Hi Everyone,
A lot of you may not have any idea who I am. Almost 10 years ago I used to be a regular on DTK's CSS servers and was an admin at some point. If you know me you know me. This is for the people who remember, if any.
Unfortunately I got banned for doing some extremely dumb and insensitive stuff, which was definitely warranted, about 5 years ago.
Now the reason I wanted to come back and say thank you, is because without this community, and the people/bonds I formed within it I wouldn't have become the person I am today. Anyone I interacted with/laughed with/stayed up on minigames with, thank you.
I used to be a lonely, bullied and socially awkward teenager, as a lot of us were. The people in this community helped me become a vibrant and happy young adult, even though it was over the internet, everyone here helped me immensely with developing into the person I am today.
Due to DTK I was also able to find my fiance. Soap, an old DTK Veteran introduced me to my now fiance and I couldn't be happier. Without this community or the people I knew, I wouldn't have met my future wife. I feel like I almost owe everything to the people who just really put up with me, and again I can't thank you enough.
I probably won't come back to DTK due to the way my life has structured itself and having little free time, but I just really wanted to thank so many people in this community that I have fallen out of touch with, and to anyone I hurt or upset when I was an idiot teenager I am deeply sorry.
To anyone struggling with things, and this community is your only escape, stick with it, maybe it can turn you into the best version of yourself in time.