Organization Chat

[NateDog]

I joined MGSF in 2006, coming off a couple of other, smaller Metal Gear forums closing due to drama and inactivity. You guys have been around in my life for quite a while and I've had some great laughs and memories with you as I grew up.

Brother! 

Quite a while is an understatement! We were both like 13(?) when we signed up and are now in our 30’s. Pretty sure I signed up in 2007. Crazy to think that a good many folks on here we have known for more than half our lives. 

Seeing MGSF taken over by bots and spam saddened me more than I thought it would when I randomly checked it one day after ages of being inactive for so long. As Null and others have said, seeing this place and all the familiar faces here has in a way returned something to my life that I didn’t really realise was missing - just a place to come chill and shoot the shit. 

tr0nic I didn’t realise you were Crab! I still remember making some of your original LRA graphics! It’s good to see you here!

Dude I spent way too much time last night reading through old PMs and mentally damaged myself by doing so...I just want to retroactively thank you for that and for putting up with me. Like holy shit, I just had ZERO thoughts in my head. The amount of PMs you responded with "haha nice" because I was incoherently babbling about shit is staggering.

MGSF was a hidden little gem of the internet and I always kind of kicked myself for not being mature enough to properly connect with people and really enjoy it. But it's been almost 14 years since I joined, and it's nice to have a seat at the big kids' table finally, after being the annoying little cousin incarnate. Thank you all for putting up with me as long as you did.

NateDog you were right to call me out that one time, I was being a total kiss ass to people that couldn't care less if I liked them or not. Just wanted to say that, I think you doing so made me mature instantly so I appreciate it.

I don't remember what I said but hope I wasn't too harsh with you. I've spent hours today just looking back at threads and sections myself (been a slow day at work) and I've cringed at many things and laughed terribly at others. No matter how much I think back on it, I feel like it's really hard to actually remember just how much time and thought most of us invested onto the org scene until you actually look at it again and see just how active it was and how much was going on. It was so bloody serious so much of the time but it was also so much fun to engage with it.