After My Last Loss I quit!

LMFAO Naw not really. Like I could ever OFFICIALLY quit =P

Ladies and gentlemen may I present to you....


Thank you Felly for the banners

Birth of the Game
On January 11th, 1999 white_rider_au, along with his best friend theholywhitedragon, created a Yahoo! Club named The Ultimate Pokemon RPG. Only 3 months and 12 days after Pokemon had been released in the United States, two teenagers worked hard on putting together the mechanics from the game and applying them to an online RPG. After two years it was apparent that dark times laid ahead of the Yahoo! Club as Yahoo had transitioned from Clubs into Groups then because of problems within the leaders, the Yahoo! Group was soon deleted. This didn't set well with the members so, feeling that it was their duty, Figgy and Nintendofreak, reformed the group under what we know now as The Pokemon Ultra RPG. However, as time goes on Figgy left the group in the hands of moderator Flareon who saw where the Yahoo! Group was heading. After losing many members when Ultimate was deleted and with the current members unhappy with the format that Yahoo had made its Groups, Flareon had negociated with PokemonElite2000, the founder of the Pokemon Elite 2000 (PE2K) forum and moved The Pokemon URPG to his site in February of 2003 . Flareon, knowing that he couldn't maintain leadership for long, passed the torch on to a very good man; lil_leprachaun33. After many changes and ups, as well as the downs, The Pokemon URPG then branched to what we have now on Bulbagarden (April 15th, 2010) and then again to The Pokemon World Forums which was then renamed Petalburg Woods Network or PWN (May 4th, 2013). It was then, just a little over a year later, that the URPG closed the doors on what was known to many as the Parent forum for the community for good.

Evolution of the Game
If you look at the banner above, you'll see how Pikachu has evolved from game to game. If you look at all the Snorlax spirits, it took it 15 years to get off it's lazy rear. It took 15 years from the inception of The Ultimate Pokemon RPG to what we have today. As the video games evolved, so did we; right along with it. Playing on the Yahoo! Club wasn't easy. The PokeMart had to be bookmarked along with your stats. Any story that you wrote had to be bookmarked as well and not forgotten about. Then you had to bug a grader to grade your story. There were no wages for grading back then. I wrote my first story shortly after I joined, and boy was it horrible! Had no plot to it at all. Was about a short as the first section on this, maybe a little longer. But do you really expect an 11 year old with ADD to type a whole story by the guide lines that are set, even with today's guide lines? I think not. Reffing a battle and posting the logs were just as bad. Yes, refs got paid. Some kept one post for all of their logs and some posted each battle individually. Either way, each time wages came around they were asked for their battle logs. There were no thread battles either because it would be extremely difficult to maintain those when they got pushed into what I called the Dark Abyss. FFA's where few and far between as well because of what we had to work with.

Nintendofreak, Figgy, Flareon, KoolKurtis and moon_lite_dragon were all my friends. They eventually helped me understand the game and the process for battling. Nothing about it really changed over the years. There's FAR more clauses now than what we originally had, but that's besides the point. We battled over Yahoo! Instant Messenger. Today we have it easy because we're all in a group chat on AIM and we have multiple chats for battling. Back then, we had to ask individuals if they would like to battle. 98% of the time, you managed to find an opponent so it wasn't that hard. The issue was finding a ref to actually wanted to ref said battle. The one thing that has changed since 1999, and I hope to bring it back eventually, is that the challenger always sent first. Gym battle or not that's how we determined the send order. FFA's were difficult to do on YIM due to life, still a fairly fresh group and the fact that EVERYONE was scattered throughout the world. Yes, many lived in Australia like white_rider and moon_lite_dragon but to get everyone on at once to do an FFA was very difficult. And you didn't have everyone added to your friends list either. So if a ref was wanting to put together an FFA, they had to actually search people out that were online. Thankfully, Yahoo! Profiles stated if you were online or not.

Reffing was different then as well; far more difficult. Refs didn't have a calculator to do their work for damage. Thank God there weren't abilities at the time as well. Refs used a formula and did all the math on paper, making battles last a while.






With the except of the 'other', that's pretty much it. Yes, I had to search for that and found it on Bulbapedia. Also found this Video Game Example
to give an example if a ref was reffing like we did with today's setup. THANK YOU SO MUCH @Monbrey FOR MAKING THE CALCULATORS!


Dark Side of the Moon
Like with everything in the world, there's always a darker side. HKIM did interviews many years ago for an article for the URPG Times. many truths came out that he and I would like to share.

Lep-8/26/2004

Spoiler

HKimF: Hey Lep.
dismssngrsux: hey
HKimF: How's the URPG going?
dismssngrsux: its fine
HKimF: You're very vocal.
HKimF: Okay, how about this....
dismssngrsux: lol
HKimF: Who is Dire?
dismssngrsux: he was one of the old leaders
dismssngrsux: back at yahoo
HKimF: Was there something between Dire and... another leader?
dismssngrsux: not so much, but im not too sure.
dismssngrsux: there were a lot of arguments back then between different people
HKimF: How many leaders did you ahve back then>?
dismssngrsux: 3 leaders of urpg, but a ton of moderators
HKimF: Was it Ultimate back then?
dismssngrsux: yes
dismssngrsux: ultimate is the original
dismssngrsux: any more questions, mr. kim?
HKimF: Yes....
HKimF: Who was before Figgy?
dismssngrsux: dire
HKimF: BEfore Dire?
dismssngrsux: rider
dismssngrsux: white rider
HKimF: Who create the URPG?
dismssngrsux: he was the creator
HKimF: Why did Rider leave?
dismssngrsux: him and figgy didn't get along
HKimF: Anything more specific?
dismssngrsux: i joined duing the time of the argument
dismssngrsux: rider ousted himself to get away from figgy and created another group, omega
HKimF: What happened to it?
dismssngrsux: the split didn't work, omega lacked activeness. rider couldn't come back because he felt unwanted
HKimF: So the URPG went to Dire.
dismssngrsux: i don't know the argument details, wish i did....
dismssngrsux: yea
HKimF: So, what happened with Dire?
dismssngrsux: i think his regular life got to him and grew tired of ultimate
dismssngrsux: i still don't know, i wasn't too much active with the older member of ultimate and didn't know much except reffing
HKimF: So... who decided to move to PE2K?
dismssngrsux: flare
HKimF: Wasn't Figgy in charge then?
dismssngrsux: yes, but i think it was flare that helped get it here more than figgy
HKimF: Why the change in location?
dismssngrsux: we didn't like how yahoo changed. we used to be based in Clubs but they merged that into Groups and we all hated it
dismssngrsux: it was only time before we moved somewhere, ryan just happen to stop by at the right time
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Ryan was an URPG member?
dismssngrsux: kinda
dismssngrsux: he hung around
HKimF: Meaning?

dismssngrsux: i dunno. lol. he started
dismssngrsux: he was friends with some of the mods we had, i believe. which is why he watched over us
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So, do you think the move helped the URPG or hurt it?
dismssngrsux: helped.
HKimF: Reason being?
dismssngrsux: more members
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: So did you ever think that you would one day inherit the URPG?
dismssngrsux: no
dismssngrsux: lol.
dismssngrsux: i just liked reffing for people
HKimF: So why did the URPG decide to change from base stats to max stats?
dismssngrsux: it's always been max
HKimF: I don't understand.
dismssngrsux: we never used base stats
HKimF: The equation on the Yahoo thing...
dismssngrsux: ?
HKimF: Let's see...
HKimF: I don't remember it by hear anymore...
HKimF: heart*
HKimF: http://www.ultrarpg.tk/
dismssngrsux: where am i looking?
HKimF: The old equation...
dismssngrsux: ...
dismssngrsux: i still don't have it :-\
HKimF: The one that edidn't rely on hp...
dismssngrsux: its not at the site, there is no equation
HKimF: There was...

Fair-8/29/2004

Spoiler

HKimF: In here, Fair, can you tell me about the URPG history?
HKimF: Like first off, when did you join?
JBJD8888: I joined during Spring Break of 2001.
HKimF: Who was in charge back then?
JBJD8888: I was looking for a new Pokémon RPG to participate in.
JBJD8888: So, I went into a YIM chat and asked around
JBJD8888: It just so happened the PE2K himself was in that chat, and he gave me the link to the URPG.
JBJD8888: Figgy was in charge back then.
HKimF: So Ryan introduced you to the group.
HKimF: Was it still in Yahoo?
JBJD8888: Yup
JBJD8888: It was still a Yahoo Group back then.
HKimF: What was the name?
HKimF: Ultimate?
HKimF: Ultra?
JBJD8888: The Pokémon Ultimate RPG
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Who was in charge?
JBJD8888: Figgy
HKimF: Was Dire there?
JBJD8888: Yes.
HKimF: Did you know about Rider?
JBJD8888: Not at first.
JBJD8888: For the first few months, I had no idea he existed.
JBJD8888: But then one day, I went to the Group's website.
JBJD8888: I clicked on the "Positions" link, and read through that page.
JBJD8888: and at the bottom, under the title of "Group Creator", the name, "white_rider_au" was written.
JBJD8888: Next to his name, is said, "In Exile"
JBJD8888: And that's what got me interested...
JBJD8888: I added Rider to my friends list and waited for him to log on.
JBJD8888: A while later, he finally came online, and we met for the first time.
HKimF: Sounds interesting.
HKimF: What did you guys talk about?
JBJD8888: Figgy
JBJD8888: I was interested in the URPG's history, more specifically, why Rider was exiled.
JBJD8888: The way Rider told it, he was the leader of the group and all was well. Then Figgy joined, and gained popularity fairly quickly. Eventually, after several big fights between Figgy and ol' Rider, Figgy took over the Group.
JBJD8888: I always felt sorry for Rider, though...
HKimF: Do you know what they fought over?
JBJD8888: Not sure...
JBJD8888: I can't remember...
JBJD8888: (Power, Maybe?)
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Wasn't Dire a leader?
JBJD8888: Not when I joined...
JBJD8888: At one time he might've been.
HKimF: So, did you know about Omega?
JBJD8888: Refresh my memory... What was that?
HKimF: The Omega Pokemon RPG
HKimF: Created by White Rider.
JBJD8888: No, I've never heard of that...
JBJD8888: Is it still around? (The ruins of it, I mean.)
HKimF: Nope.
HKimF: Remember when the Ultimate RPG was deleted?
JBJD8888: yup
JBJD8888: How could I forget?
HKimF: Well, at that time, the Omega RPG was also deleted.
HKimF: Same admin, I think.
HKimF: Do you know who did it?
JBJD8888: Maybe.
HKimF: Meaning?
JBJD8888: Meh, I guess it's about time people know...
JBJD8888: It was a three man job.
JBJD8888: Pelican13 had founder status at the time.
JBJD8888: Man #1.
JBJD8888: Dire had the password to the URPG's website.
JBJD8888: Man #2.
JBJD8888: Rider wanted revenge.
JBJD8888: Man #3.
HKimF: That doesn't make sense...
JBJD8888: Rider just decided one day that he wanted to end the Ultimate.
JBJD8888: To get the last laugh, so to speak.
JBJD8888: So, he asked his friend Pelican to do it.
JBJD8888: But, before this happened, Dire caught wind that something big was going to go down.
HKimF: What is founder status?
JBJD8888: It's the equivalent to an admin position
HKimF: Okay, go on.
JBJD8888: Dire went right to Rider about it.
JBJD8888: But Dire didn't try to talk Rider out of it. No, instead, he offered to help.
JBJD8888: So, those three coordinated a near fatal attack on the Ultimate.
JBJD8888: Pelican deleted the group and Dire deleted the website, at the same time.
JBJD8888: Leaving a gleeful Rider and an incredibly confused and angry Figgy behind.
HKimF: Why did Dire do it?
JBJD8888: Not sure...
JBJD8888: You'd have to ask him
JBJD8888: I could give you his current AIM screen name...
JBJD8888: Heh, you two are so much alike, you might get along quite well.
HKimF: Sure....
JBJD8888: I mean, you're both incredibly smart, you both type with almost perfect grammer, you both like Star Trek...
JBJD8888: lol, it's a match made in HEAVEN!
JBJD8888: MHOGT
JBJD8888: ^^^^ That's it...
HKimF: YIM?
JBJD8888: Nope, AIM
JBJD8888: And lucky you, he's online right now
HKimF: Thanks.
JBJD8888: anytime! Tell me how it goes...
JBJD8888: In the meantime, I'm going nighty night...
HKimF: Night

