Looking back.

"Another year older, another year wiser."

Wow, is it really the 1st January already? Where did November and December go? Time flies really fast... To be honest, it feels like just yesterday, I was welcoming the new year. 2017, that is.

Now, you may expect this post to be a generic 2018 new year's post.

You're probably right.

But please do read the whole post, I will be taking this opportunity to thank everyone who has made my 2017 a wonderful one for me.

My GD career in 2017, in a nutshell.

This year was quite the hectic year for me, with the release of 2.1, and Horror Hate receiving the insane demon rating. Although, this year, RobTop has hardly noticed any of my levels. This doesn't really matter to me, as it just means I have to work harder. I've made a bunch of levels this year, and I've also learnt a lot of art and effects in GD as well. In of demon slaying, I haven't beaten anything significant, but I hope I can do so in 2018, and create more fun and amazing levels for the GD community as a whole.

Significant achievements this year:

200 demons slayed.

9000 stars reached.

Top 5k in GD.

Organised my 3rd ever megacollab. (It's still a work in progress.)

GDA

Well, I only ed GDA in June of this year, before leaving for a while in September, to focus on my exams. While I've only been here for half a year, I can surely say that I've had an awesome time with this community. Albeit initially, I wasn't that welcomed into the community, as people were suspicious that I was an impersonator of... myself. I don't blame them, I just suddenly popped in right about the time people were beating Horror Hate as their first insane demon. However, the misunderstanding got cleared up, and now I think that this community is actually pretty great.

Special thanks. (non-GDA people)

This is my special thanks section for people who aren't in GDA. You might or might not have heard of any of them, but do check them out on YouTube/GD/any social media etc.

Taldux.

He was one of my first friends in GD, and also one of my best friends in this community. I first met him all the way back in the 1.7-1.8 times, on kik(chatting app) and we hit it off really well. In 2015, we created Horror Hate together, which stands as one of my most well known projects to this day. We have a sequel for HH planned, do stay tuned for it. Also, Tal is a skilled player, who has beaten old cataclysm. He is currently going for Sonic Wave and crashed at a really high percentage. Go for it man! :D

Kryix.

Technically, Kry doesn't count as a non-GDA person, as he does own an here, albeit he is dead on it. He's made me a lot of profile pictures throughout the course of the year, and thanks to him, and I it, I was somewhat unreasonable at times when Kry was busy with his own stuff, requesting him for profile pics and asking him if it could be done as soon as possible. He took it all in stride and never complained, and always gave me a wonderful end product. Also, he's a person whom I trust, and I do talk to him about my irl problems, and I apologise to you Kry, and thanks as well for all you've done. <3

Dak2014.

I first met Dak on GD, back in 2015-2016. I was requesting for people to a megacollab I was hosting (which died) and Dak was one of the few people who replied and expressed interest. Though the MC died, we still remained friends, and Dak is someone I would trust. He's helped me through a number of tough periods in my life, regarding my family, and I'd also like to thank him for always being there and offering to listen to all my problems. Stay cool man :)

IRL Friends

These are some of my IRL friends who have made a great impact this year. They were also featured in the end credits for my level, Sn0w.

Raph.

Raph and I have been in the same class since 2015. We originally wouldn't have even talked with each other, until Ethan (next part) whom was also our classmate then, and another of our classmates, got us to talk together, and we realised that we had more in common that we thought we had. I've always confided in Raph a lot of my irl problems, and I always turn to him for advice, as he's generally more sensible than me, and has a better temper than I do. Thanks for all that you've done, bro. :^)

Ethan

Well, Ethan was (honestly) this annoying short kid in class, always bugging us to play TF2/Minecraft etc with him. Though, he can be sensible at times, and he's also a very reliable person to go to regarding technological matters. The only reason how we even started talking to each other was that I so happened to take the same bus as he did home from school. He's helped me with a lot regarding tech issues, thanks. :)

Caleb.

Caleb has to be the nicest person I've ever known. Though we only were in the same class at the start of 2017, I've known him since 2015, as his twin brother was in my class then. He's also someone I turn to for advice regarding my family problems (yes, I know I have a lot of problems regarding my family) and he'd always hear me out and offer suggestions. Also, he doesn't swear, as he goes by the philosophy of "there are so many words in the English language, and people pick the worst ones to say".

Thanks man, for all you've done. :D

Special thanks. (GDA people)

I've only been on GDA since June, but I've met a lot of people who've made my time here amazing. There would be too many to name here, so I'll name the significant ones.

Brusen.

You were the very first person to give me a proper greeting here on GDA, when people were doubting my identity as the real Burn, and thanks a lot for that. During the time I left, I've also talked to you on discord a lot and I think we could become great friends :3

#uwu

Gabe.

Back when people doubted my identity, you were the first one to direct message me asking if I had ed any group chats. Among everyone in GDA, I felt like you were really helping me to fit in. You also helped me with my first few posts, and gave me some tips on how to make feature-worthy stuff. Thanks a lot man :)

Xael.

Back in June, I you hid one of my posts as it was offtopic. However, you did help me clarify on what was on topic and off topic, and also helped me with some stuff here on GDA. Also, you did say yes to a pfp request, though I don't really need one atm. But thanks 8)

Xov.

Yeah, you all expected her to be on here, of course. I getting shipped with you in the bean land chat, and we trust each other enough to confide secrets we'd probably never tell anyone else that we didn't trust as well. You're also probably one of the best leaders in GDA, although with 2 leaders it's kinda tough to get much competition anyway xd. I also feel that you have a lot of responsibility on your shoulders, being the more active leader on GDA, you have to handle all the polls for staff, mod activities, etc. Thanks for everything you've done <3

Also, thanks to all my friends here on GD and GDA. I wouldn't be where I am today, if not for you guys <3

GG zone for 1 Jan 2018.

KawaiiCat GD.

GG on beating Clubstep EX, and on mobile too.

Meitnerum.

GG on beating Flappy Weird.

SkuttenGamer.

Crashed at 90% on Forsaken Neon, damn man, u got this ;)

Th3BGam3r.

GG on beating 30 demons.

Mememan.

GG on beating Paracosm Circles.

TheGeekyHen.

GG on beating X.

And that's pretty much all I'd like to say. Goodbye 2017, and I hope I'll have an equally amazing 2018 with you all here. <3

Happy New Year, GDA.

-Burn