Warrior Cat Forums History ~Putting it all Together

4/19/142:50 PM
Dragostea Din Tei Kitty 333 posted:

Ok, so there was this idea that came about after looking back at some screenshots of the old forums. We need to make something to keep track of the history of WCF. We will establish something called "The WCF Society of Historical Preservation and Archiving". We will need all the help we can get for this, so feel free to join us!







Already listed Sections:



Information on notable events in forums history

Info on Famous pages

Info on Famous members, past and present

A timeline

Screenshots of the older versions of the forums

Screenshots in general

Nostalgic recollections and memories/quotes from older members

Overviews of each year of WCF's existence

Overviews of Eras in WCF history.

Featured Period Artists





Topic Ideas:



Major Forums Families (Pants Family, MBC, Sisterhood, FFL)



Writer's Guild



Night Owlz



OTD Animals



Forums Ghost



Ze Place of Fangirling (And other famous chat-rooms)



When Hamsters Ruled the Forums



Forums Apocalypse



House of Awesomeness
The House of Awesomeness was first created on the 18th of June, 2013, by me, ۰ƤƖƝƘƖЄƑƲƦ۰, a one month old member at that time. The thread does not resemble the current thread much, it had a different layout, a very bad one I’ll admit (see screenshot below) *cringes*, few chatters, was more of a den than a chatroom, and had a whole different name. Its first name was “Pinkie’s Mansion” yes… yes… I know, just what, and it introduction even said, “You are in Pinkiefur’s Mansion… (It's like a den, but fancier, and awesomer.)” I don’t even know what I was thinking, it reeked of noob, and it got the attention it asked for too, hardly anyone chatted there, except for a couple of my real life friends when we had to get to an off topic thread.

As I grew forum-older that summer, and lost my noob status, the thread began to change. The title changed from “Pinkie’s Mansion,” to “the house of awesomeness,” “[something fancier with symbols and stuff]” to its current title, “{◎}--{ƬHΣ HΘƱЅΣ ΘF ÁШΣЅΘΜΣ∏ΣЅЅ}--{◎}” The thread’s layout also improved, thankfully. And although we would periodically have conversations on the thread, it still wasn’t a go to place to chat yet.

Then, on October 3rd 2013, my real life BFF, Rainpath117, created a clan called Sootclan. People we knew from the fanfiction forum (such as Nutpelt5216 and Katanaheart), people we knew in real life (such as Foxfury and Turtlestep), as well as just people who were browsing fanclans (such as Gira and Icestorm) joined, and the clan grew successful pretty fast. The House of Awesomenss was sometimes used as a place for off topic chat. We all became good friends, and this was the start of The House of Awesomenss family. Then, fights broke out. People thought, among other things, that other people were taking too much control of the plot, and they started quitting the clan. A few tried to keep it going, but it died out, and attempts to create a version 2 failed. So, there was a bunch of people who had become really good friends, but didn’t really have a stable thread to chat with each other on anymore. That’s why they all slowly migrated over to THOA in the middle of fall 2013, and the chat really began to take off.

The thread became more of a chat and less of a den, my personal links and kits disappeared from the front page and were replaced with things like emoticons we named and gave personalities to, and member’s art. Hardly anything stayed the same from the first time I created the page except the rooms in the house. We gained pages quickly, especially on the old forums, where it was only 15 posts per page, and got to celebrate a huge milestone, 1000 pages. (The pages quickly vanished down to around 600 when we moved to hoop.la, but still) Then, in the middle of November we started celebrating the holidays. We decorated a Christmas quote tree, (see screenshot below) played various holiday games, and most importantly, hung virtual mistletoe. The rules with mistletoe was that the first poster who posted on a page that’s page number ended in a zero had to “dramatically rollplay kissing the second poster on the page.” It was funny and lighthearted at first, the first ever couple to get stuck under the mistletoe was Larkfeather and Xerneas and their rollplay looked something like: “//kisses X” and that was that. However, the rping started getting more and more detailed, and soon after we got deleted for the first time. That was a tragedy for us, because it was our first time getting deleted like that, and we had accumulated so many pages. Someone, I think it was Rainpath117, posted the first thread titled “oh nononono,” which has now become a custom whenever we get deleted.

After a few days emailing the mods, we had got a copy and pasted reply to why we were deleted, annoying and irritating to say the least. We created another thread, and after some debate over if we should keep the mistletoe thing going we decided to go for it. Our thread got deleted for the second time after about 100 pages.


Early 2013 Technical issues



When Scary stuff became popular



Swiftclan



Forums Ghost

The Forum Ghost- (date) The Forum Ghost was basically a troll account, that was signifigant, because of the deletion of their post almost instantly after they were posted. Many members posted tracking pages, posting links to dens and other place that were targetted. Since he/she deleted their posts, they were an apprentice with 0 posts. Eventually the posting stopped, as I believe they were caught and banned.


Famous Mods/ Mod Excitement



Blood Rebellion



Fritter Critters



Adoptables







Current Articles in Progress:



Dawn of OTD



Dawn of the WCF







Fads:



Forum Shippings



Karma Games



Name Raters



Advice Centers







Possible Person Highlights:



Sanders (Active 2010- present)



Swiftjay



Bunny



Mushroom



Sugar&Spice



Colakit (Active 2013-2013)



Mercy
I know most of you veterans know who I'm talking about here. Mercy was a typical forum user until she became rather noticed in OTD from her consistent posting. Due to her popularity, Mercy was named "President of OTD" and basically kept everyone fixed in a loose "social order" - even causing some rather confrontational threads to die before they could create too many problems. As far as I know, Mercy has since left the forums, and will forever be missed by her legions of OTD fans.



ShiningDiamond



Cloudsplash (And pickup lines)



Forums Ghost



StarSpangledBanner



(Following users credit to skewter)







bumblr bee - for just being so hecking cute







Roranicus - just a rad cat, reminds me of a wise old man everyone would look up to. everyone knew about him







The Good Guy - similar to Roranicus. he was a good guy with smarts. gives off that "wise old man" vibe but he was fun and knew what he was talking about. lots of people from 10-12 know about him, even if not personally. he's just That Guy. ಠ_ಠ







mallowstar - first to ever reach 100k posts, which was posted on original mallow's house chat thread but was since deleted. once had (one of?) the largest thread on the site







Dawnwing - probably one of the most helpful people on this site. occasionally nominated for "forum mod" (but that will never happen, let's be real)







ðαΗ - widely known tech savvy forumer active early 2011. gained 20k+ posts in a couple of months on otd. ip banned april 2011 due to connection with Hai :­D (see below). has made more accounts (and had more banned) than anyone else on the site. notably uses kawaii kallik avatar.







Hai :­D - series of threads created by wcf user Hai :­D and later dubbed "the great troll attack of 2011" by some. some went so far as to ask that people don't use the word "hai" for upwards of a month after the "attack"







JanaM - chillest moderator out there before leaving her position as moderator. more active than other moderators, fun, alright to get along with. don't quote me on this as i'm not 100% sure, but i believe she may have started up the "mods sign my sig!" fad that's been going on for years. lots of people were sad of her departure and then the signing of the signatures was intense.







Joe S - Moderator - i don't know much about him, but he was a topic of much controversy due to his actions. from what i gathered, he basically "screamed at people" on this site and was overall condescending/insulting. continued until he left







Jrmint - created many popular threads, most of which were games or non-spammy karma threads. popular examples from 2011 are 'how high can we count', 'official music thread' (music discussion/original "what are you listening to?" thread), 'vending machine', etc. threads have since been inactive/deleted

Ebonycloud-

Ebonycloud was a notable member of the early Art Forum. She is perhaps best well known for her comic, “The New Clans.” This was one of the most advanced comics on the Forum at the time, so naturally it was quite popular.

