(Individual shoutouts below if you wanna skip the novel)
I’ve been BLACK level since June 13, 2010. Five months later, I have accomplished a lot. I’ve made two stars finals in the two stars I joined, winning one of them; I won my first castings, my second rookies, and played my first Duel and quick Rookies. I also quit the site, but one thing bothered me – I was so close to silver and I would never have any closure until I bought silver. So today, November 30, I did just that, achieving the 600 karma landmark (which is no longer impressive, since people are making that in a month now, I guess, but I don’t play that much, so whatever).
I was one of the last few to get black before randomize was stupid and added new color levels, which fueled the karma whores of today. I never planned on getting anything after black, especially since I hardly played games whilst being black and I thought the .gift levels were stupid. But, winning stars garnered me 50 of the 250 points needed, another 30 from getting second in stars. And winning games for the first time sort of helped. But I left in September, 545 karma (prior to getting the 30 from getting second). I was so close. So I joined Stars 100 on a whim. Didn’t expect to do well. Than I did. Another part of me did not want Knagaroo to surpass me in karma. Bitch. She did, but I beat her to silver. That is all I care about.
Now that I have silver, I don’t have any plans on staying. I enjoy retirement very much. I don’t LUVSDRAMA like I used to. It’s all artificial anyways. Thank you for voting me Tengaged’s Baddest Bitch over Alexx. That made me laugh. I’ll try to live up to the award, but I am not sure I can handle it. But I think my time on Tengaged is up. There is a new era here and I recognize (especially after losing stars, which was a bit chip to my ego) that it is time for me to step away and let them shine.
I enjoyed my time on Tengaged. If I could take a time machine, I probably wouldn’t have joined, just so I wouldn’t be so attached to it today. But time machines aren’t real, so I have no regrets. Tengaged, you have been so kind, you’ve embraced me, and I’ve made the closest things to a friend you could probably have over the internet. Thank you for that. I don’t hate anyone – the people who think I do, please realize it was all in good fun, and for anyone I’ve hurt, I apologize. Backstabbing was part of being a Switchblade Sistah, or perhaps part of my greedy personality. Perhaps I will be back someday (i..e. if Jubbzy invited me to an All-Star Stars 2, eh Jubbzy, eh????), but hopefully not for a while. I am no longer going to be logging onto Skype, creeping on Knagaroo, or sending emails to randomize demanding my promotion to moderator. Before I leave, I would like to give some specific shout-outs. If you aren’t mentioned, which..only 10-ish people are even mentioned so a lot aren't, don’t fret – there are too many people I would like to shout-out, but, really, who has the time? :P But if you aren’t listed and we’ve had a great relationship, please feel free to share in the comments and remind an old fool like myself why I should’ve mentioned you over the ones I did.
Knagaroo – Jake, you are the reason I have been unable to kick this addiction. I probably should hate you for that, resent you for what I’ve turned into, but I don’t. You are such a great guy. You are the funniest guy on Tengaged, although not everyone gets or appreciates your brand of humor, which is too bad. Your time to shine is overdue so hopefully it will come soon.
Mattq – You are another great guy and your humor is also funny, but in a different way. You are much more simplistic, but many people overlook you because you change your identity every three months and now are a blue level. Buy black, win stars, and represent for me.
Sharkskin – You are crazy. Like, I honestly think so. You are the only person on Tengaged funnier than Knagaroo, but perhaps that is more to do with the unpredictability of you. I love how you piss people off, because everything you say is a joke, so they need thicker shark skin, like yourself.
Mahogany – Quit ETNAL and be a fully-fledged Switchblade again. That is all.
Wonderland – You are the best designer ever. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Although I do think you spend too much time on the Pokemon hoodies, that is what the customers want, and you always deliver. You are so generous, yet people continue to call you a bitch. You’re not a bitch, you’re just not fake like most of the site. Love you, always. Wish I could’ve continued to be orange to you.
Qwert2 – This may come to a shock, but you are one of the nicest guys on Tengaged. While I go away for 20 day intervals, you are the only one who actually sends me a PM and not spam (who spams someone who is gone 20+ dayS?!?!?) and it was the nicest thing ever. I wish we were closer on Tengaged, because I think we are very similar and would collaborate well in games.
Abrogate – Thank you for always doing me favors. You are not AbroFAKE like people jokingly say, but you are very courteous and phUN. I do think you are a huge jerk for not giving me anything in your shop, like phUNglasses, but it’s okay. :P
DiNoM and puma – I am so happy both of you won stars in the past few weeks. It sucked going up against you guys in Stars 100, both of you were great allies and I enjoyed playing with you both. I knew you guys would win eventually (same with Emmalynn), so I am pleased to see it happen so soon to two great guys.
Phenom, Ryatur, MooCowww, and computer3000 – Thank you so much for allowing me to take 5th even though I was in the opposing alliance. It means a lot to me that instead of playing personal, you allowed me to attain the karma necessary for silver and I can’t thank you guys enough. Matt, when are you going to win stars? :P You are overdue for a win, along with several others (Shayy comes to mind)
Uskyld – Seb, you are my T-role model, along with AlexDegale.
I wanted to thank more, but after a month away, my memory is a bit rusty.
10 should be enough though, even though there are 100s and 100s of people I appreciate and care about on this site, oddly enough.
For those insistent on ‘blog whoring’, let me tell you this: I never blogged because I wanted to have the most blogs, because I thought of myself as a blog whore, or anything. I just became #1 somehow. But dav passed me and unless he quits and I return, I don’t see myself taking the #1 spot again. It’s not about quantity of blogs, believe it or not. I know some of my blogs seemed pointless and stupid, but they weren’t to me. Many of them were inside jokes, but through blogging, I made most of my friends on Tengaged (Knagaroo ,for example) and even though I don’t get top blogs all that much (unlike people like BengalBoy who tend to get them a lot), I enjoyed doing it. Don’t pay attention to the numbers, beyond mildstones. 100th blog, 200th, 1000th, etc. I’m sure some of you will pass me. I am okay with that. I already passed the torch privately with Dav. But do it because you have something meaningful to say, not because you think of it as a race. It’s bad enough that the games have turned into a battle to stay in the top 20. Don’t let the blogs become that.
+14, congrats!!
Although we dont know each other too well, I've always admired your style...I love your blogs, idc if you're considered a 'blog whore' or not. You say it how it is xD
you helped me with a techie/virus issue once too, life saverrr!
<3
Aw, no problem TeePee! Viruses suck and I reccomend MalwareBytes Anti-Malware to anyone who reads this blog comment - it's a great program, and it's what Geek Squad even uses. Except they make you pay 100 dollars upfront..
I had ta' work for everything I have....