Greetings to you all, from a very old friend
PostPosted:Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:55 pm
Hello everyone.
I'm really not sure what to add after 'everyone'. I initially wanted to add 'new and old', but it has honestly been so long that everyone, save for a few familiar names, is new to me.
Before I continue my greetings, I feel it would be rude not to introduce myself, and offer some background information to go with the introduction. In KR I was (am?) known as Fluffy, and I played a part in forming KR many, many years ago. The details have been lost during the tumultuous beginnings of this clan, but I do believe KR was born around mid-2004. (If anyone wants the full scoop from my hazy memory, I'll try my best to oblige)
Fast forward to late 2007. With blessings from Raven, Ronin, Phoenix and Starcomand, I officially relinquished my position on the KR Council due to increasing responsibilities in my life. Eventually in early 2009 I simply disappeared from KR altogether. Regretfully, KR just slowly slipped from my life, and I didn't even formally say goodbye.
Over the past 7 years I've visited the forums only a handful of times, and this is the first time in 3 years that I've stayed for more than 5 minutes. I don't know what possessed me to come here again, but I think the closest analogy would be akin to checking up on a long-forgotten acquaintance on Facebook.
To be honest, when I entered knights-reborn.org into the address bar I was expecting an empty webpage. After all, it's been 12 years, and 12 years on the Internet is about equivalent to 2 human lifetimes. I was surprised to see the front page as it always was, but a little disappointed that the forums appears to have changed. I don't know why, but this piqued an interest in me. I knew it was likely that everyone and everything I remembered about KR would have changed. New faces, new rules, new culture. But I needed to know, so I started digging around everywhere I could. As I learned about the current state of KR, I realised that I was right about the new faces, but wrong about the rules and culture.
Everything is still as it was on the day I departed without saying goodbye.
I assumed that the new management had purged the old forum records (as I said, it's been 7 years, a lifetime on the Internet) so I tried to register an account, only to find that my account from 10 years ago is still active!! Honestly, I haven't been this shocked in a while. My curiosity was bursting, and I frantically dug through the forums, old and new, to relive what I had done here so many years ago, and discover what I had missed the last few years. This is the part where I tell you that I had tears rolling down my cheeks, but unfortunately I am a party pooper, so there were no tears. Just a rush of memories and emotions.
The memories gave me a huge dose of nostalgia. The emotions... are harder to describe. I can't believe that after 12 years you are all still here. Who still plays a video game so fervently 12 years after its first release? And there's so many of you still, all here together?! That is simply unbelievable!! Looking beyond that amazing fact; the respect, integrity and culture that this clan was founded upon still thrives to this day. It is being upheld by possibly the greatest group of people I have ever met.
I am so proud to have been a part of this clan, and I just want to thank you all for everything you have done to keep the spirit of this clan strong.
In particular, I can't express how touched I am that my name is still remembered to this day. In all honesty I expected to be forgotten, another detail lost to history. But to be made an honorary member is, as the title suggests, a great honor. I won't name names, because I'm going to embarrass myself for leaving out at least one person, but I want to thank you all in particular, for remembering me after all these years.
As for what I'm doing here. It really was just a case of sticky-beaking, which turned into an expression of appreciation, awe and gratitude. It would be nice to reconnect with a few old friends, and make some new ones in the process. I don't intend to apply to join KR, as life is still serving me up surprises every day, and I don't have a copy of JA handy at this stage. If I am welcome here I would like to hang around on occasion to socialise.
So, I really don't know how to close off this post. It was unexpected, and I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks so much for your time, and maybe I'll get to speak with you all soon!
I'm really not sure what to add after 'everyone'. I initially wanted to add 'new and old', but it has honestly been so long that everyone, save for a few familiar names, is new to me.
Before I continue my greetings, I feel it would be rude not to introduce myself, and offer some background information to go with the introduction. In KR I was (am?) known as Fluffy, and I played a part in forming KR many, many years ago. The details have been lost during the tumultuous beginnings of this clan, but I do believe KR was born around mid-2004. (If anyone wants the full scoop from my hazy memory, I'll try my best to oblige)
Fast forward to late 2007. With blessings from Raven, Ronin, Phoenix and Starcomand, I officially relinquished my position on the KR Council due to increasing responsibilities in my life. Eventually in early 2009 I simply disappeared from KR altogether. Regretfully, KR just slowly slipped from my life, and I didn't even formally say goodbye.
Over the past 7 years I've visited the forums only a handful of times, and this is the first time in 3 years that I've stayed for more than 5 minutes. I don't know what possessed me to come here again, but I think the closest analogy would be akin to checking up on a long-forgotten acquaintance on Facebook.
To be honest, when I entered knights-reborn.org into the address bar I was expecting an empty webpage. After all, it's been 12 years, and 12 years on the Internet is about equivalent to 2 human lifetimes. I was surprised to see the front page as it always was, but a little disappointed that the forums appears to have changed. I don't know why, but this piqued an interest in me. I knew it was likely that everyone and everything I remembered about KR would have changed. New faces, new rules, new culture. But I needed to know, so I started digging around everywhere I could. As I learned about the current state of KR, I realised that I was right about the new faces, but wrong about the rules and culture.
Everything is still as it was on the day I departed without saying goodbye.
I assumed that the new management had purged the old forum records (as I said, it's been 7 years, a lifetime on the Internet) so I tried to register an account, only to find that my account from 10 years ago is still active!! Honestly, I haven't been this shocked in a while. My curiosity was bursting, and I frantically dug through the forums, old and new, to relive what I had done here so many years ago, and discover what I had missed the last few years. This is the part where I tell you that I had tears rolling down my cheeks, but unfortunately I am a party pooper, so there were no tears. Just a rush of memories and emotions.
The memories gave me a huge dose of nostalgia. The emotions... are harder to describe. I can't believe that after 12 years you are all still here. Who still plays a video game so fervently 12 years after its first release? And there's so many of you still, all here together?! That is simply unbelievable!! Looking beyond that amazing fact; the respect, integrity and culture that this clan was founded upon still thrives to this day. It is being upheld by possibly the greatest group of people I have ever met.
I am so proud to have been a part of this clan, and I just want to thank you all for everything you have done to keep the spirit of this clan strong.
In particular, I can't express how touched I am that my name is still remembered to this day. In all honesty I expected to be forgotten, another detail lost to history. But to be made an honorary member is, as the title suggests, a great honor. I won't name names, because I'm going to embarrass myself for leaving out at least one person, but I want to thank you all in particular, for remembering me after all these years.
As for what I'm doing here. It really was just a case of sticky-beaking, which turned into an expression of appreciation, awe and gratitude. It would be nice to reconnect with a few old friends, and make some new ones in the process. I don't intend to apply to join KR, as life is still serving me up surprises every day, and I don't have a copy of JA handy at this stage. If I am welcome here I would like to hang around on occasion to socialise.
So, I really don't know how to close off this post. It was unexpected, and I just needed to get this off my chest. Thanks so much for your time, and maybe I'll get to speak with you all soon!
great to see you again! You'll always be welcome here 