Ebonycloud also created a fad, the “Breedable” fad. This was when she would draw a group of cats for people to pair up. She would then draw the kits and you could have one of them. This fad has long been overthrown by Adoptables, but it was popular back then.

Sadly, Ebonycloud discontinued her story due to her going to college and her new distaste for the story. The story can still be read, however, on her D.A. page.





rawr!







Leer







Raccoonpelt







Tanglepath=^.^=







Fabulous ♥



Mr. Smiley and Rainface-
(Late 2009) Rainface was a beloved member of the forums and definitely the most popular. Many fan clubs were created in her honor (This was a common thing to do for admired forumers). She was said to be very kind. She was 13/14. Mr. Smiley was a rude user on the forums who could be believed as the first "troll." This user was banned multiple times and that resulted in the creation of multiple accounts. Rainface came forward in late 2009 admitting she was in fact Me. Smiley. Some believe it was just a stunt, and I don't blame them for their disbelief. Forumers felt lied to and hurt, and Rainface was banned shortly after.


"Thought it was later than that. I don't think I started masquerading about in WillowClan 'til about December '09, and the Mr. Smiley debacle was after that. Although, you've actually been looking at the old forums and I haven't seen them since.

I do remember she first tried to say Mr. Smiley was actually a really nice guy and that she met him at a congregation, or something along those lines. I have no idea how long she kept that up, though."


other people on baby animals chat threads

 4/19/143:46 PM
HawkBreath posted:     
Here's what HawkBreath has so far...

2009

Timeline

7/13/09- Forum Created, Warriors Interactive Timeline created

First Days- The whole of the forums was pretty unorganized, especially Misc. which contained topics like the creation of RP clans, fanfiction, and introductory threads. Clans included RP clans and clan discussion. Many "Questions for Erin" were posted.

WillowClan- Created by the famous Rainface, this clan was filled to the brim before the end of July. July 31st- "I, Rainface, leader of WillowClan, knew this time would come. We have an overload of Warriors in the clan, and cannot take any more in. I will check for any further postings of asking to be Warriors through August 3rd. Anyone asking to be a Warrior after that will, unfortunately, be declined. However, we do still have many spots open for apprentices and kits. I just want to take the time while I'm writing this to thank everyone who has helped me with getting Warriors into WillowClan. Look where it has brought me! We have a total of 53 warriors in WillowClan, not including myself, deputy, and medicine cat/apprentice. We have 8 apprentices, and 4 kits. So, again, thanks for anyone who helped me out, but I will only be taking any more Warriors through August 3rd. ♥Rainface♥"

8/11/14- Fanclans created

Late 2009- Mr. Smiley and Rainface- Rainface was a beloved member of the forums and definitely the most popular. Many fan clubs were created in her honor (This was a common thing to do for admired forumers). She was said to be very kind. She was 13/14. Mr. Smiley was a rude user on the forums who could be believed as the first "troll." This user was banned multiple times and that resulted in the creation of multiple accounts. Rainface came forward in late 2009 admitting she was in fact Me. Smiley. Some believe it was just a stunt, and I don't blame them for their disbelief. Forumers felt lied to and hurt, and Rainface was banned shortly after.

Notable Users

Rainface- The first "god" of the forums. After only 4 days of the forum being up, she already had a devout fanbase. She was kind of much more mature than most members on the forum. She was later found out to have had multiple accounts, one being the troll Mr. Smiley. She was later banned.

Frostblossom-

Eras

Karma Kraze- In the earliest days of the forum, everyone was obsessed with getting high karma. Many questions were raised about karma in the FAQs and Karma Games were created in OTD, or just threads to be "random" to gain "free karma"

Arguments- Arguments were common in the early days. Controversial topics were posted all over OTD. Many political and religious debates took place, not to mention most people on here were around 11.

Twilight Bad, Harry Potter Good- Most users wanted to prove their "maturity" by posting about the scum that Twilight, HSM, Hannah Montana, and the Jonas Brothers were. Harry Potter, Warriors, Fred, and Icarly were all praised.

Snail Posting- Posts had to be approved by moderators before posted.

No Art Forum/OTRP- This led to spam in unrelated forums.

Spam- Mate threads "I need a mate pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" and "JOIN MY CLAN" posts/threads were very common along with karma games.

If you do not read- Many topic titles were along the lines of "If you do not read this, you will explode"

Overview

Screenshots

 4/19/145:15 PM
ɴᴀɢɪᴛᴏ ᴋᴏᴍᴀᴇᴅᴀ posted:
Old School Forums

Originally Posted by Icenose:
 
The Guideians have a chat here.



The Fanatic Challenge is only open to residents of the United States of America and Canada (excluding Quebec). The mods have tried to open it to other countries, but cannot, due to legal issues. Very sorry!

"CH" means ChallengeHost.

Hello everybody! It's that time of year again- THE WARRIORS AND SEEKERS FANATIC CHALLENGE IS BACK! I have been waiting for this for a long, long time, and I bet most of you have as well! Here, we'll be answering questions about the challenge and be counting 1,000 ways to win!

I thank all of you who made this guide successful last year! We topped 100 pages! Let’s see if we can top 200 pages this year… think we can do it?

I have made slight tweaks to the thread to make it more user-friendly for this year. Please, if I missed anything, or if you have a suggestion, don’t be afraid to ask.

Ways to Win, Q&A’s, and Reviews from last year have been carried over to this year's Guide.



Link to the Fanatic Challenge Page: Linky





1,000 Ways to Win

1. Keep refreshing the page when it's near the time.

2. Reread all the books.

3. Use 'Quick Reply' instead of normal reply.

4. Try not to be too nervous. This will only slow you down. (Thanks, Mothflutter!)

5. If a question is locked, type out the answer, copy it, then paste it when the topic opens. (Thanks, Mothflutter!)

6. Don't take your time to add capitalization, punctuation, & anything else that is not needed. (Thanks, Mothflutter!)

7. If you cannot post right away, don't freak out! It hasn't been opened yet!

8. Be fair to the people that have won, and if you'd like another chance remember that there's next year. So try not to complain or there WON'T be another one next year. c: (Thanks, ~*Echoleaf*~!)

9. If you can't be online at one challenge question - hey, it's cool. Maybe you might not have read that far anyways, and there's always next question. (Thanks, ~*Echoleaf*~!)

10. Try to get on ten minutes or so before the challenge question in case your computer is being slow. If it is, try to clean up your desktop or clear some cookies before the question. (Thanks, ~*Echoleaf*~!)

11. Check back here for more tips!

12. Practice being fast on the keyboard and mouse. Time yourself to type something into the search box and click it. (Thanks, Tegres!)

13. Try training your knowledge of Warriors and Seekers by having you and your friend quiz each other (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

14. Put your computer on high performance. (Thanks, Sagefox!)

15. Press F5 instead of hitting the refresh button on your internet broswer. It saves some time, and time means a lot in the challenge. (Thanks, Dawncloud!)

16. Also Be careful not to refresh to fast that it will freeze your computer. (Thanks, Sagefox!)

17. The questions aren't too hard, usually. Most of the time they have to do with the most recent releases or news in the past year. So don't spend too much time drilling everything from old books into your head. However, it's good to. Just don't stress out too much over it. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

18. Try to avoid posting on a mobile device. I am posting this on my Kindle right now, but prefer typing on my computer. (Thanks, *Hazelshade*!)

19. Don't show this thread to your friends. Otherwise you have more competition. (Thanks, Silentsmoke!)

20. Every question I've seen doesn't require typing a full sentence; so don't type full sentences to save time. (Thanks, Laughingstar!)

