopic.php?t=3402" target="body">this one</a>? ZV's got one cool adventure for us here, and Orpheous has just provided a nice way for new participants to enter it. So, without further ado: vote here, post here, and then join ZV's topic!

Post number one coming from yours truly, Nogare Blade.

I said that i just drifted away when things got empty. I mean, the fun in HA2 was partially the friendly competition of having more posts (which at first led to some spam and short posts... which I'll admit I am guilty of myself. We had a lot of stories, but because people are deliberately avoiding HA2, it sort of takes that away. A main reason I've concluded upon asking others? They don't like where their stories going, or because they aren't good enough at it. If you're reading and not replying, you know it in your heart. I say personally, this is a proving ground for writing, if you want to write books, come back here. If you want to make stories, etc. Or if you just want to interact in a form of Hyrule that we interpret as our own, by all means, come back. If you can play FarmVille or some other activity where you just stop by and do your thing just to waste time, do it here. The thing is that we're sort of family here.

Let's admit it though. Because of TDC, there is a lot of reason for people not to come back... If it were brought up to snuff with Jack's progress with it, bringing in newcomers every day, everyone eager to join in the excitement of the Legend of Zelda. Sadly, thanks to the past two DS games, that fandom diminished gravely, and some people hardly notice it, and personally, because of my fear of how the Wii motion Plus is gonna work out for Skyward Sword, I'm afraid of it making much of a tend for anyone who's new to the Legend of Zelda and wants to explore it as we once did, which brought us together as long as perhaps six and a half years ago.

My conclusion, and possible solution for this RPG Forum's fate, which I know we all have a part in our concious for; to avoid spam, we lvl up via TPs, which has become a lost meaning now that none of us really like using stats anymore... it's become a chore that takes away from the fun of just writing and what not. Also, contradictions in stories, also not keeping track of posts all over the place. I think there's only ever like one active one at a time. So yeah. If we want to stay, then stay, don't complain about how everyone's gone off the forum. Alpha, thanks for making this first, since your voice really has the most power in HA2 now that the RGs all lazied off. Let's all just make our own posts, make some stories, and get a show on the road.

In a post, i'd like to post all active topics with links to them, to make the job easier. Perhaps that can be updated to the homepage, to make the job easier, and at the top, a summary of what's been happening can be provided so that late people like me (guilty of the case of the Force of Gold III >_<).

So, if you want to post, let's post. Post here to start if you want in. Let's get this show on the road. Suggest this HA2 on forums of other websites, once we get it established and interesting again, keep it alive. I'm willing to come on a lot and keep up with it if I become an RG, if that's okay with whoever's got a say. Otherwise, let's get this show on the road.

So yeah; below, along with your rely, let us know if you have any dead but unfinished topics, so we can get them all together to continue with. There we go.

May the Triforce be with you... (Legend of Zeldstarwarz'd)

Sovelis here with just a short explanation.


Work.


Need I say more? I will. I haven't got much time to myself. I work the graveyard shift at a gas station. I've been physically exhasted, that and allot of things in my life right now have me mentally and emotionally drained as well. If I could get more than one day off a week (And my own laptop.) It would probably mean the return of yours truely.

Much like Nogare, I've just kind of drifted. Things got a little dicey around home and things kind of fell apart for a while. But now that things are starting to stabilize a bit, I'm pretty sure things can happen a little more often now. Like posting here. And, again like Nogare said, I just didn't like where the 'Nyre' story was going, and I didn't know how to make it work, but now... I may have a solution to my insanity.

Anyways, I would love to get back to posting, since I agree with Nogare, that when those DS games came out, things did suddenly take a turn for the worse, and again, agreeing with N, the Skyward Sword game isn't probably going to overcome the problems the Legend of Zelda series seems to be going through.

Anyway... I do come back once in a while to see if anyone posted something new, but like we all noticed, recently-- just no one is on anymore. (RG's too) Talk to ya'll later! Nice to know someone does care about what happens now. Thanks Alpha. ^_^

Peace. Out.

Hello there everyone. Draug Layor here.

It's truly good to see that some semblance of activity has started since I last managed to get online here. To be honest, I'm shocked; I honestly believed that HA2 was finally done and gone, but it seems Alpha has more faith in you all than I did. Sorry...

For my part, life got busy and I had to put HA2 on hold for a while. I didn't foresee all the other RG's doing the same, though, which I imagine is what might have led to HA2's decline. When all RG led topics suddenly stopped, I fear all the major RPers left (so their topics also stopped), and after that everyone else left too. So by the time I got back, things were completely dead, and I've been all but avoiding this place ever since. Subconsciously avoiding it, but looking back I realize I was avoiding it all the same.

Although, I should add that one of the reasons for that is that I have seriously been pushing for Alpha to start working on HA3 and leave this place behind... I mean, jeez, it's tough to even make a new quest because we have to go through Victor to do it! I'd really rather us start up HA3 than try to restart HA2.

But yeah. That's where I've been. Unfortunately, I can't promise I'll be terribly active in the coming months, but I'll try. Since all the other RGs seem to have vanished too, someone's got to get things working properly once more.

So hopefully, I'll be seeing you all a little bit more in the future.

RG Draug Layor

Hi all,

I had actually been thinking about HA2 for awhile now, but I guess I was too busy with school. The first semester of high school had been hell to put it politely - with the college apps piling up in front of my computer, and preparing for interviews, and so on and so forth. With all the essays I had to write, I think I got pretty sick of slouching over the computer and hearing the tip-tapping of the keyboard.

