Hello. I am Makuzi. Many of you probably know me, and there will be some who don't know me. I joined back in early 2015. When I discovered Serious TTT, now Serious Gmod, I was pretty hammered and enjoying myself on the servers. I hadn't been on the servers constantly, just a few times every month. I remember submitting my first application. It wasn't built up nicely, and around that time, I wasn't even in the hourly requirement, and I had my first application denied, due to low hours. This wasn't much of a big deal to me back then, as I had debts to pay and I wasn't as grown into this community. When I finally came around the servers more often, getting those hours so I could finally submit my second moderator application, and hope for the best. I loved playing on the servers, got to know some other people in the community, and more active on the forums. By the time the administration was considering me for a position on the staff team, I was quite nervous, taking upon a new opportunity in an online community that Wex had led me through. I became more confident in my position as a moderator as time has passed. I love helping out this community, and I love staffing the servers. I used to enjoy it. I am still very much apart of this community, but I am no longer a representative of the community, for a while. We all get caught up in life, and sort out priorities. Life first. SGMod last. College is still a new place for me. A lot more different than high school. I haven't been to school since 2014, and now, it's very much enjoyable. Setting other things aside, my time as a moderator was amazing for me. Got to know more things that non-staff members aren't supposed to know about. I kept all that information of what I seen strictly within that staff team. I knew my place a moderator, even when I had a small outburst when some of the staff were demoted a few weeks ago. I had thoughts about shedding information that I wasn't allowed to. By the end of that day, I knew that I shouldn't. Because it's not something that I would ever do, breaking the trust of the staff team wasn't an option for me. I took a small break and got my head straight. I still like this community. I am not going away forever, yet.
I love you Makuzi. You didnt give me the cheese curds that you promised me so, so long ago. You best come back man, cause you sure as hell are gonna be missed. Have fun in college!