21. Don't edit your post, even if it's a spelling mistake. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

22. Don't make your answer so shorten it's hard to read. So don't say "fxlep" instead of "foxleap" or "rseptle" instead of "rosepetal." One or maybe even two missing letters in okay. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!) Edit: 1/14/13 3:14PM: CH recently posted a thread on typos. Typos now qualify as "incorrect answers" D:

23. Don't second-guess yourself. There isn't time to check whether or not you're right, so go with your first thought. (Thanks, ☽вυввle◊dαιѕy☾!)

24. If you have a header, don't use it. Time is of the essence! (Thanks, ☽вυввle◊dαιѕy☾!)

25. Make sure you don't visit other sites before the question is posted,or if you do make sure you get off when the question is going to be posted (Thanks, Foxtail560!)

26. Watch the fanantic challenge area closely and when you see the question click it really fast,as soon as you see it. (Thanks, Foxtail560!)

27. When you are ready to answer, be calm. Just type your answer quickly and post. Make sure everything is spelled right really fast, then you post. Remember- 10 posts CAN go fast there, but some people may make mistakes! (Thanks, Brightpetal!)

28. Just because there are 10+ replies on the thread doesn't mean that you still can't win. Hey, chance has it that maybe one of the first 10 were wrong; who knows? You won't until you post! xD

29. Keep your mouse hovering over where the newest thread is while you're refreshing! The next question will pop up right there, and all you have to do is click! (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

30. There are two quick reply buttons on a page. Use the one at the top of the page. (Thanks, ~*єνєиιиgfяσѕт*~!)

31. Avoid posting 5 minutes before the scheduled question time to prevent Flood Protection from triggering when you're trying to answer the question. (Thanks, ~*єνєиιиgfяσѕт*~!)

32.Close out all tabs except for the Fanatic Challenge forum around 5 minutes before the scheduled question time to prevent you from being distracted when the question is posted. At this time, your main focus should be having your mouse where the question will pop up, which is where the previous week's question is, and refreshing. (Thanks, ~*єνєиιиgfяσѕт*~!)

33.When you see the question pop up, stop refreshing immediately, and click. However, just warning you now, if you're doing rapid-fire refreshing as you wait for the question to appear, you may end up refreshing an extra time. If your computer is fast, that isn't an issue, but if it's slow, avoid as best you can from doing it. (Thanks, ~*єνєиιиgfяσѕт*~!)

34. Maybe listen to a song that can pump you up. You don't want to fall asleep or walk away during the question!

35. Take a bathroom break 10 minutes before the challenge (Or, if it's like the room over, take it 5 min. before).

36. Don't walk away from your computer/laptop/device after the 5 min. warning.

37. If you have a laptop, if you can, use a mouse instead of a touchpad. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

38. If you followed tip 37, practice using the mouse instead of the touchpad before the question. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

39. Make sure you're in good shape! Perfect tempatured room, well-fed, and don't need to go to the bathroom! (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

40. If you have a laptop, make sure it's charged or is charging! You don't want the power to run out right before the question! (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

41. Use a computer! Stay away from using a kindle/iPad/iPhone/ect. (Thanks, Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe!)

42. If the answer to the question is a character whose name has changed, don't bother typing out both names or suffixes. Take it from me, as that's why I probably didn't get in the top 10 for Question 3. (Thanks, Rockheart48!)

43. Your clock may be faster, or slower than forum time. So if its not there, when your clock hits the scheduled time, just keep refreshing anyhow. (Thanks, White-out!)

44. Chillax!

45. Don't always go with the majority! If you see most of the posters so far have posted an answer, and you believe that answer is wrong, go with your own answer! I remember this scenario happened last year, when the answer to a question was 'Rosepetal', but almost everyone answered 'Foxleap'. So, the majority isn't always correct! (Thanks, *Tigerlily*!)

46. Make sure the avvie you pick is your favorite, or if you can't decide, pick the most neutral one. Don't pick a really brightly colored one, as if you change your second avatar, it might clash and look kinda bad. (Thanks, Shadowstalker!)

47. Refresh fast on books by going to Warriors Wiki and skimming the cliffnotes of books. (Thanks, Shadowstalker!)

48. If there are posts before yours, don't read them. For one thing, you'll waste your golden time. Secondly, you don't want to get the idea that your guess is wrong and lose confidence. (Thanks, xXNightfeatherXx!)

49. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT put [anything slippery] on your hands before the FC. It makes your hands slippery and you might make a typo. (Thanks, Lilybee!)

50. It helps to have a stress ball or something to squeeze to vent your excitement. (Thanks, Lilybee!)

51. Take deep, deep breaths to help calm yourself and don't get the hiccups. XD (Thanks, Lilybee!)

52. Don't smash you're device if you don't win. That way you lose any chance at all.

XP(Thanks, Curious!)

53. Try not to type too much with your hands ten minutes before the challenge. In fact, try washing them with cold water. Otherwise they can get sweaty and hot. (Thanks, Shadowstalker!)

54. Go with your gut. (Thanks, Shadowstalker!)

55. When you review the books/wiki or whatever else you refer to, do it the day before or the day of the challenge, that way it's fresh in your mind. (Thanks, ~☽~Moonblaze~☾~!)

56. Don't rush yourself too frantically, you'll end up making a mistake or being slower than you wanted. Like when you rush yourself too much when tying a shoelace. (Thanks, ~☽~Moonblaze~☾~!)

57. If you're on a mobile device or laptop, make sure you're in a place that has a strong Wi-Fi or 3G connection. That way, the page will load faster after clicking on the link and it won't lag too much. (Thanks, » ร๏lรtเςє!)

58. Don't chat afterwards- there's always the risk of the ChallengeHost looking over your post and thinking you posted twice. (Thanks, ♥✞ƒιяєѕтαятнєєριcкιтту✞♥!)

59. When reading the book's try to take note's for the small symbolic features which may be the most important for future challenges. (Thanks, Şhiຖiຖງ໓iค๓໐ຖ໓♬♪!)

60. When the "Question ____ will be on..." Thread is unlocked, or any other thread for that matter, don't post on it. You will lose seconds and you have the chance at losing the Fanatic Challenge that time around. I learned that from last go around. (Thanks, cнeeтαнѕтrιpe!)

61. Question 1 is usually a really hard one to win, because it's the kick-off to the Fanatic Challenge, so don't get too bummed out if you don't win that one. (Thanks, ☆~sEdGeFr❀sT~☆!)

62. Don't put a question mark after your answer, or any punctuation for that matter. I learned that the hard way. (Thanks, ☆~sEdGeFr❀sT~☆!)

63. Take a chance on every question. Even if you don't know one, make up the best answer you can think of. Some challenges are weirder than others; when I won on the second question, I was going to ignore it because I thought it was Seekers. Thankfully I saw it just in time to find out it was Warriors. (Thanks, ♥✞ƒιяєѕтαятнєєριcкιтту✞♥!)

64. The first questions are the hardest. The majority of people will be working on them- try your best to brush up on every series to increase your chances of winning the first time around. On the last question, you will have to stay calm to win. (Thanks,

♥✞ƒιяєѕтαятнєєριcкιтту✞♥!)

65. After entering the challenge, do something to calm down. If you don't make it, you will be less upset because you feel calmer. (Thanks, frostclaw1!)



Q&A



Common Questions:



What is the Warriors and Seekers Fanatic Challenge?

The Fanatic Challenge is a challenge that is held once a year on the boards. Each week during the challenge, CH posts a question about Warriors, Seekers, or Survivors, and the first 10 people to guess correctly win a sweet new avatar!



When is it held?

The Fanatic Challenge is usually held in November-December, but it started in January last year, and will start in December this year!



When are the questions posted; daily weekly, or what?

-There have been quite a few people who have asked this question-

The questions are asked weekly; one question is asked per week. CH tells us when the question is going to be posted a couple of days in advance.



