poly_crack | THE LOVE MEME

Poly has been my one and only game since 2006, never even wandered out and back with months in between or anything. I started off ~~dreadfully~~ with Nathaniel, then Captain Holly Short and Ginny Weasley. Honourable mentions: Zoe Washburne and Kivrin Engle for all of two seconds. This is home in a lot of ways, where I honed my writing and made some incredible friends and had so much fun that I can't even begin to count all the memorable moments between beginning and end.

I'm not even sure I can properly articulate how happy and grateful I am to have been here for as long as I have, met and written with all the talented players... And, yeah, how sad I am that we're coming to an end. But this game and you guys got me through some rough times (hello high school, hello college, hello adult world!) and this has been the one constant when everything else in my life was flipping around. The days before the police force, when the forest was still so unexplored, the beach a destination to fight towards, the first round of deities, the stewards, the slugs, the harpies, the barrier coming down, the serial killers and the Underground monsters and the clock and the chaos and the settling down, the home it became, the revolutions and the wars and the friendships forged despite it all. Mistletoe and Thanksgivings and birthdays and brothers, friends that became like brothers, families not joined by blood but everything else. It's been a story. It's been a life.

SO LET ME SPREAD SOME LOVE ON ALL YOU LOVELY PEOPLE. It's been so wonderful. You've all been so great. I love you guys, let's do this send-off right: with feels, and lemon cake. ♥

Edited 2014-02-25 22:16 (UTC)

I am so glad I got the chance to meet you and to play with you. I wasn't expecting the CR between Ginny and Jimmy to be quite so amazing quite so quickly, but man, the second they met, it was awesome how well they hit it off. That's CR that I'm always going to value and look back on with fondness, because it wasn't necessarily the kind of thing that I would have been able to predict, and that's often my favorite kind. And the emotional connection they formed with each other was really a lot of fun to write (if occasionally heartwrenching!)

And then as I got a chance to know you, too, you also amazed me! Like you say, you've gone through some rough times while you've been here, but I must say that as we talked more and more, I've really come to admire your strength, your courage, and your talent. You're a great writer, but that isn't even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how awesome you are.

So here's a <3 for you, and the hopes that someday we'll meet in person, too!

Hey Poly, Mici here! This has been my home game since I was enabled in 2007, and I can say that even when I was super busy with school and work and everything else real life hurled at me, it's been so much fun I couldn't give it up. It's gotten me some fantastic friends, some memorable threads, and even some amazing trips to meet other players!

It's been a real honor to mod for you guys! Thank you so much for all the memories, Poly! It's definitely been a writing experience that I won't soon forget.

(Lemon cakes and hair monsters, and little baby eyeteeth Cthulus for everyone)

...

LEMON MERINGUE CAKEPIES

Poly was my first canon long-term game (4 to 5 years) and I met some of the most wonderful people and friends through it and have gotten into so many new stories and canons and things I never would have considered if not for the people here.

This is still the game I look back and go, "That was my first real game," with all the fondness in the world. I'm constantly looking back over old threads either for nostalgia or ideas for things I'm currently doing.

You've been wonderful, Poly, and it feels like the end of an era coming to a close.

don't... mind the journal, this is Jack/Kat (rem/hikaru/everyone else-mun)

Hi there Poly. I've been here since September 2007, with Mazikeen and Rose and Ishiah and Giselle and Daisy and Seth and Mowgli and Chase.

It's been silly and heartbreaking and lovely and made me cry. There have been thanksgivings and mistletoe, and hobo ghosts on the couch, and House in a princess dress, and babies born, and giant beardy uncles, and socially awkward shinigami, and giant spider girlfriends, and vendettas and affairs and brainslugs and teen girl covens, and aliens and zombies and witch burning and what more could you want from a game, really.

I've met friends I hope I'll keep forever and friends I know I'll remember fondly if I don't. I can't believe how much of my life this one game has run for.

I'll miss you, Poly.