Nin-8/30/2004

Spoiler

HKimF: Hey Nin.
HKimF: CAn I ask you a few questions?
Omegamiko: hey
Omegamiko: hmm...sure
HKimF: When did you join the URPG?
Omegamiko: oh boy...
Omegamiko: way back in like....1999 sometime I think
Omegamiko: why?
HKimF: Well, I'm trying to get the history of the URPG.
Omegamiko: aha
Omegamiko: January 11th is the birthday I believe...
HKimF: Year?
Omegamiko: hmm....next birthday will mark its 6th year
Omegamiko: therefore
Omegamiko: 1998? something like that
HKimF: Did you join under Dire?
Omegamiko: 1998 was before the URPG though, I think it was when it was called the "Real" RPG
Omegamiko: under Dire?
Omegamiko: I joined after Dire joined
HKimF: Let me check my info.
Omegamiko: Dire then was an admin
Omegamiko: Team Novalancer
Omegamiko: 1 member in that team
Omegamiko: lol
Omegamiko: very pathetic, but he was very charismatic and optimistic about it anyway
HKimF: White Rider.
HKimF: That's it.
Omegamiko: ah
Omegamiko: White_Rider_au
Omegamiko: James, what about him?
HKimF: I beg your pardon?
Omegamiko: White_Rider_au was the founder of the Ultimate RPG
HKimF: I see.
Omegamiko: he originally created the Real RPG under the alias: masterball_au
HKimF: Why the name change?
Omegamiko: along with Pelican_13 and the whole Ultim gang
Omegamiko: ok ...first of all...there were a very tiny handful of members in the "Real"
Omegamiko: and honestly...the name sucked
Omegamiko: the first story was for a hitmonlee
Omegamiko: the story sucked...but it was successful anyway, I guess it was a beginner's luck thing and jag wasn't there to ruin everyone's stories then
HKimF: Jag? Ruin?
Omegamiko: Jag is Blackjaguar_amazonrainforest
Omegamiko: she was the former head of the story department along with Dire
HKimF: What do you mean by "ruin"?
Omegamiko: she's famous for her "near" unbeatable record and for making people cry because she'd criticize everyone's stories to the point of nothingness
Omegamiko: she's famous for giving bad grades
Omegamiko: normally since her stories are super long and super well written anyway
Omegamiko: she's gonna be a journalist, last time I heard from her
HKimF: So, why did Rider leave?
Omegamiko: mmm....He didn't really...
Omegamiko: he was exiled
HKimF: Exiled?
Omegamiko: Figgy and Rider got in a huge argument
Omegamiko: there were a lot of clan/team issues too
HKimF: What kind of argument?
Omegamiko: that was back when teams were really fun...there were spies and sabatoges and everything...not like this boring linear crap we have now
Omegamiko: hmmm....wow this is a long time ago....now that I look back Figgy would probably agree he was pretty stupid...
HKimF: I don't understand.
Omegamiko: but they were arguing about how things should be done and stuff, everyone's immature little brats
Omegamiko: Pelican and I, who just recently formed alliances between Team Hy-something HQ and Team Razor Leaf were committing raiding parties and spam parties against Team Hypershock, pissing rider off a lot more (That was his team after all)
Omegamiko: He sent e-mails warning us, even though he had no proof it was us who did it....and ya he got really pissed and he just left
HKimF: Doesn't sound like exhile.
Omegamiko: Figgy went ahead and took the liberty to saying that he was "exiled"
Omegamiko: and Figgy all acted like he was boss...and a lot of people hated his guts
Omegamiko: me included
HKimF: You hated Figgy?
Omegamiko: pretty much ya
HKimF: I thought you guys were all a tight-nit group.
Omegamiko: you can tell when we talk to each other we remind each other of that time
Omegamiko: heh
Omegamiko: its all in the past
Omegamiko: Figgy and I were teammates
HKimF: I see.
Omegamiko: Team Razor Leaf, he was head
Omegamiko: he used to be really cool, we were the top team of the PURPG
Omegamiko: and he got all power hungry and stuff
Omegamiko: Pelican used to like him too, but he got fed up with Figgy's attitude and left
Omegamiko: From there, The Ultimate RPG was split in to two factions
HKimF: PURPG?
Omegamiko: aye
Omegamiko: two clubs essentially
HKimF: What's the P stand for?
Omegamiko: Pokemon Ultimate RPG
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So, two clubs?
Omegamiko: that was the original name
Omegamiko: aye
Omegamiko: Split into the Omega Pokemon RPG (run by Rider) and the Ultra Pokemon RPG (Run by Figgy)
HKimF: What happened to the Omega Pokemon RPG?
Omegamiko: initially, more people had faith in Rider, and Omega was doing a lot better then Ultra, being it had all the solid members like Moony, Keegan, Dire
Omegamiko: I was in both, because I still respect Figgy and Rider
Omegamiko: the Ultra took most of the systems though, taking back the scraps that were left of the team systems along with a whole bunch of the rules and factions and stuff
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: What happened?
Omegamiko: hmmm...lemme think.....
Omegamiko: the Ultra rpg still retained the Ultimate club shell
Omegamiko: so the Ultra wasn't called Ultra at the time it was still called Ultimate
Omegamiko: it claimed that it was the original, yadda yadda yadda
Omegamiko: we had a huge fanbase, probably the second biggest pokemon club in yahoo
Omegamiko: The one day....everything disappeared spontaneously
HKimF: What do you mean?
Omegamiko: an administrator of both the Ultra and Omega deleted both clubs and all the websites
HKimF: Ever find out who it was?
Omegamiko: everything....3 years of work....shot down the drain
Omegamiko: hmmm...
Omegamiko: Initially we all thought it was either Dire or Moony
Omegamiko: Everyone loved Moony though, so, though we blamed her, we really didn't take too much action against her, especially after she said she didn't do it
Omegamiko: and it wasn't Dire, he was barely active enough to even be considered...he wrote a resignation letter 2 days after the Ultra RPG was formed after the destruction of both clubs
Omegamiko: he had no idea what was going on I'll bet
HKimF: So, that's why there is no longer an Ultimate or Omega?
Omegamiko: right
HKimF: Did the remaining members come back together in Ultra?
Omegamiko: the handful of solid members and a lot of the dedicated ones came back together
HKimF: So who took over after Dire?
Omegamiko: that was about, Dire, Flare, Me, Dux, Figgy, Chris (who's a jackass), Scizor, and a few others
Omegamiko: took over?
HKimF: Didn't Dire resign?
Omegamiko: ya he did
Omegamiko: oh ya Jag was there too
Omegamiko: Dire resigned 2 days after he joined though
Omegamiko: he oversaw a lot of the development
HKimF: So Figgy was still in charge?
Omegamiko: Aye, for the most part
Omegamiko: although there really wasn't that much to BE in charge
HKimF: How long did the recovery take?
Omegamiko: all the teams 'cept for Hydro Pump, Hyper Beam, Hy-something HQ, and Hypershock were pretty much intact though
Omegamiko: though after the ultimate crisis, we tried to bring back the original team system but the attempts failed
Omegamiko: the people were just too incompetent to run teams
Omegamiko: the recovery....hmmm
Omegamiko: I'd say a few months to really get going with active people and everything again
HKimF: Okay.
Omegamiko: when we recovered, we were full throttle, and huge again, very popular and people were very obsessed, though not to the PE2k point of obsessiveness
HKimF: Heh.
Omegamiko: bleh...then yahoo killed clubs
HKimF: I don't really understand that.
Omegamiko: we had to move to groups...that really sucked
Omegamiko: what don't you understand?
HKimF: Why did groups suck?
Omegamiko: the guys in the PE2k make sigs, banners and advertisements for the friggin club...its way overboard
Omegamiko: they make maps for territories and junk....that's rediculous...noone back then had that kind of time
Omegamiko: groups....
Omegamiko: most of the problem was we weren't used to it
Omegamiko: it was ....rather ugly in most people's opinion
Omegamiko: and there were certain features that just didn't work anymore in groups
Omegamiko: it was harder to administer in general, and it wasn't as pretty
HKimF: So, what happened?
Omegamiko: we slowed down a little....not much
Omegamiko: Tensions eventually got high as some jerk ass came and excessively rude
Omegamiko: me and Flare beat the crap out of him with insults
Omegamiko: hmmm, then came the art contest, that's when everything changed
HKimF: Oh?
Omegamiko: this new kid named Pokemonelite2000, he tried out for a ref test
Omegamiko: I think I gave it out or Figgy...don't remember
Omegamiko: either way...he failed miserably
Omegamiko: *** This user has signed off and is no longer online ***
Omegamiko: *** This user has signed on and is now online ***
HKimF: How does the art contest fit in?
Omegamiko: sorry bout that
Omegamiko: got d/ced
HKimF: Welcome back.
Omegamiko: oh ya...the art contest
Omegamiko: PE2k won it
Omegamiko: won an Ampharos and some money
HKimF: Interesting.
Omegamiko: he then suggested that Groups sucked and me and him talked it over
Omegamiko: he said we should move to his boards, I reviewed it and weighed the pros and cons
Omegamiko: I ...really didn't like the idea of moving to the boards....it was just way beyond our roots, we were stuck with yahoo and boards were something that was just too foreign for us
Omegamiko: Not many people liked the idea of boards either...but after weighing the pros and cons, I had to say the pros outweighed the cons
Omegamiko: Flare and I had a meeting about it, he kinda persuaded me...and Figgy went ahead and decided to test the waters
Omegamiko: Figgy remade the PURPG on some boards called like pokeschool.com or something I don't remembers
Omegamiko: *remember
HKimF: Ah, PS, interesting.
HKimF: I should check that out.
Omegamiko: it was a really active community and we had zero hope of ever establishing anything there
Omegamiko: but it was interesting to test the waters
Omegamiko: We eventually moved to PE2k, he gave us permanent positions...and well, the rest is history
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So PE2K was an URPG member?
Omegamiko: aye he was....
Omegamiko: for a short while only though
Omegamiko: I didn't like his submission for the art contest to tell you the truth....I thought it was pretty bland
Omegamiko: I had no idea how it won...but I guess people liked it
HKimF: Back to Rider, what was he like, personally?
Omegamiko: He was cool, kinda like a big brother figure....had a small anger problem but it was over pretty quickly usually, unlike Pelican, who holds huge long term grudges
HKimF: And Dire?
Omegamiko: Dire, ya he was like, I dunno, the typical middle-aged guy who sat in front of a computer writing stories and role-playing
Omegamiko: He was a really nice guy, pretty charismatic, lots of ideas
HKimF: This team thing you guys had, what was it like?