What do the winners get?

The winners get two things: One, a sweet new avatar that replaces their rank. The first Fanatic Challenge gave out stars (starred avatars), the second gave out paws (paw’d avatars), last year’s gave out red scratches (scratched avatars), and this year's looks something like this:




(Yeah, we don't like it too much.)



Two, they get a second avatar that is now their "real/true" avatar.



Hey! That person has three avatars! How did they get 3!?

Only a few people have three avatars. They won two year’s challenges.(Thanks, grαчdαwn131! They pointed out to me that it might seem as though the person won two weeks.)



How many winners are there?

Each question has ten winners.

Edit 1/9/12 7:16 PM: Actually, I just remembered that I heard one question had 20 winners(?). So it actually depends on the amount of posts. It's usually ten though.

Edit: 1/14/12 10:41 AM: I recently was alerted that one question accepted 20 answers because it was a question about Barley's brothers. The mods accepted their pre-BloodClan names (Hoot and Jumper) and post-BloodClan names (Ice and Snake).



Can we edit our posts or post two answers?

No. The answer you put is the answer you submitted. Even if you edited it because of a spelling mistake, oh well. (The mods don't count spelling.)

No, two answers are not allowed. You get once guess.

Edit: 12/28/12 9:19PM: This year, it seems to be reversed. After Dawncloud didn't get the avatar she deserved because of a simple typo (and someone else winning after posting two answers), many have come to the conclusion that two answers are allowed, while typos are not.



The date/time wasn't convenient for me! /I was lagging! /Etc

The mods cannot make everything work out for you.

They're trying to get times that work for everyone.

If you lagged, many other people did too.



The mods were very upset at the negative feedback. Please, let's not be rude and greedy like two years ago.



Can I change my winner’s avatar?

Sorry, but you can't. Make sure you have the avatar that you want before you post your answer to a question.



Can we win on multiple weeks?

No. You get one win per year. If you answer correctly on another question (after already winning), your answer will be disqualified and the next correct answer will win.



Why does the post say a time that is before it was posted?

Well, CH can answer that...



quote:



Originally posted by ChallengeHost:

As a reminder, even if you see that the question is time-stamped with a slightly earlier time than the scheduled question time, that just means we created the post early and kept it hidden. It will never go live or be visible to forum members until after the specified challenge question time.







User-Submitted Questions:



If I like changing my avatar a lot, but want to win the challenge, what do I do? (Thanks, ~*Echoleaf*~!)

OK. What I would say is choose the avatar you like the most on the day. Then, try the challenge. If you win, you can change your second avatar. If you don't win, you are free to change your avatar.



Why are there a few questions that are written for the Pacific users?

"[...]For those who can't participate, we didn't want everyone staying up on a school night, but wanted to give the members on the other coast a fair shot at answering some questions (some other questions are asked while they're in school)"(ChallengeHost, December 09,2009).





Questions available for users to answer:



If winners already have three avatars, will they be able to get four?

Sıʟeɳᴛsɱoƙe said: Yes, they can in fact. Most last year thought it wouldn't be allowed to have three avatars, because it would stretch your post and siggie space down, but the mods proved them wrong. So yes, a fourth avvie is available!



Reviews

"Awesome guide." - Dawncloud (2009 and 2013 winner)

"Wow!I'm going to use these tips for next week! Thanks for making this,Icenose!" - Rainsayer of FireClan

"This really helped me a lot! Thanks!" - ~~Firefeather~~ (2012 winner)

"This is really useful! This will definetly help me win a new avvie." - Seaspray/Snowstride

"This is a wonderful guide. I really want to win this year, and I'll definitely follow all the tips... " - Icerobin

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"This is good, even though I didn't need it. And I actually did most of the stuff on Tuesday, and I was apparently successful. XD" - Gingerz (2012 winner)

"This is a great guide! " - {Anonymous}

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"Good job Icenose! It is sure to make anyone who lost the first time a hopes up! It is well worded, too!" - Brightpetal (2012 winner)

"This is a great guide! I looked at it while preparing for the challenge, and I must say, it's a great help! I say, "Tell all of your friends about it, for it is just that helpful!" Or maybe you shouldn't if you're trying to win... " - ~*єνєиιиgfяσѕт*~ (2012 winner)

"But this is awesome, I'm going to check back here every time there's a Challenge going on. Just don't be surprised if you see me with two avatars the next day. " - яανeи¢łαω

"I just read through everything (I'm new) and this sounds awesome! I'm gonna try and win next time!!" - » ρσρρуℓєαƒ ♥

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"Great advice! The challenge is much clearer now for me and I must say - I'm ready! can't wait for my first question!" - squirreleye

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"Wow, thanks Icenose! Great guide!" - Lilybee (2013 winner)

"Easy-to-use, simple & quick tips, this guide has helped me a lot in the past month. I'm forever grateful I found the guide, and give a double thumbs-up to Icey for thinking of this guide!: - Shadowstalker (2013 winner)

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1st page: Me!

100th page: xXNightfeatherXx

200th page: Lilybee

300th page: Shadowstalker

400th page: ~☽~Moonblaze~☾~



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Edit 6:19PM (1/25/12): We all know that there will be no use for this thread after the Fanatic Challenge. Sooooo, I've decided to make a new guide every year. It'll basically be a repost with new features.



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Shadowstalker's "Fanatic Challenge IV" Rant

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The Warriors, Seekers, & Survivors Fanatic Challenge Official Rules

Icenose's The 2013 Fanatic Challenge Avatar Gallery





Vicky's Warriors Newsletter:

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The other exciting news is that the Warriors Fanatic Challenge begins on December 10th! This is the weekly trivia contest where we use the Official Message Board to pose a question based on books in the series. TThe first ten people to answer correctly win a special avatar to use on the forums AND, as an extra special treat this year, we will reveal a piece of DAWN OF THE CLANS BOOK ONE: THE SUN TRAIL along with each trivia question. Sneak peek ahoy!

At the end of the Fanatic Challenge, you will be able to read the entire first chapter online, even if you didn't win one of the trivia rounds. I know, we're really far too generous.



I'll be visiting the US in March to hear what you think of the new series in person, but in the meantime, good luck with the Challenge, enjoy Yellowfang, and Happy Thanksgiving!



With love and good wishes



Vicky/Erin x







Next Question: The Challenge is over! Thanks to everyone and the Mods for this wonderful Challenge!

 Posted by: Dragostea Din Tei Kitty 333

Posted by: Hollyfrost14 of StoneClan

The New Clans by Ebonycloud

War of the Clans by Breezeleaf

Crystal's World by Sorrel (with stuff at the end of her screenname)

Power of Four by 'Starbrow' (as well as a prequel about Gooseberry)

Homeless Heart by Dawnmist

Taken by Twolegs by Stripeshine

like ten million of them by Mousepelt23...the only title I remember is Fire's Ice

A Rocky Foundation (and now Zombie Cat and A Rocky Destiny) by *Sparrow

Dappled Leaves (mine)? next to no one ever posted but it was apparently memorable enough that people were looking for it over a year after it was deleted from inactivity

that skunk one by Leopardbreath789 but unfortunately I forget the title and she doesn't consider it good so it's lost to the ages now (and the Pokémon comic thing)

Life in BloodClan by TinyBlueJay

Sandstorm's Path by Bristlestream

Twisted Forest by o0MossStar0o (I might have gotten the o0 parts wrong but it was something like that)

One and the Same...I forget who made it though

Rogues!! by Dreamwonder (there have been a couple different versions of it)

