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A Thanks to the RND Community
coolzeldad:
I know a lot of rNd peeps share the same feelings as you, as they have shared them with me in the past or posted on the forums, although I didn't always reply to them.
However, I'm always moved by them. I'm honestly grateful to have been able to forge not only the beginnings of rNd, in the corner of my room in an old scrapped pc (before yomocorp ofc), but more importantly because it facilitated the relationships with you rNd peeps.
rNd grew into something truly special for me. I've put countless hours and put off so many things I probably shouldn't have in order to keep things going at different times. Literally so many sleepless nights, high electricity bills, difficulties with other responsibilities, etc. But if I could share one thing that it taught me, even if it does sound cliche'd, was that you often have to sacrifice to succeed.
But with that, I have to say that it was always my intention to provide opportunities for people to have fun, exchange with each other, feel at home, and have a say in the community and help shape it into what it is (I always felt like there wasn't enough of that, and there wasn't really a place for that). And because of that, since the website in 2008, rNd was shaped by dedicated members like you who were finally able to connect on a single platform and it became something way more than I thought was possible. We were able to really collaborate on a variety of different stuff over the years, even if most of it wasn't released per say.
I still regret having to shutdown the servers at their peak, I think 9 gmod servers all full every day... that was so stressful for me actually haha, but I enjoyed it at a really fundamental level. I always wished for more time, because I was always full of ideas and you guys constantly gave suggestions (I saved all of them, I have everything lol). I fought a never ending battle with attempts at automation to free time, garry's mod quirks and limitations, and rl stuff - It was awesome. Oh, and I can't forget the days of ddos. In 2006, I had originally ran the build server and whatever else parallel on the same box on a home dsl connection maintained by an ISP modem... haha. Since then I had invested in building my own network infrastructure to minimize latency to the servers, prevent certain source engine attacks, redundancy to ddos (yomocorp certified popcorn ddos protection - known by some as something similar to a frying pan), etc.
I never shared too many details of my operations, as it can be a bit of a two way blade sometimes, but it's kind of cool in a timeline sense (maybe I'll make a quick rNd history montage video lol anyway).
I'll never forget any of you. I've seen your usernames in so many logs, member lists, applications, posts, steam chats, etc., etc. For most of you I probably know your original usernames I met you by and a few of your aliases over the years. It has been years by the way... so many of them it seems a bit unreal. I would like to thank all of you as well. I have learned much with you. I am always open to a steam chat for any of you, regardless of how long it's been since we've last talked or whatever.
I don't have any plans to stop hosting this, but maybe just keep changing this place to fit future ideas when I have time to implement them (and who knows, maybe they'll take off too).
And if I become rich... I always envisioned creating a company for rNd and employing the lot of you who were interested haha, but we'll see, we'll see...
I guess the last thing I wanna say for now, is that I don't want you to feel tied down by this community. If that's the case for any of you, maybe just think of it as an available space with friends, memories, and future prospects. I know I've had my share of issues with some members in the past as well, but I was always looking for the mutual ground. I'm happy to have had the opportunity to meet everyone I did through rNd and will always keep my doors open to talk with you, or whatever else happens. Also, I wanna say to not feel bad for coming and going, or not frequenting this place as much, that's just life changing a little bit.
Anyway, this is a little draft of some thoughts... you know I never really made tldr's a component in my long posts, making you guys suffer through the bitter length of my thought fragments, but maybe I'll make one today for the sake of your time.
tldr: Thanks for sharing, it means a lot. I always think about you guys. As rNd, we have made history together, many years of it, and I don't regret any of it. It grew into something special and I will never forget it.
TehHank:
--- Quote from: coolzeldad on January 23, 2016, 12:57:37 AM ---And if I become rich... I always envisioned creating a company for rNd and employing the lot of you who were interested haha, but we'll see, we'll see...
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Holy shit all my want. We can sell all the pingaz we want :ainsley:
๖Ϝцzsioᴎ:
--- Quote from: coolzeldad on January 23, 2016, 12:57:37 AM ---rnd feels
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i have something stuck in my eye brb
yoshi:
--- Quote from: ๖Ϝцzsioᴎ on January 23, 2016, 02:13:14 PM --- i have something stuck in my eye brb
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what'd you caught?
Seb:
thanks for the social skills coolz
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