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Zim

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  1. i tell you kids, back in my day, we had it so rough... or so much better, i can't tell anymore. anyway, every day, we would wake up at 2 in the morning and go to the forums for juicy drama. we all lived in a closet, you see, so it was one room. and we would ask, me and joah and square and jackson, "what's for todays update?". joah would smack us all with a shoe and say "content". and if we complained and said "but we added content yesterday" - because we had worked on updates every day - he would smack us all five times with a shoe and say "tough its all your gonna do. i'm trying to feed a family of me with just half a silver buckington", a silver buckington was about the same as half a 250,000 credit purchase back in the day. then we would head to the teamspeak. we met up with the admins from down the teamspeak channels, and would code the 1674 lines of trash to make the updates they wanted. on the way to teamspeak, we had to deal with the discord messages that piled up during our 1 hour of sleep, it was so tall it extended to outer space. when we got to the top of the messages, we would see the good boys with their fancy messages - which they dont make like they used to, and we would be forced to talk to them for 'good relations'. then, when we finally got to the server at 4 in the morning, the players would come up to us and say "your worthless trash and never put time into the server or my suggestion for c3po with fat tits and a fuckable pussy. i hate you", then they would smack us all with the arrest batton 10 times and tell us we had 7 years of updates to make up for. then, we went to restricted areas so players couldnt reach up, and staff team would say "ok listen up idiots", then he would tp to us and spank us each 60 times, then hit us each with the stun batton 40 times each. then it was 7 at night and we had to try and play another game to feel better after all the abuse. then, when we got on LoL, we'd ask joah "whats the play today?", and he'd smack us each 50 times with a verbal abuse and say "this is why i love jackson more". and if we complained, he would verbally smack us each 100 times with a fire comeback and say "im trying to feed a family of 154 on just one islet sliver, just you wait until your dad (Mods) gets home" - now an islet silver was worth about as much as a tac insert (or a lightsaber crystal). then, when our dad got home from his job at the Havoc factory, he would hit us all 180 times with his belt. if we had been naughty, we would hit us all another 600 times. then, at 12:58, joah would say "ok time for bed". then, we got into our potato sacks, and he would hit us with text messages to do updates tomorrow before we went to sleep.
  2. Hey Korm, I think about you alot, way more than I ever expected. I hope you're doing well. I miss you man, and I have alot of Star Wars lore that you never got to see, I hope to one day share it all with you. Your memory lives on, with me, and many others. I hope you're resting easy. Thanks again for everything brother.
  3. someone remembers me! goodluck homie. It's pretty rad out here!
  4. Farewell, to the Banana. The man, the myth, the legend. o7
  5. D̶e̶l̶e̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶t̶r̶o̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶u̶n̶i̶t̶y̶!̶ Wait, that didn't happen yet. I would have to go with joining the server to minge and harass my friend so he would fail SOBDE tryouts just to end up owning the darn thing.
  6. @Piff Logs + Players = Lots of Logs Lots of Logs = Lots of Cached Files Lots of Cached Files = Lots of Lag Easiest and most ape way I can describe it to you.
  7. Hello all, I wanted to let those of you, friends of Korm (Alex) know that unfortunately he has passed away. His brother was kind enough to notify those in discords with him that he would no longer be here and has passed away due to health complications. I cannot exress how kind and giving Korm was not only to this community but all the players within it. From the hours and hours put into the ARK server, to SOBDE suggestions driving me insane, to general assistance with whoever needed it, Korm never stopped and always put himself out there to help those around him even at risk of his own personal gains. Korm's family has a GoFundMe setup for his mother, to assist with funeral costs and this difficult time. If you have a few extra dollars to put towards him, I would request you do so. It is the least we can do as a community to pay him back for the work he has done. I personally have already put in a donation. GoFundMe Link I hope those of you that were unaware before this post can find your peace. I request we use this thread for respectful thoughts, support, or hopefully stories you shared with Korm, good or bad. Things you will hold onto to ensure that his memories remain and he never truly dies. I know he would of liked leaving one last laugh, or joyful memory to this community. Memories become all that we are, I will make sure Alex's memory stays here, I owe him that. I hope you all can do the same. Rest easy, brother. We love you.
