The Alts,we come here for the Alts

Fun speculating and talking about my hobby i guess?

if you dont tell people to give toastboy some slack, who will? that is your purpose..... thats why you are among us, to shed light on the darkness. to bring peace to troubled hearts, to introduce love to hatefull minds. to save us all. to give toastaboy some slack. 

Curious about chartz close to and around thursday.
forum side, banned for everything, there is only a billion game sites so its mook.

When I first signed up to this site, I was around 15/16 years old. I'm now 23. I was living in United Kingdom, I'm now a Hong Kong resident. I never held a job in my life and was in the closing years of secondary school. I've now graduated from University and have a lucrative career in an investment bank. I had never kissed a girl, I'm now in the second year of a relationship with a woman who I will probably marry in the future.

In short, I grew up here. Back when I first signed, I was an avid gamer. I miss those nights whether it was just me, or with friends, where I/we would order pizza, get in big bottles of coke, big bags of Dorito's and Haribos and just just game all night. I spent most of my free time on this very site - I loved the community, and I felt respected.

In college / uni, I developed (as most do) in my mind politically / philosophically, and I found that the politics section was the perfect mix of people where we could have healthy debate without feeling singled out, there were always multiple viewpoints, people shifting "allegiances", etc. A great time

As much as I love my life now, I miss the past. I can't have those nights in with friends anymore. Hell, I'm not even remotely in the same timezone as them. Between my career, my relationship, maintaining contact with people back West, and all the other crap that comes with being an adult, games are almost a no-go. One or two hours a week, if I'm lucky (and that includes time spent on the crapper with my phone).

But I still have vgchartz, that's my blast from the past. I'm like the retired cop who kept hold of his radio. It's why I stick around. I get so much joy out of seeing old faces around here, even if I never interacted with them before they departed (looking at you super_etecoon).

I might try and give something back to the community. I'll have a think.

What? I'm being honest! I really don't know why I keep coming back here.

News.
And also elsewhere in the internet you cant be a ninty fan without bring considere a kid.

Be honest, you come back for my posts. 

You're right, it's better in ways.  I came here after I finally escaped IGN, which really just turned into an awful garbage pile.  The trolls there are given ironic celebrity status and upvoted to top comment every time, then everyone just builds the entire discussion off of that, so every last comment section on every last article is just...  No.  I must never look back.  [shudders]

About the mocking thing, I guess I would be more satisfied if said mocking included more than a little eye roll and an "Oh [username], you're so silly!"  Just the fact that each troll thread gets filled up with replies and encourages the trolls to keep doing what they're doing just infuriates me.  But I've got to tell myself that if that's what makes everyone happy, more power to them.  This is the system that the users of this site enjoy, so if witnessing it bugs me I've just got to step away.

Thanks for your encouragement though; I'm actually pleased to have only gotten understanding responses so far.  I try not to bring this stuff up too much, beause everyone else seems happy.  And I NEVER dare to call out people on their garbage threads, because I know I would just get one of those smiling, trolley responses that would only remind me that there is literally no way to get through to them, and I would look like the fool.  But I can still daydream about doing it...

Maybe........... or maybe not!