Hello.
5s read
Open the Dododex app on iOS or Android, select a creature, and go to Tips > Submit Tip.
To: Everyone Who Asked For Me
From: Ben
Hey all. I’m here. I always have been. I just don’t talk much because I get lazy. If you want me to be honest, I’ve been here for the past three years and I’ve seen enough newcomers come and go that I have been almost conditioned to anticipate people giving up on their stories after a few weeks, even with my encouragement and comments. You’ll have to excuse my pessimism, but that is just the reality of it I suppose. Looking now, it seems some folks have disappeared since I last messaged.
This message is going to be about 1. Tina, and 2. All of your stories.
Anyway. Enough of that. Some of you are curious about Tina. The truth is, I was not there to know the full details. As far as I’m aware, her passing was very sudden and abrupt, and may have involved a seizure. The community at the time only knew because her brother, Peter, delivered the news, which is common for those who know their close ones had an online presence. In fact, I myself have a failsafe in the case of any sudden death on my end. After she passed, some people went as far as to impersonate her and pretend to have ‘recovered’, which is why I avoided the topic to begin with since it was a trying, frankly disappointing time for everyone involved.
I know PrimalApex has expressed his skepticism ever since he found the Charmer message, but I know otherwise. There was no true reason for Tina to fake her death. If she did it for the attention—then it would certainly be short-lived. She was already beloved in the community, and I don’t see that being a plausible motive. Not to mention, she’d probably continue to write under the Charmer or Peter alias, if anyone was none the wiser. If she did it to get away from the community easily, then that also makes little to no sense. Tina hasn’t been spotted ever since 2022, since that day. If she had left the community, I doubt she would stay quiet for four long years. The community clearly meant something to her.
That’s all you need to know about Tina. So let me move onto the next point of discussion.
To those who have managed to persevere for this long… SomeGamerGuy, BoXXy, Zznake, etc. I’ve underestimated your grit. If you are currently writing a story, and you are confident in your ability to push through and finish what you started, then I am willing to read your story and give my utmost support. Writing’s difficult, as you know. And I find that just the acknowledgement someone read through your hard work goes a long way. It’s why I’ve even made it this far to begin with. I’m not sure where this community would be if everyone stuck to their own corner and only focused on their own stories. At that point, we’d all be talking to brick walls, eh? If you want me to read your story, you can tell me where I can find it, and what it’s called. I’ll read all of them. Just don’t give up, ‘cause that story deserves to be finished.
If you’ve made it this far, listen carefully to what I say next. I can’t recall if I’ve told you this, but the D0d0dex Stories website is very helpful for communication. Just search it up on whatever browser you have, and it should be the top result. When you go to that website, it’s going to give you all the latest tips posted in the Stories section, and you can categorize and sort by Newest and creature. Tips appear faster on there than on the app, so communication should be faster.
If you want to communicate even faster, you can go to the D0D0Dex Fan Fiction Wiki, on Fandom. Yes. We have a wiki. You might even find your story logged on there. We’ve had one for the past two years and a half. Communication is nearly instant there, and it’s a great place to check out cool art and post your own art if you have any. You will need to make a Fandom account, but that’s about it, really. Some people are forbidden from even accessing Fandom (which, puzzles me, since Fandom is not a site I’d expect to be banned from any parents, if you’re able to play a game like ARK Survival Evolved). We don’t use Discord because it’s more likely someone can’t use it, and we also just don’t like Discord. Anyway, the appeal to Fandom is that replies are nearly guaranteed there. Wow. How elitist. It was never supposed to truly be like that, but things just ended up that way the less and less people started joining the community over the years.
Regardless of the choice you make, I’ll try my best to still be here. If you have any other comments, questions, or concerns, feel free to leave them and I’ll answer post-haste.
Finally (I promise this is the last one), if you are interested in reading some ARK stories of your own, but don’t know where to start (and honestly, I highly encourage this anyway. Your fellow community members love having their stories read too, like you, and you might even get a creative spark as a result. Plus, it’s fun!), then feel free to leave your preferences, what type of story interests you most, and there will probably be one that suits your needs, which I can then tell you where to find so you can begin your journey.
