Okay, well, most of you know me, and most of you have seen me around. I joined BYOND back in 2000, pretty much when it first started (yes, I know about 4 people have been around since 1999, but whatever, that doesn't count. Also, yes, I remember when it was called DUNG). The past couple of years I have been on BYOND less and less. The past 6 months, I have probably been on BYOND about 10 times, just to check on things...it's a habit. I remember when people used to help each other out, when games were original and fun, yada yada.

I remember when the website was all black, with dark blue (or purple, I have no clue what color that was) borders. That was what I was used to. Simple navigation. Then, a few years later, the website changed. Yeah, that took some time getting used to, didn't it? I felt awkward using it. But yeah, we all got used to it. Then about 8 or so months ago (I really have no clue when) they added that front page thing to welcome newcomers once people started pouring into the website.

Guilds were created, retarded games were being made, chaos broke loose. People started creating RSC Extractors (yeah, I know, it was programmed 10x worse than the most retarded retard could program it, but whatever, it's the principle of it), stupid DragonBall Z games were getting into competitions with each other such as server crashing, spam, whatever, you name it. The bigger the community got, the more divided it became. The more sane part of the community stuck around in chat games while the morons thought they were hacking Naruto games. People just got out of control, and more...dumber.

Now, with this website, I feel like I cannot "enter" the community. What I mean is, on the old website, when I got past the welcome page and saw the guilds all in a row, I felt like I was "inside" BYOND. Now, I feel like I am outside of it when I visit this website. I do not know how to explain it. Maybe I just have to get used to the website like last time.

The website now hosts sponsors. I mean, this just seems so awkward. We now have a choice to pay for subscriptions (and not to mention, the price for them have risen, I think we all know where this is headed). I mean, the more we add to the website, the more memberships and crap will cost. How far is this going to go? Well, let's see where this website, and the community is headed. I wish BYOND the best of luck because it sure brought me tons of entertainment when I was younger, and bored.

I just hope BYOND doesn't go down the pipes and become all about money and sponsors. Don't lose sight of the community because BYOND is probably the greatest community ever formed, from my standpoint.

Good luck, BYOND.