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I feel like leaving.
I’ve been using this site for about 2 to 3 years now, maybe more if i’m not thinking straight. What i’m saying is that i’ve seen this place grow, morph and change and over those years, i grew to enjoy seeing it’s growth, then began to see the tumours of drama begin the grow before this place became as toxic as Chernobyl. I’ve always wanted this place to expand and grow yet, instead, i’ve seen this place crumble and ruin around me.
It hurts to feel this wanting to leave as i see this place almost as a part of me, even if the majority of users try to attack me for simply voicing my opinions every now and then, claiming i attack them cause they don’t agree with me or something. Basically, just trying to find excuses to attack eachother.I’ve made apologies, i’ve made reports, all sorts, all of them met with fierce resistance to straight up calling my apologies half arsed despite being some of the biggest posts written on this site to one guy, and you know exactly who you are, falsely claiming me to be a peadophile just to try and get rid of me. I’ve been neck deep in shit just for trying to speak out and help this place as i see it die around me. This place is no longer the wholesome little corner in the internet where grammatical errors were left unchecked and where you could talk about anything without being villainised, it’s now a place where opinions are crime and you must follow what everyone else does or you’ll be attacked with little mercy. Even now i still have people like Ramox and Gyro hounding me over issues that are long gone, i’ve had to try and ban and block them every way i can just to get some peace of mind.
Now that i’ve left college and, unfortunately but truthfully, have no friends, this place would’ve proven incredibly useful in keeping me sane and giving me a feeling that i wasn’t hated by everyone. Instead, i got the opposite. Hell, the same guy who claimed me to be a *ahem* ‘child diddler’ basically outright said he wouldn’t care if i killed myself, which is a thought that i can assure you has haunted my mind.
I tried to warn you all, i tried my very best to help you to understand that certain users are bad people and need to be dealt with accordingly, and it wasn’t even hard, just a sorry, that’s all we needed. Instead, people fight and fight because it’s all they know, it’s all you know, which seems ti be a trend in stickfigure animation sites, being too far up your own asses to care about the wellbeing of others. It’s disgusting.
And Ralph, i’ve looked up to you for years now but you’ve stressed it too far and i’m not happy. I told you over and over that you needed to improve moderation here, to prevent drama, to make bans a much more serious threat. You only ever temp banned Joshtick, you didn’t do shit to Ramox, you have let this place fester and rot and simply laughed at the back because you found the bits of drama ‘funny’. Well news flash, you’ve let your site rot and die. Yeah i said it, this place is dead, it’s over, finished, this isn’t StickNodes anymore, StickNodes is a site where people worked together, where friendships were made, where people bonded and got along.
Here? Here people just fight, squabbling over the pettiest shit imaginable and it’s revolting, this isn’t StickNodes, this is just another generic Stickfigure animation site now like StickPage or Hyuns dojo, where no one is allowed to be unique because everyone’s fucking brainwashed to ‘do what they want’, which leads everyone to just do the exact same fucking thing.If i were to ever think of leaving back in the past, I would’ve thought i’d provide you respect Ralph, but instead you have left nothing but a few funny memories, some laughs, and a heap of disappointment. Hell, if it means anything, ban me here and now for ‘disruptive behaviour’. I’ll take the fucking gun if it means you’ll finally start caring about rules here. I’ve had my privacy violated multiple times, attempted unlawful arrests, threats, humiliation, the list goes on. You did NOTHING to stop it, NOTHING. I was brought to the breaking point, i was sick of living, i was through until i decided to take a break from this hellscape for a bit.
So just please, show some care, something, anything, just fix this godforsaken place. I barely know why i bother anyway, you won’t change, i’m sure the latest episode of Dragon Ball is much more interesting to you than my final effort to help this place.
I am Epitaph, i’ve been on this site for over 2 years. I’ve submitted over 1,000 individual Stickfigures, commented thousands of times on Stickfigure comments alone, was the very first to reach 50 featured figs, i created the StickNodes Movie. I believe i have the right to say that i made a decent impact on this site and i refuse to leave as merely a shrivelled wreck, depleted of all hope and charisma by the same people i’ve spent 2-3 years of my life serving for and in favour of. I’ve fought for you, all of you, even the people who hate me, want me gone, dead even, i’ve wanted you all to have the SN.com you wanted and deserved.
So i guess this may be my legitimate final goodbye, my last hurrah. I know that i’ll only get negative comments, sarcasm and memes, because it’s all we get here anymore. It!s sad, genuinely upsetting. But regardless, i’ll cherish every last comment, because i’ll at least get to see you all before i finally give up and go.
