This is the first and probably last forum I would ever get involved in.
Something about the mix of people being sometimes nice, sometimes interesting, and sometimes funny makes this charming and fun to go back to.
Plus ya know we all have a common interest to a fun sandbox game with millions of possibilities so that's cool too.
Oh and as to how this changed me in real life, it might've helped me become more mature. But that probably just happened anyway, it could've sped up the process though.
