Why i'm leaving GFL for good + the problems i've had with GFL

[tsiwmike 25 / 2,307]

3 years of admining and here I stand (or sit, rather) saying goodbye to you all, i’ve met so many cool people here but some of you may not know me, so allow me to introduce myself. I am Mike, an admin of (around) 3 years, I began on the TTT #1 server, me and another admin, gaz (He ended up leaving the community shortly after) got our admin at the same time and it was given to us by an individual called scout. Scout ended up having his manager position stripped from him due to unsolicited promotion of the now defunct EG (or something like that) community, in which he was the owned of. The other admins at the time were Eclipse (Fairly abusive, but still a cool dude) and Oxygen (overall chill guy, you may see him sometimes on jailbreak). There may of been more but those are the only ones I remember. Once I got my admin I was extremely hyped and every waking moment I would be admining, and helping people. It got to the point where I would intentionally wake up early in the morning so I could get more time to admin. So some time passes and some new admins are being added and Edge assumed manager position and a newer admin, wildstark ended up being promoted to a higher rank (I believe it was either super or assistant manager I can not remember the specifics). But this basically broke my heart. I had put in so much time, so much effort, so much work and I got nothing in return. This would go onto become a reoccurring theme in GFL for me.

Eventually other servers started opening up such as darkrp (now purge). Me and Justin (Not sure if he still hops into GFL) would dick around on there and get a max of around 5 people on the server at any given time, it only ended up taking off and getting to around 30 players usually. But I would rather go over all the juicy drama that happened throughout my years rather than drawl on about the history of servers. I ended up getting banned for the first time from a GFL server when Echo (old council) ended up banning me, because I raided his base as a hitman (which was allowed). Eventually the issue was resolved but Echo eventually lost his council (for unrelated reason)

Now that i’m done boring you with my history let me explain to you why I am leaving. I feel like I haven’t gotten anything for all the hard work I've done for the servers. I’ve seen people with a tenth of the work i’ve put in get manager, get head admin or in general surpass me. I’ve seen people get manager in a server i’ve been playing on for twice as long as them and had put atleast twice as much work into. People could rise to division leader and management in months while I am in the community for years and all I have to show for it is my once had global admin. My global admin was revoked for god knows what, I think it had something to do with a management post that said you didn’t have to keep globals as admin on your server. Which is idiotic in every way, there is no risk in keeping an admin on the team if they are a reputable member of the community. It would be like removing Roy from your server because he wasn’t active. However that wasn’t the only unfair treatment i’ve received throughout the years, the most recent example I can think of this is when I got my admin removed from purge because all the admins got together, and decided I didn’t need it/ they didn’t like me. Not activity, as I proved this was false because I had a V.O.D of me admining. Not poor behavior, but because everyone decided I didn’t need it. But this isn’t a thread to debate, this is a thread to say goodbye. So keep it out please. If you can’t help yourself then PM me.

It’s sad to say that I leave this community with a bitter taste in my mouth, I’ve had so many good times with people in this community. I was going to list all the people that I will miss but that would be pointless, if you’d like to hear my full opinion on you, just ask below and i’ll answer.

 

FAQ:

 

Q: Why was your profile pic money?
A: One of the questions i’ve been dodging, basically I was thinking about what to choose for a profile picture and I was wondering what things I liked. My 12 year old mind immediately turned to money and that’s what I chose.

 

Q: What’s up with the tsiw in your name?

A: One of the questions I promised to answer the day I leave the community, it’s my email. Not as cool as everyone thought I suppose, I never changed it because by the time I figured out how to change names on steam everyone already knew me as tsiwmike.

 

Q: We were friends! How can we stay in touch?

A: Add me.

 

Q: How long were you in the community?

A: Almost the beginning of GFL’s involvements in gmod. I saw all the modern servers get built up and saw all the defunct servers go down. Somewhere around 2-3 years.

 

Q: Will you still hop on?

A: Maybe once in awhile on teamspeak and less frequently on other servers.

 

TL;DR

Basically i’m leaving because I feel I didn’t get recognition for what I did in the community, and I feel like I wasn’t ever respected/considered for promotion even when I was the most experienced admin, I was always glossed over as the cancerous guy. Also please read the whole thing, it took me a while.

[HackingPotato 1,297 / 14,261]

1 minute ago, tsiwmike said:

Basically i’m leaving because I feel I didn’t get recognition for what I did in the community, and I feel like I wasn’t ever respected/considered for promotion even when I was the most experienced admin

 

This

Mike, i will miss you. Good luck with the future. You were a great admin, one i was proud to make head admin when i managed in GMOD. I appreciate what you did in GFL. 

 

#MikeisKoS will live on!

