Well, I've been a member of GameSpot for exactly one year as of Yesterday (Damn, a day off :cry: ) and I've decided to do a little reminising . . .

When I first joined, I really didn't plan on being that active.  I just felt that I used the site enough that I deserved to at least make an account.  Soon after, I joined my first union.  The Ultimate God of War Union, when it just started out with StudioMAZ as the Leader.  After a month or so of posting very regularly, MAZ decided to just forget about the rule of being 18+ to be an Officer and let me become one.  I was so happy, but that happiness was short lived.  MAZ felt that he was putting way too much effort into the union, and it wasn't worth it, especially since he got no reward for it.  He was going to make me Leader, but the switch become to much trouble, and MAZ decided just to delete the union. :( I then joined the Sony Alliance to try and fill the hole left by one of the best unions on GameSpot.  It was good for a while, and I also became an Officer, and in this time I became an Officer in The First Person Shooters Union, and a member of Scorpion Designs (a.k.a. Elemental Designs now).  Then the union glitch happened, and it didn't allow us to re-make the old union.  After what felt like years of waiting, we finally we're able to remake it!  I was so happy that day.  We started off with 10, then grew to 20, then 50, then 100, then 200, then 500!  We were growing so fast I couldn't keep track!  But, we sort of hit a rut, and I began feeling the same doubt as MAZ did way back then.  I felt that the time and effort I was putting in was fruitless.  I then decided to take a long break from posting on GameSpot and left the position of Leader to Muneeb (lvlUNE3B).  I was going to just stay a member, but Muneeb convinced me to stay an Officer.  Then when Muneeb told me that he just couldn't stay Leader, I felt the love for my Union overpower the boredom and wasted effort and decided to become Leader again.  Now a month or so later, I am extremely glad I made that decision.  The union is beginning to have activity again, and with the upcoming release of God of War II, the union should again be buzzing with activity!

Well, here's to all of my friends, both new and old, and hoping to another great year at GameSpot!