Last day of the year, you guys...

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Did you have a good 2025? Is it closing out in style? Any great things happened? Or maybe it wasn't so good and you are just glad to see it go? There are no wrong answers here except those opposed to this place being renamed to "Waffleland", with me as its supreme leader -- those can suck it.

Personally, I think it was a good year. I made some progress in some areas that deeply needed it and managed to have good times with my family... Can't really complain!

What about you?

 

[Clippy]

I thought we agreed to renaming the place to Waffle House

 

[DunkeyKong]

It feels like it went too fast

 

[DragonMals]

I'm just going to post my reflection of this year that I posted elsewhere here:

 

[secreto7]

I'm not sure if I would call it a good year, I had a lot of ups and downs.
What I can highlight is that I met a lot of people here and on Discord, and I got to talk and engage with others much more than what I've been in years.
Didn't think I'd ever done all that and that I would last until 2026 on RGT.

 

[Luxfin]

An entire roller-coaster that I can say had a lots up and some very low downs. I can say that it was a really interesting year. (despite how freaking cursed and out of control in the back half).
I would say that I enjoyed my time and I really hope that 2026 would be better than what 2025 has brought. (For my sake and others as well.)

 

[TheMinuMaster]

2025 was a heavy year.
I lost things, I lost people, and at times I even lost parts of myself. It was a year of endurance, not victory. I learned more by taking hits than by celebrating — and that’s fine, because lessons that come easy rarely take root.

But I’m not here to talk only about what went wrong. Even in the worst experiences, something remains. In what I lost, I also gained: I gained knowledge, I gained clarity, and I grew wiser. I managed to start some personal projects, and in October I began taking part in this incredible forum, which became a steady ground in the middle of the chaos.

2025 may have been rock bottom. But when you reach the bottom, you learn something simple: from there on, the only direction left is up. It was a hard year — but a necessary one, meant to prepare me for what the rest of life still holds. And my instincts tell me that 2026 is waiting with real change ahead.

I leave this final line to all those still walking this world:
“Fight with the will to win. Fight with virtue. And if you fall, get back up — and punch fate straight in the face.”

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I thought we agreed to renaming the place to Waffle House

I'm not yet drunk enough to make a scene.

Respect the traditions, damn it ;D!

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

I'll probably beat Xenoblade 1 in 2026. I beat both Xenoblade 2 and Azure Striker Gunvolt in Summer 2025. Maybe when my Steam Deck's fixed, I can finally take a crack at all my new games + trying to beat Etrian Odyssey II on Basic. Yakuza 0 I can beat at any time, but then I'd miss out on the side quests. I think I left Persona 5 Strikers in that same position years ago. I really gotta finish everything in that game too. I think I'm also getting closer to the end of Neon White.

All while I will be woefully behind current trends, I'm never playing Expedition 33 at this point, not when I now have Persona 5 Royal, an Atelier game, 3 Wizardry games, Etrian Odyssey HD, all Blazblue games, Post Void, Wings of Vi, and a Superhot game. Also Ace Combat 7 but holy shit the gigabytes. Maybe when I find a way to actually play that, I'll go crazy.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I really had a good one! Not in a million years that I’d expand my online social circle as I did now. Probably the peak for me is that I ended up being a member of the Writers Guild. Me a guy who haven’t wrote anything in my whole life except for some book reports and essays. Now I’m terrorizing the forum with my yapping and some occasional cringe poetry at Cap’n @Zerpina ‘s profile.

Yup, there’s been some changes happened since I joined in last December. I met a lot people said goodbye to some, I witnessed a lot ups and downs. In exactly 11 hours from now (at least where I’m at) fireworks will light up that midnight another book is closed while another one will start to flip its pages.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I really had a good one! Not in a million years that I’d expand my online social circle as I did now. Probably the peak for me is that I ended up being a member of the Writers Guild. Me a guy who haven’t wrote anything in my whole life except for some book reports and essays. Now I’m terrorizing the forum with my yapping and some occasional cringe poetry at Cap’n @Zerpina ‘s profile.

Yup, there’s been some changes happened since I joined in last December. I met a lot people said goodbye to some, I witnessed a lot ups and downs. In exactly 11 hours from now (at least where I’m at) fireworks will light up that midnight another book is closed while another one will start to flip its pages.

Love that you are here, man.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

The years always seem like they go by too fast, where sometimes it may seem like you can't even stop to enjoy the moment since days tend of go by pretty fast.

 

[bjork]

I had the best one possible, but losing my dad is a thing that cut super deep and I still don't know when that will be 'ok.' There were bright spots during the year for sure, but that just casts such a huge shadow over everything, you know? It's weird to say 'it could have been worse' but I know that's true. Here's hoping 2026 is not!

 

[LiberoVulpesLiberoVulpes's icon]

Another year of going with the flow, always getting more knowledge and wisdom, people still bore me to no end, I have already achieved everything I wanted.

Haven't made any new friends, and will always feel like a drifter wherever I go, it isn't a bad thing as it is in my nature not to get attached.

So, another year to satiate my many whims, and to keep the eternal boredom in check.

 

[Dr.Kisaragi Dr.Kisaragi]

Is pretty good Year of gaming after my last year barely play any games (I had a problem two years that I too weak to play) but ever since I join RGT my passion was back and ready to conquer more games

Thanks you everyone on this site to bring my passion back from last year two games to finish this year I got more than ten finished games.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

I hear this song playing the whole day!

 

[Zerohour2k12]

I'd say overall it's a good year with a few health issues. Main thing is I'm still chugging along so it's a win I'll take. Hope you guys had a good one too!

 

[Retro Doomer]

Zhis Year was over to quickly for my taste.

It was a mostly bad year like most of em..but hey I managed to mod my ps3 this year so it was not all bad.

The next year is going to be even more terrible at least here in Germany with the usual causes of it.

I am worried for next year and I am wondering when the shit is going to boil over here in Germany.

Ah next year I am also turning 27 just a bit closer to my 30s with no Gf #ForeverAlone

 

[Boofytan]

I take self improvement seriously, so I reflect on things & make resolutions every 2-4 months. Not really fond of Nye tbh.

Spoiler: Your fortune is:

2026 will be your best year yet.

 

[Zerpina]

I thought we agreed to renaming the place to Waffle House

I thought we said we were going to go behind Waffle's back and call it IHOP, Clippy.

And yeah, it was a fairly good year, I would say.....

I got to know a lot of people. Like @Stingy Perry said, I met lots of awesome people and watched many of them go, as we all did. I had a few ups and downs, a couple of mental breakdowns... but that's par for the course for myself.

And dammit, I went almost the whole year without a warning. Ah well, C'est la vie, I suppose. But it's been a fun ride, and I'm glad to have met each and every person on the board. I've had loads of laughs and fun times, goofing off and being serious.

Also, like Stingy said, I didn't think my subpar writing skills would let me get into the Writers' Guild, though I don't write as much anymore. I just don't have the drive to do so at the moment.
But I digress. This was a great year really, and I'm looking forward to the next. If I don't see you tonight, be safe, have a great New Year's, and we'll do it all again next year

Same Bat time, Same Bat channel.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

And dammit, I went almost the whole year without a warning. Ah well, C'est la vie, I suppose. But it's been a fun ride, and I'm glad to have met each and every person on the board. I've had loads of laughs and fun times, goofing off and being serious.

You almost beat me on having a clean record. I got mine during the closing days of January. I got a DM(my first one and it’s about a violation)from Spike no less. I never thought that certain Parasite Eve art by Tetsuya Nomura would get into trouble.