Athena

I've also been at this forum for almost ten years. I joined in April 2004, just after the merger between Origin and the Guild I believe.

I've had various roles throughout my forum history. From member to moderator to hosting admin to community manager and network leader. I've learned a lot from my work here at the forums. I've learned a lot about how a forum works, the technical side of it (the bbcode, making new subforums, closing topics, even skinning) as well as the social side of it (when do you moderate etc). It's made me be a lot more confident. It's helped me grow, personally, and I've made some friends here. Nowadays I don't speak with many of them, I've drifted apart with most of them but that is okay. It's a chapter of my life that's closed. I have many happy memories of this place, read topics about many different subjects and made a lot of posts too.

The number one way the forum has helped me in my life is that it's where my boyfriend, Mig Eater, and I met. We've known each other just as long as I've been on this forum and we've been together for most of those years .

Leaving Revora (and thereby stepping down from my tasks) was a good decision for me, it was time. This place also holds some less good memories for me, for example when the Revora staff and admins (including me) made a decision and some friends weren't happy with the decision.

It's good to see Revora is doing nicely . New people have stepped in and are fulfilling roles.

It's hard to believe it's been ten years, but in a way it feels very far away for me. I was a different person back then, a teenager. Where we'll all be in ten years' time? Who knows..