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You've been under my skin for more than eight years
It's been eight years of laughter, and eight years of tears
And I don't know what the future can hold, or will do
For me and you
But I'm a much better man for having known you
-Lowest of the Low
I am very glad that I took Tac-Wolf up on his strong recommendation to join the Dream. I regret that I waited for his second invitation. MZDM gave me something I needed, even though I didn't realize it at the time. For the record, I look up to Tac, even though he is very small at times.
I am glad that my first post-Enter action was to muster up the courage to wander down the road to Paradox Springs. I found a very good friend in Kai, from whom I learned a lot. I also met and got to interact with a number of excellent people, who I hope know who they are.
I am glad to have participated in so many excellent adventures for such a long period, to have appeared in seven adventure cards, and to have had one of my adventures carded. When I first started, I never dreamed that I would get this level of welcome and recognition. Thank you. Although it may be a little petty, I'm proud to be a member of the 4000 Club. I tried to make each post mean something.
I wish that I could adequately thank Furilius for the gift that he gave to all of us, and I hope we gave him something special back.
I wish you all the very best in life.
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A world of thanks to Oni.
Fragment. A Sundered Key. The Case.
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I'm glad I was a part of this community for as long as I was. Getting cards for five of my characters was a real treat for me, and helped them grow and develop into something more than the result of a high schooler having too much free time. I'm glad I made friends with as many people as I did, even if we may have drifted apart over the years. Those friendships helped me through some pretty bad times, when RL friends were few and far between. Don't underestimate the impact you can have over the internet. I'm glad I had this precious chance to develop my stories. They grew out of the interactions here. I hope someday you'll recognize some of them when they're in print (here's wishful thinking....).
I wish I had really, completely finished just one Perform thread. I want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who put up with my yo-yoing inspiration that ultimately led me to give up GMing. I hope you guys at least enjoyed it while it lasted. I wish I still had the desire and motivation (not to mention free time, at least during the school year) to roleplay online. Maybe someday it will come back. Hang in there for me until then.
What do I regret? Other than some excess drama in Debate and Escape, there isn't much I'd wish to do over. I guess I regret never having the courage to show everyone the written products of these years of roleplaying (i.e., my novels). Create always daunted me more than it should have.
Here's hoping the new website has a real renaissance. I know there are so many people out there who would continue to benefit from a place such as this.
Catch you later. 
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Bow to Kei! *bows*|Cuteness by Mercutio!|By Nyu - Fear the Tawnyblob!|By Silverstar - Texturiffic!|Tawny at home, by Joshua|Disney Tawny! *hugs Felabba*|"Don't call me 'critter'!" - courtesy of Kit Chen
"Holy fruitcake!" - Tawnyblaze
Extremely dangerous things come in small packages. ^_^
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I certainly don't feel like I lived up to my potential here, but that's pretty par for the course with me. Nonetheless...
I'm glad I appeared in at least a couple completed threads that I felt allowed me to express my personality. One was a "Mistress of the Forum" RP ("The War Years") where I played a nervous gravedigger tagging along with Carl Fox and Tsjo.The other was a lively, fast-paced chat performance ("Hard Times at The Spittoon Saloon"). It was fun mixing with Wind Wraith, Maus, and Gumba in that one.
I wish the "The Spiraling Heart" storyline had completed or at least continued further in some fashion. I was particularly enjoying my illustrated encounter with the robot lawman Lotaoz Ex Moiety. Eh. Who knows, maybe he'll turn up in the new place. I even had a whole love interest storyline that was teased at which never got to play out. *sigh*
I regret not using the PM system more to plug my own threads, particularly for "Waldo's Block" in REFLECT. It was one of those threads that I initiated with unrealistic ambitions. It needed key participants. I really should have tried to PM people ahead of time who I thought would've been fun to interact with. If I become active in the LF forums, I'll try to be less timid about self-promation and soliciting participants via PM.
Anyway, that concludes the questionaire for me. Centaur Prime can switch off my spotlight and fire it up for the next one. And thanks to the theataur for making such a fine farewell platform.
*I exit stage left, draging the block on it's edge--Erf--then it's side...slowly, struggling...scraping the stage a bit...quite a lot actually.*
Erf. Sorry, CP. But I'm sure you'll fix it up like new.
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Ellian
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Member #4098
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I'm glad...
that I discovered this awesome community some years ago.
I wish...
I could eventually become more adept at interacting with others in a way that is actually entertaining for them, and maybe one day start an adventure thread as a GM.
I regret...
having witnessed thread death so often, but never managed to prevent it. Having left so many things unsaid, being often too hesitant and insecure to participate in something interesting.
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I've been struggling to come up with something to write here. I can't quite express myself adequately enough.
