User blog:Nalyd Renrut/Four Years

So as of yesterday, I have been on the fanfiction wiki for four years. It's amazing to think of how much has changed since then. I think that I'm almost a completely different person than I was four years ago. I suppose that's true of most teenagers, I don't think anybody enters and exits high school and is unchanged, but I know the wiki has influenced how I've changed.

It's weird when I reflect on the wiki, because I know how much it's changed. I know people say that things used to be better, but I disagree. Maybe the number of users and activity has dipped lately, but I think the quality of the work and users here is so much better than ever before.

I've been an admin almost my entire time on this wiki. It may sound lame/strange, I actually take pride in this; it's a shame I can't put that on a college application.

I know some people have had a hard time on the wiki; they haven't gotten along with users, they've had their work criticized, they've contemplated quitting. I've never experience this. There have been users who weren't my favorites, sometimes people have some not-terribly-nice things to say about my stories. But I've really been pretty lucky in the sense that I got here at the right time. I haven't been on the TDWiki in months and new users there who have only heard of me still hold a lot of respect for me. It's shocking.

So to everyone who has supported me and even those who have opposed me (my haters are my motivators) I say, "Thank you." Thank you for treating me with kindness and respect, I sincerely hope that I have been able to treat you guys that way.

I'd also like to take a moment to apologize to everyone. I know reflecting on my past on the wiki, I didn't always treat people like I now wish I had. I never intended to hurt anybody's feelings. I would never do something on here with the intention of hurting somebody, if you guys didn't know it then I hope you know it now. Again, if anything I said or any action I made has hurt somebody, I honestly and sincerely apologize.

With regards to my future on here, you guys have heard me ramble on about college applications in chat. Well, yesterday I sent in my first few college applications. I still have a few more to do over the next two months. I intend to finish my current story, Total Drama Losers. I also want to try and do a sixth season which will absolutely be the final season of my stories (which I'm sad about because I'll miss it, but also because I hate the number six). Hopefully I can do a few more roleplays.

I plan to quit in eight months, at the end of the summer. I'll be in college, and I don't think I'll have time to continue doing this. (I plan to make a few people admins on the camps wiki, because I know I've neglected it.) I'll definitely stop by from time to time, I like you guys and gals. Who knows? Maybe it turns out I'll have lots of free time in college that I spend on a computer, if that's the case I'll definitely be visiting, but I don't think I'd have time for another fanfiction.

I suppose that's all I have to say. Again, I thank you all for a wonderful four years. I wish you all a happy new year, and may this be the best year for the Total Drama Island Fanfiction Wiki!