Arkhi

hey, that's pretty neat

nice dab, dude Here's me (top photo) tryna look like AtokNiiro (bottom photo). Apparently I live in a lightbulb

At least it can't get any worse. Much appreciation to Toothpastefairy, it sounds like he's pulling a lot of weight.

seconded for sure Ember King -> @Hycrox Midsummer Queen -> @Chevaleresse Melon Lord -> @Ironbound

ah man, I missed this, but it would be worse still not to reply at all! It's good to see you pilot your own course to wherever you want to go next. I believe I understand your desire to draw the curtains on your activity here. I hope I'm speaking for a handful of the older members here (who should post their farewells!) when I say you'll be missed. Your particular energy here was always enough to keep us on our toes. Whatever do you do next, I hope you do with confidence and with pride. I absolutely believe you're bound to leave a positive imprint on those around you in the future. You've already done that for me, after all.

Let's go, team -Silent pings for Telos and Vinny. You two are my heroes and I'm where I am today thanks to your influences. -@Ikaru Of COURSE you're top of the list (of pinged individuals). We've known each other for years and with luck, we can maintain some sort of connection in the future because it really does feel inspiring to have someone as supportive as you. It's always a blast to spend time with you and to share music back and forth. If there's anyone with whom I'm confident I share an unspoken mutual respect and understanding, I'm willing to bet it's you. -@Jericho What's up bro? I'm pinging to let you know that all those hours spent hanging out were a blast, back then and even now. I know I can always count on you for your open honesty and no-bullshit policy. That honesty has always been a virtue for which I've striven and I think calling it to attention is worth doing. You've given me some wordly wisdom beyond my years back around 2015-2016 and your occasional gruff attitude has taught me that standing up for your opinions is the way to hold yourself high. Thanks for that. -@Ironbound Hey hey, you recently mentioned that it's gonna take effort from me to foster this friendship. You know, like daily effort. To put it into a flowery metaphor, our friendship is like an old cactus or a resilient succulent; thought it may persist for a time, it is still a flora like any other with stringent needs such as the right dosage of water and proper soil.... uh... so yeah, it's a bad metaphor, but I respect that our friendship is not a high-effort one. We can rely on one another in times of need and butt heads when we need a level-headed second opinion to keep our attitudes in check. It's good to know that we are both self-sufficient enough to handle ourselves, but that we can still support one another. For that, I'm eager to maintain positive relations with you and I wish you good health and bountiful patience for the road ahead of you. -@Ojama Yellow so I was looking through a list of people to include because wow this is hard when I'm not as active and then I saw your name and thought "This would make a fine addition to my collection" because you and prequel memes are intrinsically linked within my mind. You've given me a laugh very frequently over the years and it's great to share all the funny gems I find on the internet with someone as cultured as you when it comes to this stuff. I also appreciate how involved you've been in the Reborn community over the years. On the occasions when we've discussed topics of a more serious nature, I've been appreciative how you conduct yourself. I get the impression that you are looking for the best from the community and I think that deserves appreciation. Also there should be one serious post in the sea of honey that will soon come. -@ZEL This might come as a surprise! I feel that I've only recently gotten to know you better and it's awful that it took this long because you're very neat. I find your stances of topics from Reborn's culture to <something important that I should be able to remember without searching Tea Party srs-bsns like idk please believe me> well-informed. I respect that you stand up for your stance on these issues. This might also be a guilty pleasure, but I enjoy reading your rants because your way with words is humorous. -@Zumi This might also come as a surprise because I think my interactions with you are on like a bimonthly basis when I send you music or something. Like plenty of others, I'm drawn to your art style because I think the quality is fantastic. Even in the half-finished work that I've seen, I really enjoy the style. I also see you as a go-getter type; so often, it seems that you're bustling with energy. Given how you've managed to create your own large community just from the followers of your art (and music, fuk yea, wheeew lad), I don't think it's a stretch to say as much. I hope you have as much fun as it looks like you do in all these artistic efforts. Also thanks for the thread and that one time you made the banner for the Reborn Reader project, that was dope af - @Felix~ Felicitations, Felix, fAnd I ran out of F words. You're a staple to the community. To me, you're the OG tension defuser. I hope you've been well recently and that you have fun keeping the auth on their toes. You certainly kept me thinking about where to draw the lines with rule infringement and I think that helped me develop a better sense of when to respect the spirit of the rule vs respect the word of the rule. I hope you keep having fun wherever you are now and that you're in a good place now. All the others I'd like to ping may or may not check the forums or reply, so I'd like to give very special and not-at-all verbose (yeah, I'm sure they'll buy that :^) shoutouts to @Rosesong (hang in there!), @Tacos (and flowers), @Kiozo (keep a true aim with that dart-tossing), @Zephyrus the Priestess (thanks again for that PM years ago with the music and scarf animals, I still remember that), @Kurotsune (I hope you're able to move out of the country after Covid settles down), @Hycrox (your memes are very good and so is your server), @Godot (tell the auth to bring back SotD :(, @Maelstrom (every time you come to mind, I'm reminded of silly things I've done and how I can do better. That's a good way to keep improving, eh?), and @Flux (haven't talked in forever, but never forget your first homies) [oh no I hope I don't forget the other homies]. phew Apologies to those I did not ping

