After seeing Friz’s articolo about leaving the community I decided I should once again put some effort into looking for Sonic fan Character creators who may be interested in joining our community. I would usually go to communities on Facebook but I decided to at least window-shop at DeviantArt for once seeing how it’s the most popolare location.
I assumed it was all because Facebook isn’t known for communities as much. I assumed fanpop was simply too low-key and not well-known. Now that I’ve checked on DeviantArt, I’ve realized what’s actually happening… o maybe I’m finally opening my eyes to something that was in front of me to begin with.
Our community getting smaller and smaller… the rate of which this has happened is a miracle. It isn’t just our group that’s getting smaller. I tried Sonic fan groups, normal Sonic groups, and went to areas I had previously visited. Many have been stalled, either dead o on hiatus. These groups do not have the “limitations” of ours. They are worldly groups that do whatever, but they are inactive o shrinking.
I can only assume this continuous decline is due to the failing quality of the Sonic Franchise. Sonic Boom was a gigantic flop, sending fan away più than gaining them. Sonic Lost World in the main series had many faults, also driving away fans. People all around the world continue to bash the franchise and the fanbase constantly. The Archie Comics just went through a retcon and while some fan stuck around, it clearly had an effect on our numbers.
I realize how rare our community was. I found our layout to be the most specified to work with fandom in general. Most other groups I found rarely roleplayed if at all, and almost entirely focused on pictures. We all know that stories are rarely dato attention. With our group we had roleplays all the time, forum included. The stories were not dato attention usually unfortunately, but it was active at the very least.
Unfortunately everything from our group to many others lacked the drive to stick to it; not in the sense of staying with the community, but seeing every even through. “Hey I made a contest. Who wants to join?” “Hey I’m making a comic” “Hey I’m making a game” “Hey, Art-trade” “Hey I’m Scrivere a story” “Hey I postato this new roleplay/forum”. Rarely were these things finished. I know of VERY few people that actually finished any of my roleplays personally, and I’m sure others feel the same.
Yes I had an impact on this community, but what about people like NumnumnYellow? She had the same religious mindset and she left. Her reason? Well the same as many others. They grew out of it. They got bored. It wasn’t amounting to anything.
That seems to be what is happening nowadays to everything. I don’t want to believe the Sonic Fanchise is dying, o it’s fanbase, but I have found such a small amount of activity on the internet concerning fan-characters that it’s… depressing.
We can all start up as large groups, but those groups shrink, then break up, and become smaller groups, and those smaller groups DON’T mix. With each fall a percent (lets’ say 20%) of members go away. So let’s say 100 members start out. That turns into 80 which turns into 40 for two different groups. That’s already less than half. Then those groups lose 20% which is 8 members leaving two più lesser groups from that making 12 for each group.
So what do te want? To leave? If te start anew I wish te all the best of luck but this is not a good omen.
To those who’s minds are made up and want nothing più to do with this, I understand. I will not attack te for wanting to leave but I cannot help but feel upset that there are now less people to talk with.
To those who are willing to discuss what is right and wrong; what is required and what it is simply something being clung to regardless of it not being required, we can discuss.
To those who plan to stay here, the life of our community depends on you. I hate to say this but I am tired of pulling the weight from almost everything here.
This isn’t just our group, this is the Sonic Fandom.
I assumed it was all because Facebook isn’t known for communities as much. I assumed fanpop was simply too low-key and not well-known. Now that I’ve checked on DeviantArt, I’ve realized what’s actually happening… o maybe I’m finally opening my eyes to something that was in front of me to begin with.
Our community getting smaller and smaller… the rate of which this has happened is a miracle. It isn’t just our group that’s getting smaller. I tried Sonic fan groups, normal Sonic groups, and went to areas I had previously visited. Many have been stalled, either dead o on hiatus. These groups do not have the “limitations” of ours. They are worldly groups that do whatever, but they are inactive o shrinking.
I can only assume this continuous decline is due to the failing quality of the Sonic Franchise. Sonic Boom was a gigantic flop, sending fan away più than gaining them. Sonic Lost World in the main series had many faults, also driving away fans. People all around the world continue to bash the franchise and the fanbase constantly. The Archie Comics just went through a retcon and while some fan stuck around, it clearly had an effect on our numbers.
I realize how rare our community was. I found our layout to be the most specified to work with fandom in general. Most other groups I found rarely roleplayed if at all, and almost entirely focused on pictures. We all know that stories are rarely dato attention. With our group we had roleplays all the time, forum included. The stories were not dato attention usually unfortunately, but it was active at the very least.
Unfortunately everything from our group to many others lacked the drive to stick to it; not in the sense of staying with the community, but seeing every even through. “Hey I made a contest. Who wants to join?” “Hey I’m making a comic” “Hey I’m making a game” “Hey, Art-trade” “Hey I’m Scrivere a story” “Hey I postato this new roleplay/forum”. Rarely were these things finished. I know of VERY few people that actually finished any of my roleplays personally, and I’m sure others feel the same.
