#7 - No More PC?

[Palamon]

This... reminds me of when my favorite community closed... I cried for nearly a month and refused to believe it. I went into denial, it was a real mess. I wouldn't be too upset because I'm not too attached to this community. I don't know anyone here, and only really come online to be with my pair when said pair is here, and some of my friends I can't find anywhere else.

Save absolutely everything. Gather all my memories with people, and ask for outside contact if I don't already have it. That's all I can really do, right?

I won't cry. I wouldn't be sad. Since I won't be separated from the people I care about, when I can talk to them off PC anyway.

 

[Taemin]

I'd feel kinda lost, cause I've been coming here for ten years, and it's calming to me. My other forum home already recently closed, and I don't think I'd move somewhere else if this place closed. Maybe at most I'd occasionally check some other forum if friends moved there, but none of the others are real active. I like being on forums where there's always something new to read and contribute to, or there's really no point.

If this place closed I'd probably just gather up contact info from people, and hit them up on Skype, or LINE, or Twitter, etc. Most of my internet usage would probably become Tumblr and reading manga.

 

[Kaiyu]

I would feel sad that I'd have to leave a forum I got attached to since day one. I would also try to see if any of my friends want to still keep in touch with me. After that I'll just return to my position as the administrator for the forum my uncle started sometime ago.

 

[pkmin3033]

Chances are I'd post one message saying goodbye and that would be it, honestly.

I've gone through four forums, all of which I was very attached to, being suddenly closed down, and it's always the same thing: people scatter, drift apart, and gradually just forget and move on. It might take a year or two or longer still, but you ultimately lose contact with everyone and are left with just the memories. Nothing is permanent, so there's no use holding on to it or even trying, really. Sure, there might be a couple of attempts to revive the community on another forum, but these always fail in the end, as you can never capture that same spark that drew you all together to the first forum in the first place.

I like this place, and I enjoy talking to some people here, but I'm not attached the same way I was attached to those other forums that closed down; I'm not going through all that again. I see forums in terms of short-term enjoyment, rather than as a medium for making long-lasting friendships. I've tried that. It never worked. So if the forum were to hypothetically close down tomorrow, it wouldn't really affect me. I'd say my goodbyes and just drift around online until I found another place to post for a while. **** happens, life goes on, no sense getting upset, the end.

I suppose that all sounds incredibly bitter, but I've gotten so fed up with this happening that I just don't care any more if it does. So it wouldn't bother me is all.

 

[Oddball_]

I'd get everybodies contact details and then post a goodbye post...

"And I will always love youuuu..."

something to that effect <3

 

[Sopheria]

I'd be really sad ;; I'd still be in contact with all my friends here, because I'm already in contact with all of them outside of PC. But what I love most about PC is helping other people make friends and build relationships, and a lot of people would be deprived of a really diverse yet friendly and inviting community. There's no place anywhere on the internet quite like it.

Many of us would stay in touch with the people we're closest to, I'm sure, but the forum is what keeps us all together like one big happy family, so it'd be a huge loss if PC were shut down.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

I'd troll everyone in attempt to be the last PC member ever banned.


I'd spend all day collecting contact info and saying my goodbyes ofc! <3

 

[acatfrommars]

I was gone for about a year before this month, but if this place closed down I would be pissed. Besides the PS server I don't really get on any other forums besides this one so I would find where everyone else would be going and add like everyone on Skype or something. Also I'd throw a going away party to send the site off in style.

 

[Fairy Tale~]

I would shoot myself. I would probably try to get outside contact from all my closet friends, and say lots of goodbyes!

 

[Auticorn]

I'd probably just move on. I mean, I'd miss the forums of course... but I'd be able to move on without putting up too much of a fuss. It'd probably make it hard to visit other forums though. PC is different from others I've gone to, and it just doesn't feel the same. I think a lot of it is because PC taught me a lot over the years. It's definitely something I would never forget.

 

[Pendraflare]

Ah, I don't think I'd be too bothered. I'm pretty dead on this site nowadays anyway; Azurilland is where I tend to hang out more. Sure, I'd miss the fun times I've had here, but it wouldn't be that hard for me to move on.

 

[Corrin]

I'd get people's contact info, but that's about it xD And find another forum to live on I guess haha

I'd be really sad though, because this place is like a home to me.

 

[Hikamaru]

I'd try and get all my PC buds' other social media details, and get in touch with them there.

 

[Lycanthropy]

I'd be really sad, I fell in love with this forum, really. Even if the forums were to die, I'm sure the community lives on. Probably I would be completely depressed for a while, but accept it in the end (I don't think think there are many other choices) and surely keep in touch with some people on Skype and such.

 

[Arsenic]

Hmm... Set up a Discord server, complete with a channel for most of the forums, then see about formulating next steps.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

I see forums in terms of short-term enjoyment, rather than as a medium for making long-lasting friendships. I've tried that. It never worked. So if the forum were to hypothetically close down tomorrow, it wouldn't really affect me. I'd say my goodbyes and just drift around online until I found another place to post for a while. **** happens, life goes on, no sense getting upset, the end.

I suppose that all sounds incredibly bitter, but I've gotten so fed up with this happening that I just don't care any more if it does. So it wouldn't bother me is all.

This part in particular resonates with me. Although none of the forums I've left have closed down, I have been forced to leave due to the community just kind of...tanking in quality, real hard. And just... people piling hate on me specifically. Twice. It's not as much as four times, but it was enough to have its impact on me. From getting burned from being so invested, I'm not invested in any forum anymore. This is especially evidenced by the fact that I doubt anyone in this thread even recognizes me. I appear every few months, post, and then disappear when I become disheartened/bored. I have no investment to this forum and no friends here. It's just a place of short-term enjoyment, so I wouldn't really care if this place closed down. I'd just... continue as I always do.

 

[Thursday]

Set up a goodbye/receipt drop thread and hope there's enough people around to it turn into a giant flame war. The best way to go out for this place, really.

 

[Ammako]

Eh, I never really come here much. Mostly only when I don't have much else to do. Would be a bit annoying cause it'd be one less forum to browse and post on but other than that it probably wouldn't affect me as much as it would most of you.

 

[Otamajakushi]

I'd be a little bummed since this is the only Pokemon Community I've really been able to feel a part of. I think I'd reach out to a bunch of people and help form smaller communities. The Discord idea was neat.

 

[Jellicent♀]

I'm on here honestly because I've saved it to my bookmarks on my phone. I'm just idle and log on to see if I got any notifications. No PC, one less place to lazily look at (the homepage mostly).