Thank you everybody!

[Nutter 15,155]

About 6.5 years ago we started off as a small TTT and DarkRP community that I created after having a foul experience staffing for a careless owner who used his outrageously big donation money towards drugs use, I wanted to create a more attentive community that is frequently updated based off of community criticism back when "suggestion forums" were not a thing in 99% of communities. I didn't have any expectations as far as succeeding, and I humbly was looking forward to running a small 48 slot DarkRP server, however, within a year of playing everyday and staffing for 12 hours a day, taking sits, and having fun with players, the server ended up maxing at 100/100 within 3 months. From there we had our ups and downs having issues with DDoS and being down for 5 days out of the week, until I picked up a part time job and we were able to afford better premium hosting. We ditched our TTT server in favor of opening up a MilitaryRP server, which is about to celebrate its 4th birthday.

The community has been evolving with old members leaving, getting replaced by newer members throughout the years. Our peaks were really decent, at one point  having 3 servers maxed out at 100+ players with StarwarsRP (which had unfortunately not made a return in 2 years) and things were going really well. I took a 8 month hiatus to deal with personal matters last year, however, I came back towards the end of 2019 refreshed and eager to get our community to grow to its next level along with the support of many. After spending thousands of dollars on a Rust server that never picked up in population, I received the help of many, especially @421 sm0k meth who has been here throughout the years, and we managed to enter the top 10 in the respective category were hosting in within 3 months.

As of today (2/8/2020, I'm extremely happy to announce that we have hit a new milestone at 600 concurrent players. This is a milestone that we have achieved thanks to our awesome players and staff alike -  we have effectively doubled our playerbase with the introduction of Rust 5x, 2x, TTT and Murder in just the last few months.

For the remainder of 2020 I will continue trying my best to provide new content to all servers, attempt to bring up our quality of staffing with the help of our administration team, as well as be more responsive to any major reports and support threads posted to keep you guys in this community which is a home to hundreds of players.

We will most definitely still experience some downfalls here and there, but I can say that my efforts to grow the community are at an all-time high, and as are the efforts of many of our current high positioned staff members. I have taken 2 semesters off of university to pursue this community, and to say the least, I have no regrets because of the results that were produced. Thank you so much for your overwhelming support.

[eXg-Buddha 729]

Proud to be a part of this community for the past two years, and I am looking forward to more. From humble beginnings to the titan that Garnet Gaming is today, every day is another enjoyable experience thanks to the time and effort put into the server. I don't really know what else to say, other than thank you for keeping me entertained and satisfied for the past two years of my life! Can't really sum that up in words.

[PrisonNightmare 741]

Can't wait to see what the future has in store for this community, I been loving seeing it grow so much in the past four years of playing in this community. I've met a lot of friends that don't even play on here anymore that I still hang out with thanks to this community, and probably would have never met them if it weren't for the MilitaryRP server. Thanks for continuing to support and work on the servers Garnet, these past 6-8 months especially have been some of the best moments I've seen this community have. Keep up the great work, man!

[Enigma 220]

I haven't been here for very long but i'm excited for what we have going for the TTT server! I've been staff on many servers and you're hands down the most interactive with your community and just being there for staff when they need you. Thank you for your endless support

Edited February 9, 2020 by Enigma

[Tayler 395]

Theres been some tough points throughout the years but you manage to pull through. Good to see the community doing even better than it was before dude.

[KingOfCoochie1993 274]

This community has been overall fantastic for me this past year that I’ve been in it. I’m really happy to have such great staff and a great owner. Being on the MRP server really just takes me away from whatever I’m dealing with, it’s a place where I can do whatever I want really and just have fun. You being owner and putting time into the community has benefited a lot of people in many ways. So just keep it up  

[Aparh 383]

Thank you Garnet for making such an awesome community! I really love being apart of Garnet Gaming as a whole. Really look forward to being around for a while and to see what happens from here on out.

[AlexConway 1,144]

I know I'll get loads of cringe reactions on this, but it's worth it. I've know you for exactly 5 years this month. We've had our ups and downs and definitely our laughs, you are someone who no matter what never lost themselves in ownership, always remaining in touch with every server, every update made by you. It's truly a great thing to know that accomplish this by yourself whereas other communities need 10+ to do the work you do. You have definitely become one of my closest friends over these past five years, and I'm glad I know you. No homo. Thank you for all the work you do, and the faith you've put in me through the years, and most importantly the jokes and moments, (and calling me a faggot every 10 seconds.). Especially thank you for being there even with IRL issues, I know I can talk to you. Thank you @Garnet 

Edited February 9, 2020 by AlexConway

[TheDudeAbides 173]

While I can't say I've been fully active throughout the 4 years here roughly i'm gladly surprised to see the server still kicking regardless of the good or bad I've seen it in.  Crazy to think it's been that long, and it's grown this much. Much respect my man. Let's shoot the shit sometimes it's been too long.

Edited February 9, 2020 by TheDudeAbidesV2

[Kendal 450]

When I first joined the community in MRP I had no idea what I was getting myself into. From a 2GA that was trying to be nice to anyone, all the way to where I am now. GG servers really are something else. I don't imagine that any other community is quite like this one. Servers can boast a high player count all they want, but in GG (at least MRP) I can say that it's a pretty tight community. Even with drama or personal beef, the servers you created Garnet are something i've never experienced before. Its great to see that the new changes you've made and additions of servers have doubled our community's size. 

[Ryadin 0]

MRP just feels a lot more meaningful. At least in the Marines, we have to earn our place and earn our ranks. Whether people get promoted or demoted, they still keep coming back. You are right, GG servers are something else.

[Trizzy 4]

Just getting started here but happy to be on the ride the whole way through! Congrats on the milestone, hope you continue to grow!

[Ting 368]

Woah, to see this community grow so well amazes me. I got onto the server for the first time in late 2016. This was all because i was playing R6 with a random kid. We hopped on Gmod and he showed me GG. he was already in SAS at the time, and he seemed to be a chill guy. to think that just one game of R6 brought me here is crazy. i’m glad I’ve been here for a while. 

[Draggy2 59]

One day in the Fall of 2018 I decided to open up Gmod. I click on GG and ended up spending a good chunk of my life in 2019 dedicated to this server. I honestly thought the community will die because Garnet at the time when I joined kinda of gave up. 

Thanks Garnet for bringing life to your community. Even though I'm not part of it anymore I wish y'all good luck.

[Duglas 98]

Uhh yeah this community cool so yeah we are better than [REDACTED]. And it's been pretty lit. So that's cool I guess. And remember kids don't go in the MRP showers without a adult

 

 

 

 

 

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