Takaru02

To be honest, I don't know how long it was. It was after KanohiHauX stopped coming to the site. I discovered a handful of other fandoms (mostly JRPGs) that I got into and kinda stopped paying attention after the Toa Metru were introduced. By the time I cam back to the site, the comic book series had pretty much ended. However long that was is the longest I've ever not been on BZPower. EDIT- Actually, by the time I got back, the replacement series for Bionicle had been around for a while. "Hero" something. Bionicle had been finished for several years and the site was mostly revamped. My best guess would be between 2003 (around the time the Toa Metru first showed up) to 2014 (Around the time I first heard about the new MNOLG sequel being made by a fan).

Hi. I'm Takaru02, and as you can tell by my profile and Avatar, I'm a pretty old member. I first joined back in 2002 prior to the Metru Nui reveal. Heck, I'm old enough to remember when the Matoran were still being called Tohunga, lol. But seriously, I'm amazed to be see that this site is still as active as ever, and I'm quite glad that Bionicle still gets so many fans. I've actually become a bit of a lurker at this point so I don't really consider myself has having truly "returned" to the site, but I still love the series. Admittedly, I'm a great deal behind on the lore of the series since I stopped following after the Metru Nui saga was first introduced, so there's a lot of stuff I don't know about the current state of the Bionicle universe. To further prove how old I am, all of the topics I posed in have been deleted, so I have a 466 post count with no posts to show for it. To be honest, I've never read the comics and don't have most of the model sets. I originally became a fan of Bionicle through a friend of mine: KanohiHauX, now known as KanohiHauX - Toa of Unity, and he was the reason I stayed for so long. He introduced to the MNOLG (Mata Nui Online Game) back when it first came out. It was a glitch ridden mess and tended to crash a lot, but we still managed to have fun. It was definitely better than the sequel, which crashed FAR more often. I remember that I used to hate the button puzzle at the lightstone cave (YOU KNOW THE ONE) and that it took me forever to finish that darn thing because of that. That said, being able to control the guys and beat up on Muaka was totally worth it...the first 2000 times I played. Seriously, I love that game. Speaking of which, I was really surprised when I saw that someone was building a direct sequel of the MNOLG. I look forward to seeing the finished product, as I'm sure many others due as well. Getting back to my friend, things really got interesting when he started writing that fanfic of his: "The Legend of KanohiHauX". I was one of the many people who he let be a part of the story, although, if remember correctly, I still went by just Takaru at the time. Many of people were so inspired by his fanfic that they went on to write their own stories, though most tried to use his fanfic as a base. I too was one of those people, and went on to write two separate stories, "The Chronicler's Journey" and "The Shifting." Both of them turned out to be pretty bad, so I never finished them. On a side note, I actually found this topic on accident. I decided to look up KanohiHauX's name in the search function just to what I would get, and his name showed up in this topic. When I saw that one of the people who posted here mentioned both him and his fanfic, I felt I needed to say something as well. So...yeah. I probably won't be on all that often, but I still plan to check in from time to time. I know there's a lot I need to catch up on, and a lot of stuff to see and do here. I'm also thinking about reviving one, or both, of my old fanfics, but we'll see how that goes. Well, time to sign off. Have fun, and see you around the forums.

Just finished V1.2 last night. I was impressed. It's woefully short, but since it's chap 1 I won't worry about that. I actually haven't found any glitches thus far, at least not any fatally bad one. That said, you should probably run a spell check for some of the scenes near the beginning. (Such as Jaller saying "villiges" instead of "villages".) I've seen a few texture issues, but nothing more than a misplaced shadow or a color that doesn't seem to fit. I really liked the snowboarding mini-game, but I think the color of the snowboards should be altered just a bit (Like the black borders being a bit too thick and noticeable) And the map icon from the bag may need some work, but everything else seems to be fine. I'm impressed. This is an excellent first attempt. And thank you again for this wonderful idea you've decided to share with us. I look forward to the completed product.

I just want to say how surprised I am that someone actually went and did something like this. I hadn't planned on ever coming back to this site, but I got bored and decided to come check in on the place. When I saw that this was the news of the day, I was floored. I immediately came here and downloaded the game, and I just got around to trying it out today. I've managed to give the message to all of the Turaga (Save Nuju who, of course, already knew about it) but I was lost on what to do after that. I haven't downloaded the newest version yet (I'm about to download it now) so I'll save any glitch related questions for later. I just wanted to thank you for this wonderful bit of nostalgia you've created for us. I can't wait to see what else you have for us.