Happy 5th Forum Anniversary!
Jun 20, 2016 4:04:31 GMT -5
Post by ✞~Spottedleaf ~✞ on Jun 20, 2016 4:04:31 GMT -5
Today, June 20th, 2016, marks the forum’s fifth anniversary. I cannot believe that the website I have come to love so much is five years old. It has been a wonderful privilege to have been here for just about that long. I joined just over four months after the forum was created, and even though it was more of an accident back then, I have no regrets. It may have been an accident then, but it is certainly no accident now. On May 30th, 2013, I was chosen to become a Falconstar’s Helper. It has been such an honor to serve the forum in this way for three years, and I wouldn’t want to have it any other way. The community here is absolutely amazing, and that has made my experience of being a Falconstar’s Helper very rewarding.
However, if it was not for Falconstar, none of this would have been made possible. This thread is a little bit of a surprise for him, as it has been being planned for almost three months. So, Falcon Development , this is a thank you.
Here are some messages for you. These include backstories to how some of us stumbled upon the forum:
From 🍂 Elkpelt 🍂
First of all, thank you WC:UT. This forum has changed my life in so many positive ways to count. The community of people here is amazing and everyone is so supportive! Being in a community like this has given me back my self-esteem friends I know I can trust and lean on for support. No words can possibly describe how thankful I am to all of you here! Every single one of you is family to me and without you all I would be lost. I don’t care how cheesy I sound, I love every single one of you with all of my heart, thank you for an amazing 1st year!
I found WC:UT when Forestheart showed me the game. I played all the time. Then, I really wanted to have the pelt of the Thunderclan trainer so I looked it up. Wiki wouldn’t give me the answer, so I tried the WC:UT home, and when I still couldn’t find the answer, I got frustrated, and accidentally pressed the ‘Official Forums’ button. I thank God for making me press that button because it changed my life, but he wasn’t done yet. I found the ‘Secret pelts’ button and Bingo, I thought! But no… you had to sign in and make an account just to get a pelt. So I registered and got the pelt, but I also began to prod around the site.
I started posting in random chat threads, and people immediately realized I was new and welcomed me completely. I felt shy, yet encouraged by their warm welcome. I slowly started to post more, encouraged by my new found friends. One of my first friends on the forum was Spottedleaf. She showed me around the forum, how things worked, and introduced me to new people. I have to admit the first time she messaged me, I was terrified, but once I got to know her I was completely comfortable with her and everyone else on the forum! Thank you Spotty! After a few weeks, I became a regular poster, and tried to be as active as possible without the use of a phone. Now I am on every day and always try to give newcomers a warm welcome!
I would like to say thank you to all the friends that have kept me here so long and for longer to come! First of all, thank you Spottedleaf for welcoming me and being a great role model and guide! Thank you, Lightning for being a friend when I had none. And Hollyleaf for always keeping me in the Christian spirit and being a helpful loving friend! Thank you, Wolfpelt and Navnav for just being so active and answering all my stupid questions! Thank you, Sugarlotti for being so upbeat all the time and keeping me a kid! Thank you, Echobrook for keeping me company when I had nothing to do. Thank you, Kestrelflight for being my best friend and always being there for me. Thank you, Stormstar for being my friend. Thank you, Kaz for being insane and keeping me sane! And thank you, Peaches/Vegan for being me loyal master :3 *takes deep breath* Thank you, Reedfrost for being so active! Thank you Kai, even though I don’t know you very well! Thank you Spottedleaf, Birchstar, Waterpelt, Dawnleaf, and Moogle for keeping the forum under control! Thank you EVERYONE!
This forum has changed my life and for that I will always be grateful. Thank you, Falconstar for being a leader and role model and keeping this forum alive for 5 long years! Let’s Celebrate!
Your Grateful friend,
Elkpelt
From ❄🐾Luna🐾❄
It was during June, and I was a majorly active Feral Heart player and a huge book reader. In a day, I read all of the first series books. I was really bored, and I went looking for a game to play. I found Warriors - Untold Tales and I clicked on it. It caught my eye to see that there was a forum, so I checked it out. I was amazed by the site and continued hanging out on there as a guest, never posting. I was just scared to make an account because I thought everyone would judge me like in real life. Now I know how wrong I was. Five days after hanging out, I decided to register. I named my username after one of my characters, Hollygem. She was in Save File 2 at the time. Luna was in Save File 1. I quickly renamed myself Luna and derped around the site. Then, I introduced myself. Along the time, I made great, really close friends. Falconstar made me who I am today, just by registering this forum and everyone in it, new or old members, the ones who grew up beside me and others who grew up before me. They taught me friendship, and believe it or not, I learned to be braver. I could never regret my decision.
