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As we close the chapter on what has been quite the year for EAW I would just like to take the time to look back and reflect, as well as show my gratitude towards the community for what it has grown to become as we enter 2019. As most people know 2018 didn't start off on the best foot for EAW as a split in perspectives and allegiances divided a community. After the merge between EAW and REVOLT the main goal of myself and DEDEDE was to reshape and revitalize the culture of EAW and despite a lot of bumps in the road along the way, I think it's safe to say that we eventually got to our destination. Everybody has their own personal perspective on how 2018 was overall, understandably so considering how many ups and downs happened for the first half of it especially. Me personally I'm able to look back on it with a mostly positive outlook because I never had any personal emotional ties to anyone no longer here and I think EAW benefitted from an exodus of toxicity, side servers, sex cults, and high school drama but that's just me. I'll be the first to admit that I haven't been the most perfect person in the way I went about some things in 2018 myself. As chairman I have to lead by example and carry myself in a way that I'd want the rest of my fed to follow and carry themselves. If I could take back a thing or two or go about them differently I definitely would, like ever engaging in any twitter mess for example. The positive that I can take away from these things is the fact that I've learned from it and going into 2019 won't have to worry about that as my only concern will be towards building EAW into becoming the best version of itself possible and nothing more. I think we are on a fast track to becoming that. Everybody(hopefully ) who had some double agent hidden agenda or disgruntled attitude concerning how things are slowly but surely removed themselves and when I see EAW today I just see a bunch of people happy about the e-fedding aspect and making up what is a great and healthy community going forward.
The building part is what always gets me excited, I look at EAW today and see so many promising prospects who if they can stick around for the long haul will go down as fixtures in the community and greats in their own right. The sky is the limit for a lot of people who as long as they assert themselves will experience great success. I see talented GFXers and video editors who aren't obligated to lending EAW their talents but do so anyway because they share a passion for helping the community and I'm thankful and honored that they would choose EAW to be the place for them. I see people who entered EAW for the first time in 2018 and embraced the opportunity to learn how to become writers, whether it be as promoers or match writers, helping continue the cycle of greatness that EAW continues to strive for.
We can't take all of the credit though because the fact of the matter is that we couldn't have done it without the people who make EAW what it is, and that is every single one of you. Everybody who brought into the vision, stepped up and took on bigger roles when needed, emerging as leaders, vocal presences, writers, editors, and everything else in between. People who actually cared about the bigger picture of helping EAW at large with no hidden agendas like only wanting to prop up their own characters legacy and nothing more or recruiting members to their secret e-feds/servers. This year so many amazing new people joined the community and made huge impacts and I'm just grateful that you guys gave us a chance and grew to love it. Not to mention, there wouldn't even be a community for these new people to have come into in the first place had it not been for the veterans of EAW. People who have been around for years or simply just people who had been around a bit before the merge. You guys stuck around during a time where you could have easily seen what seemed to be the tide shifting away from EAW and followed that, but you stuck to your guns, trusted your gut, and stayed around to become a part of EAW's evolution. I don't take that dedication and loyalty for granted. For some people it was easy to be disgruntled and unwelcoming while sticking to secluded circles because they feared change. For other people, they looked forward to what was ahead, even if they were initially unsure about it. I thank you guys for sticking around here in EAW and embracing the change, setting the stage for what was to come, assisting and mentoring the new members as they transitioned into an e-fed the caliber and size of EAW. You all know who you are and you are very appreciated. Thank you for trusting the process and understanding that there was a bigger picture despite things not always seeming perfect on the surface.
Although 2017 got progressively worse as the year ended and bled into 2018, things became better as 2018 unfolded to the point where I can sit here entering 2019 as optimistic as I've ever been during any of my time in e-feds. I'm thankful for the experiences and lessons that were learned and I'm thankful to be able to stand here and say that we are approaching 2019 in an amazing position to do great things from all angles. Let's keep up the great work!
Here's to an amazing historic 2019, Happy New Year folks.
The building part is what always gets me excited, I look at EAW today and see so many promising prospects who if they can stick around for the long haul will go down as fixtures in the community and greats in their own right. The sky is the limit for a lot of people who as long as they assert themselves will experience great success. I see talented GFXers and video editors who aren't obligated to lending EAW their talents but do so anyway because they share a passion for helping the community and I'm thankful and honored that they would choose EAW to be the place for them. I see people who entered EAW for the first time in 2018 and embraced the opportunity to learn how to become writers, whether it be as promoers or match writers, helping continue the cycle of greatness that EAW continues to strive for.
We can't take all of the credit though because the fact of the matter is that we couldn't have done it without the people who make EAW what it is, and that is every single one of you. Everybody who brought into the vision, stepped up and took on bigger roles when needed, emerging as leaders, vocal presences, writers, editors, and everything else in between. People who actually cared about the bigger picture of helping EAW at large with no hidden agendas like only wanting to prop up their own characters legacy and nothing more or recruiting members to their secret e-feds/servers. This year so many amazing new people joined the community and made huge impacts and I'm just grateful that you guys gave us a chance and grew to love it. Not to mention, there wouldn't even be a community for these new people to have come into in the first place had it not been for the veterans of EAW. People who have been around for years or simply just people who had been around a bit before the merge. You guys stuck around during a time where you could have easily seen what seemed to be the tide shifting away from EAW and followed that, but you stuck to your guns, trusted your gut, and stayed around to become a part of EAW's evolution. I don't take that dedication and loyalty for granted. For some people it was easy to be disgruntled and unwelcoming while sticking to secluded circles because they feared change. For other people, they looked forward to what was ahead, even if they were initially unsure about it. I thank you guys for sticking around here in EAW and embracing the change, setting the stage for what was to come, assisting and mentoring the new members as they transitioned into an e-fed the caliber and size of EAW. You all know who you are and you are very appreciated. Thank you for trusting the process and understanding that there was a bigger picture despite things not always seeming perfect on the surface.
Although 2017 got progressively worse as the year ended and bled into 2018, things became better as 2018 unfolded to the point where I can sit here entering 2019 as optimistic as I've ever been during any of my time in e-feds. I'm thankful for the experiences and lessons that were learned and I'm thankful to be able to stand here and say that we are approaching 2019 in an amazing position to do great things from all angles. Let's keep up the great work!
Here's to an amazing historic 2019, Happy New Year folks.