Pretty good, I'd say. Got into a good group of people, made some good pals, some good memes. To be honest if I had not met these people I don't think I would've stuck around for very long. So many people I talked with or just simply knew before were gone, some people just do not recognize me, some people I don't recognize either that maybe I should. Also I've missed a lot of events and new lore so over all it was just kinda difficult to get back involved but it feels good to be back. I miss having more people know me and knowing more people but ehhhhhh, whatever.
I feel like I've sorta made up my own creation myth to where my username came from but I am certain where the duck part comes from. I'mma give you a bit extra for your answer but I'll get to it. I was 8 years old (I think) and I was making an account for Runescape because my sister and her boyfriend would play and I thought it was cool. I didn't know what to make my username so I thought of my favorite animal, which at the time happened to be a duck, my first name starts with a D so I threw that in there too for a bit of flavor and... boom, duckd8
It's duck-d-8 not duck-d8, I do not date ducks.
Tl;Dr When I was midget child duck and made up my first username I liked ducks so I made it duck with a bit of extra thrown in the bowl.
I will definitely say I'm an oldie, I can feel it in my bones. There has been no such thing that says any one duck is better than another. Back in my day I used to be the only duck anyhow and we liked it that way!
Yeahhhhhhhhh...
In all seriousness I haven't been around for all of the 5 years. I've taken a couple long hiatuses, the most recent one I had returned from like 2-3 months ago, as Ski refers to in his question.
Besides Edric is basically a human in a high elf body that lives with and associates with orcs. Actual human RP spooks me deep down inside to think about.
Missed you Jack
Satan offers better heath benefits but my heart really is here.
In all actuality it's not terrible. I'm not on too too often but it's a fun time when I do.
Fun story. Galendar and I would talk years ago in Skype calls and his little brother would go to him just so he could hear me quack for him over Skype.
Quack
I've always just kinda tacked on the doctor to any name I'd be using online, dunno why I started that.. My original username is duckd8 so everyone would call me Ducky and I just popped 'em both together. I'm working on my education towards become a teacher, no real interest in the medical field.
Who knows, why not another 5 years? Honestly I am not sure how long I'll be around but I don't see myself leaving anytime soon either.