CB survey!I&

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CB survey!I&

CB survey!

I'm bored, so I basically made a little survey about the CB, because I wanted to see the different opinions of the CBers. Enjoy!

1. How long have you been on the CB?

2. How did you find the CB?

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

4. What was your first AE? 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active)

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB)

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed?

submitted by Somebody, who is bored
(July 15, 2021 - 3:41 pm)

1. How long have you been on the CB?

Since April 27th, 2020. 

2. How did you find the CB?

Looking for more details on the current art contest. 

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

Hummingbird/the Story Weaver's Elemental Solo Write. 

4. What was your first AE? 

Mid! 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

Two- Mid and Blaze, but Ibi and Kiwi are kinda AE-like and I'm thinking about turning them into AEs. 

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created?

One solo write (that ended horribly abruptly, sorry, Peregrine and dreamii), one ski lodge (that I never finished, sorry people who participated), and zero RPs. 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

Pudding's Place, I think. 

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active)

I have no idea. 

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?

Maybe the Politics Thread? Which was also rather stressful to read heads up, but it was cool to see how the CB has grown since then. Also Abigail S.'s parody of Hamilton/call for peace, it was beautiful.

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB)

Abi or Mei-xue.  

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?

Camp Juniper, maybe? Or Lake Lelilo, or Magicae Palace, honestly I'm not sure XD 

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

The Forest RP, HANDS DOWN. But I'm biased, hah.

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed? 

dreamiing, Tealeaf, Morning, NerdFace (that will and always will be awesome), Azalea (which oddly, I pronounce in my head as "AZ-uh-lee"), and a lot more.

submitted by Luminescence, age 12, Atlantis, she/her
(July 17, 2021 - 6:57 pm)

unhealthy time to be on a screen- check! 

long week of late bedtimes- check!

tiny phone keyboard- check! 

let's do this! 

1. How long have you been on the CB?

a little over a year- i joined may 14th 2020 i think. 

2. How did you find the CB?

i was reading through the letterbox and thought i'd try the cb out, so i found the link and came to bless/annoy you all with my strange personality and terrible commitment skills! 

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

i don't remember. maybe my solo write or my intro thread.  

4. What was your first AE?

pine, i think. i miss him. 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

well. first i had pine, felix and starlight, but they got too developed. then i created faith, firefly, and i re-made starlight. they were too undeveloped though, so now i have two just-right aes who i am neglecting- fable & vix. 

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? 

one roleplay, and a restricted number of ski lodges :D 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

down to earth and puddings place are at war in my head for the title. talk to you later when someone wins. 

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active)

i can't decide- random thoughts/things maybe.

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?

can't choose heh 

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB)

viola? maybe, i just love their aes and writing style and art. but i look up to a lot of people. 

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?

uh. luna-starr's 'the ski lodge story' probably.

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

lone oak academy is very inspiring and i love the characters and the setting and the writing style. also the forest rp is incredible, and yeah everything is great. 

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed? 

too many to count! luminescence, quill, sybill, azalea, moth, tealeaf, hollyshock... i love them all.

also apparently a lot of people like my name.

thanks, that's pretty cool. 

submitted by dreamiing, lost
(July 18, 2021 - 12:18 am)

1. How long have you been on the CB?

A little over 3 years. 

2. How did you find the CB?

from the mag! 

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

St. Owl's Harry Potter trivia. 

4. What was your first AE? 

Levana, later named Estrella. 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

2- Daylily and Callisto. 

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? 

4 ski lodges and one short-lived RP. I think I've made 1 or 2 Kyngdom RPs as well. 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

Pudding's Place, maybe. It changes often. 

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active)

I have no idea. I always liked last to post and the regular poetry thread. Pie fights are fun too. 

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?

Maybe the Kyngdom summary? I wouldn't have joined without it, in any case. 

10. Favorite old CBer? 

I could never pick just one! Abigail, Darkking, Tyberious Firestone, Sybill, Viola?, Bakerloo, St. Owl, Starseeker, Neko, Bluebird, coyotedomino, Icy, Coroline, Marigold, Blue Moon, Artimerrx, Catsquill, spring flower...

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?