Omegamiko: hehe that was great...that was the heart and soul of the RPG
HKimF: How did it work?
Omegamiko: Teams had their own budgets and monsters, as well as items and TMs/HMs
Omegamiko: It's kinda hard to explain just through memory
Omegamiko: but we ran advertisements telling n00bs to join and stuff
Omegamiko: we had really about 3 really huge main teams
HKimF: Advertisements?
Omegamiko: like, we had slogans and stuff on the topics
Omegamiko: hard to explain really
HKimF: Did you go out to YIM Chats and advertise?
Omegamiko: no no nothing like that
Omegamiko: everything was in-group
Omegamiko: we were pretty secluded, most the new people that came in were either friends of existing members or people who accidentally stumbled across the club
Omegamiko: and it wasn't hard to stumble across it, being we were one of the top pokemon clubs in yahoo and probably THE top RPG in yahoo
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Do you think it would be possible to introduce the teams back into the Ultra RPG
Omegamiko: We tried to already and look what happened
Omegamiko: plus, I don't think its possible, since everything is now all in one big board
Omegamiko: everyone has access to everything else...and making an entirely new vboard just for a team ....seems kinda stupid
Omegamiko: like boots that are way too big
HKimF: Are you one of the oldest URPG members in relation to the other vets still around?
Omegamiko: hmmm...
Omegamiko: who else would you consider vets?
HKimF: Jack, Dux, Flare, Figgy, Fair, BHK
Omegamiko: *** This user has signed off and is no longer online ***
Omegamiko: *** This user has signed on and is now online ***
HKimF: Welcome back.
HKimF: AIM hates us, I know.
Omegamiko: thanks...damned wireless connection
Omegamiko: hmmm....lemme see....Jack and Kurt aren't as old as I am...but they're pretty old in their own right...
HKimF: Curt!, that's who I misse.d
Omegamiko: Dux I knew from a lot of different RPGs and he's been RPing for a lot longer then I have, but I have sniority in the URPG
Omegamiko: seniority bleh
Omegamiko: I still think BHK is a n00b
HKimF: lol
Omegamiko: I still think Fair's a crazy n00b too
HKimF: Heh.
Omegamiko: though not as much as BHK
Omegamiko: in that list, Figgy's the only one older then I am in terms of activeness
Omegamiko: I joined the Real but I was pretty much completely inactive
Omegamiko: not like it was worth being in anyway....only 4 members I think
Omegamiko: hmmm....Naz would make 5...but he doesn't count anymore
HKimF: Are you sure you don't know who deleted Ultimate and Omega?
Omegamiko: Flare and I discussed it
Omegamiko: we had a really solid person in mind but I just don't remember who now
HKimF: So you forgot?
Omegamiko: not quite sure....might've been Pelican
Omegamiko: do you know who?
HKimF: I've heard it was 3 people.
Omegamiko: 3 people...hmm who?
HKimF: Rider, Dire, Pelican
Omegamiko: Rider I doubt
Omegamiko: Dire, I already said, I doubted
Omegamiko: Pelican was really angry so I don't quite doubt him
HKimF: But they all had access.
Omegamiko: so did ....about 4 other people
HKimF: So, Pelican for sure.
Omegamiko: no not sure
Omegamiko: we'll never be 100% sure
HKimF: Of course.
HKimF: Do you talk to any of the other members?
Omegamiko: which members?
HKimF: Other than the ones that frequent the forums.
Omegamiko: you mean old guys who aren't in the RPG anymore?
HKimF: Yes.
Omegamiko: oh ya, I talk with Jose a lot
Omegamiko: I run into Entei and Jag occassionally
HKimF: Do you think I could talk to them?
Omegamiko: mmm....ya I don't see why not sure....
Omegamiko: Jose is older then me in terms of activity, he knows his stuff
HKimF: I don't suppose you ahve their screennames.
Omegamiko: Jose, one second
Omegamiko: AIM right?
Omegamiko: Neith16
HKimF: Okay.
Omegamiko: most of these guys are Yahoo frequents
Omegamiko: so they mostly use YIM
HKimF: Coudl I have their YIM names?
Omegamiko: Jag and Entei only use YIM, as does pelican and rider
Omegamiko: Jose: gabriel_the_angel_knight
Omegamiko: Jag: blackjaguar_amazonrainforest
Omegamiko: Entei: entei_the_legend I think
Omegamiko: pelican: Pelican_13
Omegamiko: rider: white_rider_au
Omegamiko: if you ever catch dire, his YIM is Direwolfprimary
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Thanks.
Omegamiko: he's like, only on at the latest times though
Omegamiko: no problem
HKimF: They sound like nice guys.
Omegamiko: ya, just don't piss pelican or dire off
HKimF: Any suggestions?
Omegamiko: mmmm....don't argue with those two...they rarely ever change their minds
Omegamiko: Jose's really cool, Jag is sometimes lying or telling half-truths so be careful with her
HKimF: That sounds... nice.
Omegamiko: heh
Omegamiko: Rider gets tired...the time zone is so different
Omegamiko: he lives in Australia
Omegamiko: I'd give you keegan's s/n...but he changes it so often I don't think it'd matter anymore
HKimF: I see....
HKimF: Fair gave me Dire's AIM name.
HKimF: But I don't know if I understand what Dire's saying.
Omegamiko: ah...what is it?
Omegamiko: ?
HKimF: MHOGT
Omegamiko: what'd he say?
HKimF: HKimF: So it's true that all of that was deleted?
MHOGT: Everything ended up getting deleted.
Omegamiko: ya....what's hard to understand?
HKimF: MHOGT: Hah, you can't find them on the Internet, can you?HKimF: Find what?
HKimF: MHOGT: These groups and websites.
HKimF: MHOGT: I surmise your sources could have given you the appropriate web addresses.
HKimF: MHOGT: They weren't particularly clever.HKimF: I don't understand.
HKimF: MHOGT: Very standard.MHOGT: I'm just saying, "Yes, they were deleted."
Omegamiko: he thinks we gave you the old addresses
Omegamiko: he thinks we don't know that they're gone
HKimF: So he believes that I simply asked about the group and got the old urls?
Omegamiko: aye
HKimF: Talking to Dire is like talking to....
Omegamiko: a brick wall
HKimF: hmmm....
Omegamiko: aye
HKimF: Heh.
Omegamiko: he has untouchable opinions
Omegamiko: can I see the conversation?
HKimF: Sure.
HKimF: HKimF: Okay...
HKimF: Do you know why they were deleted?
HKimF: MHOGT: As in...the political reasons that brought them about? The historical points in the web of history?
HKimF: HKimF: Yes, to both.
MHOGT: Well, if you think about it...
HKimF: MHOGT: There's really only a few reasons.MHOGT: One, out of bitterness from the schisms.MHOGT: Two, out of boredom.
HKimF: HKimF: Boredom?
MHOGT: Three, to be sadistic.HKimF: Sadistic?
HKimF: MHOGT: lol, I personally hold to the first.MHOGT: The others are irrelevant.
HKimF: HKimF: You personally hold to the first?
HKimF: MHOGT: It all goes back to white rider's feuds with figgy, thus polarizing the ranking members.
Omegamiko: uh huh...
HKimF: MHOGT: Uh, yes, I believe the first to be the real cause.HKimF: So, who did it?
HKimF: MHOGT: Well, only a few people could have: white rider, moonlite, figgy and myself.
HKimF: MHOGT: I did delete the website.MHOGT: And that was actually because I was frustrated with its status.
Omegamiko: figgy couldn't have
Omegamiko: he doesn't have any access to omega
HKimF: Could Rider have done it?
HKimF: HKimF: Status?
MHOGT: Well, moonlite and I were overseeing its development, and we hit a limit.
HKimF: MHOGT: Between the two of us, we didn't have enough webpage building knowledge to make it more efficient and effective as a resource.
HKimF: MHOGT: It had become a creature burdened by the tasks appended to it.
HKimF: MHOGT: Record-keeping, rulebooking, keeping up with the latest adjustments to canon.HKimF: So, you wanted to start over?
MHOGT: Yeah, basically.
HKimF: MHOGT: Or let someone else take it up.HKimF: No one wanted it?
HKimF: MHOGT: There was no point in redressing it from the way it was.MHOGT: I personally didn't ask anyone to take it.
HKimF: MHOGT: It was an artistic, a selfish one, but artistic nonetheless, decision.
Omegamiko: heh....art comes first for him always
HKimF: Art?
Omegamiko: he's an artist
Omegamiko: and I hate to say it...but he's right on the money
HKimF: I don't understand
Omegamiko: what's hard to understand?
HKimF: So you're saying that the site was a burden?
Omegamiko: mmm no
Omegamiko: I can understand why the site was a burden to them
Omegamiko: but the whole decision
Omegamiko: Everyone was bitter
Omegamiko: just cause Figgy and Rider were the only ones really duking it out didn't mean it didn't effect anyone else
Omegamiko: it effected everyone
HKimF: That's true.
HKimF: MHOGT: All the information's readily available online.HKimF: You mean, things like.... battle equations.
HKimF: MHOGT: Yeah.MHOGT: Sample rulebooks.MHOGT: Canon information for the series.
HKimF: HKimF: Did Moonlite agree?
MHOGT: Yes, of course.MHOGT: We agreed that it was a lost cause.
HKimF: MHOGT: Of course, that it coincided with the deletion with everything else was decidedly inconvenient.MHOGT: By that point, I wasn't interested in doing the rebuild myself.
HKimF: HKimF: Do you know who deleted the other parts of the groups?
MHOGT: Can't really say.MHOGT: I told you of the only people who could have done it.
HKimF: HKimF: What about Moonlite?
HKimF: What happened to... him/her?
HKimF: MHOGT: She left, too.MHOGT: We all went our separate ways.MHOGT: White rider, moonlite, figgy and I.MHOGT: Figgy, I know, did create a spinoff.
Omegamiko: her
Omegamiko: *** This user has signed on and is now online ***
Omegamiko: *cough*
HKimF: I don't understand.
HKimF: HKimF: Have you kept tabs since then?
MHOGT: Neg, I have not.MHOGT: Pokemon faded out for me.
HKimF: MHOGT: Particularly in the realm of that style of role play.MHOGT: I took to Star Trek role play of similar style, however.
Omegamiko: aye...did for a lot of people
HKimF: HKimF: Do you keep in contact with any of the other members?
MHOGT: I still speak with white rider and moonlite when they're available.MHOGT: No one else beyond them.
Omegamiko: heh....now that I think of it...last time I talked to Dire was about....2 years ago I think
HKimF: HKimF: I don't suppose I could talk to them as well?
MHOGT: If you can find them.
HKimF: MHOGT: I'm not at liberty to provide their contact information at this time.HKimF: I see
Omegamiko: lol
HKimF: MHOGT: For you see, after we went our own ways, they elected to cut ties with that past.MHOGT: I didn't, of course.
HKimF: MHOGT: Well, I did.MHOGT: But I'm still available at the same addresses.
HKimF: MHOGT: So, pray tell me, historian, what's the purpose of your article?MHOGT: You seem to know enough to put together an article without my testimony.
Omegamiko: hehe
Omegamiko: typical of him
HKimF: HKimF: To tell the truth of history.
HKimF: To show the members of PE2K where the Ultra RPG origionated from.
MHOGT: Ah, I see.
HKimF: HKimF: After the deletion, Figgy did continue his group.
HKimF: It eventually moved to PE2K where it exists now,.
MHOGT: Ah, good, good.
HKimF: HKimF: Now, under teh leadership of LilLeprachaun, it is a growing group.
MHOGT: That is surprising, but good to hear.MHOGT: What do its demographics look like?
Omegamiko: its huge
Omegamiko: disgustingly huge
HKimF: HKimF: I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
MHOGT: Ah...what's its membership like?
HKimF: HKimF: Well, bigger since when I joined.
MHOGT: Age groups, current membership number, from where do these people hail, and so on.
Omegamiko: you should've told him what I said
HKimF: HKimF: I would say... 120 members.
HKimF: AGe groups tend to be early teens to 24 year olds.
HKimF: MHOGT: Ah, interesting.HKimF: The forum is where most of the members garther.
HKimF: Most battles take place over AIM.
HKimF: MHOGT: I see.HKimF: We have an active gym leadership in the 4 regions.
MHOGT: Ah, it's good to know you've worked it out.
Omegamiko: Netbattlers are frequent too
HKimF: HKimF: I'm just glad you took the time to talk with me.
MHOGT: Ah, one last thing.MHOGT: Any talk of me being a mean-spirited, foul-mouthed kid is probably true.
Omegamiko: hell no
Omegamiko: Dire was one of the few level headed rocks in the RPG
HKimF: HKimF: Heh, well, no actually.
HKimF: I only heard that you were a leader in the URPG.

HKimF: HKimF: Ultimate, anyway.
MHOGT: Well, I figured I might as well get it out there.
HKimF: MHOGT: Truth and all.MHOGT: Well, thanks for your work, Harry.
HKimF: MHOGT: If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.HKimF: What leadership role did you play in Ultimate?
HKimF: MHOGT: Ah, well, I was a story evaluator for a long time.MHOGT: I did some referee work.
HKimF: MHOGT: I worked with administration and development during the troubled period.MHOGT: Hence, I often came to blows with figgy.
HKimF: HKimF: Troubled period?
HKimF: When was this?
HKimF: MHOGT: The bickering.MHOGT: Between him and white rider.
HKimF: HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Hmmm, I think I read a story on this, once.
HKimF: MHOGT: Ah, yeah?HKimF: An URPG story by BeheadingKing.
MHOGT: Hm...
Omegamiko: lol
Omegamiko: BHK....he was there for part of it
HKimF: HKimF: Heard of him?
MHOGT: Possibly...
HKimF: MHOGT: Sounds vaguely familiar.HKimF: Anyway, what can you tell me about Pelican13?
HKimF: MHOGT: Ah, yes.MHOGT: Now here's where stories of my being a brat come into play.
HKimF: MHOGT: Pelican13 was a sort of...elite four type member.MHOGT: Egg holder, if you know what that is.
Omegamiko: LOL
HKimF: MHOGT: Eventually, the admin (myself among them) decided to do away with legendary pokemon.
Omegamiko: there were several egg bearers in the original URPG
HKimF: Somethign funny?
Omegamiko: they held the legendary mon
Omegamiko: ya
HKimF: MHOGT: (Whose eggs designated their elite trainer person.)
Omegamiko: Pelican always turned good people into annoying brats
HKimF: I don't understand.
Omegamiko: just his personality
Omegamiko: it was rather brash and violent
Omegamiko: he's a good person on the inside though
Omegamiko: just unreasonable at times
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: HKimF: So, what happened?
MHOGT: Ah, well, pelican didn't really like that.
HKimF: MHOGT: Another one of the squabbles that the ranking membership ended up getting dragged into.MHOGT: Eventually, pelican left.
HKimF: MHOGT: Formed his own pokemon discussion group.MHOGT: We left on bitter terms.
HKimF: MHOGT: I didn't particularly like him, either, I recall.HKimF: I see.
MHOGT: Yeah.
HKimF: HKimF: Do you know Fair?
MHOGT: Ah, yes.MHOGT: What of him?
HKimF: HKimF: Well, he was telling me of PokemonElite2000.
HKimF: The guy that brought the URPG to PE2K.
HKimF: MHOGT: The group or the person?MHOGT: Ah, I see.
HKimF: HKimF: Know anythign about the person, PE2K?
MHOGT: He asked me earlier if I'd consider moving the URPG over.
HKimF: MHOGT: I declined.MHOGT: lol
HKimF: MHOGT: He's a decent fellow, I guess.MHOGT: Persistent.
HKimF: MHOGT: I wasn't open to jinxing the system.
Omegamiko: lol
HKimF: MHOGT: I figured there was too much risk involved.HKimF: I understand.
HKimF:
HKimF: MHOGT: Yeah.HKimF: What about Lep, did you know him?
HKimF: MHOGT: That's what I know of him.MHOGT: Ah, as a trainer, yes.
HKimF: MHOGT: I probably reffed a battle or two of his.HKimF: Heh, a vet now.
HKimF: MHOGT: I imagine so.HKimF: That's what we call all the URPG members from the Yahoo Group.
HKimF: MHOGT: Ah, I see.HKimF: Hmmm...
HKimF: Was Rider exiled or did he leave?
HKimF: MHOGT: A little of both.MHOGT: He exiled himself.HKimF: That's... confusing.
HKimF: MHOGT: Well..it's self-imposed exile.MHOGT: Think of it as...hermitage.HKimF: I see.
Omegamiko: lol
Omegamiko: toldya
HKimF: HKimF: Did the Omega and Ultimate come back together after the deletion?
HKimF: Nin, I get several different versions.
HKimF: Sometimes I just need to ask.
Omegamiko: k
HKimF: MHOGT: Unfortunately, no.MHOGT: They remained separate entities, although members floated across the divide.
Omegamiko: no it didn't
HKimF: HKimF: Do you know what happened to Omega?
MHOGT: I'm pretty sure it merely faded out.
HKimF: MHOGT: I think the group still exists as a structure.MHOGT: But it's pretty much gone.
HKimF: Do you have anythign to ask?
Omegamiko: naw the URL is gone
Omegamiko: hmmm
Omegamiko: What did he expect of the RPG after it fell apart?
HKimF: HKimF: What did you expect of the RPG after it fell apart?
MHOGT: Personally, I expected to retain only a cult following or die out.
HKimF: MHOGT: 120 members is more than what I expected, but not by too much.
Omegamiko: heh
Omegamiko: he expected at least 100?
Omegamiko: I thought he lost faith completely
Omegamiko: Does he have any suggestions to keep the RPG intact in the future?
HKimF: HKimF: So.
HKimF: Any advice for us in the future?
HKimF: MHOGT: Practical advice? I probably can't impart anything you all don't already know.
HKimF: MHOGT: Just keep going. Stick together, and reach for the future.MHOGT: Sappy as it sounds.
HKimF: MHOGT: That sums up my sentiments, however.
Omegamiko: lol
Omegamiko: expectable
HKimF: Oh?
Omegamiko: He's just that way
Omegamiko: I don't think he thinks highly of himself enough
Omegamiko: though he has strong principles
HKimF: Anyway, I have to be going.
Omegamiko: alright
HKimF: Thankyou for your help, Nin.
Omegamiko: good luck to you then no problem

