MTG RPG Forum
Back in the early 2000s, I ran a website for MTG stuff and things. I had about eight different javascript games loosely based on MTG stuff, a chatroom, and a bunch of forums. I was getting pretty good at writing cgi stuff, so I figured out a way to make the forum print random numbers whenever someone posted. This led to making a forum for an MTG RPG. We did not use a mana system. Instead it functioned like having abilities built into your profile, and you called out which ability you used when you posted. The random number generated would affect how well or poorly your ability did. You always led with a defensive move, then an offensive move. And that was novel for a little while. Then I started getting more and more complex. I devised a code to alter the forum at certain times of the day. So, you could have random encounters with an "ai" opponent in a specific section of the forum. Also, some of the images we were putting on the forum would change according to am or pm, to keep track of when you visited. I personally created characters to fight, too. They had profiles, special moves, etc., and I gave them names accordingly. Oliver Displace had teleportation. Roland Don, The Reaver, had a special water attack. It just kept getting more and more complicated. Tragedy struck, however, when the website's host programming got updated incorrectly. It believed my website had gone over its 100 megabyte storage, and whenever a page was updated with new information (i.e., a post was made) it would delete all information on the page. When I heard the pages wete deleted, I went into the control panel and told the website to reinstall the backup files, but with the error believing my site was over its allotted space, it deleted everything, including the backup. I was not alone on that forum, and I was not the only person excited about the MTG RPG. I had a few things saved from editing the cgi files, but the sheer amount of work that would have to be redone was too much... we all went our separate ways. I wonder sometimes... what could have been?