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i…should not have opened the CB right before my AP Lit exam this morning ToT i’ve been kind of sick and so busy studying that i haven’t had any time to come on here. i wish i’d made time. but i this morning, as i was waiting in the school cafeteria to go to the exam room, i had the brilliant idea of checking the cb, just for fun. well. uh. it was not a brilliant idea! nor was it fun! i felt like i needed to pinch myself, or something – that’s, like, the stuff of nightmares: you’re barely recovered from a cold, about to take a Very Important Exam, AND the CB is shutting down?? not to mention they’d recently redone the school cafeteria in the school colors – our school colors, unfortunately, being red and yellow, so it looked and felt as though i were sitting inside a McDonalds, which added to the nightmarish absurdity of the whole situation.
well. i’m not even sure what to write right now. maybe if i had more time on the cb, i’d be a better writer and know what to write haha
i don’t know. the cb has been such a big part of my life these past five-ish years, and i’m so grateful for every minute of the time i got to spend with you all.
also, just a warning, i can feel an essay coming, so – sorry? i just wrote three of them for that exam, and you know what they say – once the essays start coming, they don’t stop coming. or something along those lines.
a part of me always knew this day would come, but i didn’t expect it to come so soon. i guess it’s probably best that i go down with the ship. i know i wouldn’t have left the cb of my own free will 😛 – i’d still be coming on here in my eighties, posting angrily from my front porch about how back in MY day, ski lodges took place in ski lodges and AEs only spoke when spoken to!
okay now I’m trying to deflect with humor and it’s falling terribly flat. sorry!
i don’t know – i guess i just thought i had more time. there was still so much i wanted to do with you guys. i wish i’d taken more advantage of the cb. i know i’ve been so busy lately, but i really wish I’d worked harder to make time, somehow, for this place. for all of you.
even when the cb’s gone, though, i’m never, ever going to forget this place, or the things i learned here, or the stories we shared, or the friends and memories i’ve made. when summer rolls around, i’m still going to paint rocks and put them outside of my airport. i’m still going to write stuff about my AEs, going on – i don’t know – post-apocalyptic adventures and exploring the ruins of CB City (whoops that’s kinda dark. but it’d be fun to write!). and maybe one day, when i’m old enough and brave enough, maybe i’ll get the tattoo i always planned on getting – a little cricket, right behind my right ear.
obviously, i’m heartbroken, and I’m going to miss all of you guys so, so, SO much. but I’m going to try and make the most of it. i don’t want to spend the last few weeks of the cb being all sad – that’s not in the spirit of the chatterbox! i’m looking forward to the live chat. i’ve never actually gotten the chance to do one. so hopefully this’ll be a nice first. and last. but hey :]
to the admins and webmaster and everyone at cricket media: thank you for, first of all, even bringing the cb into existence in the first place, and second of all, for creating this new site. i know it would have been easier to just say “welp, we had a good run” when the cyber attack happened in february 2025 (or even when it crashed in february 2024, honestly) and shut it down then, but you guys built the new site, and transported all our writing, and gave us another year together and a chance at a proper goodbye, and i think i speak on behalf of everyone when i say we’re all so grateful.
to the cbers of the past, both those who’ve left during my time and those i’ve never met: i doubt you’ll get see this message, but i just wanted to say i’m sorry you won’t find out the cb’s shutting down now and you won’t be able to say a proper goodbye – to both the people here, and to everything we’ve built together. the cb really is a place like no other – we’ve got ski lodges and AEs and sentient CAPTCHAs and zoodles and Kyngdom and all sorts of nonsense only we could’ve dreamt up. thank you for helping to dream it all up.
to the cbers who joined more recently: i’m so sorry you didn’t get a chance to experience the cb like you deserved. i hope you still enjoyed your time here, even if you didn’t get to celebrate your first CBversaries and whatnot – i know i’ve enjoyed my time with you <3
and to all the current cbers: i’m going to miss you all so much. i’m not even sure how i can properly say goodbye in just a few sentences. i guess it’s not goodbye yet; we still have a few good weeks together. let’s make ’em count.
