Cheers to eGO - a Revelation!

[Two Listen]

This is one of those threads I'm going to start for a reason that probably only matters to me, but that I selfishly feel is important enough to share with all of EdgeGamers(little R).

I just realized something, that come August 1st of this year - I will have been a member of eGO for two full years. I can still remember my recruitment thread, my ridiculous page long post in which I made just as many demands as I did requests, and had people confused as to whether or not I actually wanted to join. Even reportedly, wrote it in such a thoroughly enjoyable manner that one member felt it worthy of taking to the bathroom with him to read. Roughly a month later, I'd made it to eGO level and the rest is a HORRIBLY COMPLICATED BIT OF history.

- But here's the real point of this thread.

EdgeGamers has gone through some changes in my time here, but the squishy guts that provide it with sustenance have remained just as efficient, professional, friendly, and mature as they ever were. There are members who've been here a fair bit longer than I have, even, and I'm sure they can relate to what I'm saying.

In just a few small years, and EdgeGamers has managed to go from a small little group of buddies with a yearning for a fun and mature gaming enviornment - into one of if not THE largest gaming community presently in existance. And they managed to do it all without losing what really matters.

I've been in a lot of clans and played a lot of games, and while it's not necessarily difficult to reach "age", it is incredibly difficult to maintain the morals, and the fun - to persevere through the various troubles of maintaining clan activities without ever losing sight of why you started it to begin with.

That's incredible. Nowhere else have I been able to play for such a long time, and still feel as safe and welcome as I did years ago. I hear JohnT got a new system up and running recently - HOLY CRAP DOES HE DESERVE IT. I'm sure not everyone does, but if only everyone was familiar with how much he and the rest of our community managers and leaders have put into this. Not only time and energy, but financially as well. Anyone on other forums claiming we're actually profiting from this obviously doesn't have a clue as to our history - we're breaking even - and not by making money, but by having fun.

I can only hope that everyone on this page feels like it's all worth it. Because you've got people like me, who in spite of having a very busy real life, and having disappeared off and on for the past year, can still sit down and enjoy a game in the only type of environment I can consider fun and appropriate.

It also happens, as I just now realized sparking this thread, that my join date on the forums was August 1st. I'm getting married on August 1st. I'm proud and happy to be able to reflect on all the good things in my life, on that day.

Just thought I'd say it, I'd been thinking it. It really is incredible that after all this time, eGO is still what it set out to be in the beginning. That's not something achieved easily, and I'm sure the leaders and other admins can relate in acknowledging that it hasn't been easy. But I just wanted to let you know, that I at the very least - am extremely thankful for the work every member of the clan puts in to give me a place to play.

Cheers. And thanks.

 

[Darth]

Yea, i love posts like these and im sure the leaders do! We just need to remember that the council are not getting paid to run eGO, they dont have to do it if they dont want to, they are doing it because everybody wants a fun, mature gaming enviroment to go to. eGO means alot to some members, for some it even feels like eGO is their family. Without eGO we would probably be playing on servers full of swearing and bad sprays.

I just want to thank the leadership for what a wonderful job that they are doing and they should carry on doing it. As i said, they arnt getting paid but they are doing it to keep eGO as a mature gaming community.

I myself thank every single person in leadership for doing their job and doing it excellently! I always try and say thanks to them when i see them.

Ive been in eGO for almost a year now and i think of eGO as my family, every single person in here is like my brother or sister. Since the day i joined i never regretted it once. Sure, anyone can join and leave, but just staying shows people that you care. Some people even just join for admin, and if they dont get it they leave. I will be in eGO for as long as eGO is here. If its still here in 5 years, im still going to be here. Im very young and i have a full life to live, so does eGO, it was only founded 3 years ago. In my opinion, if eGO was here for a very long time, eGO will be the most successful clan ever. (We already are )

Thank you eGO and thank you leadership, without you eGO wouldnt be what it is.

-Darth

 

[TehLemur]

I really felt some tears coming up (I'm an emotional person).
I want to end up like these kids, to stay for those many years, enjoying things some probably dream of, of a community that respects each other, who can jump on and talk about the most funniest to personal issues, then jump on the games we love, and have the same moral values everyone should have.

I've been here since January and I've had more fun, more happy moments with the players and members of eGO then any other group I've played with, EVER.

So thank yous are in order, and I can't wait to keep growing with you all, from the bottom of my heart (truthfully) I love eGO, and I can't wait to make a bigger impact with everyone here.

 

[HazeUk]

Outstanding post, eGO is a brilliant place, and I am sure everybody in eGO thinks that. I would like to thank the leadership for this wonderful gaming community, that I was so lucky to find.

"Without eGO we would probably be playing on servers full of swearing and bad sprays."

Very true Darth.

Thank you,

-Haze.

 

[SGV.T4nK.909]

This is one of those threads I'm going to start for a reason that probably only matters to me, but that I selfishly feel is important enough to share with all of EdgeGamers(little R).

I just realized something, that come August 1st of this year - I will have been a member of eGO for two full years. I can still remember my recruitment thread, my ridiculous page long post in which I made just as many demands as I did requests, and had people confused as to whether or not I actually wanted to join. Even reportedly, wrote it in such a thoroughly enjoyable manner that one member felt it worthy of taking to the bathroom with him to read. Roughly a month later, I'd made it to eGO level and the rest is a HORRIBLY COMPLICATED BIT OF history.

- But here's the real point of this thread.

EdgeGamers has gone through some changes in my time here, but the squishy guts that provide it with sustenance have remained just as efficient, professional, friendly, and mature as they ever were. There are members who've been here a fair bit longer than I have, even, and I'm sure they can relate to what I'm saying.

