Hi everyone. I'm not sure of who the forum regulars are today but some of you might know me as a semi-regular poster from two to four years ago. I was also an admin on Pecon7's boss battles, but I have not been on the server since March 2014. This was my last post before this one:
What happened with me between the time of that post and this one is a long story and numerous things happened, but a summary would suffice for this post. I went to boarding school in a different state where I had no internet access, and "for the next few months" turned out to be closer to a year. I also never visited home during that time. After being in isolation for most of 2014, I left the boarding school near the end of the year, but I did not set up my computer until months later. Between getting my old and new items organized and returning to school back home, I used my brother's computer to play games. Then I eventually set up my computer and played some new and old steam games on and off during the remainder of the that time. I never played BL, but eventually decided to return to the forum and game community on March 25, 2016 (today), which was the 2-year mark since I went to boarding school.
I know I missed a lot of culture wars / trends, and I certainly changed a lot in my beliefs and personality since I left for boarding school. I know Gamergate was a big happening during that time for internet discussion circles, and now we have the US 2016 election coming up. Before I left these forums, the big happenings on BL were the drama between Kalphiter and Ephialtes, the steam integration, and the closure of RTB as a service and a platform.
I lurked here a few times (without logging in) since I returned from boarding school, but I did not do enough lurking to determine how the forum community operates today. So my question to you all is what has changed on the forums and the game so far that is important for me to know? Is the BL community still mostly like it was in 2012 or 2013?
