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    A very interesting year for Silent Gamer :) Began the year a sad, broken man and ended it filled with enthusiasm and confidence ^^ And this transformation all started with:

    "March 20th 2014 - Silent Gamer joined Favslist!" :D
    SpoilerMarch/April - Originally testing the site out and being disappointed, I decided I would wait it out and see if things improved. Spent the first month transferring my lists from UnikGamer and making lists here and there.

    April 25th - Received my first friend request! :0 Damn near crapped myself! "I've never spoken to anyone on the internet before! :O I can't do this!" Luckily it was a friendly chap by the name of @nodley ^^ http://www.favslist.com/status/277946 Bonding over our mutual appreciation of videogames and Foo Fighters, I realised that this whole 'speaking to strangers' thing wasn't so bad after all :P

    April 30th - Emboldened by my successful first interactions, I decided to drop a message on a group page :P "Perhaps I can make more friends there! :)" This would be the start of my spamming of the JRPGFans page :P

    May - Had a bit of a relapse and fell into sadness and misery again

    June - Remembered how happy Favslist had made me earlier in the year and elected to use it more often. Began visiting site every couple days, making more frequent posts and even commenting on people's lists :0 By July I was starting to feel like part of the site :)

    July 2nd- Began watching Death Note. It was the first piece of non-videogame entertainment I had genuinely been excited by in a long, long time. I realised that I was starting to enjoy things the way I used to before the depression :) Blasted through it in a week.

    July 14th-26th - After having made a couple new friends in work who were super into games, I was full on into the hobby again and decided to buy both a "gaming" laptop and a VITA. These were the best purchases I could have ever made :) Especially the VITA, because......

    September/October - Played Persona 4. The game affected me in a way I never thought a videogame could. It changed my whole mindset. I actually broke down during the end credits. My experience with the game caused me to re-evaluate my whole life. I realised I had neglected my friendships and kept my "true self" hidden for fear of being hurt. Made a promise to rekindle my friendships and be honest and truthful with everyone from that moment on. I would aim to follow my goals no matter how much the thought terrified me. This was a turning point that saw me begin planning a trip to the other side of the world, come out to my friends and call up some people I hadn't seen in years. I owe so much to Persona 4 and for that reason I don't think any other game will remove it from the top of my list.

    November - Started losing weight :) By January of 2015, I will have went from 17.5st to 16st :D I also made the decision to start clearing the considerable backlog of games that had amassed over the years. This would lead to another turning point :) A friendly rivalry of sorts with another Favslister by the name of @Gries He :)

    December - Spurred on by Gries, I set up my "Backlog Challenge" and set forth full of enthusiasm and excitement. Gaming was once again this exciting, amazing thing that I shared with friends and strangers alike! ^^ Onward I charged into the exciting future of 2015 and beyond!
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      Editing … Dan, you're one of like two, well now three, people on this site I actually give a shit about.
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      Editing … D'aww, thanks Christian ^^
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      Editing … Okay Gries, I'm curious now: who's that third?
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      Editing … Manon
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      Editing … How about a collective hug ? :D
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      Editing … I think you forgot a bunch of people.
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      Editing … ^ Nope. Not a single one.
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      Editing … Not to worry @Sha Ember, you will get some love in my 2015 recap when I do it :p
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      Editing … Nice to hear. :D I look forward to reading this. ^^
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      Editing … I'm such a friendly guy. Gries can thank me later for bringing you into our Favslist family.
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      Editing … I've been part of the family for 5 years next Sunday! We should have a nodley party.
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      Editing … So, beer and pizza then, just like a non-nodley party.
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      Editing … Yes, but this one is in my name because I'm important.
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      Editing … I give a shit about nodley, Silent Gamer, and Master Crash. I guess I also give a shit about Gries and Rockshard, simply by virtue of them standing out so much and contributing so much. Oh, and Leya's really nice.
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      Editing … I love all my children equally.
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      Editing … Rockshard is great, contrary to popular belief.
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      Editing … I'll be gentle and say Rockshard is a mixed bag. He's literally the only person here I've blown up at lol.
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      Editing … He has his good qualities, I'm sure. We just haven't discovered them yet. I bet he...uh... Can hook up a mean sandwich or something. It's not all bad. There's gotta be SOME redeeming qualities in him.
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      Editing … He knows more about Blackberry Curve phones than I do, he could possibly be of help to somebody that way?
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      Editing … Wasn't he the guy who posted that funny gif on Unikgamer of Superman drinking shots? I don't even think we realized he was nutty until Favslist.
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