Dire 8/30/2004]

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HKimF: Hello, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Harry Kim.
MHOGT: Oh, hello.
MHOGT: How do you do?
HKimF: I'm fine, you?
MHOGT: I'm doing well, thanks.
MHOGT: So, ah, to what do I owe the introduction?
HKimF: A simple history study.
HKimF: I've been doing some research into something called the Ultimate Pokemon RPG.
MHOGT: For what reason?
MHOGT: Er...if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
HKimF: Sorry, talking to a few people at once.
MHOGT: Ah.
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Well, I'm writing an article for the PE2K Times.
HKimF: About the History of the URPG.
MHOGT: Er...what's this publication you're with?
HKimF: Starting with the creation by White Rider.
HKimF: It's not a real article, more of an internet thing.
MHOGT: What's the web address?
HKimF: http://www.empire.ma.cx/pokemonelite2000/index.php?
MHOGT: Hm...okay.
MHOGT: If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll try to answer them as best I can.
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: You were known then as Dire, correct?
MHOGT: Yeah, pretty much.
MHOGT: I still am.
MHOGT: But people seemed to like that abbreviation.
HKimF: Oh?
HKimF: What was yoru full name on the group?
MHOGT: direwolfprimary
MHOGT: To be accurate, that is.
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So when did you join the URPG?
MHOGT: Er...hm...1999-ish.
MHOGT: Thereabouts.
HKimF: Was the group active then?
MHOGT: It'd been active for a year or two when I joined.
MHOGT: It remained relatively active well into 2001, I'd say.
HKimF: What happened in 2001?
MHOGT: Well, I left, for one thing.
MHOGT: Didn't really keep track of it.
HKimF: Okay, let's go back a bit.
MHOGT: Mind you, URPG had its own evolutions and outgrowths.
HKimF: How well did you know White Rider?
MHOGT: I'd say we're comrades.
MHOGT: We talk, we're friends.
HKimF: Do you still talk?
MHOGT: Yes, we do.
MHOGT: From time to time.
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: He was the one that started it all, I recall.
MHOGT: I know he was among the founding members.
MHOGT: I can't recall the original IDs of the others.
MHOGT: What I can say with confidence is that he'd become a prominent member by the time I joined.
HKimF: The leader?
MHOGT: A leader.
HKimF: So you had several?
MHOGT: He and a few others shared in the duties of guiding things here or there.
MHOGT: It was an ad hoc hierarchy.
HKimF: I see.
MHOGT: He and a few others tended to have "power" by merely doing a lot within the group.
HKimF: What about Figgy, how well did you know him?
MHOGT: Not that well.
MHOGT: We talked from time to time.
MHOGT: Played Starcraft a few times.
HKimF: What's your impression of him?
MHOGT: I didn't really see eye to eye with him.
MHOGT: He's a sharp fellow, does a decent job with what he cares about. I didn't take a liking to him, though.
HKimF: From what I can tell, Figgy and Rider tended to argue.
MHOGT: This is true.
HKimF: What did they argue about?
MHOGT: Their disputes tended to polarize the ranking constituency of the group.
HKimF: Meaning?
MHOGT: Ah, as time passed on, a more concrete hierarchy developed. There were definite and more permanent leaders.
MHOGT: Figgy was among them.
MHOGT: Their arguments tended to draw ranking members into battle lines, so to speak.
MHOGT: As for the subject of their arguments, it ran the gamut.
MHOGT: Disagreements on policy, simple points of view.
MHOGT: Accusations of conspiracy, power-grabbing.
HKimF: Where did you stand?
MHOGT: With white rider most of the time.
MHOGT: As I said, I didn't really take a liking to figgy.
HKimF: Where did the arguments lead to?
MHOGT: As in...did they ever reach a conclusion?
MHOGT: Or...are you asking me to tell you that they led to multiple schisms within the group?
HKimF: The latter.
MHOGT: So, uh...yeah, they led to multiple schisms within the group.
MHOGT: Spinoff groups and such.
MHOGT: And, of course, as you probably know, it eventually led to the dissolution of the URPG proper.
HKimF: Can you be more specific?
MHOGT: Uh...the elimination of the URPG as a group identifiable on the Internet.
MHOGT: It lived on in its spinoffs.
HKimF: I've heard Omega, can you tell me more about that?
MHOGT: It's a spinoff group I watched over for a time.
MHOGT: Run by white rider.
MHOGT: Didn't fare too well.
MHOGT: Or if it did, I wasn't there when it had its upswing.
MHOGT: Well...
MHOGT: I guess I can't really say that.
HKimF: Meaning?
MHOGT: By that time, pokemon wasn't the fad it was.
MHOGT: There wasn't the high rate of growth of membership that one would have expected.
MHOGT: Active membership, of course.
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: From what I can tell, Omega was run by Dire and Ultimate by Figgy.
MHOGT: Eh, I watched over it for a time.
HKimF: I heard that.
MHOGT: It was really more of white rider's group.
MHOGT: I just tried to run admin.
HKimF: Were you a leader with Figgy over the Ultimate?
MHOGT: Yeah, sort of.
HKimF: Admin over Ultimate or Omega?
MHOGT: There was something of a triumvirate between him, moonlite and myself.
MHOGT: Well, I was referring to Omega.
MHOGT: I was more interested in the admin there.
HKimF: Moonlite?
MHOGT: Ah, moon_lite_dragon.
MHOGT: Prominent early member.
MHOGT: Had some say in a bunch of things.
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Anyway, were there any other major spin-off groups?
HKimF: Other than Ultimate and Omega?
MHOGT: I would like to say, "Yes."
MHOGT: I can't be sure they ever became major.
HKimF: REmember their names?
MHOGT: Not at all.
MHOGT: When I left, I stopped paying attention to the outgrowths.
HKimF: You left at a time when there was severe deletion, I heard.
MHOGT: Hm, clarify?
HKimF: The Ultimate Website and the club.
HKimF: I also heard Omega was deleted too.
MHOGT: I left prior to that.
MHOGT: Sort of.
HKimF: Oh?>
MHOGT: I'd take a look from time to time.
MHOGT: Didn't really do anything.
MHOGT: But yeah.
HKimF: So it's true that all of that was deleted?
MHOGT: Everything ended up getting deleted.
MHOGT: Hah, you can't find them on the Internet, can you?
HKimF: Find what?
MHOGT: These groups and websites.
MHOGT: I surmise your sources could have given you the appropriate web addresses.
MHOGT: They weren't particularly clever.
HKimF: I don't understand.
MHOGT: Very standard.
MHOGT: I'm just saying, "Yes, they were deleted."
HKimF: Okay...
HKimF: Do you know why they were deleted?
MHOGT: As in...the political reasons that brought them about? The historical points in the web of history?
HKimF: Yes, to both.
MHOGT: Well, if you think about it...
MHOGT: There's really only a few reasons.
MHOGT: One, out of bitterness from the schisms.
MHOGT: Two, out of boredom.
HKimF: Boredom?
MHOGT: Three, to be sadistic.
HKimF: Sadistic?
MHOGT: lol, I personally hold to the first.
MHOGT: The others are irrelevant.
HKimF: You personally hold to the first?
MHOGT: It all goes back to white rider's feuds with figgy, thus polarizing the ranking members.
MHOGT: Uh, yes, I believe the first to be the real cause.
HKimF: So, who did it?
MHOGT: Well, only a few people could have: white rider, moonlite, figgy and myself.
MHOGT: I did delete the website.
MHOGT: And that was actually because I was frustrated with its status.
HKimF: Status?
MHOGT: Well, moonlite and I were overseeing its development, and we hit a limit.
MHOGT: Between the two of us, we didn't have enough webpage building knowledge to make it more efficient and effective as a resource.
MHOGT: It had become a creature burdened by the tasks appended to it.
MHOGT: Record-keeping, rulebooking, keeping up with the latest adjustments to canon.
HKimF: So, you wanted to start over?
MHOGT: Yeah, basically.
MHOGT: Or let someone else take it up.
HKimF: No one wanted it?
MHOGT: There was no point in redressing it from the way it was.
MHOGT: I personally didn't ask anyone to take it.
MHOGT: It was an artistic, a selfish one, but artistic nonetheless, decision.
MHOGT: All the information's readily available online.
HKimF: You mean, things like.... battle equations.
MHOGT: Yeah.
MHOGT: Sample rulebooks.
MHOGT: Canon information for the series.
HKimF: Did Moonlite agree?
MHOGT: Yes, of course.
MHOGT: We agreed that it was a lost cause.
MHOGT: Of course, that it coincided with the deletion with everything else was decidedly inconvenient.
MHOGT: By that point, I wasn't interested in doing the rebuild myself.
HKimF: Do you know who deleted the other parts of the groups?
MHOGT: Can't really say.
MHOGT: I told you of the only people who could have done it.
HKimF: What about Moonlite?
HKimF: What happened to... him/her?
MHOGT: She left, too.
MHOGT: We all went our separate ways.
MHOGT: White rider, moonlite, figgy and I.
MHOGT: Figgy, I know, did create a spinoff.
HKimF: Have you kept tabs since then?
MHOGT: Neg, I have not.
MHOGT: Pokemon faded out for me.
MHOGT: Particularly in the realm of that style of role play.
MHOGT: I took to Star Trek role play of similar style, however.
HKimF: Do you keep in contact with any of the other members?
MHOGT: I still speak with white rider and moonlite when they're available.
MHOGT: No one else beyond them.
HKimF: I don't suppose I could talk to them as well?
MHOGT: If you can find them.
MHOGT: I'm not at liberty to provide their contact information at this time.
HKimF: I see.
MHOGT: For you see, after we went our own ways, they elected to cut ties with that past.
MHOGT: I didn't, of course.
MHOGT: Well, I did.
MHOGT: But I'm still available at the same addresses.
MHOGT: So, pray tell me, historian, what's the purpose of your article?
MHOGT: You seem to know enough to put together an article without my testimony.
HKimF: To tell the truth of history.
HKimF: To show the members of PE2K where the Ultra RPG origionated from.
MHOGT: Ah, I see.
HKimF: After the deletion, Figgy did continue his group.
HKimF: It eventually moved to PE2K where it exists now,.
MHOGT: Ah, good, good.
HKimF: Now, under teh leadership of LilLeprachaun, it is a growing group.
MHOGT: That is surprising, but good to hear.
MHOGT: What do its demographics look like?
HKimF: I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
MHOGT: Ah...what's its membership like?
HKimF: Well, bigger since when I joined.
MHOGT: Age groups, current membership number, from where do these people hail, and so on.
HKimF: I would say... 120 members.
HKimF: AGe groups tend to be early teens to 24 year olds.
MHOGT: Ah, interesting.
HKimF: The forum is where most of the members garther.
HKimF: Most battles take place over AIM.
MHOGT: I see.
HKimF: We have an active gym leadership in the 4 regions.
MHOGT: Ah, it's good to know you've worked it out.
HKimF: I'm just glad you took the time to talk with me.
MHOGT: Ah, one last thing.
MHOGT: Any talk of me being a mean-spirited, foul-mouthed kid is probably true.
MHOGT: I like to think that my experiences with URPG and its membership made for valuable learning.
HKimF: Well, I haven't heard anythign about you being foul-mouthed.
MHOGT: So, if you have testimony conflicting with mine, chalk it up to my faulty, and biased, memory.
MHOGT: But you've heard something about my being mean-spirited, hahaha.
HKimF: Heh, well, no actually.
HKimF: I only heard that you were a leader in the URPG.
HKimF: Ultimate, anyway.
MHOGT: Well, I figured I might as well get it out there.
MHOGT: Truth and all.
MHOGT: Well, thanks for your work, Harry.
MHOGT: If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.
HKimF: What leadership role did you play in Ultimate?
MHOGT: Ah, well, I was a story evaluator for a long time.
MHOGT: I did some referee work.
MHOGT: I worked with administration and development during the troubled period.
MHOGT: Hence, I often came to blows with figgy.
HKimF: Troubled period?
HKimF: When was this?
MHOGT: The bickering.
MHOGT: Between him and white rider.
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Hmmm, I think I read a story on this, once.
MHOGT: Ah, yeah?
HKimF: An URPG story by BeheadingKing.
MHOGT: Hm...
HKimF: Heard of him?
MHOGT: Possibly...
MHOGT: Sounds vaguely familiar.
HKimF: Anyway, what can you tell me about Pelican13?
MHOGT: Ah, yes.
MHOGT: Now here's where stories of my being a brat come into play.
MHOGT: Pelican13 was a sort of...elite four type member.
MHOGT: Egg holder, if you know what that is.
MHOGT: Eventually, the admin (myself among them) decided to do away with legendary pokemon.
MHOGT: (Whose eggs designated their elite trainer person.)
HKimF: So, what happened?
MHOGT: Ah, well, pelican didn't really like that.
MHOGT: Another one of the squabbles that the ranking membership ended up getting dragged into.
MHOGT: Eventually, pelican left.
MHOGT: Formed his own pokemon discussion group.
MHOGT: We left on bitter terms.
MHOGT: I didn't particularly like him, either, I recall.
HKimF: I see.
MHOGT: Yeah.
HKimF: Do you know Fair?
MHOGT: Ah, yes.
MHOGT: What of him?
HKimF: Well, he was telling me of PokemonElite2000.
HKimF: The guy that brought the URPG to PE2K.
MHOGT: The group or the person?
MHOGT: Ah, I see.
HKimF: Know anythign about the person, PE2K?
MHOGT: He asked me earlier if I'd consider moving the URPG over.
MHOGT: I declined.
MHOGT: lol
MHOGT: He's a decent fellow, I guess.
MHOGT: Persistent.
MHOGT: I wasn't open to jinxing the system.
MHOGT: I figured there was too much risk involved.
HKimF: I understand.
HKimF:
MHOGT: Yeah.
HKimF: What about Lep, did you know him?
MHOGT: That's what I know of him.
MHOGT: Ah, as a trainer, yes.
MHOGT: I probably reffed a battle or two of his.
HKimF: Heh, a vet now.
MHOGT: I imagine so.
HKimF: That's what we call all the URPG members from the Yahoo Group.
MHOGT: Ah, I see.
HKimF: Hmmm...
HKimF: Was Rider exiled or did he leave?
MHOGT: A little of both.
MHOGT: He exiled himself.
HKimF: That's... confusing.
MHOGT: Well..it's self-imposed exile.
MHOGT: Think of it as...hermitage.
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Did the Omega and Ultimate come back together after the deletion?
MHOGT: Unfortunately, no.
MHOGT: They remained separate entities, although members floated across the divide.
HKimF: Do you know what happened to Omega?
MHOGT: I'm pretty sure it merely faded out.
MHOGT: I think the group still exists as a structure.
MHOGT: But it's pretty much gone.
HKimF: What did you expect of the RPG after it fell apart?
MHOGT: Personally, I expected to retain only a cult following or die out.
MHOGT: 120 members is more than what I expected, but not by too much.
HKimF: So.
HKimF: Any advice for us in the future?
MHOGT: Practical advice? I probably can't impart anything you all don't already know.
MHOGT: Just keep going. Stick together, and reach for the future.
MHOGT: Sappy as it sounds.
MHOGT: That sums up my sentiments, however.
HKimF: Well, I have to be going.
HKimF: It's been nice talking with you,
MHOGT: Thanks for your time.
MHOGT: Feel free to message me anytime.
HKimF: Okay, thankyou.
MHOGT: You're welcome.