  8. Listen @Clank, I've known you a long time. We all still talk about you in discord, sometimes about you, your wookie, or your amazing exposed or gmod dancing videos. It really sucks to hear you've hit such a bad spot. You know we are always here for you if you need something. You've always been here for us when we needed a good laugh. But more importantly than that, I hope you can take this oppurtunity to get better. You need to focus on yourself, on your future, and on becoming you again. Focus on one day at a time, it does get better. I've been exactly where you are. I know 'it gets better' sounds unreal, but I promise it does. You can't quit. If you need someone to talk to at any time, you have my number, and if you no longer do, you can ask for it. I would much rather drop some of my time than hear that you threw all yours away. Try and talk it out with your family, see if you can move back in, if not, rent somewhere or bunk at a friends. If bunking isn't an option and you can't afford to rent message me and we can figure something out together. When COVID ends I want to see you again man, don't take that away, please. Stay safe, I love you buddy.
  9. I wanna say the feedback to this post was better than I had ever expected. From the bottom of my heart, to all of you, thank you.
  10. Hey. I had a much more crude and cold post originally, but I wiped it. I am resigning again, and likely permanetly from Synergy. I will continue to assist Square as he needs assistance with updates but I do not wish to have a direct role, or responsibility to this community. I feel I have put in more than my fair share of time and effort over my multiple years here and that time needs to find it's end. With that, I request you do not DM me in relation to Synergy on discord or Steam as those are mine and I will likely block you. If you have something for me, message me here. My reason for leaving relates hard to three factors that I will not go into in detail on, as to leave on a more positive note. The short version is between my health, job, and the Gmod culture, I have no drive or time that I want to dedicate to this project. To the person who leaked my resignation coming up, fuck yourself, that's not your news to share and you are a prime example of the shitty culture built deep into Gmod (Not Synergy, Gmod). If you want a more heartfelt goodbye, one that captured my more passionate feelings, please review my old leaving post. You can view that here: https://synergyroleplay.com/forums/topic/13165-taking-a-step-back/ In conclusion, this is my goodbye from Synergy, I have much more important things I need to focus on moving forward. I am aware this is short and cold, but at this point I feel the people that know me understand. The other people, well I don't really care. Memories become all that you are, so make sure to live long enough to leave some behind. Everything eventually comes to an end, let it happen naturally. Stay alive friends. Sincerly, Zim / Spencer
  11. I'm really sorry for your loss. I hope your family finds it's peace and I am glad Synergy could be an escape for you brother. I hope he found his peace.
  12. This is actually a really good idea, kinda rough for figuring out a good setup that is fair and visable. But I like the idea. The other problem that might rise in a setup of this is trying to compensate for taxes. Because the server sees about 1/3 of all profits go to taxes. Then to the box, ts, forms, etc. But I like this idea. @Joah might agree, or disagree.
  13. Y'all keep saying hire like the server can afford that. I don't even get paid for every update lol. I personally strongly disagree, Joah has not been more or less difficult since I joined to work with him and become apart of the team. It's about presenting yourself right and proving we should trust you. He has never just given trust, nor has anyone on the Founder team. I have seen him "betrayals" or not, give tons of developers who proved they knew stuff a chance. Ex. Jayarr, Gideon, Kyle, CBlake, Maxwell, Jad, Props, etc. Heck, even Jackson and Square had to earn box access. They didn't get it just because they were Founders But, everyone has their own opinion on others Baelfire, so even if you don't think this is valid, we can agree to disagree. Also, I don't mind calling people out and especially when it's a repetitive theme. For all the guilty apes of this, rather than just blind disagreeing with all my posts about the server, why don't you dm me or respond back with some sort of backing, reasoning or solutions. It's players that sit and complain with no answer being good enough, but refuse to do anything besides sit there that are fucking useless. You clowns. At least Jayarr is TRYING.
