[quote=@Guild News]But what was it like clicking on that icon for the first time, staring as an unfamiliar "role player guild" loaded up? Would your life be any different if you'd never gone through registration? What was it that reeled you in and convinced you to stay, be it for a week, a decade, or anything inbetween? Hell, had you ever roleplayed before joining the Guild? 
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I was invited to roleplayerguild by [@Pachamac], who has since [as far as I can tell] retired from the medium. At the time our role-playing forum we frequented was in a slump; activity was low and interest was stagnating. I’m not sure how he found the site but in 2012 he mentioned it to me offhand which led me to registering on the site in March 2013, though I wouldn’t join my first roleplay until the summer season.

After joining [@Master Bruce]’s [b]Ultimate DC[/b], I found myself surrounded by people I felt inspired by. I would actively continue writing on RPG after the game teetered out and I started exploring the site in its other avenues. I brought friends from other sites to RPG, I met new ones who I bonded with through Skype conversations, and generally started getting an idea of what the community was like throughout my various interests. If it weren’t for these people constantly challenging me my prose would’ve remained where it was – my improvement would not have been possible without meeting these people who made me invested in a role-playing community again, a concept I thought was something I would only have in the past tense. I thought my RPing days were nearing their end, but they were only beginning to be revitalized. I am really thankful for that. I've stayed commited to RPG since. I've made a lot of social mistakes and blunders, but I've stuck with the site through Guildfall, The Great Migration, Site Politics, and everything in-between. As I get older that's not going to change.

In short, RPG saved role-playing for me.

I’ve been role-playing for almost two decades, so play-by-post role-playing wasn’t a new concept to me. When I started participating in the hobby I was in middle school and really just wanting to find a medium to write interactive stories in; I wanted to go beyond writing on interactive fanfiction websites (this was a thing back then), guestbooks stories, and chatrooms. A few days after 9/11 I was pointed to a role-playing subforum on [url= https://www.sonichq.net]Sonic HQ[/url]. I was awful, but I loved every minute of it. I guess I never stopped. In a lot of ways September 27th, 2001 is an anniversary date for me.

January 12th, 2012 is another anniversary by the same measure. The date I joined RPG as “Gowi”.

In 2018, my RP “circle” is huge. Way bigger than it ever was in my days role-playing on Sonic the Hedgehog forums, the Gaia Online message board, or any of the smaller unrelated sites I frequented. I’m glad I met these people and I’m glad I’m part of this community.