In my time here, I've:

Made many wonderful friends,

Split my sides with laughter,

Hopefully done the same to others,

Flamed people moronically,

Had deep and meaningful discussion,

Chatted about my favourite game series,

Had great discussions about all sorts of other topics,

Failed miserably in the competitions,

Applauded those who won,

Received friendly advice from wonderful people,

Informed others,

Been a part of Eizon (if only for a little while),

Spammed in threads,

User notes and PMs,

Spent whole half hours typing out angry messages only to close the window before posting,

Typed in godawful newbie-speak,

Improved my technical skills,

Written song parodies, short stories and haikus,

Chatted with people from different timezones,

On many different continents,

Been utterly confused by in-jokes,

Been extremely amused by other in-jokes,

Had threads archived,

Closed and deleted,

Been a total jerk without realising it,

Sent hair (amongst other things) to a crazed lunatic,

Been through name changes,

Thought getting a custom rank was a big deal,

Realised it wasn't,

Thought some of the staff were jerks,

Realised they weren't,

Thought people saw me as a jerk,

Realised they didn't,

Been part of the most vibrant, friendly and atomspheric community I can imagine,

Left it,

Come back,

Left again,

Only to return, time and time again, to this magical place.

I've lived so much of my life in this community that it's almost like a second home. I can say things here I could never say in the real world, and make friends with people who would otherwise have been mere strangers to me. In a whole book I couldn't even begin to document my experiences here. So I guess what I'm trying to say is:

I LOVE YOU, EYES ON FINAL FANTASY