This is something that I really never wanted to do, nor am I happy about this decision.
To be honest, it is difficult to find the right words in times like these. As you
probably know from the club's comment section, Carmine Sky will be closing.
It has been a great journey which lasted for around 2 years. Many of you might not have
been here since the beginning, but no matter how long you were already here, with the variety
of games, events and innumerable card editions, this club certainly was
a place you could call home
But it is time to say goodbye and to thank our club creator, @VladWolfsbane,
for this beautiful place.
Vlad, you have managed to build such an amazing and unique club which had a
mysterious touch that got us all hooked. We stayed and waited in anticipation for the
next events and you never let us down – neither with the graphics, nor with your ideas.
That is why it was sad when you took some time out since your life was getting busy,
among other things. And with you, many other amazing people followed; but the rest of
the staff didn't want to end it yet, so we continued to give our best for the sake of this
club.
Nevertheless, things were not the same. But still, we didn't want to let this club die
without fighting; yet all of us were too busy to manage this club properly. With the staff
being semi-active, the club began to fade from its own spotlight. It had become more and
more inactive, up to a certain point where it was too late to fix it. I hesitated for a very
long time whether to close this club or not because I still had this little glimmer of hope.
As you can see, it was in vain. MAL was down, and it killed a lot of momentum for
everyone. No, it is not MAL's fault that this club is closing, that is not what I am trying to say,
but the timing at which it occurred has given me the push I needed to officially close this club.
And this is finally happening.
I'd like to thank all the staff who stayed with me to the bitter end. I may not have been
here since the very beginning, so I'm sure I am missing out many people who have already
moved on, but this is important to me. In case anybody is reading this, feel free
to skip this paragraph and/or spoiler tag if you want to. This is just me showing my
gratitude to all the staff members who contributed to this club – even if it was for a short time.
Thank you @MochiMagus, for being my biggest support, and for keeping me sane.
Organizing and collecting ideas for the monthlies with me wasn't even part of your job,
yet you were more than willing to help me. What can I do to repay such a kindness when
my gratitude doesn't seem enough.
Thank you @KawazoeKumiko for helping out with Carmine Sky's layout and fixing
everything I forget to do, from opening and closing editions, to updating the links in the layout
and so much more. You are such a skilled card maker and I hope the best for your club.
Thank you @-Animazing-, @Lumecyow, @Ionasal, @FRamzy and @sharon56706 for the
beautiful cards you have provided.
Thank you @MetalZ1 for helping me with the Challenge Turn-ins and saving me from
them when I was flooded with uni stuff.
Thank you @SukiiFu@Ascheherz@lifeiscrazy for being our Card Namers. It may have
been a short while, but you helped out a lot more than you think.
Thank you @Arashi_Rogue for the great anime stuff you have recommended for us all.
Thank you @AkatsukiNoTeaa for keeping our club's games alive. Without you, this club
would have been a boring place.
Since this shouldn't take too long, I'll stop right here and apologize to anyone who was
still active and wasn't mentioned. The number of people who helped out is so big that
it was easy to lose the overview.
Lastly, you. Yes, you. Thank you for joining Carmine Sky, requesting cards, participating
in events, playing games and/or doing challenges. Without you all, this place would have
never existed. It's breaking our hearts, especially when I saw that there are people who
were waiting for the return of this club and even messaged me with new ideas for the
challenges. You are the reason why Carmine Sky lasted so long; for this we really want
to thank you from the bottom of the heart.
There are many new clubs with challenges, card editions and events nowadays. Although
they won't be the same as this place, we hope you all will be able to find a niche again,
a new home where you have as much fun as you had back in CS – or even more.
Ah, what a shame! I just joined, and then MAL went pretty much DOWN on us for months :( (by the way this club was created on my birthday, which I thought was fun XD!)
It was sad to see the club become inactive and now it's sadder to see it close. This was one of the first clubs that I joined and it had been my favorite club since then. Anyways, I'd like to thank the staff team for making this club an awesome place and wish you all the best ♥
Well, Goodbye this was a good and fun club and its unfortunate and sad that it has to close, i want to thank everyone who put effort into this club, even though i didn't spend a lot of time here. I hope everyone reading this has a great day and lastly goodbye.
I know im late.. but i just out from my hiatus recently.
2 years ago i created my MAL account due to KissAnime system down. and thanks to it, the 1st 2 club ive joined was this club.
Ive met a lot of beautiful and great user here. and just my unpopular opinion but this is the best place ever in MAL ive been so far.
Previously whn the discord server still around the corner. i got the staff role tho im not one of your staff,... but pls ask vlad sama for tht cuz he the one who gave me tht.. hehehe...
yeah~ let me just reveal the secret hahaha...
for a long time ive stalked all the staff-thingies activities and discussion also an argument but the most interesting part was when most of the active user left the server and the server was about to met it fate (closing down). But all the staffs come to one agreement which was --> they will keep the club as long as they can together..
when i read tht i was like " this people are real ". it felt like Anime come to reality, the feeling of together and responsibility were heavy there !!! and inspired me so much
Dear Carmine Sky,
Thank you for the golden time. Like Toy story 4 told us, the time will come for the new adventure