Ok, so here is my story, It isn't as interesting as anyone else's but here it goes! PS: While doing some fact finding for this reply I noticed something really cool, tomorrow will be my one year anniversary of joining the server. So In March of 2017 I first joined the server after a friend of mine were playing lots of different MC servers but we never really found something that we liked, but one day this friend introduced me to this unique server that had things that I didn't even know were possible in Minecraft. We were amazed by the housing and by the vehicles and the sheer amount of people to fight against. We would usually come on the server around the same time and hop into a Facetime call so that we could talk while PVPing. GTM spread like a virus throughout my body and became an addiction that I had never seen before. I started staying up and night and getting up early every morning to spend as much freetime as I had playing GTM. I became progressively more advanced in the game while he lost some interest in it, but I kept playing. I quickly gained somewhat of a reputation in the GTM community and worked my ass off to get enough money to save up for donor deals, I created gangs and made some lasting friendships that still are strong today. It was summer now and I has been spending all day on GTM to the point where I would be getting 1 or more million dollars a day, it was an insane amount of fun and I was on my way to becoming Sponsor but I still felt like there was more I could do in the game. As I got more experienced in the game the more I wanted to actually be involved in the running and moderating of it. So instead of spending the influx of time I had on getting more money and saving up for a donor deal to Sponsor I instead spent my time helping players hoping to become a helper for the server, I would get on at 7am and be answering questions in chat until 6. TMI BACKSTORY: I wrote my application while masturbating in the back of a car during vacation, multitasking at it's best. My hard work had finally payed off when Colt and Kwon came on to give me my Helpop rank and get me into the staff chats. I stayed as a helpop for about a month and a half and the work was amazing, I loved making friends with the staff members and improving myself as a person. It also helped that all the seniors were enthralled by how dirty I could get. Eventually after being helpop Kwon promoted me to Moderator, this was a big step up for me and I took the responsibility very seriously. I now not only could help GTM but I could also protect it from all of the hacking scum bags. Brief Footnote: I had lots of feuds with the former senior mod DESTRUCTIVEXI during this time. I still felt that there was more I should have been doing for GTM instead of the repetitive job of just answering questions and banning hackers. Don't get me wrong, I loved doing this and would have been very happy to continue doing it but I felt that there was more that I could do. So who did I turn to? None other than Cruee himself, the elusive, sexy admin who at the time was running the Community Aspect of GTM. I think that the biggest turning point in my time in GTM was simply contacting Cruee, from that point on Cruee gave me more responsibilities than I or any other Helpop, Mod, or Senior Mod had on the server and it was great. Completing these events and projects and social posts with Cruee not only opened me up into a world of possibilities in regards to GTM but gave me a great friend. Quickly after starting these tasks for Cruee I was promoted to Sr Mod where I had a short but very valuable development in my leadership skills which led to my promotion to Admin not only a month later. After being promoted to Admin I was able to take on a stronger and more effective leadership position in the GTM Staff Team, though not everything was great and peachy at this point. I would have frequent disagreements with a senior who will remain nameless that caused a lot of conflict. Later unrelated events led to this senior quitting. About a month and a half of being admin I was promoted to Manager, a position where every action I take can leave a lasting impact on GTM. It is always great to reflect on the past and remember how far I have come and just how far I have to go. I may not have any more chances to advance in the GTM staff team but I still have a hell of a lot more time to spend with you guys and hopefully make your guys's favorite server a bit more enjoyable.