The good ol' days
Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 8:02 am
Hey everyone, Ana here! Hope everyone is still alive and well!
Don't know how much you guys remember me (or if any of you even do), but I remember this community very fondly.
I was thinking a couple of days ago about Area51 and how much it positively impacted my life and I wanted to leave a final message here. I'll try to make it short and sweet.
I was only around 11/12 years old when I started playing HL2:DM, so it's been almost 10 years (crazy, right?) and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that made that place so special to me. I can assure you that through Area51 I learned how to make friends online, which I thought wasn't a real thing until that point. I spent so many hours there, especially after school, not caring for a single thing in the world, sometimes even talking more to my online friends than to my real life friends (I remember I would even at times spend holidays with you guys.) The fact that these servers are still on my mind means something, right?
Anyway, I want to further apologize if I've ever been mean to somebody (I was 12, I barely think now, I can't imagine how it was back then), but I also want to thank everyone who has taken good care of me and made me feel like normal person. I can't really remember any names sadly, except for, of course, Ant and Nick who were amazing admins and who I have a lot of respect for, especially for giving a 12 year old girl a chance to be an admin on a popular server.
As for me, I'm living a really good life right now. Sadly, I don't have much time for online gaming, or any gaming for that matter, but I will never forget the community that I practically grew up with.
Finally, thank you again Area51 for being there when I felt the shittiest to cheer me up, but also for keeping up with my bullshit <3 (I'm so so so so sorry for everyone that I tormented.)
Best regards,
Left4Ana
Don't know how much you guys remember me (or if any of you even do), but I remember this community very fondly.
I was thinking a couple of days ago about Area51 and how much it positively impacted my life and I wanted to leave a final message here. I'll try to make it short and sweet.
I was only around 11/12 years old when I started playing HL2:DM, so it's been almost 10 years (crazy, right?) and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that made that place so special to me. I can assure you that through Area51 I learned how to make friends online, which I thought wasn't a real thing until that point. I spent so many hours there, especially after school, not caring for a single thing in the world, sometimes even talking more to my online friends than to my real life friends (I remember I would even at times spend holidays with you guys.) The fact that these servers are still on my mind means something, right?
Anyway, I want to further apologize if I've ever been mean to somebody (I was 12, I barely think now, I can't imagine how it was back then), but I also want to thank everyone who has taken good care of me and made me feel like normal person. I can't really remember any names sadly, except for, of course, Ant and Nick who were amazing admins and who I have a lot of respect for, especially for giving a 12 year old girl a chance to be an admin on a popular server.
As for me, I'm living a really good life right now. Sadly, I don't have much time for online gaming, or any gaming for that matter, but I will never forget the community that I practically grew up with.
Finally, thank you again Area51 for being there when I felt the shittiest to cheer me up, but also for keeping up with my bullshit <3 (I'm so so so so sorry for everyone that I tormented.)
Best regards,
Left4Ana