I couldn't pick just one of these either! Camp Juniper, Ellingham Manor, and the Golden Palace are my favorite active ski lodges; I also love Lake Lelillo, TON's ski lodges, Hotel Le'Faye, the RMS Tiny, Disorienting Express, and so many more. 

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

I liked the one where the AEs ended up in the real world and the CBers had to figure out how to get back. Didn't last very long though. 

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed?

Bakerloo is one of my favorite-sounding names. NerdFace always amuses me too.
submitted by Luna-Starr, age all/any, Existential Ponderment
(July 18, 2021 - 10:59 am)

Revisions! Some of my other favorite threads are the Funny Things my Friends Have Said (the reincarnations from 2018-2020).

More old CBers: Fidelity, Quill, Leafy, Leeli, Joan, Cockleburr, Agent Winter, Gracia, Alizarine, September, Kitten, hotairballoon, Vikki, Random Person, Tuxedo Kitten, Ella Starburst, Jwyn, Claaws, and I'm sure there are more that I'll remember later but I should really stop now. 

submitted by Luna-Starr, age all/any, Existential Ponderment
(July 18, 2021 - 3:07 pm)

1. How long have you been on the CB?

Very strangely, I just did the exact same search I've done a bunch of times before to remember my CBversary and I can't find my first post anymore! It's vanished and I'm not sure why. But I joined January 12, 2015, so I've been here six years and seven months.

2. How did you find the CB?

The Letterbox!

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

Again, for some reason I can't find it online anymore! But it was a Harry Potter thread.

4. What was your first AE?

I think I made Devil Owl and an AE I retired years ago, Saint Owl, at the same time.

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

The Abi-sanctioned three: Devil Owl, Feather, and Cu Chulainn. I also have a CAPTCHA named Clode! I guess he can actually say his full name now!

6. How may ski lodges/solo writes/RPs have you created?

FAR too many to count. I was a prolific tweenager.

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

It was Inkwell when I was active, but nowadays it's Pudding's Place. I like seeing all of your art!

8. Favorite thread?

Probably the Art Posting Thread! I've read through it a bunch, it always gets me feeling artistic too :)

9. Most interesting thread you've read?

I like reading some of the super old threads from the founding days of the CB, especially the debate ones.

10. Favorite old CBer?

I'm in contact with a lot of old CBers, so while they may be my "favorites" in terms of I'm friends with them and love them very much, I'm going to stick with those I don't know - I always admired Danie's writing and drawing styles, and her great sense of humor.

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?

Oh it has to be the Disorienting Express/RMS Tiny!

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

There were a lot of RPs I was really attached to! The Magic RP is very old now, but it lasted for a long time and I really enjoyed doing it. I also have to give some credit to Abigail S.'s old solo write for kickstarting the greatest love story of our generation, Duck. 
However, if I may be a little self centered for a minute, I have two solo writes that I wrote that are very close to my heart - the CBers in Space one, that wasn't great content-wise but I'm still proud of because I stuck with it and managed to finish something I started, and the Magical Creatures solo write I did, which I may never redo or complete, but I still think was well-written and had interesting characters involved.

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed?

Ooh, this one's tough. I do have a soft spot for Fidelity's name, because she's named after a Regina Spektor song and I got so excited when I learned that lol. 

submitted by Coulson, age xe/they, NotHardToGuessWhoIAm
(July 18, 2021 - 2:52 pm)

Oh my gosh! *tacklehugs St/Coulson* 

Hi!!! How are you?!? Are you staying around for a bit???  

submitted by Joan B. of Arc, age 19, Camelot
(July 18, 2021 - 5:22 pm)

Hi Joan!! Tbh I'm always around, I just don't post that much anymore! How have you been?

submitted by Coulson, xe/they
(July 18, 2021 - 9:13 pm)

I'm pretty good! I'm finishing up my first semester of college and doing finals (ugh) and I got myself a first boyfriend and yeah. :) Life is pretty good so far! Hbu? 

submitted by Joan B. of Arc, age 19, Camelot
(July 19, 2021 - 8:42 pm)

1. Since November 2020.

2. The magazine!

3. Um... an Rp I think?

4. Windracer!

First and still best!

Not true. At all. 

5. 2 AEs: Windracer, 7506 and 2 CAPTCHAs: {Bertha}, ^Nailchewer^

6. 3? 4? Maybe more?