ShadowClan's Fate by squirtpoke101

cool comic by rawr! (this one was extremely short but extremely popular for quite a while; the fact that there were no updates to be made ended up killing it as there's only so much discussion to be made about such a short comic)

there was that one where the person drew cats with huge heads and hair and all the text was illegible due to neon colors on neon backgrounds and it exploded into flame wars for days until the person quit

The 6 by Autumndance

Race the Wind...again I forget who made it

Purple Thunder (two volumes--Wildclaw and Twilight--that I know of, neither yet finished) by okami wildclaw

Yin and Yang, Broken Wings, The Unforgiven, and Skyfall by Hawktalon,

Scarlet Lies and Fireleaf's Fate by Fireleaf of LightClan (never the most active threads but they lasted forever even without updates)



that's a painfully short list but I can't think of any more at the moment



wait does my own comic count? it's spawned a bunch of others and a while ago there were like 10 of them but it doesn't have a plot so I don't know if it counts



OH RIGHT wings of blood and cats wings by Snake star I remembered those while I was typing and forgot them in all the rest I had to put up

Posted by:Hollyfrost14 of StoneClan

---LIST OF ART FORUM STUFF---



Manga Forum Days

This was before I joined, so I’m not sure of the exact date, but at first there was no Art Forum. It was created after an outcry in Warriors Manga of having no place to put non-Warriors-related art. The Manga section is only for discussing manga, but back then it was also full of manga-style or cartoony drawings and GNs; art was meant to be put in Off-Topic Discussions or Warriors Misc., but the latter allowed only Warriors art and the former, until the forum update in December 2013, had a glitch that prevented pictures from being posted (this glitch was also present in The Cats and The Original Series).

*A common misconception is that Joe S was banned/fired due to the arguments over getting an Art Forum, but this is not true. He had later posts, but they’ve been deleted due to the threads’ activities, and he’s “banned” because he left for a better job and can no longer have moderator functions.



Famous Banner Makers

Mothflutter (ClanDesigns)

Felyrah

Good King of Cats (also famous for KittyBling and his reskins)

needs more but as I make my own banners I've never needed to use shops so I don't know who the famous ones would be



KittyBling (which I believe is still up) is so far the only forum-friendly glitter text, as GKoC made and animated each letter individually. It’s fallen in popularity since its start but can still be found in places.



The reskins, primarily focused on the Nebula reskin, are recolors of the forums (they work on Firefox and possibly on Chrome; images and instructions can be found here). The original reskin changed the Clan symbols to an outer space design; the others did that and added variations to it. Charcoal made the posts dark gray. Total Charcoal made all boxes gray except for the banner at the top. Chrome and Glass made the posts dark gray but other boxes pale and semi-transparent. The original codings no longer work, but page two of the thread contains one called the Hoop.La Emergency Eyesore Relief Skin that does work with the update.



Scooter also made a reskin; this one makes everything dark gray. It can be found here.



Blood Rebellion of 2012

The rule about blood in the Art Forum is this: drawings may contain blood. They may not contain excessive blood or gore. A blood warning must be posted for those sensitive. However, in the summer of 2012, Matt began taking down all drawings with any blood at all, even if it was an extremely low amount and there were clear warnings in both the title and the top of the thread itself. Since it was mostly my drawings being taken down, I was the one emailing the mods and, well, complaining in FAS. Over email I was told (four times during a back-and-forth conversation) that drawings were no longer allowed to contain any blood at all and that blood was considered gore. On the forums, people (myself included) began posting Warriors fanart of cats with new battle scratches covered up by smiley faces and rainbows (I think the most famous were Longtail with happy faces instead of eyes and Tigerstar with a rainbow across his muzzle). Several forumers became annoyed that we were using rainbows sarcastically as they would use them in their art and wanted to be taken seriously, and the “Blood Rebellion” slowed down, but it didn’t immediately stop, especially once people remembered that we have a scarred (not bleeding but rather destroyed) Brightheart avatar. While Matt was deleting all art with blood, Elizabeth was in FAQs and FAS telling everyone that there was no rule against it, which contradicted both Matt and my emails. The confusion lasted for a couple of weeks, but eventually the blood rule went back to normal. Oddly enough, I don’t know of anyone getting banned over it. should there be anything about it being me (mentioning my screenname), should I take out any mention of the writer of the paragraph being the one to email the mods, or is it fine as is



Famous GNs

The Amethyst: I believe this one was by Maplestar. Unfortunately I know very little about it, but I do know that it was about wolves who represented (or were at least connected to) types of gemstones. If anyone has more information that would be very helpful!

The New Clans: Ebonycloud’s GN is at least one of the most famous on the forums, and not too long ago it was undoubtedly first place. The beginning features most of the Clans dead. Wolfpatch of ThunderClan (who seemed to be the cause of the deaths), Swanfeather of ShadowClan, Phoenixstep (a medicine cat) of RiverClan, and Tigerlily and Ghostclaw (littermates) of WindClan set out on a journey to keep the warrior code alive, and gradually the story of the Clans’ destruction is revealed by spirits. But the cats have dangerous animals in their souls, and some of them are unstable. Ebonycloud’s style appealed to many people and had a strong influence on the styles of other Manga/Art Forumers back when The New Clans was up. However, she ended up moving to a different site, and I believe she quit it fairly soon afterward.

War of the Clans: Breezeleaf is often accused of copying Ebonycloud, but this does not appear to be the case. She attempted a relatively similar drawing style in places, but the plot was very different. Ferretkit is sent from StarClan to assist Blossomkit, and there is a constant threat of war between LightClan and DarkClan. This comic was extremely popular until it was suddenly quit; some of it can be found elsewhere.

Internet Cat: BlueCheese’s Internet Cat comic was deleted due to focusing on websites (the idea was websites in general, but it mentioned quite a few specific ones). Internet Cat accompanies Firefox in a quest to find sitegems (each website contained one). Firefox, Safari, and Chrome all need to find as many sitegems as possible so as not to be forgotten by Internet users—Internet Explorer has dropped out of the race and become pathetic. Internet Cat, not being a browser, receives help from the other competitors—and then Safari is taken by a virus, and Internet Cat goes to help. It can be found on another site, though I don’t know whether it’s been continued that far past what was here, as I can’t figure out how to find newer pages.

Crystal’s World: Sorrel~♪ describes it as “a science-fiction webcomic with elements of horror. It also has themes of war, romance, and politics, though I don’t recognise these as genres in this context.” Princess Veronica/Veronika (both spellings are used at least once) hears of danger for Amele while Amele runs away for, to her, no apparent reason. It can be confusing, but Sorrel is willing to explain it.

The Power of Four: I’m unable to find their names at the moment (I believe two were Icepaw [water] and Duskpaw [fire]?), but in a four-Clan set up, ‘Starbrow’ created four elemental power cats. After discovering their powers, each is taken to the (rather ditzy) odd-eyed Gooseberry, who appears to have some unexplained power of her own. Wolfpaw, Icepaw’s sister, who also has odd eyes, is shown to have a connection to the powers as well, but progress was slowed considerably by an almost equally popular prequel about Gooseberry’s past.

Homeless Heart: Dawnmist’s Princess GN is still up on the Art Forum, where it is finished. Princess’s Twolegs disappear, and she goes to her brother in ThunderClan for help. But Princess doesn’t quite fit in. The style somewhat imitates that of the Warriors Mangas, making it feel more like a Warriors story.

A Rocky Foundation (and its prequel Zombie Cat and sequel A Rocky Destiny): *Sparrow’s comics are easily the most popular now; while updates are much less frequent than in the past, the already cute cartoony art is becoming better and better. The concept is simple: what if Brambleclaw was never born? Instead, five rogues come to ThunderClan. The comic is a spoof, so Rocky, the savior of the Clans, is a fish-loving pyromaniac. When the Twolegs invade, ThunderClan must look to him for help.