I’ll leave my account up and won’t delete it, there’s too much i’ve done with it and it’s grown too much history to simply be deleted. I mean, all the figs, all the comments, medals, it’d just be a waste.Anyway, i’ll comment to the few people who comment here who still care about this site. And Ralph, i hope you change, and i hope it’s for the better, unlike this site.
Goodbye everyone, i’ll miss you, this is an important but painful time in my life to have to say goodbye to a place i see almost as a home, but i know i have to for my own mental wellbeing.
Stay safe, Be good, help this site while you still can.
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I’m not religious, but thank God someone finally had the guts to call out every single problem the sight has in a single well written(minus some capitalization errors) post.
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I’m dyslexic, you can expect some spelling issues and the such.
But yeah, i just really needed to outright say every issue with zero bias and with zero care of the backlash. I’m making my point loud and clear and if people don’t like it, they can shove it right up themselves.
It’s truly the end of a era isn’t it?
I remember when I first got Sticknodes, it was during a hard time in my life when I first encountered depression. And then I found this site, and my problems were solved! I had a place to spend all my time, a place to make friends and to share my work.
I also had an opportunity to witness here and that was important to me.
But through it all, it’s now done, gone. I mean, you’re leaving, this is a big deal.
I wish Sticknodes could’ve stayed the same, I miss the little community of people who would all show off stuff instead of posting irrelevant stuff or causing drama.
I have fond memories of this place and harsh memories of this place, it’s sad it has to end on such a low note.
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Like i said, SN is dead, it has finally given up it’s identity in favour of just being like everyone else and the result killed everything that made it special.
That’s a really good simple explanation actually
And you’re right, there was almost some sort of magical feeling here wasn’t there?
It wasn’t too fancy of a site but it was enough for us!
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It was a mini paradise, one rare gem on the internet where people cared, where there weren’t just loads of people who were scumbags, attacking each other over petty squabbles
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It’s straight up that scene from Infinity War:
“This your home?”
“It was… and it was beautiful”
Literally the exact same issue, lol
PRETTY – MUCH
did epitaph just use infinity war as an analogy
(i misspelled epitaph like 5 times)
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I mean, the movie was pretty well thought out and had some big philosophical plot point
That reminds me of the olden days where the only time epitaph got mad was when they misspelled his name lol he was constantly correcting people
I still correct people with my name to this day…
everything he said is basically whats happening
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I am basically Thanos but not trying to purge the universe
I can’t believe you decided to actually do it…The reason I stayed here is because of you, the reason I had faith in SN was because of you. I became a happy furry, a bisexual lover, and a fan of you and how devoted you were.
You’ve been an extraordinary user the time you’ve been here, no matter what you think of it, your work is always going to be cherished and remembered. I only hope someone can take your place with as much of a reputation of excellence.
There will be those who hated you and those who enjoyed you like me, Essence, Red,Spierr, Opearion, Boot, aswell as others.
I wish you were treated like you were in 2017 again, respected. I wish you didn’t have to see your work crumble, but I guess today’s societal madness found its way here inevitably..
You stayed incredibly strong during it though, you stayed, and now even challenged Ralph’s logic by showing how bad the drama got, by ending up with you leaving.
You’ve always been my favorite user here and I wish it was a damn dream that you’re leaving. But I guess this is reality. And this is your goodbye to everything you’ve been apart of the last few years. I only wish you find progress in your life for something else and I thank you for being a great friend here. I only hope that Toxic, Ramox, and Gyro go laugh their fucking retarded asses off because they defeated this “threat” to SN.
And I only hope you find peace. Thank you and goodbye my buddy..
Sincerely,
SlapStyle❤️✌️
What’s funny too is we’re all kinda the OG’s of Sticknodes
I mean there’s ppl like Dmlan and berke but toxic gyro and Ramox joined after we did.
I absolutely hate how cruel they’ve been to epitaph, I pray that they’d just learn from this
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Same, i just hope all the ‘Epitaph haters’ just learn what they’re doing and finally understand just how cruel and downright evil they’ve been
I’m an OG too, just not on the site as much. I feel so sorry for you Epitaph, hopefully, you will come back one day.
Goodbye, Epitaph. You will forever have my respect. You may not respect me because *cough* http://sticknodes.com/sticks/celestial-dawn-nick-pack-zip/ http://sticknodes.com/sticks/halo-unsc-odst-nick-pack-zip/ *cough* But in all seriousness, I will miss you. Smell you later…….
BITCH
Good bye Epitaph.
I feel as if you should’ve left earlier if it’s caused you this much shit, it’s not worth staying if it’s going to bring on depression and pain.