7. Chirp at Cricket!

8. Maybe the What color do you think of for each Cber thread

9. Politics thread on Down to Earth

10. I can't choose!

11.  Greek mythology one

12. Boarding school rp

13. Mostly all of them! 

 

 

submitted by Lazerbat, age He/him
(July 18, 2021 - 4:14 pm)

1. How long have you been on the CB?: Almost a year and a half.

2. How did you find the CB?: from the Letterbox.  I had looked at it but never checked it out until the COVID lockdown started.

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?: It was either a Lord of the Rings thread, or a favorite quotes thread.

4. What was your first AE?: I have no AE introduced to the CB currently.

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?: See previous answer.

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created?: I carried on one solowrite for someone who left, and created another one myself.  Neither of which I finished (I regret this many times.) 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?: it fluctuates.  Though it is usually Inkwell.  I love reading everyone's creative stories!

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active):  Hard choice.  I think Galaxy of Wonders solowrite is one of my top though.  It is absolutely amazing.  Check it out if you haven't yet and be sure to scroll down a bit, the first posts were confusion.  http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/node/352687?page=4

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?: Not sure.  Perhaps the Random Thoughts/Things thread.

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB): John F.Q, Starseeker . . .

11. Favorite Ski Lodge?: Liberte and Basil's ski lodge, and the Disorienting Express.

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?: Prince of Peace, Galaxy of Wonder's, Elemental Solowrite by Hummingbird, and the Dragon Riders RP!

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed?: There are so many and I love them all, but the first that came to mind is Pygmy Owl/Morning.

submitted by Peregrine
(July 19, 2021 - 11:21 am)
1. How long have you been on the CB? Since June 2020
2. How did you find the CB? I think I was just poking around!
3. What's the first thread you made/posted on? One about Animal Crossing New Horizons and how it saved me during quarantine. 
4. What was your first AE? Jade- a spunky, silly, funny, and wild 8-year-old!
5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names? I have 3. Jade, Castalia, and Kaden.
6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? I've created one ski lodge that I dropped, and a maybe-kinda-sorta solo write a long time ago.
7. What's your favorite section of the CB? A 3 way tie between CaC, PP, and Inkwell!
8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active) The Ultimate PIcturings Thread by
Agent Winter!
9. Most interesting thread that you've read? The parody thread about fireflies taking over McDonalds.
10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB) Probably Viola?.
11. Favorite Ski Lodge? Magicae Palace!!!!!!!
12. Favorite Solo Write/RP? Hmm...I don't really read many of those.
13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed? Probably Azalea or Morning.
submitted by Moondrop
(July 19, 2021 - 6:02 pm)

1. How long have you been on the CB?

since August 14th of last year 

2. How did you find the CB?

My sister found it through the mag, and then I joined a few years later 

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on?

the 1st thread I made was an introduction thread, but before that I had entered one art contest and posted on the Last to Post thread 

4. What was your first AE? 

Willow, now named Hibiscus 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names?

Two, Hibiscus and Oolong 

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? 

Just one ski lodge, but it sadly was never finished 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB?

mhmhmhmhmm that's hard. maybe CaC.

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active)

I really liked the what you are wearing thread, that was fun. I also like the Random thoughts/things

9. Most interesting thread that you've read?

the "How you Found the CB" thread? idk

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB)

Viola? 

11. Favorite Ski Lodge? 

http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/puddingsplace/node/479640 

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP?

I've neither made or joined one, yet 

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed?

Luminescence, Silver Crystal, peppermint, and so many more! 

submitted by Tealeaf, age old enough, Steeping
(July 20, 2021 - 9:19 am)

1. How long have you been on the CB? I honestly don't know :p

2. How did you find the CB? I was reading the letterbox and saw the link

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on? I think my first post was on Random thoughts/things as Lizardo the Great

4. What was your first AE? JJ 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names? I have four AEs. Their names are JJ, Jenna, River, and Septimus.

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? 0. I don't think I'd remember to keep doing it. 

7. What's your favorite section of the CB? Down to Earth!

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active) Random Thoughts/Things

9. Most interesting thread that you've read? Either a hay war or Random Thoughts/things

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB) Agh this is hard. I look up to pretty much all of the older cbers, especially micearenice because (he/she/they I'm not sure) ran the NaNo classroom. Oh, and NiteSkiies, if they count as old.

