First off, I want to let you all know that I'm going to be a little bit sappy in this post, as in a way SCP-RP has been my "baby" for a very long time now, and it brings a massive smile to my face knowing just how much we've grown.
If you paid attention to that last sentence, you'll notice that I said "we've grown". By that I mean that every single one of you that plays on SCP-RP has helped our server grow into one of the top Garry's Mod servers in the world.
Just saying that phrase seems surreal to me, "top Garry's Mod servers in the world". It's hard to gain perspective on it, as most of the time it's easy to just see the numbers as numbers, but reminding yourself that there are hundreds of people that play on this server every single day because they choose to spend their free time playing on and enjoying the environment that we have built.
By no means was the road short, but as with life, nothing that's worth it ever comes easy. As of the writing of this post. we are sitting at rank #5 on Gametracker, and if you look at Battlemetrics, we're rank #3. It may be hard to quantify this achievement for some of you, but it's an absolutely amazing achievement.
In Gaminglight's 7-8 year history, the highest rank a server has ever achieved was rank #7, and not only have we as a community broke that record, but in my book we smashed it. Getting a server to this high of rank is no easy feat.
Now here's the part where I'm going to get a bit sappy. I have been working on this server for almost two years at this point, since before it was launched. Even after the lacunh, SCP-RP struggled to pick up traction. At the time there was massive SCP-RP communities ahead of us, that always pulled in larger numbers than we did. There was a point where SCP-RP was basically dead, and got little to no players a day. If you want the proof, check out this post made a few months after the server's release. https://gaminglight.com/forums/topic/37821-scp-rp-growth-thank-you/
My point is that I have watched this server grow from essentially being dead, to being on of the top servers in the world. I can't express enough how proud and how excited I am to share this achievement with the members of this community.
There's an incredible amount of work that goes into the server, from a wide group of people, and it would be impossible for me to thank every single one of you that contributes and goes the extra mile to help the server, but just know that you are appreciated, and it is noticed. From the SMT I work with every single day, to our Staff Team, to our Site Administration members, to our High Command members, to our Low Command members, to our NCO's, to our Enlisted. Every one of you that goes the extra mile, or even just plays on the server every single day. We appreciate you.
While we are at rank 5, it is not in my nature to settle for anything except for excellence, and to always strive for more. So take this congratulations, take this moment to pat yourselves on the back, take this moment to celebrate, and then hop right back on, as it's time to go to work getting to that top 3
Thank you all for reading,
~ Igneous.
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