Hey there everyone. As of today, October 5th, I have officially been a member of this website for 5 years.
Believe it or not, I still remember joining this site, though there was a gap of about 7 months between signing up and my first post. I signed up to this site at 15 when I learnt about flash cartridges and proceeded to manage to mess up ordering the wrong stuff. Eventually, I managed to get my m3 miniSD working and promptly forgot about this site until I decided I wanted to mod my Wii. And then I came back that next April and posted my first topic about soldering a wiikey.
From that point, I tried my best to learn more about hacking in general and this became my go to location for most of it, after DS-Scene was not active enough and m3-forum.net was shut down.
Now, I have slowly gotten over the hacking scene. I am still interested in it but I rarely partake in anything about it anymore. But what keeps me here is the community. Many of you probably dont know me very well (though thats not due to a name change since I have always been Edgedancer right from the beginning), as I am much more of a lurker than active poster, but I have tried my best in my time here to help out as much as possible, whether it be Confirming that Smash Bros. works on PAL or helping TrolleyDave out with Know Your Tempers a few times while busy. I cant say I have made a huge impact on the site like many other, more memorable people can claim, but I feel that I have tried to do a bit here and there.
Now on this forum, I usually browse User Submitted News, General Off-Topic Chat and Blog Articles, simply because its the community that I enjoy. The most active I have been recently would have to be in the GBAtemp Writers Guild where for a short while, I posted a lot of my stories, though that has slackened off in recent months due to other commitments. And as what seems to be a recurring theme in my post, I have stuck around for the community and this has always been a constant. In the last 5 years, I have:
- Finished School
- Moved States
- Made a whole new group of friends
- Started University
- Gotten some jobs
- Started a relationship
- Interest in nds and Wii has pretty much diminished (play 360 a lot more now)
Now that probably doesnt sound like much, but it sure is to me and despite all that, I have probably logged more hours on this site than any other site on the internet and still visit it daily. So to all the people that complain about the community here being horrible, I honestly dont see it because I have seen this site grow from being purely gaming related to a site that creates connections between people, where they can get things off their chest without worrying too much that people will mock them. Sure it is hacking that brought them here but its the quality members that keep them here.
There are a few members in particular that I would like to thank for making this site awesome for the last 5 years.
- Hadrian, Spikey(NDS), Little, MR_COW, Lagman, and all of the other hosts of the Tempcast. I will admit that I havent listened to any of the recent episodes but the originals that came out years ago introduced me to podcasting in general and entertained me for quite a while.
- Mthrnite, I was tempted to include you in the podcasting section also, but I chose to give you your own section since you have also done a great job moderating the forum (not meaning to discrdit Hadrian in any way though). You always have good advice to give for those willing to listen and have always come across as approachable.
- Costello and Shaunj66 for running such an amazing site that I visit every day. You continually strive to move the site forwards rather than simply let it stay still.
- Toni Plutonij, you are just a great guy that I always look forward to seeing on the site, though you dont seem to be around too much anymore, which is a shame imo
- Vulpes Abnocto, simply an awesome guy that is always on top of stuff thats going on, with quite a humorous side as well.
- Rydian, I will admit, that when you first came to the site I did think that you chose to post quantity over quality, and though that may not have been off the mark at the beginning, you certainly made yourself an important part of the community very quickly. You do have my respect mate and it wasn't long before I came around to you like most others.
- TrolleyDave, you are a top bloke. I cant really say much more than that without repeating myself but I am glad to know that you are turning your life around and glad that your charity work is enjoyable.
- OSW, you may be former staff but I can say that you were a great guy
- Issac, you are another top bloke that I very much identified with when you were going through your relationship issues around a year ago. i was having my own issues and it comforted me to know someone else was having issues as well and I am glad its now working out for you.
- Tanveer, I know that you are not around anymore but as I said in your going away thread, you are certainly one of the most recognisable members in recent memory, and it certainly didnt hurt that you had awesome taste in music. PoTF forever!
- Sterling, you gave me an opportunity to share some of my writing which I am always grateful for.
- Satangel, you are a great guy that i always make sure to read posts from. We also share a birthday which doesnt hurt. Haha.
I know there are more members than that that have made this site such a wonderful environment over the years. This topic is just a big thank you to everyone on the site for making such an amazing website for the last 5 years. I hope that this has helped you guys understand a bit more about me and how much this site means to me. Thanks a million and hopefully we will be around for quite a time!
And just remember, I may not always be in clear view, but I am generally always watching you guys, and who knows, maybe soon, I will try to be a little more active so I can change my personal title to something else!
