OOC: 2 Years Of Jarkko

Entry posted by Uralica March 18, 2010

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Yes, you read that right. I haven't been around as long as some of the "old farts," like Slave2Jesus (jatutt) from CCC, whose fourth year in CN is marked in early May. But, it was on this day 2 years ago that I got curious about this "Cyber Nations" advertised on Fazak Studios' forum.

(Just for the record, Fazak Studios is the project of then-MCXA member D.A.D.1, and I'm probably one of the few people who knows what D.A.D. actually stands for )

So I made a nation and received a crapton of recruitment requests, none of which I was really that interested in, although the "How do you say anything in Uralic" message I got (forgot who it was from, except it was someone on Black team) got a chuckle out of me.

Next day, I got a message from CCC's nate1865. I was a little suspicious at first because there was this other guy named Nate that I'd had issues with in another community, but I would eventually figure out this guy wasn't him after joining the CCC, because I figured it was the best fit for me. And it was. I spent six months in CCC, even being Minister of Defence for a month before events transpiring during the NoCB war made me resign my position due to me trying to restrain myself and giving myself a panic attack... stupid Asperger Syndrome, it is a pain in the $@! sometimes. I would stay in the alliance for a month after that, helping people out with money and tech after rebuilding myself, then on 12 September, I resigned from the alliance and went sort of rogue. I basically hit everyone involved with Rebbilon who wasn't in an alliance. And then on 19 September, I deleted.

I come back from this AS-induced hiatus from the game in late December of 2008 due to extreme boredom caused by being snowed in by the second-snowiest, and coldest, winter in Vancouver Island history.

Now at this time last year, I had been in TOOL for just under 3 months, and had been named Inquisitor (military command) four days prior. If you read my IC newspaper from a few days ago, you'd know I recently resigned that position after 360 days, although I wasn't demasked until a few days later.

So you ask me, "why do you say you have been around two years?" Well, I have been in the community for two years. I stuck around IRC even when I didn't play - mostly in TOOL's, CCC's, and Polaris' channels. Two years of actual playing time will come around on 22 June of this year, which is one and a half years after I joined TOOL.

I'm not going to go nuts with shoutouts like I did last year, but there are some people I want to mention.

Mia - it's kinda freaky we started in CN the exact same day :lol1: But hey, you've been probably the best friend I've made in this game.

CCC - I still :wub: you guys. Always will. Even if Autokrator shoots his mouth off.

Polaris - I may not have agreed with some of your more recent IC actions as an alliance, but OOC, you guys are awesome through and through. Although I still don't get the whole "Fallen Fail" thing.

WickedJ - From both an IC and OOC perspective, you're probably my favourite player on "the other side" outside of CCC or Polaris. You really are a class act.

Sargun - go climb Mount Terror already

MrOtingocni (Kzoppistan), Ar Pharazon, Ferrous, and anyone else who reads my blog regularly - Thanks for the support. o/

Ashoka/zog - don't lose your sense of humour. Ever. Also, I don't think CCC has gone on a crusade against the Great Whore of Babylon yet. If they did, I might be tempted to join in.

To those I have wronged of my own accord - I've messed up so many times I've forgotten about some of them, but I'd sure feel remorseful if I found out about them. So I apologise.

To those whom I felt have wronged me - I won't mention names, but I will say, I am trying to forgive. It's hard, but it'll come eventually.

If I last another year in this, I'll be back here again, same Bat time, same Bat channel. Expect a newspaper tomorrow though Later!