According to my profile, I've been a member since September 20, 2007. So today marks my 5 year anniversary at Gamespot! Since anniversaries are meant to be celebrated, I shall celebrate by recounting of my pleasant experiences in these past 5 years.
Before that, I would like to bore you with some statistics about my account:
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With that out of the way, it is time to begin my journey to the past. In no particular order, these are some of my best memories on the past 5 years spent on this website.
-Tuning in to my first E3 conference live. I was so excited and hyped to hear about all the new game announcements, especially for the Nintendo conference as I only own Nintendo systems this gen. Unfortunately, Nintendo's 2008 E3 conference was one of the most disappointing conferences ever, but it was still interesting to see all the user comments pour in live.
-Starting up a new union as a charter member. I was an officer of the VirtualWare union and I was really motivated to make it a successful and popular union. It was incredibly fun working and talking with other people who enjoyed the same games as I did, and we all shared the common goal of building up the union. The union didn't last really long though, as a lack of membership made the place slowly die off.
-Winning a trivia prize from TOTS. I didn't even know I won something until the large package arrived at my door. It was Plants vs. Zombies GOTY edition and it came with 3 nice decorative figurines. This gift came at a particularly convenient time as I was in a pretty bad mood from a losing a fencing match with a rival school. I've always appreciated this prize and would like to thank Gamespot for always giving out wonderful prizes to the users.
-Giving me the opportunity to meet a wonderful group of fellow gamers who enjoy playing Pokemon.
Even though I'm going to keep this message brief, this memory is probably the most meaningful to me.
-Last but not least, becoming a Ranger. I was overjoyed when I first found out that I was invited to join the Ranger team. It's great to have the opportunity to become more involved with a website that I like and regularly visit.
There are probably some things that I forgot about, but these 5 things were the ones I came up with after a brief period of recollection. 5 memories to celebrate 5 years . It has been a nice trip down memory lane, but it's time to look forward to the future and hope that the years ahead will be just as great.