I joined when I was 13 or 14 (now approaching 24) and was never as constant a user as many here. Indeed I've only just poked my head back in recently.

In the first few months of me using EoFF I befriended two users who by utter coincidence happened to live in a town only a half hour drive away from my own home. After PMing like crazy for a few months and getting a huge crush on one of them, we decided to meet.

I brought along a couple of friends just in case we were meeting mad rapists, rather than friendly lovely EoFF girls. One of them was also an EoFFer, and whilst my own bid for romance didn't work out quite so well, her best friend and my best friend hit it off so well that they're still together to this day. Indeed, they're getting married in a few months time.

On a more personal note, EoFF showed me a community of people who were coming together to discuss my favourite series of games, that back then were examples of the sheer potency of storytelling. Telling good stories and making time for games are two very important parts of my life. I wonder if I would be the same person I am if it hadn't been for my time here.

Also Mafia, man. What an epic game to play on a forum like this. Are you lot still burnt out on it, or can I convince you to start a new round?