Mayor West said:
So basically the biggest attention seeker in bluemoon history has outed himself to get as much attention as possible.
I don't think this is a fair thing to say.
If I'd wanted the attention as much as you seem to think I do, I would have made a thread as soon as I hit 100 posts declaring my return. Or better still, created a name that was so obviously linked to my previous account that you'd have to be a little dense not to notice. Or even better than that, I could have made every post a hint that it was me. I didn't want the attention because I knew that the only attention I'd receive would be negative and, as you've seen in this thread, pretty mean.
But I came back and posted like a normal user because I just wanted to see whether I enjoyed being on here. As it turns out, I moved back into the habit of discussing things like usual (albeit less often and a lot calmer than usual), just biding my time and hoping people would simply find out slowly, say what they needed to say about me, and got on with their lives on here.
That was until this thread was started. My age shouldn't be used as a defence for how I behaved when I left the forum - I was stupid to act the way I did and I've always regretted the grief I caused Ric and the other users - but even months after I left there were still people insistent on insulting me, even when I couldn't defend myself. I thought that was quite unfair, quite like your post was too.
So instead of hiding under a new alias while my name was being dragged through the mud, I decided to reveal myself and save a lot of peoples' breath: if I'd revealed myself at 1,000 posts, 10,000 posts, whatever, there would have been this thread and another thread dedicated to how much of a twat I was, or how much of an attention seeker I am. I apologise if you feel as though I've revealed myself to get the attention you believe I crave, but I'd like to think I don't work that way anymore.
I ruined my reputation with a lot of people on this forum when I left. Great people that I've met in real life and had some fantastic fun with, only to come on here and argue the toss with them about things that don't matter. SWP's back, Skashion, De Niro and even squirtyflower, they were the ones slamming the door behind me when I left, and I just felt like a fool.
So when the cup final came around I decided that it would be a great time to rejoin the discussion boards and have some fun again, to see if anything had changed. Sure, there are still some posts I see on here that open my eyes wide by themselves, but I can just ignore them and not get angry. Hopefully that way I can repair quite a lot of the relationships I ruined when I left.
I am sorry if you feel that I'm seeking attention here - given my previous behaviour I'm not surprised that this is your way of thinking - but all I can say is that my intentions are honest and I'm just here to get on with people from now on.