Yes I had an impact on this community, but what about people like NumnumnYellow? She had the same religious mindset and she left. Her reason? Well the same as many others. They grew out of it. They got bored. It wasn’t amounting to anything.
That seems to be what is happening nowadays to everything. I don’t want to believe the Sonic Fanchise is dying, o it’s fanbase, but I have found such a small amount of activity on the internet concerning fan-characters that it’s… depressing.
We can all start up as large groups, but those groups shrink, then break up, and become smaller groups, and those smaller groups DON’T mix. With each fall a percent (lets’ say 20%) of members go away. So let’s say 100 members start out. That turns into 80 which turns into 40 for two different groups. That’s already less than half. Then those groups lose 20% which is 8 members leaving two più lesser groups from that making 12 for each group.
So what do te want? To leave? If te start anew I wish te all the best of luck but this is not a good omen.
To those who’s minds are made up and want nothing più to do with this, I understand. I will not attack te for wanting to leave but I cannot help but feel upset that there are now less people to talk with.
To those who are willing to discuss what is right and wrong; what is required and what it is simply something being clung to regardless of it not being required, we can discuss.
To those who plan to stay here, the life of our community depends on you. I hate to say this but I am tired of pulling the weight from almost everything here.
This isn’t just our group, this is the Sonic Fandom.
Name:Donatello
Last Name:Darkness
Most used nickname: Donny
Age:19
Birthdate: 19 years fa XD
Hair color:Gray
Eye Color:Purple
Outfit: gray giacca & pant. Purple shoes and shirt.
Likes:Art, cooking, nature, friends, SOME family members, and trys to get along with his sisters
Dislikes:STACY. Bad people, killing,geting in people's way, Shopping with girls and having to pay for them (XD) ECT.
Nicknames: Donny (most used) Lil' Brother (used da his little sister who's somehow bigger than him, Fergie) Donny-boy, Don, Don the doenut man (used da Dio...Once XD)
Weird fact: Some how, his name is close to Donnie from TMNT and has the same color. Purple. XD And the name Donatello
Amore life: te STALKERS. T3T
Other: He was once a fugitive. He tells everyone is name is Donny because he dosn't like his real name. He was named after is father. Almost always chased da Stacy Light. :3
Last Name:Darkness
Most used nickname: Donny
Age:19
Birthdate: 19 years fa XD
Hair color:Gray
Eye Color:Purple
Outfit: gray giacca & pant. Purple shoes and shirt.
Likes:Art, cooking, nature, friends, SOME family members, and trys to get along with his sisters
Dislikes:STACY. Bad people, killing,geting in people's way, Shopping with girls and having to pay for them (XD) ECT.
Nicknames: Donny (most used) Lil' Brother (used da his little sister who's somehow bigger than him, Fergie) Donny-boy, Don, Don the doenut man (used da Dio...Once XD)
Weird fact: Some how, his name is close to Donnie from TMNT and has the same color. Purple. XD And the name Donatello
Amore life: te STALKERS. T3T
Other: He was once a fugitive. He tells everyone is name is Donny because he dosn't like his real name. He was named after is father. Almost always chased da Stacy Light. :3
WARNING: This is from BORDOM!!!
1.) There's nothing really to respond to in it.
2.) The person always skips mine and acts like they forgot, so why allow them to do it in another one of their RP's?
3.) I flat out hate the person who made the RP.
4.) I don't feel like it.
5.) The person who made the RP is boring.
6.) I don't think it's appropiate.
7.) Your domanda involves ladies that act like sluts.
8.) I don't know the definition of a certain word and I don't feel like looking it up.
9.) I'm busy.
10.) The domanda includes rascism.
1.) There's nothing really to respond to in it.
2.) The person always skips mine and acts like they forgot, so why allow them to do it in another one of their RP's?
3.) I flat out hate the person who made the RP.
4.) I don't feel like it.
5.) The person who made the RP is boring.
6.) I don't think it's appropiate.
7.) Your domanda involves ladies that act like sluts.
8.) I don't know the definition of a certain word and I don't feel like looking it up.
9.) I'm busy.
10.) The domanda includes rascism.
Craiger
Craiger is australian da birth, but did not grow up in an Australian area, aside from some people (including who he thought was his father), so he doesn't use a lot of Australian phrases o slang.
Rynk is persian da birth of her mother, while her father was scottish. Being part banshee, she was born with a natural persian accent, but is much più fluent in english pronunciation than a normal persian accent due to her scottish traits, and her banshee traits. She basically sounds like a mixture of a slightly high-pitched british-persian accent, with a little bit of scottish. Her R's are stretched slightly, and her voice sounds slightly american as it gets louder.
Craiger is australian da birth, but did not grow up in an Australian area, aside from some people (including who he thought was his father), so he doesn't use a lot of Australian phrases o slang.
Rynk is persian da birth of her mother, while her father was scottish. Being part banshee, she was born with a natural persian accent, but is much più fluent in english pronunciation than a normal persian accent due to her scottish traits, and her banshee traits. She basically sounds like a mixture of a slightly high-pitched british-persian accent, with a little bit of scottish. Her R's are stretched slightly, and her voice sounds slightly american as it gets louder.