Cya m8
Never really got to know you man, but good luck and have fun with celestial dawn and all that jazz.
to be honest I don’t have too much to say
i will miss you like a lot
thanks for everything you’ve done
i hope people who don’t have massive egos like me can bring the site back to a place of minimal conflict
hope you aren’t gone forever
I had once commented and been an active user on this site, but, Epitaphs right. Ralph has sat back and watched as his own beloved creation go to ruin. He let narcissistic dickheads(yeah I’m talking about you) roam and do as they pleased. Sorry Ralph, this place is literally hell, but only you can change it.
Please.
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I just hope Ralph gets the message
I gave him the message
Then it got deleted
I’m all for improving it, don’t get me wrong
But give examples
Who here is causing problems? I really don’t see it anymore other than 1-on-1 squabbles
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Let me right you a nice long fucking list the, Ralph:
Toxic911: ridiculing other’s work with unfair ratings then trying to legitimise those ratings while putting down any other by shoving his education in other people’s faces, attempting to get me done for paedophilia despite me not being a paedophile
Ramoxfire: multiple cases of causing drama, complete disregard for privacy, harassing people to whatever cost, perfectly fine with bringing someone to depression in order to succeed.
Jackfly: incredibly manipulative and generally a bit of a prick sometimes. Can be pretty narcissistic and will refuse to ever be in the wrong, acting innocent the second the blame turns to him.
Cosmy: purposely attempting to rile up users, purposefully ruined the Node Arena group by showing complete disregard for the rules, mocked my autism.
Scorpio: putting others down just to push his own ego up, cares little for the success of others. Will almost go out of his way to be an asshole.
Joshtick: persistent disruption and harassment of literally anything that moves
Gyro: persistently attacking me over petty issues, siding with Ramox’s ideas of hunting me and my supporters down to just bully us more.
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Are you satisfied?
notice how almost everything listed there is them vs you
Joshtick – banned
Cosmy: “mocked my autism” – why didn’t you report it? I can’t be everywhere at once, I don’t know everything that happens here
scorpio, yeah, he’s blunt sometimes – can come off as rude
spoiler alert, so are you (“were”, to be fair, but you definitely were)
jack? really? I have to admit he’s a pretty chill dude here and has been around forever
ramox/gyro/that whole clan – yeah we get it, it’s team epitaph vs team ramox, and from what I can see its all gone away except for every time you bring it up
*reads about me*
I don’t have time right now to write a full detailed reply here, but I have one main question
why?
I don’t mean this in a negative way, but for the past X months you leave and then come back just to say you’re leaving again, etc
so why, specifically, what caused it this time?
I’m on the site a lot, I try to keep it free but tame, but yeah I miss things I’m not here 24/7
but everything seems fine
I noticed PatheticChild said “hate generated by you” the other day and that’s the only “negative” thing I’ve seen…so…?
again, I’m being blunt but I just don’t have time to write this up properly
It happened on discord, but it started here
There’s a bunch of dudes who hate epitaph and follow him from here to discord and from discord to here
Thus him leaving and coming back
Drama, Ralph. It’s been hurting him. WE have been hurting him. He needs a break.
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Maybe you missed the whole issue with Gyro, Ramox and Toxic911 teaming up on me trying to attack me over an APOLOGY
An incident you were present in
Maybe you missed those times Joshtick would just bully everyone and you sat back and did nothing, NOTHING.
MAYBE THAT ONE TIME I HAD TO BE CHASED OFF THE SITE BY RAMOX BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T LEAVE ME ALONE
You warned him ONCE p, it failed and you fucking gave up.
YOU’RE WEAK. It’s pathetic!
As an admin, It’s not just your job but duty to prevent issues on the site and to punish those who do wrong, not to sit idly by and let them be attacked while you just laugh at their expense. I have lost ALL of my charisma, ALL of my self importance, ALL of my remaining drive to push me to succeed here. I can barely remain living because of the shitheads here that you’ve refused to put on a leash.
So don’t give me that ‘why’ smack, cause you know exactly what i’m talking about.
If you wanna fix this shit, you need more moderators, and serious ones. Don’t just cherry pick people you like like Jackfly or ExplosiveBullet, i’m saying pick the honest and trustworthy people like Dezway or Spierr Wolf. That or hire someone to be a moderator.
This place needs it’s rules enforced rather than having them be decoration.
Get your fucking act together.
Yeah, what he said!
You fucking suck!
wtf is happening
everybody hates ralph now
He’s been sitting on his lazy ass doing NOTHING.
why are we ganging up on ralph like right now all of a sudden is my question
did it really have to take a famous user leaving for this opinion to come out
Yes!
its really just Nick and epitaph
epitaph is mad and nick is probably just 12 and bored, so…
*14
*Bloodthirsty
Ralph
Bored 12 year olds watch porn, not get caught up in this
…por que no los dos
…sí
Sorry I don’t speak Mexican
por que no los dos means “why not both”
not sure if woooosh but eh
No they watch hentai duh
Woah kind of harsh man.
