hi! back in march of 2016 (as you can see in this news post), the crossroads map was updated to the art we still use today.

prior to this update, the crossroads (it was just called "explore" then) looked COMPLETELY different, and that old art is, as far as i know, not archived anywhere. i haven't been able to find any screencaps of it at all on my own. they do exist (another user posted a link to one in this thread), but no where that's easy to find.

such is also the case, i believe, with a good amount of other old site art (the other thing that's coming to mind right now is the november shaman portraits, i believe? not sure when those were updated) (OH and the questing snakes).

many of these changes are for the better and it's good that the devs are eager to maintain and improve quality when they can. but i also think this site's history deserves a little more thoughtful preservation as development proceeds and assets get replaced.

i think it might be nice to have a page or two of the official wiki dedicated to archiving older site art!