But I think the real, real, real reason why I hadn't been around was because I am a lazy bum who would rather sleep and bum around on facebook and roll around texting my friends with simple semi-sentences of "LOL" "omg, for real?" and etc, instead of actually trying to work up a good post on good old HA2.

So, after having confessed my lazy nature, I think I'll try to redeem myself by actually starting to post now.

So I'll post on ZV's topic.

Probably tomorrow. Because it's finals season right now.

And since my hypocrisy has just made me demotivated, and probably disgusted all of you, I'll retire to bed to cram in last minute facts for my tests.

Ciao. ^_^

I usually visit back here about twice a week, but no one ever replies to anything. With the RG's all but gone, the main topics died, and then most of the topics other people have made lose activity, until we are once again at a place where no one posts.
Speaking of which... I'm still waiting on people to post on Streets of the Dead. [/shameless plug]

I check back once in a while. I'm only waiting for maybe one or two more posts in my topic before the undead army retaliates. Orpheous, your idea for people to join is perfect. I used to check back once a week, but family was over for Christmas, I've been out job hunting, College, and above all of that I got Call of Duty: Black Ops and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. BOTH of them epic masterpieces' of gaming. Truth is though, I could never flat out quit this place. I've grown to love you all like brothers and sisters, and if I ever left the colossus completely, I'm either dead or on the run from the authorities. But so long as I'm in school, I'd rather just RP Dogura dying and running from the feds.

ZV!!!!!!!!!!!

DEKU WOODS!!!!!!!

NAAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad to see everyone starting to gradually come back now that we ask, but let's do something, k? For the record, King's Event never really 'ended', and I'm still game for most topics, so my next post is going to be for those topics which need to be visited! More of an updating form of Crazy Seer. Let's keep to short posts and lots of fun again! So yeah. Welcome back, Wolf, missed you, the rest of the RGs have been evil; you are the top dog n stuff.

Anyways, makin the topic nao, and welcome back.

Btw Leth? Are you upset with me at one point? I was confused about that for a bit.

Nope, I don't recall ever being upset with you lol

By the way, I posted in Stadium of Malagruel.

Hmm, HNS, Alpha, ZV, Blank, Saber... good times.

"Life got busy, and when I got back...everyone else was gone..."

Yeah, pretty much, that and what Saki said. Well actually... I've been haunting this place for quite some time, specificially for ZV's Gossip Isle Expedition.

Also...

Over the past few years that I've known you boys (and Saki), I've learned that we're more or less (minus Alpha and Kasei and such) high school seniors. Me and Saki just dug ourselves out of a pile of college apps and finished our first semester finals week (as the lovely Saki mentioned above). I wouldn't be surprised if that's the same case for a good number of you.

Me and Saki are getting back to the killing-Kobas-topics as I type (A Relaxing Pipe in Castle Town and The Golden Thread at Dent Farm).

We were a tiny group from the start, so it seems worse if just one or two of us disappears (like Worru or Sovelis).

Also, it's not like I "didn't have time to write" or stopped liking it or anything. I've been massing followers on Fanfiction.net to fill the void.

Ending remark: I'll always be lurking somewhere. Or at least until Saki and I get through the Kobas-centric topics we've started. After that, no promises. The reason is... and this is pretty pathetic... I've never finished a story before (I've started about 12 and dumped half of them as I got older), and I'm determined to finish Arrika's.

Or at least Saki and I get through the Kobas-centric topics we've started. After that, no promises

Maybe I should be SUPER slow in updating that topic, then....

...so you'll be stuck around in HA2 forever! But seriously?? after you finish Kobas topic you'll be gone?!

I feel abashed. While I don't like to take credit for anything, perhaps this one I will have to make note of. I'm not saying that an HA2 resurrection/revival wasn't going to happen, but Alpha and I had a discussions about bringing this place back only a few days before this topic was launched. I also informed him and others as well, that I'd been talking with some of the users here about staying active when possible. And he goes and puts this topic up, which I am very happy for. I noticed it immediately, but had to shelf my reply, as I wasn't in the mood to write one right then and there.

And, this leads me to my answer: "I just got busy, and when I got back, everybody else was gone." We just got custody of my 10 year old nephew, so I'm getting a crash course on being a responsible way-older brother, well rounded adult. I would compare myself to a father, but I realize they bear much more responsibilities usually have to raise the child from birth. Still, it's very demanding.

If you're wondering why I drifted away in the span prior to last week, I guess there was just a lot going on. Awkward teen years, recent asperger's diagnosis, depression worsening, deceptive members of the opposite sex. The list goes on. I guess I was just dealing with the typical teenager crap, but I hope to put that behind me now. I now wish to live up to a minimum of one post every four day standard, or something like that, hopefully more, way more (not that I intend to spam). I guess I've finally settled down and matured, and I can't wait to finish telling my Hylian story, as well in partaking in the rest of y'alls.

And thanks, ZV, I was thinking it wasn't good enough. Nice to hear that it works nice and dandy. Now I'm headed off to check that very topic right now.

I'm a bigshot New York actor.

Well, really, I guess, I stopped checking about a month ago. Partly busy schedules, partly inactivity. That, and working at the Disney store. Anyway, it really isn't a problem for me to post more often now that it seems like things are picking up.