I don’t care.
Jesus Christ both of ye, Nick, Epitaph. Moderating is a REALLY fucking hard job to do. 3 years with team on a sub-community of sticknodes is already hard enough and taking most of my time.
But here we have Ralph. Realise that he is doing the thing alone. He’s not lazy. He is just generally occupied with tasks.
I know that cause I am just by Amino itself, but he tries to review submissions, code the thing, resolve and check things in the activity.
He isn’t doing a good job? Let me tell you. It’s hard af moderating, sometimes it’s like you just don’t notice stuff. You often point these stuff out and be direct. He didn’t ban a guy?
Well that’s also another problem stepping in. Cause I had fair share of experiences with people raiding the community or being passive agressive edgelords telling me that I am a horrible guy, for trying to punish someone over rules they broke.
Look it’s not easy to please everyone,
it’s not possible to make utopia of moderation,
it’s not easy to make the best decision.
Just, don’t say someone sucks at their job. That’s opposite of helping. He is giving himself extra amount of work for community, like cmon guys. Don’t be assholes.
Edit: Also, don’t forget. We don’t always know everything.
thanks mr arc
not to break from my typical Mr. Modesty persona, but I put a shit ton of effort into SN (app, website, and everything in between)
so of course I don’t want this place to become “toxic”, but it’s tough to do that when the only true way of doing that is to become Club Penguin, and if I start banning anyone for being edgy or “mean” it’s soon going to be just a website of dezwae, arc, and idk maybe nicky1612 because I’d damn well be banned too
Report plugin?
I mean… It would be useful.
But people would have to even use it, which is an issue in Amino.
not even just that
it comes down to enforcing a rule of generally “don’t be an asshole” when everyone here is sarcastically-mean 99% of the time
and I like that
it’s funny
for example, do I go ban aguy for all his nazi posts?
or do I wait until we get a member who starts taking offense to it?
but to be fair, some people get “too mean” where it’s obvious OR some people don’t know its a joke
Yea I get you. It’s often jokes, people get then too into it or smth and you aren’t often sure if it’s alright or not. My tip is to simply look at the thing and think if it’s turning into harrassment on the user and people gang up on him as a joke.
I am usually like “Hey stop that” and if they don’t they get an alert they got warned. So lol.
Also speaking of aguy, one time was browsing the site and had some of his stuff on my pc screen come up as I was scrolling past. In school. In class.
I had the stare from the teacher and awkward silence when I tried to pretend I didn’t see it and neither did he.
#Poland
dude I’m lmao’ing at that aguy thing, I knew where it was going as soon as I you started
oh man
damn, sorry, I guess that is an issue there…
man, google is gonna get so mad at me one day and I’m gonna be screwed
but anyway, what you said is true
I think a “warn/alert” system is what I need though, so not only me, but the users can see what their “uh oh I’m almost in trouble” level is and C H I L L
…but unlike amino I have to go MAKE that shit system
let’s just establish democracy and have polls deciding if to ban or noti’m obviously joking lmao
I am thinking what if the report button would me smth like mailto: thing. But instead of mail it would just go into admin panel.
Warn could maybe just be having your notification blue thingy turn orange or smth with top priority.
Warns could be registered in that admin panel with “reason note” for future you or rest of moderators.
I think this is like the simplest version of a thing I can come up with. Could work.
I was thinking me and the mods have access to a “warn” button a users posts/comment etc
press it, enter a reason, and it increments the users “warn” level which is visible to them (others too?)
if the warn level reaches 2 or 3 (one “warn” could be worth 3 I suppose if the offense is bad enough)
I will see it and do the actual banning (to prevent potential rogue mods from going on a banning spree or something you know)
just something I thought up while typing really
sadly don’t think WP has any plugin like this so………
This is why I kinda thought of more plain idea.
Since mixing plugins is kinda a mess at this point.
This is why I think of like a hidden site with access to logged mods. Which would be pretty much basic html layout with framesets. On left list of all reports with tab to switch to resolved.
On right content of the thing that’s been flagged (selected from left menu).
On the bottom of it would be options what to do with checkboxes or smth and space for notes.
lol @ a plugin being too complex but a whole secondary site/backend for admins and mods with some custom layout and UI is simpler
don’t get me wrong i like your idea but would def take longer than doing a plugin thing
gotta research more if WP has a “moderation” plugin but its not like a phpbb forum or something, so probs not
Cmon Ralph it’s almost done-
https://justpaste.it/4vwod
Lol-
i mean damn u rite
but srs the html/css is the fun part
its that damn php crap
no matter how much time I spend in that language I think I de-learn stuff
and you tried to encourage me to do my own php server for wordpress skin site lmfao.
But I mainly thought of sort like just inbox from form tag.
