User blog:Cottonfur/For Those It May Concern:

Hello,

I am sure that if you are reading this, that you clearly know me, however for those who do not know me, I am Cottonfur, known by many as Cotton or one of my many aliases. May 31, 2012, I wandered onto this site with only the slightest knowledge of the workings of Clans and roleplaying. Of course, like I'm sure many of you, have already roleplayed before in a much more minor form. I, myself, had been brought here through Warriors Wiki which I had stumbled upon via Google Search looking for answers, spoilers, ect., yet no matter how many times I would edit or try to fix anything on Warriors Wiki, they would always revert it back to its original state and I soon tired of it, when I spotted a link at the bottom of the page titled simply "Warriors Roleplay" being not exactly new with the concept of roleplay, I decided to check it out and thought it looked very professional and well put together, being new like I was to everything, I foolishly made a Clan on my first day, a Clan I had thought up on my own, which at the time I thought impressive, but it was deleted and on my talkpage I found messages from people that I didn't know, people I now consider good friends. The very first of everyone was Birdpaw, whom I now know as Bird. Bird scared me at first, being so much older and more powerful than I, a simple new user. The next was an eccentric person named Meadowwind5, known on here as Meadow, the person who has become my closest friend in the year and a half I've been on here. Then, of course, there was LunaDiviner7 (known as Luna) and Cinderstar of ThunderClan (known as Cinder) who also welcomed me on my talkpage. Soon, I discovered chat where all the people I got messages from were, and so many others like Eaglefur (Eagle; who is now gone), Deadraiser (Dead; who is now gone), and Violetofen4 (Vi). I remember coming on chat and reading what had been said a few minutes before I came on chat "What do you think of Cottonfur?" I remember one of them saying and a list of other things I won't go into detail about. They were talking about me. That made me nervous instantly. Everyone introduced themselves to me and I said hi to everyone, being very shy. However, I didn't get the feeling that Violetofen4 liked me very much, which was when I got my first Private Message (PM) from the eccentric Meadowwind. The very first thing she said to me was  "Don't be rude to Vi, she doesn't like new users." to which I simply replied "I wasn't planning on it." we were friends from that moment on. For a while after that, everything was fairly uneventful. My first Clan I made was WillowClan (I was a Chat Mod.) a simple Clan I came up with the help of Meadow. It was fairly active but it came and went and soon I made BriarClan which I'll let explain itself. Much of the next few months were a blur, nothing change much except the appearance of Littleleaf who I came to know as Leaf.

In my time on here, I have seen many fights. Meadow and I have gone through all of them together, though. Sometimes at the very center. Sometimes on the sidelines. She and I had always been the outcasts, outsiders on here and we knew it too, but we were okay with it. Around the time most of the fights died down, hardly anyone came on anymore besides Meadow and I and occasionally another would come on. She and I made new Clans, roleplayed, but soon we tired of it all and started trying to improve on things, but we could never change anything because then suddenly someone of a higher power would suddenly be on again and nothing would change and then they would leave again and Meadow and I would return to roleplaying. That cycle repeated over and over for months. Before we knew it, both Meadow and I had been on here for over a year, and still just as active as the day we arrived. We shared secrects, told each other everything, and we stuck together. I don't think I'll ever be able to tell her how much all of that meant to me. She helped me through tough times and I hope that I helped her as well. Sometime around August 2013, Meadow and I both began to realize how alone we had become and that the wiki was no longer dying, it was dead, and by staying we would only kill ourselves with it in the process. We set out on our search for a wiki we could both agree on and we could call home, but we vowed we would never leave Warriors Roleplay Wiki. Never. It was where our Clans were, our memories, a whole year's worth of memories, we can't just leave that behind.

I'm sure that by now you are wondering why I told this story, but honestly, I'm not sure, someday Meadow and I will no longer be on this wiki. We won't be able to help the new noobs that arrive or explain to them how great everything used to be. We won't be able to tell the lessons we learned from fights or the long list of unused Clan names we came up with together. We won't be able to tell them about the friends we made on here and the memories that we will remember for the rest of our days. This wiki is dead, we understand that now, but I like to think that we still left a mark out there and meant something. I only request that you leave everything as it was and that you alter nothing. Add everything you want, but leave our history behind and let our memory live on. I don't plan on leaving after writing this message, but it needed to be said before it couldn't anymore. Thank you, everyone, for reading this and listening to my story. I have been on here for 1 Year, 3 Months, and 18 Days (as of the day of posting this blog) and counting. Give this wiki a chance. If you know me, you already know I am not the nicest person, but I am sincere when I say, we need you. If you work with Meadow and me, we can pull this wiki back to its former glory and be at the top again with a new generation of Roleplayers.

Thank you for reading my story, again.

Cottonfur aka Cotton

Special Mention for Those Who Left Us:

Dead, Vi,  Eagle, Leaf, Destiny, Fox, Aspen, Wafflez, Mist, Jade, and many others I'm sure I've forgotten.

Please tell me what you think of me, Meadow, the wiki, my story, improvements we can make, or anything down in the comments.

