In my time away I've had much to think about in regards to CN as it relates to the real life,
and I've come to realize that the Mostly Harmless Alliance is the only place that I'd ever fit.
I think there are many misconceptions about how the Mostly Harmless Alliance operates on a daily basis.
We have never been an alliance that has ran merely on one person. Suffice to say the government of our alliance is a collection of individuals who are talented/interested in the game, hitchhikers theme, and overall are just good people.
We have our bit of fun, some of us are in the military, some of us in college, others just dropping in for a short stint. To clarify: We're all hitchhikers in this galaxy.
We all have different reasons for playing the game, and we have varying degrees in the intensity we display for the game. This particular alliance has done me a great service as it's allowed me to balance what I've needed to in terms of intensity, and just the great group of people I'm surrounded by.
As an alliance, we share our ups and downs together.
Through the years, while IC things may come and go, this alliance has so much more to offer in things unseen.
While the MHA has been given the #1 sanction spot, it wouldn't mean much if the character of the MHA had changed since I joined.
While many in our alliance are focused just as much as the general population on the IC drama and menial tasks that this game entails, I think that often times we forget the much bigger picture.
When I came to the MHA, I was the true definition of a Hitchhiker. I had been bounced from my old alliance for butting heads a little too hard with some of the other members. I came to the MHA not expecting much. I had re-rolled and really had no intention of ever seriously playing the game again. I started going through the motions and realized that the MHA was quite a bit different, in that there was a level of comraderie that I had not seen anywhere in CN. Most importantly, they gave me a clean slate for no good reason. MHA helped me grow, as many of us use our RL persona's for our RP character. I learned a lot about myself and could not be more thankful. However, I think the MHA often does not get enough credit for what it does beyond the numbers as an alliance.
The Mostly Harmless Alliance, in my opinion, is one of the best alliances in the game because we care.
While at times I can be viritrol in speech, it never ceases to me how quickly things are quickly put into perspective.
Recently, a former member's nation, Shamshir, had been deleted due to inactivity. In the Mostly Harmless Alliance it is customary for members of the alliance who are leaving to post a "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish," thread. Someone posted on behalf of Shamshir, and many of the members who had been blessed to communicate Shamshir offered their support for our Lost Hitchhiker. Luckily, he had merely been busy with more important things in RL but nonetheless our alliance was ataken back for a moment.
We had a former government member pass away at a young age, and organized an effort to make sure that his family knew their son affected us not through a computer as a meaningless forum nickname, but as a person. The entire alliance grieved, and most of us will never forget.
We have a young female member going through cancer, treatments that no person let alone a child should endure. Slipping in and out of a coma, her sickness affected our OOC lives in the prayrers and time we took the time out of our day to just wish her well and talk with her when she was available. This morning, I stumbled upon her thread and learned that she was doing better and that she was on vacation, and thanked us again for the well-wishes and that she couldn't wait to get back.
There is no doubt in my mind that being able to be a part of that alone is worth more than #1 spot in this game.
While the top sanction may rise and fall, I know that the MHA will only continue to grow because its members truly do share a bond with eachother.
The least I could do was offer a thanks, for the past and present.
As best said by Douglas Adams,
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. "
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