07-22-2017, 01:28 AM
jesus christ 5 fucking years what where did it all go
So yea. 5 years since I became part of this community. Back when it all started on a forum thread on Redlight Ponyville. Back when Taxman and Jin (remember them ?) were around. I remember first joining the forum on an old account and lurked the thread. I was gonna write on there but my account got banned for being underage as I stupidly mentioned my age on another thread.
retarded of me I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I made the account "DJ Blitz" (which some of you would know) and posted on there about Rainbow Dash. From that point it was a quite the journey through all those months on that thread, talking to the other members and connecting with them.
I dont remember when we had moved to MLW, but I think it was around the first time RLPV went down from an attack, and we had moved there. A good 2-3 years was spent on MLW. seeing all sorts of members come and go (some are still active till this day!), making close friends (one that I met IRL) along the way. I really wanted to help out on the site, and applied to be a staff members about 3 times before Taxman finally approved of me (only took NintendoKnight to appraise me xd).
Then the "great meltdown" from Taxman happened in early 2015, and that led to the creation of this forum, Waifu Central. Creating this place was a troublesome start, finding a host, getting the theme, setting up all of the plugins and options, re-doing everything I had done because I was a fucking idiot and locked myself out of the admin panel etc.
Fast forward to today, with over 110 registered members, over 13,000 posts in over 600 threads, this community is hella active and has grown significantly over the years. I can't thank all of you guys enough for all of your support and activity over the years.
So why am I leaving ?
Well, for one I have not been active very much anymore- I rarely post on the forums nor talk on Discord. Personally, I feel a bit detached from the community ever since I stopped watching MLP in 2014. The reason why is that I just didn't really enjoy the show anymore- and due to that started drifting away from Rainbow Dash. Around that time I picked up Dota 2, and while I had my crushes on the Dota 2 heroes Skywrath Mage, Vengeful Spirit and Templar Assasin, I never really felt the same connection as I had with Dash. 2016 came around and I bought Overwatch after peer pressure- and fell for D.va. I still love her till this day.
Secondly, next week I will be starting military service- its compulsory conscription in my country. Due to that I likely won't be able to manage the site anymore. While I wasn't active for the last year or so, I was still helping in setting up the Discord server as well as making sure Hostgator didn't fuck us over. But come next week I likely won't be able to do either.
So with my departure, I have decided to hand over the keys (well he technically has them already) to the site to Warden.
I know the community has had beef with him over the incident, but he has been the other longest member I know on here and the one I trust the most. I hope you guys give him the chance to lead the community to the best of his ability from now on. I will still be handling the Discord server for a bit while longer, but I will be demoting myself to a regular member.
It's been an awesome 5 years, and I can't thank you guys enough for all of the memories, friendships and bonds we have had since a small forum thread. If you guys ever want to contact me about anything, message me on Discord (Blizzyyy#6835) ^_^
Bye for now o/
So yea. 5 years since I became part of this community. Back when it all started on a forum thread on Redlight Ponyville. Back when Taxman and Jin (remember them ?) were around. I remember first joining the forum on an old account and lurked the thread. I was gonna write on there but my account got banned for being underage as I stupidly mentioned my age on another thread.
retarded of me I know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I made the account "DJ Blitz" (which some of you would know) and posted on there about Rainbow Dash. From that point it was a quite the journey through all those months on that thread, talking to the other members and connecting with them.
I dont remember when we had moved to MLW, but I think it was around the first time RLPV went down from an attack, and we had moved there. A good 2-3 years was spent on MLW. seeing all sorts of members come and go (some are still active till this day!), making close friends (one that I met IRL) along the way. I really wanted to help out on the site, and applied to be a staff members about 3 times before Taxman finally approved of me (only took NintendoKnight to appraise me xd).
Then the "great meltdown" from Taxman happened in early 2015, and that led to the creation of this forum, Waifu Central. Creating this place was a troublesome start, finding a host, getting the theme, setting up all of the plugins and options, re-doing everything I had done because I was a fucking idiot and locked myself out of the admin panel etc.
Fast forward to today, with over 110 registered members, over 13,000 posts in over 600 threads, this community is hella active and has grown significantly over the years. I can't thank all of you guys enough for all of your support and activity over the years.
So why am I leaving ?
Well, for one I have not been active very much anymore- I rarely post on the forums nor talk on Discord. Personally, I feel a bit detached from the community ever since I stopped watching MLP in 2014. The reason why is that I just didn't really enjoy the show anymore- and due to that started drifting away from Rainbow Dash. Around that time I picked up Dota 2, and while I had my crushes on the Dota 2 heroes Skywrath Mage, Vengeful Spirit and Templar Assasin, I never really felt the same connection as I had with Dash. 2016 came around and I bought Overwatch after peer pressure- and fell for D.va. I still love her till this day.
Secondly, next week I will be starting military service- its compulsory conscription in my country. Due to that I likely won't be able to manage the site anymore. While I wasn't active for the last year or so, I was still helping in setting up the Discord server as well as making sure Hostgator didn't fuck us over. But come next week I likely won't be able to do either.
So with my departure, I have decided to hand over the keys (well he technically has them already) to the site to Warden.
I know the community has had beef with him over the incident, but he has been the other longest member I know on here and the one I trust the most. I hope you guys give him the chance to lead the community to the best of his ability from now on. I will still be handling the Discord server for a bit while longer, but I will be demoting myself to a regular member.
It's been an awesome 5 years, and I can't thank you guys enough for all of the memories, friendships and bonds we have had since a small forum thread. If you guys ever want to contact me about anything, message me on Discord (Blizzyyy#6835) ^_^
Bye for now o/
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