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TWIZ · 11-15-2017

I downloaded Classic a few months after it was released. I remember several months later when my friends told me about Era as soon as it was released and I was so confused when everyone was asking "do u have era?" I didn't know what the hell that meant and I was so frustrated! Then someone explained what servers were so I went to the grocery store, purchased a $25 itunes gift card, and downloaded iEra on my second generation iPod touch a couple days after it was released. I bought nearly every single item there was to buy using Gralat packs, including that ugly dragon skinned ferrari. I was a legend.

About 4 days after the release I noticed that a girl named Homeless Witch was gaining hours at the hospitals. She had about 100 hours at the time which meant that she pretty much stayed online since it was released, and I complimented her and asked how she got so many hours but she was pretty rude about it.

Around March of 2011 I met this guy named Vince*. He was translucent with a head and body that I have not seen before. "Customs" were a foreign concept (in fact, they weren't even a concept really) at the time, so I asked which shop he got those from. He's like "nah, I made my own custom head and body on my computer, lowered the opacity, and sent it to the staff to see if I could pay for them to upload it and they said yes." I was curious so I found a head template and started changing the colors on paint. It took a few tries but I finally emailed the file to staff and they said no. I was disappointed. I started spreading the word that someone had made a custom head and body and thus, the term "custom" became a thing in the community. One month or so later, they released the website for custom head and body uploads on era.

Fast forward another month, I got the Graal Client, downloaded every single head and body file I could find, and started a website called twizgraal.webs.com. I allowed people to create accounts on my website, download their own edits and customs, and pretty soon I had about 3000 different customs, recolors, and edits all free to the taking. The site got popular on Era and caused a whole community of players who had customs to come together into one place. I also offered shield codes, status codes, tips and tricks, and whole lot of other ****. The players loved it and I finally achieved the fame that I strived for since I started playing.

I started to submit applications for the graphics department. I never did hear a response back but they decided to make a shop with only my hats that stayed up for a couple months, so kudos to those of you who still have any of my hats. The shop displayed my NPC with my iconic head with the purple/yellow hair and red face mask.

Before identification was a thing you had to email the player relations department to get an account transferred to a different device by sending your Graal ID. They screwed up my transfer around mid to late 2012 and my account was gone forever. They wouldn't respond to my complaints. I had nearly every weapon and rare item at the time so I was pretty pissed off about it.

That being said, I lost motivation on Graal. I left for about 6 months, came back, and discovered that a new website with a more aesthetic vibe to it was created by another person that was nearly identical to mine. It was called GraalDepot and offered the same content. That explained the decline in activity on twizgraal since I left. I was mad for a while that my idea was taken but got over it pretty quick. Not too long after that happened I started a new career on Zone and somehow acquired the legendary blue streamer when trading was introduced, and I still have it. I was hired to the graphics team and realized how s***ty the Graal management system was so I quit my position and stopped playing.

Those are the highlights of my Graal story.

Also I haven't changed my name since 2010. It was twizzler-1 for a week after I downloaded Classic and I changed it to TWIZ after my friend, Sic, gave me that nickname. Sic played era with me for a few weeks after the release but he's long gone now.

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TWIZ Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: fighting alt-right Posts: 2,570	I downloaded Classic a few months after it was released. I remember several months later when my friends told me about Era as soon as it was released and I was so confused when everyone was asking "do u have era?" I didn't know what the hell that meant and I was so frustrated! Then someone explained what servers were so I went to the grocery store, purchased a $25 itunes gift card, and downloaded iEra on my second generation iPod touch a couple days after it was released. I bought nearly every single item there was to buy using Gralat packs, including that ugly dragon skinned ferrari. I was a legend. About 4 days after the release I noticed that a girl named Homeless Witch was gaining hours at the hospitals. She had about 100 hours at the time which meant that she pretty much stayed online since it was released, and I complimented her and asked how she got so many hours but she was pretty rude about it. Around March of 2011 I met this guy named Vince. He was translucent with a head and body that I have not seen before. "Customs" were a foreign concept (in fact, they weren't even a concept really) at the time, so I asked which shop he got those from. He's like "nah, I made my own custom head and body on my computer, lowered the opacity, and sent it to the staff to see if I could pay for them to upload it and they said yes." I was curious so I found a head template and started changing the colors on paint. It took a few tries but I finally emailed the file to staff and they said no. I was disappointed. I started spreading the word that someone had made a custom head and body and thus, the term "custom" became a thing in the community. One month or so later, they released the website for custom head and body uploads on era. Fast forward another month, I got the Graal Client, downloaded every single head and body file I could find, and started a website called twizgraal.webs.com. I allowed people to create accounts on my website, download their own edits and customs, and pretty soon I had about 3000 different customs, recolors, and edits all free to the taking. The site got popular on Era and caused a whole community of players who had customs to come together into one place. I also offered shield codes, status codes, tips and tricks, and whole lot of other *. The players loved it and I finally achieved the fame that I strived for since I started playing. I started to submit applications for the graphics department. I never did hear a response back but they decided to make a shop with only my hats that stayed up for a couple months, so kudos to those of you who still have any of my hats. The shop displayed my NPC with my iconic head with the purple/yellow hair and red face mask. Before identification was a thing you had to email the player relations department to get an account transferred to a different device by sending your Graal ID. They screwed up my transfer around mid to late 2012 and my account was gone forever. They wouldn't respond to my complaints. I had nearly every weapon and rare item at the time so I was pretty pissed off about it. That being said, I lost motivation on Graal. I left for about 6 months, came back, and discovered that a new website with a more aesthetic vibe to it was created by another person that was nearly identical to mine. It was called GraalDepot and offered the same content. That explained the decline in activity on twizgraal since I left. I was mad for a while that my idea was taken but got over it pretty quick. Not too long after that happened I started a new career on Zone and somehow acquired the legendary blue streamer when trading was introduced, and I still have it. I was hired to the graphics team and realized how s*ty the Graal management system was so I quit my position and stopped playing. Those are the highlights of my Graal story. Also I haven't changed my name since 2010. It was twizzler-1 for a week after I downloaded Classic and I changed it to TWIZ after my friend, Sic, gave me that nickname. Sic played era with me for a few weeks after the release but he's long gone now.