My very first time joining was three years ago/ or four years, during that time I was in early 7th grade. As a young middle school-er I enjoyed video games as the typical middle school-er does. My family was financially not well enough to enjoy the new and up-and-coming games kids my age would enjoy. So all I had was an (now broken) Xbox 360. having a few games (some now that I remember were broken also), like Minecraft, Terria, Street Fighter, and whatever games were free on the Xbox. Not much. Also keep in mind I had little to no friends during that time. So desperately, I was trying to find friends/multiplayer games (that weren't blocked) on my Chromebook which was given to me from the school I was attending. Where I found this game. FuriousFireGIRL, was my account name (which I still use to this day)! My first impression was, very pleasing. My first server I join was Tommy's Arcade, I enjoyed it very much. I still remember playing build battle with my little brother and having a blast (and winning)! My first interaction with a player was in Not Awesome 2, he/she was very nice and welcoming. During this time in NA2, many people joined the server, so it had much more to do and so many more interactions. Which I LOVED. After a few months of playing hours of this game, I stopped. Covid hit and my attention was more into my well-being than a game. After a year or so, I came back. It was just how I felt. The same people I had become friends with, and the same welcoming attention I loved so dearly. It definitely left a great impression.
One moment I will never forget, was in NA2. I had met a player I don't remember their profile name, but he was a great friend. Through him I learned a lot about myself and gained some confidence. Which I will always thank him for. Anyways, me and this person talked on the chats on NA2 for like a year for hours each day. Which is crazy now thinking about it. One day we were talking. We had just kept talking and talking, then a question popped up. "Where do you live?", on the outside that sounds bad, but I had trusted him. I said an general location where I lived. Then to my surprise, he had also lived in the area around that area like (40 min away). I had never met him but definitely, felt like our friendship became close after that. Every time I think about that moment I laugh a little, or just smile. We're no longer friends. But I will always cherish that moment. 😄