I've said it before. I 'grew up' here. Whilst mostly this does mean as a writer and a Role-Player, I do think, in a large way, perhaps it includes me too. I joined the NCD at sixteen and now I'm twenty-four. It's been a long time. I doubt being a part of something for that long, no matter how digital and Internet-bound, could really not 'affect' the real person sat at the keyboard.
My biggest regret was not being able to post for several years. It wasn't lack of want or will, or even that I was too busy. I just had no Internet access. I could have been here all that time if only I literally could have been.
I don't regret that so many of those I knew at the beginning left while I was away. I regret not being here to see them off. So many people have left lasting memories on me; Jeff McClean, Timothy Pine, Porter, Eggplants, LionKing, QuintLyn, Demontec, Lee, Almerane, Ethoros, Zendo, Noelle, Bar Gamer, Cherry, Rein, PHD, and so many, many more. Every single person I have ever interacted with has been amazing.
I regret being stupid at certain points. I'm sure that most disagreements I've ever had in the past have been because I've been, literally, stupid. Unthinking. Uncomprehending at times.
I've read everyone's messages to this thread and I've been deeply moved by how the NCD really does mean so much to so many other people as well as myself. I'm proud to be here with you all.
The NCD has helped me become a better Role-Player and even writer over time. I recall how my old posts used to be full of smilies, even IC! They were terrible, haha!  . But the site also helped me develop characterisation and methods of characterising! Now, when I write, I will create a profile for my characters, so I know them inside out. I can place my characters into any other kind of genre, allowing me to understand a character in such a way few writer's can.
I have truly enjoyed my time here. I regret not being able to post more with my many, many characters. I regret not posting more in recent months since I returned! I genuinely tried, but lack of others posting caused me to not post too. A vicious and silly circle.
I'm honoured to have met new friends since I returned though. If there's one thing I've always said, I love new people.
One thing I'm suddenly beginning to regret though is tying my character Skrai to the NCD so much. Essentially he doesn't exist without it. I have gone and introduced him to other places with this tie still in place, such as the Gaming Guardians and Schola Draíochta forums. Perhaps I could keep him the way he is. A kind of reminder of what once was? We'll see. It would be a shame if I had to completely change him at this stage.
I will definitely be there when the new site opens. I just hope I can adapt to the changes and not weep at the losses of such characteristics that have defined the NCD.
But I ask you, as the crew of Red Dwarf would put it, is this the end?
The smeg it is! 
*edit: You know, it's kind of a strange observation. I'm in one of these final threads working its way to close down and I'm playing Pepper who was originally based on one of my pet cat's. Unfortunately Pepper actually died a while ago and yet here I am at the end of the Dream playing her characterised self. Apt. Fitting.
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By Oni
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~ "A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love. He needs friendship. In fact, he needs the universe. To be a writer is, in a sense, to be a day-dreamer - to be living a kind of double life." - Jorge Luis Borges
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I'm glad that I met some nice people on the NCD.
I wish I had been able to roleplay more with everyone.
I regret never finishing GMing an RP that I started.
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PG to (BlackIceDragon, Uitbarsting, FireBoltStroke,)
I'm glad I found this place, such a long road it has taken from begging to end, I'm glad I got to meet and talk with those in this forum, Im glad I was able to hone my artistic ability, even though I haven't worked on it lately, and I'm glad this place even exists.
I wish I had got on sooner, so many years reading the forums, never joining always spectating, I wish I was a better Rper, so that I could make you guys proud of me, I wish I could of done more for the forum, even for the short time that I was here.
I regret not joining sooner, I regret not meeting more people, becoming friends with those around me, I regret never meeting anyone in person and always staying on the side lines, I regret never really joining threads, and I regret most of all simply not really being a part of the great forum that MZDM is.
I also hope to become more of a player in the rebirth, and I hope I can make you all proud to call me friend.
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I’ve ghosted about for a while now wondering if I should write something before this all completely disappears. I’ve never been a courage’s person but… at an ending as such I feel the need to place my gratitude.
NCD you where one of my greatest escapes, you helped me scrawl through a part of my life that was unbearable and lonely and still bitter to recall. Over the years I needed you less, I busied myself with life and trudged on, I grew up a bit… I left with out saying anything.
That I regret, never saying a proper farewell. Even though I drifted back from time to time, I was never really a steady writer.
I wish I had been, maybe then I would have been able to write with more of the wonderful dreamers I so admired, and still do.
But I’m glad… I am grateful I was here when I was, was able to write what I did with whom I did, and have cheerier memories for it in an otherwise unhappy time.
I dought very much that I will fallow the NCD through to it’s new place of rebirth, but I will send my hopes and well wishes, that the creative spirit that made this place glorious and exiting will flourish anew and brightly last. ^__x
*Leaves cookies and tea.*
Splint- *Leaves fishes and hugs!!~~<3*
Epee- *Leaves crab cakes and sugar cubes*
Chat Crabs- *Leaves flowers… but take some of the sugar cubs <.< >.>;*
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I found you I lost you
You were there a minute ago
I found I lost
What was dear to me
Found lost
The entrance to this maze
Lost
Forever and never to return.
