Dear people of EscapeRestart aka Blocktopia aka TheOne’s,
on April 17th 2010 a German gamer dude stumbled upon a new game and subsequently a new community with awesome people that were doing amazing things with this game by offering customized servers with customized gamemodes.
Half a year later, after rising through the ranks from being a Zombie OP, to a VetOp, to a community wide Controller, to a Head Controller for the back then new TNT server, the German dude was tasked with running the backend and infrastructure for all the servers in the community - and has so every since October 2010.
And here I am today, 5 years later, 5 years older, 5 years…wiser?
I had an amazing time with this community, from the absolute high points to the absolute drama filled low points, with an amount of stories that could fill a book. I saw the rise of and fall of servers, the rise and fall of staff members, the DDOS attacks, the endless fun IRC hours, the weird, the funny, the absurd. But most of all I saw an ever-changing group of dedicated and great people that live for this community and make it the wonderful place it has been and will continue to be.
Alas, today on my 5th year anniversary, it is time for me to hang up my (ass-)hat.
I would be lying if I said that the 5 years with this community haven’t influenced me. Quite the contrary: They were a huge part of my life, always a place I could go for a laugh and support, no matter how big the personal changes I had in my private life (Protip: Getting married and setting up new minecraft servers at the same time can be…an interesting experience). I tried to make a list of all the servers I helped setting up, I set up myself (Treasurehunt! Vampires! Solitude!), but I lost count. All I know is: It was usually fun, no matter the stress.
I also won’t make a list of the countless awesome things that happened next to the servers, all the insiders that most people never heard about, all the craziness we had to endure sometimes. But I do want to thank a few people, without whom I would not have stuck around for so long:
KingSam - You were the one that pushed me towards applying for a staff position, seeing something in me and trusting me. You f**** are the main reason I wasted 5 years of my life on this s*** - thank you for that, you’re simply the best (and sexiest).
san00b - Thank you for trusting me in running our virtual and dedicated servers, for trusting me to bring technical expertise to the table, and to give me the huge amount of freedom to more or less do stuff as I please. Without your constant calmness, the madness of the first years would have driven me away many times
LISTINGS09 - You still remain one of the greatest mysteries of the community. You sparkled my imagination in those early months by letting me help you develop the new versions of all the classic servers we had. The times we tested the new Zombie software, the new lava software, and all the other things, often behind closed doors, were exciting and led me to always stick around to see what new things you suddenly come up with. Thank you for all and everything you have done for this place over the years, whilst being the most humble about it.
Roobarb Pie - I will never forget Stargategeddon and countless SMP fun encounters. And your yearlong financial support of the community. For both: Thank you!
Horrible - You know why, you bastard of a Mongolian mountain goat!
Pick Yer Poison - Thank you for the one time paranoia experience on IRC, it scarred me for life
Malcovent - Partner in crime, most terrible British person I have the pleasure of knowing. We accomplished some great things through a constant attitude of „Fuck everything in this world“ - thank you for for sharing my sense of humor and ideas, and trusting my gut (after many times of me having to say „I told you so“)
And all the many others that I had sometimes more or sometimes less contact with over the years. Even if I was usually annoyed at you for being silly and unreliable, I loved every single one of you. Except some. Some were and are still total dicks. Go fuck yourself and work on your social skills. And see my signature.
So I am left to say:
Thanks for the last 5 years, live long and prosper,
GmK
PS: If some hoped, I would use my good-bye post to finally lift the secret of my username - tough luck, ain’t gonna happen just yet.
on April 17th 2010 a German gamer dude stumbled upon a new game and subsequently a new community with awesome people that were doing amazing things with this game by offering customized servers with customized gamemodes.
Half a year later, after rising through the ranks from being a Zombie OP, to a VetOp, to a community wide Controller, to a Head Controller for the back then new TNT server, the German dude was tasked with running the backend and infrastructure for all the servers in the community - and has so every since October 2010.
And here I am today, 5 years later, 5 years older, 5 years…wiser?
I had an amazing time with this community, from the absolute high points to the absolute drama filled low points, with an amount of stories that could fill a book. I saw the rise of and fall of servers, the rise and fall of staff members, the DDOS attacks, the endless fun IRC hours, the weird, the funny, the absurd. But most of all I saw an ever-changing group of dedicated and great people that live for this community and make it the wonderful place it has been and will continue to be.
Alas, today on my 5th year anniversary, it is time for me to hang up my (ass-)hat.
I would be lying if I said that the 5 years with this community haven’t influenced me. Quite the contrary: They were a huge part of my life, always a place I could go for a laugh and support, no matter how big the personal changes I had in my private life (Protip: Getting married and setting up new minecraft servers at the same time can be…an interesting experience). I tried to make a list of all the servers I helped setting up, I set up myself (Treasurehunt! Vampires! Solitude!), but I lost count. All I know is: It was usually fun, no matter the stress.
I also won’t make a list of the countless awesome things that happened next to the servers, all the insiders that most people never heard about, all the craziness we had to endure sometimes. But I do want to thank a few people, without whom I would not have stuck around for so long:
KingSam - You were the one that pushed me towards applying for a staff position, seeing something in me and trusting me. You f**** are the main reason I wasted 5 years of my life on this s*** - thank you for that, you’re simply the best (and sexiest).
san00b - Thank you for trusting me in running our virtual and dedicated servers, for trusting me to bring technical expertise to the table, and to give me the huge amount of freedom to more or less do stuff as I please. Without your constant calmness, the madness of the first years would have driven me away many times
LISTINGS09 - You still remain one of the greatest mysteries of the community. You sparkled my imagination in those early months by letting me help you develop the new versions of all the classic servers we had. The times we tested the new Zombie software, the new lava software, and all the other things, often behind closed doors, were exciting and led me to always stick around to see what new things you suddenly come up with. Thank you for all and everything you have done for this place over the years, whilst being the most humble about it.
Roobarb Pie - I will never forget Stargategeddon and countless SMP fun encounters. And your yearlong financial support of the community. For both: Thank you!
Horrible - You know why, you bastard of a Mongolian mountain goat!
Pick Yer Poison - Thank you for the one time paranoia experience on IRC, it scarred me for life
Malcovent - Partner in crime, most terrible British person I have the pleasure of knowing. We accomplished some great things through a constant attitude of „Fuck everything in this world“ - thank you for for sharing my sense of humor and ideas, and trusting my gut (after many times of me having to say „I told you so“)
And all the many others that I had sometimes more or sometimes less contact with over the years. Even if I was usually annoyed at you for being silly and unreliable, I loved every single one of you. Except some. Some were and are still total dicks. Go fuck yourself and work on your social skills. And see my signature.
So I am left to say:
Thanks for the last 5 years, live long and prosper,
GmK
PS: If some hoped, I would use my good-bye post to finally lift the secret of my username - tough luck, ain’t gonna happen just yet.