It would appear Caz has been stocking up on poggers for the past several years, this is very exciting

hell yeah Congrats to the newest Masters on the Jedi Council.

it's rewind time The Carmen Sandiego Award - @Vinny The Profile Picture Perfection Award - @Ikaru, if only because he's found one great avatar and has the patience to stick with it The Craziest Conspirator Award - @Zumi she do be woke Artist of the Year - @Zumi @Ruby Red Support yo artists >:o Biggest Grumpy of the Year - @Jericho Member Most Likely to Never Give You Up - Kyle Award Award Award - @DJ Mewdeon ft Dan Punk okay so while you're here, please diagnose your broken avatar

Teach me how to be cool?

So we've got one month to stock up on music, then? I'm looking forward to seeing some familiar faces!

Any life goals you'd like to hit in the next few years? Any cool aspirations you've got?

ay bambino, what's'a'matta wit yo local sports fans? Bostononians are whiners and I worry what they'll do to you

Hey guys, Arkhi here! I know it's a bit dated to use the forums now that Discord is what's hip and happening, but you can't beat the original Reborn. I wanted to make this thread to give a farewell to the community and those who have been with me during my time here. I'm posting my goodbye because, with my undergraduate education ending in June, the next stage of my life will involve finding a job and joining the workforce, which will subtract from my free time. But before I turn the page, I wanted to express my appreciation towards the Reborn community. I joined Reborn on December 31st, 2013 and, up until about a year and a half ago, I kept pretty active on the forums at first and on Discord later. Early on, I met some fantastic people including @Jericho, @Tacos, @Maelstrom & @Godot, @Vinny, @Flux, @King Murdoc, @Cowtao, @Felix~, and Telos, who has been the greatest friend I could never ask for. Each of them played some part I find important to my upbringing from my teenage to adult years and I want to extend my appreciation to each of you guys. Thank you all very much for contributing to my growth as a person. A large bulk of my early time here was spent greeting others, posting some pretty awful status updates, playing AoTTG, and socializing with my acquaintances and early friends. It's amazing how fast time flies, but I still think back to these days now and then. I remember being pretty meek in interactions with the auth at the time since they looked real high up the chain of importance. Early interactions with them weren't so scary once I took the chance to talk to them, as is true with most conversation you'll make with members in this community. I think I can safely guess a good chunk of my posts at this point were links to music since I was way too in love with a good pair of earbuds and whatever "best new song" I thought I found that week, shoutout to SotD. I'm sure I also made sure not to skim out on expressing my appreciation for other luxuries like scarves or the artwork of AtokNiiro (hell yeah I still dig him). A first shoutout to the modern-day Tea Party for being a great group of individuals, always hanging out on Showdown and ready to give you a live commentary of what's up on any given day, and a second shoutout to the Flower Garden from Skype for taking me under their wings when I still felt much too new. At this time, the history of Reborn was of interest to me, so I would often try to get into the hair of older members and listen in on what stories they had to share. They wouldn't always spill, but my interactions with them started relationships I still touch back on. In November of 2015, I joined up (heh) with the auth crew and that changed absolutely a little bit, I guess. Around this time, I got closer to @Ikaru, @DJ Mewdeon ft Dan Punk, @Rosesong, @Ironbound, @Ruby Red, and @Sardines. As a mod, I was in/felt that I was