Charlie... Today happens to be the day were my best friend has put his role as staff down. I think it's appropriate for me to make this a memorial thread for him. This is my history with Charlie. When I joined BuildCraftia, it was like "OH YEAH, MAC'S BROTHER!" until I met Charlie. I met him after I got skype, going through calls with some of the staff members. (Most likely, I have bad memory) Charlie and I began to hit it off extremely well making our first video together very soon afterwards Charlie and I started to talk to each other pretty much every day. BuildCraftia chaos came out and so did the BuildCraftia chaos mini-series including Charlie, Sparky, Candy, and I think J6. (The Quest For Sweetness) then came DTC with the first BuildCraftia DTC video with us ("I'M ANTI-KEN" - BuildCraftia Dtc) Phoenix was always making things like Parkour race and I helped him alot for that, soon after we created KazStudios, a build team with Charlie and I. Making water battle was easy for me because Charlie did pretty much everything there, lol. Then we went on to make videos on other servers and games having an extreme amount of fun. We then began NewParkourZone (A sequel to ParkourZone which we made earlier), little did we know that this project would take multiple months to build (almost a year), only to get deleted when the new map came. WOW, I'M SKIPING ALOT OF THINGS, I NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED IN BETWEEN NEWPARKOURZONE. We were pretty much doing videos now with the same gang (Charlie, Mac and I), Charlie and I always making new things (later we changed the name to Phoenix and Chaz Productions because Charlie thought the old name would make people think it's ChazKazStudios). Then for the next month, we were working on mostly NewParkourZone and the New RamaCoaster (A roller coaster based of Ramsey, TemporarilyAlone). The Ramacoaster had so much humor and such dedication that it was a perfect product when it was done. We then finished NewParkourZone and I think it was the greatest thing Charlie and I have ever done together, It was just so great. We then got the idea (From a player) to build a new game called "Stage Fight", we took this idea and made an amazing version of the game (Only to be deleted by a new world), so then we made a New NEW one. The BuildCraftia channel was just beginning and it seemed like it was going to take off! but....we had great videos, just not the time and the dedication to upload on that channel. What's left there now are videos that we spent ages editing to look perfect (except racium, lol). Charlie and I always knew that there was going to be a day where he was going to be done with BuildCraftia, I (probably him even) never though that would be today. Skype rants about everything and more, he has the best opinions of all time. I'm not even gonna talk about Arcadia, that happened a WHILE before a lot of ranty stuff. when we made a video, it always seemed to be really good content, it felt like the world was watching (where it was mostly like 50 or less, lol). We did so many videos that I had to delete some so my computer wouldn't run out of memory, he then introduced me to his IRL friends and we all had a ball until I saw less and less of that group. Charlie coming on less, Me coming on less and less.... We started to talk a lot again, probably 2 days before he left. We started to make a video but it was really late for him so he had to leave and so did I. That was the last time I talked to him for now, I come home from a bike ride to find his going away speech on skype. I know I shouldn't say this, but I feel a lot of guilt for him leaving, I feel that if we just stayed a little longer that I could of prevented his leaving by a little bit. I can't even put our friendship into words... This is all just a summary, there would be way to much to talk about if I went into everything. Here are some of my favorite Charlie and I adventures: http://youtu.be/3yF639AqIPQ?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/bG_XLmcPpmE?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/Kl-hrsMaGdg?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/XpTWJ6Em7FU?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/ow1eb989HEU?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/Il_LOcXUKWU?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/RJ80zTiwltM?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/myBscVdCVFw?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/AbpFdLPxGqo?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/C5MqhQfX6Wk?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/BTx1i7CFlk0?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/D7KQhq84Fuk?list=UUl9QouMq3913ebZLEouBHVg http://youtu.be/JxAdDe-FqMo?list=UUl9QouMq3913ebZLEouBHVg http://youtu.be/NfPor-Nyt1Q?list=UUl9QouMq3913ebZLEouBHVg http://youtu.be/JFQHGGlPxjU?list=UUj0lgOlBWq2pt1TLwzNGZXg http://youtu.be/R-AQQCzi1GE?list=UUj0lgOlBWq2pt1TLwzNGZXg http://youtu.be/kAURWgccfck?list=UUj0lgOlBWq2pt1TLwzNGZXg http://youtu.be/Z32dxlOacl8?list=UUj0lgOlBWq2pt1TLwzNGZXg http://youtu.be/z4wXiqLQgG4?list=UUj0lgOlBWq2pt1TLwzNGZXg http://youtu.be/Vmt4Yl8K0Ag?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg http://youtu.be/FDLkTt5GyCI?list=UU6DIvN9oY2EDWsGXhHIUOjg Who knows, Charlie and I still might make videos together/play games. Maybe even Charlie playing on BC. We won't know, yet... So, if we never see him again, I'd like to say goodbye: -Charlie -PhoenixStudios -Phoenix -Team Horror -Phoenix Battered Boner -Owner of half of my subscribers -My greatest friend of all time Goodbye Charlie Later, Cult
Our team is hard at work at making a section in BCblogs dedicated to PhoenixStudios. It will be a giant memorial. We miss you Phoenix. We all miss you. Hope to see you on the server bud!
