Question: What was your first experience with online communities?
Short description: Describe the first online community (forum/message board, blogging site, etc) you were a member of. What kind of role did you have there, and how did this affect your perspective of the Internet?

Ah yes, the interweb, a wonderful place indeed. I believe I was in third grade when everyone was like 'OMG I HAVE LEVEL 14 [insert neopet name here]!!!” Well, I was way way dumber back then than I was now so I j...

Currently listening to: Innocent Wind by WAVE // Aya Shameimaru's theme

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“Unit 1336, load personality program 24,” a man in a lab coat spoke into the microphone clearly. A small pod opened up and a teenager stepped out, wet from the rejuvination liquid he had been in. “Personality loading... Loading... Loading... Unable to load; Cause: Interference with original state of mind. Program Nazgul operational,”...

Originally, I wanted to enter VuTales early so I saw V's message and emailed immediately, only to find that I wasn't selected. Although this downed my hopes a bit, I wasn't exactly ready to give up. After a hours or days, I messaged SirPainsalot. It seems like he too, wasn't selected for Alpha testing. We talked for a bit before I came up with the idea of trying to view VuTales without signing up. After about half an hour, I played a bit of games[Warcraft 3, Combat Arms, etc.] and ate lunch. ...