Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:33 pm
From the desk of....
A message from me. I came to this site the first time, looking for freelancer game ideas, and little after that, mods. Then I joined and asked a question in discussion. I asked if anyone had built an Enterprise D ship for the game. I had played the enterprise show ship and liked it. I was told first, wrong forum. Second, I was defended by another as not knowing, I was new. At first, I thought it was just another site on the Internet.
I hung around for awhile, and noticed different type names and began checking profiles and discovered people from different countries posting here. That made my day. I had a way to meet people from different countries with out having to travel there. Thus began the silly sometimes questions, what do you like, or where are you from, etc. type questions. I asked them, not to start a thread, but I wanted to know more about the people posting here. I had an image of people in my mind. Now, I needed to add to it.
Threads have filled in a lot. We have threads of real names, faces, food we like, cars we like, etc. The picture is more complete. What can not be put in, always, is the feeling of the person, the personality. It was posted in another thread, that some who post here, are totally different than the on-line personality. I liked to dig a little deeper to learn more. And guess what, I met people I liked, though, different culturally, different likes , different personalities. Some who liked my stories, some who don’t, some who rarely post in my threads.
I have had conversations in threads with some, at the time, and did not know they were only 10, 11, or 14 years old, others that were closer to or older than myself. Wisdom comes with time and is not in a set age group. I have spoke with an 18 year old that seems to have more wisdom than I could hope to have. Not everyone is on the same page of ideas in life. But, that does not stop me from wanting to hear them out. There are areas in life that I am completely inflexible in my opinion, but that has not stopped me from hearing an opposing point of view, or wanting to understand why someone has that point of view.
All this said, the forums, are an area that can take you to distant places and people, different than yourselves, or very much alike. Take advantage of that. Explore, learn things and hold the things you like, and leave those you disagree with. Take advantage of the opportunity, you may not get later in life. Maybe, you will make a life long friend in the process.
Michael
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Edited by - Finalday on 11/4/2004 7:31:40 PM
I hung around for awhile, and noticed different type names and began checking profiles and discovered people from different countries posting here. That made my day. I had a way to meet people from different countries with out having to travel there. Thus began the silly sometimes questions, what do you like, or where are you from, etc. type questions. I asked them, not to start a thread, but I wanted to know more about the people posting here. I had an image of people in my mind. Now, I needed to add to it.
Threads have filled in a lot. We have threads of real names, faces, food we like, cars we like, etc. The picture is more complete. What can not be put in, always, is the feeling of the person, the personality. It was posted in another thread, that some who post here, are totally different than the on-line personality. I liked to dig a little deeper to learn more. And guess what, I met people I liked, though, different culturally, different likes , different personalities. Some who liked my stories, some who don’t, some who rarely post in my threads.
I have had conversations in threads with some, at the time, and did not know they were only 10, 11, or 14 years old, others that were closer to or older than myself. Wisdom comes with time and is not in a set age group. I have spoke with an 18 year old that seems to have more wisdom than I could hope to have. Not everyone is on the same page of ideas in life. But, that does not stop me from wanting to hear them out. There are areas in life that I am completely inflexible in my opinion, but that has not stopped me from hearing an opposing point of view, or wanting to understand why someone has that point of view.
All this said, the forums, are an area that can take you to distant places and people, different than yourselves, or very much alike. Take advantage of that. Explore, learn things and hold the things you like, and leave those you disagree with. Take advantage of the opportunity, you may not get later in life. Maybe, you will make a life long friend in the process.
Michael
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Edited by - Finalday on 11/4/2004 7:31:40 PM
