Hey Jammers!
I gotta be honest with you, I've been feeling super depressed. Like, deeply depressed. Along with everything being difficult and uncertain in my world and in the world at large, the uncertainty with AJ has been hard to deal with.
I guess I get so emo about Animal Jam Classic and have played so long because it's been such an important safe haven for me. So feeling like WildWorks is caring less and less about it, feeling like its future is uncertain, really, really hurts.
It reminds me of when I was in my old apartment that had a big shared backyard. There were these two beautiful trees that were so important to me that the landlord wanted to cut down for an arbitrary reason, out of paranoia.
The trees made the backyard cool and shady in the summer, they were homes for different birds and creatures, and they were like an island of green in a landscape that was otherwise concrete and urban. They felt like home.
I remember when I heard the landlord was thinking of cutting them down, I put so much effort into writing this long respectful, informative email about all the good these trees do for the backyard, environment, and the community, and why killing them is not necessary and would do more harm than good.
And, they cut them down anyway.
Caring deeply about things that no one else seems to care about has been a big theme in my life. The instability and lack of communication with Animal Jam is like another giant nail in the coffin.
It's funny, I was originally going to name this post "Some Happy Things" and it turned into one of the most depressing posts on this blog xD
But I wanna be real with you, because maybe if you're feeling sad too, that honesty can help you feel a little less alone.
The second half of this post is more positive.
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Regardless of the update situation, there are still nice people in Jamaa. I know this community gets a bad rep, but most people you'll meet in the game are kind.
For example, I randomly started talking with a person who taught me about a 2018 glitch I wasn't aware of: if there was an all-lowercase username from an inactive beta user you wanted, you could get that username by making the first letter a capital when you make that account.
The More Ya Know.
I also went to the Back-to-school Party for the first time in a bunch of years:
It was kind of a weird experience at first, because I don't think I've been there since this party came out around 2015, and so much has changed in the world since then.
I hope seeing me get overly emo about a kids game is what you came here to see, because you'll be seeing a lot more of it xD
Something that hasn't changed, though, is how entertaining it is to watch roleplayers.
Enchanted: *looking at volcano* i got first place
Queen: ew no u didn't
Arctic: don't be mean, Enchanted did get first place!
Queen:
And then...
:')
Maybe we can't always rely on WildWorks to make the best decisions...
but we can rely on each other to make each other smile.
See you in Jamaa!
