It's been quite a while! (6 years?)

Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by heyaroo, May 13, 2020.

  1. Oh hello!

    It's so weird yet familiar to write in the EMC forum right now. It's been 6-7 years since I have been super active on EMC, but I have been going down memory lane lately and wanted to revisit somewhere I think very fondly of. :)

    I am not sure if some of you remember me, but if you head to SMP5 and visit my residence, you will see the Four Biomes Amusement park. At that time, I wanted to make an amusement park for EMC and a place where people could hang out during mob arena events. I am surprised it's still there considering there were times I didn't log in for 365+ days!

    I remember feeling so compelled to somehow promote EMC and bring in players from other servers. I wanted everyone to be part of EMC and join our community, so that's when I gathered a lot of members to create a promotional video in 2013.

    It's crazy to look back at this video. I remember how much fun I had creating it and how it was a huge event to get everyone involved (like the crowd shot of everyone jumping and the Ghast at spawn!)

    As life things happened, I started to fall off Minecraft and therefore EMC. I graduated high school and then college. And wouldn't you know it, I graduated with a degree in advertising / film. All thanks to knowing that I liked promoting things in video form. :p

    As I am looking through the forums and checking in the server, I've been seeing some familiar names which is really nice to see. I hope everyone is doing well. EMC was one of my first introductions to online communities in games and creating videos. When I look back to 2012-2013, I always think of EMC and how I really felt like I had a home where I could be part of a community and just have fun in Minecraft.

    To be honest, I am not sure how much I will play Minecraft and EMC again, but I wanted to come back here to check in with everyone. I appreciate how much EMC helped me during difficult times and inspired me to create and be part of a community. If you want to know what I have been up to, I have been working on marketing for a game called MisBits where you can build your own map in a toy universe. Hope you can check it out sometime.

    It's funny how things come full circle but I thought I would say thanks and hello. :)

    Best,
    Hannah / heyaroo (SMP5)
  2. I wish I could've recorded my reaction to seeing this... :eek:
    The veterans just keep coming back. xD This is amazing. :D

    Yes, I remember that promotional video! It was made shortly after I joined EMC, and for a long time it made me believe you were staff, because I hadn't seen any other non-staff thread posted to the front page. :D

    Ooh, that's cool to know about your degree!
    Did you make the MisBits launch trailer, then? If not, share something else you made with us? :D

    Thanks for the post! Good to see you again. <3
  3. Welcome back! I feel like I remember you but I'm not too sure :p
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  4. 607!! So glad to hear from you. Thank you so much for reading and I am so happy to see you around still!

    I remember when the video was posted to the front page, I think that was honestly one of the happiest moments of my teen years lol. You're bringing the memories back!

    Oh thank you so much for checking out the trailer! I helped with some of it, but I mostly have worked on the most recent trailers.

    More veterans are coming back? I gotta see!
  5. Boy howdy that's a name I haven't seen in a while, I still remember way back when we made that one video on how to find diamonds. That was a simpler time. :p
  6. QWERTY189?! Hi! Hello! I remember when we created that video, there were some shots that took a few tries. :p Thanks for being patient with me when I was learning how to do that! It was fun!
  7. Hey and welcome back! It is good to see you around again :)
  8. Welcome back. It's great to see old names return. :)
    You might remember me as that kid who didn't speak a word of English, jet tried to be a part of the comunity anyway... :)
    I think I might still have a renamed chicken you gave me quite some time ago :p
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  9. Hey, welcome back! :) Been a while since I saw you! :) I'm happy to hear you're doing good!
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  10. Yes, hello, I've changed my name a few times since then :p
    Making that video was fun, I remember we ended up having to plant some diamonds because the chunk we chose didn't have any lmao
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  11. I wasn't sure if you'd remember me, considering that you became inactive when I wasn't too active yet. ;)

    That's cool. :D

    I mean, just look at the Introduce Yourself section. :p
  12. :eek: This keeps getting more and more crazy! all these names ive heard over the years but never got a chance to meet returning! Welcome back!
  13. Welcome back!
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  14. Welcome back. I remember that promo video, it was brilliant!
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  15. Heya, heyaroo! :D Welcome back! It sounds like you've accomplished a lot over the last few years. I'm so happy to see the impact that EMC has had for you. :)
  16. Welcome back! Definitely dont know you as I've been here just 4 years, but I love seeing past players return who were here years ago, just another amazing aspect of this community!
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  17. No way this is legendary! Welcome back, heyaroo! Definitely remember you as one of the first people to welcome me aboard, and one of the first to treat me a gift, which I still have in my collection. Love that promotional video btw, it's easily one of my favorites.

    Great to see you're moving on up, and doing what makes you happy. I checked out the trailer for MisBits just now, and I believe it's something I will certainly have to put to the test. Thank you for sharing.

    Thank you for popping in to say hello! It's so cool to see you again. Take care :D
  18. Hey there heyaroo!

    I still love that promotional video you created and I'm happy to hear that you graduated with a degree related to it. You definitely had a knack for it, even from a younger age. Pop in and keep us up to date every now and then. We love these 'where are they now' type posts :D
  19. Yo Heyaroo, glad you are doing well..
    Smp5 for Life!!!!!
  20. Glad to see you back :)