Short story:
BlackMesa and Holy Poop Godly.
Longer Story:
About 6 months ago I bought the Orange Box on one of Steams 50% off weekends. One copy for me, one for my son. Started playing TF2 and LOVED it. The two of us logged a TON of hours on various servers, for a while playing almost exclusively on a server in Germany ( or somewhere... "Saigns") bad ping and all. We played there a lot because we kinda liked the crowd (even though they have voice turned off). After we tired of their "premium" accounts basically having a million cheats, we went looking for another server.
Fell upon BlackMesa! What a find! Immediately loved the map, but mostly loved the level of play, camaraderie, and good sports. The one person that sticks out in my memory more than any other was Holy Poop. He was mega-dominating me, (he and many others) but that just made me want keep coming back.
Joined EGO about a week after that. I was looking for a group and after the BlackMesa intro, and looking at the website and all, decided this would be home...