From Wolf
Hey Falconstar.
I know we haven't talked much, but I wanted to thank you for creating the forum and the game. The game was great - I've been looking for Warrior Cats games since I've read the first book, and couldn't find many. The games I found included spoilers and not much free-roaming, unlike WC:UT. I love how you can create your own clan, get kits, etc. I discovered the game by simply looking up ''Warrior Cat game'' or something like that on YouTube. I clicked on a WC:UT one, which turned out to be Spottedleaf's Trailer for Version 15. After seeing the amazing features and all that you could do, I immediately sprinted to my laptop and downloaded UT. I actually had to google on how to talk to cats because I clicked away the tutorial too fast xD.
Anyways, soon I discovered the forums, and I roamed around for a few months, reading through threads before creating an account. The people on here have always been nice to me, roleplaying was fun, etc. Creating CYOA's and reading them was a lot of fun too. I've gone inactive for a long time a couple of times now, but I'm active almost every day right now. I've made such great friends on here and have great memories that I'll never forget.
That’s my story. I'm glad you took your time to create a warrior cat game, a forum, and keep it active every day. So far the forum has survived five years which is pretty long. I've seen a lot of forums die of inactivity, so congrats. I'm going to stop typing now because this is getting too long XD. Thanks again.
From The Fullmetal Cat
I first found out about the forum from Spottedleaf. I was nervous at first because I'd never done anything like joining a forum. I didn't know what warrior cats was until I met Spottedleaf and Birchstar; they let me read some of the books, and I enjoy them. when I joined the forum I thought no one would care about me, some new guy on the forum, but I was wrong. I've meet so many new friends since I joined 2014 whom I'm so glad I met like Willowsplash, Elkpelt, Winterworks, ★ Recruit Wolf Winchester ★, ✻Dawnleaf✻, ★ Recruit Vegan ★, ★~Δ Navnav Δ~★, and many others. I'm so grateful for the friendship that you have shown me. Thank you all so much, and I want to continue to be your friend on the forum in which I'm grateful to know about!!
From me:
I remember finding and joining this site like it was yesterday. I found it by accident. I was playing Warrior Cats Untold Tales version 13, and then, when I went to change save files, I accidentally clicked the ‘Official Forums’ button that is located on the start page of the game. When I clicked it, the button instantly took me to the forum. I was curious to what it was, so I began to poke around on it. As I poked around, I discovered that there were secret pelts, and I also discovered that there was a version 14 to the game.
After I downloaded version 14, I wanted to retrieve the secret pelts. So, I clicked on the Secret Pelt board, and when I did so, I was brought to an error page that told me that I could not see any posts on the board unless I registered on the forum. Upon seeing that, I created my account and returned to the board. My original plan was to create the account, retrieve the secret pelts, and then to disappear forever. However, little did I know that once I started, I would be hooked for life. I was welcomed by many, and I quickly became engaged with what the rest of the site had to offer.
Although I was not always an avid poster like I am today, I really enjoyed interacting with other Warrior lovers like me. I was only in 8th grade at the time, so I was still very enthusiastic about the books, enthusiastic enough to where I could tell you what page in which book a particular event occurred in. But even as I have grown out of the series over the years, I have not lost any interest in the forum, and I never will.
I started to become really active in the middle of 2012. I met people who quickly became good friends to me, and I am still good friends with them today. I am forever grateful for having the privilege of being part of a forum with such a heartwarming and welcoming community, and for this reason, it means much more to me than just a Warrior Cats website. I have never grown so attached to a website in my entire life.
I was a member of two other Warrior cat forums for a while, and I was even a staff member of both of them, but I have not signed onto either one of them in what seems like ages. This was the first forum that I joined, and it is the only one I have remained active on 100% of the time. This website means that much to me.
By the time the year 2013 rolled around, I was already pretty well-known, if I can say so for myself. Then, in May of that same year, I applied to be a Falconstar’s Helper. I applied the year before then, but I was not accepted, and I understood why. I was still considered to be a newbie back then, and I was not incredibly active yet. In addition to that, there were many other candidates who were better fits for the position.
Although I was not accepted in 2012’s Falconstar’s Helper nomination, I felt confident when I applied the following year. I knew that I was ready. Other members were either considering me as a helper without powers, and they all told me that I would make a fantastic moderator. It was honestly not much of a surprise to me when I saw that I had been accepted, even though I was thrilled and very excited when it happened.
