i joined when i was 12, now i'm on the verge of turning 23. since i haven't seen any 2008 era blocklanders in this thread i'll try to sum up this experience in the quickest way possible.
when i originally joined i thought i'd only be on here for like a few months or so, but goddamn the community really kept this game and forum strong. hell, a year later after i joined
all of my stuff got hacked. that didn't stop me then as a 13 year old kid either, i still loved this place and i still do. as of now, i've met 4 of you in person (sorry pablo, i hope i can get back to you soon!) and i have no idea how the forget i went from "meeting people from the internet is a bad thing" to "these people are my friends but i've never met them in person". seriously, it's crazy. just recently i met sirherg1 right before new years and we had a blast going around chicago in the freezing cold. it just reminds me how powerful this place was and i never thought this place would
seriously change my life for the good.
like seriously, if someone made a time machine, came into my room when i begged my mom for this game and told me all of this, i'd literally think that person is crazy. hell, especially with mack and his band stuff, i never thought that would happen either.