hey all -
Thereโs truth to both of the answers in this thread. Neo and City set out to create a comfortable space where people could share their love of NCT, supported by our other original founder Quarkie and little ol me, originally from afar and later as one of the mods.
I think we did that for a time - a place where people could argue about Touch or Fire Truck or Hello Future or duck in to dodge the vitriol during the Sticker release or share hopes and fears about whatโs happening with WayV.
We shared tamale recipes and maps of Canada and learned about new groups. We watched concerts and series together (with random telenovela intervals).
We shared many laughs (and a few tears) here and at the time, it was just where we needed it to be.
We started humbly as a NCT chat thread and became the first guild to buy their own subforum on AKP, which is pretty neat! (And thanks to kendie - gone but not forgotten, who helped pay for that final push.)
The guild got slower, as things do, and some have moved on from the site during its more tumultuous moments. There also seemed to be a lot of concern voiced about guilds pulling away from main forum traffic and the concern about us posting member updates in our guild (ie double posts and โspammingโ.)
So the Neo City mods had already been discussing closing the guild. Iโm trying to trod the line of the new rules here, but you can check out the thread about changes to the site to see that one of our founders was banned for a negative comment and another was insulted for a negative comment. I hope thatโs not perceived as a criticism of the site or staff or whatever - Iโm just saying this is what happened.
We informed all of our members in December and, as noted, Ves was kind enough to wait a few weeks to allow members to log in and see the news.
If you are looking for a new home on AKP, youโll find many great people in the Michelins and Exotics who also share a love of NCT. Get cookin' like a 5-star Michelin chef with our sister guild, the Michelins, and tell kidsgonestray, sweet-spice and minazuki we recommended it. Or say hi to Kireta, Novemberain or Szenalica in Exotics and tell 'em we sent you.
(Chounim, I know youโre already familiar with all of these folks but for other Czennies who may be looking for NCT-friendly spaces, I wanted to elevate our besties!)
As we offered to our current members, if you have donated to the guild bank and would like to get your akorns back, Iโm pretty sure I can skim through the donations to find your donation amounts and return them.
If any of you reading are inspired to start a new NCT guild, I certainly encourage you to do so and would be happy to give you a starter donation.
Czennies hwaiting!
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