Curtis-/30/2004

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HKimF: Curtis!
HKimF: You're on.
HKimF: Cool.
kooolcurtis: hi
HKimF: Hey, I'm doing some research into the URPG history and I'm wondering if I could ask you a few questions.
kooolcurtis: ok
HKimF: First off, when did you join the URPG?
kooolcurtis: jan 2nd or 3rd in 2000 i think
HKimF: It was still called Ultimate then, right?
kooolcurtis: yea
HKimF: Who was in charge?
kooolcurtis: figgy
HKimF: Did you know about Rider?
kooolcurtis: i know about him, don't know him personaly
HKimF: Okay, why did you join the URPG?
kooolcurtis: i was bored, and saw it and decided to try it out
HKimF: Did you know Dire?
kooolcurtis: yea
HKimF: Your opinion of him?
kooolcurtis: hmm, actually i joined when he was leader
HKimF: Oh?
HKimF:
kooolcurtis: but he left a little time later
kooolcurtis: i thought he was a great leader and very wise
HKimF: Do you know why he left?
kooolcurtis: college and life
kooolcurtis: samething happened to josedecos
HKimF: Josedecos?
kooolcurtis: he was the great water gym leader
kooolcurtis: every vet knows him
kooolcurtis: me, lep, nin, bmloop, and jose used to play a game called dransik too
kooolcurtis: we played too much and lead to a period of inactivity
kooolcurtis: but then the game turned into pay 2 play, and jose is the only one left playing it today
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Was there any tension in the URPG?
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: So everyone got along?
kooolcurtis: yea
kooolcurtis: except marmar
kooolcurtis: figgy's girlfriend
kooolcurtis: and there was an annoying person named totodile
kooolcurtis: we all were friends and had fun
kooolcurtis: nothing like what it is today
HKimF: Meaning?
kooolcurtis: it was more friendly then
kooolcurtis: and now it has changed
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Did you know a member named Pelican?
kooolcurtis: i think he helped start it
kooolcurtis: he had his own group too
kooolcurtis: pelican's pokecenter i think was the name
HKimF: You mean, a site?
kooolcurtis: a yahoo group
HKimF: I see.
kooolcurtis: no more questions?
HKimF: I'm thinking.
HKimF: Do you remember the group deletion?
kooolcurtis: the ultimate deletion...yes
kooolcurtis: i forgot who did it, i think it was moonlight_dragon
HKimF: Moonlight?
HKimF: What did you think of her?
kooolcurtis: i think she was nice and took the blame of the deletion
HKimF: Did she really do it?
kooolcurtis: i don't know
kooolcurtis: she posted saying she deleted it, but someone told me she didn't really do it
HKimF: Do you know who did?
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: Do you know of Omega?
kooolcurtis: yea, that's nin
HKimF: I mean, the group Omega.
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: Okay, so how did the deletion affect everything?
kooolcurtis: well, we had already made the ultra group and it was there incase if rider came back and deleted the group
kooolcurtis: but i think most people made the move easily
kooolcurtis: by then figgy was the leader
HKimF: I see.
kooolcurtis: dire was gone
HKimF: Dire was before Figgy?
kooolcurtis: yea
kooolcurtis: moonlight left
kooolcurtis: don't know if anyone else left
HKimF: Okay...
HKimF: So Ultra was made as a backup.
kooolcurtis: yea
kooolcurtis: we had a different website with all the pokemart and stuff, so that wasn't lost
kooolcurtis: and most people kept another version of their stats saved
HKimF: That's good.
HKimF: So was the URPG slow after that?
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: It sped up?
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: It remained the same?

kooolcurtis: yea
kooolcurtis: nobody really payed attention to the activity
kooolcurtis: i think too many people worry today
HKimF: Isn't that a good thing?
kooolcurtis: well, they make people panic
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So, did you ever know Ryan?
kooolcurtis: pokemonelite?
HKimF: Yes.
kooolcurtis: no
HKimF: How involved were you in the discussion to move the URPG to the boards?
kooolcurtis: that was something flare did
kooolcurtis: he was leader then
HKimF: Wasn't Figgy leader?
kooolcurtis: for awhile
HKimF: So, it was kind of both of them in charge.
kooolcurtis: yea
HKimF: What was your opinion on the subject?
kooolcurtis: i didn't really want to do it
kooolcurtis: we lost alot of people
kooolcurtis: g2g, bye

Joes-8/30/2004

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HKimF: Hello, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Harry Kim.
HKimF: I'm doing a forum article on the URPG and I was wondering if I can ask you a few questions.
Neith16: sure thing guess
HKimF: Thankyou.
HKimF: From what I can tell, you were called Jose?
Neith16: Yes thats right
Neith16: well am, since im still alive
HKimF: Heh.
HKimF: So, when did you join the URPG?
Neith16: wow...hmmm
Neith16: years ago...wow...lemme see
Neith16: was about 98 or 99 I believe
Neith16: not really sure, when I joined it was a yahoo club
Neith16: so u can imagin e how long ago
HKimF: Okay, and when you joined, who was in charge?
Neith16: It was white_rider_au
HKimF: How well did you know him?
Neith16: well, we werent like super close but i knew him well enough,we were friends
HKimF: How well did you know Figgy.
Neith16: hmmm...that one was different relationship, we were friends, but he had his own group of friends i guess so we didnt get to know eachother that much
HKimF: I heard there was some tension between Rider and Figgy.
Neith16: yup
Neith16: there was
Neith16: which caused rider to resign from leadership
HKimF: What were the arguments usually over?

Neith16: that was so long ago...I cant recall exactly
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: What happened to Rider?
Neith16: He eventually left the rpg
Neith16: I guess he got fed up of fighting
HKimF: I heard he created another group, Omega.
Neith16: no, that was Figgy
Neith16: I think
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Did you know Pelican?
Neith16: course
Neith16: hehe he had a club too but thatw as more of a chatting place
HKimF: What was Pelican's position in the URPG?
Neith16: hmmm im not sure really
Neith16: he wasnt very active by the time i joined
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Do you remember the URPG deletion?
Neith16: there was some fuzz about it, I dont think they ever foudn out who it REALLy was, someone took responsiblity for it but just to stop the fighting, she didnt really delete it, but if they found out who it really was, I was never told
HKimF: I heard it was a three man job.
Neith16: all I know is who claimed responsiblity for it, wasnt the one
HKimF: Moonlite.
Neith16: ya
Neith16: she wasnt it
HKimF: Some people think it was Dire.
Neith16: I dunno why he would do it *shrugs*
HKimF: Okay, so how did the deletion affect the URPG?
Neith16: well I wish i could answere that question, but i did leave the rpg at some point
HKimF: So you left then?
Neith16: ya, not cuz the deletions or whatnot
Neith16: I was kinda tired of the fighting etc. I was in that rpg to make friends and have fun, didnt really need the stress
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Did you join a side?
HKimF: Figgy or Rider?
Neith16: not I always remained neutral
Neith16: but I was more for Rider than figgy, to be honest
HKimF: Did Figgy have a girlfriend?
Neith16: for the laps ot time i knew him he ahd 2 if Im not mistken
Neith16: of*
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Does any member stand out in your mind?
Neith16: Jag
Neith16: blackjaguar_amazonrainforest
HKimF: What do you remember about him?
Neith16: her
HKimF: Her, my apologies.
Neith16: shes ws prolly the best trainer in the rpg, atlest to me she was
Neith16: when she started in the rpg, i remember I helped her a LOT with advice
HKimF: Anything else?
Neith16: I believe she was the fir to beat my gym
Neith16: first*
Neith16: I used to be the Cerulian Gym leader, heh
Neith16: she had a firey temper sometimes hehe, but she was amazing
Neith16: amazing friend and amazing trainer
HKimF: Do you still talk to her?
Neith16: from time to time...she rarelly has any time online nemore and nor do I since Im in collge and all
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Anything you want to add?
Neith16: is the rpg stilla ctive?
HKimF: Yes, actually.
HKimF: After the deletion, Figgy and Flare eventually moved it to PE2K.
Neith16: cool, I hope i guys have as much fun as i had in it
HKimF: From there, PE2K members joined the URPG.
HKimF: Now Lep leads the group.
HKimF: Do you remember him?
Neith16: Lep?
Neith16: Leprachaun?
HKimF: Yes.
Neith16: wow, never woulda guessed he'd be the leader now
HKimF: Oh?
Neith16: dunno just never saw him as event wanting to be high up in the group
HKimF: Yeah, he just likes to ref, he says.
HKimF: But, he's needed seeing as he's one of the older vets.
HKimF: Vets is what we call the Yahoo members.
Neith16: hehe
HKimF: Any advice for us?
Neith16: dont let power go to your heads, trust me it aint pretty
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Examples beeing the leadership fights?
Neith16: yes
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Well, I don't think we have that problem.
HKimF: The leadership has somehow evolved into which one person runs the URPG and then passes the baton on when he's done.
Neith16:
HKimF: What other members do you keep in touch with?
Neith16: lately, none
HKimF: Oh?
Neith16: since i've been busy with college and all
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Ever think of rejoining the URPG?
Neith16: well,. the rpg requires a lot of time of attention that unfortuna tley i do not have anymore
HKimF: I see.
Neith16:
Neith16: plus Im afraid I'd be lost now with the new pokemon and atatcks and such
HKimF: I'm sure it's not that bad.
Neith16: I was good because i kenw all the pokemon, all their base stats, all their atatcks, all the atatcks effects accuracy and power, all the status ailments and what they did etc, lol but I dont on the r/s ones
HKimF: Anyway, thankyou for talking with me.

