Good September everyone!
TIS I! CAR'A'CARN!
I know... It's been a while. I just logged in for the first time in... 297 days i think it said? Or at least that's how long it's been since I changed my Password... When you are a member of staff on Mene, it makes you change your PW once every 90 days! Last I remember, I was trying to put together a valentines day event for everyone. Eeeeeeeeeee.... that didn't go so well. Things kinda hit the fan for everyone I think, certainly for me at that point this year. I was prepared to delve into "Carn's Custom Pixelwork" and all! But I couldn't manage everything. It's... probably for the best you weren't forced to wear anything I created...
On that note... You know, our pixel staff have really worked hard to organize the different sets and the different outfits everyone has enjoyed. I worked for a bit as a recolorer for Cora. DANG It's intensive work! And then uploading the items too? Zig did a lot of that after the other AAs had to be absent and wow. I am glad I never had to do any of the uploading. Difficult and time consuming to say the least! There are HUNDREDS of layers and you have to know where each item goes on that Z axis :O
I guess what I'm trying to say is just... Wow. Thank you to all the people that put their IRLs on hold while they participated in making this Avatar Site what it was! Everyone's put some amazing effort into it and have done some really amazing things. Ya'll are good peoples :)
And then there is you guys. Our flock? haha! The good people of Menewsha! Ah gosh I love you all. I have some of my best memories on this site interacting with everyone :) Just silly chatter or a cute little RP... GLITTER IN MY CASTLE!!! AHHH!
You know who you are!!! Calcifer should have singed you alive!...
But I digress. As I've stated, It's been a long time since I have remembered to login here. Things have been crazy you know? Anyways... As of today, I am the only active AA in a month. Looks like Zig logged in sometime in July but Knerd and Howdy are definitely gone. I think they saw the writing on the wall a bit before we did honestly.
I wish things had gone a bit different. But we are left with what we have here. And right now that's me and anyone else that's still around to read this. It's not official but I can pretty much guarantee you that Inso is not coming back. His last login date has not changed since 11-13-18. I'll give it to you that he might have a secret account... *shrug* But if he does come back? it's probably not going to be to fix up the site (I could be proven wrong! I hope to be proven wrong!)
I'll let you in on a little secret. Mods/Admins have a whole other staff section of Menewsha to look though that basic users can't see! It's actually pretty extensive! There are even *GASP* Files on some of you! :O *Glares at Angie* ... Really though, It allows us to coordinate and look though reports, plan events, discuss and create outfit sets, discuss user issues, and also possible promotions!
Well... I just looked though all of that and... there's not been a new post since 2019 anyplace except the general report forum regarding a new event and even that was back in early Feb of 2020.
This is my way of saying the back end is dead. I haven't talked to anyone else about this announcement but I think you all deserve to know just how dead it is back there. I did my best to keep things floating while I could but really that was delaying the inevitable. And you konw, I wasn't the only one! Each and every staff member who's been around in the last year or two has tried their darndest! But now there are no discussions, there are no new garments being made, there is no event planing. Nothing.
Can I also just say, thank you to everyone who's been patient and loyal and hoped beyond hope that Mene would come back? I was one of those too. But without Inso, we are sunk. He holds the key to making the site seaworthy again and without him, it's just a slow sink to the bottom. Basically without Inso, we cannot change the core coding of the site. Worse yet, there are some permissions that as I understand it, are hard coded into the back end from yesteryear that have a hiccup makeing it so that new AAs can't do everything the old AAs could do. We have a work around It's a yucky system but it.. sort of works right now? I think? I haven't looked yet :O We'll just say things have not been going well for a while.
But Inso if you're out there, Thank you for all the wonderful golden years :) They were truly a fun and enjoyable time. Stupid cell phones and tappy games ruined the fun of avatar sites :( Kids these days just don't understand...
So... what now?
Well so what now? Well... I would suggest you share any contact information with anyone you want to. Save whatever information you still want to save, and look to the future. I believe Menewsha is ebbinging into the vale of the unknown.
I just want to say it's been a... God I think back to the time I spent here and there are just the best most warm and cuddly feelings I have for this site and all of you :) You really all are just amazing :)
I will endeavor to check on anybody that is having login issues for the rest of this year if I can still get into the admin email :O If you know anyone IRL that is trying to get back into their account,
PLEASE PM ME THAT THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM! I will initiate a response to them though the back end to the email they signed up with :) (logins permitting) hopefully it all still works. we are cruising on AT LEAST 7 year old coding. I will do what I can but please remember I am only human.
NOTE!
Last I checked, the menewsha domain is registered until 2025! or was it 2024... It was for a while! So for all we know we could still have access to everything on this site until then! But that doesn't guarantee that the server space that Menewsha is stored on will persist. So be judicious with what you want to save.
Furthermore... we have in the past had hiccups with the Menewsha Server resetting on New Years... I just want to put that out there that it may happen again and it may not wake back up.
Alternative sites such as
Dappervolk.com is a place I discovered this summer but have not had much time to explore. Same as
recolor.me. I have heard other people also mention
voltra.us or
pantheononline.net from
this post (THANKS KENT & R U B Y!) for your consideration and other options are
Trisphee.com (THANKS KADERIN TRISTE!). I DO NOT OFFICIALLY ENDORSE THESE SITES AS A MEMBER OF MENEWSHA STAFF! But I am providing you with this already accessible information as a fellow member of the site :)
Personal Contact Information:
Many of you if you are on the Mene Discord probably know me by my old discord name. If you would ever like to contact me personally, feel free to message me at my new discord, Caaaaaarn#0211 ... that's Carn with 6 "a"s ... >.>
Ok... It's 2AM and that's all I got for you right now. Be safe and be kind to one another :) Love you all!