Dappled Leaves: Hollyfrost14 of StoneClan’s GN was deleted due to inactivity, but a year after this happened, someone was looking for it and she put it back up. The length (600 pages total, as it’s completed) turned several people away, but those who did read mostly stayed, as updates happened extremely quickly (it lasted from September 3rd, 2011to May 6th, 2012). Dappleface of SkyClan longs to be leader, but for some reason connected to Firestar of WindClan (the main target of a group of rogues called the Warriors of the Night) her own leader, Swirledstar, hates her. Through SkyClan’s traditions, a few traitors, and some unlikely circumstances, however, she does succeed—and then Swirledstar returns, stripping Dappleface of all rank, at the same time as her apprentice is brutally murdered. But the Warriors of the Night are planning to strike again. Dappled Leaves now has a sequel called Falling Petals, which has much slower updates and is unfinished. The art is nothing special but most characters are distinct.

Life in BloodClan: TinyBlueJay’s story focused on a young cat named Bandit abandoned in Twolegplace. She manages to get by on her own for a short time, but BloodClan soon finds her, and Scourge takes an interest. Both his cats and a group of apparent rebels want Bandit to help them (she ends up sticking with BloodClan), and she winds up owing a favor to a rat. The GN was discontinued, but the ending was explained: Bandit figures out how to stick longer claws to her own using honey, which helps her repay the rat and give BloodClan their claw extensions.

Sandstorm’s Path: Although the art in the beginning was…low-quality, Bristlestream improved throughout the GN. I don’t think it was ever actually finished, but it takes place when Sandstorm is going to have Firestar’s kits. She explains that she was never in love with Dustpelt. Firestar worries about having kits while Cinderpelt is stressing over having to help his mate when she loves him too. With Brightheart’s help Cinderpelt manages to overcome her doubts and help Sandstorm give birth. I don’t know if it got any further than that as it seemingly disappeared.

Twisted Forest: Dawnpaw, a cat with radial hypoplasia (meaning that her legs and tail are twisted and crooked), struggles in her training. Her sister Spottedpaw accidentally scares away her prey, leading to a vicious fight that gets both of them in trouble. o0MossStar0o (my apologies if I messed up the patterns at the sides) later said she was not proud of the GN and would not be continuing it. Although not at the level of Moss’s current art, it was actually quite good.

Rogues!!: Dreamwonder’s comic has gone through a couple of different versions (and for a while she replaced it with one called Happy Demon), two of which exist in the Art Forum. The original plot involved five rogues (and later a sixth) coming to help ThunderClan stop a series of murders, while the current main one is about those rogues going to school to become BloodClan warriors. Scourge’s daughter Jenny has it in for the main character, Rin. His brother Ethan (claiming to be an unrelated cat named Victor) is embarrassed by him, and his friend Calvin thinks he’s a she-cat for a while. It’s not updated very often, but it hasn’t been quit either.

ShadowClan’s Fate: Graypatch of RiverClan is targeting Rainstar of ShadowClan, the main character. But when both he and Burrowstar die, it becomes Rainstar’s responsibility to pick the next leader. Meanwhile, a former kittypet now called Snowshine fights for her place in the Clan and an as-of-yet unnamed pair of forbidden lovers worry about their future. The art was good at the beginning and continues to improve.

cool comic: rawr!’s comic was extremely short, and I debated whether to include it or not, but while it was up it experienced high popularity. As it’s so short, the plot is very simple. A yellow dog wants to befriend a gray cat, but the other cats bully the gray one for talking to him. The gray cat eventually decides that the dog’s friendship is more important than the other cats’ respect, and the two become close friends. The art was simplistic and cute, which was fitting for the story.

The 6: Autumndance’s GN never had an explosion of posts, but it lasted for quite a while. A girl named Lilia is taken to a world of dragons by her dragon counterpart Cassiel. It turns out there are six humans necessary for the dragons to win a war. Little is known past that as it was dropped at 37 pages. It wasn’t officially quit but it appears to be dead.

Purple Thunder (Wildclaw/Twilight): Purple Thunder has (so far) two different volumes, neither of which is finished yet. Twilight’s powers bring death to her enemies and prey; Wildpaw’s powers have not been shown in quite as much detail (although her story is much longer right now), but she has the ability to bring dead prey back to life. After Wildpaw’s siblings (aside from Gempaw [spelled Jempaw for quite a bit of the story]) are killed by a jealous tom named Dullshadow and her mentor becomes furious with her, Wildpaw ends up in what seems to be another dimension speaking to Index, the god of knowledge. He tells Wildpaw that she holds the future and must return to WaterClan. The drawings are blurry to make updates faster, and okami wildclaw has not quit; it hasn’t been updated since December only because she’s been having computer and tablet issues.

Yin and Yang, Broken Wings, The Unforgiven, and Skyfall: Hawktalon, is still working on Skyfall, but the first three are finished. Yin and Yang is about sisters named Yinpaw and Yangpaw; after Yangpaw, believing him dangerous, kills Yinpaw’s forbidden love Stonepaw, the sisters fight. It takes a battle for them to forgive each other. Broken Wings features Princess Ariadne, a runaway winged cat from the Cloud Kingdom, and Yangpaw’s son Stonethunder. Ariadne is to be put to death for running away, and this story also carries the message of forgiveness. In The Unforgiven, a mysterious spirit possesses Crowpaw, taking advantage of his wish for a second wing, while Ravenpaw is trapped in a blizzard and Mockingbirdpaw is in trouble for accidentally trespassing. Skyfall is a prequel about King Minos’ kithood. The art in Yin and Yang wasn’t exactly brilliant, but Hawktalon, constantly improved.

Scarlet Lies and Fireleaf’s Fate: These stories by Fireleaf of LightClan have rather similar ideas behind them of an apprentice, the pariah of the Clan, facing prejudice and being bullied and tormented by her Clanmates. They each lasted a surprisingly long time for the lack of updates. Fireleaf’s Fate still exists as a fanfiction.

I Am Very Strangeness: Hollyfrost14 of StoneClan has been updating frequently since May 2012; the comics are about funny things in her own life. There have been lots of “copies” of it by other people, but this is the best-known and longest, and the one that’s led to it briefly becoming a fad twice.

wings of blood: Snake star has quit this GN, but it was here for a long time. A cat named Blood joins SunClan and becomes Bloodpaw; I’m having trouble remembering some of the details, but Soulpaw (confirmed to become Souleye) becomes close friends with her. They’re betrayed by Angelpaw. Meanwhile, their rival Clan MoonClan is having troubles as well, and one of their apprentices, Midnightpaw, ends up SunClan’s prisoner. It turns out that Sun is controlling MoonClan; the GN was quit just after this revelation.

cats wings: Snake star is still continuing this one; as I’m typing this there are 85 pages. Windpaw, Blazepaw, Rainpaw, Thunderpaw, Rosepaw, and Vio are given spirits’ powers to save the Clans (respectively speed, fire, “living in a dream”/breathing underwater, something connected to passing judgment, healing, and disappearing).

Outcast: powerpelt’s shiny art is appealing (though occasionally slightly confusing). The Kosmich Foxes prepare for war. Malin picks up Comet for training and becomes increasingly frustrated with her annoying nature (as well as the other foxes). I can’t seem to load anything significant past that, as powerpelt’s art always takes forever on my computer.

Taken by Twolegs: Stripeshine doesn’t/didn’t update much; between updates it always appeared to be dead, which is why I’m holding out hope that more will come. Dawnpaw is, obviously, taken by Twolegs. A pair of kittypets named Lightning and Tiger travel home with her; Lightning is supposed to kill her, but he refuses. A spirit named Foxwhisker explains the story of how his brother Blazeheart became evil. Only Dawnpaw can defeat him, but she must first believe she can.

