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Hey, I’m David.

Kongregate was the 2nd place that I ever took “seriously” on the internet, after another site that was centered around flash games (it was a user-created level builder for a lot of Ninja Kiwi games, it shut down in 2009). I went by Brian online a lot because my family insisted on calling me that. But my real name is David.

I was a really weird kid, but I don’t hold what I did as a kid against myself anymore. Really, I wanna use this piece of history to say thanks to everyone who helped me deal with mental illness and the general tween/teenage angst that comes with growing up on the internet in the early 2010s.

I had a really, really tough upbringing, and Kongregate was a really helpful outlet in that it provided me somewhere untouched by my daily life to escape to, which was undoubtably one of the biggest things that helped me get through it all. However, even beyond my upbringing, I had personal demons to fight that have chased me around all throughout my adult life.

It has taken me an extremely long time, and an insane amount of effort, to finally appreciate life for what it is. For the very longest time, I truly believed that all of the time, effort, and hardship I put into my life would all be for nothing. That, no matter what I did, no matter how hard I pushed myself for a better life, it would still end in suicide.

Now, at 26, the very last thing I could ever think of is ending my life any earlier than God intends. I want to live a long life, because so far, I have been nothing less than happy, satisfied, and fulfilled with how things have been going, and likely how they’ll continue to go as time continues on.

I love life, and I love people. I care a lot about the people and important things around me, and ultimately, my biggest goals in life are to spread as much cheer to as many people as I possibly can.

I want to thank everyone on Kongregate, with a special shoutout to The Van, for helping me become a person that not only other people love, but that I myself love and appreciate to the highest degree. This obviously doesn’t come without its own issues; The Van was also a hardship for me in and of itself, but I will never ever count that against you guys. You guys still helped me a lot, and I will always remember, appreciate, and cherish that fact.

Of course, many other people, websites, platforms, and whatnot are to thank for me becoming who I am, but I without a doubt believe Kongregate was big and important enough to warrant its own thank-you letter and shoutout.

So, again, thank you. All of you.

I love you all