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Dangerous Conversationalist
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 Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:46 pm
Hello=Goodbye!
I don't know why you say, "Hello!" I say, "Goodbye!"My heart goes out to the Sniper Game and all of the wonderful experiences that came with it. All the stress, the drama, and the flat out hilariousity. Yes, I said hilariousity. Y'all were beautiful, coming from all walks of life, coming together to experience insanity despite our myriad differences. Friendship speech engage.I am glad that I was able to contribute what little to the game that I did. I feel that I helped the game continue a little longer than it might have. Likewise, I hope you feel the same. This is a game that cannot exist without everyone's involvement and thus after FIFTY-ONE games, it has finally run its course. If it weren't for Gaia we may never have met. But as all things in life are, this was only temporary. Somewhere inside each of us we knew this. Some of us wondered why we would ever leave. Ultimately, the question wasn't why we would leave, but why we would return. For each of us, the reasons that kept us coming back began to dwindle, until The Sniper Game was the sole reason - our sole motivation to click on that Gaiaonline link in our favorites tab. Then, we grew up. But, Gaia chose not to grow with us. And now what? What has become of this ragtag group of semi-anonymous SGers? What's become of you? What's become of me? The majority of you may never know what this game has done for me or for others. Likewise, I may never know what this game has done for you either. Every one of us knows personally how this game has affected ourselves. And in this knowledge each and every one of us is now both a part of the informed minority and the uninformed majority. (According to Wikipedia, the source of all truth and light, this game is all about the "battle between an informed minority and an uninformed majority." Data retrieved: 4 Jan. 2012.)The Sniper Game inspired change and creativity. The game itself was an art and had a culture all of its own. Now it is over. All that remains of this game are these ruins, the things we could not take away with us when we left. These ruins are much like the ruins of Greece or Rome. The inactive threads, the absence of guild mods, the final dramargument between two of our leading guild personalities are all evidence of the deceased culture of a past time. But, there are to be no tears at this funeral or at this ancient burial site. While everything is temporary, it seems to me that everything continues to live even after death. The game is over, but it can be played again. It can be an inspiration, if you so choose let it. Remember, Greece and Rome may not be the grand empires they once were. But, the fact that they existed once has changed everything we know and understand about the world today. So long as you remember this game, it has a life of its own inside of you.
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:44 am
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:22 am
Trying so hard not to cry right now.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:33 pm
this thread happened a while ago, but i stopped visiting gaia because gaia is terrible
i can still entertain my modern mafia buddies by regaling them with tales of my past that mostly involve this place, especially the first 6 games, they were the best.
actually it is because of those stories that i am here now :v
i was checking up on the place because ^
it survived for 5 years? 6 years? so that is pretty great in itself, most mafia places collapse in on themselves because the tensions get too high and people actually start distrusting each other outside of game, lol
anyway i wish i could hug all of you but ya'll are over there so nope
so i'm just gonna go back to mspafia now bye v -v
it's been fun
ps my only regret is not signing up for game 1 because then i would really have been here the entire time.
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:35 pm
What? You've killed it? I came back to gaia for nothing! gonk
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:38 pm
My online days are now spent at the CritSandvich Network TF2 community, where I'm an admin.
It was Roy's thread in the GCSG almost three years ago about the Sniper v Spy update that got me into TF2 in the first place. I've met so many new friends thanks to Steam and TF2, and I probably owe all of that to Roy, and by proxy this guild. Who knows where I'd be without it.
Good times were had, alas. I tip my hat.
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:00 am
ninja
Personally, I'm not mourning too much.
To be brutally honest, in hindsight SG should have ended like... game 5. Maybe 6, but the rest was pushing it.
The thread days were fun, yes. But the guild was where everything went downhill for me.
Like Belle, I left Gaia because Gaia's kind of awful these days. I don't mean that in the "ew sponsorship" way, but more "god, you guys are idiots" sort of way. Seriously, it was as if everyone eventually went crazy or something. Not just SG, but more... well, close to everyone I talked to on Gaia. Seriously, I do not know what happened, but everyone went nuts.
I kind of want to leave my Gaia days behind me, not just because everyone was nutso, but also because I was as well. I was young then, and I do not want to be reminded of what it was like when I was like... 13-16, by my guess. I'm 19 now, and I only really sporadically popped in when the guild was still active towards the end. What could I say? I just got so fed up by everything.
I guess for me it's actually kind of a "good riddance" type of thing. Since in hindsight, most of my happy memories were of the thread or the early days of the first guild. It's not that I hate you guys. Only a few of you I actually hate. It's just that everything started to get so obnoxious in the long run.
I'm not going to lie, you guys stressed me out more than an online forum should. I will not go into happy memories. But what I will say is this:
Thank you.
Seriously. You guys helped me, more than I will ever truly admit in extensive detail. I still miss you guys, and want to talk to you. Sadly, I forgot the password to my old Skype account, so I don't know how else to contact you folks.
If you want my contact info, well, feel free to send me a PM asking me. I don't bite. Maybe stab, but no bite.