  14. hi. my only thought here is, if someone really cares enough to make a difference and not just throw common knowledge around while not listening to the answers already provided by founders and high staff, they should do what i did. i came here with no trust a week prior to becoming an SA (superadmun) for my work. i asked joah if i could dev, he said no, i said fuck that i will make him say yes. i came back with my own work, work i put together from scratch, not asking for handouts of existing files or other bs. from there joah could see i had - if nothing else - dedication and actually gave me a shot. by the end of my first week i was SA giving you guys the first update i made here p.s. sorry for all lowercase, but idc p.p.s. no shade @Jayarr or any other points made here, but wanna bring the fact up that no one has actually made a true effort besides the normal "give me files" "no" "ok. i go bitch on forms now, lol." the last person i saw come into the community with the same mindset as me when i came in was Jad, and @Jad has alot of trust and freedom now. ty jad, now learn to dev so i can live in peace lol
  15. Zim

    Parjai Model

    Though I think the art is extremely neat. (I just love art tbh.) I'm going to stick to what I always say when presented a suggestion. It's not lore, the models you have now are, they were not black. Sorry my dude -1
  16. He actually uninstalled Gmod. You crazy bastard, you actually did it. To keep it real, I don't know you that well, but coming from a dude with social anxiety that I have (mostly) overcome. Picture it like this, you're a jedi, forced to constantly keep your emotions (anxiety) in check. Through doing this, you push yourself, and learn control over ALL your emotions and overcome your fears. It's a rough long journey, but one day, you can be a Jedi Master. You just need enough practice and experience. Good luck with whatever you move onto. You're always welcome to hangout in Teamspeak and keep your friends here. I really liked your ending part. Mental health is important and often overlooked. The tears just mean this community meant something to you and we have all done our job, as a community. Take this as a time to celebrate yourself. o7
  17. wow. ok. bye then, idiot. ɪ'ᴍ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴋɪᴅᴅɪɴɢ. ɪᴛ sᴜᴄᴋs ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ. ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪsʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇsᴛ ᴏғ ʟᴜᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ. ᴋᴇᴇᴘ sᴀғᴇ. ɪᴛ's ᴜɴғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴍʏ ʟɪɢʜᴛsᴀʙᴇʀ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇᴘᴀʀᴛᴜʀᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴇᴄɪᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ɪᴛ's ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. Seriously though, good luck dude. I was finally @'d in a goodbye and it was a callout. Harsh.
  18. I reached out recently and they had nothing available last I checked. Still working on it!
  19. Next Update @TopGunz9
  20. I personally hate the teamspeak rule lol. But Gmod has fucked in-game audio too. So like.
  21. I would like to add my 2 cents, and I would appreciate a true read over as it's important.. I also would love to rip on some of the stupid bitches in this post, but they just add to my points below.. so.. thanks.. I guess.. I think people forget the times we are in. COVID-19 has been a rough plague on many people, people are dying, losing jobs, school support, etc. This has made things like the sever become a very strong back seat for users like our Founder team who (some of us) have people in very high risk positions or already lost people. I personally work in student education, meaning with schools all closing I was forced into the front lines of battling to ensure students can continue to learn and receive their education. Education is important. I'm not saying COVID is an excuse, but it certainly is a strong blockade. Furthermore, I am going to address mostly @Keo's post as he was first to throw this up here and he did so respectfully. I think adressing updates as being done for fun is extremely untrue. I know that I, and the other founders have not created an update for the fun of it in a very long time. The founders have created updates for YOU. For the players. This is a extremly unrewarding task. I personally receive far more negative response when providing updates than positive. People look for what they didn't get and don't appreciate what is given (Thanks A-Aron, BigZach & Life- for proving this point I guess). I personally find updates extremely stressful, time consuming, unrewarding and challenging and as you can imagine, with a full time job and a list of tasks that becomes ever more important in the current worlds situation it is BEYOND difficult to make what little freetime I have dedicated to developing an update for a hobby. Comics got this part all spot on! Sure, we could provide a team with the files, but Synergy is a project the Founder team made and hold dearly, it's hard to just give that to someone and /trust/ they will have the right intentions or mindset when adding / removing / not sabatoging things. Lastly, in the interest of transparency, I will add a bit about our Founders I feel at liberty to share so you can understand where our team is: Joah - This is one of my dearest friends, and I hardly see him between his work, sleep, and personal matters he has been forced to deal with as of late. Jackson - Recently got a big push in his schooling and is on 24/7 call for his internship. Edit: Jackson is alright too. Square - Was MIA for about a month, recently returned and is only around for short periods as he is out with his own personal life. Ron - I have not seen Ron since before COVID hit. He has been completely MIA and we can only hope he is healthy, safe and okay. Zim - That's me, ontop of the prior, I recently received a problem with my breathing and have been unable to get diagnosed as to a cause. Ontop of this, during tests to discover the cause, they found a unrelated issue with my heart that will unfortunately warp how the rest of my life will continue. The point of this isn't to make people think "boo hoo" for the Founders, as we are responsible for your updates. We should and would love to be able to snap our fingers to add new items. But unfortunately our worlds (because we are real people with lives and jobs) have been extremely chaotic. I hope this small essay helps and you can take a moment to read and understand it. I'll see what I can do to get something out soon. I can't promise it would be perfect, but I have stuff I personally paid for out of pocket (501st model updates) that I haven't even been able to add due to life. Thanks for making the post Keo. It's important and gave me a good chance to explain behind the scenes. (Well at least a very little bit).
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