So, despite my insane post count, I wasn't one of the first GB users on the site. I came to the site about two years following its creation. I came here from a link that was posted on GoNintendo that led to this video...

...and I found it really entertaining. So I promptly watched the rest of the videos in the TANG series and then moved over to Quick Looks which, at first, I really didn't like (I was young and naive).

Through these three years, though that doesn't seem like a long time looking back, a lot has changed in my life and Giant Bomb has been a constant support. From my time in school where I constantly wondered if I was throwing my life away to the beginnings of my career and my overcoming alcoholism (with a ton of support from @wrighteous86). To my idea to lose 70+ pounds to help cope with the drinking cravings to just a distraction when life was getting hard. Quick Looks, Endurance Runs, and Bombcasts have been my go to along with these forums and in PMs (you fuckers know who you are).

And it all started with Ryan Davis yelling about Mario and me thinking that that was entertaining. I really appreciate this site and the people on it. I appreciate the staff entertaining me for as long and often as they have. They, and you all, have turned me from a student that had no idea what he was doing in life to a more confident and self-assured adult who is still not really sure what he's doing quite yet but he's getting there. I just thought that in light of the news today it would be worth it for you all, and the staff and any of Ryan's family and friends who just happen to stumble on to this blog, to know that I personally have found you all important to me and I thank you for everything.