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I have known you for so long. So long. Ishiah was really where it all began and I'll never forget starlit races over the ocean between a peri and an elf, POOL BOYS, late night bar talk at Lux. I remember little Rosie and marveling at how wonderfully you captured the voice of a child, and how lovely she was as a whole. I think our first thread between Holly and Chase, proper action thread when they met, was a souvenirs curse on her bathroom floor. And every subsequent bloody interaction afterwards ahahhahaha sob as well as just connecting on a human/fairy level.

I can honestly say you're one of maybe three people who have really been there through the scope of figuring out my writing and developing some of the closest, most involved CR ever. Ginny and Chase still going strong despite reboots and wartime and birthdays and one-sided memories. Jam in the toaster and Aladdin! Macroslaves! Him telling her that "food, music, and sex" are the three things to get Harry Potter for his birthday. Mistletoe makeouts being their first in-person interaction and how it became a tradition ever year after. CUPCAKES FOR DAYS. Fixing up his hand after the slugs, pestering him into being friends over and over again. Him being there when everyone else went away.

I've loved everything we've ever written over the years and I've had so much fun. I hope we can write together again someday, a musebox or a meme or anywhere. And even if we don't, you're still a friend and I hope we can keep in touch after. ♥

Hello, Poly. I guess most of you know this, but I'm Rae and I have played here since August of 2008. I've played a lot of characters since I started out: Debra Morgan, Data, Wilson right here, Todd Anderson, Dr. McCoy, Emperor Kuzco, Ferris Bueller, Jessica Hamby, Dewey, Doc Brown, and Harry Kim. At least, I think that's all of them.

Dewey and Harry haven't been in game long but it's been absolutely wonderful having them here. Wilson, on the other hand, just hit five years in game at the beginning of February, and Todd would have in April. They've both had incredibly long and memorable runs, but it's my run overall as a player that will always stick with me. Everything I've written and played here, and everyone I've done it with, will make me smile and think back fondly for years to come. And the friends I've made here, I certainly plan to keep for a very long time to come.

Thank you all, each of you. I love you, Poly, and I will miss you, and even after everything comes to an end, you'll always be my RP home. No other game could replace all you've been to me.

DEBRA. DEBRA DEBRA DEBRA. I think even before Ginny and Wilson, that was where we all began. Doughnuts and coffee at Police Headquarters, back when Riza Hawkeye was around, George Blake, basically when the PF was all badass women (+1 female fairy). The Intel division! SUCH CRIME SOLVING. SUPER SLEUTHS. PROTECTING THE WORLD. I loved every moment and your Deb was the reason I actually tried watching Dexter, too. I wanted to know more about this awesome lady, so thank you for that and for her. <333

Oh, Wilson. You know I love Wilson. My most favourite thread is still the one after Ginny came back from her last canon update and he was just so good and kind to her. And Hot Wheels!! We never got to do that, omg. Or maybe we can assume it did happen and her goodbye gift to him will be a little red and gold car that she painted herself or something. Because Wilson was the first pseudo!dad and then Bones was one too and clearly all of Ginny's adopted dads are doctors. SUCH A GOOD NOT!DAD. I love your Wilson, I love you.

Well hey there, Rae. What can I even say about how awesome you are? I was so excited when I joined the game and saw that there was a Wilson in the cast, because he was always my favorite character on the show, and then when I saw how good you were at playing him, and how awesome your other characters were, too, I knew that you were pretty much the most badass person ever.

And then... and then I got to meet you in person! It was so amazing that you and Alms let me stay with you, and showed me around, and I never felt at all awkward or out of place when hanging out with you, which is a huge achievement for me and really shows what an amazing, excellent person you are, online and offline. I hope to have the chance for many more online shenanigans in the future, and, hey, some offline ones as well!

Every time I think about our CR, particularly our Jimmy & Wilson CR, I get a smile on my face. You rock.

You were an excellent fictional sister. Thanks for all the fun rp times and all of the other times--I'm glad that this game meant actually getting to know you. Thanks for all the times I've been your guest, for mind syrup adventures, and for the road trip that only included a little bit of trespassing (seriously, I owe you and Alms a lot for helping save/distract me from parental drama). You'll never be rid of me now.

