Benedevil
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It's been amazing
One year ago, I branched the blueprint.tf servers and made blackwonder.tf on the 31.08.2015. I had no idea how this would end up changing my life. It's been a year, yet I feel like I've known some admins for centuries. Looking back at it, it's funny how my spontaneous decisions lead to this.
"What do you mean?"
Blackwonder.tf was never suppose to be a forum. The first iteration of this website was literally an image with the Blackwonder logo in the center. The servers were suppose to be managed by the players mostly.
Yet my brain one day though, that it would be a good idea to just make a forum.
Best decision of my life.
Just being able to wake up and see the forums flourish is an indescribable feeling.
I've met so many different people, from different countries and learned and grew up with them.
It's funny how people reacted when they met the real me. There seemed to have been a common misconception of community owners, which always bothered me.
I know I can be very direct at times, since I don't like it when someone doesn't just state what they want.
In general, I like to stay on a personal level, have some fun and just enjoy the time.
I will never hate you for a bad suggestion, or for asking me too much. Sure I might get a bit annoyed, but it is my job to make this community the best it can be.
I'm glad that I was an admin on two previous communities. It really made clear what I need to offer my admins:
Freedom is the biggest thing I want to be able to offer every admin. I don't mind it at all if you play on other servers. I also don't want to bind you on some reports that you get PMed every so often. I want you to play what you enjoy and do what you think is right.
Communication is a big part of this community. It came a bit late, but with the "recent" discord server, it's been better than ever. I can listen to suggestions on the fly and fix simple things that I didn't notice. I also got to know all of these people, that I wouldn't have otherwise. Weird moments and lots of laughs were exchanged and it made it feel like a small growing family. Something I didn't experience in any other community.
What has Blackwonder also brought me?
Other than all the fun and good times we had, I also felt like I finally did at least something in my life.
I have this very weird urge, that probably everyone has to do something big. Blackwonder.tf could never satisfy this urge, but it kept me going, when I just wanted to lay down and do nothing.
It made me realize how valuable time is. It seems like we mostly forget that it isn't endless. Why not approach the person you like and give it a shot? Why not do what you always wanted to do? Why not go out and just enjoy life? We have a limited amount of time. But we can make it the best and never feel regret when looking back.
We most often have the power to. I regret not being a more open person in school already. Sure I had some good friends, but the possibilities would have been even greater if I just had opened up more.
Blackwonder.tf has taught me lots of things and I hope you can learn something from it as well.
That being said, I just want to say:
Thank you.
Thank you for being a part of this.
Thank you for making this possible.
Thank you for being here.
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(I can finally use one of the new emojis in an appropriate manner 