User blog:Echostar/Leaving

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you're thinking: ANOTHER user gone AWOL?

Well, guess what? I'm NOT leaving, so LOL if you thought I was. ;)

But so many users HAVE posted a blog saying they were leaving, haven't they? It's really sad when a user leaves us, especially ones that have been a part of the DA wiki (or Hogwarts RPG, but I can't speak for those) for so long. Vince, Zan, Silver, Miggy (almost), Word, and Sky have all left within the past 2 months.

Why??? That's the big question in my mind right now. Is the DA wiki used as a phase that will get boring after a few months? Are users just too busy in RL?

Some people *coughparentscough* might say that stuff like the DA wiki has no purpose just because the roleplaying we do here isn't real life. Isn't that the point of roleplaying? YOU control your character's destiny. It's like you BECOME your character, and your character's story is probably way better than your own because you made it that way. You can make your character's story a fairy tale, or you can make it a nightmare. It's up to YOU. YOU are the author here. You have CONTROL, something that we really don't have a lot of in real life.

Even before I discovered the DA wiki, I've loved all types of roleplaying. When I was little, I created stories and acted it out with my stuffed animals. When I got into the Warriors series, I went on the Warriors forums to roleplay as cats in the Clans. And when I got into Harry Potter, I began to roleplay here. I've finally figured out why I like roleplaying so much: it's an ESCAPE from real life. I mean, I wouldn't have a panic attack if my computer broke down and I couldn't be on the wiki for awhile, but it's a way for me to escape whatever sh*t is happening in my RL. If my life becomes a nightmare, I always have the wiki to turn to and become a new, better person. If it becomes a fairytale, than that's even better, because I have TWO awesome lives instead of one!

Plus, I love Harry Potter. And you can only read the books so many times, and I won't be going to Harry Potter World any time soon. What better way to express my love for Harry Potter than to take inspiration from it, come on this site, and LIVE it.

This wiki also gave me a sense of PURPOSE, especially since I'm a bureaucrat. I know that I can put effort into the well-being of this wiki, and I really WANT to. Some of my RL friends think I'm crazy for putting effort into something that isn't even real. It's real because we MAKE it real. It matters to me. Not many people depend on me in RL. Sometimes it feels like I don't really matter. We all feel that way sometimes. I have NEVER felt that way on the wiki, and I hope that never changes.

And I've actually learned a lot of stuff here that helps me in RL. For example, I know a lot more about coding, and that kind of skill isn't just limited to this wiki. I'm learning how to handle responsibility, how to be democratic, how to be a leader. I know how to organize events. People in RL don't understand that I CAN be a leader, and I'm a good speaker in RL, and I'm a good thinker. I was recently bummed out because I didn't make the student council AGAIN. My classmates looked at popularity rather than skill. But thinking it over that night, I decided I'd rather be a bureaucrat on the DA wiki, than a student council representative.

On top of ALL that, all of the users on here are awesome! Idk who you are in RL, and that's okay. In fact, I prefer it that way, because of the "you might not be who you say you are" and all that jazz. Bond is my best friend and advisor; Sky is (was : all about drama and really friendly; Miggy has great ideas; Temptress is really coolio; but there is no need to go on naming names. Every user here contributes something awesome to the wiki, and every user affects me and one another.  YOU MATTER HERE.  Whatever sh*t is going on in RL, it doesn't matter here.

Right now, more awesomeness is going on in our roleplays than ever: we're on the brink of war, the House Tournament is about to begin, we just started the new school year, a murder is being tried. I see excitement and committment all around this wiki.

If you're thinking about leaving, I want you to think really carefully about how you have impacted this wiki, how the wiki has impacted you, and if you can do anything more to make our roleplays worth it. Know that if you leave, the users here will really miss you, especially me. If you just joined this wiki, I want you to know that you will never regret it. The more you roleplay, the more you love it. The goal of the wiki is to have fun. That's why this wiki was created. Our wiki is AWESOME, and that's thanks to YOU. YOU are the past, present, and future of this wiki. Don't forget that, ever.

 Ec ho  st  ar  01:24, June 28, 2012 (UTC)