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| 28 Mar 2014 08:59 PM |
Hello, Venezians.
As I’m sure you already gathered from the title of this thread (duh), I am resigning from my position as Vice Commander and Director of War of the First Encounter Assault Recon effective immediately.
I have many reasons for my resignation, and I’ll discuss them a bit at the end of this thread.
For now, though, I’d like you to sit back and relax as I tell a little story.
When I first joined FEAR in March (something like that) 2011, I was amazingly ignorant. At that time, I had no idea how to fight, but I did have pretty darn good grammar (if I do say so myself). I never managed to get past the rank of Sergeant, to my great disappointment, and I decided to leave after an admin attack.
Going forward a year or so, to a lovely evening in April, I was sitting at my computer browsing C&G. To my great surprise, I saw a thread talking about this new group called “Innovative Industries,” posted by BrianK2355. I wasn’t actually in FEAR at this time, but it had always been a goal of mine to get into Armacham and/or Sparrow Corp.
Reading through the thread, I decided that I might as well try to get into Armacham via II. I joined, got promoted to Builder, and the first contest was announced a few weeks later. Whenever that happened, I built a lovely aircraft carrier (okay, it was horrible in retrospect), and that got me in to ATC. Daruto3 and RobKillaz were the other two people that got in with me – both of them were great guys.
After a few months in ATC, I felt like I should become more involved in the main FEAR group. I had essentially stayed at the rank of Lieutenant for I-can’t-even-remember-how-long. I went to a few trainings and got up to Captain. (This was before Major existed). I went to a training hosted by a lovely General called ManyDJJohnyTest, where he invited me to help him out with the training. It was quite fun, and at the end I was promoted to Officer, to my great surprise. I think this might’ve been around June 2012.
Around this time, I also managed to get into RF. It was a lot easier back then, really. I was at a training hosted by either Gromlix or Neel; I can’t remember which. I had a really good ratio, and DoctorCooper (the DoW at the time) came up to me and told me to send a request to RF. I was happy, of course, but also a little guilty that I got in so easily, whenever I saw others desperately wanting to join. It’s also how I’ve felt every day as DoW; there are so many people that want to be in RF, but I can’t possibly let them all in.
But continuing on, I was in all the major divisions by that time – HD, MP, RF, ATC – and I decided that it was really time to actually focus on FEAR. I had been sort of involved, but never really a huge presence/person that was active. I started becoming more active, and I (think) got close to gaining Colonel a few times, but still I never managed to get it.
That, at least, was until I met 1BigRedSharkboy. At the time, I had known him from a distance when he was a Major and I was an Officer. He surpassed me, however, getting to Colonel and then General. He said that he saw potential in me, and after two months or so, in November 2012, he recommended me to the Commander for a promotion to Colonel.
The Commander approved, and so I was appointed to Colonel.
Wow.
Like, seriously.
All of this started with an accidental glance at a thread on C&G?
I was a Colonel for around two months, and that’s when I met Xman57, later known as TheMysteriousShadow1. He was cool, and he got promoted to Colonel a little later than I did. He got promoted to General one day before I did in January of 2013.
Anyway, going back to when I was a Colonel – I wasn’t as active as I could have been, I guess, probably because I was absolutely terrified of hosting trainings.
But I did my best, and then the guy that had recommended me for Colonel, 1BigRedSharkboy, decided to resign from his position.
That was a pretty big blow, because the guy was amazing, simply put.
And then, an even bigger surprise came. He, SONIC, and the VCOs had all decided that I was going to take his place, and that was in January (like I mentioned earlier). Well, being General was fun, I enjoyed it, and it was absolutely amazing getting to help people so much. I loved it, and it was definitely the highlight of my career.
But then something else happened (gee, another unexpected thing?) – Aces1ayer/Aceslayer/Aceslayer111, a great, great friend, was removed from his position as head of RF. It was given to two Generals – yours truly and Andrew2899lee. So that was big, but also unfortunate.
In June 2013, I was then given the biggest responsibility thus far – Director of War.
