My Beginning, June 2004

I can't believe it's actually been a whole year since I first created my account on GS. When I first began, It was only to get info on the latest games coming out. I don't even remember how I even heard about it. But I think I must have been searching for information on a specific game It might have been Ninja Gaiden since that was a pretty tough game to beat. I didn't even post in the forums when I first began. It didn't really seem that important at the time. As I started to login more and more though I quickly discovered certain things like adding to my collection and keeping track of specific games that I was interested in. Then I decided to visit the forums. That was the only place on GS that I hadn't been to.

My first post

To tell you the truth I'd never actually been to the forums until the first time I posted. Which was in December of 2004. My first post was in the Xbox Forums. Someone had a question about being new to Xbox live. and I knew the answer so I posted. On a funny side note, since that time I've seen that particular topic more times than I care to count. This posting wasn't new to me at all though. Before I was posting on GS, I used to post on the forums at xbox.com so I knew how to handle flames. At xbox.com there are actually more people flaming than on GS, if you can believe that. After my first post at GS it seemed fun so I continued to post on a regular basis. I'd heard that at the time, in order to use html in your sig you had to have 250 posts and at least 2000 minutes online. So that was my goal originally. It took me a while but I'd managed to do it thanks to the help of a couple friends.

My friends on GS: Part 1

Wow there is so much to say about the people that I've met on GS, I've met a lot of cool people. I guess I'll start at the beginning. As we all know GS isn't all fun and games when you are at level 2 with 20 posts. It's not that friendly. But as a former Xbox.com poster I know how to deal with such things. The first thing I did was post and try to answer questions when I could. One of the earlier mistakes I made was putting in my sig the phrase "send me a friend request and I will accept" but hey, live and learn right. Suffice to say I got a lot of friend requests most of them were form people that were new to GS forums like myself. The thing is though I didn't really know these people and I'm sure most of them were after the friends emblems that GS used to have. My first real friend on GS knows who they are. Jess, was it by chance that we met? maybe. But I'm glad it happened. If it weren't for you I don't even know if I would still be here today writing this entry. We've been through a lot, from profile problems to joining our first UCB. We've seen it all and I wouldn't trade any of that for anything in the world.

My friends on GS: Part 2

Joining my first UCB was an interesting experience for me. The Misfit Contingent was a friendly place where a lot of new, real friendships were made. You guys know who you are and we've also been through a lot together. From all our random conversations to many auto-locked threads. This is an important event in the time I've spent on here. There's not many places on GS where you can truly get to know people as well as we did in the Contingent. Here are a few honorable mentions of good friends I've made on GS in no particular order: sandlot76, angel1212, Yankeebabyfan32, mrsxbox, matcoke, MangaJen, smasterwoo, Elektrakosh, cecx, cameralens, Soulreavercross, Twizm221, Devil_Huntress, TransparentFire, hikingviking, grambyte, SuperDefekt, skitzo56, Liz86, rocklegacy2, and I'm sure others as well.

My progress since then.

See for yourself:

Unions, Boards, UCBs, Oh my.

It seems that things got a lot busier around GS when the Unions were first created. I myself have received a ton of invites, some random and some not. Though I haven't really joined too many. I'm happy with the few I have joined though. As well as several UCBs including my own. I may not have time to post in them all everyday but I'm still glad to be a part of them. :)

I would like to celebrate another year at GS. I would like to raise my glass, (normally it would be filled with Coke, but for those who know me I assure you it's only water :P) and say here's to another year at GS. May it continue be as memorable as it has been. If anything I think this is reason to celebrate, not just for me but for all of you, for being here for all the good times. (thankfully there hasn't really been any bad times) Oh and you're all invited to the party :D