User blog:TheSlicer/Reflections

I think, now that I've passed my one-year anniversary (of time on the wiki) I think it's time to reflect on things. (No, I'm not saying this 'cuz I'm about to retire. I'm not that old.)

A brief history of my time on CBW
Once upon a time, I created a Wikia account, naming it after a friend of mine so my secret identity would be kept secret. I made my first article, the story The Last Apocalypse, which I might someday revive. I got to know a lot of you. Most of you became my friends. Some of you... well... were not.

Together,, , and I worked on our first story, The Fairon Chronicles. However, with an innocent mention of one of the Last Apocalypse species in the story, we made the decision to combine the universe, and here, one year later, we have the Gigas Magna Storyline.

After making a new account and making more friends, I started the Improvement Drive, and eventually got promoted to administrator by my friend (and more recently, a bureaucrat). My duties improving articles and... all that stuff... started to interfere with my story-writing time, but eventually I managed to find a balance between the two?

What (I think) I have accomplished
What have I accomplished in my time here at CBW? Well, I have helped with (literally) a thousand articles, made a ton of friends (even if I've never seen any of them in person), written thousands upon thousands of words, completed three stories (only three, yes), and started many more. Three were canceled (for the moment, I hope) before they reached the tenth chapter (The Last Apocalypse, Gigas Magna: Planet of Shadows, and Shadowlands), four are on hold at least until the summer ends (Gigas Magna: Underworld, War with the Kodax, The Pool of Power, and Shadow Regime), and two are currently being worked on (Nightfall and The Darkness Returns).

My MOCing skills have improved also. This was my first MOC. Awful, wasn't it? Now compare it to my newest, a TransformMOC (see my MOC blog).

And, even more than anything else, my writing skills have vastly improved. Compare the following:

To this:

Discounting the fact that the second one has Nightwatcher in it and thus is automatically more awesome, I think that the second chapter, written almost exactly a year after the first one (364 days) is still better-written.

So, what do you guys think? How have you changed during your time on this wiki? Also, what have you changed during your time on this wiki? Tell me, or, as Nightwatcher says:

"I will find you myself and relieve you of the troublesome burden you call a head. Now get on with it."

- Nightwatcher to Shadrus

Oh, and that reminds me: I also made this, which is an accomplishment in itself. Anyway... Just respond already and all that...