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| Sunday, December 26th, 2010 |
| Issue: 61 |
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Editor: McAldarion |
| COLUMN: Marlon's Thoughts On 2010! |
MarlonGotShot |
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Another year over and another to come. 2010 has been a good year in real life and on Bootleggers. So without any delay come on in a read about my thoughts on BL this year.
Well lets start from the start I suppose. Firstly I had never ever played BL at the start of this year, I suppose the official starting time was in March. So a cant contribute to all the year but from March to now I most definitely can. When I was told to write this article by my enslaver of an editor Aldarion, (No Joke he does bad things to us writers  ), I was not to fond about it at first. I was wondering what I remembered about my first year of BL and at the time I could think of nothing extraordinary that screamed to me, I was awesome. So I left it for a day or two and then realised I have had a lot of good times on this game and met a lot of people. People is what makes this game work, without them I dont think I would have stayed. So I suppose a big memory of this year is all those people who talked with me and helped me through my first month or so. The sense of community is outstanding, always someone to help you and always someone to talk to. Even though I would say 90% of us just rip the piss out of each other we dont do it in spite it is all part of the BL community. So that for me is a very fond memory of the year. I will use this little opportunity to personally thank all you guys who helped me or just even talked to me. Also to congratulate you all on this community you created (even the trolls).
The next big memory for me was the crews. The ones I joined and the others who I encountered along the way. Smoke & Mirrors are one of the crews I secretly admired. I loved doing articles on their games. The sense of mystery around them and the unpredictable appearances they made. Speaking of which where are they now? However, there where also other crews which I remember, Event Horizon was always there. EH have just been there and always in power too something I remember and still notice to this day. Crews are big in this game I would love to see it pick up some more and get into that state of true crew wars and coalitions again. As for the crews I joined (The whole three of them), I would like to just once again thank them for all the time we put into our eventual fall. The crew I am in at the moment is a memory for the future, just the pure fun of it and its crazy crew forum. Right now Matt is trying to convince us he donkey punched Lisa! (Totally true just so you all know.)
The big memory for me is the day I joined the Buzz. That was a crazy day in itself! After about a week of wondering if I would join I decided to write an article and see what the then big scary Mika would say. Within a few days he replied to me and let me loose in their forums. It was a weird experience to me as I never ever talked to anyone of the Buzz team before. So I was just in there with Lew, Sean, Mika and Altro. Needless to say those guys are awesome. Lew is always up for a joke and mess, Altro and his unbelievable resemblance to Alan Carr (Which is why I call him Alan now), Mika was the teacher and Sean was Sean (Welsh and liked Sheep :lol). The days when three of them left the Buzz were virtually sad, Mika went Green, Altro got a Job and Sean got mad (Jokes if he ever reads this). However someone was always there to talk to and work with. The Buzz is a big part of BL for me so I hope to continue here even though we have had hard times.
BL has been a fun year despite the constant moaning of all the usual people saying, The game is dead and F*** You BSF. Maybe the game would improve if you played and stopped complaining about everything? I hope the game continues on and doesnt die. So it has been a good year lots of memories I couldnt really fit in due to my laziness. But if anyone else feels they deserved a mention Im sorry I didnt. All I want to finish on is to say thanks to everyone of BL for making it what it has been for the last year. I think I will list some people who helped me out or was just a friend as a way to say special thanks. Lisa, Matt (Best Unicyclist EVER), Nikki, Mika, Sean (The Sheep), Altro(Alan), Lew, Poison, Noir, Aldarion (My Pimp?), Luke, Bjorn, Tim, Klere (Troll), Nvermind, DonStefania, All of TBB, All of FA, the rest of ToF, Donrambo And everyone else who I know and like.
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), I was not to fond about it at first. I was wondering what I remembered about my first year of BL and at the time I could think of nothing extraordinary that screamed to me, I was awesome. So I left it for a day or two and then realised I have had a lot of good times on this game and met a lot of people. People is what makes this game work, without them I dont think I would have stayed. So I suppose a big memory of this year is all those people who talked with me and helped me through my first month or so. The sense of community is outstanding, always someone to help you and always someone to talk to. Even though I would say 90% of us just rip the piss out of each other we dont do it in spite it is all part of the BL community. So that for me is a very fond memory of the year. I will use this little opportunity to personally thank all you guys who helped me or just even talked to me. Also to congratulate you all on this community you created (even the trolls).