This Blog Post Was Created At 4:30 PM 9/18/13 by:

Cottonfur I roleplay now,  roleplaying is cool.  20:30, September 18, 2013 (UTC)

9/30/2013 Update:
Meadow and I are currently deleting inactive/really really old Clans to increase organization and I am working on the Clan List most of you have assignments for this. Please check Meadow's blog for further detail. I will continue to update.

7/1/2014 Update:
It's been a good long while since I started this Blog and I just happened to stumbled upon it once again, today. I realize that there are now only about 4 people left (forgive me if I'm wrong, it's an estimation). I know I, myself, have been anything but active since I last updated this, but I have returned yet again and I intend to stay. We can still pull this Empire up from the ruins and dust that it has been demolished to and we will. Meadow and I have pretty much finished deleting inactive Clans and we are reading to pick up with getting some great Clans going, but, as stated above, we need you to help us. Join some Clans. Go on chat. Recruit people. We don't really care, we just need you and your help. I will continue to update.

7/6/2014 Update:
Deleting has been going well. We are down almost 400 unused Clans and Character pages. We now have Clans for Adoption and Clans to Fix up to help organize. We also welcome Holly and Frozen to the wiki. Things have been going pretty well lately, but we need to continue to clean up, RP, and talk on chat. Doing well, guys. I will continue to update.

5/26/2015 Update:
It's been nearly a year since I last updated this, in a few days, I'll be celebrating my 3 years at the wiki. I've been so honoured to have met Wist since my last update, who I consider a friend. I know I've been less than active until recently and I want to thank all of those who have remained in that time. I know it isn't easy to stay in a place and be active everyday when very little happens. As of late, the ColourClan plot has been started up with 10 Clans in it! I'm very excited for this and I think it's a great way to get people active and get things going again. In other news in the life of Cotton, I've started writing a book that I eventually hope to get published and I've become quite the book reviewer, if I do say so my self. I love reading and writing, so the fact that both of these have taken off in such a short period of time is a dream come true. I will continue to update.

3/22/2016 Update:
It has been 916 days since I first made this blog post. That's 2 years, 6 months, and 4 days. At the time of writing this, the thought of being here over two years later wasn't even a thought. It wasn't an aspiration, it wasn't even possible in my mind, and the fact that I'm here updating this right now is amazing to me. I have been on this wikia for 3 years, 9 months, and 22 days. That's 1,391 days! I have spent around 22.8% of my life on this wiki! That's mind-blowing to me! In May, I will have been here for 4 years, I will have known Meadow, who is still my close friend, for 4 years. I can't get over how much time has flown by. Through all the thick and thin, good and back, black and white, hot and cold, tears and happiness, I somehow always end up right here, writing in this blog. Here's to another year full of friendship, roleplay, and good times, and may you be forever active.

10/15/2017 Update:
As insane as it is to be writing this, I'm still around and still kicking. I see new people are crawling around, perhaps a new generation of roleplayers to pick up where Meadow and I left off. If you're reading this right now, I see everything you guys do. Might sound crazy, but I do still come around now and then and I still get email updates. While my life has gone past roleplaying, Meadow and I are not only still great friends, but we have moved on to actual novel writing that has surpassed 45,000 words. And we are still going strong. I'm officially a senior in high school and there is nothing more surreal to me than the fact that I started here when I was in middle school. The times I spent here were the most impactful in my life and the friend(s) I made here are the best I've ever had. Cheers.

9/21/2018 Update:
Fuck, guys. Has life been a rollercoaster for you all like it has been for me? At this point in history, Meadow and I have written 2.5 books together and drafted/thought up ideas for about 7 or more. Oh and get this, we met. In person. That's right children, sometimes your internet friends CAN become your real friends. Not everyone is a pedophile out here in the interwebs (p.s. please be careful on the interwebs). Also, I have moved three states from my home and go to college now. I'm a publishing major and, as crazy as it seems, I'm in a rock band that plays in a gazebo every Friday night on campus. It's the place I met my boyfriend and some great friends that I hope to keep around for a while. Today, I refelted a motherfucking pool table. Because college. As in I completely helped people dismantle this shitty pool table and put a new cover on it. It was awesome.

Doubt anyone cares anymore. I doubt anyone even reads this. I do these updates mainly for myself now and maybe to give you stragglers and lurkers a laugh or two.

This wiki is kinda officially closed now. It's lowkey still monitored by Meadow and me, but this wiki is going to stay exactly how we all left it. That means no new roleplaying and no new Clans. So go outside or some shit. Like, I'm not your mother, but damn guys you look pasty, get some sun. I didn't meet all the best people in my life (minus Meadow) by being inside. I hear it's a lovely time of year to learn badminton.

Just two words of advice before I wrap up my...apparently yearly...update.

1. Scream passionately into the absurd.

2. If you're gonna do something, fullsend it.

Allonsy!

5/12/2020 Update:
I'm not dead yet, bitches.

Happy Coronavirus time everyone! I notice some random people out in the universe are getting bored and have started messing around with the pages on this wiki. Just note that I am literally always around and I am not afraid to block people and clean your existence from this wiki.

Was I notorious for being soulless and merciless when I was active? Yes.

Some things don't change.

Sorry I forgot my 2019 update.

Forever watching you assholes.