Race the Wind: I don’t remember who made this, but it was a highly entertaining story. It was slightly confusing (not badly), so the details of the plot are fuzzy, but Calandryll, Confetti, and two other cats end up struggling against evil cats. Calandryll is captured and I think he receives wings? The kitten can sense that he and the fourth cat are still alive, and the whole group holds out hope.

Mousepelt23 was known for making tons of GNs but never finishing. The only title I remember is Fire’s Ice, in which two cats end up in the wrong Clans and feel they don’t belong. I remember one about Bramblestar and one about mermaid cats, but unfortunately this is all I can come up with.

Leopardbreath789 had a rather good GN about a skunk warrior as well as a Pokémon comic, but she is embarrassed by both of them and I don’t remember the titles. if I need to expand more I can

The most infamous GN I can think of was the one that sparked flame wars for days multiple times until its last deletion. I don’t remember the title or the author’s name. Her cats didn’t look very catlike; they had extremely large, tall heads and very human eyes and hairstyles, and it was honestly sometimes difficult to tell that they were cats. (Styles can allow for oddities but in the end, in most types of art, cats should look at least somewhat like cats.) The lines were shaky and as far as I remember all views were from the front. It featured large blocks of neon text on neon backgrounds; it was a relief when it had the occasional purple on red or blue on blue as those could at least be deciphered. The author could take no criticism and would respond extremely angrily to the slightest suggestion, insisting that their art was amazing (now I do agree that art isn’t that important but it was difficult to tell apart the characters and impossible to see from the pictures what was going on [and of course the illegible text was no help]) and that blocks of text were necessary to the plot.

if anyone thinks of more or has a better way to explain something (especially if I've made a mistake) then that would be wonderful



also I'll keep thinking of sections to add



AS FOR PEOPLE maybe Emeraldripple, LightFlame, Basement Cat, Hopesplash, and/or GKoC (though I discussed him a little above) and definitely Dawnmist

Posted by: Rainfur100200
4/21/145:35 PM



Dawn of The Warrior Cats Forums



When the Warrior Cats Forums was released in 2009, the forums were extremely small. The forumboard was much more focused on Warriors at the time; there was no Seekers or Survivors board, or even an Art Forum or Off Topic Discussion. In the beginning, the forums had only a few Moderators; some moderators that existed then were Matthew-Moderator, Mary-Moderator, Warrior Cats Moderator, and a few others. The day the forums were released, "snail-posting" as it was called, was still enacted. Snail posting was the process of having to get your post approved by the admins/moderators before it was posted. This process made the forums slow, luggy, and made role-playing almost completely impossible, so it was done away with, although on the current forums, if you upload art from your computer, the Moderators will have to approve of it, however the process is faster and more efficient today. Back then, the forums even looked different, the colors being green, dark gray, and brown, and it also ran on a much older system called Eve. It was so old, old users used to tease it was a "dinosaur forum". In late 2013, the format changed to what it is today. The Warrior Cats Community was extremely small back then, but today it has grown and prospered to become a large, friendly society to celebrate our favorite book series. WCF has gone through countless changes over the past 5 years, and it is bound to go through countless more.

Posted by:HawkBreath
4/21/146:38 PM

Posted by: Dragostea Din Tei Kitty 333
4/21/146:40 PM

"Meanwhile, here's a screenshot of someone who's karma rank was accidentally signed by Mary-Mod!"

Posted by:۰ƤƖƝƘƖЄƑƲƦ۰
4/21/1410:03 PM


"never have I seen so few people online XD: (July 2009)
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"noobs galore:
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"first month of otd:"


"one of the few early conversations I can actually open (most of them weren't archived)... this is a good example of the hurdles the very early forums had to face and how every single one of the forumers was still here for warrior cats XD:"



"annnnddddd.... its Dawnwing, as helpful as ever

we really do need to interview her, I'm sure she'll have alot to offer us "

Posted by: Brightspirit of Windclan
4/22/145:47 PM


MageBoneClan it is. Well little children, it's time for a story.

It all started back in the September of 2009. MegaBoneClan, also known as MBC, or Mega BoneClan, was created by a member called Thundersky. MBC was a very unique Clan considering it was the first kit-stealing Clan. Kit-stealing, now very popular, is where members would steal roleplayed kits from Clans, now adoption centers and other places too, on the Forums. Many other Clans emerged from this with the same activity, and kit-stealing has never truly worn away, it has become a popular trend. Other notable kit-stealing Clans included RevengeClan(RC), RisingEvilClan(REC), and DarkFountainClan (DFC). MBC is also different considering it was the first, and also the only actual Clan to be banned as a whole. The moderators have outlawed it due to the result of many "flame wars" (Defined if you need it) because the Clan would bully or insult other Forumers and even members of their own Clan, mostly the newer ones. The main reason it was banned though was due to "ban-hopping". This is where a member would get around being banned simply by creating a new account. And also it was mainly a chat thread more than anything else instead of roleplaying. Many times before other Clans have tried to "reincarnate" the Clan. Notable Clans are RisingEvilClan; a Clan that was MBC's rival and many flame wars were held, RevengeClan; who they roleplayed many wars with in the 2010's, ~MidnightRose~; a member whom was banned (I think) and caused many flame wars, Tha Pants Family; a group they were allies with in 2012 after both were banned, MegaSkullClan; a reincarnation of the Clan created by Willowcloud in summer of 2011, A Scattered Clan; another reincarnation of MegaBoneClan created by Graydawn shortly after the clan was banned. Deleted and Graydawn refused to make it, so MSC was made, A Clan Forgotten: another reincarnation of MegaBoneClan, created in spring of 2012 by Kindledflame.


he Pants Family

The Pants family was led by a now banned member called Thrushpool. Every chatter/member that joined there would be given a name ending in pants (For Example; Sandinmypants, Featherpants, etc.) They started out as any other thread in June 2012 with around ten members. However they quickly grew more popular. They became very influential in the Off Topic Discussion areas. They were deleted several times, each time creating a new thread, there were around 16 in the end. All got removed by the Mods. They were always posting outside links, and talking about topics that were deemed to "adult" for the Forums. They were eventually forbidden to make Pants threads and Thrush was banned in August for remakign them so many times. It is said once Thrushpool and SparklySeaPants had a fight over who was the coolest, but came to the conclusion SparklySea was the coolest member. They also apparently had a graveyard for members who had left the Forums or had been banned. In the end they made there own site and came in contact with MBC.

Posted by: Mousepelt23
4/22/145:48 PM


The Manga Forum-



Back before the Art Forum was even thought of, there was the Manga Forum. It was rarely used to discuss the actual Warriors mangas, and was the first basic Art Forum.

It was rather popular in its day, but it was also rather sketchy at times. There were many younger kids on it in 2009 that would often get into fights over art and other silly things.

In 2010, The Art Forum was launched, and the Manga forum became obsolete. There was a thread from a Moderator on it after a while that read “Do not post your pictures here anymore, it is not an art gallery. The Art Forum has been made for that.”

This Forum is rarely used now, and the posts are now actually about the mangas. You might notice that a lot of “Why I hate (this cat)” threads on there along with other random messages.

Posted by: Dawnwing
4/23/1410:06 PM


General was the same as now: "News and Announcements", "Message Board Guidelines", "FAQs", and "Feedback and Suggestions".

In January 2010, I believe it was, a "Game Admin" section was added, with only one section inside it: "Questions for Game Admin", I think it was called. There was some sort of online Warriors game planned, so Game Admin posted a couple times there and we could ask her questions about beta testing and so on. They selected the beta testers in about March 2010, but apart from getting an email saying "Congratulations, you're a tester", we never heard anything about it.

Book Club, of course, wasn't there since that was just added in 2013.

