As I approach my 1000th game... (Appreciation Post)

I've come to realize how much time I've spent on this site like damn. There are so many people that I've met in here, people that I've known beforehand that I've gotten to know better, people that I never thought I'd get to know who I now admire deeply. I'm now taking time to recognize some of the many people in here that I've gotten to know and appreciate, and ultimately thank you for brightening my day when it was low, helping me out when I was just a Kovaze baby, bringing a random chuckle into my day, and so much more. And I have to start at the very beginning, which is Benopolis and noorscultt introducing me to Kovaze through a Discord stream when they were on race. Thank you two for introducing me to this (mostly) lovely community. Furthermore, thank you to KnowUh who recognized who I was in my very first game (a frenzy) and invited me to an alliance right off the bat, like that's king. Ily Noah 🥹 Then I started my Arena journey, and I have to give a major thank you to Rainolds, RobbieRIOT, spartagow (and ur other alts like damn), Goomybear, Josh, and KaliMinaj for being major helps in discovering the arena formats, how to play, and more! You guys are part of the reason I'm able to play as well as I do today. And it isn't me covering arena without mentioning Medusaluh, the QUEEN of arenas. Thank you for always being a worthy adversary. And another thank you to VenusVafa for guiding me through my early arenas, which brings me to my next section... My lomls hausofkimchi melanie VenusVafa , the way we all bonded over being horrible at comps afhgoashfoifjawiosjoiesjr. We bonded individually over different events, and then Kovaze brought us all together to be a core. I love you all and you guys are my PEOPLE on period. <3 DrewmeliaBedelia DON'T THINK I FORGOT ABT YOU. One of my favorite people to play with on this site, we need to play race together so we can win. Love you down 🥹 Another gamemode I grinded the hell out of was Race, and I will forever be grateful for Connor and his lenience as I saved 0 like twice in a row (and his patience while I was on his opp list). One of my earliest race memories was just gawking at Dream and style's scores because they were like 400x higher than mine, and they were sliding me comp tips in pms as I was already somewhat getting the hang of things, but still had a long way to go. You two are a major reason I understood the STRATEGIES of comps like Chain Pop and Match3, my two worst comps at the time, so thank you so much. And although I've only played like 10 games of it, Legend is a major reason why I did well in like any of my Frenzy games, and he's shown me his loyalty and more (and vice versa), as well as provided friendship through direct mails, always checking in. And for that, I am grateful. <3 Thank you. Before I move on to the next part, a quick shoutout to Carmencita, Peach, Cristi, Gabs, and Stayc - my Spanish/Brazilian acquaintances who I met through arena and grew to love. Cristi, Gabs, it's more recent that I got to know you two, but you guys are both lovely people, and Cristi, you are so funny! Carmen/Peach, you two have been there for me since my early games, you know my og grind haha! Stayc, I remember when you were Yoon, and I loved you DOWNNNN. I'm so glad you're back, in your designing era, and queening out in Royale. It's going down <3 At some point, I transitioned from just playing the games to wanting to get to know the community more, and I've been exposed to many sides of it all. So here, I'm going to show love to those from each section I became familiar with, the ones who welcomed me with open arms. Starting with NaughtyNacho and papa, I remember I joined a Kovaze VC for the first time and you guys were in there; both of you were dope asf and made me feel included, despite knowing literally NO ONE in there. It made me want to talk to even more people, because you guys were so welcoming. On that same vein, hwest14 invited me to a mini he did outside of and it was filled with alot of his friends, but everyone in that mini still brought me in as a player, and I made it decently far :D Thank you, Houston ^^ and thank you Greedy Illya @others (i'm too lazy) for being wild asf, but thank you especially for those 2 for being my opps of the ssn it made it so fun. Some of the people in that mini included Amandasings04 and AngieKStan, two individuals that invited me to their corner of Kovaze, which have so many lovely people that I love greeting. Amanda, the amount of kindness and sheltering you've given me is nothing short of gracious. Angie, I'm so glad you don't hate me anymore 🥹 I also have to give