Dux-8/31/2004

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HKimF: Hey Dux.
deluxe 11 1999: hello harry, what is it?
HKimF: I'm doing a study on the URPG History.
HKimF: And you're a vet.
HKimF: So...
deluxe 11 1999: fire away
HKimF: Thankyou.
HKimF: First off, when did you join the URPG?
deluxe 11 1999: jeez, that's a hard question.....around the 2001.
HKimF: Okay, was it still called Ultimate?
deluxe 11 1999: yes
deluxe 11 1999: it was called ultimate
HKimF: Who was in charge?
deluxe 11 1999: white_raider_au
deluxe 11 1999: or white_wolf_au
deluxe 11 1999: I remember it being withe and raider and the au though
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: So White created the URPG?
deluxe 11 1999: I belive so
deluxe 11 1999: figgy was the leader once white left
deluxe 11 1999: figgy became, sorry
deluxe 11 1999: but we were fighting with another club
deluxe 11 1999: it was called the Omega RPG
deluxe 11 1999: I recall that pefectly
HKimF: Do you know who ran the Omega RPG?
deluxe 11 1999: I remember a name.......Moonlight dragon
HKimF: Who was that?
deluxe 11 1999: I never met him. I just know that he was the one that deleted the Ultra RPG, the Ultra website, and the Omega RPG (ask flareon, he knew him better)
deluxe 11 1999: that's when we became the Ultra
deluxe 11 1999: Figgy had a back-up group in yahoo
deluxe 11 1999: called the ultra rpg
HKimF: Deleted?
deluxe 11 1999: yes, he delted them
HKimF: How do you know he deleted them?
deluxe 11 1999: ah, he posted in the Ultra RPG
deluxe 11 1999: (he wasn't an administrator in the Ultra)
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Ever find out why?
deluxe 11 1999: dln't recall, but I pointed to moon-dragon right away
deluxe 11 1999: And I was right
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So Moonlight was an admin of both groups as well as a site modifier?
deluxe 11 1999: yes, I'm afraid so
deluxe 11 1999: btw
deluxe 11 1999: get MSN
deluxe 11 1999: flareon is online
deluxe 11 1999: he knows much more than me
HKimF: Too....many...messengers....
deluxe 11 1999: I've got 3
HKimF: Well, maybe I'll just scan AIM and YIM for now...
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Did you know Dire?
deluxe 11 1999: Direwolf!
deluxe 11 1999: that's the name
deluxe 11 1999: then he switched to white raider
HKimF: Weren't they separate people?

deluxe 11 1999: I tell you......it's been a long time
deluxe 11 1999: direwolf DID created the URPG
HKimF: Okay.
deluxe 11 1999: I'm sure bout that
HKimF: There are some other members I'm wondering about.
HKimF: Did you know Pelican?
deluxe 11 1999: yes, I remember him...he had another group
deluxe 11 1999: btw
deluxe 11 1999: direwolf IS different of whiteraider
HKimF: Okay...
HKimF: So, what did you think of Pelican?
deluxe 11 1999: He had good intentions...
HKimF: Meaning?
deluxe 11 1999: he had a separate group, but it was not an RPG.
deluxe 11 1999: I remember him fighting with someone
HKimF: Figgy? Dire? White?
deluxe 11 1999: jeez, Harry, I'm not taht good at these stuff
deluxe 11 1999: I remember, however, the days before I joined Ultra
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Did you ever take sides?

HKimF: Between Figgy and... Dire or White.
deluxe 11 1999: I took figgys side
HKimF: Reason?
deluxe 11 1999: cause he was more active in the Ultimate RPG than Dire and white
deluxe 11 1999: dire started slowing his activity
deluxe 11 1999: in fact, I know figgy since 1999, from another RPG
HKimF: Really?
deluxe 11 1999: yes
deluxe 11 1999: it was called...ugh, can't remember. but it was managed by "deathcure2000"
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Okay, what about some of these other members...
deluxe 11 1999: fire away
HKimF: Jose?
deluxe 11 1999: JOSE!
HKimF: I'm guessing you knew him.
deluxe 11 1999: of course
deluxe 11 1999: he's latin
deluxe 11 1999: he was the cerulean gym leader
deluxe 11 1999: had a dragonite
HKimF: What's your opinion of him?
deluxe 11 1999: he was a good person
deluxe 11 1999: never argued too uch
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Jag?
HKimF: I guess not.
deluxe 11 1999: OF COURSE
deluxe 11 1999: she's my tutor
deluxe 11 1999: in writing
deluxe 11 1999: in fact
deluxe 11 1999: I've got a document from her
HKimF: Tutor!
deluxe 11 1999: do you want it?
deluxe 11 1999: yes, tutor in writing
HKimF: Whoa...
HKimF: Sure.
HKimF: IF you don't mind.
HKimF: Um, you can email it to me.
deluxe 11 1999 desea enviar el archivo C:\Mis documentos\Roy\Cool stuff\Story Grading.doc.
HKimF: [email protected]
HKimF recibido C:\Mis documentos\Roy\Cool stuff\Story Grading.doc.
HKimF: Nevermind.
HKimF: Gopt it
deluxe 11 1999: And her story
deluxe 11 1999 desea enviar el archivo C:\Mis documentos\Roy\Storys\Other Storys\Never Give Up.doc.
HKimF recibido C:\Mis documentos\Roy\Storys\Other Storys\Never Give Up.doc.
HKimF: Interesting.
HKimF: So she helps you with writing online?
deluxe 11 1999: helped
deluxe 11 1999: she suddenly got offline
HKimF: Hmmm.
HKimF: Anything else you would like to say about her?
deluxe 11 1999: She's spanish!
deluxe 11 1999: and was always glad to help other newbies
HKimF: Okay....
deluxe 11 1999: wanna ref?
deluxe 11 1999: tournament battle
HKimF: Sorry, but I'm still working on cleaning up after the war.
HKimF: Not to mention some IRL stuff.
deluxe 11 1999: ok
HKimF: So is it true that Figgy exiled White or Dire.
deluxe 11 1999: hard question.....they had arguments
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: What were the results of these arguments?
deluxe 11 1999: meh, I know whom you may ask about it......."Omegamiko"
HKimF: Nin?
deluxe 11 1999: yes
HKimF: Okay/
HKimF: So this Yahoo deletion.
deluxe 11 1999: what about it?
HKimF: How did it affect the URPG?
deluxe 11 1999: it affected it gruesomly
deluxe 11 1999: nobody knew what happened
deluxe 11 1999: loads of members were lost in that
deluxe 11 1999: until......well, of course, until figgy told his friends about the ultra rpg
HKimF: Did the Ultra reunite the Omega and Ultimate groups?
deluxe 11 1999: no, only the ultimate
deluxe 11 1999: omega reunited again
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: So Figgy's Ultra brought the Ultimate members back together.
deluxe 11 1999: actually, it was a back-up ultimate
deluxe 11 1999: and hell it was good he had it
HKimF: Anything change?
deluxe 11 1999: yes.....we lost members, and figgy was the leader
HKimF: He wasn't the leader before?
deluxe 11 1999: no, it was dire
HKimF: I see,
HKimF: So, after the deletion, how did the URPG progress?
deluxe 11 1999: we barely proggressed
deluxe 11 1999: suddenly, the "clubs" transformed into "groups"
deluxe 11 1999: leading to a crazy-ad-campaign in the groups
deluxe 11 1999: making everyone unconfortable
deluxe 11 1999: someone suggseted to move to the PE2K forums
deluxe 11 1999: and we did
HKimF: Ad compaign?
deluxe 11 1999: they put ad's everywere!
HKimF: Yahoo did?
deluxe 11 1999: yes
deluxe 11 1999: with the "groups"
HKimF: What did you think of the move to PE2K?
deluxe 11 1999: it was great, caues we were more organized
deluxe 11 1999: think about the Yahoo group
deluxe 11 1999: as a single THREAD for everything
HKimF: It wasn't that way in groups?
HKimF: I mean.
HKimF: clubs.
deluxe 11 1999: IT WAS THAT WAY!
deluxe 11 1999: Only one big thread
HKimF: I see.
HKimF: Okay, um, do you know why Figgy isn't here now?
deluxe 11 1999: that's an interesting question......no, I don't
deluxe 11 1999: he somethimes loggs on in yahoo
HKimF: Yeah...
HKimF: I better add him.
HKimF: Along witht he other names Nin gave me.
deluxe 11 1999: nin is giving you names?
deluxe 11 1999: well, if you want to know about BEFORE the urpg.......
deluxe 11 1999: I have some
HKimF: Cool.
HKimF: Thankyou.
deluxe 11 1999: it's before hte urpg
HKimF: Before the Ultra, you mean, Ultimate?
deluxe 11 1999: before ultimate
deluxe 11 1999: yes
HKimF: I didn't know there was a before Ultimate.
deluxe 11 1999: lol
deluxe 11 1999: there war a before before ultimate even
deluxe 11 1999: mine was the "before ultimate"
deluxe 11 1999: Pokémon Fans 2000
deluxe 11 1999: great succes
HKimF: What was it?
deluxe 11 1999: it was my RPG
deluxe 11 1999: Pokémon Fans 2000
deluxe 11 1999: PKMNF2K
HKimF: Similar to the URPG?
deluxe 11 1999: actually, figgy was in there
deluxe 11 1999: I met figgy, however, in 1999, ven before PKMNF2K
HKimF: How is this URPG history?
deluxe 11 1999: after I deleted PKMNF2K, I once logged in and found out that figgy had a new RPG, called the URPG
deluxe 11 1999: So I joined it, and made myself a reputation.....
deluxe 11 1999: I was the...psychic gym leader since then
HKimF: Why did you delete it?
deluxe 11 1999: cause some guy named Java_Man was made moderator in my abscence, and created havoc in the group
deluxe 11 1999: altough, I was young there.....didn't like that
HKimF: I don't understand that last sentence.
deluxe 11 1999: I was young, and I was confused
deluxe 11 1999: didn't like things out of my control
deluxe 11 1999: I simply deleted it
HKimF: I see...
deluxe 11 1999: and, after 4 months, found out bout URPG
deluxe 11 1999: figgy told me
deluxe 11 1999: and dexter
deluxe 11 1999: and crystal
HKimF: Okay.
HKimF: Is there anythign else you want to add?
deluxe 11 1999: hm.....yes, how we survived
deluxe 11 1999: we were all active
HKimF: Go on.
deluxe 11 1999: we searched for members
deluxe 11 1999: each time a noob joined
deluxe 11 1999: he had to search 4 more members
HKimF: How did you search for them?
deluxe 11 1999: we got into Yahoo! Chats, and asked around until we found people that liked pokemon
HKimF: I see.
deluxe 11 1999: anmd it grew big
HKimF: I see.
HKimF se desconectó a las 06:47:39 p.m..
HKimF se conectó a las 06:48:14 p.m..
HKimF: I lost it all!
HKimF: Noooooo!
HKimF: Stupid AIM!
deluxe 11 1999: lol
HKimF: I don't suppose I could ask you to save it and send it to me?
deluxe 11 1999:

Flare-5/29/2005

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HKimF: Flare!
Tiger00761: hi kim
HKimF: It's been too long.
Tiger00761: yes it has
HKimF: I feared the worst.
HKimF: That you had been beheaded or that you became a Figgy fan.
HKimF: *shudders*
Tiger00761: you can never be afraid about me
HKimF: I don't know...
Tiger00761: I'ne never fall into the hands of those two
HKimF: Strong, The Dark Side is...
Tiger00761: fear leads to hate, hate leads to anger, anger leads to dark side
HKimF: You have abandoned us for the last time, Flare!
HKimF: I'm afraid I have no choice left...
Tiger00761: well considering I quit I haven't
HKimF: Flare, Former Leader of the URPG, I challenge you!
Tiger00761: dear god no
Tiger00761:
HKimF: Defend your Honor, if you have any left!
Tiger00761: I don't remember it lol I'd be killed due to not know pokemon and attacks
HKimF: And you call yourself a vet...
Tiger00761: and I'm in tottal darkness typing
HKimF: Flare, let me tell you about this great new invention. It's called a lightswitch.
Tiger00761: never said I was going to keep up the with pokemon times
HKimF: Do you want to fall into the archives of White Rider, Figgy, Tank, and Scott?
Tiger00761: you forgot direwolf :-O
HKimF: I never got around to finishing my article...
HKimF: All the "connections" that everyone gave me are mostly dead.
Tiger00761: about what
HKimF: the URPG history, of course
Tiger00761: god I'll come back to read that
HKimF: And I must say, you guys have more drama than the weekly Serebii and Bulbagarden fights.
Tiger00761: bulbagarden?
HKimF: Another forum
Tiger00761: ok
HKimF: The two admins argue with each other on a constant basis.
HKimF: It gets annoying.
Tiger00761: lol
HKimF: Now, I know us PE2K members lack the insanity of the URPG ones, but we make up for it with something we like to call... peaceful leadership transfers.
HKimF: We don't have any Machiavellian control fights.
HKimF: Figgy passed the power to you and you to Lep and it was all peaceful.
HKimF: No backstabs, no malicious deletions, no rebellions...
Tiger00761: well because it was clear to us who can use the power correctly
HKimF: Not White Rider.
Tiger00761: it was a shit load back then with power.
Tiger00761: well figgy times, he knew I should have the power, and then lep was clearly the one for the leadership role
HKimF: Yep,.
Tiger00761: nothing to do but move on, but Ultra/ultimate has a lot of histor y and drama
HKimF: Yep.
HKimF: I have accoutns from many people.
HKimF:
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Tiger00761: how would you go that far back with like omega and ultimate being deleted
HKimF: Simple, I asked people.
Tiger00761: lol
HKimF: Like how Dire deleted the site.
Tiger00761: dire still won't admit it that
HKimF: But that's how I knew.
HKimF: He told me.
Tiger00761: well he won't admit it to anyone else
HKimF: I also recall that Moonlight took the blame but had nothing to do with it.
Tiger00761: yep she just wanted an excuse to leave, she never felt she was liked
HKimF:
HKimF:
HKimF: Sorry.
HKimF: That's why I wanted to talk to you.
HKimF: You're one of the members I haven't interviewed.
HKimF: I have history notes from almost everyone else.
Tiger00761: I plead the 5th!
HKimF: lol
HKimF: Maybe I can ask you a few important question.
HKimF: Like, when did you join the URPG?
Tiger00761: don't remember was in september
HKimF: Do you have a year?
Tiger00761: don't remember lol
HKimF: Do you remember a member named Pelican?
Tiger00761: yep pelican 14
Tiger00761: 13*
HKimF: What do you remember about that member?
Tiger00761: well he was a leader at one point, he did main wrong ideas back then and feels that the entire club hates him
HKimF: Sounds like a wonderful life...
Tiger00761: prwtty much
HKimF: So, did Pelican have a role in the deletion of Ultimate and Omega?
Tiger00761: I believe so, at the time pelican still had one of the main powers in ultirmate, Inot sure about omega, omega is older than my time
Tiger00761: nin would know more about omega than me
HKimF: Right.
HKimF: I'm sure I had something about Pelican in my files...
Tiger00761: i started becoming an active member during the time pelican pretty much stopped being apart of the club, but was still in mod powert
HKimF: Ah yes, here it is.
HKimF: Right from our local politician, Fair.
HKimF: He says it was a three-man job.
HKimF: Rider wanted revenge, so he went to his friend, Pelican, for help.
HKimF: Dire heard word of this plot and offered to help.
HKimF: They coordinated the attack, eventually deleting everything.
HKimF: That sound about right to you?
Tiger00761: yep thats how it happened
HKimF: Interesting.
HKimF: Yes, that was the drama I was wondering about.
HKimF: How one simple feud could turn into massive chaos..
HKimF: So, what do conflicts did you notice when you were a member?
Tiger00761: main was acticy
Tiger00761: activiy
HKimF: Flare, your cryptic messages are amusing, but also confusing.
Tiger00761: sorrydiffcult to type
HKimF: Flare, turn on the lights.
HKimF: THis is the 21st century.
Tiger00761: I have a phone on my shoulder, in th dark, on a laptop
HKimF: Note to self: Never let Flare drive when he has a cellphone.
Tiger00761: lol

Despite what some of the information says, it was 1999. As you can see, a struggle for power and popularity can be the downfall of a community.
However, through the dark there is always a light side. Every day that we continue as a community, the more history is made. From the induction of genders to the Pokemon Park as well as working on the Dungeons, history is constantly being made. I had a chance to talk with some former members, as well as current members and a returning member!
Flareon - 11/22/2013

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ME: First off I do want to thank you for speaking with me Flare, it truly does mean a lot and will mean a lot to the current members of the Pokemon URPG. Pokemon Ultimate was created Jan. 11th, 1999 by none other than white_rider_au, a close friend to everyone who was a part of the community. Do you remember, roughly, when you joined?

Flare: Oh, I can't remember when I joined, but if you can approximate, I joined around six months before Direwolf left the club, and Figgy began his leadership.

Me: I'm probably older than you so I can't remember that far back either lol. Direwolf's run wasn't very long though.

Flare: No, it wasn't. He left with a quick exit too.

Me: How did you find the Pokemon Ulti RPG? Just searching?

Flare: It was just something I stumbled upon. I think it was attractive because of how active it was. It was interesting to see the dynamic working in the club.

Me: What was your starting Pokemon?

Flare: 'm pretty sure it was Eevee because of the name Flareon.

Me: I was asked to include everyone's favorite Pokemon, but everyone can guess yours =P

Flare: Yeah, obviously I liked Flareon. Dragonite was another.

Me: Dragonite is a beast nowadays and that's the truth
When you joined, the community was still in the club before it transitioned to the group. How hard was it, for you at least, to post stories, keep up with stats or even make a mart purchase?

Flare: It's been some time, so I can only remember that posting was horribly annoying. Groups was very, unnecessarily, cumbersome.

Me: I remember having to bookmark everything otherwise it would be lost forever, like in the User Agreements no one reasons =P

Flare: I definitely held everything at one point. My first position was grader, which is crazy because back then, I know my grammar and my written English was awful.

Me: Speaking of grader, how difficult was it to write a successful story? I know I only wrote one and it was AWEFUL

Flare: I did my test with Moonlite like everyone else. I got the thumbs up and became a grader. Back then it was stupid easy to get a pokemon. I think it required a paragraph. Before my time, it was two sentences. It always depended on who got to grading your post. Moonlite was, obviously, the most difficult. I'd say even Dire was pretty hard. I remember I wrote a story to capture two pokemon, and Figgy felt it was only worthy of the one pokemon.

Me: Did you feel that the story was worth both Pokemon?

Flare: No, generally, I was pretty happy. It made me try harder. It wouldn't be pokemon if you got every pokemon you wanted.

Me: That is very true indeed! What is the most memorable moment you had?

Flare: Probably the PE2K move. I remember negotiating with PE2K making sure we were our own separate board. I was adamant that his global mods couldn't overstep their boundaries. I agreed to some enforce of certain rules, but I wasn't going to be dicated.
He had the activity, and Ultra was a platform to keep them active, so it was a win-win case.
I remember announcing the move. The group was pretty inactive and Yahoo Group didn't make it easy to get more people. I remember members really voicing their dissent, such as Teeshtwo, who was an active person, but she didn't want to follow if we moved.

Me: I was going through some old PE2K threads and saw that some of their mods did infact overstep. Did that upset you?

Flare:Yeah I quickly always brought it to PE2K's attention. He promised they'd back off

Me: What was the, I guess for lack of a better term, the worse moment you had in the URPG?

Flare: I can only really think of one that sticks with me, and I wasn't even active. Lep was the leader, but I was getting complains he wasn't doing his job and favoritism was happening. I probably overstepped my bounds, but I fought off, I think his name of Akainefire(?) (that G-mod), making sure he didn't become the leader and made HKim step up. I can only really think of one that sticks with me, and I wasn't even active. Lep was the leader, but I was getting complains he wasn't doing his job and favoritism was happening. I probably overstepped my bounds, but I fought off, I think his name of Akainefire(?) (that G-mod), making sure he didn't become the leader and made HKim step up.

Me: Why did you decide to step down?

Flare: I wasn't active at all. You cannot be the leader if you don't have an active role in everything that's happening

Me: That is very true, but why name Lep leader? Why not someone else or go straight to Hkim?

Flare: Hkim wasn't really active while I was around, so he wasn't on my radar as a leader. Ultra was in a great position. The board was active, and my mods were doing an amazing job. With newer and newer versions coming out, I knew less and less about pokemon itself. I acted as the main decided for what could benefit the best for the group. Lep was active. He knew what was happening, and he was level headed. I handed Lep a steady, balanced ball and felt he would keep it going. When he dipped in his leadership, *the group began to fall apart . Lep was active. He knew what was happening, and he was level headed. I handed Lep a steady, balanced ball and felt he would keep it going.

Me: I've been holding onto a question and I really wanna ask this...What would have happened to the URPG had PE2K not agreed to your terms?

Flare: If PE2K didn't agree to my terms, I probably would have looked somewhere else. It wasn't going to work if his G-mods began controlling the club. You have to find the right choice or move on.

Me: So for you, there was no failing. You were going to ensure the URPG survival

Flare: Yeah, I wasn't going to have it fall under my legacy.

Me: That's an honorable man right there! How does it make you feel to know that the URPG has gone onto live for 15 years?

Flare: I'm shocked. And feeling old.

Me: You and I both, let me tell ya. But why shocked?

Flare: It's remarkable to me to think that I was 13 when I started Ultimate, and to think that this pokey online role-playing has continued, it's amazing.

Me: It ruly is something remarkable. Is there a day when the URPG will see the leader who saved the URPG make a return just to battle on ocassion if old stats could be found?

Flare: Oh, I was never a strong trainer haha. I could hold my own, but I never went down in history for fighting ability. My managerial fighting skills is the only thing that gives me a legacy.

Me: Not everyone can be as great as Delux or the current Elite Four and Legend Defender Pidge, but with a new revamped Gym system as well as Gen 6 now released into the URPG, there just nothing that'll bring you back for the fun?

Flare: I probably wouldn't have the time to learn the new thousand pokemon that's been added with the six hundred types and berries and knit gnats they can hold. Probably missing the ten thousand moves that's been added too

Me: What if the staff wanted to do a tribute FFA for only those involved from gen 1 - gen 3 using only old attacks and stats?

Flare: Well, if they're hoping to see what it was like in the olden days, I probably an not the best example haha.

Me: I'd be out before you, I promise =P
To you, what has made the Pokemon Ultra RPG, the Pokemon Ultra RPG?'

Flare: I think for me it was always a sense of a community. We were all online, but we probably spent most of our lives with each other after coming home from school. I had some really great friends from the group.

Me: One final question Flare and I promise I'm done with ya. Is there anything you wish to say to the current members, new and old and even the lonely Hkim?

Flare: Remember it's about having fun. We sat around the tv hearing, "I want to be the very best, like no one ever was." "POKEMON!!!!!" But remember it's a game. Be honorable. I enjoyed it because of the friends we made, so we didn't worry about cheating because we would never do that to each other. Enjoy the hard work because you'll appreciate your achievements even more.

Me: Wow Flare. That actually is bringing tears to my eyes. It's been a pleasure to do this with you and it truly means a lot and I'm sure it'll mean a lot to all the other members. Now just work up the courage to come back and battle me one last time**Thanks again

Flare: We'll be doing it from our wheelchairs.

Fossil Fusion - 12/7/2013

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Interview with Fossil Fusion definetely

Me: Approximately, when did you join and what was your starter?
FF: Numel & 2005 December 15th PE2K

Me: When you join that was when Gen 3, how hard was it then to get started as to compared to now?
FF: Gen 3 and not too bad

Me: was it difficult to have battles then?
FF: Easypeasy, we had lots of activity

Me: what drew u to joining the URPG?
FF: I loved battling on netbattle, so gave it a go
and enjoyed it

Me: What was the best part of the URPG for you?
FF: The friendships I've made, like true friends that I could easily meet in real life

Me: Speaking of friends, did you have any rivals or someone who didn't particular like?
FF: No rivals really

Me: In your opinion, what made the URPG the giant of online Pokemon battling?
FF: Erm well, that's a tough one. I believe it's the uniqueness of it and some of its focus near-like anime. The dedication of its members also drove it forward

Me: What is your most memorable moment that you've have?
FF: hmm all of them are most memorable really. I do find my old Mossdeep Record memorable. 23-3 I believe. Toughest Opponent' SilverSkarmory
Best Battle was probably defeating ST because he wiped most of my team out and then I counter attacked with Exeggutor & some other Psychic I forget

Me: According to your memory, what has been the greatest moment in URPG history? explain why?

FF: Expansion to Bulbagarden. A proposed 'terrible idea' that turned out amazing. Harry and the others made a good call. We have gained so many dedicated members

Me: What was your most embarrassing momment? Can you give some detail about it?
FF: I don't have an embarassing moment sorry lol

*Me:know you're around the forum still, we all see you and occasionally watch you battle. However, since this is the 15th anniversary, is there anything you'd like to share or say to everyone within the URPG?
FF: Keep up the good work, I am proud of you all. Especially Husnain.

Swift - 12/7/2013

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Me: In your short time here in the URPG, what is your greatest moment?
Swift: Becoming a ref was definitely the greatest moment for me! I was so nervous during the test...but when I passed, I felt really accomplished.