All the same, it has been an honor to serve here as a Falconstar’s Helper. I have been a helper for over three years, and it has been beyond rewarding. As I have stated before, the forum’s community is absolutely wonderful, and this is the reason why I have fallen in love with this place. I made a promise when I applied to be a moderator, and that promise was to never leave as long as I could help it, and it is a promise that I will always hold onto.
Thank you, Falcon, for creating the forum that I have come to love so much.
~ Spottedleaf
Gifts and other items:
From Wolf
From ☆ Navnav ☆
From me
(I went through all the existing versions of WC:UT and recorded the differences. This list may be missing some features, but I believe that I covered a lot of the important ones)
WC:UT Version Comparisons
Version 1
- One save file
- 12 pelts (White, silver-white, light gray, black, golden, dark ginger, brown, dark blue gray, black and white, tan, lavender, light blue gray)
- Battle missions only worth 5 rep
- Bonus shop: light blue gray pelt = 2 coins, black and white pelt = 3 coins, tan = 2 coins, lavender = 3 coins; All Clans = 2 coins; Apprentice Mode= 5 coins
- Freshkill = 1 rep; Giving Freshkill = 2 rep
- No save confirmation card
- Must not go below 1 rep or get kicked out
- Can’t bury anything
- Can only carry one item at a time
~ ThunderClan~
- Preyheart is darker
- Comfrey = 2 rep
- Goldenrod= 1 rep
- Horsetail =2 rep
- Herbs cost 2 rep
- Guards Frostfur and Thrushclaw
- Shiny things = 3 rep
- Rocks = 2 rep
- Feathers = 2 rep
~ RiverClan~
- Shiny things = 4 rep
- Apples = 3 rep
- Rocks = 1 rep
- Feverfew = 3 rep
- Horsetail = 3 rep
- Comfrey = 2 rep
- Guards = Jadepelt and Rushingpaw
~ WindClan~
- Guards = Breezefoot and Weatherspot
- Feverfew = 2 rep
- Goldenrod = 2 rep
- Comfrey = 2 rep
- Shiny things = 3 rep
- Apples = 2 rep
- Feathers = 1 rep
~ ShadowClan~
- Feathers = 2 rep
- Mice = 3 rep
- Rocks = 2 rep
- Comfrey = 3 rep
- Horsetail = 1 rep
- Goldenrod = 2 rep
- Cannot enter Carrionplace
- Guards = Shadefur and Bilepaw
Version 2
- Version 1 file works in version 2
- Pause screen is different than in version 1
Version 3
- Version 2 file works in version 3
- Allowed to have 0 rep and not be kicked out
- You’re allowed to rejoin the same clan you got kicked out of
Version 4
- Make a new cat button added to the bonus shop
- Rain was added
- Files from versions 1-3 do not load in 4. A version 4 file does not load in versions 3 and under.
Version 5
- Mottled gray and calico pelts were added
- New pelts can be bought for 3 bonus coins
- The map was added
- The ability to bury items was added
- The ability to sleep was added
~ThunderClan~
- Comfrey = 3 rep
- Goldenrod = 2 rep
- Horsetail = 3 rep
- Freshkill rewards 3 rep
- Feathers = 3 rep
- Shiny things= 4 rep
- Rocks = 3 rep
- Battles = 7 rep
~ ShadowClan~
- Rocks = 3 rep
- Feathers= 3 rep
- Mice = 4 rep
- Comfrey = 4 rep
- Goldenrod = 3 rep
- Horsetail = 2 rep
~RiverClan~
- Apples= 4 rep
- Rocks= 2 rep
- Shiny things= 5 rep
- Comfrey = 3 rep
- Feverfew= 3 rep
- Horsetail= 4 rep
~WindClan~
- Shiny things = 4 rep
- Feathers = 2 rep
- Apples= 3 rep
- Comfrey = 3 rep
- Goldenrod= 3 rep
- Feverfew = 3 rep
Version 6
- You can no longer get stuck in the tutorial by eating the mouse
Version 7
- Game version is printed at the bottom of start screen
- Versions 1-6 do not load in 7. Version 7 does not load in versions 6 and under.
