Before MGS-GAF, I was just another GAF member. I had no real identity, I had no friends and no place to chill. I tried to hang around in other OTs like the Steam thread but that became boring. People had a differsnt kind of humour than me and nobody truly understood the ways of Dawgu.
I don't remember when or how it happened, but I'm glad to have found MGS-GAF. I remember when there were just a few of us scattered in the many MGS GAF threads on the frontpage. I don't remember the exact details but I instantly liked people such as Sn4ke, LD, Batzi, IP, Rogue Agent, Chinner, Alienous, GreyOcelot, Akiller etc (probably forgot some dudes). We were just a bunch of random dudes with one thing in common: Metal Gear Solid.
When they closed the hype/news threads on the frontpage and we were forced into this thread... I thought it was over. I remember when barely anyone would post here on a full day. The thread would have 0 replies for hours. But somehow, we got past that shit and now we are more active than ever.
Sorry for being this melodramatic but I just wanted to say I luv MGS-GAF. It's like the only community on GAF where I feel like people have the same humor and interests as myself. I like to think I made some friends too. MGS-GAF also dragged me through some dark days when I was suffering from severe OCD/depression. You guys might not have known this, but those funny and insane convo's we tend to have really make you forget all the other shit going on.
Thank you, MGS-GAF