Hi. I was reluctant to try and log into this account, let alone post, because I joined this forum when I was 10, and 10-year-old me was annoying and kind of a jerk, so I'm sorry to anyone who dealt with me. My nonsense was mostly contained to the spam forum, at least.
But I randomly happened to remember this game, and seeing the forums still here...it kind of gave me some perspective. Anyone else feel that?
I'm almost 29 now. I left the forums suddenly because I went blind - only for a month, as a result of a major emergency eye surgery in August '10, but it was the kind of thing that really could've gone either way. Thankfully, it was a happy ending and the eye condition I'd been suffering from my entire life was stabilized. I've been through a lot since then; three cats, three grandparents, college, rock bottom, dropping out, an autism diagnosis when I was 22 that suddenly made a lot of things make a lot more sense. Even now, I still play video games. I still practically live on the internet.
I hear some of us didn't make it, and I'm sorry for that. But some of us did. And isn't it kind of fascinating? To be able to look back on where we were, on this tiny corner of what little is still left of the internet that raised us?
A ten-year-old girl who didn't have any real friends downloaded a funny little tank game off Shockwave once. She was never any good at it, but she was excited to meet and play with people who also loved games. And she happened to think the "older kids" playing said tank game were the coolest people ever.
Now, I don't know what you guys are doing these days, but you're probably still pretty cool.
Take care.
love seeing all the stories and memories here