#textop

10 years of internet presence…what a ridiculous milestone. A lot has happened over these last 10 years, highs and lows, that makes this story truly special.

It all begins with a backstory. For most of my life I have been looking through the internet on the outside, ever since I first got in touch with the internet in 2008. While I did a couple of edits on Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki on Fandom, they were mostly anonymous and while I had a couple of account in my early years, I've mostly forgotten them and many either limped or faded from history.

One day however, my brother had created me an email to use for something, and it motivated me to explore my favorite sites. At exactly 2:56 PM, my internet presence began on the Super Mario Wiki, under the alias MarioProject23.

MarioProject23 was certainly a weird name to chose to begin this journey, but over the years I would inherit certain names of notority: The Zombie Bros., Pinkie Pie, Creeperfan, The Koopa Bros. (or TKB/Koops), Sans, SansUT__, Scorbunny, and finally PanchamBro (or Pancham). These names are a part of the history that I grew over the last 10 years, and while some of these names were embarrassing to use (like Pinkie Pie), I don't regret identifying under these alias.

Throughout my time on the internet, I had experienced the ups and downs of internet life. I celebrated my one year anniversary on Super Mario Wiki…only 2 days later I was permanently banned from the site. I constantly found myself in trouble with users online that left me blocked or banned, even sometimes ridiculed. A serious political event in 2016 caused me to be disillusioned within one particular fan community. I witnessed or participated in drama from a multitude of communities, each with their own problems. I even encountered people from the dark side of the internet. And yet despite all of these problems, I persisted.

From the communities that I joined and have embraced with open arms, to the friends I made along the way. LeftyGreenMario, thehomsguy, Kadziet, juggalombre, TheROFL98, Textop, Panwaffle36, PizzaWolf20, UltraMario, gwmthing, Rocket-Bot, SuperHamster, TreeckoBro, Minuy600, @blizzblu, @bro3256, and more. They have guided me through the worst parts of the internet, and though I have left some communities and some friends have come and go, I have stayed with the communities I want to be a part of, and my friends have stuck around me. And I couldn't be more grateful than that.

It's also reflective in the kinda of art I produce. From a rusty artist with little to no art knowledge, to a fairly decent artist. I'm still far away from reaching professional grade, but I think with how much I've come by, It's nice to know that my art has finally shed its wings and taken to the skies.

And though there were setbacks, I couldn't stop my love for wiki editing. From Logopedia to the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Wiki, to SmashWiki to XTale Wiki, and finally to Nookipedia, my most edited wiki of them all. Though I have been promoted as staff, my interest is to curate the best wiki for Animal Crossing. And I'm grateful for the work I put into Nookipedia as the other contributors of the site, Soleil (HylianAngel), Chubby Bub, AlexBot2004, SuperHamster, and more. If art is my passion, wiki editing is my spirit.

I could go on, but I think it's fair to stop, knowing how much history I have made on the internet.

To these ten years that I've overcome, I thank you for all the experiences of a lifetime. And I cannot wait for the next ten.

Credit to the following OCs featured in this post (in order):

LeftyGreenMario (as themselves)

Textop (as themselves)

Blackberry (from MPC07)

Sona (from Minuy600 on Mastodon)

Roo (from @bro3256)

Skweeb (from @summmeister)

Aeron (from @blizzblu)

@tikara (as themselves)

SuperHamster (from Kevin Payravi)

TreeckoBro (as themselves)

@juggalombre-art (as themselves)