Anniversary, wasn't added until, well, the first anniversary, in 2010.

Fan Polls were always there. You used to be able to reply in there, but people started using it for general chat - the "poll" would be something pointless and they'd just sit and chat like in General Discussion. They turned off replying in February 2010 so that it would *only* be used for voting on polls, because cleaning up the polls alone was about half their work on the forum. People begged them to turn it back on, and they agreed to give us a second chance.... and nothing changed, it was slightly better, but still basically as spammy, so then they turned it off for good. (Although this seems to be back with the new forum software.)

In the Warriors - General Discussions, "Warriors Misc" was always there. "Introductions" wasn't there at the start, but it was one of the first sections added. I remember suggesting it on one of my first days, along with a bunch of other things.

In the Warriors section, "Warriors: The Original Series" was simply named "Warriors" at first. People were getting that subsection mixed up with Warriors Misc, so they renamed it to avoid confusion. "Dawn of the Clans" wasn't added till DotC came around, naturally.

In "The Cats and The Clans", only the sections "The Cats" and "The Clans" were around at the start. "Warriors FanClans" and "Warriors Fanfiction" were some of the first sections added (along with Seekers FanClans and Fanfiction, and Introductions might've been in that batch too.) Before they were added, people used The Clans for RPing. I can't remember for sure where people put fanfiction, but it was probably in Warriors Misc or OTD. I remember a couple slipping into the main-series sections every few days though.

Seekers only had the first three books (that's all that was out then), The Bears, and Seekers Misc when the forums started. The other books and manga sections were pretty much released as they came out (though some were late), and Seekers FanClans and Seekers Fanfiction were added when the Warriors FanClans and Fanfiction sections were added.

Survivors was added in early 2012 after the "official" announcement of the series (we first caught wind of a new Erin series in summer 2011, and knew the animal a while before the reveal thanks to a HarperCollins image of a bookstore stand that said "The time has come for dogs to rule the wild"). Can't remember if it had all the usual sections at the time.

"Ask Erin" originally just had "Questions for Erin". It was open to member replies for the first half year the forums existed, and it was here that I spent most of my time. There were actually several threads where people were asking or theorizing that I was actually an Erin that was using a personal account. And having fans answer the questions went well. People were happy with some response, even if it wasn't the authors - a lot of the time, even, they asked something that had been asked elsewhere so I could even quote an answer. Then they closed it because "It's supposed to be for Erin to answer". As you can imagine, I protested that fiercely, but to no avail. About a year later they actually had Erin answer 15 questions, and added the "Answers from Erin" section. She's been on twice since: once to answer about 15 more in one topic like that, and once just floating around replying to random threads in Ask Erin (around 100 of them).

The Other Topics section used to be only Off Topic Discussion. Both the Art Forum and Off Topic RP were born of massive need.

Off Topic Roleplay was added because Off Topic Discussion became overrun with RPs (to the point that it was hard to find a *discussion* instead of an RP). In fact, there were so many, they just renamed Off Topic Discussions to Off-Topic Roleplaying, and created a new copy of Off Topic Discussions, saying that if there were any non-RPs in the OTRP section then they could be moved.

Before the Art Forum was added, people were posting all their art, Warriors or otherwise, in the Manga section 'cause they thought that having the word manga in the name meant it was kinda related to art, and they figured "it's kinda inactive anyway, so let's dump it here". The mods moved that stuff to Off Topic Discussion, where it belonged, and the users got mad. This resulted in some of the biggest drama the forums have seen. The mods promised that they'd request an art forum to HC fairly early on, but it took a while to get through HarperCollins' legal department, so the promise didn't do much to calm people.

Warriors Adventure Game was added in like August or September 2009, because that's when they released the practice mission and rules. The first real mission was in the back of The Fourth Apprentice later that year. It's always been one of the least active sections.

Fanatic Challenge wasn't there at the start of the forum, but it was added in mid-2009, briefly before the Challenge started. The "Winners" section was added after the first question, and it was used so that back when Warriorcats.com had the scrolling text across the top of the screen, it would pull that text from the titles of the threads in the Winners section.

Reading Warriors, I'm not sure if that was there at the start or added after.

10 Years of Warriors was added in Dec 2012 or Jan 2013.

Wild Games was added in Feb 2014.

Posted by: cocokat
4/24/146:28 PM


The Attack of Hai

Anyone who was part of the forums back in 2011 probably knows what I'm talking about. Hai was a very infamous member - at first, she acted like a very nice person, however, that quickly changed. At some point (I believe it was in May/June) Hai started a topic bashing a certain user who shall not be named for privacy reasons, stating some very inappropriate things, such as the fact that she had seen said person doing specific... things, and continued seriously trolling them before receiving an IP ban. Rumors that Hai had an alternative option for evading the IP ban and returning to the forums spread like wildfire, and many users (including myself) began planning for a major forum evacuation if she did end up returning to prevent the disaster from happening again. The term I have coined for this event for this purpose is The Attack of Hai, although I'm open to name suggestions. If any users have any more in-depth info on who exactly Hai was (I wasn't online during the time of the attack, but I quickly learned of what happened a short while after the posts were deleted and she was IP banned)

SavageClan and the rise of Kit-Stealing

You all know them - some of you might even fear them. SavageClan, one of the oldest, most well-known Clans on the entire forums. SavageClan is solely a kit-stealing Clan, with focus on bringing a good name to kit-stealers while keeping the forum hobby alive. SavageClan has been rebuilt twelve times, as of 4/24/14, and first started to come about when kit-stealing started getting attention on the forums. For a period of about two or three years, kit-stealing was every forumer's favorite form of forum entertainment, and it generated a lot of other kit-_______s. Everyone wanted in, and it wasn't very hard to find a good community to join. I myself was a member of SavageClan for a while. Eventually, due to unfortunate circumstances, kit-stealing began to die. Recently, a community has, however, sprung up in an attempt to bring the forums into a new era of kit-stealing.



Advice Columns

These aren't exactly as well-known as other things, but a while back, advice columns used to be everywhere on the forums. A lot were pretty successful, and some were hugely successful. They offered forumers a chance to get to know other forumers and settle their personal problems. Advice Columns had a pretty brief time reigning the forums before the began to die out as their owners left the forums and made way for a new generation that wasn't as adjusted to that style of posting.

 Posted by: Cookiekiwi24
4/25/146:16 AM


Firastrom; Famous around 2011/2012 for her adoption centre. She inspired many people to create adoption centers, a a little fun fact; Before I joined and while I waited to be accepted, I read through the roleplay pages of her adoption centre. She, very indirectly, maybe unknowingly, was one of the people that inspired me to stay in the forums. Otherwise it would have just been a little faze for me.

I treated her with respect when we chatted... Well, the first time I kind of fangirled because she was my forum idle for ages

 Posted by: Blazestar***
4/26/1411:14 AM


Blondstar

Well my friend created a clan that reached over 1,500 pages before it got deleted. It was called LIGHTNINGCLAN - The Clan of Thundering Skies and it was made in December 2011 and was deleted only recently. Blondstar [the creator] was banned a while back but she had a lot of successful threads like her other clan Fernclan which reached over 500 pages. She was an original helper of Pawprint Gazette and a member of Blossomclan. She was pretty famous in the kit-ing world, she was a kit-stealer and kit-styler, a lot of people say she inveted kit-gemming where you take a kit and put it into a gem so that you can carry more kits out of a clan to keep it realistic. She was the deputy of this big banner making club which I am currently blanking on the name of. It was run by a really famous banner maker named Moth something, but everyone called her Skittlez. Anyways Blondstar was also super popular on the Art forum, she had a banner shop that was remade mmany times but always very busy, her layouts might still be up on some clans. Anyways yeah I thought I'd contribute in anyway I can.