I was only in Poly for a few months with Ruby here, but I loved every moment of my time here. It's been a privilege to be a small part of such a wonderful game, and I am sincerely grateful to everyone who welcomed me here and played against me. I've made some strong friendships here and discovered fandoms I never knew about (one thing I love about this game is how easy it is for characters of lesser known fandoms to flourish here), and I would love to continue to RP with the superb players I've met here. My only regret is that I didn't stick around longer the first time I was here.

Ahhhhh Hannah I seriously have no idea what to say to you because I know that although we're going to continue to have tons of CR after Poly is over, this was the place we really had all of our characters hit it off in such interesting and unique ways. I've seriously felt so lucky that we've had CR with pretty much all of our characters, and I've been consistently impressed with what a strong and amazing character Ruby is. She's one of those OCs that just I feel so privileged to have gotten to play with in so many interesting ways.

And you, dude... like, talking to you and nerding out about history and shows that we both like and video games has seriously been a highlight of my life over the last year or so. It's just amazing to me how we can be so far away in terms of physical distance but how we can just chat about basically anything, and how willing you are to go along with my zany ideas for threads (and how you come up with pretty zany ideas yourself!)

Basically, don't ever change. You're fab.

You know, Poly has given me so much over the years, when I really think about it--great friends, tons of laughs, exposure to all sorts of new media that I never would've discovered on my own if I hadn't been playing off of other people who were interested in it...but honestly I think the thing I'll always treasure most about Poly is that for the longest time, it gave me a constant during a lot of transitional periods in my life. Poly wasn't just my home game; in a way, it's been just simply home, and I always found it comforting to look forward to. It's like the way that the characters in a favorite sitcom gradually become your friends, and you look forward to "seeing" them every time you tune in.

But as much as it might ache to say goodbye, it's at least the kind of goodbye that leaves you filled with smiles and satisfaction along with the nostalgia and sadness. After so many years with these characters and their relationships and the world we've all built together, I'm glad that I've made it to see the ending, and I'm incredibly appreciative of the mods for their hard work in letting us have the closure of a happy one. I am, as we all know, the Patron Saint of Happily Ever After, and if there's one thing that my years of tossing Rosella around have taught me, it's that goodbyes and endings are always implicitly followed by "...well, until the next adventure, that is!"

It's been a pleasure to play with everyone all this time, and it's been an honor to call you my friends.

So even if it's sad, I hope it's at least sad the way that reaching the end of your favorite novel is sad: that as hard as it is to see it come to a close, you're still filled with nothing but joy and contentment from the ride.

I love you, Poly. You've been the best fairy tale I ever could've asked for and more. ♥

Also I used to play this loser here.

JERK.

Oh come now.

And this guy.

Ah, Poly. I spend a literal handful of years here, cycling through characters, but it seems like my mainstay was Angela. I've also played Atora, Toph, Hana, Kate, Cindy, Karolina, Reepicheep, a couple of fools from Gintama, Wilee, and some others I honestly can't remember at the moment. It's been a lot of people, but Poly was the place where I felt comfortable enough to experiment with new voices and totally new genres. I've learned to break out of my shell (at one point I was totally shy around new people!) and I've met people I've become great friends with and had lasting friendships beyond just RP.

Even though I only left a couple months ago, I always had the intention of coming back one day later because Poly was that home for me. It was my first large game (only my second game in my RP timeline) and never did I think I would have lasted as long as I did. I blame you. You guys were just awesome and fantastic and willing to work with me through plots both sane and completely batshit. I'm sad that Poly is coming to an end, as all good things do, but don't let it make us strangers. If you see me around on memes or in a musebox, feel free to poke me, even if it's just to chat. May we see each other around the internet! ♥

Edited 2014-02-25 22:17 (UTC)

You're another one of those people where when I joined the game and saw who you played, I was super excited, because I love the character! And then you did such a good job of playing her, and I was so impressed at how true to canon she was but how much you'd shown her growth through being in the game. It was just really fun for me to develop CR with you and to get to tag you both inside and outside of the game (and let Angela and Jimmy make stupid choices, because they're good at doing that together, apparently.)