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After all the time I spent here in the past, I have a few things to say, as this Dream reaches its end--sure, I haven't posted in a while, but I feel obliged to say these things; as I was one of the veteran Psychadelic Avatars back when the Dream was smaller.
I'm glad I found the webcomic, as its mixture of furry, Zen, and mysticism was unlike anything I'd ever encountered. It was here that I think I really began to hone my RP skills, and flesh out Sovan Kawasagi as a character. No longer a mere fursona, he's taken on a "life" of his own. And, no matter what may come, I am glad for the old-school metaphysical ponderings of the old comics, and for the friendships I made here.
I wish the comic could have gone on, and that I'd kept more in touch with the old crowd. However, as the Dream grew and expanded, and RL became more insistent, I sadly lost my place in the Dream...a Dream which changed before my eyes into a place I could no longer find a spot in. Would that I had been able to remain with the old crew and engage in their RP threads more.
Finally, I regret that this unique Dream must reach its end--that, from where we sit, the Napping Cat must close his eyes to us. I regret that I wasn't able to finish my RP Thread "The Coming of the Shadow Dynasty." And finally, I regret that I lost touch with so many of you.
See you in the next Dream, everyone...!
In fond memory of my pet cat, Allen 1996-2008
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The Star Dragon,
Sovan Kawasagi
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I'm glad I found the Dream all that long while ago. It's let my creative mind blossom in ways that I thought unimagineable.
I wish that I could have done more for the Dream than I had. Way to much stuff I thought up sort of got thrown on the sidlines.
I regret that I faded out due to various RL issues.
See you all on the flip side! ^v^
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I'm glad that I have been able to see this site from close to it's beginning to close to it's end. I'm glad that I've gotten to make a number of friends and acquaintances through this site, be they people I have met in person or not. I'm glad this site was here to encourage my creativity in writing and characters design, along with making me want to continue my own website elsewhere. And as much as I might grouse about it, I'm glad that people claimed to look up to me as a senior member here, as much as I don't think I deserved it. So I'm glad that Master Flare has had a number of appearances in official and unofficial artwork here on this site, and for everything Dat and Furilius have done to keep this place running as long as it did.
I wish I had been able to see more threads through to their completion; it seemed that I always had to bow out for some reason or another. I wish I hadn't had to take so many hiatuses, but that's life. In a similar vein, I wish I had felt able to contribute to more threads or other activities on the forums. I wish it hadn't taken me so long to feel inspiration and confidence come back to post again.
I could put some regrets here, but nah. I honestly don't feel a lot of regret for losing touch with people, it just happens, but if any old friends want to talk with me my AIM name is usually open.
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You know, this was going to be some long and involved post, but at the end of it all, simple is best, I think. I’m glad I stopped being a lurker and joined up, I wish I’d gotten to know more of you, especially who you were behind cards and masks we wore. And regrets… well, I’ve had a few… but then again, too few to mention.
And there we go. Only a few more things to do, I think. I’m glad to see so many folks popping in for the end. Some fireworks next, and then the close.
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With friendly smile for one and all
No job (or even size) too small
Though uniformed, don't be afraid
Tac-Wolf's arrived to offer aid
~incantation by Val~
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I've thought about what to write in this post, and there's so much I'd like to say. Too much.
I'm glad I found this place. And met so many wonderful people, too many to mention.
I regret that I've lost touch with so many of those wonderful people. Especially the folks I met in person at Conifur all those years ago.
I'm glad and proud that we were able to finish the Eggplant Roleplay. Of course, I couldn't have done it without the players, and I thank them all.
I regret I didn't manage to do more artwork while here. So many ideas, but only a few made it onto paper (or the electronic equivalent).
I hope the new site is as rewarding as this one has been.
As I say, there are so many other things I'd like to say, but that will have to do. I hope to see many of you on the other side.
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Thank you, Oni!
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((I'm glad I spent time here in the Dream, with some of the most interesting and bizarre characters I've run into. Oh, and your avatars were interesting, too. Heh.
I'm glad you all found me interesting enough to put up with the crap me and my avatar here put your through.
I wish I had the inspiration... and the time... to write like this again. I wish I'd said goodbye properly.
I regret not ever finishing up a thread properly. I regret vanishing like I did, like I always do. I regret not being able to remember everyone I need to thank for making my time here wonderful. Xenix, Lee, Morathi, Oralee/Xai, Kim, Sal, Syn, Carl, Deized, Light and Tac to start with, but I know I've forgotten at least... oh, a dozen. You're all amazing.
But mostly, I'm glad, for the good times, for the interesting times, and the crazy times. I feel like I'm better for coming here, and I'm glad... and a little surprised, honestly... that the Dream made it this far along.
