Oi, I remember when I started playing RTB a long while ago. 'Twas the Golden Age when all was good and dandy. People were kind and Ephi was off doing some emo shizz. Builds excelled to peaks of greatness and ideas flowed in willingly. Crashes were rare- if any. I remember my first crash...Torque Engine had failed me and told me to go away. Sadly, little to my knowledge, it was the beginning of the great decline. Servers and players began to crash and the server list dwindled. Only small groups played for a while as population grew dimer and dimer. Soon, though, the bulb lite up and our population grew high once more! At this time, I met 2 good friends whom would stay with me.- Legend, the former Pryo Co-Leader/Leader and now a very strong DMer in Blockland, and General Jake- AoB owner, previous RTBMM co-founder, and a rare, but valuable player on Blockland.
Even though the decline was short, the Silver Age was still a great breakthrough. Many great builds and players had been built up. Rumors grew toward the end, though, that RTB would be discontinued- in subject of the demonic Retail. Ha! I still remember speaking about Retail as....well how Retail players talk about Roblox. Soon, though, I fell a subject to it and bought Retail in late v7 or early v8. Very few servers- if any - were ever up. There were no events or fancy vehicles or microwave ovens. I grew bored of it, and went to RTB. When I returned, I found it in panic. News had spread that Ephi may discontinue downloads and discourage play of this great game. I assumed several false identities and rebelled on the forums. I originally assumed that Mocheeze was responsible, but after, like, 10 pages of comments and fighting, Ephi said he had planned the change. Soon after that, RTB died slowly.....the population grew from hundreds....to dozens.....to several.....and now.....there is hardly anything left. I still remember the plead in people's voice "Ew please" and when DM's were simple and rare.......
But, a rolling stone gathers no moss! So soon, after Legend had suggested we play Retail, I had agreed! We grew fond of it, playing RTB less and less until finally we only played Retail. I still remember being called a "newb" when I had come. Haha. The versions flew by, and soon we had a great civilization! Vehicles, and weapons, and arches, and curves, and all we can ask for! Maps and mods galore! Through these times, it always felt like the Golden or Silver Age of RTB. But there was always something missing. It's like ordering a fine champagne, but getting cider instead. It looks the same, but the taste doesn't add up......
There I met many great friends on Blockland, Netwars, Syntho, Reaper, Owen, Straton, Chaos, Ben, Tommy, among many, many others. I worked my way up and helped numerous clans, getting my way into some of them. I currently hold the highest rank of Co-Leader in the soon-to-be-revived Blockintosh (BiT), a dream I have always held since it started! V13 is such a great time for Blocklanders. We have many great things on our plates. Even so, I come from a time when the most common phrase was asking for something that prevented spam as opposed to "ADIMN PL0X". A time 40 bricks could build an entire house! A time when people wouldn't be so hellbent on having status, and would play for fun.
*Sigh*But like the sands of time so are the days of our lives.........
