Did you understand all the server rules on the first day, and if no one helped you or explained, Would you have stayed?
When you asked about the !buy or !heal or people explained and got mad at you, would you have stayed?
What if admins kicked you when you were new because regulars said you were greifing or trolling or wouldn't use points or send points? Would you still be here?
What if members made comments about how you played or insulted you, and you remained quiet, would you stay if an admin or other people didn't defend you and tell them to stop?
What if members didn't come save you because you were new, and said "Just leave him, who cares?" Would you have stayed?
What if admins also yelled at you for being new because other members did it? Would you stay?
In all honesty, if you were brand new to the server and people treated you badly, threatened to kick you, admins threatened to ban you, all because you were new, would you have stayed?
If you say you wouldn't think about the things you guys have been doing lately to the wave of new players we have. Sure some people are trolls, rushers, curers, but we as admins deal with it.
In all honestly, you guys have to stop all this mean attitudes and hurtful comments. You guys have to realize these things:
1) You could have 1 hour or 10000 hours in l4d2, you are welcome in GC.
2) You don't have to have a mic to play on the GC server. Sure it helps but it's okay if you don't.
3) Some people don't communicate, they just want to shoot and follow the team, and that's okay on the GC server.
4) You don't have to spit and die, on the GC server.
5) You deserve to have your teammates make just as much effort for that guy with 1 hour as they would for that powerhouse member they would save, on the GC Server.
6) You have a right to play on the GC Server and not be insulted by anyone be it non-member, member, or admin.
7) You have a right to make mistakes and not feel bad about on the GC Server.
8) It's okay if you are not perfect on the GC Server. It's okay to have moments of frustration, but it also is GC to make it right.
Admins make mistakes, members make mistakes, new players make mistakes. That's okay. Sometimes we let a swear slip, or rush a little further then expected, sometimes we let a heated moment get the best of us, and that's okay on GC. But when moments turn into non-stop or constants it's not okay.
Just remember you were new once, and had people treated you the way some of you treat people now you probably wouldn't have stayed, and you most defiantly wouldn't have bought a membership. So think about that next time you want to insult someone, call them a noob, say ditch him, or ask "can we kick them". Because people even online have feelings and GC is an amazing community that is here to make sure people have fun, smile, laugh, joke with one another, and walk away not feeling sad or hurt.
I've made mistakes, I haven't always been the most pleasant or nicest person to everyone, and while some people I can't make it up too for whatever the reason, I pay it forward. Trying to make sure that I don't repeat those mistakes and others don't either. You can't always go back an apologizes or fix it, but what we all can do is move forward, have fun, play nice, and only insult the ones we love, respect the ones who are new, and remove the ones who don't want to be GC.
Love you all(except Zero and Peanut),
Chick