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[Kane.]

The title says it all really, it's a pretty easy question - What does EC mean to you as an individual? Is it somewhere you just come because you're bored? Do you look for new bands on here? Are you a teenager that just wants other people to talk to? old Habit?

The suggestions I give there are more reasons to come on EC, which should, I imagine, be included in your answer. However I also want the deeper reason of what the forum actually means to you. Do you care about it? What if tomorrow the Forum suddenly closed?

For me I have quite an interesting relationship with EC. At the beginning I was a 15 year old kid with no reason or rhyme trying to make sense of this world. I got pretty lonely, even though I had friends there were long nights where I was alone. Thus in the Christmas of 08 I stumbled upon Emo-Corner. Emo was the thing back then, all my friends were doing it. So I figured maybe these guys would get me. (I know on my original account I joined on the 7th of January, this is due to me signing up to EC, going on holiday for 2 weeks and forgetting my details, a lul.)

From there on out it was a pretty rocky ride to be fair. I was young, I went on EC everyday, I came to become really attached to the people here. People i'd never met before yet in some ways knew me better than anyone. I became particularly close to Jess, I would say there was a solid year or so where I spoke to her every single day. EC stopped just being something that I did out of boredom, my friends were here, I cared for the people on this Forum (Even though I'm pretty damn good at not showing it). I was young and to be a part of something like this was important to me. I had older people to learn from, but also people my own age to joke around with. When you're a 15/16 year old kid, you go through a lot, there's loads of changes and for me, EC was a constant in that whirlwind of change. It was somewhere I could always go to and just hide away from the world.

Now I don't particularly need to go into it all, but for those of you who don't know I was banned from EC for about 2 years - with repetitive attempts at a come back. But even though I loved EC, I was way too volatile and deserved what I got.

Emo Corner for me was where a bunch of pretty mismatched teenagers came and hung out together, learning and eventually becoming the trolls. (I'd say it's a tough battle between Lep and Templar as no.1 troll.)

Most of us join this website when we're young, and we end up sticking around for years and growing up on it. Even the most stoic of us have a soft spot for this forum, or we wouldn't keep coming back.

So what does EC mean to you?

[awildfaggotappears!]

EC was where I came because I had fucking nothing else in the world. I was going through a hard time with my parents and such and I was just confused and shit. EC was where I grew up, and where I gained 90% of the confidence I needed to save me from where I was. EC changed me a lot as a person and some of the people on here, I don't know if I would have been the same if I never met them.

This place was where I went when I was lost, and was what usually picked me up.

4 for you, EC. You go EC.

[IamAshley.]

It isn't even EC anymore... Enough said....

[RoscoBenjamin]

EC means the Lol's to me.

[Rellik San]

EC is mah number 1 pick up spot (tru fax).

[RoscoBenjamin]

EC is mah number 1 pick up spot (tru fax).

As I get older, the girls keep getting younger.

[ ᠎]

As I get older, the girls keep getting younger.

True story.

Don't know why I came back. I guess I figured, why not? Although I used to talk to a lot of people on here and now its pretty much just one.

[Forzare!]

Came on EC on my 16th birthday which says a lot really.. I was curious about forums and this place seemed alright. I didn't understand most of what was going on in here for the first few months until I made a few friends and chatted a bit, then I left for a few months because I think I got offended by something and was really bored by EC. So I came back that winter and got to know a lot of the regulars more, made my little mark on EC, became a sub mod and eventually a full mod in what feels like weeks, not years. Weird. So really EC has grown up with me through my late teens.

There is a weird attachment to the people here and I would miss just seeing whats going on with most of you if the site suddenly went down.
I guess mods have some sort of esteemed position (or they used to) and for me that carries over a little bit to real life, so for example a mod adding you on facebook back when i wasn't a mod was sort of sadly significant for me So I'd imagine it'd be weird if EC shut down because all of a sudden that significance would just disappear.
I've made friendships on here that I could see happening IRL too, despite me not posting as much right now. It'd be like losing a childhood friend.

But ultimately EC has shaped my character, showed me the kindness of a lot of people when I really needed to see it ( Jess & Co sending me that lovely letter and gifts <3), shown me the bad sides of people and shown me how much people are just full of bullshit.

For the most resounding point, I wouldn't be in the position I am today if it wasn't for EC. That's scary to me. I'd still be living with my parents, probably at uni, not very happy, I don't know what might have happened. But thanks to EC i've found someone I adore and I live with him and we have a the dream job and right now for late teens, the absolutely DREAM lifestyle.


edit: maybe one day i'll be able to write something long, coherent and concise... maybe...

[RoscoBenjamin]

Noctowl and her EC romance...BEAUTIFUL.

[Insane Pie]

EC is almost like a second family at times.

[Anne-Marie]

Spent 5 minutes trying to find the other thread we had a while back in order to quote my post from that one. Failed.

EC, for me, is an old habit. Sometimes I'll be gone for a while, but I always come back, usually out of boredom and general curiosity.

I don't really know the members as well as I could, considering the time I've been around, but I like to know what everyone's been up to and how they're doing. EC just never fails to amuse me, which is probably why I keep coming back. Well not coming back as much as never leaving since I haven't actually logged out in a year or so

I joined when I was 13, I think. Obviously I would have changed a lot in this time whether I had joined or not, but there definitely are things I've gotten from EC. Mainly my English skills

Too lazy to write more. I love you EC, never change.

[Insane Pie]

Spent 5 minutes trying to find the other thread we had a while back in order to quote my post from that one. Failed.

Was it this one?
http://www.emo-corne...es/page__st__12

[.:.Lish.:.]

Originally EC was a place where I could read some amazing poems of all sorts and became a place where I could randomly jump into a conversation on the shoutbox when I was the quite idiot and bit of a noob. Nowadays it's a place where I just come to chat with my friends from different parts of Australia and around the world and I must admit they're all pretty awesome friends to have (I love you guys from a friendship way so don't get freaked out).

[Anne-Marie]

Was it this one?
http://www.emo-corne...es/page__st__12

Was it that one? I seriously can't remember. I thought we had something else but then, why would have there been two at the same time? Maybe it was just that one.

[Insane Pie]

I think it was that one, this was the only other one: http://www.emo-corner.com/forums/topic/55100-what-was-your-first-time-on-ec/
I didn't seach past a year though, so maybe.

[Kane.]

Not my fault if this thread was made a year ago.. I mean, I was IP banned and all.

[Anne-Marie]

Ahh alright, it must have been that one then. Not that my post there was that much better

[finality]

Gotta say, I think Conviction/Sin was #1 troll. Anyone still in contact with that guy?



I don't really know what EC means to me now. It was a lot more significant to me a couple of years ago, but now I'm not really "close" to any of the members (maybe one or two). Now I just use the forum to waste time really, I don't feel inclined to post much. I'm not really emotionally attached to EC. It would definitely be nice if activity increased again though. So I'd have more moderating to do if anything!

[Steve]

EC is just a place to post and discuss things, really. I've met and am friends with a few members here, though I'd like to get to know some of you guys more. Usually I never really have proper discussion with many of you guys, it's just small talk and chit chat really. I haven't been hear nearly as long as most of the active posters on this forum, so it's a given I know you all less than you know each other. I still consider myself a new member, actually

[Nereus]

Not a whole hell of a lot. Mostly for when I'm bored, and as Toni said, I'll use EC to waste time. It used to mean a lot more, but many of the people I have gotten to know have either left or are too busy to post. Though EC has given me someone I absolutely adore, and we're in a relationship, and we're both really happy. She is hands down the best thing this place has ever given me.