Late 2008 - Mid 2010 | The Global Order, Aquatic Coalition Front, Asgaard My first nation was created in 2008, just after the GATO-1V War. I received a recruitment message from Logan of ODN, among many others. I tried joining ODN, VE, and I think GGA. All three took an innumerable amount of time to get back to me, so I took another offer from The Global Order, becoming a member without any academy. A tiny micro, I led Recruitment and Foreign Affairs... whatever that meant. For me it was register on as many forums as humanly possible and spam my friends. I recruited mainly RL friends, and put them in gov spots. We grew to around 20/ 30 members, wrote a few treaties, and had some laughs. Keanu, our dear leader, deleted of inactivity. We merged with, iirc, Troy, another micro. I didn't really like their vibe but we announced the merger because they were really our only ally. One of my friends from that group, kingEMO93 (I think it's 93...), started up a number of micros afterward eventually pissing off NATO and Oceania among others who offered to protect him. 2009 was really not his year. When TGO folded, I rounded up the guys I recruited and told them to change their AA to Aquatic Coalition Front. This must have been about early 2009... can't quite remember. It was here I finally learned how to play the game - lonewolf, gambona, tehol... three of the nicest guys ever. They showed me the ropes and built my nation to an incredible 6K. Eventually I got jobs running trade circles of the alliance, won a recruiting award, and was most active diplomat or some thing. I formed friendships with The Sasori Initiative, Ragnarok, CRAP, and Polar mainly. Fought through Karma with these guys, it was a lot of fun. We only fought with RAD and Assassin Order against NADC, but still, my first real war. Unfortunately, things got quiet, and many started making plans for what would happen post ACF. I and the friends from TGO along with new friends rocknraider and mustakrakish(?) planned on forming an alliance that didn't work out. I followed lonewolf and gambona to their project, Asgaard. I didn't gel with it at all, the 3 different in game AAs... after many arguments a good many members left. I deleted of inactivity shortly thereafter, unable to find a suitable home. Late 2010 - April/May 2012 | NATO and Legacy A few months to a year later I rerolled, sticking with NATO for a long time. Fought through two wars, one of which being the NPO front of the Grudge War, where I first served as a military organizer. I also served a couple terms as Secretary of Recruitment, my first time being in government of a real alliance. Organizing war via IRC, launching nukes against the gun nuts, good times (shoutout to the Pacifican I worked with, dan100). I wanted to be run for FA (Feb/March 2012), but a core of longstanding members held the offices of Sec Gen, Defense, and FA. To be frank, NATO was a stick in the mud. They talked of all this change and wanting to absorb the practically inactive NADC among other blue alliances we were friendly with, perhaps merge TFD, NATO, NADC and another into a massive blue alliance, but alas, nothing ever happened. Complacency and status quo reigned here. In March or April of 2012 I found Legacy, through my old friend rocknraider and decided to join up. It was exciting, they had good friends in NSO whom I was familiar with from my time in NATO, and I was excited. RL took over a bit though, and I ended up going inactive only a couple months in, doing nothing of note. I bought my first nuke with NATO, was part of a major alliance finally, finally was an active irc member, and was in the war room as part of NATO's government (Sec of Recruitment, but still). Good memories were made here with Sir Humphrey, lenny, berbers, all of 'em. Good times. I wish I stuck around in Legacy, but don't remember a lot from my short stay. Aug 2012 - | New Sith Order and Kashmir I stayed in NSO as a proud Sithian for nearly a year. The theme really is what drew me in, a Star Wars fanatic myself. KirstenMichelle recruited me, and I gelled with the vibe quite easily. I had no plans but to chill with good people and ignore the OWF. About 6 months in I become really active, mainly in the recruiting department. I also diplomated and worked in Inquisition a bit. After running for an empty seat in Inquisition against gofastleft and losing, then a month later unsuccessfully challenging an inactive member of Inquisition, I looked to work on my work ethic and break into government. With Furqan quitting (and subsequently returning a couple months later, post-my departure) and Hereno somehow becoming our Master of Cultivation, there was an empty spot at Marauder. But, disappointed with several things in the alliance, I didn't feel motivated... some of the same problems that existed from my time in NATO were prevalent. There's a large number of reasons that culminated in my leaving. Kashmir and NSO had become quick friends, and I like yolo/trout/ the rest of the guys a lot. The switch made sense to me, and I felt I could have a bigger impact working with Kashmir. So here I am. Since joining, we've lost trout, BloodFury, and a couple other notable members to BF1... who knows what they're planning ;). I started out working for master hakai in foreign affairs, and cultivated good friendships with a few AAs like Javahouse, FEAR, Baratheon, GOONs, LPH and a few others. With two other founders stepping down from government, SirWilliam asked if I'd be interested in becoming the Hermit - IA. Happy to be on the forefront of an alliance I truly gelled with and whose philosophy I believed in, I accepted. And that about brings us to now.