I have found the SHL community to be a positive influence on my life. By far, not in terms of truly influencing my life - I haven't bought any merch yet - but in terms of a positive mental experience. The SHL and its community has been a welcome reprieve from the din of anti-vaccine, racist, homophobic voices I hear of late. The people on this site are nothing short of incredible and, short of @-ing everyone on the site, I'll mention a few people who've made this a great place to be.

It all starts when I first joined up. Kelly Rivet was my first player. JR created near me and he was the first person to message me on the site. Then I was drafted. Crutch in St. Louis made me feel so welcomed. They also introduced me to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (and I've played it literally every day since).

From St. Louis and Crutchfield, I was passed onto Portland and the Admirals where JP made me feel just as comfortable as Crutch had. I don't think I've laughed harder than when JP and Dankoa are making jokes. Then, Portland was turned over to Wally and I really enjoyed the locker room atmosphere of those days. Peeps like Tweedle, Bluesfan, Hazard were great personalities and I'm glad to see some of them are still on here.

And now I'm on my third player and I'm so happy to have met Jearim and Jaywhy and Sam and Thun from the Battleborn (and everyone else!). Also on Baltimore I've met a lot of awesome people - and wouldn't ya know it, JR - the first guy to message me - is on the squad.

Shoutouts to Mastersheep and the crew in Baltimore! Y'all beautiful.