And it would just take the comment/post link it was reported on.
As well as a message from the flagger on what’s wrong with it.
Sort of how you have /misc/ subsite but for mods and it’s just that panel.
I almost positive that’s some fake news i probs said get WordPress
you ain’t gotta do all the PHP modifications I do lol
http://sticknodes.com/members/arcionek/activity/400660/#acomment-401018
Ralph you gotta believe in yourself that u can do the Report thing™
Tf what about MEEEEEEEEEE
look, mate, I know you’re upset, but I mean this in the kindest way, you need to grow thicker skin
you’re not a noob to the internet, you know how people are
you brought up how someone said they wouldn’t mind if you died, or whatever crap they said
HOW do you let that affect you? I would never in a thousand years give that a second thought
It’s not like a family member said it.
Or a friend. Or even an acquaintance.
It was some 13 year old asshole.
Who gives half a shit?
“Ramox is talking to himself in a discord that he’s gonna gang up on me” IS NOT A BANNABLE OFFENSE
you IGNORE him, ban him from your discord, you ignore his attempts at getting under your skin and just you do you, throw an “lol” at him time to time to annoy HIM
and yes, 100% people can be dicks here, I’m getting better at cracking down on it and as of recently it’s been pretty good I have to admit
but guess what
so were you, you’ve been dickish sometimes, you tend to be very blunt which can come off as rude and mean to people – I don’t think you mean it, but that’s how it is
should I ban you too?
from what I tell almost all of the drama surrounding you came from ELSEWHERE and then onto this site mainly because you take everything to heart
and while I see you *try* to ignore it or let it go sometimes, you give in the same amount of times and let it get to you
not a winning strategy on the internet
and now we’re back to my original question – why NOW…you keep bringing up old stuff, and you never let it go, and it causes NEW stuff…
just LET IT GO, if you just stop bringing up “hate around here” people will stop bringing up shit to hit you with
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It’s different when this place is one of the only places you can go. It genuinely feels like family here Ralph, so yes, i take them to hear. It’s not because i can’t grow tough skin, it’s cause i’m 1) autistic and 2) i feel extremely close to this site, so everything hits me like a brick. The people here are all i have left and you expect me to just stiffen up.
You know what happens when you stop caring, when you ‘toughen up’.
You stop caring, you lose your responsibilities cause you’re too busy tending to your own issues. Wake up Ralph cause you’ve gotten yourself in this issue.
okay, starting fresh, right now
what would you have me do?
and just know I can’t go, for example, ban Scorpio because he’s “generally” very blunt and comes off as rude sometimes
same with Jack or someone else who disagrees with you
Ramox isn’t even here anymore let alone causing trouble when he is
honestly I wonder if getting a mod or two would help…
hmmmm
It’s like double edged sword from my opinion. I mean, I would apply. If Amino didn’t take so much time with events too etc. I could be occasional-helper.
Tho the biggest problem would be first days. One, new mods would be clueless if they are doing good or bad. Maybe after a month or so they could get used to moral compass they’d have to aquire.
Two, ho boy… Userbase attacking new mods. Like “why did he got mod and not me? This mod is horrible yadda yadda yadda”. This one is like the crapstorm to deal with unless you have users who have enough brains to understand.
Also, rules help. A lot. Not only for users, but for new moderators as well. It’s like a guidebook.
Here’s my amino guidelines I have (including Amino General Guidelines) you can have as a reference in case you missed smth out.
https://jpst.it/1KO49
Honestly I don’t think you need more help, you’re doing your job fine. Peoples drama are there own problems and they shouldn’t bring it here, if they do it’s not your problem. But I guess if the drama starts in the site it is.
yeah, but in order for him to keep his job nice and easy, he’ll need 2 more coding partners. so that while they code, he can manage the site every now & then
We should have a poll. All users can vote on anyone but themselves
I think what Epitaph is trying to say is that he isn’t mentally capable of doing that, and I would now, because I legit am in the same situation as him. I have autism and these users are the only friends I have and communicate with, so if the only people I knew started throwing shit at me while not knowing how to handle things like this, I would loose my marbles to.
Good luck on your journey buddy. May the light guide you.
Also bring a Sonic Heroes copy with you, just in case.
Sonic 2 is way better tho
T R I G G E R E D .
But emerald hill zone
But Seaside Hill
Chemical plant
Power Plant
Sonic generations?
I’ve only heard of you once but I can already see what you’ve been going through. Rip
ok.
