I haven't posted in 6 years. Today is the day to break that.

 Before I begin I just want to say one thing:

You have no reason to be afraid in what I'm uploading on my YouTube channel. These "projects" I do are very casual and do not make me any money. They are primarily created to tailor to a group of people I associate with from a different part of the world (not in my post-Rise life).

After being accepted for Content Creator status in the ToastieLabs Discord (they are the ones that created two titles I've been playing a lot lately) which were Coloring Pixels (most of my recent uploads) and hexceed (future project).

I get what happened so many years ago back when Rise shut down in 2014 was a bad time for us all. It really was. I was a very poor leader in that regard, and I've shaped up to be a better person overall. Prior to what happened in 2020 and 2021, money is, and always will be the root of all evil. I can't let it take it from me... again. You'd all have to agree with me on that part.

On the contrary though, this is the stuff below that would have been implemented should I have continued my leadership (after that 1 year leave I would have been forced to take from 2014-2015)

• Actual recordings of live Flushed Away events. Sometimes we wanted to see who won them all. I would have done that, to be honest.
• A bonus round after a champion was crowned. That champion would have to survive up to 4 consecutive rounds for a chance to increase their winnings. If they lost, they would still keep the main prize, but lose out on the bonuses and also get flushed a 2nd time. That's pretty much it... really! But who would have flushed the toilet on that person? It would have been the 2nd place person - they didn't get a chance to flush anyone though!
• We would have crowned more Gunk Kings/Queens. 
• I would have reduced the amount of Star/Fishing Points throughout the board, and combined the two into 1 tracking factor: Rise Points. 
• I would have also introduced the option to reset your level rank so you can go through the levels again for more rewards.
• Skill-based challenges for rewards - I used to perform this in Skynet Gaming, and I now do these in the current guild I'm the lead event officer for now. This would have been the best way to avoid the whole "I have to always be online mindset" when absolutely needed, since at that time I was pretty horrible at handling people's problems with our products.

Lastly, while some of our memory photos were out there, I should have clarified something: Sure I hosted practically all of the Flushed Away events, but there were a few that ended up allowing people just to drop by the site of that giant toilet just to flush me in. Some were justified, others were just all in good fun, and that was the point I wanted to deliver going into this.

Borderlands 3 Announced & Community Involvement | We Need More Events!

By the way, if you still follow Warden Stillwater's Adventures, I am now known as the Seasonal Wardens and I am going to post a presentation and a couple of my hundreds of ideas!

Something else to say...

Having lost people I met in SL was a painful period. Over the last 3 weeks I have had nightmares over the loss of Rise.

Why should people really take everything out on me just because my behavior rapidly changed? I tried to control it but stress ultimately took over me.

I should have mentioned... a lot of people out there were my saviors and I put references in my last map project... featuring everything that Rise was renown for...

Why?
I just need to relax... and not suffer more emotional from the destructive memories...

- Warden

The Disappearance of Warden Stillwater

As many of you readers may know it, I have disappeared. I have fled to the world of Steam because of many reasons listed below. Anyone who reads this blog post will know.

1) Rise Star Gaming closed July 2014. It closed because of point #2. I don't exactly think that I felt the same way, about it, after the fun and all of it that came from it. I really had a great time leading the group from 2013 onward... it was an interesting experience.

2) The Skill Gaming changes. As Skill Gaming got worse and worse and gutted apart by changes LL has made over the months, to the point where no addons can use any form of randomizer just gutted apart the chance of anyone to make a great product. Not to mention that they would take MONTHS to approve anyone, and to even get a chance to be approved you needed to pay a one-time non-refundable $100 fee (which is a LOT for a small business)

3) The interest died down for me. I still like hosting Trivia, but not on that platform as I was constantly attacked by various people for being the leader of Rise then, and now.

4) The Stress got too high. Because of Rise's downfall I also had a huge amount of stress which caused a nuclear fallout and me having to leave much quicker due to it. I needed to find a way to regain my mental state before it got worse.

Anyone who did friend me and if you have Steam PLEASE add me at
http://www.steamcommunity.com/id/flamewarden77

I apologize to anyone who missed me, but this post shows to anyone who reads it why I disappeared and where you can find me now.

Hugs,
Warden Stillwater / Former owner of Rise Stars

The past, present and the old fun.

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All I loved was the funny past.

Staff Appreciation Week 2014 -- June 16 - 23, 2014

Once again, its that time of year before the Anniversary of Rise.

Stay tuned, it may be interesting...

Warden

** Staff Appreciation Week 2014 -- June 16 - 23, 2014 **

1 week, 7 staff members, 7 crazy mini events.

Rise Star Gaming - Christmas 2013 Statistics

Merry Christmas to all the Rise Stars :)

General Statistics
Players Registered: 10,335
Linden Dollars Earned: Over L$4,500,000

Gaming Statistics:
Star Hunting Collects: 2,598,658
Star Fishing Catches: 531,649

Community/Reward Statistics:
Gunk Lever Pulls/Gunks Done: Over 1,000+
Loot Bags Opened: 27,539
Spins Taken on Big Beautiful Wheel: 2,369
Last Spin: Random Loot Package
Spectral Boxes Opened: 506
- Personal Multipliers in Boxes: 92
Global Event Spins: 145
Last Global Event Spin (2x): i8088 Resident
Last Global Event Spin (3x): Nancy Gumbo

In the Rise Stars, we believe that if people want to be treated fair, it would be happening soon enough. The Rise Landowner Rewarder Challenge is coming up and with it, comes something new along with it. What will happen when we begin this challenge? Revived Event Spins makes the Star Fishing Event Spin more "interesting".

Keep up the good work and enjoy the game as is...
- Warden Stillwater