It’s literally almost Christmas. So, where’s Christmas?
It’s literally almost Christmas. So, where’s Christmas?
So like, I doubt anyone will remember me. But I'm that guy who leaves and comes back several years later. I was more active on the FFL forums.
As for me, I've been having a nostalgia kick lately. I've logged into my AIM for the first time in forever (no one was on), recovered my LJ account and was reading all that. I've downloaded and played a few games that I used to play back in the day (still active in iRO) and just been reliving the past for a little bit. And that's what led me here...
...whatever.
WADDUP BELL!
Congrats on your second post. This is the Year of Rising Eizon
oh man, reading back through LiveJournal is such a painful experience for all kinds of reasons
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
This thread really serve its purpose!
I didn't even want to finish reading mine. It's so cringworthy.Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I actually had more than 2 posts. All my other posts and threads got washed away in time. If I had to guess, I probably would be up to a grand total of 30 by now.WADDUP BELL!
Congrats on your second post. This is the Year of Rising Eizon
...whatever.
I'm doing well, thank you. Have a respectable career, respectable salary, respectable home, respectable family, and most importantly, respectable health. Generally, life has been very good, albeit I don't play games much anymore (like Final Fantasy) because adulthood has taken over. I occasionally left this place, but I've never told anyone why. Despite this, I've never really forgotten about it, and I'll keep coming back as long as the site is still there. Even if the folks who used to be close to me barely ever or never speak to me now, the pleasant recollections of our earlier times remain tenancy-free in my memory.
Do I count?
I don't know, do you?
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
Are we doing Dad's jokes now?
I don't know if I can truly classify myself as an 'oldie', at least not in terms of EoFF forum membership...
That said, I joined in 2008, and despite only posting 100-ish times between then and now (with most of those being early on) I certainly have a little soft spot for this place.
Heath was the one who convinced me to join, since we'd both been members of other FF forums (in fact, I ran a vaguely prominent one myself for a short period, but that's a different story). Something about an exodus from Fools Gold?...
The details of my membership elude me, but the genuine camaraderie of this place seems to never fade. It's great that it's still up, and that this corner of the web stands strong against the homogenisation of web communities.
My avatar - never changed since sign-up - is a sign of the approach I took to posting here. Not just silly and irreverent, but with a style that jars a little (much like the Villa team that David O'Leary managed). I'm always struck by people who use humour well to lubricate their message into the cranial capacity of others, and this place was full of people who could do that.
Humour being a sign of intelligence, it's no surprise that I equally enjoyed lurking in the threads on serious issues, watching the debate spark with very little space allowed for malice or bad faith. Can you imagine a debate around a serious topic on a free-for-all Facebook group? Actually, don't imagine that - you'll give yourself a headache.
For me, signing back into a forum you once frequented is less about where you are but more about who you are. I suspect many members my age just won't be able to make engaging here again a priority, but that doesn't mean we can't find a quiet joy by slowly and carefully retreading the paths we once danced along carefree.
As far as I'm concerned, we haven't changed. We'd still engage with the same freedom and warmth and regularity, were we able to. We'd still play the same series of games with dedication, and revere them as a small part of our very identity, given the chance.
We're still the same people who signed up almost two decades ago. This forum acts as a small needle, helping us sew a thread backwards through our history to help us keep contact with the child within.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
I recently retrieved my LJ account and signed into my AIM for the first time in a very long time while no one else was online. I've relived the past for a brief while by downloading and playing a few games that I used to play back in the day (some of them are still active on iRO).
If you really want to be a convincing bot you probably shouldn't claim to have recently signed into a service that doesn't exist.
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