Yikes.
oh well, internet is rough and nobody can escape from the bad side of it. what so ever, as simple as it sounds ralph is always doing extra work and you shouldn’t of be able to blame him for it, he’s too busy with his own issues and wouldn’t of be able to lend a hand even if he wanted, there’s a lot of stuff a people can’t really control no matter what you attempt, sometimes we have to do shit ourselves and do it by force.
if you get hit hard like a truck and the same guy just keeps spreading bad shit around ya even when you apologize and try to clean up the mess. people that already knows you would be looking for actual explanations of yourself and not other persons unless you re “running away” from the issue causing it. even if people is really hating on you, and you are enforced to leave because is too damn hard to bear, just take it easy. after all is you truly believe you have done nothing wrong, your own conscience shouldn’t burn you in hell and make u hate yourself for being so helpless.
whatever drama is always welcome to every site
hello drama 🙂
I know I am on the newer side of this website but, I have seen you and a few others as a role model of what I should try and be as good as. I wish you the best of luck. 👋👍
Ill still see you at discord so
Just because someone is harassing you doesn’t mean they should be banned >_>
Apart from that, most I agree with
Okay real talk: You’ve made an impart on the site, a huge one. But I’m not surprised, that’s what you get with a small site, lots of different opinions, and people. That’s why Hyuns dojo is better, because you have a small community that you can choose to see (by the block and sub button) so you have more people that usually agree with you. Anyways, once again, it’s sad to see you go, but that’s what you need. It’s really just having to get away from the internet. Find some friends insetad of putting up with us bitches/blokes/blockheads/duds/peeps
its really subjective is the issue
I’m going to have to come up with clearly defined rules and start reprimanding people I guess
I’ve already installed a thread-locking plugin which will help STOP out of control threads since that’s one of the main issues
(I come from old phpbb forum days where mods would always lock threads that “broke the rules”, that’s something this site has been sorely missing and I think will help because it just gets people to shut up)
Nah cookie, he’s being mentally harassed. The thoughts haunt his mind, and he remembers them all. the. time.
He was a legend, but even legends can be wounded.
JoShtick, Ramoxfire, and other people who he has fought with, might have stepped a bit far.
they hit him below the belt. to the point where JoShtick harassing him made an impact.
We can’t blame him, nor ralph, or the haters, but the people he has had fights with can be relevantly possible to blame. If I look at the situation correctly, he might have an unstable, depressed personality. So that might be the problem
K
Bye
Goddamn, I really should be more active
ok, here’s my thoughts:
i’ll miss the old times when you didnt bring the problems for yourself. you were a great person at times (especially during times where it’s just meme discussion). however though, you shouldn’t just blame ralph for your leave on the site. he isn’t at fault here, and nor are the “epitaph haters”. most of the problems that made you leave are problems that you caused, leading to them having a negative view on yourself.
let’s cast aside the drama though, it’s better to move on.
my reaction is more or less a mix of “Good riddance” or “I miss you” to be honest.
I dunno how to put it into words, so I’ll leave an anime girl waving as my goodbye message.
Hope you enjoy your leave.
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Goodbye epitaph i didnt get to know you well but the times i talked to you were really nice, you seem like a great person and its a shame to see you leave.
I just want to say thanks for being you anf encouraging things that made SN cool.
Your loss nigga
… I need the N pass
Yeah… SN community became toxic as hell now… But I don’t blame them… Blame fortnite…
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You will be known as a great here, we will forver miss you
Sorry for being late and you never seeing this
Fairy Tail Goodbye 👆
Goodbye, Epitaph, I hope you enjoy the rest of your life, I may have been here late, but at least you made me enjoy the Stick Nodes website more, and I’m also happy that you were still able to give a lowly, new user like me time for feedback.
Anyways, negative (discord**) feelings aside, you’re still a cool guy, who makes figs like no other. You may not be able to see or hear me and other users, or even just get a glance of this goodbye, but know that even after 10 years of life in SN, you will still be a relevant, famous man for your figs, and oh by the way, you ushered in an era of peace in exchange for getting taunted, over and over. You made a great sacrifice, just for a small period of peace. We will remember you. You inspired animators, fig makers, users, and thousands upon thousands of people to work harder, like you did. You have ushered in an era where Stick Nodes was nice and happy, but sadly, my friend, we both know that chaos is inevitable. It can pop up anytime, and sometimes, great sacrifice is required.
We will remember you, dear Epitaph, but for now and forever, Goodbye. You. My friend, will be now and forevermore, be a legend to all who come and go in this small corner of the internet.
epitaph i may have hated you once but in my heart you will always befriend and good friend on SN.com i know what your pain feels like im forgive you for kicking from the discord if you ever come back plz let me know i don’t animate good without you not being online there are things in this world that if seen are creepy when i got so depressed i had a dream where i saw something crawling on the road and……..nvm i don’t wanna explain it anymore it creeps me out buuutt epitaph i won’t ever eever ever evvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeerrrrr forget you my friend
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In all seriousness, you will be missed. Thanks for all of the work you did for this community. You’ve made many stickfigures that were useful to many animators on this site and in general positively impacted the site (in my opinion).