11. Favorite Ski Lodge? I haven't read any yet. I need to, though.

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP? Once again, I haven't read or been in any or read any, but I might soon, idk

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed? Hmm. Nightfall/themysticw0lf, Writing_in_the_dark, and Neverseen are some of my favorites

submitted by Fallen Leaf, Hyrule
(July 20, 2021 - 9:50 am)

1. I've been on here for around 5 years

2. I forgot, but I think it was the Kyngdom ad

3. I uh ... I actually remember that i had trouble figuring out how to make threads for like a year XD but at any rate, I can't remember

4. My first AE was Timeless, a pink, fluffy, immortal, male unicorn. I'm not sure what 2017-me was thinking when I made him

5. I have, uh, currently, 0, but I used to have three (Timeless, Umbra, and Snicker), which I replaced with three others that I forgot about after a day

6. I've only ever, uh, finished one ski lodge, but I've created many more ski lodges/solo writes/RPs

7. Inkwell, definitely! I love writing :D

8. My favorite thread was Owlgirl's ski lodge (the resort, or something like that). It was really cool, and I feel like it kind of set the standard for a lot of ski lodges

9. The most interesting thread was probably the power of fin ball (titled UNDERWATER BALL GOSSIP)

10. Viola!

11. Owlgirl's Ski Lodge XD

12. The Evernaught City RP

13. I think Joan B. of Arc is a really cool name 

submitted by Rainbow Riot
(July 20, 2021 - 2:45 pm)

1. How long have you been on the CB? idk, since last august i think. ive left and come back a few times tho. 

2. How did you find the CB? uhh technically speaking i was on the cb since summer of 2020 or 2019 i just never posted until august, i found it in the magazine

3. What's the first thread you made/posted on? i think it was a ski lodge or an rp? in inkwell? after that i made an intro thread in chirp at cricket

4. What was your first AE? ohhh dear. i have too many aes to remember. i think my first ae was galaxy, though. i forget. 

5. How many AEs do you have? What are their names? *sigh* i have a ton of inactive aes, but for sake of unconfusion, here are my current ones: viria, MXXLIGHT, stargirl, voidwalker, aislynn. if you want my previous aes...and inactive aes...: galaxy, ocean, burn, breeze, timeshifter, melody, melodii, shady, shadii, chang'e, orion, selene, *insert all my aes names*. if you actually want all of my aes...uh...i would recommend putting in "cricketmagkids.com <____ aes>" , in the ____ put in spirit's, nightfall's, nightfall dreamfire's, ndf's, sky nightstar's, sns's, or th3mysticw0lf's. i have too many. but one thing that will never change is me and my aes being called "____'s co." so that's that. 

6. How many Ski Lodges/Solo Writes/RPs have you created? too many to remember

7. What's your favorite section of the CB? idk, i like dte and puddings place a lot, and inkwell is pretty close. cac's just too chaotic for me. 

8. Favorite thread? (It doesn't need to be presently active) hmm...i dont really know, actually. i just check my ski lodge and any rps im in, and comment on anything that stands out to me. 

9. Most interesting thread that you've read? ahh, definitely the fireflies taking over mcdonalds thread.  

10. Favorite old CBer? (someone who contributed a lot to the CB but isn't here anymore; someone you look up to on the CB)

definitely viola?, although i look up to mei-xue, and bluebird, and a lot of other people.  

11. Favorite Ski Lodge? idk. magicae palace is one, then there's that one where the hosts's name literally meant "weird" in some language, that was one of my favorite.s i really love the farm story and lake lellilo aswell. 

12. Favorite Solo Write/RP? i dont know, actually. the dragon riders rp stood out to me, the forest rp was the best one ive ever seen, and the lone oak academy one was also pretty awesome. there was a hogwarts solo write awhile back and that was pretty pog too. 

13. Favorite CBer name that you've noticed? hmm. 

probably lord entropy, or luminescence, or goldenliontamerin. skip is also a pretty interesting name, so is nerdface and fallen leaf. and princess juniper. juni was cool :D rainbow riot's name's also very nice.  

submitted by th3mysticw0lf, age eternal, alittlefaery
(July 21, 2021 - 12:40 pm)