I'm also so happy that I got to meet you in real life, and I'm seriously hoping that that happens again sooner rather than later. I've had tons of fun tagging with you, and you know full well I definitely won't let the game ending make us strangers. I mean, hell, I haven't so far, and our interaction has always just delighted me.

<3

I had such a great time playing with you and I'm glad I got to meet you. I certainly hope to see you around the internet and maybe in person again someday. I could always send you a butt again.

April would have been six years for me. I can't fathom that it's been that long, but I did the math. Twice. I'm really bad at math, but I'm pretty sure that's right.

My name is Alms, and I play(ed):

☆ Brian Moser :: Dexter ::

cold_dry_pieces
☆ Patera Silk :: The Book of the Long Sun ::

silk_for_calde
☆ Aziraphale :: Good Omens ::

mr_phale
☆ Fox Mulder :: The X-Files ::

call_me_spooky
☆ Allison Cameron :: House M.D. ::

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☆ Neil Perry :: Dead Poets Society ::

had_not_lived
☆ Frankie Dalton :: Daybreakers ::

never_very_good
☆ Tommy Shepherd :: Young Avengers ::

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☆ Isaak Sirko :: Dexter ::

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This game has been with me through some really terrible times and some really incredible times, and leaving it has always been incomprehensible. Losing it is even moreso, but. So it goes.

Thank you all, loves. You can always find me around (

errantpastor, or symbolicalating at gmail,) if you need me.

Oh gosh, Alms. Where do I start? Well, maybe first of all, I start with the fact that all of our CR has been so brilliant. It's been both hilarious and awesome and badass and incredible and (I guess I can't use the word 'both' to describe more than two things, but whatever, I do what I want) overall just really enjoyable. I loved Stupid Sexy Capitalism and I love how Isaak has totally hit on like all of my characters (and also broken their fingers.) And you're an amazing writer, too. I've said it once, but I'll say it again -- the grasp you have on your characters' voices is phenomenal.

And getting to stay with you and Rae over the summer was amazing! You were so welcoming, and I had so much fun just hanging out with you and getting to be myself. Never once did I feel awkward (except for my inherent awkwardness as a person, but hey) and I really hope that we get to do more of that in the future. You are just one of those genuinely cool, sweet, funny people that I always hope to become friends with, and, hey, I did!

So keep on being your awesome self, and I'm pretty sure we're going to have tons more fun online and offline. And you know I'll be your Plurk friend foreverrr.

I think our CR has always been a little skewed since it has pretty much always been Isaak / whoever. XD But your characters have always been such a blast to play him off, how could I resist? From the total surprise chemistry he had with Andrew to the hilarious depths of pragmatism he achieved with Meyer and... well, the finger-breaking log was one of my favorite things I've done with him. It's all been lovely.

It was great having you here-- hopefully in the not-too-distant future you'll get to be close enough to visit! :3

This ain't goodbye by a longshot, you. <3

Not only do I need to thank you again for dragging me into this craziness, I just want to say how glad I am that we had this game to keep us from drifting apart after graduation. I feel like I have Poly partly to thank for all of the awesome non-game stuff these past few years. I also don't know if I'd have been brave enough to meet anyone from the game in real life if it hadn't been for you. So, thank you. Thank you for being my serial killer bro, my superhero teammate, my classmate to slash Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with, my writing buddy, my coffee buddy, my place to crash, my person to play Beatles songs with, and most of all ~thank you for being a friend.

Maybe it's time to resurrect the BDHWS in some form.

I am, I have always been, really terrible at keeping up with people, and I'm really glad too that dragging you kicking and screaming into the strange world I inhabit has paid off so well.

(Remember that crazy long weekend with all the weird cooking experiments and taking over fourth wall with the Army? Man, our lives are awesome.)

I would say I'll miss you but I won't, because you're still here and I am glad of it. <3 So don't go anywhere or I'll have to bite you, okay?

You might be right about that one. I'm not sure I'm there just yet, but I think it's tending that way.