Me: I started back when the URPG was origionally formed a year after Gen 1 released., You started until Gen 5. Compared to when I started, how hard has it been for you to try and stay competitive?
Swift: hmm well the competitve game has changed a ton since gen one. i began playing pokemon back then and i didnt really have any idea what i was doing until around generation 3 . then in gen 5, i hit the competitive scene and began breeding, and EV training and that introduced me to a brand new side pof pokemon. staying competitive isnt easy and takes a lot of practice, but it's pretty fulfilling when you come out of a battle with a win!

Me: What has been your most embarrassing moment thus far?
Swift: oh god well there have been plenty of those @[email protected] I think the worst ones were probably reffing mistakes. If I had to choose one one of those, it would probably be ones I made during FFAs
since a mistake in an FFA can really impact a lot. The worst was when I told someone they were KOd when they really shouldnt have been because i calced wrong.
then i had to go back and fix things. which put everyone else on hold




Me: What do you think has made the URPG what it is today?
Swift: Dedicated and active staff members. People like Monbrey who show initiative to add things to the URPG like the calc without even being asked. People have dedicated a lot of time and effort to the URPG cause and it shows with the amount of activity. I also see new things being incorporated into URPG like MegaEvolution and new moves etc. that plenty of people take time to research and compile. Just that I'm very happy to be a member of such an active and engaging community. It's fun to play Pokemon, but it's much more fulfilling to be able to discuss it and explore it with so many others who share the same interest.

Me: When you hear "15th anniversary" what comes to mind?
Swift: It's an important milestone! Especially for a online communities like URPG! If these communities are not given tons of time and attention, they die out fairly quickly. But the fact that URPG has remained as strong as it has for so long, really speaks to the large amount of thought and work put into it.

Me: Last question! The future is always uncertain, even when we think we've got it figured out. What would you like to see in the future of the URPG?
Swift: The biggest thing I'd like to see for URPG is expansion! It's such a great experience and has awesome members, but it needs to grow and attract more members. URPG has always seemed to me like it had the potential to attract a very large amount of participants.

Psychedelic Mushroom aka jom aka Legs 12/7/2013

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psychedelic shroomish

Me: you joined around 2007. what drew you to play in the URPG?

PS: I started off being active in WiFi battling when D/P was released, I stuck around the PE2K forums being involved in competitive battling for a long time and disregarding the URPG. Then I got invited to a URPG chat one day and was very confused yet interested when I was watching how they were doing an in-chat battle. I thought to mysel, "How can they find this entertaining? There are no battle animations! Why are they rolling dice like that?". Eventually, my curiousity led me to joining just to see what it was all about

Me: How long were you a part of the URPG? I've noticed that there hasn't been any activity on your part on PWN or BMGF. Would you consider getting back in the community?

PS: I was a part of the URPG for about five years, I joined about a year after D/P was released and stopped playing around 2011 after I beat Loyal Arcanine to become URPG champion (then a couple months later, relinquished the champion title to Haze). Ultimately, I would not consider getting back into URPG because I have already accomplished everything that I wanted to in the game, and I feel that it does not have anything else to offer me (except for the great friends which are always nice to talk to!).

Me: A former Champion! nice! You became Champ in such a short time! That's quite impressive! Other than becoming Pokemon League Champion, what else was your biggest accomplishment?

PS: Hm, it's hard to beat being URPG championship as an accomplishment, not much else stands out to me like that! *smug gring* Becoming a ref was an awesome feeling for me, it was such a great experience to feel like I really understood how all of the moves worked and how to calculate them, it definitely helped to increase my knowledge of Pokemon moves and game mechanics. Later on I became a ref tester, that was also a great feeling (albeit I became inactive shortly after becoming a tester). Being a ref tester was very fun, being able to come up with difficult combinations and knowing that you held the future in your hands for referees to come. As a ref tester, you are responsible for setting the standard of what URPG refs should know, that is a great feeling (and also a big responsibility).

Me: Since becoming Champ is understood to be your most memorable moment, what do you believe is the most memorable moment in the URPG in general?

PS: There were so many great experiences in my time in URPG, it is hard to list all of them (and some of them probably shouldn't be listed because they are so disturbingly awesome). Being in the chats, you develop such close friends, and then you are able to branch off with those friends and do whacky fun stuff like talking over Skype while you're in an FFA, and teaming up and threatening people. Although I am not one to gossip, there was a lot of very entertaining drama that developed in the URPG. Particullary, I remember once there was a trial between users May Norman and Marth held over AIM. I won't go into details, but I got to be the lawyer! Apparently, May Norman had planned to institute a URPG bank, in which she planned to overthrow the URPG economy by centralize our currency! A lot of fun was also had during auctions and URPG chatrooms, where great jokes were created. One instance of this was when we were bidding on a Slowpoke. The auction was over, and then one user exclaimed "I bid 20k on Slowpoke! sorry lag". Who knows why it is so funny. That is the magic of URPG.

Me: you mention friends. we all make friends and we all many enemies. Did you have any enemies or rivals?

PS: Upon starting URPG, I had many enemies. It was a cold world out there for a 12 year old who was mindlessly spamming chats, and posting irreverent messages in large, obnoxious colored fonts. Eventually, the communities hatred for me I feel turned to adoration, as I became a beloved idol, a community joke maker and all-around funnyman. I did have friendly rivals for competition. In particular, I remember me and my pal ArcanineSavior aka iReign used to compete to see who would make it to the Elite Four first. We also had competitons about who could write the funniest Magikarp story and still have it pass! As far as nemesis go, I did have a few. Some people did not grow to appreciate me, feeling that I was obnoxious and not worthy of my accomplishments. To all the haters, I say thanks. I had a lot of people get irritated with me and call me things such as a "haxing n00b!" for abusing Pokemon such as Togekiss (which I became somewhat infamous for). Togekiss had such a vast combination of moves, ranging from Thunder Wave, Air Slash (with it's sweet 60% flinch rate), and Encore (which we all know is a fantastic move in URPG) along with great bulk that made many people hate you for using it. It is my philosphy that you should do everything possible to win, and even if people think a Pokemon is cheap, you should use it!

Me: the URPG has been around for 15 years, which is a huge step for a gaming community. Is there anything you'd like to say to the community?

PS: To the community I would like to say "quit while you're ahead". Just kidding, keep doing your thing. Aim to be the best and destroy all your opponents, but don't forget to stop and smell the flowers every once in a while. Smash the patriarchy! Also if there are any young girls that are playing URPG, you can send me a message whenever you want, I love to chat.

Okay, so if you actually took the time to read all of that, I know my interviews suck andI'm sorry for that =P
But the point of all of this is that after power struggle after power struggle and long periods of inactivity, we have struggled, survived and thrived and are still around after 15 years! So let's party! Let's celebrate! We as a community deserve to take this time and look back and go "Damn! We've come a long way!" We gone from rarely battling to battling when a ref feels like taking on the task =P. FFA's are more now and there's more events and more activities. From a leader who was rarely ever seen to a leader who is seen but isn't an active battler but we love anyways. From single simple battles to more complex longer battles with tougher strategies. From clean chats to talking about...well many things we shouldn't XD. We've gone from having to make sure every thread we needed was bookmarked to make sure we don't lose em to being able to find everything with a click of a button.

I'm sure no one cares but for someone who's been around from basically the start of it all, it does matter to me. So share with us your favorite moments since you've been around. Share with us your thoughts on the history of the URPG. Tell us what history means to you.

Lastly everyone...I'd just like to say congratulations on making this our 15th birthday!

Oh! One last thing! Our leader is full of it =P Read if you dare

Sorry Harry! And Bee of course.

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[1/16/2014 7:00:02 PM] Darkness Ruler: Hey! Have u posted the anniversary post yet?
[1/16/2014 7:00:21 PM] HKim: What anniversay post?
[1/16/2014 7:00:45 PM] Darkness Ruler: The one I was working on
[1/16/2014 7:02:17 PM] HKim: Shouldn't you be posting it then?
[1/16/2014 7:03:04 PM] Darkness Ruler: I told u I have to travel for work and wasn't sure if I could or not. Remember?
[1/16/2014 7:03:24 PM] HKim: Yeah, but we never talked about me posting anything
[1/16/2014 7:04:06 PM] Darkness Ruler: Lol being head of urpg I thought u would. Silly me. I forgot u don't like to do work
[1/16/2014 7:05:56 PM] Darkness Ruler: Love ya Harry
[1/16/2014 7:06:39 PM] Darkness Ruler: I'm driving home as we speak. Should b home in roughly an hr. I'll do my best to get it up tonight and not mess it up
[1/16/2014 7:07:09 PM] HKim: Hardy har har
[1/16/2014 7:07:20 PM] HKim: I actually never post an anniversary post, btw
[1/16/2014 7:07:30 PM] HKim: Haven't done so since becoming Head.
[1/16/2014 7:07:59 PM] Darkness Ruler: U lie so hard my old friend
[1/16/2014 7:08:11 PM] HKim: It's true.
[1/16/2014 7:08:15 PM] HKim: Jack's done it before.
[1/16/2014 7:08:30 PM] HKim: I do a State of the URPG every year though.
[1/16/2014 7:11:51 PM] Darkness Ruler: R u sure? Thought u did one as head
[1/16/2014 7:13:35 PM] HKim: I never remember the anniversary date
[1/16/2014 7:13:49 PM] HKim: Jack's done at least one during my term
[1/16/2014 7:14:07 PM] HKim: I believe.
[1/16/2014 7:16:21 PM] Darkness Ruler: Lol ok
Like I said I'll do it after I get home. Been gone 9 days!
[1/16/2014 7:17:31 PM] HKim: Yeah, we missed you
[1/16/2014 7:18:21 PM] Darkness Ruler: God Harry ure so full of it
[1/16/2014 7:19:00 PM] HKim: What?
[1/16/2014 7:20:24 PM] Darkness Ruler: I know u haven't missed me lol. Plus I've been on at night a couple of times. If u were on aim ud know that lol
[1/16/2014 7:21:10 PM] HKim: lol, I don't get on AIM that much!
[1/16/2014 7:21:20 PM] HKim: And sure i missed you man!
[1/16/2014 7:21:40 PM] HKim: Who else am I going to talk with about old URPG stories/
[1/16/2014 7:22:11 PM] Darkness Ruler: Get on aim and we can share stories all day long
[1/16/2014 7:22:26 PM] HKim: you're the only one who remembers Flare yelling at everyone
[1/16/2014 7:22:33 PM] HKim: Or Figgy hitting one everyone.
[1/16/2014 7:22:49 PM] HKim: Or Scott beheading everone!
[1/16/2014 7:22:53 PM] Darkness Ruler: Hell! Skype is on 24/7 lol
[1/16/2014 7:23:34 PM] Darkness Ruler: Flare bitched about everything and I was figgys sexy beast
[1/16/2014 7:24:36 PM] HKim: It was a different time back then
[1/16/2014 7:24:42 PM] HKim: Wackier I guess
[1/16/2014 7:24:48 PM] HKim: And like we know, a bit darker.
[1/16/2014 7:25:45 PM] Darkness Ruler: Yes it was. Now bee hits on me lol
[1/16/2014 7:26:56 PM] HKim: lol
[1/16/2014 7:29:33 PM] Darkness Ruler: It is more R rated tho. X rated depending on who's online lol
[1/16/2014 7:29:54 PM] HKim: Unfortunately
[1/16/2014 7:31:54 PM] Darkness Ruler: That's not a bad thing. God Harry most of us have grown up since then
[1/16/2014 7:33:01 PM] HKim: Sure, but a lto of URPGers are still young!
[1/16/2014 7:35:26 PM] Darkness Ruler: 1. They speak worse now than they did back then. 2. If they don't want to read it then they can log off. But yes some of the topics can stop
[1/16/2014 7:36:07 PM] HKim: You should try and help enforce that
[1/16/2014 7:38:57 PM] Darkness Ruler: Sometimes I think I should do meth...but then I think I better not
[1/16/2014 7:40:08 PM] HKim: \random
[1/16/2014 7:40:56 PM] Darkness Ruler: Lol my way of saying no
[1/16/2014 7:41:19 PM] Darkness Ruler: Plus not an official. No one will listen
[1/16/2014 7:43:03 PM] Darkness Ruler: Hell make me an official and I might actually start doing more
[1/16/2014 7:43:55 PM] HKim: I think it works the otherw ay
[1/16/2014 7:45:05 PM] Darkness Ruler: Lol it does but I thought I'd give it s try lol. But seriously they won't listen

Thank you all for making the last 15 years the best. Without the community I would have been bored of my mind and would probably have NO friends whatsoever.

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Great read, a lot of the older interviews are very interesting.

Fuck yeah URPG!

 

I remember Scott beheading everyone lol.

Here's to another 15 years of awesomeness! (And I'll be even older then x__x)

 

I'd like to take this time to do something I have yet to see ANYONE do, including staff (Yes Harry, that means you too).

From the bottom of my heart thank you. Thank you all for making the URPG what is it. Thank you all for keeping it alive for all these years. From old retired, never-to-be-seen again members to the newest members that just joined....Thank you.

May the following years be just as great for you all.

 

Quite interesting to read myself 10 years ago...