If you want to know what I've been doing these days, I'll tell you. I'm now a college student, working on a major for Theater Arts, and planning to transfer out to a film school to learn about film production for behind-the-scenes work. When I'm online for recreational purposes, most of the time I'm on Survival of the Fittest (as in, the Battle Royale roleplay site). I recently auditioned for a play, and I'm job searching once more.
So yeah. You guys probably don't care about little old Aine, do you? But I'm here, just in case.
And I'm out.
*ninjas away*
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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:43 am
Hell, I was bat-s**t crazy lon~ng before I was introduced to Gaia...
Never understood this game. Not even remotely. Trying to comprehend the rules and such was- for me- like trying to understand a three-tongued alien who only spoke broken swaheeli (or however the hell you spell that), but I had fun with some of the other parts before my internet service got cut. Only just got it back a week ago, and came here almost first thing. Shame to see it go- er, gone. emo
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 6:11 am
*whispers* I love you. I love you.
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:36 pm
i didn't know i still knew my gaia password, and apparently i did, and look! this is super cute!
omg i wonder what my signature is
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:21 am
Hello everyone,
Wow, where to begin. This thread has had me literally in tears. I decided on a whim to check the guild today just to see what it's been up to, if anything, and I found this thread. I'm almost ashamed that it's been six months since it's been posted and I'm just checking it now. Granted, I left Gaia earlier than a lot of you. I joined the GCDSG during the 4th game, and was gone somewhere in the 20s. Everyone here that knows me knows me as Kitty Krazy, or possibly cuttlefishii or evieruu if I follow you on twitter or tumblr. I changed that username a while back in an effort to shed it from my life, perhaps out of fear of embarrassment or as a method of showing myself that I've matured a bit. I came up with it when I was only 12, perhaps even a bit younger, and, while it seemed adorable at that age, it has failed to grow on me since.
So who am I now? I am an 18 year old sophomore in college. I have a major in Digital Sciences, and minors in Computer Science and Web Site Design. I frequent Tumblr and Twitter, and I occasionally pop over to facebook. I'm a nerd, I'm incredibly shy, and I have a huge appreciation for the arts. I've also been playing a lot of games lately, albeit not very well, but my particular favorites are Super Street Fighter IV: AE, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, and Super Mario Bros Wii.
I owe a huge thank you to everyone here for helping make me who I am today. You guys have taught me how to be active in a skype chat, which has helped me make many of the friends that I have now. You all have also taught me how to be close to others on the Internet, and how it is possible to make real connections to people through such a place. Honestly, some of the lessons you all taught me, I've forgotten, but yet I could never forget any of you. I think Ash-pyon is still listed as my sister on facebook. I've had times when the skype chat has popped up on my screen, and I've read through it a little, reminiscing.
This has turned into a bit of a speech, so I'll wrap this up. Thank you all. This game, and the memories I have from it, will always hold a special place in my heart. I'm amazed to see you guys reached over 5 games. I wish I could've been there through it all. I love you all, and I wish you the very best.
~ Evie (Kitty Krazy)
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 7:59 am
Ye Gods and Little Fishes, but I am way too late for this, and yet I must say it. I'm holding in tears at all of this, and though I only knew a few of you, and I'd joined back around... Game 30? 20? I dunno, but you all still meant the world to me, to the point that my grades suffered ever so slightly. But there is something more I must say, that none other can.
I am sorry.
Sorry for being the final, poorly written, poorly executed, rushed nail in this wonderful coffin we'd all shared. I'm sorry that my game bombed like no other, I'm sorry that I was never a good, helpful player, and I'm sorry for all the unnecessary lies I'd told.
I just wish we could have it all back, the fun days before every thread was an argument, before every word was bile and drama, before all the bad, unhelpful s**t spewed forth. But I'll just let it go. Wishing won't help anyone.
Since this game was so fun, such a big part of my younger life, I've made myself learn things inherent to the game. I've learned a lot of code breaking, I've learned to be something of a Sniper, including firing a .50 cal, I've become great at lying, and I've gotten great at figuring s**t out. You guys taught me a bunch, and I thank you for that.
I'm now a college graduate at the ripe old age of 19, with two degrees, and working towards a Bachelors. I've got a car, friends, and a life. And everything, in some small way, has been influenced by this game. I still hold some grand memories from this place, some not as nice, but all well worth living through. I miss this game, and I miss that special feeling one got when one died, or got jailed, or sheeped someone, or shot someone, or saved someone, or was ever in an update. But most, I miss the people who were kind enough to let me play. I love you all.
- Merlin_P._Davis
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:46 am
Hi again, friends. You wouldn't believe how much this guild (formerly thread) made a difference during my time in gaia. You guys were the best. I know this is a little late but anyone that remembers me (formerly weddingsakura) feel free to add me on steam or skype. My info is below. Although I'm pretty sure our interests have change I'd really like to catch up.
STEAM: notaspy (femspy icon)
SKYPE: unintentionallysweet
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:01 am
If this keeps up, we may experience a "second coming".
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