Hi everyone.
Allow me to introduce myself (or rather, reintroduce) myself. I'm New York Jet$ fan. For some of you, the name might ring a bell which for the past 4½ years has remained dead silent. For others (most, actually) the name will be new. I found Dogfight during the early summer of 2012, and shortly thereafter I joined the forum.
I was literally one month out of 8th grade when I joined this game and this community here on the forum, and because of this I was a very immature person online in many respects (not inappropriately, so don't worry) --- just skim through the few posts I have and you'll find that out for yourself. Most if not all of my slim number of posts on this forum were in regards to what at the time seemed like such major issues, but now are so minuscule and unimportant. I became familiar with some names, mainly members of Enigma if I can remember correctly, but I never became closely acquainted with any (take a gander as to why lol). I guess you could have considered me an average player. Though probably less than satisfactory when it came to in-game performance, I played the game on a consistent basis. Ultimately, though, when high school started for me at the end of the summer I became distanced from this game, and as a result, this forum (not that I had established anything on here of importance by then lol). Unfortunately by the start of summer 2013, I had all but vanished from Dogfight.
Technically I am a member of this squadron - the threads and my profile say so - but for all intensive purposes I really am not. As a new member to the game back in the summer of 2012, I had a very foggy idea of what I was actually doing, and was quick to join a squadron for probably two reasons: 1) For the hell of it; and 2) Because based on everyone else on the forum, it seemed like that was the way one was supposed to go. Really the only people I interacted with were two prominent figures by the names of Calvin Is Awesome and Slenderman. The only conversations I had with both of them were entirely centered around those same aforementioned minuscule issues which back then felt extremely important. For this reason, primarily, I feel I entered the community of Dogfight with the wrong aura.
Now I'm a sucker for the past; I feel like the best years of my life were the past four years (2012-16) when I was in high school, and more specifically 2012 and 2013 (I graduated 8th grade in 2012, started my first year of high school later that summer, then ended it in 2013). I played Dogfight quite a lot during the gap between the end of middle school and the beginning of high school. But once high school started (as I previously stated) I quickly became separated with the game, and clearly the forum. Once again I'm a sucker for the past. All these years later and I want to relive some of those memories of those great years of my life, and one way of doing that is to get back into Dogfight - but for real this time. I truly want to be a part of this game and this forum; this community. Obviously so much has changed, and it unfortunately looks like the forum isn't nearly as active and lively as it was 5 years ago. So many have disappeared.
But like I said at the beginning, I was an immature 14 year-old in 2012. Now I am a 19-year-old college freshman who is so drastically different from my 8th grade/high school freshman self. I want to start with a clean, fresh slate; to start anew, and truly be a part of this forum and this squadron. I want to get to know people here and make friends. I hope I still can.
To wrap things up I would like to say a few things:
1) First and foremost I would like to extended a formal apology to all Enigma and other Dogfight members who I came in contact with almost 5 years ago on these forums, for the way I acted. I never offended anybody, but compared to everyone else I acted like a child, and almost certainly gave off the wrong first impression. So for that I apologize wholeheartedly.
2) I would very much appreciate it if anyone could help me formally become a true member of this squadron. I want to feel like I belong here and have a family in this game.
3) Though I will keep my name as New York Jet$ fan for nostalgic purposes, I ask (though it is not required) that you simply call me Nick.
Thank you to everybody who sees this, and especially to those who choose to give me a second chance...
Best regards,
Nick
P.S.: Wasn't sure of the proper place in the Enigma thread to put this for everyone to see, so I guess here is the best place(?) Also not the best at writing long essays, especially emotional ones, so I apologize if this doesn't flow as well as it could. Sometimes I'm good with writing, other times I'm not.