2016-02-23, 06:32 PM
I found McTopia on a server list, on December 30th, 2013. It sounds like a long time ago to write it like that, but it was recent enough that I spent a large chunk of my time on McTopia feeling like a new player. I wasn’t sure if I should write anything for this section. I left McTopia in a conscious decision - it was too addicting, too powerful, and I couldn’t balance it with my schoolwork.
My earliest memory of McTopia was Eva’s math homework. While I’ve long forgotten the details, the discussion of Eva’s math homework is the first conversation I remember being involved in. The server grew on me fast, and the people grew on me fast, and I’ve never encountered a community quite like it. So, to a few people: Eva, Chaos, Slurpie, MattJTV, Qu3sti0nmark, Chall, and DragonKilla, you guys made McTopia what it was to me.
Jamourous - I’ve always envied your imagination and drive, for better or worse. You stuck to your values and consistently brightened everyone’s day and the rest of us can only aspire to reach where you are. Keep at it.
Drew - Of all the people I knew on McTopia, you changed the most. Good luck with uni.
Bridget - I hereby name you queen of the drama chart. I promise I have the authority to do this. I met you late. Too late. But we became friends anyhow and I wish you luck with life.
Josh (BK) - I always respected you, if not some of your actions, and I wish I had been brave enough to talk to you then.
Inspiron - I realize it’s become the format to address you last, and address you as Alex, but I never really got to know you. That having been said, your server was the center of all this, and I owe you for that.
Tobi - Hey Tobes. Thanks for changing my google docs to comic sans. I really appreciate it. That said, it’s been two years of graph paper notebooks and school and boys and life and whiteboards, and I’m glad you’ve been there for all of it. I have to admit, when we first discussed going to college together or meeting up somewhere we were freshman and while it was fun, I didn’t believe in it then. And now it’s junior year and it’s just been a really long stretch hasn’t it? We’ve had our fights, but I’d like to think we learn from them. If nothing else comes from it, we’ve always got the memories, flowcharts from freshman year, the notebooks, the drama chart, the bra-giving cello, and better taste in music.
Chris - I haven’t always been as great of a friend to you as I should have been, but I feel like we’ve mostly moved on from that. That said, you’ve always been a great friend to me, and always managed to keep your head screwed on straight while the rest of us were caught up in drama, and I really do appreciate both that and your sense of humor.
Addendum: I’ve added the drama chart and it’s a bit of mess and not complete. It’s comprised of first and second hand accounts, so accuracy is also in questionable supply. That said, I believe it’s the most complete version I have, intended to represent changes in relationships. I’m sorry about the similar colors used for some types of relationships as well, but I’m a bit too busy to remake the chart.
My earliest memory of McTopia was Eva’s math homework. While I’ve long forgotten the details, the discussion of Eva’s math homework is the first conversation I remember being involved in. The server grew on me fast, and the people grew on me fast, and I’ve never encountered a community quite like it. So, to a few people: Eva, Chaos, Slurpie, MattJTV, Qu3sti0nmark, Chall, and DragonKilla, you guys made McTopia what it was to me.
Jamourous - I’ve always envied your imagination and drive, for better or worse. You stuck to your values and consistently brightened everyone’s day and the rest of us can only aspire to reach where you are. Keep at it.
Drew - Of all the people I knew on McTopia, you changed the most. Good luck with uni.
Bridget - I hereby name you queen of the drama chart. I promise I have the authority to do this. I met you late. Too late. But we became friends anyhow and I wish you luck with life.
Josh (BK) - I always respected you, if not some of your actions, and I wish I had been brave enough to talk to you then.
Inspiron - I realize it’s become the format to address you last, and address you as Alex, but I never really got to know you. That having been said, your server was the center of all this, and I owe you for that.
Tobi - Hey Tobes. Thanks for changing my google docs to comic sans. I really appreciate it. That said, it’s been two years of graph paper notebooks and school and boys and life and whiteboards, and I’m glad you’ve been there for all of it. I have to admit, when we first discussed going to college together or meeting up somewhere we were freshman and while it was fun, I didn’t believe in it then. And now it’s junior year and it’s just been a really long stretch hasn’t it? We’ve had our fights, but I’d like to think we learn from them. If nothing else comes from it, we’ve always got the memories, flowcharts from freshman year, the notebooks, the drama chart, the bra-giving cello, and better taste in music.
Chris - I haven’t always been as great of a friend to you as I should have been, but I feel like we’ve mostly moved on from that. That said, you’ve always been a great friend to me, and always managed to keep your head screwed on straight while the rest of us were caught up in drama, and I really do appreciate both that and your sense of humor.
Addendum: I’ve added the drama chart and it’s a bit of mess and not complete. It’s comprised of first and second hand accounts, so accuracy is also in questionable supply. That said, I believe it’s the most complete version I have, intended to represent changes in relationships. I’m sorry about the similar colors used for some types of relationships as well, but I’m a bit too busy to remake the chart.
