Post by Renan on May 20, 2010 14:41:06 GMT -5
That was a wonderful speech and I believe as the second member it's my turn to give my two cents.
I never really trusted Ronnie and you all knew that, but I did find him to be a decent person and I can understand why he did what he did. Despite him wanting kindness and the such around the boards he only had one thing in mind. Reviving SC. First he came to us and just posted here and there, acting like a regular user. Then he got serious. He knew it was time to get his site back up. He had the moderation staff's trust and for the most part, everyone liked him. Slowly more users from SC began to join (most of them if not all never reached past the 50 post mark) and then the offer came up. Ace had the choice to merge. Would it have been benificial to us in the end? Maybe, but the odds are no, it wouldn't have. SC would essentially become GP and it would be the ONLY Gantz RP out there. Essentially we're the rivals to SC. We're a casual RP site and we don't really make Role playing a big deal. They're a hardcore RP site and Role playing is essentially a big part of their lives. The point of the matter is, they wanted us out. We were a problem because we appealed to a different Rp base. One that doesn't take it too seriously. Anyways, Ace denied, they failed and now they abandonned us and we lost a valuable member. I for one believe this was part of their plan all along. Send Xeno to gain our trust and blah blah blah. Of course that seems a little too smart for Ronnie to come up with.
But now here we are. We're standing strong and firm. We're a family. And I'm damn happy about it. Being here since Day 1 I got to meet all of you and I'm glad I got this oppurtunity and never left the site like I once planned to. I got to know so many of you. Fay, Halo, Dawg, Craz, Tasia, Sykee, Trista. All of you stood by Ace more than I ever could. And I owe an apology to you Ace. Despite being the first mate, I didn't stand by you. I'm a bad user and a worse friend, but I still want to be around all of you, because times like these we need to stick together and we need to help each other out. Sure it's just a forum, sure it's just the internet, but to me I cherrish you more than most of my real friends.
I kinda went off track, but the point is we're still Gantz Players. Always have been, always will be.
I never really trusted Ronnie and you all knew that, but I did find him to be a decent person and I can understand why he did what he did. Despite him wanting kindness and the such around the boards he only had one thing in mind. Reviving SC. First he came to us and just posted here and there, acting like a regular user. Then he got serious. He knew it was time to get his site back up. He had the moderation staff's trust and for the most part, everyone liked him. Slowly more users from SC began to join (most of them if not all never reached past the 50 post mark) and then the offer came up. Ace had the choice to merge. Would it have been benificial to us in the end? Maybe, but the odds are no, it wouldn't have. SC would essentially become GP and it would be the ONLY Gantz RP out there. Essentially we're the rivals to SC. We're a casual RP site and we don't really make Role playing a big deal. They're a hardcore RP site and Role playing is essentially a big part of their lives. The point of the matter is, they wanted us out. We were a problem because we appealed to a different Rp base. One that doesn't take it too seriously. Anyways, Ace denied, they failed and now they abandonned us and we lost a valuable member. I for one believe this was part of their plan all along. Send Xeno to gain our trust and blah blah blah. Of course that seems a little too smart for Ronnie to come up with.
But now here we are. We're standing strong and firm. We're a family. And I'm damn happy about it. Being here since Day 1 I got to meet all of you and I'm glad I got this oppurtunity and never left the site like I once planned to. I got to know so many of you. Fay, Halo, Dawg, Craz, Tasia, Sykee, Trista. All of you stood by Ace more than I ever could. And I owe an apology to you Ace. Despite being the first mate, I didn't stand by you. I'm a bad user and a worse friend, but I still want to be around all of you, because times like these we need to stick together and we need to help each other out. Sure it's just a forum, sure it's just the internet, but to me I cherrish you more than most of my real friends.
I kinda went off track, but the point is we're still Gantz Players. Always have been, always will be.