That’s all for now. I’ll hopefully see you around?
- Ben
DANGIT NOW I HAVE TO WRITE THREE MESSAGES IM ONE SITTING ARGHHHHH
Thanks for the information, Primal. I appreciate your effort in trying to help me. Now that I know that Ben (probably) does not know what happened to Tina, I will attempt to search for the truth through google searching. I probably won’t find anything new but it’s worth a shot.
Again, thanks for the effort, Primal. I appreciate you.
-a very SPOOKI SomeGamerGuy
(ooga booga)
hello, everyone. good morning/afternoon/evening/9:07 pm/night. I’m here to leave a message for Ben, if he ever comes back and he does not see this message please tell him this.
Ben, I want to ask you if you have any idea on what happened to Tina. I know this isn’t much to ask but I will NOT die unless I get this information. Thank you in advance.
Anyways, i just finished binge-watching spooky month!! I won’t give any spoilers in case someone here wants to watch it, but all im gonna say is that it’s an amazing show, and I recommend that you watch it.
This is one of my lengthier messages, but I felt like I needed to say this just incase.
-SomeGamerGuy, also known as SomeRandomDude.
A small note from SomeGamerGuy:
I have an idea of a story which has a post-apocalyptic setting. I think I have a general concept of what it’s going to be about. I feel like I’m gonna use the idea because I like it best. Kind of like extinction map except there’s no sanctuary to protect you. I will be writing prototype(s) of this story in Allo. After that I’m gonna go down in alphabetical order with the “ascended” tag.
-SomeGamerGuy, I already said my name but I like to sign off my posts like this.
WOWIE I just got a LOAD of tips just now in the story section, and I want to say a few words.
First of all, hi ben! Thanks for the information on Tina! The seizure part actually leads me to wanting to investigate sicknesses that could increase risk of seizure. Also, I won’t be writing stories anytime soon, as I’m focusing on schoolwork, but if I’m free and have a few ideas I’m gonna try and “attempt” to make a story. Sorry if I dissapointed you a bit there lol. Oh and also, happy spooki month!! (watch the series if you haven’t already). Goodbye for now, and happy Halloween/spooky month 7th episode!
Thank you to all of those who helped me in my mini-investigation, I probably wouldn’t have gotten to this conclusion without all of you. And most importantly, thank you to those who have supported me. I really, REALLY appreciate it. I know it sounds small, but I’m a world like THIS, it’s reassuring to know that people like *SOME* of the Dododex community exist in the world.
-The spooki SomeGamerGuy, who is also known as SomeRandomDude.
Nevermind, Apex has already reached out to Ben. My bad there, should have read through everything beforehand! Yeah, we really don’t have much. I looked through cantaloupe dye and only found one message from her where she said she was sick. The rest is old messages and stories from her and many memorials after her passing. I don’t know where to find the post confirming her death and haven’t read it, so I don’t have anything to say on that. I wish we knew more, though.
—Moon, again
Ben is often online and able to be contacted any time in the wiki, though he has a lot of archives I doubt there’s anything else about Tina other than what I previously said about her. That is, basically all we have. If you didn’t see my message about her from before let me know. I could still ask Ben though and let him know you’re asking for him here, if you want. As far as I know he might have already seen these and is looking through to find your answers, that or he just hasn’t checked in here for a bit.
—Moon
oh, and I forgot to add,
HAPPY SPOOKI MONTH!!,1!1!1!!1!1!1!1!1!1!!1!1!1!!1!!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!!1!111!1!1!!11!!1!!1!!1!!1!!!1!!!1!!1!!1!1!!!!11!!1!1!!1!1!!1!1!!1!!!!1!!!1!!1!1!!1!!1!!!!1!!1!1!1!2!11!!1!1!!1!1!1!1!!11!1!1!!1!11!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!!1!1
-the very SPOOKI SomeGamerGuy
(ooga booga)