Recent reviews by Vaydda

This is a tough article to write for me. Back in 2017 during the holiday season, I discovered VrChat for the first time. The me I was in 2017 was a very secluded, flawed and tortured person. I wasn't able to see myself, like really see myself. I delved into VrChat, wondering if I could meet people and make new friends like all of us did. The concept of what VrChat is today was never on our minds as we put on our 10k poly avatars and dived headfirst into a new world.

We discovered, sang, got drunk, loved and even cried. We let our fears known and our dreams we put on paper and then into blender and unity and made them a reality; a virtual reality. We saw this game for what it was, it was a platform where you can truly be who you were on the inside without being scared; without being judged or mocked. You were embraced by a community who knew you had flaws because they could see themselves and their flaws in you. And that's what made it perfect. We came together and we made this game an idolization of all of us as a whole.

We began to implement VrChat into our daily motions in life, meeting up with friends after work to socialize and drink a bit. We explored the creative side and made worlds and new content that other people could experience. We made so many versions of people and things you could be, because some people are alike, but to find something that perfectly fits who you are is hard. We did this rinse and repeat over and over for a time and the community grew. People started using their efforts to try and make the game better for themselves and their friends by developing modding systems that expanded our experience. The team at VrChat was humble and small, but they worked hard for the updates they released and our modders were there alongside them helping them along while at the same time getting shunned by the dev team because what they made for the game was not core to it.

I'm not going to lie, I've experienced pure joy, sadness, love, hate, and depression more in VrChat than I probably would have in the actual world. With being in Vr, people are more themselves, so the wall that separates us socially in the real world is very thin and tangible. I have gained friends and have lost friends inside VrChat. I have seen people bullied to the point where they leave the world and go somewhere else, but what I also see is the community fight back hard against that behavior, more than they would in the real world. We, for the longest time, have been holding on to our cherished VrChat, because it has given us things nothing else in this world has given; connection, bonds, memories, times where you stayed up an extra 8 hours to perfect the subtle mess-ups on an avatar you just made. We love this world that the Dev team originally gave to us. We took it from their giving hands and we made something beautiful.

When VrChat released the Subscription update, I supported them despite some things I was against that they released because I wanted them to know my gratitude for what they gave me. I have kept that subscription since then because I want so badly to hold true to my belief that VrChat can still BE something. That time is running out quick. Recent updates have made it very clear that the direction that TEAM VrChat is going is very different than where we thought it was years ago. We thought that donations and subscriptions would be enough for them to keep continuing their good works. I'm reluctant to say that I still have my subscription to VrChat to this day not because I want to support them but because it lets me save a few more avatars due to the recent EAC update. I typed that last sentence very slow, because it hurts to feel this way about something I care about a lot.

I am striving to become a VR Tech Engineer and develop new VR technology to give back to the world what was given to me in 2017. This game inspired my path in life because I see the potential. I have literally lived that potential inside VrChat. This part of my article is for the VrChat Team. All of you, you mean a lot to me because you gave me the tools to become the person I am today. I say this with a VERY open heart, "We are a community. I say we because you are in that community with us. Please, put the feelings of the community first before anything; before anyone. If not we aren't a community, were just a group of people taking advantage of one another."

At the time of typing this, I've spent around 6,000 hours in VrChat and I have seen everything and experienced everything you can. I still believe in the community. I still believe in you VrChat Team, because you helped me believe in myself. Don't take our feelings for granted, let us know you hear us; the community who believes in you and hopes more than anything that you believe in us.

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