Anyone out there?

[CJ Yoshi]

Wow, it's surreal to see this board still up after all these years... It just randomly popped into my head and I searched it up, now I'm just looking through some of my old posts and am seriously overwhelmed with nostalgia... man I was so freaking young when I posted here. Just wish I could get all those broken images back - but I actually did manage to find one piece of art someone drew for me. I think that was from right around when I stopped coming here. I lost nearly all of my artwork, files, comics, sprites, etc. from those days, so this is honestly an incredibly precious keepsake to me, so thank you for that Midnight! And the same to all the friends I was able to create precious childhood memories with. Even though I'm sure I probably came off as an annoying little kid to many of you, I hope you are able to cherish those times as I do. Also, if by some miracle anyone still stops by these forums and happens to have those horrible sprite comics I made saved anywhere I would love to see them lol.

[Rainbow Yoshi]

I am out here. This board has randomly popped into my head two or three times over the past several years. I think this is the first time it's popped into my head when there was any kind of recent activity though! I recognize your name, but I'm not sure that I interacted with you much, CJ.

This place is very nostalgic for me too. I'm glad that it's still around. I have very fond memories of posting here and making friends. I feel like I may have been a bit annoying back then too, but hopefully others didn't feel that way about me. I was pretty young when I joined as well. I think I was 12. A lot has changed since then, but I still like Nintendo.

[Zippy]

Simply put... It’s been a while, hasn’t it?

This place holds a very special place in my heart. So much so, that I decided to dust off the old account just to reply to you guys. First post in nearly ten years? Hard to think how much time has flown by, how much we’ve all grown, all the places we’ve all been. And yet we still look back at this place. Maybe forums just had some sort of magic and community social media can’t create these days. I don’t know.

Someone made a yoshi Discord group not too long back, and quite a few folks from here popped up in it. We got to reminiscing, and I started looking back through this time capsule more and more. It’s funny to look back and see all the posts we made and all the things we discussed. The fact this is still here is incredible. It was great to see some of you posting again, remembering those old days. I’m glad I’m not the only one still poking around.

For those of you who may be reading this down the road, I hope you’re doing well and living a happy and fulfilling life. Thanks for all the fun times we shared, and maybe our paths will cross again someday!

[Rainbow Yoshi]

I'm glad to see you broke your 10 year streak of not posting! Any chance that discord server is still around? I saw an invite for a discord server in another thread, but the invite had (unsurprisingly) expired since it was from two years ago. I'd love to catch up with any of the members here if possible.

Alternatively, to anyone reading this, whether I knew you or not, feel free to message me on Twitter @jayseypoo. I'd love to reminisce and hear about how you are doing. I'd be more than happy to talk on these forums as well, but I can't guarantee that I'll remember to pop in frequently if new posts are only created every couple of years. =P

[Zippy]

Jul 31, 2019 17:00:24 GMT -5 Rainbow Yoshi said:

I'm glad to see you broke your 10 year streak of not posting! Any chance that discord server is still around?

Thank you, thank you. It’s a miracle I even remembered what my password and login stuff was... HAH! But yes, I see you posted your twitter. So I’ll reach out to you there, as it’s private invite. But you’ll find a lot of yoshis both old and new in the group. I’ll be glad to forward an invite!

And speaking of twitter, that’s a great idea.. I’ll leave some contact info here for folks who might be dropping by. Any old members still lurking, you’re more than welcome to poke me on my twitter @zipfox if you wanna say hello! ^^

[Rainbow Yoshi]

Jul 18, 2019 1:25:15 GMT -5 CJ Yoshi said:

Just wish I could get all those broken images back - but I actually did manage to find one piece of art someone drew for me. I think that was from right around when I stopped coming here. I lost nearly all of my artwork, files, comics, sprites, etc. from those days, so this is honestly an incredibly precious keepsake to me, so thank you for that Midnight! And the same to all the friends I was able to create precious childhood memories with. Even though I'm sure I probably came off as an annoying little kid to many of you, I hope you are able to cherish those times as I do. Also, if by some miracle anyone still stops by these forums and happens to have those horrible sprite comics I made saved anywhere I would love to see them lol.