I wish you all the best, whatever you're all doing. Don't ever stop being interesting.))
-Din PG
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Dinadan, the Pirate Mage by Kim, Locustplague's PG
((Tattoo-ey goodness... thanks so much! ^_^ ))
"'s only arrogance if ya don't deserve yer ego."
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I'm glad...
...that I met so many fine folks here, from newcomers to old timers alike.
...that I made a sizable-enough impact to be of help to others.
I wish...
...that Rein et al. could join you at the new site.
...that I could have been there for everyone.
...everyone the best of luck at the new site.
I regret...
...causing as much drama as I did.
...not having the chance to meet EVERYONE.
...that there is no more time for this wonderful site to exist.
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I'm not the best person in the world with all of the emotional heartfelt words... <.< just ask my wife.
That said, this place has meant a lot to me. It's a world where I could grow and explore and I'm not certain that any of my characters will fit elsewhere in exactly the same way. Or that I will fit elsewhere in exactly the same way.
I have enjoyed running several adventures here. Some didn't fare so well, others were a rousing success, and still others were a lot of fun while they lasted. Stranded was almost icing on the cake and I loved working with all of you on that, on First Alert, Metheglin, Junction, Verose, Walkabout, Changing Truths, an Aegis that never got off the ground.. :P
It's been a fun ride and if anything, I regret that not everybody will be making the transition to Lucidia. I'll miss Rein and Arc and others staying behind. The world will become a smaller place for a while, but hopefully we can make it larger once again.
I wish I'd stuck around a little more during my longer hiatuses, but you know how these things are: people change and it takes a little while for the circle to come back around.
I'm glad I poked my head in during my freshman year at college and said, "Hey, maybe I'll look into that forum thingy attached to one of my webcomics."
I'm glad I was carded. Despite the drama over them sometimes, that has got to be one of the all-time highs of my life: knowing that my friends and fellow Dreamers nominated me for it. That I was deemed worthy, in their eyes.
It's been real, and it's been fun, and it's certainly been real fun. ^_~
Stay Safe.
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Well, Raf has said his final words, so I guess it’s about time I say mine. It’s been an honor. I only wish... well let’s keep it to format.
I’m glad
I joined the Dream in the first place.
That I created Raf, no matter how much he didn’t seem to fit in at times.
I wish
I was more active with fewer periods of hiatus.
That was I involved in more threads that were concluded rather than just dead.
I regret
Letting Azrim and Fimnai fade away into disuse.
Letting so many things die in regard to Ryan’s story.
Making every single of one of my avatars on the Do Not Card list. None of them would have gotten cards anyway, and I didn’t want to be a fiscal drain on the sight, but... looking back in hindsight of all the things I missed out on, it was a mistake.
In any case, I am moving on to Lucidia Fantasy, and I’m taking Ryan and Raf with me. You read that right, I’m taking Raf. Raf doesn’t get the final word on if he can leave the Dream or not, I get the final word. How’s that going to work... that’s a secret.
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It's hard to be sure on what to say.
There are a lot of things I'm glad for. Meeting so many new people. Trying new things in a supportive environment. Feeling like no matter what my situation was in real life, that there would be people to talk with here.
I wish that I'd been able to keep my focus better when that real life started to change...I slowed down quite a bit. And while that made other areas healthier, I feel that I slowed down more than I needed to, until I was barely here at all.
And regrets? That could be a long list. But fortunately, these are mostly indistinct things. And I'd rather think about the future than dwell on what I could have done better in the past-I've done that far too often already, to the point where I want to make it into a profession.
Our dreams have changed and grown, not died. We will survive.
It's time to move on, it's time to get going,
What lies ahead, I have no way of knowing.
But under my feet, baby, grass is growing,
It's time to move on, time to get going.
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Time to Move On"
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I'm alive. The rest is just detail.
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Aw man, Dinadan? You were one of the few people I really wanted to speak with again when I started to lurk here again after I disappeared [kind of like you, I guess.] As for the thread at hand...
I'm glad that I found this place. While I have forgotten how, I still think that the majority of friendships I have had were through this site, and that I knew the people who found this place.
And I wish I had gotten to know you all a lot better. That the one thing I HATE about this place. I have no idea how to contact... well, hardly ANY of you outside of this place, and once I lose this, I might not ever have the chance to hear form you again. And this saddens me, greatly.
Which leads up to what I regret. ...there is a long list of things that I regret that happened here, some of them caused by me, some of them happening too me. As much as I would like to forget them... I'm not sure I can. Perhaps one day, when this site finally does become just a memory, I can finally let them go.
Edit: One final regret... being the last post here. I mean, me? I never felt that popular, never felt that 'great', yet I get the final word? Something just feels wrong about that.
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Frankly? I have no idea what to say.
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