[Lucid:]

Zombie, I remember you from closed beta, and I'd love to chat with you. :3

I was the 58th registered member of Trisphe with one e, so I was forced into the community pretty early. I've had lots of trouble fitting in to other sites, so at first I just lurked around. once I felt like I knew other people, though, I started posting and people came to know me. [/creeper]
once I did start posting, I felt like I fit in decently well.

I can see how everyone-knows-everyone can be intimidating to jump into, but it also then becomes easier to eventually be one of the people who knows everyone.

I think the atmosphere is definitely different. in closed beta, I knew everyone who posted. I read every single post in every single thread ever, because it was that small that I had the time to do it.
now, there are plenty of people I don't know and maybe have never even seen before, and sometimes that's intimidating even for me. there's times where I feel really overwhelmed and will mostly lurk around instead of posting and getting to know people like I should. ^.^;;