Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36016297-20180811141539/@comment-35315474-20180811162456

Bbbkn, when I first started lurking here a long time ago (I used to post here a lot more), I read a thread that talked about keeping a spreadsheet of your game friends. I began doing that and rely on it all the time now. I honestly don't know what I'd do without it!

In my spreadsheet, I learned to keep track of where I met each person. When I first friend them, it's super easy to simply click on their name to go to their wall, and then copy the url and paste it into my spreadsheet. That way if I ever want to contact them, I just click the link in my spreadsheet, and I'm instantly taken to their wall!

At first, it seemed like a lot of work to create a spreadsheet of all my game friends, but ever since I made it, it's been a true godsend. I maintain my friends' level, rep, talent, FB name (if they're connected to FB), and their board name for any of the boards in which we have in common. One of the things I like most is being able to figure out who-is-who when a friend changes their game name to something completely different (such as "threadplz" without even the first few letters of their normal game name at the beginning). It has also helped me to keep track of my friend count and any notes I may want (such as Opal's unquenchable appetite for beans! 😂).

Even if you don't maintain a full spreadsheet of your game friends, at least making a list of them with a few basics (so you can figure out who is who if they change their game name) is a huge help. I recommend it very highly to all players. 😊