Star Army in 2003

[Wes]

Here's what Star Army's forums looked like in January 2003, not long after we'd first started.

 

[Ira]

Man. This was when I first discovered sarp. I scurried away in terror

 

[Primitive Polygon]

So... Did Funky City become cannon before or after it was the 'underpants magnetism time' zone?...

Also, the Yui scout being the biggest ship available, wtf.

This is all just so "of it's time" it hurts. I remember when random text-based RPs like this were a dime a dozen.

 

[Doshii Jun]

AvaNet got a whole forum.

 

[Wes]

Funky City existed before SARP. It was named sometime between 1995 and 1997.

Fun fact: It is named after Funky Monkey, a prominent Tymian leader and (OOC) stuffed animal, with neon colors (mostly yellow) and a hat, that was won at a carnival. He appeared on one of the Weslian empire dollar bills, like Black Puppy (aka Emperor Black Claw), Emperor John Whitman, and Emperor Big Froggy.

Many old imaginary play concepts got new life when the SARPiverse formed and the name Funky City was one of those. Before Nepleslia was its own faction it was used as the name of the adult content board.

 

[Yuuki]

Wow I don’t think it still looked like that in 2005

 

[Wes]

In 2004 we started self-hosting using phpBB2 so the look changed entirely.

At first our board was orange on black using the Solaris phpBB2 style.

This screenshot is of a site (not ours) that used the same style:

 

[Yuuki]

That’s more familiar looking.

 

[Wes]

Funky City existed before SARP. It was named sometime between 1995 and 1997.

Fun fact: It is named after Funky Monkey, a prominent Tymian leader and (OOC) stuffed animal, with neon colors (mostly yellow) and a hat, that was won at a carnival. He appeared on one of the Weslian empire dollar bills, like Black Puppy (aka Emperor Black Claw), Emperor John Whitman, and Emperor Big Froggy.

Many old imaginary play concepts got new life when the SARPiverse formed and the name Funky City was one of those. Before Nepleslia was its own faction it was used as the name of the adult content board.

Here's the bill I mentioned:

 

[Andrew]

Someday, I hope someone finds this and treats it like the scratch pads of J.R.R Tolkien. A legacy of an amazing mind!

Here's the bill I mentioned:

View attachment 18871

 

[Primitive Polygon]

Wow, I am amazed you managed to dig that out.

Also; "Ten Wesillian" sounds like a lot of money!

 

[Ametheliana]

I think Wes' one true fear for SARP is that we re-adopt the Weslian naming conventions. Starting a "Westech" company right now to prove it!

 

[Immortal Cyan]

brb going to ask Andrew to rename the Resurrection of Taiie to the Resurrection of Wes!

 

[ajax228]

Wish I had found SARP awhile ago granted I was a we lad back then. But maybe 2011.