KuroiHitsuji

I consider those extreme developmental years for me, hard to imagine its a decade+ ago now. '06: One of the best years of my life, nearly nothing was wrong, moved in with Uncle, spent the whole Summer riding my bike and having fun with my little sis. Started my love for anime and VN's back then and also my Japanese learning. Just enjoyed being me, being with my Uncle and having fun. '07: A great year but the start of my hermitism. First started playing WoW (Burning Crusade, best and last good MMO Ive played), played Stepmania with anime simfies religiously, love for VN's/anime fortified. Still went out every now and then but my outdoorness and social life started to decline. Also didnt see my Uncle as much. '08: I pretty much completely lived in WoW by this point. As i had no friends, school was horrible, area full of crime, sister lived with me but I never played with her. Also my social life and academics started to seriously decline here, causing me to fall behind in school. I used ventrilo and WoW to make up what i felt I was missing in the real world socially. Especially VN's and anime, I basically lived in them. Started to hate where I lived and not seeing my Mom for years started to get to me. Desperately wanted 'real' friends. '09: The beginning of the end of a big chapter years to come. My online relationships exploded and I made friends with whom I still keep in contact with till this day. Joined a doujin forum and loved the community. I finally made some real life friends and felt alot better but I was really behind in school and WoW was not as fun anymore. I just continued my VN/anime stuff and desperately wanted to leave the state. Thus I started fantasizing about far away places to live like the West Coast. Especially Seattle. Mom finally came back to live with us but I was reminded of why I never felt close to her, she treated me and sis pretty bad and hated it, but she was Mom so... Sis' depression kicked in full gear and eventually I dropped out of school (technically). Not even VN's and games could rescue me by this point. I just confided in my online friends and dreaming of one day leaving that city to better myself. It's all that kept me going. Japanese learning continued. And fast forward nearly a decade and I am finally in the city I wished I could go to one day. In college, working, doing projects and kicking it with my roommates here in Seattle. Everything between '10-'15 was living situation and tribulations and ordeals but it made me grow. Doing really good now, just behind academically because of 08-11. So I am still in undergrad where most my age just graduated. So, what about you guys?

So I felt extra inclined to be cheerful and greet myself. I am a proud resident of Seattle and a die hard Seahawks fan, I love VN's as they often disconnect me from this poignant world and immerse me in a another. Been into VN's since '06 so I figured it was time to join a community surrounded by it. Also I'd love to fund a major VN project one day. Well that's all for now. Mark from Cascadia.