Sorry about not commenting your videos in the past (I’ve seen some of them), but I usually stand distant to the fanwork threads. I’ll give a look to those retrospective ones you mention.
I check regularly your fanart, though, as I think they’re very good. I think I once commented the Oscars one, or something like that.
TDIT: It would be hard just to simply cut off connections to the site, especially after the time and friendships that have been made here. I mean, I talk to a lot of people via facebook/twitter but it’s still nice to return to “home” even if I can’t post as much as I’d like, or ever be as active as I was in 2009.
I wasn’t aware that Rachel or Laura ever had a “farewell” post. I just thought that life got too busy, and they just couldn’t get back (and, I understand, a lot has changed here within the last year alone.) Although, every time I answer a Skype call from anyone, a part of me expects to hear Rachel saying “hello” from back when we did practice commentaries. I’m not sure why I do, considering I probably was on a call with her 5 or 6 times, but I do! x)
Yes! That’s him! I remember how I said his name phonetically, but I know for sure it wasn’t anywhere close to what his username actually “spelt.” Quigs-an-amy, that’s how I always pronounced it x) And, then again, calling him Peter was just simply easier. 
It is sad though to see fewer and fewer of the older members around, and also to consider myself an old member as well. To be honest, when I signed up, I didn’t expect the community that the site has, and it’s weird to see it shift around like it does, with old members leaving and new ones coming in.
Reminds me in Toy Story 3 where Jessie says “but what happens when the kids grow up?”
When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them.
That’s where I feel I’m at now, just watching the members change out like they do.
… I don’t think I could ever leave this place, really.
I believe Rachel and Laura leave something to the effect of a farewell post. Laura’s was pretty definite, she has never returned to the forums since (although as I said, she still maintains an active presence on other social media like Twitter and Tumblr). Rachel occasionally pops in to post an update or two (she just did today, in fact!).
Yeah, I kinda feel like Andy/Woody right now, at the point where I have to move on to the next stage of my life, not just with this forum, but with my RL-friends who I’ve spent my university years with as well. In a way, Pixar Planet shares a parallel history with my university life. I started lurking in my Foundation (Pre-University) year, and I joined in my 2nd year of my undergrad. I pretty much spend as much time socialising here as I did in RL for the first year or two (during my Wall-E and Up craze), but now I’ve mellowed a bit, although I don’t log out for more than two or three days in a row.
When I conclude my Postgrad, I will have to find a job, either here in Oz or back home in Malaysia or Singapore. I will be leaving behind the close circle of friends I made here in Australia and in P Planet, something which I have never experienced since primary/elementary school (I was bullied throughout my high-school years). And when I start working, and find a girl, and start a family, I’ll have even less time to return to the forums (that’s if I still remember to log-on every so often).
I guess nothing lasts forever, not even our memories. But despite that, it’s nice to agree our shared experiences are worth remembering.
Yes, same here. You guys are all like family to me! And when the day comes when I can’t come on anymore, I’ll still have relationships continue on facebook. And to a lesser extent twitter, which I rarely check. That’s one great thing about Social Networks!
It would be hard to leave here. I know a lot of you guy’s now.
Back when I was still a newbie I made really good friends with this user named A113. He ended up getting banned, though, and I haven’t really spoken to him since. Its probably a good thing. I feel like its a bad idea to get too close to people you only know over the internet, for a number of reasons.
But yeah, I miss lizardgirl. Its practically a whole new crop of users now; I don’t see very many from when I started out. TSS is still here!
I remember him.
Some of you might or might not remember this, but A113 is my brother. 
I still keep him up to date on some of the happenings here, and he’s doing great.
Oh, I’m too new and never got in touch with him 
Why was he banned?
Really? I think he was banned before I joined bc I don’t remember him. I didn’t know you had a brother who was a PP member!
EJE: As I mentioned in another post (I think it was ‘Rio’), you should hang out on Twitter more! We have pretty lively conversations there.
Yeah, I wondered about A113. He was around when I was a newbie. Why did he get banned?
I didn’t know that.
Ooh no way! I didn’t know that K9! I feel like I remember maybe reading something from him, msybe a post he started or something, but the name definately sounds familiar.
I don’t think I could ever leave here! I mean, I guess time’ll tell, like when I’m married and start a family it would be hard to keep up with this, but that’s many, many years away. Which is a relief 
Katie: I think that’s because of my old graphics thread “Graphics and Icons by A113 and K9Girl”.
Anyway, if I remember correctly, the e-mail he received said something like he was too random.
I think now that it’s summer break, I’m going to spend more time on twitter.
Well, it’s weird that he was banned permanently just for being random. In similar situations, bans are only temporal, unlike they don’t change upon their return.
Grace: Yes!! That was it. I was wondering why you two were together in a thread, it makes perfect sense now!
And I know Chuckles isn’t really history I guess since he pops in sometimes, but I miss his posts a lot! He was so funny
As a former originating member of another forum, I can relate on this level to the veterans here, and I find this subject very interesting. I used to be one of the first members for a book series, The Underland Chronicles. Everything was really cozy, and I got to know all the members basically as family, and the first few years were great. Then the site went down permanently, and we established a new site for the author’s next series, The Hunger Games (very popular currently, you might have heard of it. Long story short, after the popularity explosion, we got thousands of members overnight. I eventually left, because all my old friends had left over the years, and the new members got out of hand, and it just wasn’t as cozy as a place anymore.
So some questions for the veterans who have seen this forum grow are: Do you miss the intimacy of the earlier days? Would you rather prefer a small budding forum of 30-50 members where everyone is family, or do you enjoy a large mainstream community where you never get to fully know everyone, but you meet new people every day? Is there much nostalgia from old friends moving away?
Personally, I used to view the large scale growth of intimate forums as a sort of “selling out”, but ever since coming here, I’ve learned having a large forum can be a great thing! This certainly is the nicest place around, and all the members here are awesome.
To answer your question Ding, I totally miss the old members we used to have. That was the crew that I was introduced to. I miss them on the boards, but I am lucky enough to get to keep in contact with them through facebook/twitter
I do like the new members though, everyone here is nice. It’s just, I miss those who used to be around in my early days
I remember when our avatar and information was on the left side of our posts, and not on the right as it is now.