by SamuraiMegas Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:25 pm
I meant to make a little post about this a month ago, but I'm just getting around to it.
I've been on this forum for seven years, and by god does it not seem like it. I literally joined when I was 12 years old (sorry about that) and made a bunch of stupid posts, and generally didn't fit in too well. The other night I looked back at a bunch of threads and posts I've made... thanks everyone for putting up with me. I've grown a lot since then. It's kind of weird, looking back. I joined this forum as a little kid cause I thought the Genesis was neat. I didn't really think I'd be around too long, especially with my stupid ass attempts at trolling (again forgive me, i was a literal child.) but here I am now, 20 years old, in a long term relationship planning my future.
I went from using the internet to post shitty memes and troll, now it's an exciting place where I can make industry connections and join in communities. This is the first community I was in that accepted me (even if it may have been begrudgingly so) and I just want to thank everyone here for that. I can look at my old posts and see myself slowly growing as a person, testing the waters for new ideas and self expression to an extent and I think it helped me a lot in feeling comfortable with making friends and connections with people that are my senior.
I went through a lot in the time I've been here... middle/high school, abuse, drug addiction, and I always was able to find a home here with people I could shoot the shit with over video games or whatever. The traffic here may be slowing down a bit, but I'll be here til the sites shut down. I've made a lot of memories here, and friends.
Thanks to everyone here for putting up with me, and here's to another 7 years.