Oh goodness, I don't even know how to start this thread. Even though it's ridiculous to say that a pixelated game played such a huge part in my life, royals really has changed my life in one way or another. Whether it's going on five back-to-back GPQ runs at 2 o'clock in the morning, being an "fm hoe" with all of my maple friends, matching bandanas + umbrellas with the power rangers (aka Aurora), chilling in the GHQ (420 forever!), or being called "Penny" by randos, I'll never forget all of the amazinnnggg memories I've made on the server. Who would've known that an impulsive decision to download a game for its nostalgia would end up playing such a big role in my life? Spoiler: ~reason for leaving~ I downloaded royals in May 2015, expecting to play maybe once or twice a week. That was obviously wrong (lol) and I would spend almost every waking moment on royals during the summer of 2015. Looking back, I knew it was especially bad when royals provided double EXP on Father's Day and I almost chose to play royals over celebrating Father's Day with my dad, who's one of the most important people in my life. Looking back on it now, it's ridiculous because I've never been the type of person to become obsessive over things like Mapleroyals. I became increasingly invested over this game that has absolutely no real-life effect on my life, at all. I've played less and less as this semester has gone on, and told everyone that I would be back once finals were over this month. However, I'm at this point in my life where I honestly need to be getting my shit together - I graduate in May and will, hopefully, be moving out of the state I currently live in. I need to be investing my time into job searching, figuring my life out, and spending as much time as I possibly can with loved ones. I'm excited for this next chapter of my life, but at the same time I need to put the effort in to figure it out, you know? As far as Royals goes, it's just not the same for me, anymore. I'm at level 150, which is way higher than I ever imagined, and I find myself only getting on to gach and set up my shop. I have over 1.5 billion mesos atm, but I don't even know what I'm saving up for. I can't boss because I'm on a mac, and most of my friends are dead. I'm in a guild called "Inactives", for crying out loud, hahaha (ily sake). Anyway, I know that I could sign on every once in awhile, similarly to what I've been doing this entire semester - but I feel like by making this thread, I'm finally taking the first step to completely removing myself from the game, at least for the time being. And I'm sure that if everyone in the guild and on my buddy list starts becoming active during the break this month, I'll probably find myself reliving summer 2015 all over again. It's been a long time coming, but it's about time I give y'all a formal goodbye :') As so many "farewell" threads go, all good things must come to an end. So, without further ado, here are as many shout outs as I could possibly think of; apologies if I might've forgotten you! There've been so many people I've interacted with throughout the past few months and my memory stinks. Spoiler: SHOUT OUTS alcohol/@RobbyRedford: ROBbbbbb, you always made me feel so special whenever I signed onto royals! Your dedication to the game amazes me - you've passed me on so many of your characters, haha. I still remember the first time we met at Skeles and you were telling me how you had no friends and I declared myself as your friend from that day forward, LOL. You're the sweetest, stay in touch! Arukasaekez/Joey: Ugh, Joey I suck for quitting, I know! I've been telling you that I was going to start playing again this month and then this happens haha. Thank you so much for making Aurora though -- literally, that was the highlight of my time on Royals and it wouldn't have been possible without you. Almost positive that you were also the one who randomly invited me to the guild when I was a noob of like, level 14 in Kerning LOL. Tysm for contributing so much during my time on Royals! BOYISH/DRUGABUSE/Lagoon/@Shaye: GOOOONY! (hehe) <3 Who would've known that me leeching you once at ulu (or ws?) would end up in a friendship as great as ours :') If you ever find the answer to that question I've been dying to know (WHICH YOU WON'T PUBLICIZE ON HERE), PLS SKYPE ME and let me know! Even though I'm quitting, you still owe me my birthday present... I'll hold ya to it. And don't be surprised if I randomly Skype msg you random Drake lyrics. Don't be a stranger BigBuns/bunny/@gurung + wondersheep/sheepy: BUNNY + SHEEPY, you both have always been the sweetest. Thank you so much for being my friend on Royals. I'll miss both of you randomly whispering me and calling me noona <3. BigScruff/Pestilence/scruffy/Sean/@Virtumonde + Theresa/@LittlePuff : Two of my favorites! Even though the both of y'all aren't active anymore, I miss you both so much. Sean, I hope that all is well with your ft job in the real world. I was always so impressed with all of the knowledge you had about Royals! (whereas I'm over here and didn't know that tele rocks were only 2m (?) and not 9m...) And to puffy, ily soo much - i'll always cherish that drawing you did of my character, jjangcandy. You two were probably one of the highlights during my summer on royals :') Celtea/Mel: Smelly Melly! You were one of my very first friends on Royals. I loved our time as the only girls of Aurora LOL, I felt like you were my partner in crime while all of the guys would gang up on us! gl on getting to level 200, you can do it! <3 Meltrump4prez, always. @Coco: Cocooooo, omfg. Seriously, 20 years from now when I'm looking back on royals (lol) you're going to be one of the very first people I think of. You were always the most supportive person and felt the pain of staying up at 5 o'clock in the morning and doing GPQs with me while it was 2:00 AM for everyone else, LOL. Even though I'm quitting, I genuinely hope that you start playing royals again one day - you're such a great person and I wish you the very, very best in life! Detriment/Spiffy (my fav)/Mikey/@Surprising: MICKEYYYY, ugh. It's been so freaking long since we've talked and imy sooo much. I know that you're just busy with school though, so hopefully when that's all done and over with we'll be able to chat for a bit Ty for twinning with me and our watermelon hats <3 Tell Vannaky and Carlos I said hi and that I miss them as well! Ps, you'll always be a snake in my eyes 8) hehe Felixthecat/Fefe/Phelix: FEFE <33 No one else I'd rather be married to :') I know that we're going to keep in touch, so I'll keep this short and simple. Tysm for "maple and chilling" with me for hours and hours and hours - seriously one of my favorite memories on royals. I wonder who's going to be the new Angelina Jolie + Brad Pitt on royals now that you and I are both inactive? Hehe, I hope that everything has been going well for you - miss ya, mean it. Fishop/SalmonFish: FISHHHYY ahhh omfg. You were def one of my first friends on royals! I still remember when you had to show me where GS2 was because I was stupid and had no idea what I was doing LOL. Tysm for always being one of the most helpful people. Granberia: Grannnnyyy <333 I know we were just talking about me possibly quitting and how I should stay on royals, but I honestly have been thinking about this for awhile and think that this is the best decision atm. I hope that everything is okay and working out with you and your rl <33 I'll always remember you and how bo$$ you were at jqs hehe. Hope that you find someone to krex with more often during the break! @injeenious: JeeeeenY! Omg you're seriously one of the nicest/sweetest people on royals, no lie. Honestly, I have no idea how we even became friends to begin with, but I just always remember you being in my bl hehe. I honestly wish that I ended up joining Radio when you invited me so long ago! If everyone in that guild is half as nice as you are, I really missed out. Ty for everything! JCrew/Beautician: Hi Davey! Even though I know that you left Royals, I couldn't have compiled this list without you in it. You've always been so supportive of me and my irl goals; seriously, days when I felt so lost about my future, you were always the one who encouraged me and made me feel better about everything. It makes me feel good knowing that you're so sure about my life and everything that lies ahead for me, hehe. Tbh, your farewell thread inspired me to finally bite the bullet and quit royals for good, so ty for that. Let's please keep in touch! Good luck with all of your future endeavors <3 JaseyRae/Kevin/@Kivin: KEVINNNNN <3333 Hahaha, thought that I should greet you like that one last time :') We need to drunk Skype one day like we said we would a few weeks (months?) ago! One day it'll happennnnn, 약속~ Ty for being sooo easy to talk to; I still remember when we first met at ws randomly one day! gl with everything in life Kdrey/Nima/@nimabear: Nima!! <3 I remember randomly chatting with you in the forum chat and thought that you were cool af so I decided to add you LOL. I'm going to miss you so muchhhh~ I wish that I could've gotten the chance to leech you a lot more because our convos when we hung out were always the best! Thanks for being so fun to talk to <33 Medpack/Lucas: Meddyyy! Sorry if I scared you while you were (supposedly) "AFK" at kerning that one day hehe but we wouldn't have become friends if I wasn't annoying you so much that day! Even though you haven't been super active in the past few weeks, I still miss chilling in Kerning with ya. Keep in touch, you know how to contact me! Muzzle/Deathstryke/Muzzie/Nicky/(insert "other" names here hue hue)/@slayer: Omfggg ICKY NICKY <333 I love how close we've gotten within the past few months, even though you thought that I was an annoying, flirtatious ditz when we first met :') I feel like we can go days and days without talking and then one day we just randomly talk and its like nothing's changed hehe. I'll miss chilling on maple with you but I know that we'll keep in touch on Skype and snapchat!! Ugh if only it wasn't for the '94 rule... Hehe jk jk, ily and hope that you have the best college career ever u baby <3 Kick ass next