 

 

[Deya 2 / 2,450]

rip fbi mike 

[Addy 1,647 / 18,683]

1 hour ago, tsiwmike said:

I feel like I haven’t gotten anything for all the hard work I've done for the servers. I’ve seen people with a tenth of the work i’ve put in get manager, get head admin or in general surpass me. I’ve seen people get manager in a server i’ve been playing on for twice as long as them and had put atleast twice as much work into. 

I honestly feel like you should've been given some shot at managing a server, more than other people deserved(and probably more than me). It was fun playing with you, no matter what we were playing. Whether it be a GFL server, or just a random game. Wish you the best of luck with where ever life brings you, you deserve it.

 

#Mike4Munger

Edited June 13, 2016 by Addy

[rapperdan 2,323 / 0]

Mike you always made me feel like people out there liked me this seems weird but it was great to see someone say dan in such a hyped and loving way. You where one of the few people who made me feel loved and made me feel needed best of luck mike I'll miss seeing you around you are a great dude.

[Otter 880 / 10,435]

#fuckgfl

 

I LOVE YOU MIKE

[JK_Ghosty 252 / 5,966]

37 minutes ago, tsiwmike said:

 I feel like I haven’t gotten anything for all the hard work I've done for the servers. I’ve seen people with a tenth of the work i’ve put in get manager, get head admin or in general surpass me. I’ve seen people get manager in a server i’ve been playing on for twice as long as them and had put atleast twice as much work also.

Same

 

You will be missed

 

Ps Mike is rdm  

Edited June 13, 2016 by OHfficial
Forgot to say goodbye

[TimmyWu 21 / 2,528]

Mike you will be missed but the most famous quote of mike "kill your self"~ Mike Everyear

[Nubz 216 / 4,590]

Mike, you're one of the funniest people I've met in this community, and one of the first I met on jailbreak. I guess shouting memes at kids, and just shouting in generaI really stands out. I do think it's really shitty you never really got credit for all of the time you've put in, and I'm really sad to see you leave, even though we haven't talked a lot recently. I hope you'll at least show up in TeamSpeak occasionally and say hi to the jailbreak crew, or at least spam your cancerous soundboard, for old times sake.

 

In any case, I wish you the best in everything, and hope you do stop by every once in a while.

 

#Mike4Munger

[Bae 2,489 / 41,479]

TL;DR

Aww. Mike, the only person I enjoy fighting with.

I honestly, in my opinion, you've done great for the past years. You were always helpful when I first got admin, like in literal term. But I hope you find something better to do, and for I and a few others, I'm sure we appreciated all your work and all the enjoyment you gave to us all.

[Behzerka 4 / 0]

#MIKEWASALWAYSAR34LNIGGA

[Pedro 249 / 6,080]

R.I.P didn't even get a mention, anyway cya

[Cypher 1,187 / 11,383]

Should have meme'd less and made more of a concerted effort to make it known that you wanted some larger role in the community. I can't even think of a server I would have put you in as a manager of because you played everywhere and you were serious like 15% of the time. There are plenty of people who are underappreciated from the top of the hierarchy all the way to the bottom.

[Coolest Cat 1,266 / 14,449]

Love you Mike, but I kind of agree with Cypher.

 

When I played with you on TTT, you were not the most serious person on the server and I don't think you would have been the best person for the job (although I'm not sure if I liked Wildstark as the manager, either...) since you never really showed that you had any interest in it.

 

Anyway, cya. As a whole, I appreciate you.

[Omid 215 / 5,687]

i was wondering why you didn't leave before. this community is shit and i'm glad you aren't a part of it anymore. hmu if you ever wanna hang my nig 

 

[Cypher 1,187 / 11,383]

3 minutes ago, Omid said:

i was wondering why you didn't leave before. this community is shit and i'm glad you aren't a part of it anymore. hmu if you ever wanna hang my nig 

 

Always making this shit about you, gg Omid AKA Stinky

[Omid 215 / 5,687]

1 minute ago, Cypher said:

Always making this shit about you, gg Omid AKA Stinky

loool i was offering to hang out with him since he isn't associated with u dickweeds anymore B) 

HI OMID! Can I hang out too?

 

The community isnt total shit. Its good for shit posting too! :D

ya bby 

Edited June 13, 2016 by Omid

[Cypher 1,187 / 11,383]

Bro stop posting babies on your snapchat pls

 

[Omid 215 / 5,687]

Just now, Cypher said:

Bro stop posting babies on your snapchat pls

 

but shes a cute baby and deserves to be all over my snapchat 1v1 me m8 trial by combat cleganebowl 

[Cosmic 0 / 2,321]

I know this will most likely gain no attention because I'm new but this isn't a place in which we as a group fight, it isn't right. I feel as if we say a goodbye to Mike and not fight. @Omid @Cypher