in a month, it will have been four years since i began my scratch journey. to think that back in 2019 i was having the time of my life was unbelievable, but then again covid kinda shut down the idea of having fun. anyways, it will have been four years. which sounds crazy to me. i can't imagine four years ago i made an account on some stupid website i found because of splatoon and then it become such a big part of my childhood. i digress. you're here to hear whats happened in the year and four months that i posted my last post. so time for a 'lil q&a session q: so did I ever end up trying to monetize making games and skripts? a: no. funnily enough, while it was on my to-do list after formally leaving this side of the internet, I never got around to it. I'm still well equipped to go and do it if I wanted to, but it wouldn't make as much money to put myself stably in any community. q: what have you been doing since? a: living life. I've been to hawaii, seen the great smokey mountains, joined more sports, played more instruments. i became more human. i lost a ton of weight and now I regularly hit the gym (and it shows!) q: do you ever plan on returning? a: short answer: no long answer: no, but, I would if scratch can fix their algorithm. as of now, all the good old scratchers (like derpanimation or wazzotv) don't post anymore. and, to be honest, we all grew up. some got jobs, and others got families, but we all still have this website as a small inkling in the back of our heads. if someone were to ask me "whats the one thing that could bring you back to scratch" i would say the old community + website traction, or for there to finally be an algorithm. back in 2019, you would have to know the curator to have your project on the front page. and even still, they only had five project a day. final q: what is you least favorite thing about moving on from scratch? a: everything about it. the innocence of the kids on this website paired with their sheer creativity makes me long for a time where i could dream of such things. when i was younger i commented. and i mean, a lot. every single post i saw, a lot. and now its all lost to dust. and these kids don't know that. they're just living their best lives. what was ugandan knuckles to us is now among us to them. i miss being young, at the end of the day.
most likely, i won't make another project like this along these lines. which means i will most likely not make another project (i know i said that last time shut up). in reality, I just miss the people on here and these posts are like flares in the sea to see if I can get one last goodbye with them. so thank you, and goodnight.