in a position where I thought I needed to be as neat a role model as possible (I just wanted less warnings to give tbh). In a way, that feeling hasn't really left and that nudging feeling to act my best is still a driving force for me today. Moderating was a good experience for me, I felt that being watched by critical eyes was a good opportunity to improve (there's that word again), but most people were usually chill enough that I may as well have just been an upgraded Member+ (or an Ace). Interacting with all sorts of people including troublemakers, conflict-makers, or people who accidentally double-posted and still hold a grudge to this day was a nice look into how other people carry themselves. Listening to what people would have to say in response to heated conversations in Showdown or Discord were experiences that I still keep in mind now. This period of time was when I really started to want to get to know people on a fundamental level; around this time, I wanted little more than to listen to others for long periods of time and hear what they have to say so that I may improve as a mod, and later, as an individual. It was around June of 2017 that I stepped down from my Global Mod position in preparation for transferring from a community college to a university. After then, my activity had slowly decreased and has since, though Reborn certainly still has a piece in my heart for giving me so much over the years. Shoutout to @Amethyst for bringing this whole community together, I respect the time, effort, thoughtfulness, patience, and care you contribute to make this all happen. Putting so many experiences into such a short post feels like an act of neglection. You would have to relive my time here to understand how it happened, then you would have to be me to understand how it's changed me. All things considered, I consider my time at Reborn to be a positive one and I hope those I grew up with here may view it with similar fondness. I believe the most important concept I learned from Reborn is Value; I would say I entered Reborn without great interest in others, but I am leaving with a better understanding of what values others hold close and what is valuable to me individually. To all of you whose names I did not mention but were impactful to me, I apologize you are not publicly commended, but I thank you too. Whether our interactions were enjoyable, heated, or terminal, I believe I've learned from them and I will do my best to use this understanding in a positive way. So long, take care, and thanks for the memories. Best regards, Arkhidon Edit: oh, oops, uh so I'm not working because I entered grad school??? what a twist. anyway, I'm still around despite making a big deal of leaving, sorry!

@Jericho How did you get away with nominating me for everything? I don't even apply to some of those, amigo. You're absolutely wild. Memer of the Year: @Jelly Archbishop of Banterbury: @G'doots @Maelstrom Biggest Grumpy of the Year: @Jericho :] The Terra Pierce Award: @Felix~ Most Likely to Take Over the World: @G'doots Most Likely to Have a Cameo in Detective Pikachu: Roo

Congratulations to you three, keep up the great work.

damn, I wish Marcello was a more efficient programmer :///

Dude, I love it when someone drops some sick beats to my auditory lobes of the 11th level. Sounds hype!

This is a step in the right direction. I think there's enough opinions in this thread that one more might not be unnecessary, so I'll leave it at that.

Y'all haven't seen the crazy cool stuff Ruby has made in addition to this, her chibi art style is super clean.

is that a triple post I can't really say "welcome back" since I still see you infrequently enough, but I'm certainly still around enough that we're still tight. Enjoy your time which will likely be more active server-side. I'm still around, just more so on Discord . . .