> > > > I can remember something like eight years ago, a teenager by the name of Daniel found this interesting website that had a sort of text adventure game, a Role-Players vault, a Monster Arena, and a bunch of hilarious dissertations on varying subjects.
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> > > > Eight years later, this plucky teenager, now in his mid-twenties, has a baby.
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> > > > Make you feel old yet, rinkies?
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> > > Ha. I don't feel old yet, and I have no intention of doing so for quite some time.
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> > > However, I am perplexed and a bit saddened that activity on this board has dropped off so badly. This used to be one of the few places on the internet where I could be assured of finding reasonable conversation.
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> > I do agree. There has been a direct corelation between the drop-off of conversation on here and participation in Monster Arena (of which I am guilty as well)
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> Heh. I don't even remember when I first ended up here. A very, very long time ago. A decade or so later, I'm twenty-four, graduated from college, and moving three hundred miles from home. And I find myself back here, after years away. Hi :)

Indeed. It's been almost a decade for me as well (although I had to remake my account?). Hi!