[quote=@Guild News]By now, roleplaying and the Guild must come like second nature to us. Logging in and checking our notification boxes every day is just as normal as brushing your teeth, Nutella for breakfast or coffee at work (disclaimer: may not be an accurate representation of your daily routine). 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? Answer as many or as little of these questions you want and make a discussion of it down below! Feel free to offer your own prompts for discussion and mix things up, anything to get people talking (in a productive and polite manner). Like before, a lively thread is a happy thread!
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I have been roleplaying on forums across the net for a little over 10 years now, so the Guild was not my first roleplaying experience. Was it my first forum that was roleplaying-centric? Yes, it was. As to how I was introduced to it, I can't remember exactly what it was. I know a few people had told me about it around the same time (they were on two different forums I was active on at the time). What I do know to be a fact is that I joined OldGuild around 2009. I don't know which month it was, but I do know that I wasn't a fully-fledged, active member until late-2011/2012. It wasn't until NuGuild where I for sure became a rising figure in the community. While I'm not as well-known as others, I like to think that people know the name "Altered Tundra" (for better or for worse).

I definitely feel like the writer I am today wouldn't have been possible without the Guild because some of the characters I've made, who ended up becoming main characters in the story I'm currently writing. I'm also a better writer because I've met some of the most talented writers here on the guild. 

I have forged a lot of friendships that ended up becoming some of the best relationships I've had. These are amazing people that I am proud to call my friends and am honored to have met. I believe everything happens for a reason. I definitely feel like meeting these people at this point in time was all possible because of the Guild. And, of course, as an extension, it is because Mahz decided to make this site 11 years ago. I can't be thankful enough for all of his hard work for keeping this site up and running out of his own money.