1 Year (and a bit) of Blogging – 12 months of this drivel

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I’ve spent 12 months (and a couple of weeks, I didn’t keep track well enough) writing about games.  12 months (and a bit).  52 weeks (and a bit).  365 days (and a…I’ll stop).  I wasn’t sure I’d spend a single month doing this, but I’ve enjoyed it and found a lovely community of like minded people to share my tripe with.  And some of you read it.  And some of you even seem to enjoy it!  Madness!

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Balloons. For celebrating. Which is what I’m doing!

In that time I have:

  • Posted 57 blogs.
  • Had 3500(ish) people read this rubbish, which will seem like loads to some and next to nothing to others.
  • Had 185 (or so) people follow this nonsense.  Thank you to you all for your charity!
  • Received 475(ish) comments on this crap (excluding my responses), with The Shameful Narcissist, Vahrkalla, Defy The Majority, Lightning Ellen and Athena being the main culprits!
  • Been signed up to write for Big Boss Battle who are lovely and write lots of lovely words!  You should read them too!
  • Completed a 24-hour charity gaming marathon raising nearly £300 (thank you to everyone who contributed either money, time, or even just attention).
  • And other things that aren’t blogging related.  Like work stuff.  And family things.
  • And it all started with this poorly written tosh: Rainbow Six: Siege.
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Mission Successful is right, screenshot!

This is shorter than most of my posts, but thank you to anyone who has spent even 5 minutes looking at this random collection of words at any point in the past year.  Knowing that even one person has read it is a lovely feeling, and you should all know that I fully intend to keep on writing combinations of words for your eyeholes to absorb.  Sorry about that!

The Surge
Expect a post on this at some point this year. Dark Souls with robots?! Sign me up!

And to you fine people, keep on writing too!  I love reading what you have to say and I want to carry on reading!  Enjoy what you’re doing, because I enjoy it too.  Here’s to another 12 months (or so).

34 thoughts on “1 Year (and a bit) of Blogging – 12 months of this drivel”

    1. I think it was more to do with getting fed up of going from game to game. I felt that I’d get more out of the experiences by writing about them after than just playing yet another game. I think it’s helped with that. Thank you for reading and commenting 🙂

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      1. It’s a nice way to help video games feel a bit more productive – and to make them a little more social, too. Have you become more confident in your writing since you started?

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  3. Congrats on one year of blogging! And I am happy to be among one of your main culprits when it comes to commenting! 😉 I love your blog and can’t wait to see what you write about next! Keep up the great work!

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  8. Happy anniversary! Good luck in the coming year and looking forward as always to reading your (in your words) “rubbish,” “nonsense,” and “crap” lol 🙂 Great work!

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  9. Congrats on your first year! I really enjoy reading and commenting on your awesome posts. It’s going to take a lot to get rid of me *evil laugh*

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  10. Mwahaha, I never shut up! It seems I’m the culprit on many a blog. I’ve enjoyed your tripe, which is funny to say as I absolutely hate it as a dish (yuck!). People keep posting about their anniversaries. I wonder when the heck I starting filling the blogosphere with my own nonsense :p

    Congrats on reaching a year (or so).

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      3. Real wisdom there. I heard this yesterday and I’ve been chewing on it: “you may not be the smartest person in the room but you can be the hardest working.” That makes me want to try harder daily.

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