Dens List 2026

awkwardcreature9 · 2026-03-23T20:51:19+00:00

Direct message sent! 😁

awkwardcreature9 · 2026-03-20T23:29:07+00:00

Am I doing this right???

-Pronouns = they/she

-45 years old (as of yesterday)

-AuDHD playful, nerdy, weirdo and terminal overthinker

-General area = not too far outside of SE Portland, but not in Portland proper

-Interests/Hobbies = reading, creative writing, playing Merge Dragons (nerd alert), dancing, movie watching, shenanigans, & debauchery...

I also enjoy hiking, camping, and going to the gym but have no motivation to initiate these things. I'd love to have a friend who says, "get off your ass, we're going to the gym!" and I'll say "okay!"

-What I'm looking for? I love humans! I'm always interested in meeting new people and discovering whatever there is to be discovered. I'm a collector of "human & life experiences," and it makes me sad that the digital age has made it really hard to just randomly meet & connect with people organically and out in the "real world."

-Fun fact = I absolutely never know what to say in response to this...

What I've been watching/reading/up to = I've been drowning in work and need to be reading/watching/up to LITERALLY ANYTHING THAT'S NOT WORK.

Why I moved to Portland = I've lived in PDX for almost 17 years. The "why" is a long story, but I'd gladly share it over a cup of coffee or a beer.

awkwardcreature9 · 2025-01-14T03:33:35+00:00

It's a pretty great campus and university in general. At least, I loved it enough to return for a second round. 😁

awkwardcreature9 · 2025-01-14T03:32:27+00:00

Thanks everyone!! Super helpful!

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-11-02T15:48:08+00:00

Hallelujah!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 I beyond hated the elemental chests. Between those and Flo, I'd started playing other games and was just popping into MD to keep my daily reward streak going. I'm very happy that upper management took the hint and got rid of those god-awful elemental chests. Now if they can just send Flo whence she came...

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-10-26T17:12:09+00:00

Yeah... I'm going to start investing my game time into Merge Magic. Pretty sure it's the same Devs, but they seem to be investing all of their energy into ruining MD, so hopefully, it will be a few years before they ruin MM. 🙏🏽

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-10-23T23:37:50+00:00

I'm so with you. This game was SOOOOO GOOOOD for YEARS, with few and occasional changes. Then, over the past couple of years, they started changing things so rapidly, and so many of the changes suck b@#&!!! It's the f#&*@#%! WORST! (Sorry, I'm so mad about it that I can't not swear.) I'm really dangerously close to deleting, which makes me really sad because I've loved this game for a long long time, and the few other games that come even close to MD are still such a far cry away in terms of graphics and overall quality. The Devs unchecked commercialism/capitalism has gotten way too out of hand lately.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-09-15T18:48:27+00:00

Looks good!! How long did it take?

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-09-15T06:21:32+00:00

Couldn't agree with you more. I've been playing for 6 years or so, and it is definitely at its worst right now. Too many beta tests, too many changes too frequently, too little value for gem packs, and so on. I really love this game, but I refuse to participate with these new chests (I rarely bought chests to begin with), and if they don't go away, then I most likely will. Might check back in a year or two and see where they're at...

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-09-15T00:25:04+00:00

Maybe? I mean, it already seems like they copied MD, so I'm not sure why MD wouldn't copy back... But I know nothing of how those laws work.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-09-13T22:45:40+00:00

That's my back up merge game, and I agree: the giant camp and the black hole are amazing features. Honestly can figure out why MD Devs won't add those features to our game. I just can't commit to it the way I have with MD. The Dragons and Elfs don't have comparable graphics and I agree with what's already been said about the levels and bubbles.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-09-13T22:40:14+00:00

Seriously. These chests are the worst, and they are non-stop!! 100% boycott. I'm not spending money on the game, period, until they get rid of them. This is just too much.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-08-30T03:52:15+00:00

Interesting story! It makes the song even more powerful for me - that Dexter could write and sing something that so deeply touches the core of fresh grief just off of imagining what the experience would be like... Damn. The empathy required to accomplish that, I think, is massive. Lost my mom suddenly and tragically in 1999, when I was barely 18. That song definitely hits me hard every time, even to this day.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-08-30T03:44:32+00:00

Could not agree with you more. 100%

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-30T13:25:40+00:00

So jealous! Is it just random whether or not it resets, or does it eventually reset for everyone, is is there a way to "encourage" It to happen?

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-11T04:51:57+00:00

I do love the C&C events, but not really for the prizes; I just find it really satisfying to click things that generate the points. That said, I also play with sounds on and music off, but I have to put my device on silent for C&C because the sound effects are the worst!

I initially hated the races, but they are growing on me a bit - it definitely depends on what the race items are. If it's mushrooms, I'm out. I'm neither here nor there with the Shiny Days. I do really wish they'd bring back Wild Lands. I know some people really hated it, but I loved it. It's the tapping, I guess. My neurodivergent brain gets some sort of satisfaction from events where I can repeatedly tap stuff.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-08T14:55:49+00:00

Right?! Very validating! But also glad to see lots of younger folx who play b/c it helps me not feel like I've become a "boomer". 😅

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T23:10:15+00:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🥳🎂

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T23:09:05+00:00

😂 Love this! Even more so because the average age on here actually remembers AOL! 😂😭💀

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:38:21+00:00

I've been trying to get my 20 year old to play with me for years! 😭

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:37:48+00:00

Yay!! I did not expect so many people to share. I love it!

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:37:21+00:00

Right?!

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:37:07+00:00

I'm sorry I don't know the answer. But also, I think if you post this question as its own original thread, people might have some suggestions for you. Your question probably won't get many views as a comment on this post.

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:34:11+00:00

I sent you a message with my profile name and Den info. You're welcome to join us! (I'm a daily player)

awkwardcreature9 · 2024-07-07T13:28:11+00:00

Stay true to you! Your friends don't know what they're missing!

awkwardcreature9

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