Tuesday, November 18, 2003

My Life at Otaku
It all began one day when I was looking for a fansub site, and I somehow stumbled upon TheOtaku. I saw the "forums" link and clicked it, thought it looked like fun so I registered. Since this was in the days of mods/admins not really doing anything spammers etc...I had multiple accounts, because I couldn't just stick with one. My best friend registered when I was under one such account, HSSJGohan. He registered, and was hooked like me. We posted lots, having fun. Then one day...I decided to change my name...the name that would be remember for version upon version...SSJGoten.

Everything was fine, until the one man who brought upon my downfall showed up. My best friend, led me astray from the light side, so to speak. We were talking about something meaningless, pointless, when it happend. I pissed him off. He posted a thread, saying I was a backstabbing friend. It was here my destiny lay. Either I retaliate against his untruthful remarks, or I sit and let it slide. I chose the answer that that forever secured my path down the dark side. I chose to retaliate. Fights broke out, each of us taking stabs at your forums friend.

Eventually it settled into a stalemate. We didn't really fight out in the open to the extremes we did. Until I announced the secret identity of the member Topaz. Topics started to get dedicated to me, such as "Who wants to be on SSJGoten's list?!" referring to a list in my sig I had of people I didn't like. Many people posted, saying they wanted it. The fights again broke out between me and my friend, over AIM, on the boards. We took lunges at each other, trying to get the other in trouble with the staff. Eventually, he was the victor. Yet I am the one remember, not the lowly victim.

I was geting shit in my PM box, on AIM, and in the e-mail. I flammed people openly for no reason, to be frank I pissed a lot of people off. Until the day, that Sephiroth(sp) contacted me on AIM and asked me to stop. I told him no. Later that day I return to the boards, to find out I am banned. Rage once again took over me for reasons I now see as pointless and childless(I think thats the word). I registered multiple accounts. Flammed the people who led to my banning, the staff. The biggest blow came to me when I realized my friend had won, and accomplished his task, getting me banned.

Eventually I gave up on the re-registering, since I got IP banned. I could have come back at anytime I wanted of course, since when they updated I guess my name was taken off the IP list or something. I could view the boards after months, hell...a year about. I just surfed around, laughing at some posts, or actually taking the time to think and thoroughly read them. Then I made a bet with a friend of mine from OB. Her and I had a bet that if I re-registered I would get banned within a week. I re-registered. A few minutes later, ironically, James instant messages me. He said I was allowed to come back, and be a part of OB again. Naturally, I accepted, since i had my account, and because I was getting bored during the nights.

Everything was going good for a time. I didn't get ant IMs from staff saying to stop breaking the rules, no PMs asking me to either. I was a new man so to speak. Then I read a post where a member pretended he was a mod. I went onto AIM and impersonated the very man who let me back to OB, James. I convinces people I was James, and that they would become staff members. One person actually found out before I revealed myself, though with my cunning effort, I thus persauded him otherwise. I was under the impression that it would just blow over, since it was weeks after I revealed myself as the "James Impersonator." I hadn't been banned yet, nor been talked to by staff. Then I found out from the other member whom helped me with my plot to a degree, inform me that him and I were up for banning. I knew the odds were against. I've had a vivid history, one that cannot be easily forgotten by the "good me" after being let back. Eventually I was banned.

I learned from my last time though. To this day, I still havent re-registered, no bothered those who wanted me banned. I've given up on trying to make them mad enough to let me back. I was young then, and know now that I deserved what I got, and have to deal with it. That is life. And that my friends, is my history at OB.

There you go dude, I wrote it for you man. (best friend, who happens to be the best friend from my Bio)
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