Before I found Lava Survival, I was just an average 9-10 year old. I had the maturity of a 10 year old. My sense of humour was not funny. My typing was terrible. I had p, quite literally, one friend who I played with at school. I had other friends, but I only talked to them for about a few minutes, and some of them even tried to avoid me. I was not fun.
On March 4th 2011, I discovered lava. It was so much fun! I played for a little while and logged off. I got active for a little while and when I got builder (from other people's donations, it took like a month for me to rank up xD), I took a huuuuge break from lava. I didn't think it was my home so much, just a fun place to stay.
In August-September, I remembered the server, so I decided to check it out again. Boy, it was fun! I stayed and met many people, and what surprised me the most is that I made friends with them! This was all awesome for me. Now, I started to aim for trusted, like my other friends. I started to fix my typing. I started to become weird, I didn't start to become mature though. I started to backseat op and get told off for it, and my app got denied. All my other friends were ready for it, though--and they were amazing staff members!
I took a break from lava, and then one day, I remembered it and returned to it. I grew more mature, watching other players and staff joke around and have fun. I started to join in! This started my sense of humor, I started being weird, I started being fun! I was having a lot of fun! Lava started feeling like my second home, where I have all these friends, and they all like me. I applied for trusted and got accepted, promoted to op, get stressed out, resigned, applied, promoted, promoted, and lava was truly joyful for me; I loved making other people laugh and myself laugh, and it was so much fun to staff, as I could actually help players! And then I got promoted to where I am now. When I got promoted, I started talking to sploorky more, and map editing with him was fun.
Lava is like my home. I love it so much. And though I knew this was coming, I never truly believed it would end. But, nothing stays forever, and all of the best rides must come to a stop, all of the best amusement parks must finally close. And lava has lasted so much longer then he other classic servers, and has seen numerous servers open and shut down. But while it was here, I had so much fun. I learned what I liked to do, I made a ton of new friends and my current best friend who, though we live countries apart, we Skype everyday. I made a lot of friends, and I had a lot of fun. Don't be sad because an experience ended; be happy that it happened.
And after all that, I just wanted to say, thank you, all the previous and current lava staff. Every time you joined and leaved it changed me slightly, and I have so much good memories with you all. You all changed lava, at least slightly. You all helped lava. You all helped me. You all helped me and lava grow, from a sprout to a tree. Thank you. Thank you so much. It's is amazing.
After lava is gone, what will I do? I don't know! But I know I will continue having fun and making good memories with you guys, that's for sure. I'll have to find a new server, but there will never be one like lava.
Thank you. Don't be sad because and experience is over, be happy that it happened.
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