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My last post and my last time on are two different things. I wasn’t really one for posting I more spoke in the chat. But if not a clan than is their any point to this anymore? All I’m hearing is
1) no longer game
2) anyone can join
3)don’t have severs anymore
4) literally no point in moving up unless one gets mod otherwise basically powerless
5) no real point for website outside of applications to a community forum that even if your not a member you have the same ability yes as a regular member.

We had almost no events back in the Halo clan days. It seems you are viewing SmG through nostalgia glasses (Like I do often). Then I go back to screenshots and videos and remind myself it was no where near as fun as it is now. It was much worse back then. SmG has grown to be something so much better since. I agree we are not perfect but nothing is. All we can do is work hard each day to make it better. As for gaming events we still have them it just takes time to get things into action I am actually planning a Fortnite event and have been.

But the point being with gaming events is... well okay so lets say we do a CSGO/Halo/COD tournament we have 30K people in our Discord and even with an @ everyone only 20 or so show up. This is because not everyone can participate, like the game, or even have the game. So now we try to hold events that anyone can enter or at least a majority can enter (performing competition, open mic, sig contest, etc..). On top of all this we don't have many people that commit to hosting the events, we even went as far as making an event organizer role for the second time in SmG history. As I expected, it failed because its alot of work to do an event and most people would rather chill in voice chat and play games with their friends. There is literally nothing you get from hosting an event other than hopefully enjoying it yourself and most of the time its not because your focusing on making it go smoothly.

So the game server situation is tricky. We had servers up until a few months ago (up for 8+ years). I finally realized it is not worth the money to run dedicated gaming servers in 2018. We were getting less than 1% of new members from our game servers which were very expensive. Not to mention the amount of time and effort that it took running the dedicated servers. I was spending hours on end for little to no return. Other members here can even vouch for this point Prodigy, Stinger, CC, Flash, Conflict, Nukem, and many others know that it was a pointless effort in terms of making SmG better. People send months preparing amazing game servers just to be empty for months. It was just one of those things we finally had to let go of. It was more work than it was worth. If anyone here wants to run SmG gaming servers on their dime and using their time please fell free! Just contact me first to let me know.

The only thing I found even remotely successful in terms of game servers this year was our Minecraft server that members worked so hard on. I actually plan to bring this back but with everything going on and day to day stuff I haven't had a chance. My current dedicated server is crashing and have not had anytime to trouble shoot it. So eventually we will have a minecraft server again because it was fun for the 25 or so members that did play.

The reason we opened our doors to everyone here is because we were tired of having it so dead. We only had a few posts and members active. There can't be an SmG if there is no members. We made a decision a while ago to more from a clan to a community. But I hate saying that because we are SmG we aren't defined by one word. We are so much more than a clan or a community.


As for promotions being a staff member is alot of hard work. It most of the time isn't fun and can be extremely stressful. Most people here wouldn't even want staff if they knew how much work it was. But being a staff member can teach you discipline, hardwork, better communication skills, and overall just be a fun experience, especially for younger members. It will show you how to work as a team and learn to work with others who have different backgrounds, ideals, and opinions than you. It will allow you to have your hand directly involved in shaping SmGs future. Being a staff member here is tons of work I will admit but it can be a great experience. As a staff member you get what you give. If you work hard and put time into it then you will get something out of it. If you sit around don't do much then you won't get much out of it. 

Anyways I hope I answered your questions. If not then let me know what else you want to know.