How long has everyone played?

[Seasonal]

Since 2012! I signed up when I was -removed- and I'm -removed- now, I think younger me would be really happy to know that the cool adult version of her is still playing CS. I still have the very first pet I ever got too, a cute uncommon cat from the pound.

[miskit]

I've been here since the site layout looked different and avian was chilling in the top left of the screen and the buttons were all on the side instead of the top (baller layout by the way i miss it, also please CS bring back the shop keep npc im sure the newer players would love him :']) I have always been insanely invested up until 2018 after highschool, i thought I needed to drop it to move on and do stuff with my life but then I realized in 2021 I can do stuff with my life and play CS at the same time lol. So I have picked it back up and been active again for a while, missed out on a lot of pets from 2018-2021 but I'm trying to catch up still

for anyone curious:
this is what the site looked like when i joined

and this was the shop keeper (all us old people miss him)

[Ziggy Stardust]

i joined in June 2011! The lost and found wasn't a thing yet and the biggest UMAs were jellybean dragons. Site layout wasn't too different but I do miss the wood boards!
I remember how shocked I was the first time someone called me an "old user." I had been playing for years but I still felt like a total noob. I had been COPPA'd for so long that I didn't comprehend that I could start posting until a year or two after I became a regular user lol

[Zailune]

Oh boyo

I joined CS back in 2010, and had a habit of only adopting 1 of each new pet release for some reason
I was also a dumb kid, and now? I'm still dumb, but big.

I'd taken breaks from the site over time, but, well, I'm still here lol. I've met a lot of nice people on here and in the mini CS communities, and participating in stuff on this site art-wise was good for me I think! I guess I'm just thankful for the lessons I learned interacting with people on here, even though I've made plenty of mistakes, and I'm thankful for people who have been kind.

[Ashki]

12 years this month - wow!

[ejny]

I have been playing since 2011 although I took a long time out.

[Sigesh]

I signed up in 2013 and kinda forgot about CS between 2016 and 2023 lol. I re-discovered the page just a few months ago, because I was reading my old diary and CS was mentioned there So I wanted to look up, if it still existed and here I am, having a lot of fun with this game lately! I'm really glad, that I didn't delete my account back then so i still had my pet collection^^

[oakfather preserve u]

I originally joined in 2012, but I was a dumb child and got my account banned..
rip my dreamies that I managed to get.
Immediately made a new account and have obviously been abiding to the rules of course.
I took a break for about a year or two but I'm back on it now! Still trying to get my
dreamies after 11 years of being on this website ><

[Sugared_Strawberries]

I joined in late 2011 and played until roughly late 2014/early 2015. Can't remember why I stopped playing but it is very possible that I just kind of forgot about it. I then came back in early summer of 2017. I've been pretty dedicated since! My account is roughly 12 years old but I've been active for about 9. Glad I came back C:

[*~*PenderGhasm*~*]

I joined in 2009 but didn't really understand trading at the time, so my completion of 2008/2009 is poor, but I still have the pets I originally adopted at the time! I am forever playing catchup with those years due to rarity/demand and a general lack of fodder (I continued to not understand trades until 2016-ish, there are so many trades where I overpaid blissfully unaware)

Over the years I've taken hiatuses, there were a few times where we couldn't afford an internet package and my school tended to block most sites that weren't related to education, so my connections were sketchy at best.

I tried to log in once a month, but there were months and months where I forgot about CS, and even if I logged in I didn't try to hunt down outcomes I was missing, or even add them to my wishlist. Man, it took so much filtering to separate out my extras but I love my current system!

2021 is the year I came back in force, due in part to hoarding! I know not everyone supports it, but it does keep me coming back!

I come back for events, set timers on my phone for tokens and buy extras for future fodder, oh how I wish I'd played like that all along :'}

It's been a long ride CS, never change!