Don't feel bad, my comp for the Astro was a real mess. We learn.
I'm trying not too *blushes* I did it wrong by not stating paying rules. I didn't expect the Love comp to be such a big hit...wow.
The SED comp will just be one gem to winner. You can do 1+1, 2+1, whatever, but only one gem is the entering wager (i dont have a way with words)
Yeah, it's surprising when things suddenly get heaps more popular and rules that would have worked last time just don't quite fit in.
Oh, and please post a reminder in the Tips and Tricks thread, with a link to the poll, reminding people to vote. I do that for the POTM comps all the time.
Sorry, I've just thrown it open to a 3 way tie as I like Aphrodite.
Btw, Eternity can I be cheeky and ask if you'd mind sending the gems that you owe me from the first naming competition you did to my daughter please - she desperately needs gems. Her GCID is izzy.whizz. Thank you!
Sorry, I've just thrown it open to a 3 way tie as I like Aphrodite.
Btw, Eternity can I be cheeky and ask if you'd mind sending the gems that you owe me from the first naming competition you did to my daughter please - she desperately needs gems. Her GCID is izzy.whizz. Thank you!
Sent FR to your daughter so I can send her gems. I'll try and send some her way when I can.
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Sorry, I've just thrown it open to a 3 way tie as I like Aphrodite.
Btw, Eternity can I be cheeky and ask if you'd mind sending the gems that you owe me from the first naming competition you did to my daughter please - she desperately needs gems. Her GCID is izzy.whizz. Thank you!
Sent FR to your daughter so I can send her gems. I'll try and send some her way when I can.
Thanks everyone, she is always over the moon when I read through the list of names who have sent gems and it's not family that they've come from. I've just forgotten how badly you need gems at mid level and she can't decide whether to upgrade the HC, her cave, or get the dragonsai tree because she always wants to give gems back to those that have sent her them.
Hi guys, There is a reason I deleted my account. I can't explain now. Keep voting though. eternity
Why did you delete your account, Alice?
Finally I'm back from a long and very very hard day. It will probably be a long story but I will explain to all of you no matter how ashamed or stupid I feel.
How to start this...well let's look at it this way.
I'm one of the 2 voters that are under 13. Sigh.
At the time I didn't feel I was lying or anything. I knew all I was is just a kid, but I wanted to be treated like an adult, one of you. It's hard to say this and after awhile I felt a little guilty. I mean, I never came out and said, "Oh I'm forty years old." So I never saw it as lying...but what do I know anymore? So now the pieces will start to form.
The account was a secret from everybody. Parents, friends...whoever. Three friends got to know but swore never to tell. I made them because I couldn't have anyone else knowing I was here without parents knowing...if you understand what I mean.
For this quarter my grades are terrible and usually I'm an A student...with a C and Bs. And my iPod is taken away from me. So if this account is secret, my GC friends are too.
Until one found out.
I had to claim not to know anyone, that somehow I hit an automatch button. Scared and afraid, I went into my room to put away my laptop and came and deleted my account so there aren't traces of me here.
No one found about the board though. It wasn't nessacary. Wow.
I wanted to die. I deleted something that meant everything to me...to protect myself from things that weren't about to happen. At all.
Before you judge me, yell at me for being so stupid, for not being 100% honest, stop and please please please think. How would you feel if all you were was a girl who'd been knocked down so many times and still got up each day? Who watched in silence for months and finally...just wanted to join? Who needed another place to call home besides the tense one she lives in? And then...if you feel alone. Happy. Maybe even...hmm, just wanted to be accepted. You'll know how I feel.
I wanted to be that one. Who everyone knew her name. To be the one they could count on to help. Who could understand you. Who everyone said that they liked. Just someone to call her a friend. That's me.
I want to let you know...I love it here. My internet home. I'll remember it always. It would be a waste of time to forget it all. I cherish every memory with you. All of you. My friends. Almost my family. I didn't mean to throw it all in the garbage bin. It's still in my heart.
And if you're still judging...I don't know what to tell you. Maybe that my life is so chaotic. That you don't know how hard I cry. And how I didn't want to but I had to protect myself.
If there's a way to recover everything...please tell me. Now I want it back...all of it. My 1400+ posts. Being called Alice. Doing those competitions. Being the one who posted 1000x in 2 months. Maybe one day, if I can't have the old EternityDragon back, I'll make a new one. You may not even know it's me. I don't know.
And now I slip back into the old me. The one who watched and couldn't do anything but to watch. The one that is...just so lonely and scared inside. Who plays DragonVale alone again.
You all mean so much to me.
And I will miss you all So Very Much.
<3 Eternity...who feels stupid, ashamed, and like crying right now.
I think this is one of those 'you don't know quite what you have until it's gone' type of things, you know? I appreciated it all at the time but now back at lurkdom I really miss the whole member-thing. I don't know. I am just depressed...I feel like I let people down.
It's not my place or anyone's to judge what you've done. You are still welcome to be a member of this community, if you are inclined. Our door is always open, and we are better off to have you. Please don't be so hard on yourself, and certainly not because you think we are thinking badly of you. You have always been a special contributor to these boards. You were polite, involved, warm, welcoming, and supportive of others. Thanks for all the time you spent here.
It sounds too like you are being taught about balancing responsibility... the hard way. It's a valuable and humbling lesson to learn, and at your age too. Be tough, own up to it, and you'll be better for it.
Thanks for your honesty. If you hadn't of said you were 14, I woulda given you 15 at least
The mom in me can't condone you letting your grades slip for a game and an online community.
The grandma in me can't condone you lying to get what you want.
The administrator in me can't condone fudging your age to join the forum.
The friend in me says I understand and come back and visit when you can. Think of us as dessert that you can enjoy after all your chores and homework are done to the best of your ability.
You have many years ahead of you. Enjoy the now in ways that cause no harm, yet make you happy. Take care of yourself as no one else can. Come back and make an honest account when you can.
Wow, Alice, that is quite a tale! I always thought you were either a precocious young person or a guileless adult! sorry to hear about your troubles. I hope things get better for you. And, as Viv once said in the 'how old are you?' thread, it doesn't matter much on the internet.
Please do keep us posted on how things are for you, but please don't let it become a distraction from your school and so. When you get a little balance back, I do hope you keep posting. As for your account, you can just make a new one and be the first to have two contests to guess when you will hit 1000 posts.
Post by mishkasmom on Jan 14, 2013 20:16:28 GMT -6
Eternity, wish I could give you a hug. This explains a lot. You know, most of us have done at least one thing in our lives that we're not proud of. It took me a couple of lessons to teach me that honesty really is best. You really seem to be a creative, talented, intelligent young woman. And you seem to be going through a tough time in your life. Our high school years can be some of the toughest in our lives, and you seem to be someone who feels things deeply. Remember, things won't always be like this. I, personally, would welcome your return to the forum when it's the right time & you can be open & honest about it. koala & God bless you.
I already sent a gem to every contest participant. I'm still waiting for the vote to end to send the winner an extra gem. I have received gems from 6 participants so far.
I'm missing one from rynoster, myke, bliss and pixie... (I jot down every gem i get in the notepad) But they may have been part of the "other players" who sent me gems since we can only see 4 names...
Last Edit: Jan 14, 2013 20:40:53 GMT -6 by winou33
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