- The two tone gray pelt and the golden pelt with white spots were added
- Two tone gray = 3 bonus coins
- Golden with white spots= 3 bonus coins
- The ability to mentor an apprentice was added to the bonus shop. Feature costs 3 bonus coins
- No training meters above apprentice’s head
~ WindClan~
- A water hole was added to WindClan’s camp
Version 8
- You can no longer name your cat Falconstar
- The ability to carry up to three of the same item at a time was added
- Items disappearing glitch
Version 9
- The ability to change the cat’s gender was added
- The ability to have a mate was added
- The price for mentoring an apprentice was lowered to 2 bonus coins
- Dogs were added
- Rogue Mode was added
~ ThunderClan~
- ThunderClan’s guards became Roseheart and Dragonsoul
~ShadowClan~
- ShadowClan’s guards became Shadefur and Rockpaw
~RiverClan~
- RiverClan’s guards became Jadepelt and Silverstone
~WindClan~
- WindClan’s guards became Breezefoot and Darky
Version 10
- The Official Website button was added to the start screen
- The silver tabby and orange tabby pelts were added
- Silver tabby pelt = 3 bonus coins
- Orange tabby pelt = 3 bonus coins
- Apprentice Mode was renamed to Challenge Mode
- Monsters were added
- Monsters run over trees and across the gray sidebar with the health, hunger, and thirst meters.
Version 11
- Start screen was changed to what it looks like in version 15
- Orange and white pelt was added
- White pelt with orange spots was added
- Leopard pelt was added
- Blue tabby pelt was added
- Orange and white pelt = 2 bonus coins
- Orange spotted pelt= 2 bonus coins
- Blue tabby pelt = 3 bonus coins
- Leopard pelt = 4 bonus coins
- The price for the orange tabby pelt was lowered to 2 bonus coins
- Monsters now drive behind the trees and don’t go across the gray sidebar.
- Apprentice genders were added
Version 12
- Orange tabby and white pelt was added
- Brown tabby and white pelt was added
- Orange tabby and white pelt = free
- Brown tabby and white pelt = free
- Game save confirmation card was added
Version 13
- Skip tutorial option was added
- Official Forums button was added
- 2 more save files were added
- Eye colors were added
- Brown tabby and white pelt became a secret pelt
- Orange tabby and white pelt became a secret pelt
- Black spotted pelt was added (Kittypet pelt)
- Brown spotted pelt was added (Kittypet pelt)
- Ember pelt was added
- Kittypet mode was added
- Twolegs were added
- Thunderpath tunnel was added
- The Carrion Place entrance was added
- Horses were added
Version 13.1
- RiverClan invasion glitch was patched
Version 14
- The Moonstone was added
- Moss was added
- Apprentices have a fighting XP bar
- Apprentices could now grow up and become warriors
- Mate cats could now give gifts to you
- Collar colors were added
- Rogue suffixes (paw and kit) affect the size of the cat
- Rogue mates added
- Kit names changed to match their ranks (kit-paw-warrior name)
Version 15
- Seasons were added (Colored leaves for Leaf-fall, snow for Leafbare and cherry blossom trees for Newleaf)
- Gatherings were added
- Power ups were added
- Talking camp guards were added
- Advanced ranks for NPC cats were added
- The ability to become a deputy assistant was added
- The ability to become a medicine cat assistant was added
- Walking animations were added
- Coco was added
- Pandaspirit was added
- New music was added
- The ability to hold up to 9 unique items was added
- BloodClan was added to Kittypet mode
- The price for herbs was raised to 5 reputation points
Miscellaneous:
~ I found some old threads and things like that to help honor this anniversary~ (Click on the text to view them). I arranged them into chronological order, but the last one isn’t a thread, so that’s why it’s at the bottom.
The first post ever made on the forum
The thread when Dawnleaf became a Falconstar’s Helper
The game’s first anniversary thread
The forum’s first anniversary thread
Falcon’s riddle thread for version 15
The version 15 video contest
There’s a road in my state called Falcon Drive
This was when the Beyond StarClan rank was added, and it was also when the Ancient Ancestor rank was added
The thread when Birchstar, Moogle, Waterpelt, and I became Falconstar’s Helpers
The forum’s second anniversary thread
Falconstar’s crazy and fun game hacking live stream
I passed Dawnleaf on post count. She used to be the top poster here
The game’s third anniversary thread
This was when the Beyond Ancient Ancestor rank (my rank) was added
The forum’s third anniversary thread
This was when the current default skin was created, as well as Legacy. I am likely the main reason why Legacy exists because I gave Falcon all the color codes.
The 2015 Christmas Event (This isn’t necessarily old old, but it’s definitely a fun thing to remember
This is what the forum looked like before April 29th, 2013
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