In just a few small years, and EdgeGamers has managed to go from a small little group of buddies with a yearning for a fun and mature gaming enviornment - into one of if not THE largest gaming community presently in existance. And they managed to do it all without losing what really matters.

I've been in a lot of clans and played a lot of games, and while it's not necessarily difficult to reach "age", it is incredibly difficult to maintain the morals, and the fun - to persevere through the various troubles of maintaining clan activities without ever losing sight of why you started it to begin with.

That's incredible. Nowhere else have I been able to play for such a long time, and still feel as safe and welcome as I did years ago. I hear JohnT got a new system up and running recently - HOLY CRAP DOES HE DESERVE IT. I'm sure not everyone does, but if only everyone was familiar with how much he and the rest of our community managers and leaders have put into this. Not only time and energy, but financially as well. Anyone on other forums claiming we're actually profiting from this obviously doesn't have a clue as to our history - we're breaking even - and not by making money, but by having fun.

I can only hope that everyone on this page feels like it's all worth it. Because you've got people like me, who in spite of having a very busy real life, and having disappeared off and on for the past year, can still sit down and enjoy a game in the only type of environment I can consider fun and appropriate.

It also happens, as I just now realized sparking this thread, that my join date on the forums was August 1st. I'm getting married on August 1st. I'm proud and happy to be able to reflect on all the good things in my life, on that day.

Just thought I'd say it, I'd been thinking it. It really is incredible that after all this time, eGO is still what it set out to be in the beginning. That's not something achieved easily, and I'm sure the leaders and other admins can relate in acknowledging that it hasn't been easy. But I just wanted to let you know, that I at the very least - am extremely thankful for the work every member of the clan puts in to give me a place to play.

Cheers. And thanks.

Excellent Post. It make me think and look forward to the future that i have in this great Organization.

congratulations on your marrage man, and hope to see you around.

 

[Synn]

Thank you everyone that makes eGO work.

 

[Winston]

I have played counter strike for probably 5 years. I even got the Beta version. I have seen the better and worse sides of the game, and eGO is definitely the best clan and has the best servers out of anywhere I have played. The only similar element I have seen is in some of the CAL tourny's I played in, but those guys were there for money. I have only been in this clan for a couple weeks now, but I am already amazed. Bravo and congrats to you guys for all you have done, and cheers to one of the Oasis' in the desert of CS:S

 

[shrimp]

This is an awesome post!
Congratulations on your forthcoming wedding.

 

[Stormrider^]

That's the spirit. I agree with that post completely (and by the way, congrats on the forthcoming wedding).
My first year in eGO is about to come to a closure August 2nd if I remember correctly and to celebrate it early I donated. Just because this community deserves it. It has given me so much fun things that I can sit back, think about them and smile. it has kept me going and smiling through some tough days in my REAL life and I thank it for that.

May this community thrive for many, many years to come so that gamers will know, what it really means to have fun.

 

[robdog]

wow man, very nice post. thats amazing!

 

[GBear]

Very good post! And I completely agree with what you're saying. I've been around different clans and games as well. Yes, eGO is definitely one of the best, if not the best, clan I've been a part of and I'm sure it's going to stay that way.

 

[Rogue Sniper]

Congratulations on getting married on your 2 year mark and glad to hear from you again Flea, I mean Two Listen.

You still go on vent?

 

[Two Listen]

Congratulations on getting married on your 2 year mark and glad to hear from you again Flea, I mean Two Listen.

You still go on vent?

Well, I just built a new system after having finally gotten settled in from a 900 mile move across the country, and so I don't have Ventrilo installed yet. And my headset got crushed into dust during the move. (You can imagine how thrilled I was.)

But I'll try and download it again sometime soon, so that at the very least, I can get the latest "scoop" on things with people.

I just felt like making the thread because I don't think a lot of people really FEEL what the leaders and rest of the admins go through. Most people view eGO as a great place to play and chill out. But for the people who've been here and really hold the place together...it's pretty burdensome. I can feel it. I mean, some people criticize eGO and claim that we're actually MAKING money off of this? Or that the Council's profiting in some manner? ...they obviously don't have a clue! Where in the world do they think the trademark came from? Who do they think set up the legal rights to protect the clan name - who got us the sponsors?

I know there are days when they're reading through their PMs or getting their ears talked off in Ventrilo, and they really want to just spend some time with their families. I know there've been some controversial instances, changes in the clan that've been extremely stressful for everyone. I remember how hard John was working when he was trying to get us our first sponsors. ...it was rough on him. And I don't doubt that there have been times, when the leadership (even outside of just council) - when they take off their headset and they ask themselves whether or not it's worth it. This clan and what it's taken to keep it together at such a high level of quality, has undoubtedly kept some people awake at night.

*I created this thread because I want them and everyone else to realize, that they have reason to be proud. That perseverence, preservation of morality and maturity to THIS degree, is astounding. And that it does a lot of people, a lot of good.

Even if the website does get broken every now and then from...tampering. :laugh:

(Thanks to the congratulations for my wedding, by the way.)

 

[Zeus]

Yea i agree with Darth, I had come from a clan that was horribly lead and there was no respect for me or my brother what so ever in that clan. So i had left and came as "kilerpanda" into the CoD Division and CS:S Division. I had left for CoD to get into Competitive and that really didn't turn out to what i wanted it to be. After that I had been clanless then I thought "I loved eGO Then maybe i should go back". So i came back as Mr.Brown into the CoD Division and played for a while then switched to CS:S. Been in CS:S every since May 20, 2009 and loved it very much.

Bottom line

Once you come to eGO you won't second guess it.

 

[joshcash]

LONG LIVE eGO