Bgback - My Return

[marimbamonk 1501]

BGBack

Click here to start the narration. You can just listen if you like, or read along; but you must listen! And try to use headphones. Trust me.

 

Hi. I’m BoogerBuster, or BGBuster, or Booger, or whatever you want to call me. I joined the server waaaay back in July of 2011, when Lord of the Craft was just a newborn baby. Since then, my reputation on the server has been that, when I’m here, I do some pretty awesome stuff. Whether it’s being involved in the Ascended, Undead, the Orcs, the Shamans… One of the greatest moments that I’ll always remember is betraying the Ascended... And having an entire Undead attack based around that. I was known as “Brunhyldir the Betrayer”, yet I was really a double-agent for the Ascended. When I wasn’t on the server, I might have been making posts on the forums, doing some voice acting, or some more voice acting, or even more voice acting. I’ve always done my best to leave quality behind wherever my path takes me.

 

The thing is, my path always seems to end, and then start again. More often than not, I simply “poof!”, and disappear. No words of an upcoming hiatus, no reason as to why I’ve suddenly become inactive on the server or the forums… It’s almost like I was sent to the Nether, just like Ol’ Iblees himself (God rest his soul). Sometimes, I even leave when people need me the most, and for that, I am deeply sorry.

This has happened on and on for multiple reasons. As many of you know, personal interest in the server can wax and wane with the times. When you have a really awesome, well-put together staff team that will respond to the community (as this is a community-run server), the Lord of the Craft is an awesome place to be. When the roleplay is fresh, new, and there are events going on, wars, PvP; who wouldn’t want to take part? But the moment that that very same roleplay goes stale, or some drama goes on in the feedback forums that just get everyone’s panties in a bunch… That’s when the interest begins to fade. This has happened to me many times, but the one thing that helps to push my decision in becoming inactive is my busy schedule.

 

When I joined this server, I was just starting my freshman year of high school. Now, I’m a senior (yeah, put that into perspective!). Throughout my career at my school, I’ve been constantly involved in my band, specifically the band leadership, which is reputable at my school for being more serious and involved than the actual school leadership program. It is even so that now, as a senior, I am the Drum Major of my band. My life is constantly filled with practices, practicing, rehearsals, meetings, performances and the like. At times, the only opportunity I received to sate my need for a Lord of the Craft fix was in the middle of the night, when only the Australians are on. Sorry Aussies.

Combine the server’s fickle quality with my schedule and you get a potion of invisibility. Hell, I am involved in Drum Corps, which is, for those of you who don’t know, the movie Drumline, but in real life. Over the entirety of this coming summer, my life is going to be filled with what has become a normality: practices, practicing, rehearsals, and performances; except with an entirely different band.

 

I’d like to apologize to all of the staff teams that I’ve ever been a part of… Which is every single staff team that has ever existed except for the Forum Moderators, Global Moderators, Loremasters, and being a Developer or Administrator. Yes. At one point or another, I’ve been on the Magic Application Team, the Application Team, the Villain Application Team, the Media Team, the Guide Team, the Mentors, and the Event Team. Why am I on none of them now? Let me re-enact.

 

“Hey guys, where’s that Booger fellow?”

“Oh, I dunno. I dunno where he is. Let’s try messaging him on Skype… Hm. Nothing. I dunno.”

“Welp, we gotta kick him then.”

(BoogerBuster has been removed from XYZ team.)

 

So, now you may be wondering: why am I back this time, huh? Why do you think now, of all times, that you’ll stay with the server, and you’ll actually become committed? Well, I’ll tell you goddamn it.

For one, I’m graduating. In less than twenty days, I’m free, and with that freedom comes a loss of obligation to school, the band program, and homework. Thank the lord. Even though it may seem that my schedule isn’t really clearing up because of my involvement in Drum Corps, at least I’m getting out of high school, which has, for the last four years (my entire history on this server) has been a major factor in my inactivity.

Another reason why I’ve come back now relates heavily to what I spoke of moments ago. I’m going to college soon; with that, comes life decisions. I want to be… Well, you’re hearing a part of it now. From voice-acting to sound editing, video-making or lore writing, I’ve always loved every part of what it takes to make a game. Yes, I’m yet another completely unique kid who wants to be a game developer. The reason why this effects my sudden activity is because it can start here. I already have things that I could put into a career portfolio because of this server. I even have a massive, awesome idea that I’ll talk about in a moment that will be my next big step in game development.

Very few of you know this, but my dad is actually a voice-actor. He’s no Charles Martinet, but he’s done movie trailers, Anime, and those commercials of drugs that go something like, “Do not take Athera if you are pregnant, nursing, or may become pregnant.” Here’s a clip from the Death Note live-action movie trailer, and my Dad doing the trailer voice.

 

When you're done listening to this whole post, you should watch the whole trailer by clicking here.

 

The final reason for my involvement in this server again is something that I’ve been working on for a year. For more an a year, I’ve been developing an end-game expansion, very similar to the battle against Iblees on Aegis, the Dragons and Cultists of Asulon, the Northern Antagonists and Setherien in Anthos, and whatever the hell we end up fighting at the end of Athera. For more than a year, I’ve been writing this up, and I’ve come up with something that the server has never seen before. Imagine, if you would, fighting a boss in-game and that boss having a voice -- in game. Imagine, custom textures, sounds, recaps from the media team, new fight mechanics, new places to explore… And I’m not even talking about what would happen in the campaign itself.

Since I joined nearly four years ago, I’ve come on and off, but I’ve always wanted to do something that would change the server. Get more people interested, entertain the people already here, and give the Lord of the Craft something it’s never done before. I think that my expansion could do that.

 

With that plug out of the way, I’d like to use this time, in the conclusion I suppose, to restate myself. I’m BGBuster, and this time, I mean it.

I leave you with a proposal. There is no guarantee that it will ever succeed, but if you would like to join me in developing this expansion, let me know. Perhaps this small teaser will make your spirit grow.

 

 

Reach the Seventh - Teaser Poem

Long ago, the ancients spoke of the Seven Skies

Those hallowed lights and the Creator's Rise

 

For in their realm, the realm of Gods,

Mortal men may dream of walking

The giants gate guards tales untold

Magic relics and rings of old

 

See the spirits walk live once more

Or halls of memory shadowed

A mighty Palace, where they all lie

 

But... do you know what hides inside?

Among the holy beings there

There rests a single one

His fury and his anger grows

Until his will be done.

 

The Skies will fall, their lights burnt out

A shadow cast below

The very souls who gave us hope

Would soon become the foes

Thus comes the time

for the Descendants to rise...

 

The overworld hangs in the balance

But mortalkind shall fight

The taint will fall, and shall it all

When we reach the Seventh Sky

 

The overworld hangs in the balance

But mortalkind shall fight

The taint will fall, and shall it all

When we reach the Seventh Sky

(Words and Teaser Music by BGBuster)

 

Please leave thoughts, comments, and interests below! It means a lot. Thanks.

 

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[Wretched 2075]

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[Moot 1719]

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[Readicti 902]

:o Welcome back! This was an amazing narration. I hope to see you around.

[Sister Sequoia 438]

welcome back, I'll prepare your leaving gift basket and get it to you early this time before it's too late.

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[marimbamonk 1501]

welcome back, I'll prepare your leaving gift basket and get it to you early this time before it's too late.

Haha. Funny. 

Thanks for the positive comments, erryone else 

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I didn't read it at all, started fapping halfway through.

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WB. 

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