by jonb7 » 24 December 2017, 06:08
I started playing around early 2013, and created an account in the winter. Pretty early on, I got involved in the clan activities going on at the time, and eventually found my way to GSA in the last couple years of the EKAT war. It's been quite the ride, for better or for worse.
I wanted to get into map making, and the original leader of GSA, Jason408/aka Jvinh1 taught me alot. Today, I'm pretty adept at it.
Along the way I've seen alot. Good times, fun battles, claims to glory and shame. And bad times- When people have overstepped boundaries, and the wars got a little less fun and a little more malicious. The rise and fall of leaders, trying to create communities for different purposes, their egos rising and then falling to pieces around them, or their commitments faltering, or their choices misguided. Within GSA, and in other groups.
All in all, it was a good run. I'm glad to have met many of the people I have along the way, and learned from it all.
Today, after starting out as a recruit years ago, I rose steadily until I was brought on board as the new leader of GSA, taking us to new places. I, and everyone else have been away from Pb2 for a while now, but I've stopped by again, to see the state of it.
Things haven't stopped changing, I can see. It dosn't look as bad here as it did a year ago. Maybe the good days can come again, in new form.
So many good memories. Battles for bases, the discovery of new map elements, new systems. It was fun and exciting, and it's a little sad to see that excitement gone. But who knows- History can repeat itself, for better and for worse.