Like Alex said, Poly isn't just a home game, it's home. I joined in 2007 with an OC because I was told to (there was a very unhealthy friendship going on at the time), but Poly eventually became the one reliable thing in life. Real life went to hell for a few years and knowing that I could pop in to this fantasy world got me through the end of high school, through college, and through my move eight hundred miles from home. I wouldn't have moved if it wasn't for Poly. I wouldn't have the friends I do without Poly. Yeah, you're the best friends I have. Deal with it.

So thank you for playing with me, and thanks to the mods, past and present, for making this a game worth returning to. Thanks for the laughs, the tears, the why-am-I-feeling-this-much-about-fictional-people heartbreak, the storylines, the fights, the relationships, the ridiculousness--everything. Thank you for helping me grow as a writer and a person, and for showing me that people aren't that scary OOC (it took a couple years for me to get that one). Poly has had an amazing player base.

Aaaand I should list the people I played, I guess? REMEMBER WITH ME.

Anita Ainsworth, OC 2007-2008

Carl, Van Helsing 2008-2010ish
THE SHENANIGANS, YOU GUYS. SO MANY SHENANIGANS.

Henry Letham, Stay 2008
That awkward moment when your character commits suicide in-game... and it doesn't take. No, guys, that was great. I can't think of any other game that would let me play a suicidal character who hasn't figured out which of the two realities he remembers is real. He didn't spend a ton of time here, but what time he had was good. I still bring him around every Fourth Wall because Poly's his home.

Drusilla, BtVS/Angel 2008 and other times
I brought this nutcase back after dropping her because you were that much fun, Poly. The plots were fun and I adore you all for putting up with her gibberish.

Justin Pendleton, Murder by Numbers First apped in 2008; dropped and reapped four times after that
Justin has been my Poly go-to. Thank you, everyone who has played with him and his emo haircut. Of all of the characters I've played, he's the one who has changed the most and has had the most effect on me. He is so done with the City's shit, but I've loved it and letting him go is hard (reapping-four-times hard!). Thank you for the cannibalism, the zombies, the debates, the mutual antagonism, and everything else. ♥

Penny, "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" First apped in 2009, and again in 2011
I HAVE LOVED PLAYING PENNY. Thanks to Poly's open gameplay, she's been able to be the best Penny she can be. So, so much beautiful and sweet CR has happened with her, and I kind of just want to hug everyone now.

Lulu Bell, "D.Gray-Man" I have no idea
She was the only actual "villain" I've played and I had a blast with the heaven/hell plot where her shapeshifting abilities were used for... well. Not evil, exactly, but definitely not for good. It was amazing to play a character who would just lineface at people.

Chekov, Star Trek Reboot 2012-now
It would have been two years on March 6th! I was kind of hesitant to app him because I'm a TOS girl at heart, but I've had the most incredible time playing him and making up outrageous amounts of headcanon for him. I think I'll miss him the most just because the CR and the sciencebabble and everything has been brilliant and, unlike Justin and Penny, I'm not done with him yet. I think Chekov managed to pack more development and CR in his almost-two-years than any of my other characters, regardless of the time I spent playing them. Thank you for letting me tl;dr about space-future-science, y'all.

Jinora, "Legend of Korra" 2013 and 2014
I've never had much of an opportunity to develop solid CR with this girl, but it's been fun to play a kid. That's not something I've ever done before, so thank you for tolerating my attempts. I only wish I would have done more with her.

tl;dr I LOVE EVERYONE IN THIS GAME.

A-and if you want to stay in touch, I'm cheatreality on Plurk and my email is vedarling88@gmail.com.

Edited 2014-02-26 01:04 (UTC)

hey. hey you.

remember Iroh perving on Lulu Bell? and Chekov & Korra with the mustache sunglasses? Jinora and Korra's fight?

SO MANY MEMORIES.

/covers in love

Hey, you.

Where do I start? Maybe I'll start with the amazing CR we've had, because truly, our characters interacted in ways that were completely awesome and completely different from what I might have predicted. From the intense friendship that Penny and Jimmy formed (complete with regrettable sex and platonic cuddling!) to the kinda-maybe-someday-I'll-love-you not!relationship that Penny and Ginsberg had to the face sharing and emotional weirdness of Justin and Jimmy to the Russian Math Bros friendship between Chekov and Meyer and everything else, it's all been so unique and so interesting and puts a smile on my face. Yes, even when we're tagging terribly sad things, I feel like I want to smile, because you're just that great of a writer, and you put so much soul and thought into your characters.

