Forum Discussion VIII: Five Stages of Grief Edition
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So bullshit that Garry won't tell us exactly when the site will shut down
I wanna be around when the gates actually close and be sad but I'm at work rn and can't just browse FP
I'm just waiting for that eventual browser refresh that doesn't bring back Facepunch to finally be able to let go.
Been with the site since 07. Met a lot of friends on here, couple of whom are coming to my wedding this year.
Been a good ride. Into the wild blue yonder we go.
haven't really been active since the layout change but i'm gonna miss this place so here's my eulogy type speech shit
facepunch helped me develop a sorta etiquette when posting online and probably helped shape who i am as a person, i've repped this shit hard to the point where most of my irl friends even know bout my connection to this forum (i still keep my grinder with a facepunch sticker on my desk, ~6 years after receiving the christmas card that the stickers came with). i've shared some of the more memorable moments and threads with them and i've even felt some sorta pride when i see the success of rust- my brother recently asked me if i'd ever heard of it i was like mate i was in the first alphas when that shit was still played in the web browser.
whenever i've got some nerdy company over n they're asking about interesting games, my first choice is usually gmod. i joined this forum asking for help with a michael jackson SWEP (iirc it was supposed to play the smooth criminal "ow!" when shot) then i saw all the creative content being shared and wanted to get involved (by sharing a hl2 comic i was working on which in hindsight was just a juvenile knockoff 'concerned'). the criticism was always constructive and i think it's helped me develop that sorta feedback-receiving skill over time, which has been useful as hell irl. i've ended up working on some really interesting stuff with various people from here and i'm glad to have had the chance to even find them in the first place.
i remember being called out for being like 12 or someshit when i joined and there was a rule saying that you had to be 13+ to join so i made up a bunch of bullshit bout my dad making the account or something, just because i wanted to stick around and see what this community's all about.
much love to the mapping section. GMF. my DD brethren that i still keep in touch with. foundonthetape, 2b2t motherfucker. still got that certificate declaring that i'm a lord, hanging on my wall. i was hoping i could reach the 10 year mark on this account, sorta assumed this site would be around forever but i guess that was just some naive shit.
thanks for giving me some sorta homeland to rep across the internet. idk why i feel some sorta tribal patriotic loyalty to a forum but i'm strangely attached and sentimental bout it all.
also btw i haven't used proper uppercase grammar in casual text ever since i was regularly coming here lol. i used to be real fussy about good grammar when typing when i was younger, but i fully embraced (and never grew out of) the "too cool for the shift key" shit we had going on here
K bye then I guess...
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Forum Discussion VIII: Five Stages of Grief Edition