If you happen to see this thread again anytime soon, CJ, I found this art that you're in, and this. I'm not sure if you're in the second one, since the members aren't labeled. And I know this isn't exactly what you were looking for, but hey, it's something. I thought I had lost everything I'd saved from these forums, but I managed to find these on an old folder in an old external hard drive I have. The only other things I have saved were gift art that members had made for me. I'm very glad to have found them. 

[evilyoshi]

Its shocking to see that this place is even still operational. I miss this and yaf so much. So surreal to look back and remember how everything died overnight.

[kiseff]

Hey everyone! I was just spending some time talking about some memories of this forum to a friend of mine, then went to check the forum to realize there's a new thread up. I was the person who made the Discord server two years ago, but I went ahead and got rid of it after a while. Had a great talk with Shoe, and I believe Red.yoshi (I still talk to him on the regular, we're bffs Double-scoop ice cream) was in the call with us at the time too if I can remember. Perhaps we can hook up sometime and chat, have a couple drinks and chill!


discord.gg/DNfA8cF

[red.yoshi]

Hey guys!

I still visit this place every once in awhile. It's crazy that Yoshi's Corner is still mostly in-tact. These message boards are like a time capsule.

It's fun reading all of my old posts. I like reading what I was doing back then - how I interacted with others, how spammy I was, and the types of threads that reeled me in as a kid. This place houses a large chunk of my history, and I'm fortunate that it still stands in all its fragmented glory.

I'd bet that, unless proboards changes, if any of us were to revisit here in 5, 10, 20 years, this board will still remain. So, I'd like to take some time to share a little bit about myself.

I'm 29 years old now. I think I was 14 when I first registered an account here. I currently work in a hospital as a pharmacy technician. What does that entail? I prepare and dispense medications for patients who are admitted, or who come to the emergency room. In all honesty, I spend a lot of time playing with needles and mixing IV bags.

I got a new car earlier this year. It's a 2016 Honda HRV and it drives like a dream. It's also really good on gas, which is one of the reasons why I went with it.

My current music of choice is electronic down tempo, but I enjoy listening to a bit of everything. Here's a song that I really like currently:

In my free time, I enjoy playing video games, dungeons and dragons, and magic the gathering. I own a Nintendo Switch, and over the past couple months I beat Zelda 1, 2, and Zelda: A Link To The Past. Nintendo recently released a Zelda: Links Awakening remaster that I'll be playing the heck out of in the near future. I also play a lot of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI - two massively multiplayer online role playing games.

As far as my yoshi persona goes - I haven't thought about him in awhile. I suppose he lives on within the annals of Yoshi's Corner.

What about you guys? What's going on in your lives right now?

[Rainbow Yoshi]

Glad to hear that you are doing well, red. Being a pharmacy tech sounds like a great job. A Link to the Past is one of my favorite games of all time, and I really enjoyed the Link's Awakening remaster.

Here are the major life events that have happened in my life over the past several years:

• Got my bachelor's degree in accounting.
• Got my master's degree in accounting.
• Got a job as (you guessed it) an accountant
• Bought a home
• Got married to a beautiful girl

My job has been pretty good to me. I was promoted about a year and a half after I started, then promoted again 2 months later when someone in a higher position quit. I've been in my current position for 10 months.

I try to spend a lot of time on my home. I actually enjoy doing housework. I want to plant fall bulbs this weekend in my flower beds.

I still play video games quite a bit, although I don't have as much time for them as I used to. The Legend of Zelda is my favorite series. I still own every console that Nintendo has put out (besides the Virtual Boy).

[CorporalLuna88]

Woah, this is like unreal....@_@ I haven't seen this board since 2005. None of you guys will most likely know me because i think i only made a couple of posts and i don't even remember the username either. I was a mostly just a background lurker (as i was a little too shy to post and interact with people back then). But I do remember some of you guys, I remember (i think) this used to be a messageboard of some Yoshi Art website that had a bunch of my childhood favorite artists when i was a kid back then. Koshizu, Anjila and Norby and others. I still have their artwork on my old computer as well.