also, i’ve been working on my ski lodge for almost four years now, and it’ll take more than the cb shutting down to stop me from finishing! if i really lock in, i might be able to finish it before the June 1st? but i highly doubt that, so i’ll have to figure out how to continue with it. if nothing else, i’ll just write it for myself, but i’ll try to make a blog, or something, maybe, to post it online? i don’t know – i’ll figure something out.
anyway. there’s a LOT of amazing work on here, of course, and although the wayback machine is a great resource, it doesn’t capture everything, so i think i’m going to try and save as much as i can, make pdfs, and try and share it with you guys. off the top of my head – all the ski lodges, notable rps (various kyngdom rps, the chatterbox city rps, the forest rp from a few years ago, etc?), the tag game from a couple years ago, and the terminal – does anyone else have anything they want to save? and would anyone else be willing to help save stuff?
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Thank you for your heartfelt comments, Pangolin. We hope everyone acts upon your recommendation to make the most of these last few weeks.
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WHAT????????????????????? I feel like this can’t be. Even if it’s changed a lot, the CB has still continued to be an amazing community, and… we’re going to lose everything that’s been developing since 2008???????????? And all access with each other????? In a couple of weeks???????????? @admins, I know that your decision has probably already been taken, but please keep the CB. It’s basically been the heart and soul of Cricket itself; it seems to have had a much bigger effect and created a much wider community than the magazine could have on its own. The only reason I ever got interested in Cricket was because of the Chatterbox, and it’s probably been that way for many of its other readers and subscribers as well. The CB is more than half of the whole magazine. And it’s immensely important to so many people. Saying it’s going to end is literally saying that a whole world, and an enormous part of Cricket, is going to just disappear.
At the very least, is there any way there could be a regular (perhaps annual) way for us to reconnect with each other on the Cricket website? And isn’t there an easy way to archive the whole CB? The whole thing is way too valuable to lose either what’s already been or what is being.
I’m still in shock though and I don’t think I’ve quite even realized it yet but waaaaaaaa *cries* ;-; ;-; ;-;
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Amethyst, this was a management decision. We Admins are as sorry as you all are. I am passing on your query about archiving the whole CB, but I doubt that will be done. The best ways for you all to keep in touch is to send email to Letterbox at cricket@cricketmedia.com and to send your writing or art to Cricket League at the same email address. It will help if you put Letterbox or Cricket League in the subject line. Every email is read, and we will publish as many letters as we can in the magazine. For Cricket League, be sure to check the specific theme and rules published in each issue of the magazine.
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NO NO NO OMG WHYYY I just joined and I was so excited to start, this community seemed so cool. THIS SUCKS!! :sob
Thanks for everything you’ve done @admin, y’all are cool. But I’m still REALLY bummed about this ):<
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Nooooooo, I’m going to miss all of you so much :[
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Admins, pangolin brings up a good point about trying to save people’s work so we can still read it. Is it at all possible for some sort of space to be made for us to do this? We could share a public google doc. It’s possible to do so in a way that keeps all emails involved anonymous. Or isn’t there some other place these stories can be kept for all of us?
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I’m sorry, but we’re not able or allowed to do that. We suggest you copy and save for yourself whatever you can before June 1.
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At least, there needs to be some kind of campaign to archive as much as possible to the Wayback Machine; maybe a script or something. It’s not Cricket’s hosting space, and the Internet Archive is a nonprofit so all of the money they receive is dedicated to their efforts and not to huge salaries.
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I have a idea what about at the last day of cb we all say something at each other @admid
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@Admins, it appears my comment didn’t go through?
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I have your other comment, but I have to confer with others as to how much of it can be posted. So it won’t be up tonight.
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Sorry @admins, just one more quick question: did you pass my post on to the editors and managers of Cricket Media? If not, I’d better just email them. Thanks either way! Have a good night!
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I emailed it to the others, but I’m the only one working after business hours. Plus they are very busy, so I don’t know when we’ll hear from them.
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