It's the second week of Blaugust 2023 so we are moving onto "Introduce Yourself Week". To kick things off let's take a look back at my first post on this blog: So it begins...
The date: Sunday, May 29, 2005 (18 years ago!)
The topic: MMORPGs
The opening paragraph sticks with me to this day and I consider it some of the best text I've ever assembled.
This blog has officially started. It has been a process of thought pulling at my mind for a while. I play these games we call MMORPGs, but I don't even know if "play" is the correct word to describe it anymore. I live and breath these games. They are more than an escape from my mediocre life. Fun is no longer the driving factor. Social interaction with like minded nerds and geeks; people whom live through their in game characters as though it was version 2.0 of themselves.
The words are as true today as they were back then. The major change for me, to be honest, is that I've grown up in the 18 years since I started this blog. I was single with way more time than I knew what to do with back then. Now I have a family (my oldest is starting high school this week!!!!). Then or now though I love my MMORPGs!
I've also chilled out a bit from those early days. As noted in my first blog post there was a lot of energy devoted to "the game of choice! Room for debate among the flooded market of MMORPGs and the denizens that inhabit them. From baseless flame fests on the far reaches of the most bizarre gaming message boards; to developer's beloved Customer Feedback Forms." While I still feel passionately for or against certain games the idea of a "flame fest" is no longer appealing. I am much more likely these days to just "let it go" or be positive in support of games others enjoy that I do not (gasp!).
And so it begins... again... and now you know a little more about who I was and who I am now :)
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