Thank you Amok & Ivan (And Sun Tzu)

Given the current state of this game, and me not being sure if I would ever have the possibility again to say this to any of you guys, but I would really like to thank you: Amok and Ivan, for creating this wonderful game back in 2010 and with that bringing all the great people I've met, the friends I've made, and the many many great moments and memories I've also experienced over the many years on this incredible and special game.

After the Golden era of Call of Duty (MW2; BO1; MW3; BO2) I was in need of a new game to get addicted to (and I did already play Afterwind during that time, but not as much as I did afterwards) and I did get hooked up on this game again. Like I explained in my other post, the community-feellike atmosphere this game offered is what kept me logging in for many many years, even long after I lost most of the interests in competitively competing in the game. There is plenty of things this game has taught me personally, but I think I can speak for any non-native English speaker when I say that this game has offered many of us a platform where we could sharpen and perfection our English skills, and become sophisticated native-like speakers in the end 😉. And for that I am infinitely grateful, because it's actually something that ended up being very useful in my line of work. On personal level however, this game has also really opened my eyes as a naïve teenager at the time whom had a very fantasy-like view of the world, and thanks to the many chats, political debates, long conversations and banters I've had with many many people all over the world from many different cultures, it made me see things very differently in the world, for which I'm grateful. And the never-ending bragging rights of 200iq of topography, didn't hurt either.

I know a lot of people at the time cheered when you guys sold Afterwind, because we've been hearing 99,5% for many many years and most of us were all fed up with barely any updates from within the staff team, but I still think the 2010-2017/2018 period were the best years this game has ever had and I am glad that I could be a part of it during most of that period. Special thanks to Sun Tzu as well, whom picked up the control of the staff team during your times of absence, he really kept the game running for a while, before it got sold.

Given how things turned out to be over the last couple of years, I guess the saying: 'You don't know what you got till it's gone' unfortunately really did apply in this case.

Unfortunately it's not possible to write all of this on my own account anymore and I have to refer to an alt, but I hope both of you are doing very well in your personal lifes and I'm sure it must bring up some feelings for you guys as well seeing the game in the current state as it is.

Thank you for the wonderful times.

Waffel