I REALLY, didn't expect this board to still be around, i was literally thinking it would've ended up just being a web archive (if it even archived at all). Though this board is not active, its still a trip to see it still alive after all these years since soo many of these forums and websites have long gone. Its even more trippy that there are even still people posting (even if it is just a couple).

....I honestly regret it not have interacted more and engaged with you guys (and people in general) back then. But its still nice to see it here! I hope you guys take care and (hopefully) maybe this board will still be around. I might interact more (even if theres not many to interact with). And i'm also glad to see you guys are doing fine and well!

[Zippy]

I did another pulse check on the forums today, and I’m surprised to see this thread getting so much attention lately. It just goes to show how many of us were silently lurking, haha! It’s hard to say goodbye to something that meant so much to a lot of us, isn’t it? Great to see you guys here!

I suppose I neglected to share what I’ve been up to the last 15 some odd years. Well, I finished high school. Went to college at the University of Georgia and graduated with a BFA in graphic design. Since then, I’ve been working at a small business specializing in online training software development. So, I design and create e-learning, as well as conduct webinars on using some development tools. Been at it for about six years now, and while it’s not exactly my passion, it’s alright for now. And oh yeah! I’m married to a wonderful husband as well!

In my spare time, I restore antiques. Appliances, bicycles, furniture... learning a little about it all! I’ve always been a tinkerer and history-lover, so it suits me and earns an extra buck or two in the side. I’m also a beginner gardener as of late!

That’s about it so far. Life’s been good! And I hope you all are excellent too!

[Toshi]

Just out of curiosity, decided to see if my old password worked for this place.. and wouldn't you know it, I still remembered! So, hey folks, long time no see.

When the new year rolled in, I got a little nostalgic and wanted to look back at some old stuff that I could remember. This forum came to mind, and so I thought I'd check it out again, see if this place still existed. I moved away from here quite early in the past decade, so being able to see some posts still popping up since then was quite a surprise to see. I read some of the old posts, threads and so on, but I didn't even notice that this thread was here at first, nor did I see that that the last post was fairly recent (and funnily enough, just a couple days after my Birthday too), so when I realised when it was created not that long before then, I thought wow.. people still seem to check this place out. It's.. good to hear from folks again, though. It feels as if some people do come back to reflect on better days when we were all much younger and had less responsibilities in life rather than post anything. Though heck, even my last post here was about 9 years ago, back in January 2011, so it's been quite a while for me indeed.

I noticed that my avatar reverted back to some default one (I assume that happened when proboards updated their look), so I thought I'd change it, just so those who know who this is actually know it's me. For anyone that has some memory of my time here, I was the one who did those "humorous" comics back in the day. Back then, I was just a blue Yoshi, with some marks on his arms, gloves (or was it wrist bands? Can't remember), who had an affinity for rock music. If that rings a bell, yep that's me, hi, I've not changed much and I'm still lurking around in the Yoshi loving fandom!

So I guess I should tell you a bit about what I've been up to since my last post? Well, I'm still working for Royal Mail for one thing. I'm coming close to my 12th year with them in fact. Though I have somewhat moved up the ladder. While I'm still not "full time", I'm working pretty much as one. I'm now a driver, but that's due to the changes that have occurred in my time with the company, so not necessarily a promotion, just a change of pace, but that's been this way for the better part of 6 years or so now, so it ain't exactly new.

I'd also been to Canada, which happened back in June. Went to visit my partner who I've been in a relationship with for about 5 years or so now. It was our first time together, did a lot of things like visit Niagra Falls, and they showed me the sights around Cambridge for a week. We seemed to hit it off really well too, and I'm hoping to visit again in 2021 where we might officially become a couple, and thus begin my preparations to move out there. It's all up in the air at the moment though, so things could change for the worst.. but I'm hopeful.

