Goodbye dear SCPRP friends<3

[Grandglad]

Well I guess this is it folks, after I don't even know how many years it seems like GL is coming to a quiet close. I've been a part of this wonderful community since I think 2018 or 2019, and I only played SCPRP. That server meant a lot to me, and I spent a lot of time playing that, and almost burnt my pc to the ground afking for levels more times than I can count.
     Not many people may recognize me, as I was just a Gensec pretty much the whole time I played, but was CI as infiltrator every once in a blue moon. I went by the names Grandglad and Guinevere, and I was part of the MTF ETA10 Whitelist which was a Gensec custom class, and my favorite thing to do was to just sit in D-Block and watch the goofy interactions that happened between the guards and prisoners. I liked Gensec because everyone in it was just so insanely chill, and I felt really close with them all. They were like my silly little online family as goofy as that sounds. And, like, I'll say it straight up, we got completely owned by the D-Class more often than not, and it takes a special type of person to stick through the death cycle, you had to have a good attitude about it or you'd get sick and join something else cuz it wasn't your thing. I never made it past Sergeant Major, mostly because I only applied for WO I think only 1 or 2 times, so I felt like I was an honorary NCO. I loved training new people and giving them tours of the facility as NCO, and I miss the process of giving someone a silly little google form to fill out and then grading their answers. The server isn't even up anymore so I feel it's past the statute of limitations and I can say: Almost all my recruits passed because I'd literally give them the answers if they were confused and asked! Eventually towards the end of the servers life, I retired from Gensec and became maintenance, then mobile mop force, and ascended to the rank of JAN2 (If I remember correctly there were only 2 ranks left after that, like the equivalent of an XO and a sub unit leader.) As MMF I found myself more often than not going to D-Block to hang out with Gensec. I also liked to slightly bully Gensec, you can legally do that to the people you care about the most and nobody can change my mind on that...anyways, there used to be a rule where you could cloak in D-Block, there was also a rule that CI base raid timers could only reset after the last person in the raid party dies. During base raids I'd hop on the infiltrator class and cloak my way into D-Block, and mercilessly snipe any Gensec I saw for as long as I could, I'd even ask D-Class for Hp and Armor when I was shot to stay alive longer. I'd stay alive, the only CI on base for sometimes a half hour after the base raid just murdering people. Sometimes I'd only stop because people wanted to do another base raid soon and I'd get myself killed so the timer could reset xD After a few weeks of harassment there was a rule change stating you can't cloak in D-block anymore, I know it's probably coincidence but I really hope I was the reason that rule was set in place...I loved everything about this server, and the people in it. There were some people that got on my nerves, but now I really miss them. It broke my heart watching the population slowly decline from max, to 90, to 70, to 50, to 30, and then struggle to get 20. I played it till the very end, I'd hop on to tour the original map for nostalgia every once and a while. Even though it was getting a steady 0 players, the times I'd hop on to tour I'd notice changes in the map, rooms decorated, lights strung up, funny text signs. It was a little heartwarming yet sad, knowing there was somebody on, still tending to the dead server, and I'd like to say thank you to whoever that was. It was so haunting being the only person on at that time, I remember when it was dangerous to just walk around the hallways... and there would always be some noise happening, and then just being there by myself, was horrible. I've spent a lot of time searching for other Gmod servers, or games that remind me of SCPRP but nothing has ever come close to filling that void as silly as that sounds...I really miss all of that. There's really just so much I can say, but I've been at this for a pretty long time now, so I'd like to give a few honorable mentions, people that really made my time extra special, and then I'll take my leave.

D-Class Farmer custom classes

• absolutely legendary status in the server, oh god...they were terrifying and such an immense challenge as Gensec. You made life hard for me but in a fun way, and I really felt combat wasn't the same when you all gradually stopped playing. When I see the model the farmers used on other servers, I still jump a little...thanks for the ptsd

Gensec

• My favorite branch of all time. I loved every bit of the time I spent with you guys, and if I could do it all again, I would. Being a Sergeant Major for like 2 years was amazing, I loved sitting around and talking with you guys, and charging out of bunks in a suicidal waves to fight an SCP or a CI raid

Medics/Maintenance

• You guys kept us alive and happy, and it really really sucked when there were none of you online. i remember when phones were added and we would spam call the medics in medbay all. day. long. 

Chaos Insurgency

• You guys were equally as terrifying as the farmers, being Gensec and seeing you all advert raid when there was just a few MTF online...gave an unmatched feeling of impending doom... mech raids were my favorite part of CI. Also the infiltrator class was like the only reason I bought the highest donator rank...literally just so I could play that class, that was my main reason lmfao

SCP 912

• Before he got nerfed, I was able to stunlock an entire CI raid in D-Block by spamming my shield and baton, that was the hardest I've ever popped off in a video game and I've never even gotten close to having another moment like that in any game ever since...people hated me so much when I'd play that class lol, I think i used the name "Tin Man" or something like that when I played that SCP
   

Gensec CMD

• You guys were always prominent figures in the server for me, were always friendly and approachable, and always tried your best for us. The people I remember most were: Chief from 2018-19, Rangiatea from 2019, TwoSix from 2019, Sixx from 2020-21, Mind from 2022, HexG from 2022, Drizzle from 2022-23, BabyArm from 2023, and Bucket from 2023-24. If any of you guys see this, it would be cool to reconnect and catch up, I'm in the GL main discord as Grandglad/Guinevere, I hope you reach out to me!

Everyone 

• I literally love you all so much, and I have trouble remembering names, so I wont attempt to go do a big list of everyone as my brain will explode...but if you remind me of something we did together the memories will literally flood back in and I'll remember everything about you, I'm weird like that for some reason. But I really appreciated the time I spent with you all, and I don't regret a second of it<3 I wish you all the very absolute best in life, and I hope you enjoyed your time as much as I did

 Well this is really it, I seriously never thought there would be a day where I'd be writing a goodbye message, though, good things don't last forever</3 But before I go, I want to say I really wanna reconnect with anyone I used to hang out with, at least just once, even if you feel like we weren't friends, I still probably enjoyed your company, even if we didn't talk much, I really hope some people reach out to me, maybe we could hang out! My discord is "grandglad" I hope I see some message or friend requests<3

     Thanks for the fun memories SCPRP, and much love

~Guinevere