a major thank you to Maddie and Manon, who recognized me immediately from Final Fate like I WAS GAGGED??? I didn't think anyone would recognize me from that of all places. They made me feel very welcome in my arenas when we played together, and slowly introduced me to the rest of the gang (plus more) in Onyx, Idol, dino, Lover, and daze. I love you all and I love the Love Club. On a separate vein, I'd like to give individual thank yous to CarltonRS and katheryn. Carlton, you're someone that kinda swept me under your wing more recently and you have a huge heart. There's a reason you're friends with everyone, you give EVERYONE time of day, which is kinda incredible. Katheryn, where do I even start? You're the Miss Congeniality of Kovaze, and I knew when we were paired in our first race together that I'd love you and what you bring to this site. I'm so glad we got to know each other through those races, and you've grown a lot as a person and as a player since then! You always interact with my blogs and spread your positivity, and some days I definitely need it. I wanna reconnect through messages again :) I cannot possibly forget about Metropolis, a problematic mf but someone I was loyal to the soil to like that's mamas right there. You and Tide are people that I'm appreciative of for inviting me to a clique that made me feel at home when I got kicked out of my previous one. Love you metro <3 As much flack as Royale gets for its social dynamics, it definitely helped me get closer and get to know so many different people; - I went from despising Sam for mistakenly thinking he bombed me to working with him and getting to connect with more people through him like Poof and koolness234 (I LOVE YOU DAVIDPOOF). - I held a (joking, but slightly serious) grudge against JTee for like a week after back to back snipes in Outcasted and Royale just for us to switch things around and get to know each other alot better. Like that's the next royale winner! - Justini and Poppy were my most recent allies in Royale, and I grew to adore them both. Justini, you know I will always be up for your dl masc trucker trade avi era. Poppy, I've loved getting to know you these past few days and I look forward to messaging you more so we can continue to get to know each other :D Lastly, I'd like to take time to recognize people that I am just now getting to know on the site, who have shown me nothing but care and affection. You guys rock! - Jessiejedi (You message me every day checking in, and it's so sweet of you. You were already one of my favorites in arena and I'm very happy to catch up with you every now and then.) - Fire (I didn't know how much of an impact I had giving you comp tips until you sent me that gift with a message. You're overall a really dope dude and I appreciate every interaction we have ^^) - DOOM (I love when we mail. Every time i see a DOOM post I know I have to interact. You're a very honest, down to earth guy, and I hope you know how many smiles you put on people's faces, myself included. You've done so much for this community.) - Chase (Less developed, but I love randomly mailing you and supporting you throughout your endeavors in your blogs. Hope you're taking care of yourself and doing alright ^^) - unfortunate (This is very recent, but I love getting to know about your baking startup! Keep me in the loop! You're also a refreshing person to speak with throughout all of our interactions.) - Pipes (You've sent me messages and interacted with my blogs so many times to the point where you've seriously become one of my favorite people to talk to. You genuinely care and take time out of your day to check in on how I'm doing. Very easy to talk to, as well!) - PureEssence (I just have a lot of admiration for you and your art skills, as well as how much care that goes into your work. The traitors event, the art you're drawing currently, I can see the effort and it's something that goes a long way. You're amazing.) I could honestly go on forever but I have a class to attend in 30 mins and I may or may not have an exam in that class. Don't be discouraged if you don't see your name on there; this is just what I could come up with off the top of my head, and every experience that I have with a user has shaped who I am on Kovaze... mostly for the better. Envious taught me how to rage at Race partners and threaten people with bans but I had to unlearn that. (Get him to teach you how to run Celebrities, though!) If anyone wants to mail me and just chat, I'm so open to that! Love getting to know people on here. I hope to create more memories on here before I inevitably move on to the next chapter of my life. Stay gold, everyone.