I also technically own a house now. I say technically because, well, while the house is mine, I'm not living in it, nor am I earning money from renting it out or anything. Nah, my Dad fell into a financial problem back in 2017 due to his silly self only taking out an interest only mortgage back when he first bought the property, paying a low sum every month, but still having the price of the house to pay for at the end of his term. Now, usually, you'd remortgage, right? Well he couldn't, being 70+ (dunno if it's the same in other countries, but in the UK, you can't remortgage a property if you're over 70) so he had to find all of the money to buy his house, or he'd lose it. Of course, he wasn't going to find a 5 figure sum overnight, so he looked to me for help, and I basically took a mortgage out on the house in my name. This means I now own the house, but my Dad lives in it, paying me the mortgage money every month. It's not an ideal situation, but hey, I'm on the property ladder, and I hear that's a good stepping block for when it comes to buying my own house eventually.

Oh, and one other thing. I had a dark period in my life back in 2016. I broke down mentally and fell into a very deep depression where.. let's say if I made the wrong choice, I wouldn't have been here. It's been an upward struggle since then, just trying to get myself back on track, trying to think positive, and just leaving those days behind. So far, it's been a success. While I'll never be entirely free from the darkness of those days (and it does come back to swallow me up now and again), the light is stronger than ever, and I've been confident tackling the days since then. I'm grateful for the friends who stuck by me during that time (as well as my partner), and without them, I don't think I would of been here to reflect back on this forum and check out what you've all been doing with yourselves. It's a nice feeling, one that gives me hope for the coming decade.

I don't really have a whole lot else to say other than life is now going okay. I haven't got any noteworthy accolades to tell. I've just been living my life, having fun with friends when I can, just making the most of things while I'm still able to. Nothing has truly changed with my life, but that's okay, because I'm enjoying every moment of it right now.

It's been nice to get to post again after all these years, I could ramble on for longer but I'm looking at the clock and thinking I should be going to bed as I'm back to work as normal in the morning, now that the Xmas and New Year holidays are done with for another year that is. If anyone is seeing this as a guest or even as a member, just know that it was a pleasure knowing you all, and thank you for being a part of my life. Thanks for all the fun times back then, I do miss those days, but fear not, I haven't gone far. Find me on Twitter if you want, you can check it out in my social contacts. I'm there regularly, talking about video games, life and furry stuff. Might see you there, but if not, take care, and peace out.

[Moot]

it's so weird to login here on one of my extremely occasional nostalgia fuelled visits and see actual new posts, so it's very nice to know that its not just me who thinks about this place lmao

even though everyone has scattered to the four winds its good to know that some of the old yc crew are still around, although mostly on twitter or discord or telegram or whatever else the kids use these days

its been years and I'm still slightly mad that forums are no longer A Thing when on the whole they were such chill hangouts

just on the off chance anyone is interested, these days you can still find me on twitter, mastodon, and discord (Moot#7414)

[Garr]

I'm still around, as rare as it might be. I know this comes 20 days and who knows how many years late, but I still swing by occasionally, when nostalgia hits.

It's both weird and good to see my old friends still around, and I just hope I didn't leave anyone with any ill-feelings.

It's been a long, crazy trip for me. I think I first stopped even checking because I ended up homeless for a year, then starting a business. Then watching that business fail, it's hard to think it's been what? Ten years?

Ten years, and people are still thinking of this place, still posting.

I was reminiscing with some video game friends about the early internet and was overwhelmed with the urge to swing by and say hi. I'm glad I did.

If you ever wanna reconnect, I'll try to swing by again more regularly, but you can catch me on discord as Garr/0469. I just wish that forums still were the norm. It's frustrating to try and find people I used to know in the giant ocean of twitter or what have you.

[yoshi33469]

Oh my. I’m so sorry for the hell I put this forum through lmao. I was definitely too young to be on the internet back then. I obviously never really made a connection with any of you but thank you for the walk down memory lane.

-Autumn, 19 y/o.

[cc]

Only just logged in today for the first time in... 12 years?! XD

Anyway, hope you all have been going well (and are staying safe from this whole COVID business!) As for me, I'm going well - I moved out of home back in 2011 and got a well-paying job that same year, also been continuing drawing, making music as well as a bit of game making on the side. Speaking of game, I found those posts where I was making a powerpoint game called "labyrinth" all those years ago... yeah that got cancelled.

