Chinkoln

I have been a member of the Shard for:

63,072,000 seconds

1,051,200 minutes

17,520 hours

730 days

104.2875 weeks

Or, to say it in other words, I have been a member of the Shard for 2 years.

I don't know if I am supposed to have some really in-depth message or profound insights. It is tradition to do stuff like that for things like the 1,000th post, 2,000th, and so on. I was going to ping a bunch of names, but it wouldn't let me do more than 2 for some reason.

Now, I haven't been active on the Shard for all these two years. I was active for the first month, but then I stopped for almost a year. It wasn't until mid-August of 2020 that I returned to the Shard. I first fell in with "The Fellowship of the Thing". This was Fadran, Connie, Ene, Mist, Vapor, Queen, etc. I met them before they became the gods that they are now. I talked to them some and made posts in forums all over the Shard. I contributed occasionally to tFotT as Chinkoln the strange and powerful otter, but mainly I did posts dealing with cosmere theory and in-depth realmatics, stuff like that. It is more my forte, and I have spent way too much time reading all the WoB's and Coppermind pages. 

I did this for a while. During my first month, I had gained about 20 reputation. When I rejoined, I was amazed at the amount of reputation that some people had amassed during 1 week. I, in my dumbstruck amazement, PMed Karger and literally asked how I could get more rep. I was kindly told that in order to get rep I just needed to be an active, positive member of the community. I decided to do just that. I got several hundred rep with my theory posts, but it was over the course of a few months. In late December through mid-January I realized that if I wanted to get a lot of reputation, I needed something else. I started posting in the meme threads. It took some build-up, and the first few days I wasn't very good. I got some reputation, and that motivated me. I made memes when I got an idea so that I didn't forget. After some effort, I managed to win my first day! Then, to my surprise, I won my second day! And then my third day! My first three days were three consecutive days!!!! I couldn't believe how quickly my reputation titles were changing!

Well, I still post memes sometimes when I think of stuff. I have started to transition back to theories, but I have also been drawn into some forum games such as "Guess That Cosmere Character" and "Synonym Game". Well, this has been my journey on the Shard! I wish I could ping a bunch of people, and give them all special messages, but it doesn't work for me.  

I also recently discovered how to use those emoji things.

I have loved the Shard and everything on here. It is such an amazing community and has such amazing individuals. Chaos recently said that being a moderator is a thankless job. Thank you Chaos, Ene, Stink, Overlord Jebus, WeiryWriter, Paleo, Argent, FeatherWriter, Jofwu, Lady Lameness, and little wilson!!! I know that there are many other amazing staff and moderators, but there are just the ones I have seen active most recently. Thank you for everything you do!!! I love the Shard!!!