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First of all, I only say any of this because I LOVE YOU GUYS.
I just saw what happened on the Evil AE War, and I am ashamed of you! Just because you are all RPing as "rude" AEs doesn't mean you should be, to put it bluntly, downright mean.
See, a little while ago I was mad because everyone copied my idea: to make a person that I could act like who was my polar opposite/insane. That was my AE, Masked Piester. She was the first true AE. BTW, the CB has deliberated and Masked Piester was definitely first, so don't try anything. A bunch of people copied me, and many of them started having about 3 AEs each.
I felt that Masked Piester had been discarded, and that the CB was in control of the AEs.
So I withdrew Masked Piester from the CB, saying she would not return.
There was backlash. I put her back in eventually (due to peer pressure), and the CB agreed that everyone having more than two AEs was TOO MUCH.
Eventually, I took a hiatus from the CB. I returned to find many new members, with all of them having AEs and many having more than two. I was hurt that no one had mentioned the "no more than two AEs each" rule in my absence, but said nothing because everything seemed to be working well.
The crush war was even fun.
However, it is ALWAYS a bad idea to have a TWO-SIDED war. Once the CB had a "Ruler of the Chatterbox AE Contest" and it ended... badly.
So I have made a decision.
I am pulling both Baelfire and Masked Piester from the CB.
Until everyone promises to a) NEVER make another AE without first checking to see "how would this HELP the Chatterbox, not just myself" and B) NEVER START ANOTHER TWO-OR-THREE-OR-WHATEVER SIDED AE WAR, MP AND BAE ARE NOT COMING BACK.
UNDERSTAND?
Good.
I'm sorry for shouting, and I love you all.
~Brookeira
submitted by Brookeira, age +Co.
(June 25, 2016 - 2:18 pm)
(June 25, 2016 - 2:18 pm)
Now I feel horrible. I have three AEs. I don't really want to kill off any of them, because for each, I honestly took a really long time developing their personality and apperance before I introduced them. (Well, except Critic, but I took a lot of time later on to refine her.) I am not bothered about 3+ AEs if they are good, strong, developed characters (I put that before funny/insane), but the having of multiple AEs as the generic "insane" character who does nothing but, well, go insane is what pulls my strings.
A lot of what gets me about AEs is when they're so. . . SIMILAR. Whether to the creator's other AEs or to another existing one, I don't have a problem as long as each AE is a character and not just one of several pie-throwing blobs of inhuman insanity. This might be just me, though.
Am I. . . allowed. . . to keep all my AEs? I obviously know that everything on CB is 100% optional, and all rules, except for the Admins', are on an honor system with no actual enforcing. But, um, if it is nessecary I'll drop Hobbes from CB. I use my AEs purely because they amuse me, and I usually only take Critic or Mandy on Ski Lodges. If it's a problem, then they can go, but I would be pretty sad about it. They're kind of like. . . Annoying little siblings. Or twins. Or whatever.
Anyway, I'm probably totally rambling at this point, so bye.
(June 27, 2016 - 10:05 pm)
I- I'm- FORBIDDEN?!?!?!?
Calm down Torstyn-
THIS IS BAD THIS IS BAD THIS IS VERY-
CALM YOURSELF AE!
VERY-
TORSTYN. CALM DOWN.
BAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!!!
Ok, shutting AEs up now.
Brooke, I agree with you, but only in some aspects. Just FYI, I was not part of the first AE War when AEs exploded everywhere, or the second AE War that you mentioned. (I like to think, but I don't really know if it's true, that) My AEs and I were a big factor in the AE Crush War. I agree that it is very easy to let AEs get out of control. Having three AEs is a bit tricky. However, I am ok with it. There was a point in time where I was going to retire PSXtreme in favor of Torstyn, and thus created the term -AEs, which was only ever used by PSXtreme and another AE who was going to be retired (I'm sorry, I can't remember who). As said before, having three AEs is a bit tricky. But IT IS POSSIBLE. I am living proof of that, so to speak. I'm afraid that whenever the CB decided to limit AEs to two per CBers, I was either not here, or uninformed. Soooo yeah. Done talking now, need to calm Torstyn down before he rediscovers his electric powers.
(ZZZZZZZAAAAAPPPPPP) AHHHHH!!!! WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!
Oh no.
(June 27, 2016 - 10:14 pm)
Yeah, Hobbes is forbidden too. I'm considering temporarily (at least to begin with) pulling all my AEs from CB because none of them are the characters I created without the others and dropping just one would change things so much.
(June 28, 2016 - 9:29 am)
Hey guys... Masky here. I'm not speaking in caps because for once in my life, I'm very serious.
I was going to say that I'm okay with people having 3+ AEs if they are all well developed, but I decided to make the criteria a little more complicated.
Have your AEs:
Made someone laugh?
Made someone smile?
Improved the atmosphere of the Chatterbox?
Were not created because you wanted an excuse to write in a certain way? (Just because you want to write an annoying/vain/rude/whatever character does not mean you should make them a permanent AE)?
Are not just one-dimensional copies of me?
Are well-developed?
If you answered no to any of these questions pertaining to one or more of your AEs, KILL THEM.
Welp, that was violent. Baelfire-chan?
Hi-h-hi guys. I love you all. Especially Lyra Iwillalwaysloveyoushhdon'ttell. MP and I will be back... someday.
