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The Dawn Journey


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Several months ago the staff on MLPF had an idea to create a series of blogs introducing ourselves. At the time, I was reasonably busy and off in my own world so I completely missed my chance. Id like to rectify that now by telling you a bit about myself and my journey here to this forum.

 


Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Matthew. Im a 19 year old game development student living in Brisbane, Australia. I was born in the city of Townsville to a single mother and spent the first 17 years of my life in a small town called Ayr. In my youth I participated in a variety of activities such a soccer, hockey, tennis, cricket and scouts. I was a pretty active kid until the internet and gaming took over my life.

 

Towards the end of school (2011) I found an online community centered around my all time favourite game Halo. Obviously since it was aligned with my interests, I signed up. It was here that I met one of my best friends who ended up introducing me to My Little Pony. After becoming hooked on the show I began looking for a forum where I could discuss the show with like minded people. Considering MLP Forums was the first result on google, I decided to create an account on the 7th of March. (Warning, I was somewhat different in how I presented myself back then.)

 

A month after joining the site I was offered a position on staff. I was to join the team over-watching the new Q&A section alongside former staff members Marcato and Marco. For me this was a relatively new experience but I was happy to be of some assistance to the members of MLP Forums. For the next several months I worked away answering various questions about issues users were having on the site.

 

During this period of my life on the forum I was involved in a number of projects such as the first iteration of the Equestrian World Roleplay and the original Poni Arcade project. I also had a hand in singing for a fundraiser to bring Feld0 and Poniverse to Bronycon. (See image below for a graphical representation)

 

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Sadly though, this wasn't to continue for much longer since I had signed up for service in the Australian Army. After graduation (November 2012) I took an extended leave from forum staff and went off to basic. It was a wild ride of both hellish and unforgettable moments, making some amazing friends and experiencing something that most people don't. After a leave of 3-4 months, I returned to staff and my original duties on the Q&A team, however towards the end of my first year in the military I badly injured my hip on a training exercise and was medically discharged.

 

This ended my military "career" and lead me to working "full time" on the forum. (Basically I was on the computer all day)

 

During this period of my time on the forum staff I founded the initial iteration of the Poniverse Newsletter, even obtaining an interview from Peter New (VA for Big Mac). It was honestly an exciting moment for me. For the next several months I continued my work on Q&A until Artemis offered me a moderator position. I accepted and thus began my current stint as a moderator on MLPF.

 

Its been over 2 years since I joined staff on MLP Forums and Im not looking back. I started my university course on game design and continued working on this forum as a moderator. I've loved my time here and I don't seen an end to that any time soon. Hopefully this gives you an idea of who I am as a person and not just a purple name at the bottom of the front page. If you have anything you want to ask me, feel free to comment below and I'll answer.

 

Love you all, Dawn~

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