Gaming is a huge part of my life and I would never let it go, but due to recent events I have to drop being Mod. Despite everything that happened I did enjoy whole-heartedly my time as a Mod and the friendships I made will last forever. It seemed unfair to hold a position that I couldn't fufil properly when there are other people who come online more. It's not as if all my time is taken up of course I've tried to make some spare time and I will be coming online to build and chat with everyone, and also so I can keep a regular time on the server. From a moderation POV I'm not up to the job as of now but who knows where life will take you? It was a tough decision and one that I have been thinking about for a long time. It's been extraordinarily emotional: not because it's a game, but because I don't want to let go of the friendships I made. I will miss the moderating side of things especially. I am trying to become the active community member I once was before I do anything else. I've just realised I have to stop writing speeches every time
Phoenix i hope you hope you had as much fun as i did meeting you {Certainly seems like it!} Im sure you will have a lovely future filled with happiness and excitement! And wish you all the best! ~Kitty
I looked up to Phoenix the first day I joined the server. It's sad to see him go. Phoenix :- Always loved, Forever loved :'(
It certainly is sad but with every sad thing there is a blooming light in someone. We may not know who..but im sure someone has already felt that spark. Should i write a poem There was once a mod not a hog Who was great and gave us lots of internet cake He never once lied though he's battery might of died He's builds were great, which we would always celebrate The great thing you see is not you nor me it was that special connection between mod and player We love you Phoenix (Sorry if i put to many greats in there!}
I kind of expected this , Charlie. I still remember you when you were MVP. Getting the rank almost immediately after it came out, and even donating for other members, just to support the server. The times when you made ParkourRace, making alot of success with that. When I was still a greyie, looking up on you. I didn't know alot of you nor Chaz, since I had things to do myself, and my friends who were almost all at least Premium or MVP. Once getting MVP and being able to play his games properly, I started to think I could one day become like him. That's when I started Racium. I thought it was just going to be a project I'd abandon, but you continued to inspire me. Phoenix got Mod, and I didn't really know what I felt. Maybe hapiness or maybe something else. I congratulated him anyway. When Racium was finished, people were amazed. One of the first people who actually made another successful minigame. (Minigames weren't very popular at the time). I realized it couldn't stay like this. So, I created Racium 2, which was a huge success too. But I was most pumped when you told me you were going to make a YT video about Racium. I was going to start on Racium 3, but something stopped me from doing that. Arcadia came. I was so furious, I would always swear I would never come to that place. But it felt wrong. Like an empty void in the world. When Buildcraftia was back, I immediately came. But there was still something missing. It was a place where Racium 2 never existed, and that was Racium was in it's prototype state (no obstacles, only layout). But despite all that, I made Racium 3 on the place where Racium 1 was. Meanwhile, Phoenix had created all kinds of other games like WaterBattle, ParkourZone etc. Now, I am still working on the RaciumComplex, adding things almost every day. I never ever properly and thanked Phoenix for his inspiration, about what he set me to do, about what he created, and I merely built. But over months, I realized : Phoenix wasn't on as much as in the old BuildCraftia. And now that he's resigned, he again set me to write this all down. I kind of expected this, Charlie. So the least I can say is thank you, Phoenix, for bringing so much for the community, inspring so many members to support the server, and more. We will wait. Know that we are waiting for you, be it for a minute of seeing you or a day. You can bring so much to a server, being mod or not. Thank you, Olo, and everyone on the BC server.
I was there the day he got mod and im there the day he quit. It makes me sad that he quit but he will still be loved <3
