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#1 2010-02-27 15:40:09
- Llamalover
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-05-18
- Posts: 100+
I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Hello!
OK - I have a confession : I haven't been on Scratch in months and months, and today, looking through the forums, I didn't see any familiar names! I've been on Scratch for about 3 years, so I guess now I could be considered a veteran/antique - which I certainly feel like. Anybody want to update an old busybody on the current happenings, new top/up-and-coming, news of older scratchers (archmage, myredneptune...)?
Please help poor out-of-the-loop me!
Thank you!
Be nice, I'm an old lady
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#2 2010-02-27 15:43:29
- Ace-of-Spades
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-01-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
They all were deleted
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#3 2010-02-27 15:48:40
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Yeah you didn't really miss too much.
But pretty much everyone you knew is gone except JSO and paddle2see.
I quit using the scratch program but sometimes go on the forums.
Also, most people don't use scratch's programming features any more because its "too hard"
Hi, I am Archmage coder extraordinaire. I do Scratch,pascal,java,php,html, AS2 and AS3. Leave me a message if you want coding advice. Also check out my personal website, lots of good stuff about web development, Flash, and Scratch (v1 and v2) !
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#4 2010-02-27 15:52:33
- cheddargirl
- Scratch Team
- Registered: 2008-09-15
- Posts: 1000+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Hey llamalover, the newest change we had was with the 'Inspiration and More' forum (as you can see, it was subdivided into other forums).
There also some news about the development of Scratch 2.0 (see the announcements). 
Everything is better when you add a little cheddar, because when you have cheese your life is at ease
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#5 2010-02-27 16:02:36
- RHY3756547
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2009-08-15
- Posts: 1000+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
I am an old scratcher!
...
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#6 2010-02-27 16:42:41
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
I remember you! 
A lot has happened. Scratch has slowly been getting taken over by art and animations, so good programmers are rare nowadays (even though many people want to see that changed).
You can still see some older scratchers around, particularly on the forums. Scratch 2.0 has been announced. But aside from that... not much.
I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
(Oct. 20, 2011)
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#7 2010-02-27 16:51:43
- Bopitman99
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-12-15
- Posts: 500+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Bad time to come back dude, this is the AGE OF QUITTING
Hmnwilson's right, there are a lot of animations (not a bad thing, though), and less cool programmers, but there are still a few...
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#9 2010-02-27 17:27:48
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
I'm so new. Dx
Here's An un-brief history of Scratch.
You can read about what happened...
I fall: It's a tragedy. You fall: It's comedy.
Hmph enjoy your fall - I get a lovely spring... without pans of new leaves.
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#10 2010-02-27 17:35:45
- Jonathanpb
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- Registered: 2008-07-25
- Posts: 1000+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Hi! Welcome back. 
I highly recommend reading Chrischb's link. Oh - archmage and MyRedNeptune are still active (and Neptune's a moderator).
"Human beings... must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
-Charlotte Brontë
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#11 2010-02-27 18:37:09
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Llamalover wrote:
Hello!
OK - I have a confession : I haven't been on Scratch in months and months, and today, looking through the forums, I didn't see any familiar names! I've been on Scratch for about 3 years, so I guess now I could be considered a veteran/antique - which I certainly feel like...
Thank you!
Seeing other "Class of 2007" members here inspired me to join in.
There seems to be huge enthusiasm for "coloring contests" and for "add yourself" projects! And, yes, there was a lot of "quitting" going on but that seems to have slowed down.
So, make a coloring contest and add yourself to some projects and you'll quickly feel right at home again!
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#12 2010-03-01 07:46:43
- Ace-of-Spades
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- Registered: 2010-01-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: I feel so lost! Anybody want to update me?
Ace-of-Spades wrote:
They all were deleted
Llamalover, I'm actually surprised you didn't get wiped out in the '07 purge. The user Nepartus rose to power among the ranks of the SUB, the Spammer's Unity, and they reset the servers, and a mass deletion wiped out the entirety of old users.
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