I know I just posted a thread a few hours ago, but seeing how today is my 10-year anniversary on the forum I wanted to make a topic for it.
This forum and community have played a major part in my life; I've made friends from it, learned programming (which has now become my career), and it's shaped how I interact on the internet, for better or for worse. Not to mention the countless hours of browsing, stuffposting, getting into arguments, and laughing my ass off at all the stupid stuff that happens here. It's not been all good of course, it's a mixed bag overall, but still...
Looking back at old threads is always a trip because I get reminded of people who are gone, moments that are long over, and where I was at that point in my life. It makes me remember being in that moment, watching it all unfold as it happened, only to be preserved in a thread that can never be revived, full of accounts that will never come back. It's especially weird to me because BLF is such a revolving door with so many different generations of users, yet there have always been a few consistent fixtures on this forum that seem to just always be here. And over the years it's never really occurred to me that I'm kind of a fixture here too since I've been on long enough to recognize them as such.
It's kind of bittersweet. Today marks my 10th year here but the community and the game are on their deathbed. With everyone migrating to Brickadia, activity dropping off sharply, and all the old users growing up and starting their lives, the only thing I can really do now is look back. And I feel like that's true for a lot of people in this community. I've noticed many old users coming back for a last goodbye or to reminisce about the past. I feel like as much as we've denied it for years, we've finally come to terms with the fact that Blockland is actually dying and that 2019 or 2020 might be its last year.
Anyway, this is not a goodbye post; I plan on going down with this ship. I just wanted to get sappy for a moment even if it's just about a silly little bulgarian lego forum...
So thank you guys.