Believe it or not, I still remember joining this site, though there was a gap of about 7 months between signing up and my first post. I signed up to this site at 15 when I learnt about flash cartridges and proceeded to manage to mess up ordering the wrong stuff. Eventually, I managed to get my m3 miniSD working and promptly forgot about this site until I decided I wanted to mod my Wii. And then I came back that next April and posted my first topic about soldering a wiikey.
From that point, I tried my best to learn more about hacking in general and this became my go to location for most of it, after DS-Scene was not active enough and m3-forum.net was shut down.
Now, I have slowly gotten over the hacking scene. I am still interested in it but I rarely partake in anything about it anymore. But what keeps me here is the community. Many of you probably dont know me very well (though thats not due to a name change since I have always been Edgedancer right from the beginning), as I am much more of a lurker than active poster, but I have tried my best in my time here to help out as much as possible, whether it be Confirming that Smash Bros. works on PAL or helping TrolleyDave out with Know Your Tempers a few times while busy. I cant say I have made a huge impact on the site like many other, more memorable people can claim, but I feel that I have tried to do a bit here and there.
Now on this forum, I usually browse User Submitted News, General Off-Topic Chat and Blog Articles, simply because its the community that I enjoy. The most active I have been recently would have to be in the GBAtemp Writers Guild where for a short while, I posted a lot of my stories, though that has slackened off in recent months due to other commitments. And as what seems to be a recurring theme in my post, I have stuck around for the community and this has always been a constant. In the last 5 years, I have:
- Finished School
- Moved States
- Made a whole new group of friends
- Started University
- Gotten some jobs
- Started a relationship
- Interest in nds and Wii has pretty much diminished (play 360 a lot more now)
Now that probably doesnt sound like much, but it sure is to me and despite all that, I have probably logged more hours on this site than any other site on the internet and still visit it daily. So to all the people that complain about the community here being horrible, I honestly dont see it because I have seen this site grow from being purely gaming related to a site that creates connections between people, where they can get things off their chest without worrying too much that people will mock them. Sure it is hacking that brought them here but its the quality members that keep them here.
There are a few members in particular that I would like to thank for making this site awesome for the last 5 years.
- Hadrian, Spikey(NDS), Little, MR_COW, Lagman, and all of the other hosts of the Tempcast. I will admit that I havent listened to any of the recent episodes but the originals that came out years ago introduced me to podcasting in general and entertained me for quite a while.
- Mthrnite, I was tempted to include you in the podcasting section also, but I chose to give you your own section since you have also done a great job moderating the forum (not meaning to discrdit Hadrian in any way though). You always have good advice to give for those willing to listen and have always come across as approachable.
- Costello and Shaunj66 for running such an amazing site that I visit every day. You continually strive to move the site forwards rather than simply let it stay still.
- Toni Plutonij, you are just a great guy that I always look forward to seeing on the site, though you dont seem to be around too much anymore, which is a shame imo
- Vulpes Abnocto, simply an awesome guy that is always on top of stuff thats going on, with quite a humorous side as well.
- Rydian, I will admit, that when you first came to the site I did think that you chose to post quantity over quality, and though that may not have been off the mark at the beginning, you certainly made yourself an important part of the community very quickly. You do have my respect mate and it wasn't long before I came around to you like most others.
- TrolleyDave, you are a top bloke. I cant really say much more than that without repeating myself but I am glad to know that you are turning your life around and glad that your charity work is enjoyable.
- OSW, you may be former staff but I can say that you were a great guy
- Issac, you are another top bloke that I very much identified with when you were going through your relationship issues around a year ago. i was having my own issues and it comforted me to know someone else was having issues as well and I am glad its now working out for you.
- Tanveer, I know that you are not around anymore but as I said in your going away thread, you are certainly one of the most recognisable members in recent memory, and it certainly didnt hurt that you had awesome taste in music. PoTF forever!
- Sterling, you gave me an opportunity to share some of my writing which I am always grateful for.
- Satangel, you are a great guy that i always make sure to read posts from. We also share a birthday which doesnt hurt. Haha.
I know there are more members than that that have made this site such a wonderful environment over the years. This topic is just a big thank you to everyone on the site for making such an amazing website for the last 5 years. I hope that this has helped you guys understand a bit more about me and how much this site means to me. Thanks a million and hopefully we will be around for quite a time!
And just remember, I may not always be in clear view, but I am generally always watching you guys, and who knows, maybe soon, I will try to be a little more active so I can change my personal title to something else!