(June 28, 2016 - 8:37 am)
To ANY of those questions??????????
I only have two Æs, both modeled after HP characters. I didn't develop them because I didn't need to! Rowling did that for me! AND NO WAY AM I KILLING THEM OFF!!!!!!!!!
And the most anyone's Æs have ever done was being a big smile to my face; I don't "laugh" at my computer or phone screen. No one's Æs are dying because they only brought smiles and not laughs to CBers' faces.
And it's extremely hard for a single Æ to improve the atmosphere of this website, seeing as it's kind of big…
(June 28, 2016 - 10:52 am)
What about that AE war? I don't think that brought a smile to some peoples' faces,
(June 28, 2016 - 7:40 pm)
I made my first AE when I was new to the CB, and I wanted to fit in. I tried to break the AE stereotype with Mrs Elton, making her annoying and snooty, but not really insane. Then I made Sprankje, because I kind of felt like I wanted a crazier AE, and a foil to bounce off Mrs E. I don't think Sprankje is the portrayed very well, but for me, she has a very distinct personality. In answer to your questions MP, here's this.
1. I don't know. I'd like them to, but I'm not very good at being funny.
2. See above.
3. I really don't know what you mean.
4. Yes?
5. I didn't really know of your excistence when I created them, and neither of them are crazy pie throwers.
6. I don't know. In my head they're well developed, but maybe not on the CB.
Should I get rid of them? Whistler says mami. You have a mother?
(June 28, 2016 - 2:16 pm)
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE???????????
Now Abi's Æs are gone!!!!! Because of this stupid "only 2 Æs" rule!!!!
(June 28, 2016 - 10:48 am)
@Booksy!
Oh, Merlin, I'm so sorry! :( I didn't mean it that way! You're an amazing CBer who's nice, sweet, kind, and smart! I didn't...I really didn't!
I was just offended at the newbie comment.
(June 28, 2016 - 10:58 am)
It's okay, Mei, it was my fault. I shouldn't have reacted that way. I was just being bitter.
I know this isn't the right thread to say this, but I've been feeling a little lonely on here. Never, not once, has a CBer listed me as theirs friend, or someone they admire, or anything. And your comment just made me feel sad. That's my fault, not yours, though. Sorry!
(June 28, 2016 - 9:17 pm)
I know how you feel Booksy, but don't you think for a minute that you don't have friends. You are one of the sweetest people on CB, and are wonderful and creative and smart. Lizzie Bennet would be proud. Whistler says wizf. Yes, Booksy is a Wiz.
(June 29, 2016 - 9:44 am)
Thank you sooooo much, Mirax.
*hugs*
(June 29, 2016 - 7:43 pm)
Oh jeez. Oh wow.
I did not expect all these rules.
I can't say that my AEs have made someone laugh out loud, because I'm not everyne else, nor do I know them. I don't know how one single AE could transform the Chatterbox. I wrote MewFour because I like to write, and he was important to me.
But...
I guess...
I guess I could have two AEs only. So, I suppose I'm saying goodbye to MewFour. He has caused that "AE War", and I did write him in because I like to write.
Byeee...
Are just 8-Piece and Nougat good enough for you?
Bye, MewFour.
(June 28, 2016 - 1:22 pm)
No, Cloud, you are one of my best friends on the CB and you are not throwing away MewFour. You had fun with him, I had fun with him, and no matter what Brooke or whoever says, you have the rights, as a Chatterboxer, to keep all of your Alter Egos. Chatterbox is for writing and having fun, and that's exactly what you have doing doing, and WILL continue to do, no matter what they say. The "rules" she made up were way too harsh, and YOU ARE NOT listening to them.
Whoopee, it's a second AE war now... Yay.
(June 28, 2016 - 3:41 pm)
Yeah, I know... reading back on that, I realized it's another case of "Me not thinking before I write something". This happens quite often, actually. As for MewFour, you're right. I'm not going to get rid of him, but I am going to alter him a little bit. When I first created MewFour, I had no idea about the first AE war, MP or any other big AE stuff. I wanted him to be vain and a bit annoying, but not evil and stereotypically nasty. I guess he molded into that, though, so I'm changin his character back to "vain, clever, but loyal and on your side'.
And, for your questions, MP, here they are:
Have my AEs-
Made someone laugh? I can't speak for anyone, because I'm not them, but I like to think that I've made Mei laugh, at least, with 8-Piece.
Made someone smile? Again, can't speak for anyone, but I always get excited and happy when someone else mentions my AE. It's a good feeling, being happy over a fictional character.
Improved the atmosphere of the Chatterbox? This is pretty difficult for a single character to do, but I think they've helped.
Were not create because you wanted an excuse to write a certain way? This is alittle offensive. If I want to make a character to make me happy, and share my writing style with other people, why is it so bad? I didn't want an excuse to write something; I wanted to share a character type I liked.
Are not just one-dimensional copies of me? I had no idea MP was the first AE, nor do any of mine resemble him. MewFour is vain, but not stereotypically evil; Nougat is happy but not stereotypically insane, and 8-Piece is something new. Not SHY, but relaxed, outgoing, lethargic, a surfer.
Are well-developed? I'm trying. I need time to develop a character.
(June 28, 2016 - 5:59 pm)