You’ve been an inspiration to many new animators (including me), and many still try to aspire to your level of skill in stickfigure creation and animation.
You’ve just been trying to keep this website in good shape, and many of your actions have shown that you’ve really tried. As a community grows, of course the amount of toxicity will grow with it. It’ll get really hard to maintain. I can see why you’re mad at Ralph for not regulating the website very well. I agree that he should get more moderators and administrators, but he’s just really busy in general. He’s already pretty busy moderating the website and developing the StickNodes app at the same time.
You trying to help the community has really taken its toll on you, and I’m sorry that many of us weren’t there to help you when you needed it. Even with your sacrifice, drama will very likely still occur. Despite that, you’ve still done your job well to prevent toxicity from reaching the site.
I hope you’re doing well, and that you’ve found another community to call your home. I hope you’ll come back someday, refreshed and in a better community.
It’s depressing to see you leave, even though i know why, but
still, inspiring many animators, me being one of them. Sometimes i find drama funny, but most of the time.. Yeah.. I hope this site changes, especially for the better. Farewell, StickNodes true legend.
Omigod why didn’t I see this until now, I didn’t get to say goodbye…
Epitaph even I suffer alot more than you. I am probably like 8-9 years younger than you but I still enjoy what’s happening. You don’t know if you are in a simulation so don’t end it right there, actually, don’t even end it. Let god do it for you. I feel like I am wrong to live but when I ask god that am I real or am I supposed to see things like this happening ever, I feel like there is more than 1 life. You cannot tell the odds of you being born in 1820 or being the first person on Earth. Everything is planned just the way God said. God asked you if you’d like to be a human or an angel. You chose human so don’t end it when you chose it. I know I act stupid in this community and I do realize right after you said this comment, I felt like I can inspire someone, someone like you. That’s right, its coming from a teen. I have skin disease, family problems, school problem, breathing problems which I still have from the starting of my life. I don’t remember but I can tell how worried my parents were. I know got too personal, but I know that sharing something you hate, makes people love you. You shared how you hate sticknodes, you can see 75% comments being really kind hearted to you. I get shocks daily that roll on my body because of the light bulb that exploded TWICE in my house, in front of me. I just hope I gave some words from me, and I hope you got something. You need to suicide when you know God will end your end life one day. You kill yourself for a reason, that’s not a reason. But when God ends your life, there is a reason. Just do more but try living less.
this is too religious
epitaph is a man who is basically a guy who thinks religion is… well lets just say he dislikes religion, especially when it is brought up for no reason, he once started drama because of religion, but idk he might’ve changed.
no offense, but replying to someone who gave up and starting it with “I have it worse than you” is a douchebag move, so don’t do that when people say they are suffering, you should support them rather than say “i suffer more”, because you sound like a egotistical asshole who thinks the world revolves around you (which i do believe you are not, as your true goal is to try to help him with kind words)
also how old are you, epitaph was probably 15 back in 2018 i think, not sure.
edit: this is in no way shape or form a way to assault you or offend you or harm you or insult you, just giving some advice.
I actually said that sometimes I have to spread what I hate to say. It is personal I agree but a human like me isn’t the same as you guys. Maybe you assume I tell these for attention, but its not that. It goes religeous and that’s because following is way better than not following one. I am only 13 so I am probably one those little stupid youngsters in this community but I have a heart and right to share my own words. I can’t tell if you were born in 2002 or something.
nah mate, i dont say these things because i think you want attention, just giving some advice in writing because yours caught my attention, be careful in your journey to internet, there are countless assholes who will tear your internet status and possibly mental and emotional health apart, just giving you advice to help you avoid being destroyed by absolute dicks and idiots.
also not-so-fun fact: i’m also 13 so yeah
Atleast you feel me. But again, I wasn’t trying to get attention. It fell to your eyes and I didn’t know someone would have attention towards it. Anyways, thanks for advice. You keep yourself safe too.
wait WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
EPITAPH YOU WERE LIKE MY FAVORITE STICK NODES CREATOR EVER D: IGNORE THE HATERS JUST POZ COME BAAAAAAAAAACK
Oh god I misspelt “plz” and put “poz”. I’m dumb lol. Atleast it will be a good laugh for anybody who sees this.