And it's not just your characters. It's you, too. You're a phenomenal person, and I've really enjoyed getting to know you better over the course of time that I've been in the game. You're always so supportive, even when you're going through shit yourself, and you're just a fun and interesting person to talk to. I really hope that someday, when I'm over in your area of the country, we'll get to meet up (and then you can see how fucking awkward I am in person, seriously.)

I just feel very lucky to have gotten to meet you. And you're staying on my Plurk for eternity, and that's that. <3

I loved every minute of Penny and Billy's everything, and Curt and Penny's friendship, somehow lasting through both of versions of Penny. Thank you for designing the Time Bomb logo, that was the most awesome thing ever. I'm so glad I got to meet you and I should totally visit you out in the world again. Thanks for ridiculous science times and awkward crush times and mooching off Welcome Center times. I love you and I think you are great.

I haven't been here as long as a lot of other people, but in the nearly two years that I have been here, this has really been my RP home. I'm gonna miss playing with you guys (and I hope I don't have to, because I hope there will be opportunities for other things!) I want to hug you all. And that's saying something, because I'm not a hugger.

So I'm Tasha. In my time here, I have played:Andrew Ryan from Bioshock, Jimmy Darmody from Boardwalk Empire, Meyer Lansky from Boardwalk Empire, and Michael Ginsberg from Mad Men. The latter three are still here, and I'm completely in awe of the amazing CR I've formed for them. They've had so many relationships that never would have happened if I hadn't brought them to this game, and just... wow. I'm truly amazed at how much fun I've had with them, even Andrew, though he didn't stick around as long as the other three.

I met people in this game that I have now visited and met in person. I met people in this game that I'm pretty sure I'm going to be friends with for a very, very long time. And I can't thank y'all enough for that. You're amazing, every last one of you, even if I never got the chance to tag with you.

I'm kilobites on Plurk. If you don't have me, add me. I want to stay in touch with everyone and I still want to do things and I still completely and totally love y'all.

Edited 2014-02-26 01:09 (UTC)

Dear Poly,

I love you so. I love your players. Your crack. Your angst. I've had so many great times. I was really worried when I first joined. It was in spring of '06. At the time I shared the computer with my two other siblings. So that was fun. I had only ever done some text based AIM rp which uuuusually was pretty disposable, more often then not smutty. Lore(na)/Thess had been on my LJ f-list and I met her through Hellsing. She invited me to the game because she was going to be apping Rue from Princess Tutu and was looking for an Ahiru and her Integra needed a Seras. So. I started with Seras Victoria, a vampire novice and a magic duck girl.

The first character I apped for myself was Elle Driver from Kill Bill. And if I'm not mistaken somewhere around there a Gundam got defaced with graffiti and I started to really feel like I found something special.

I won't forget wonderful times with the Narnia crew. Their woeful battle with Jadis that ended up freezing people.

I've loved trolling people with House. The House crew in general has been a blessing. Hilson crack. Wombat times. I feel like I don't have enough time to properly list all the things I loved, liked and made me feel. Jade was a vampire that House had a very NSFW duel of wills with.

The Stewards, the barrier battle, the circus and killings.....everything. The chaos and lulz of the Warden elections.

I'll miss these times. I've been a witch, a vampire, a doctor, a duck, a queen, a crook and so many other things with you. I know I'll play once more. It'll be different. It'll be fun. I hope we stay in touch. I love you.

I just have to say that the CR I've had with the combination of Jimmy and your characters has been excellent. It's been so surprisingly emotional and intense, but also hilariously delightful as they all judge Jimmy over and over again for his bad choices. Tagging you was always so much fun, and I always got so excited to see a tag from you in my inbox because I knew that it meant that something awesome or funny or just downright heartfelt was about to happen (and that it would probably involve lots of swearing on all the characters' parts.)

