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- Apr 22, 2017
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foreword: hi guys! I hope you remember benjy—he's a super cool dude who left BL in 2018. anyway, I've kept in contact with him on discord and he recently dm'd me this and asked me to post in on forums. it's a bit of a long read but it's worth it!
One Final Forums Message From Benjy:
Hey there, it’s me, BenjyPlayz, or now BenjiPlayzYT. I started playing on this server in 2017, and I still do today. I made a forums account awhile ago, also in 2017, but last year I decided to delete my entire history or connection from the community altogether.
Why did I delete my account? I deleted my account, if I’m honest, is because I didn’t want to be associated with a kid’s game anymore. It was 2018, where everyone was s♥♥♥ting on Minecraft, and I remember getting bullied at school for playing Minecraft. I had also written a lot of cringy posts on my profile, and I didn’t want to be in connection with BrokenLens ever after that. I was afraid someone at my school could find what I said as a 10 year old and completely ruin my experience at high school. I deleted a bunch of old Minecraft videos in shame for my “cringy” self. And to be fair, why would I want to associated with a bunch of kids who are either faking character traits to be “popular” with a garbage community? Why would I want to be apart of a community with those who just use the forums as a source of drama. I was tired of the bulls♥♥♥ and I opted out. And, do I regret me deleting my posts at all? No, after I left the community, I went on to become a lot more successful than a leech sucking onto a mobile game.
However, once the Minecraft Renaissance hit in 2019, I started missing the old community and I guess nostalgia really hit me, as I spent many days remembering the past memories I had. I realized that no matter what I could do, the sheer amount of time I spent with my friends would cause me to never forgot this server again. Sure, this community is dying, and the games are still buggy as ♥♥♥♥, but I still play BrokenLens today, because it is one of the best MCPE servers I’ve ever played. Eventually, I started playing BrokenLens once again, despite it being a shell of its former self, and I rebooted my YouTube channel again.
Although I’ll be playing BrokenLens, I won’t be returning to BrokenLens Forums ever again. This server is completely dead to be fair, considering that there are a ton or irrelevant posts in off topic everyday (seriously, go outside or some s♥♥♥). Also, this community is really full of kids, and although I don’t care, BrokenLens clearly caters to a younger audience than who I am. I’m busy with APs and s♥♥♥, so I don’t have time to stay online to like spam for no reason.
I think my final point here is that, I’m glad that I was apart of this community back then, because I had made so many good memories with my friends. And although most of them have forgotten me by now, I’m not surprised, I just wanted to post one final goodbye from the BrokenLens Forums. I feel like there’s only one thing incomplete from this journey I’ve had with the community, and that is to say goodbye to those I never said goodbye to after deleting my account.
So, from Benjy, Goodbye.
p.s. I’ve got a discord if you want to talk, BenjiPlayzYT#5279
One Final Forums Message From Benjy:
Hey there, it’s me, BenjyPlayz, or now BenjiPlayzYT. I started playing on this server in 2017, and I still do today. I made a forums account awhile ago, also in 2017, but last year I decided to delete my entire history or connection from the community altogether.
Why did I delete my account? I deleted my account, if I’m honest, is because I didn’t want to be associated with a kid’s game anymore. It was 2018, where everyone was s♥♥♥ting on Minecraft, and I remember getting bullied at school for playing Minecraft. I had also written a lot of cringy posts on my profile, and I didn’t want to be in connection with BrokenLens ever after that. I was afraid someone at my school could find what I said as a 10 year old and completely ruin my experience at high school. I deleted a bunch of old Minecraft videos in shame for my “cringy” self. And to be fair, why would I want to associated with a bunch of kids who are either faking character traits to be “popular” with a garbage community? Why would I want to be apart of a community with those who just use the forums as a source of drama. I was tired of the bulls♥♥♥ and I opted out. And, do I regret me deleting my posts at all? No, after I left the community, I went on to become a lot more successful than a leech sucking onto a mobile game.
However, once the Minecraft Renaissance hit in 2019, I started missing the old community and I guess nostalgia really hit me, as I spent many days remembering the past memories I had. I realized that no matter what I could do, the sheer amount of time I spent with my friends would cause me to never forgot this server again. Sure, this community is dying, and the games are still buggy as ♥♥♥♥, but I still play BrokenLens today, because it is one of the best MCPE servers I’ve ever played. Eventually, I started playing BrokenLens once again, despite it being a shell of its former self, and I rebooted my YouTube channel again.
Although I’ll be playing BrokenLens, I won’t be returning to BrokenLens Forums ever again. This server is completely dead to be fair, considering that there are a ton or irrelevant posts in off topic everyday (seriously, go outside or some s♥♥♥). Also, this community is really full of kids, and although I don’t care, BrokenLens clearly caters to a younger audience than who I am. I’m busy with APs and s♥♥♥, so I don’t have time to stay online to like spam for no reason.
I think my final point here is that, I’m glad that I was apart of this community back then, because I had made so many good memories with my friends. And although most of them have forgotten me by now, I’m not surprised, I just wanted to post one final goodbye from the BrokenLens Forums. I feel like there’s only one thing incomplete from this journey I’ve had with the community, and that is to say goodbye to those I never said goodbye to after deleting my account.
So, from Benjy, Goodbye.
p.s. I’ve got a discord if you want to talk, BenjiPlayzYT#5279