Damn…this is sad…I’ve looked up to epitaph when I was always on here hoping one day I can be as good as him…he was very creative and very enthusiastic ab everything he did on here….I wish I could’ve gotten closer to him and it really fucking hurts to see such a big part of Stick Nodes leave….he was hands down one of the best creators on this site…and everything he said is true…I haven’t been on in months bc the hate and shit going on here…but maybe one day this will all change…I wish I could’ve said goodbye to the best person on this site…
He helped me with stick figures but I never was as good as him and I never will be…
Dude…
Not to be rude or anything, but you’ve been on here for 3-4 years, putting up with haters and everything else negative. You’ve gotten lots of achievements, and I’ve looked up to you for as long as I’ve known about you on this site because of your stickfigure creation and animation skills that I knew about. And you’re leaving now because of the bumhole haters that set up garbage fires, you in the middle, and think that you can’t find your way out of in time.
A couple of things (none of this is to be rude), first, don’t let the absolute bumholes that are “Epitaph Haters” get to you. I literally read all of the post you made and all the comments in this activity chain, the majority is filled with nothing but kindness. I agree with you, this site is becoming a toxic waste, as did a lot of big cities that started during the Industrial Revolution and I wish I had the power to help stop the toxicity, but me being the lonely nerd that I am, I have almost no power in stopping it. Second, about that thing with the person that wouldn’t care if you died, a few mini things with that. First, the person who said that is an A-hole, I would still be sad even if my worst enemy died. Second, I get that it’s going through your head, haunting you, like an immortal harmful bacteria in the back of your mind, and I have the same situation with horrible memories, but I’ve never seen it go this far. Back to the main list now, thirdly, even though I almost never seem to interact with you on the main site unless you start the interaction, I still gasp at your recent creations. You create stickfigures, and “abuse” (the good way) the shapes in the Stick Nodes app to make AMAZING things.
You’ve changed a lot over the 2 years that I’ve been on this site, and sometimes I got really upset because of things you and a couple of other noders said to me, but all of those times were at LEAST 1½ years ago. It’s sad to see that you’ve left because of all the people that hated on you, and I can understand it, if it’s causing you mental trauma and other negative things, but the site just won’t be the same anymore now that you’ve left. The negative comments will still be there, people will still try to hate on you or cheer you up but not be noticed, this website will still be a toxic waste unless Ralph enforces the rules a lil’ bit more strictly by warning and temp-banning peeps, people will still be yelling garbage-fires of comments that they don’t have evidence for and just make up stuff when they get questioned (like literally every witness in the Pheonix Wright, Ace Attorney series), but it just won’t feel the same anymore.
They’ve won the round of Tic-Tac-Toe here on this site because of an outnumbering technique where they took many turns in a row and overwhelmed you, but that’s the best they can do, because if they try the same critical strategy on any other site, you’ll know how to counter it.
I was inspired by your animation and figure creation skills, to continue animating and strive to get better, and I’m leaving this reply as a goodbye to you. You were a big part of the community and will be missed by everyone who’s not a complete flipping bumhole.
Also, usually I hate it when people swear, but considering the situation you’re going through, I can understand why you actually are swearing.
I can assure you that I’m definitely younger than you, by a lot (I still cringe at my early posts back when my main character was a Scarf Figure, ugh), and I always feel like I suck when I’m lying down, awake, in my bed at night, but what do I know? The worrying thing for me is that the haters could start hating on the people that are being nice to you here, like me, but I’m not too concerned, because if everyone understands exactly WHY you left and makes an effort to stop it, the haters will be severely outnumbered. Honestly, when I was still about as cringy as a 10-year-old making scarf figures and calling them original, I thought that I was good, ¼ year later, I honestly thought that I would be dead on this site by then. I was also thinking that the haters would eventually back down from you, as you continuously stood up strong against them. Did you know that you were the one that let me know how to stop being so cringy with my RHGs? yeah, when you told me that scarfs are cringy, I ended up taking a look at what other things I could do that weren’t cringy as crud.
I’m now metaphorically slapping myself in the face, and maybe we can still stay in touch through discord. If you’re interested, my discord thingymabobby is Funny132#9850
I feel you Epitaph, this is late, but I remember the good times…But everything just stayed apart.
This is some hot water. Ever since I created my account in 2017, Epitaph was one of my first friends. It’s saddening to see him go. I guess I missed a lot in being inactive for almost a year.
I don’t even know who you are.
@epitaph200 It is truly a hard collapse to me and the OG’s in this website that you’re gone. You were my inspiration ever since I joined, you kept me going because I honestly thought I was shit at making nodes, I’ve gotten better over the past year. I used to be some kid who didn’t know how to make an account and posted stuff that wasn’t even properly registered to my name. I thank ralph for fixing it.
You’re the reason why I’ve wanted to be a node creator.
It’s sad that you are gone. I really hope you read this and will reply to this message even although it’s late.
Sincerely, GEOR12
Too me he was more than a inspiration he was a actually human one that doesnt treat others badly if someone or something needs to be he’ll fix it I this is old but if this ever happens again I’ve bringing back good roux gifs
Lol I was gonna say you know he’s back right