- Joined
- Nov 17, 2014
- Messages
- 75
As some of you know, I was a member in 2008, and I around the same time I went through some very rough times. It was the beginning of the failing of a relationship, I was struggling through high school, and more importantly I was becoming more and more isolated by the day. By the time I graduated in 2011 I found myself in almost complete isolation. Once I hit college it got better and I started hanging out with a few people, but I was nowhere near my "prime" (and to be honest, I'm still not as I'm only just now hitting the half way mark of 21 going on 22). I found myself hanging out with a lot of people, both good and bad, and found myself in a lot of trouble.
I went through four girlfriends and every last one except for the last ended horribly. The last one? Ended up becoming my fiancee (More on that later). I ended up failing out of college in 2012 and found myself back at home and working at a family owned business. It took me two more years to finally get my life around and start going back to college. I ended up being able to pay for two classes and ended up passing both.
Why does all of this matter? Because I'm an avid gamer, and since I first found out about eGO in 2008, I've been playing there almost non-stop. CS:S helped me through some rough college experiences, and TF2 has helped me through he annoyances currently going on. TF2 has helped me through many of the annoyances I currently feel, and the acceptance of the community has made me want to expand my eSocial experience and try out new games; leading me to awesome people like Megs A Tagger from the DoD:S, JoeyHyung from TF2, Insomnia Princess from TF2, Killera from TF2, and so many more. I don't have any real connection to the games, instead the community; I was 15 when I first joined, I'm 21 now, and I have always respected eGO and yearn for a time where the gaming community would embrace eGO's philosophies.
Thank you to everyone who has talked to me and let me vent. Thank you to the admins who keep the servers clean and at a standard of maturity. Thank you to JohnT and Artimus for having a vision, and of course, thank you to the community.
Happy Holidays everyone! I will see you in the new year.
I went through four girlfriends and every last one except for the last ended horribly. The last one? Ended up becoming my fiancee (More on that later). I ended up failing out of college in 2012 and found myself back at home and working at a family owned business. It took me two more years to finally get my life around and start going back to college. I ended up being able to pay for two classes and ended up passing both.
Why does all of this matter? Because I'm an avid gamer, and since I first found out about eGO in 2008, I've been playing there almost non-stop. CS:S helped me through some rough college experiences, and TF2 has helped me through he annoyances currently going on. TF2 has helped me through many of the annoyances I currently feel, and the acceptance of the community has made me want to expand my eSocial experience and try out new games; leading me to awesome people like Megs A Tagger from the DoD:S, JoeyHyung from TF2, Insomnia Princess from TF2, Killera from TF2, and so many more. I don't have any real connection to the games, instead the community; I was 15 when I first joined, I'm 21 now, and I have always respected eGO and yearn for a time where the gaming community would embrace eGO's philosophies.
Thank you to everyone who has talked to me and let me vent. Thank you to the admins who keep the servers clean and at a standard of maturity. Thank you to JohnT and Artimus for having a vision, and of course, thank you to the community.
Happy Holidays everyone! I will see you in the new year.
