You guys, it's been one long ride, and it began really rocky...I remember that Ryu and I hated each other with a flaming passion...and then I joined the SCC and made a website for it, which caused Ryu to hate me more, because it was his club. After we constantly fought and Wave hated it more and more, ShadowChao joined, and I'd say that the tension fell because from there we all became friends, and as time went on and a new beacon for the website came we stayed friends again...

Until the day that all of my friends joined, then I was unfair, and always blamed you guys for my friends being complete idiots...It was never your fault, you were just defending yourself. We all fell apart...I left and didn't come back for months...for the second time. It was unfair of me and I apologize, because you are definitely some of my closest friends on here.

Then I began to develop my website, we came closer, as this was really our only means for contact anymore, none of you left me, you visited this website and you came and at least said hi and then would leave. You're all very great and I'm surprised you actually stuck with me all that time...stuck with the website I alienated you from so many times.

In the end all I want to let you guys know is that you're the reason that the D-Pad Lounge stands today, had it not been for you guys then it wouldn't have started, and I wouldn't have found some of the most caring, forgiving, and maturing people I could have known. Thank you all so much, as I am sitting here typing this and (again) my eyes are tearing up from the memories that we all shared and are going to miss as we go on in our lives and as the D-Pad Lounge is the new forum that we will stay at...

I love you guys like you're part of my family, because I'd say that we really have become a family after all we've been through, and I wanted to let you guys know that whatever happens I will never forget any of you and won't forget that you're some of the best people I've ever known, whether it comes to comedy, willingness to forgive, or just in general nice people...you're the best that I've known.

I'll miss this place so much...but it has to go...however, its presence doesn't, that's why on the D-Pad Lounge Forums there will be a secret place that only WE can see, don't tell anyone about it, I'm going to put Ryu, ShadowChao, and Ballsta in there, all you guys. That way, we can have the original four in there and can keep the memory of the SCC alive always!

Sincerely, ViciousJ