Oh yeah, during my college years (2006 - 2007, before I joined here) I checked out some cool yoshi artists that were around back then. It's a damn shame that most of their art no longer exists nowadays, as there were some I really liked (there was this gift pic done for nightcroshi of his Tempest character I thought was dope).

[YoshiAgent]

Ay it's time to swing by the old YC! I'm glad this is still around, it's nice revisiting. I feel a little of that old magic! If any of the YC or YAF crew see this I just want to say we had some good times.

Here's something to get your nostalgia flowing if it hasn't already, these old songs that used to be downloadable from the YAF music page. That page disappeared but the originals from OCremix are still here!



(:

[Yoshiken]

Holy crap, I can't believe the hit of nostalgia I just got! Crazy to see and hear from you all again! I honestly miss all the many friends I made on here, and I wish I did a better job of keeping in contact with you guys.

I suppose with this reunion, I'll update you guys on whats happened in my life as well over the past decade. I'll have to warn you though, its not pretty!

So, it may have already travelled through the grapevine already, but for those who don't know, Anjil (Angela) and I went through a nasty divorce some amount of years ago. We agreed to not have any contact with each other again, so please do not bring this up if you are in contact with her, as I am sure it will bring up some bitter memories. However, this divorce spiralled me into massive depression. I decided to work on myself and got my own place, staying single for a while. It took a couple years, but I was able to pick myself back up and socialize again. I finished school with a degree in Astronautical Engineering, and got a job at Boeing for a bit.

Disaster struck once again when the property I was living in suffered through a huge flood and was completely destroyed. My stupid self never bothered to insure this property, and so I lost everything except for my car, a few clothes, and some electronics that were on high shelves. I decided that it was the best time to start a fresh new life, and so I immediately packed everything into my car, quit my job, and moved across the country (Arizona -> New York) to be next to a girl I had gotten close to online. Lucky for me, she is now my wife! I got a new job working at Lockheed Martin, and was trying to pick my finances back up.

I made a decent amount of money, and lived in a very cheap apartment for a while so that I could save money. I got offered a very nice position at a start up in North Carolina a little bit later, and so moved down here where I currently live. I saved up a large amount of money, and was about to purchase a house and finally move out of the apartment life, when I had a moment of reflection.

See, I always had a dream to work on the development of video games, but I never thought I had taken the right path in life to get into it. Well, I finally decided that I didn't want to keep living a "what if?" kind of life, and so I took all those savings, and I started my own Indie Game Development Studio with it a few months ago! I hired some employees (programmers, animators, artists, etc.), and we have started on our first big project! So, while I am still in a dinky apartment, I am starting to see my dreams come to life (although it will take a few years to actually develop the game). Life seems to finally be chill again. We also are trying to have a child, so I might be a father soon!

Anyways, I would LOVE to hear from you all again. I am practically on discord everyday, so I would be sure to reply. I know I am terrible at keeping in contact, but this time I promise to do my best! My Discord is: Yoshiken#4986

Also, if you were interested in checking out the game that my studio is developing, check out the twitter account: twitter.com/DewborneDawn

Keep in mind that we only started development a few months ago, so there is still very little content, but I would GREATLY appreciate the support! I suppose I'll plug my own twitter account as well, even though I am not that active since I spend all my time on my game's twitter account lol. Here is my own personal account: twitter.com/KurtisT96

[Shoe]

Cool, I thought about jumping in here and I guess I did at the right time because, look, posts! I hoped to ignite some activity earlier on here, I thought it was a year ago but geez, it was actually back in 2017. It's cool to see this many people making throwbacks throughout this year, though!

Maybe I'll come back and do as full a reply as most of the rest of you, but for now here's my Discord, too: ZommieTheButcher#1782

Edit: I might not have the attention span to give a full update on myself right now, but if anyone is reading this, since there are some mods like myself and admins in this thread wielding ultimate power, what if we created a whole new board where we can all continue keeping up? Seeing that there seems to be this recurring idea of missing people and wanting this forum type of community over the instagrad of the usual social media messengers? Maybe it wouldn't last, maybe it would, but might be fun either way!