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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:04 pm
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Hey.
Yeah. Hey.
Do you know what happened to me today?
Today I went on a nostalgia trip.
I don't remember the last time I posted in this forum. It was probably more then a year ago, and I know for sure that it's been more then a couple years since I did any kind of regular posting. If it weren't for some sort of zany internet honor-system, I couldn't really even be considered part of this community anymore; but here I am, I can just come here and talk to you guys like I never left.
Digression aside, I originally came here to find an old thread I started so long ago and I ended up spending an hour and a half flipping through the archives, reading old names, and seeing old friends. When I look at my old threads and posts, and how I acted with you all, and how happy I seemed, it struck up a lot in me. I started thinking of the iceberg that is my life in the ATG, and it really is like that metaphorical iceberg; if you were to look at me, and then look at this community, you might not notice what one has to do with the other. But the truth under the water is that this place, and you people have changed me so colossally, You were not a passing footnote on my life. Five years, one fifth of my entire life at this point, saw me glued to a computer at every possible convenience (and sometimes despite inconvenience), chatting away for hours and hours. At times in my life many of you were the only people I could consider to be my friends, and when I was in trouble, or when I needed to find a way to forget about the bad things in my life you guys would help me through it, often without ever knowing what was wrong.
And yeah, there were even some dark times. I'm sure a lot of you remember an incident or two. There were fights to be broken up, and relationships rising and falling, jealousy issues. I found myself longing for what seemed like a long-dead time where we weren't all trying to hump each other into a blind stupor, and just started resenting what the ATG had become. Yeah, not all of my years here were very good, and yet I just wanna point out some of you guys kept your smilers turned on bright and shiny around me despite the disdainful guy I had turned into. Others of you didn't take my s**t. I commend all of you for dealing with me. I don't like what I then was; though I still think I'm pretty jaded from those times, I feel sorry that I misdirected so much of my anger on some of the people here, and the community as a whole.
But this isn't about apologies, it's not even really about nostalgia. The point is that so much good has come from this place, even despite that there was some bad. I mean a prime example is where I'm sitting right now. Because of the ATG, I am sitting in my own room, in my own apartment, that I share with another ATGer. If I had never been a part of this guild, I would probably still be living at home. So is this place a very big part of my life anymore? Naw. But I thank O N Y X above for the privilege of having me here. I truly could not be as happy if I hadn't had the experience in my life.
So that's what I think. What do you guys think?
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:33 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 8:48 pm
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I pretty much literally grew up in the ATG. I joined the guild in sixth grade, and now am In my second semester at University.n The people here and the conversations I had most definitely shaped me. The ATG became a home for me, and the people in it were a family of sort.
No matter how dysfuntional that family got, and it certainly did several times, there was always at least one person willing to talk to me. When I watched the house across the street burn down and the body carried out of it on my birthday, I did not turn to my "real" friends or family, but instead came to the ATG with all of the anger, confusion and general shock that I had.
I came to the ATG to have fun, to forget what was going on at home, to escape. And I came to the ATG for support, and to listen and be there for others at the same time. I came to talk about video games and politics, and have conversations composed of nothing but nonsense. I met some of my closest friends here and have so many fond memories.
So, in short, the ATG means everything to me. Family, friends, safety, the entire emotional spectrum.
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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:13 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 4:29 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:20 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:13 pm
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Jafthasleftthebuilding Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:14 pm
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Wow, see, when I wrote up this thread, I questioned who would post if anybody. When I saw that only eight people had replied, I was a little underwhelmed, but after I opened up the thread and saw so many names I know so well, it felt pretty good.
I noticed a few of you guys apologizing for not being around, or pointing out how you might not post as much, and I just want to say, don't even sweat it. No matter how many times you leave and come back, I'm sure there's going to be a few familiar faces here to welcome you.
And Xik, I saw that photo of you and that baller-a** plane, you seriously flying that? I assumed from your tumblr posts you were doing jets or something.
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:02 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:22 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:18 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:36 am
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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:43 am
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