You're also just a really great writer, and have an amazing handle on your characters. And beyond that stuff, you're a great person, too. You're always one of those people who is there to offer a kind word or to say something supportive, and you're sweet and funny and awesome. All I can say is that you won't be getting rid of me anytime soon -- I know we'll end up RPing together sometime, somewhere, someday again!

The pizzas are mildly horrifying.

Oh god, I was here since, like, 2008? And I had about a year since I quit, and now Demyx is back, and I am literally just overwhelmed with emotions, but seriously just join

rpisamuseing so that if you liked RPing with me you can continue, or even if you hated me, you can still join and just thread with other people. Muse box, join it. Or I will spam certain people with links to it! You know who you are.

Anyway,

doujin_dork Hiyori Tamura from Lucky ☆ Star!

sitaronthewater Demyx from Kingdom Hearts II!

amansgottadowhat (formerly horrible_protag) Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! Which is coming out with a sequel as we speaaaak, woot!
And

badhairlifetime Sergeant Angua from Discworld!

I remember the day I got approved to Poly still. October 30th, 2006. Oh man was I such a bad RPer back then. I was used to RPing on Gaia... a yaoi RP no less. You can guess how good my skills of writing were. =|;; After a few idiotic moments, I finally grew up some and was able to become a better person and a better writer. Ironic that I now play a canonly gay character despite all this. Guess I can't escape from my roots. /facepalm. I picked Raikov up in late 2009 and have had a blast RPing with him ever since. He's probably one of the strongest/loudest muses I've ever had.

Poly has helped me so much over the years. It's been my internet home, even when I dropped a couple times. Not having Poly in my life is gonna be weird... There's nothing bad I can say about this place. It's been so wonderful and an honor to play here and meet so many great people.

This place also allowed my husband, August, to share another hobby with me. He's currently underway (he's in the Coast Guard) and won't be back until Friday so I'm not sure whether or not he'll get a chance to post here. But we were sitting at Pizza Hut one day when he asked me about the kind of RPing I do and I told him about Poly. He used to go to Dagohir so he's used to LARPing but had never tried his hand at online RPing. He was instantly hooked and started asking all sorts of questions about it, so I showed him and he decided to try his hand at Ciaphas Cain. (Which he's got me reading the novels now.) August was pretty close to giving up on his hobbies especially when Poly first announced it was closing. (His ship's schedule makes it super hard for him to have much free time so he doesn't get to do much for himself.) I pestered him to keep at it though. So thank you all for providing some excitement and inspiration to his life. He's needed it for a long time. ♥ I-I know a blab a lot about him, for him, etc - but I swear he's a real person. XD Really!

It still really hasn't sunk in yet that it's actually ending. I'm gonna miss the fuck out of you, Poly. ;_; No RP will ever come close to this. Thank you for all the years of great memories. I'll never forget this place.

Edited 2014-02-26 18:23 (UTC)

Add me to the list of people whose lives have been changed by Poly. I've played more characters here than I can even remember at this point since 2009, starting with Donna Noble from Doctor Who. I've been in and out over the years but this place has always been home. It's where I've met most of my friends, including my roommate. The fun of this game hasn't just been the City shenanigans, but meeting people at cons, going up to New York and hanging out with other players.

This game will always have a huge chunk of my heart. Thank you for being a part of my life.

You're nowhere close to being rid of me--gamewise or irl. I hope I can visit you again sometime soon. I've had great times with your characters and thanks for being such a big part of my Poly experience.

I wasn't going to post but then I suddenly started getting soppy all over everyone so I guess I should put something. I'm Sheena, I've played Dexter Morgan, Dr. Horrible, Jaime Reyes, John Watson, Teddy Altman, Temeraire, Alester Siddons, Sparrow, April Ludgate, and of course resident rock star Curt Wild. I've been here since 2008 and while I've come and gone Poly has been a huge part of my life. I had a hard time making sufficiently geeky friends after graduation, and a lot of the people I've met have been through this game. I love you whether we met in person or just virtually and even if I didn't comment because I'm turning into a stupid pile of mush and might have to stop this.

THE LOVE MEME

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