I was a little nervous, and quite overawed (I still am, really) at the size of the task before me. It wasn’t very fun, but I did my best in the position. Fast forward a bit to August, and we had the TRA war. It was a little bit crazy. It could have been better, and I take responsibility for that. I was a newbie.
Anyway, a few months later – now – I decided that I was simply tired. Tired of F.E.A.R., and I felt that it would be best for me to resign.
And yeah, that’s what you’re reading now.
Anyway, I have a few personal messages I’d like to give out. There aren’t too many, and I don’t want them to be negative. Negativity leads only to division and destruction. I hope these aren’t too clichéd, but I mean for them to be genuine.
1BigRedSharkboy/WanderingWarrior: You’re the first person I have to thank. That first time we met, I had no idea that what would result would be such a deep and enduring friendship. I thank you for that – I thank you also for giving me the opportunities you did in F.E.A.R.; I don’t think I can ever repay it.
SONICTHEHEDGEHOGXX – First of all, thank you so much for the chance to help F.E.A.R. out, first as a Colonel and then as a General, and then finally as your third in command. You’re a great person, and I always enjoyed our conversations – I hope we got to know each other better and that I was able to help F.E.A.R. out as well as I could.
Andrew2899lee: Ahhhh, buddy. It’s been a long ride, and we will – of course – keep in touch once I finally hit that Leave Group button, but I just wanted to tell you that you’re one of my best friends I have on here. Stay strong and enjoy every moment of it.
Iroctheworld: You were a good friend. Thanks for all you did for me, and I wish you all of the best.
Wizard2268: Wizzy, you know perfectly well how good you are, and don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise. I consider it a privilege having been able to get to know you. Thank you for everything.
Aceslayer/Aceslayer111/Aces1ayer/TheDarkUprising: Words aren't really useful for things like this, but I knew you'd always be there for me. For that I am truly grateful.
ManyDJJohnyTest: And finally, I’ll have to thank you, Many. You really jumpstarted my F.E.A.R. career by first seeing some potential in me and giving me that promotion to Officer. Your kindness, compassion, and determination were always an inspiration to me.
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I’d like to quote Othello before I go: “I have done the state some service; they know it – no more of that.”
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I wish everyone – friend or foe – all the best. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:01 PM |
| Bye LN. Didn't know you that well, but you seemed lik a nice guy. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:02 PM |
:(
You are my best friend on ROBLOX.
I am forever grateful for what you have taught me.
Thank you,
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:03 PM |
| You will be missed greatly. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:03 PM |
| Goodbye, LN. You will be missed. You will be staying on ROBLOX, though, right? |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:04 PM |
| LN, I remember when I resigned once. You never gave up on me. I hope you live a happy life in the future, and never forget about FEAR, especially me. Farewell, best friend. :) |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:04 PM |
You're really gonna be missed. a resignation hasn't hurt this much in a long time for me.
-MS |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:05 PM |
| yo not cool. im legit crying. dont leave.... :( cya 'round LN. luv ya |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:05 PM |
| That's a big pill to swallow. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:05 PM |
| Since I suppose I didn't clarify it enough, I do intend to stay on Roblox. I won't be on as much as I used to, of course, but I'll still check in. :) |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:06 PM |
| @ln you still owe me my duck fort from two years ago noob |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:07 PM |
Wow.
LN, I can't begin to tell you how much I've looked up to you since the beginning of career, until where I've made it today.
I wish you best, thank you for being an astounding role model to me and many others, and the great job you've done as Venezian.
Thanks for everything. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:08 PM |
| LN, thanks for everything you've done. Since 2011 you've inspired me to remain active, to be diligent, and to have fun in RF and FEAR. You've helped me reach goals, you've been by my side if I had a question, this is really sad, man. I hope you will check up, and I hope to see you do well. :'] |
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Disav0w
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:08 PM |
| Saw it coming. It was a good run, mate. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:09 PM |
| The best wishes, LN. You really were one of my favorite HRs of all time. |
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| 28 Mar 2014 09:10 PM |
| This is a shock. You're the one person I actually shared my values with. :( Bye Lord ily |
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