To anyone here in Disco who doubts that it's possible for a newbie indie to get noticed in-game by a faction, become a member and rise up it's ranks fast to become one of it's pivotal leaders and a cornerstone to the faction....they just need to look at the Disco career of this man whom just said goodbye.
I remember when Orin (who didn't use Skype at the time) first messaged us about running into Vince in-game and proposing him as a good prospect. Actually I think it's somewhere near the beginning of our message dump if I recall correctly. We pulled him onto the roster and I'll be honest I don't recall the details but Vince turned out to be valuable early and was positioned as second in command of our paramilitary forces (which comprised of our largest portion of membership since there was no such thing as actual gas mining back then and h-fuel hauling was as profitable as hauling water before Xoria fixed this all up). The reason I forget is because what followed overshadowed previous impressions, caused me to say "we need this guy", and launched him into the position of Guild Master beside me and my peers at the time.
What was this moment?
Well he simultaneously embarrased me by creating an OORP thread to address an issue that was entirely capable of being resolved in RP AND intrigued me greatly because of the target he chose and which topic it was over......He called Zelot out to the floor over the matter of GMG's sovereignty and Kusari's attempt to breach it. Despite my strict rules about breaking character and using RP to resolve RP there was just no way I was going to ignore the fact that I had someone with the confidance to go toe to toe against the leaders of our neighbours while not falling apart into name calling and silly threats.
It didn't take long after the promotion when Vince rewarded us with the decision by catching one of my Guild Master peers acting in-game in a manner very unbecoming of the image he knew I was trying to foster and really quite unbecoming of any official faction. Vince fearlessly went down on him hard for it, despite being one of the founders, and he left. This vacuum pulled in a far more reliable level headed member into the council of GMs and marked a pivotal moment in improving internal faction quality.
So already so early in GMG|'s life as an official faction we had a member becoming a cornerstone defender of GMG's sovereignty and an active leader in nurturing our image both within and throughout and it was just the beginning. An immensely huge portion of what GMG| is today can be attributed to Vince both in the faction's pace and image. Not sure if I can ever thank him enough for helping me set soo many things straight, but I'll try.
Vince,
Thank you for joining the ranks of GMG| and spending your time in-game with us, thanks for agreeing to be one of our leaders, thanks for showing no fear against our enemies be it at the diplomatic table or in combat, thank for understanding the spirit and code of conduct I wanted to foster and helping me with that, thanks for painstaking hours you did with faction clerk work and creating so many well structured faction pages, thanks for working with Xoria on the economy and saving the |GTS- wing and most of all (coming as a player, faction leader and admin) thanks for being a stand up, honest, confidant player.
I hope for good luck and fortune in your future, keep that personality of yours and trust it, it'll see you through more dark times then you might imagine. Don't be shy to say hello if you pop in from time to time.
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