Hi there. First off, this is going to seem strange..

What a way to start off a message, huh?! But maybe you are used to a random person coming in and contacting you. I say this because you ran WDF.News for a long time and must have had dealings with tons of people over the net.

My name is xxxxx. I live in xxxx, xxxx. Sometime in 2008, I stumbled on to the story of Brad Burns; "My marketing efforts will dominate your face" ZIO Systems moron who was crushed by online communities, like Gideontech.com and Digg. An off-shoot of the story was linked on Gideontech & appeared on WDF.News as a thread in your forums, and I followed the links over to WDF. I was always interested in online gaming, alas I'm a console gamer - Modern Warfare 2 - so I'm semi-gay, I know. But anyway, I read the story posted by Sirus, I believe, and then lurked for months reading other stuff on the forums. I really enjoyed learning about Team Fortress 2 from your really cool site.

But then something happened..

I got sucked in by your own personal story. Believe me, I'm not trying to get creepy here. But still, the fact remains, I learned a lot about your online presence, and since you are obviously a very cool guy with a great sense of sarcastic humor and a big personality to boot, it was pretty interesting following your story. I read on WDFNews about the Penguinlan party in 2008, and I read the wrap-up and saw all the pictures and placed names with forum users and everything. (my wife thinks I'm crazy) I read about the penguinlan 2009. And then, you posted "The End". I couldn't believe it! After all this time, after all of the stuff you did for all of the community members, you needed a change and your life had turned upside down.

My best friend, xxx, is addicted to BF2 and he ran a couple servers for years and gamed all through the night. He was dedicated. We used to talk about the time commitment and all that and how he though he might have to give it up now that he has a daughter and stuff. So I could feel where you were coming from when you were writing about needing a change, because running servers and gaming takes a shit load of time.

And of course, reading through the threads I found where you wrote about your ex-girlfriend Margo, and what she did. Unbelievable man. I felt your pain! I'm sorry that you had to deal with that; if I read things right you guys were together for like 4 years, 6 years? Long time. Terrible.

So then, I checked back in to WDF.News this morning, and there you are with the Anal Fisting post. Classic. So then, for an internet fan of yours (me), I have questions, Sir. But it's not a big deal, I'll ask them over time I guess, to soften the weirdness of this whole message :) I just can't help it man. All of the funny things you wrote, all of the personal things you wrote, I just became a fan over time. So, if you would like, add me as a friend and I'll be the random xxxxxx, xxxxxx friend on the internets.

I hope you can deal with some of the rebellious dudes in your clan and not have it be too messy for you to come back. Good luck, best wishes, and thanks for reading this whole thing.

xxxx

p.s. I'm totally sane.