semester! Sake/@dannytran6: SAKEEE <33 I'll never forget you + Coco's tumultuous relationship that characterized everyday life during Aurora's prime LOL. Send me some of that pho you always snapchat ugh, craving it rn. I know that we'll keep in touch so I won't say much more but i miss you <333 (ps, pls tell me what we talked about when i got on royals last tuesday??? like i have no recollection) Tawmy/@Tawm: Hi TommmyyyY! One day when I'm rich and famous and can afford to visit Canada, I'm gonna hit you up and we'll hang! You've always seemed genuinely interested in how I've been and everything that's been going on in my life, so I thank you for that. You always, always, always greeted me with the most enthusiasm whenever I logged in hehe. Good luck on your final exams! ValentineVel: HI VELLL, you seriously used to crack me up with your comments about me and Felix, hahaha. You've always been such a good friend who would hang out with the Aurora gang even after you left us and joined Guardians (hehe). Tysm for always being the hs'er during Krex~ Keep in touch! @Yiks: Yiksy! Even though you're no longer active on royals anymore, I felt the need to include you in here. You're so boss at dancing, like I seriously wish that I could be you. I'm actually, really planning a trip to Singapore in the near future so I'll hit you up one day, maybe In the meantime, keep in touch on Skype + continue to post all of your dope pictures/videos on Instagram! GMs: Tysm for the endless rewarps and doing everything y'all can to make this server the best it can be. It has come SUCH a long way since I started playing in May. I'm so excited to see everything y'all do with the server in years to come. You guys have a good thing going here, keep it up <3. Thanks for giving me an opportunity to meet all of the amazing people mentioned in this thread :') Also, shout outs to: 2PACALYPSE, Aviate, BaconStrip, Bankaiiii, Chipros, Chadson, Dale/DaftPunk, Denniz, Divron, DoctorGal, dvdplayer, Fluazinam, Grilled/Hibachi, Humnoi, Hyori, ImNotJr/ImHot, JohnFKennedy, Joop, Jujulala, Lyrium, Measles, Mipples/Moobs, MoistArmpits (hehe), NEIGHBOR, NoFace, Ohhh, PrimeTea, Schinzeli, Shinubi, SnipningWest, SoWet, Synthosis, Teru, Yahallo, xXlchimaruXx, and anyone in the guild Aurora or Inactives! (+ anyone else I might've forgotten, oopsie). Damn, this is a long thread. But anyway, I'm going to conclude this with a quote from my favorite Canadian-Jew/future bae: "My ex asked me where you moving, I said on to better things" 8) (ok ya i'm lame i know). Ily guys, I'll be back one day, maybe! Deleting the game right now, so hopefully I won't find myself drunkenly on maple again, as so many of my guildies and friends have seen, haha (see SS below, LOL). PM me if you want to stay in touch and don't have my Skype! Everyone else, keep in touch on Skype, snapchat, + Insta~ Miss y'all already. Spoiler: drunkski sky ski
NOOOO LIZZZZZZZ, WHO'S GONNA FINISH MY DRAKE LYRICS NOW? pls come back or i'm gonna revoke your bday present </3 Spoiler: you used to... ps it was definitely ulu2
oh my god 1st kent, then nick, NOW YOU !!! i can't deal with this many of my closest friends quitting . how do i even continue playing knowing all 3 of you aren't coming back. I'll always remember our late night convos with shaye AND I'M SORRY FOR CALLING YOU MEL THAT ONE TIME IN SHOWA . Can't believe how close i consider ppl i met on royals but ily liz, gl with the rest school <3.
@JJANGCANDY : OMGG NOONAAA If i knew that you were leaving i could have chatted with you today . i guess it was your last day :O. Anyway i also wanted to thank you for being a great friend and espically a great Noona . I also had an awesome time with you with all the random wispers and calling you noona :3. Well there's always a time to bid one's farewell in every game for anyone(which i hate it). Alright i don't want to flood the thread by writing it wayy too long . I wish you all the best for you studies as well as your future Noonaaa . Love youuu ! Take caree. P.S: Will miss randomly stalking you at fm
Omg Liz y u do dis to me!@?#@! No really though, best of luck in all that you do. I hope to see you online once in awhile just so I can spam your name whenever you log on again ^^ We met in the shoutbox! It was before I changed my forum name so you were confused haha. We added each other after chatting I believe ^^ Keep in touch Liz! ♡
ily Liz haha, yeshhh keep in touch please, I'd prefer Snapchat over Skype though. We'll cross paths again I'm sure
P E N N Y i'm long gone but best of luck in life to you as well, one of these days i'll redownload skype and bug ya
LIZZZ, I am going to miss you so much! Please please stay in touch on skype! I will always cherish those late night gpqs, especially the time you pulled an all-nighter the night before you left for Korea (such wonderful times). Even though I know we'll still talk, I wish you the best (and if you're planning on moving, may I suggest New York? =P). Love ya <3. Ty for acknowledging this, because a certain someone *cough cough*, refuses to accept this anymore. And also: Aurora forever <333
