I've recently felt inspired to do this, so i'mma just gonna do it, no context.
[Late 2004-Early 2005: The Beginning]
Had my very first PC, and man it was sure quite a discovery. I believe the first game I tried was Age of Empires II, what a game to kickstart off this whole PC venture. I don't recall myself trying out the internet in the beginning tho. However, I wasn't too into PCs in these early eras.
[Late 2005-2009: The Early Era]
What can I say about this era that's even interesting? All I was is just a lurker, not doing much and not very interesting aside from getting computer viruses bc of ads/other sources or breaking stuff either in my pc or irl lol.
I mean, the least I can say is that I've known a few flash games and youtube videos in that era, some of those may be down at this point due to how long it's been. And my gosh, Modems, those are very ancient things that were rendered obsolete once wi-fi came around in my place. But my goodness was it very useful back then, primitive but useful.
What do I remember is that back then, this era up until the S_T_G era was when I wasn't able to stay in the PC as long as I do now bc it was not meant just to be used by me, but my people had to use it as well.
And well, there's not much I can say besides well, flash games, some multiplayer, and yeah. I don't even remember downloading any games from the internet, besides maybe obscure ones? I only ever bought games in a CD and installed them in there. Not new games mind you it was like games as old as god damn GTA San Andreas old. Most of what I do remember is me playing lots of Age of Empires II lmao.
Least to say, I don't remember much about my early era honestly. It's not that memorable because not much of interest was at hand then in the interwebs. I never interacted with anything relevant in the internet then outside of now-deleted multiplayer games, and yeah, i'll just end it off is that it's not a very interesting era to remember when it comes to me in the internet.
But don't worry, I did first knew about M.U.G.E.N in this era, only because I've been watching some old videos related to it on YouTube.
[2010-2016: The Experimental Era]
This is where things get more intriguing. During 2010-12 I believe I learned how to download shit in the internet, opening up a new path of me on how I use my PC. This is how I knew about games like Doom II, F.E.A.R. 3 (2011 Game) and even Minecraft, Damn it I still remember seeing myself play Doom II in my old PC like it was yesterday. And don't even get me started on indie games, I honestly feel more fond of me playing indie games than I did for triple A games and the likes. Likely because of stuff like the Slender craze and yeah. And of course I was still playing some good ol flash games then despite now then knowing how to download stuff. I wouldn't be the same without flash games ngl.
That's why I call this the 'experimental' era, because there I learned to experiment with what I did with my PC. Simply put, this was a mess and lots of PCs broke bc of my damn carelessness then lmao.
And yes, this is how I also knew about Yandere Simulator, no joke. Besides that, I'm still glad I experimented with my PC instead of just sticking around with buying CDs and that crap (I still bought CDs but I eventually stopped bc it wasn't worth it).
Aside from that, this is also the era where I was starting to get into more into interacting with others in the internet in different ways. Like I remember playing lots of SAMP (yes i did play it) during like 2014-16 messing around in a few servers and yeah, I also see myself in those servers like it was yesterday. And the same can be said for CS2D (Counter-Strike 2-D) and a few other games that I recall like Plazma Burst 2. In fact there's an actual time capsule archive of a specific moment in time in me during that era! (http://w.strandedonline.de/files_show.php?file=13977 {mirror:https://web.archive.org/web/20251125042447/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/http://w.strandedonline.de/files_show.php?file=13977}, I literally named myself 'Super Sonic' xD.)
Not only that, I remember also quite interacting in a few...roleplay sites. (related to FNAF btw)
Idk what got to me to be in those, but it ended up being so entertainig for my still unprofessional self hehe. It was so interesting I do still remember a few of my people saying to stop being in those sites, which was weird because this was still the era where I still couldn't interact with other people too well, double standard much? And well, maybe a few other social media sites I used to be active on. but I eventually just left those abandoned after a while, especially after 2016 / during 2017.
Eventually, during at one point I learned how to mod games at a surface level. This just made things even better for this era, and I had lots of fun modding the heck of whatever games I could've modded back then. but at the cost of either breaking that game and having to reinstall it bc i didn't knew how to just fix the broken files instead, I remember at one point foolishly believing that I got my old modded GTA SA back in form of a flash game which just so happened to have sharing looks with it, and foolishly believing it was actually controllable bc I just happened to press a key when CJ moved despite that he didn't move prior to me pressing many keys lmao.
When I finished primary school in 2015-16, I got full time in my PC. And thank goodness for that because I've been able to learn so many things than what I could before then. You have no idea how much knowledge I've gotten for the things I liked and got into.
{Jack you lazy bitch, you need to finish the rest of the timelines listed below here! - Natsy}
[2017-2021: The Social Era]
I pretty much spended my time on my computer a TON, more than ever before. Although it wouldn't be until my YT channel creation where everything changed for me.
I created accounts on the sites and stuff I liked (minus Archive.org, which I created in 2022).
I could go on and on about what I've done, but to put it specifically, my life pretty much changed in this period. I never have done YouTube uploads out of passion or etc before.
There's a lot of things I can say about this era, like how my discord experience was: It certainly could've been better ngl, but I don't regret it. .
[Late 2021-2024: The 'Independant' Era]
Basically, after drama after drama, and IRL issues, there was at one point in 2021 where I felt it was the last straw and lashed out at a server. Nowadays I regret doing that cause I know fully I could've handled it better, though this led to the 'Independant' era, where basically I was away from social media altogether.
This also came at a cost, as this caused some moments that I would like to undo so much but just seem to don't wanna go away.
[2025-present: The Renaissance & The Great Wallace Depression Era]
Starting in 2025, I wanted to fix what my self from the Independant era caused. Hoping to get everything that I threw away back for the good of my mental health and emotions.
This all first begun when my brother has got a partner. It amplified the feeling of being lonely and well, basically old 2019 memories.
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