[@Hillan]
Well, you better get used to doing things differently :newlol

Both Halvtand and I've been in a [i]lot[/i] of Naruto RPs and we strive to make every one of ours an experience to remember ;)

Actually, I started PbP/Forum RPing when I was 12, which is actually (curiously enough) 12 years ago. I joined a total of three RPs before I GMed my own, which was my very first Naruto RP and the birth of another character of mine that I still use more or less every chance I get; (Hagane) Haruka.

Since then, I've been in more RPs than I'd every even want to count, made about half as many characters (I believe in recycling) and about a quarter of the RPs were Naruto.
So I know what it's like to be a vet. xD

Of course, since I started RPing, I've done a [i][u][b]lot[/b][/u][/i] with my life, so even the old characters I have from back then has grown with me and if I put the old sheet up next to a new one, the only things that would stay the same are the name and appearance (and perhaps a few details about his/her background that would have stayed with me from a previous RP).
One of the (to me) interesting details of a "past life" that Haruka has lived, which has stuck with her, is the fact that her Genin team is actually the team she had in the original RP I made her for. I usually play her as a Chuunin/Tokubetsu Jounin (Special Jounin) now, so I had to "make up" a team for her to have had before she became one. One of the characters that were her teammatess in the original game actually died In-Game and the other actually did end up quitting being a ninja, so they just fit perfectly for her now having a team anymore. 12 years later, none of their players RP anymore, but their characters live on through Haruka.

...
I rant.
A lot.
My sincerest apologies.
The (one) Mad (as a) Hatter.