grahamkeatley Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Its with great joy and pride that I step up in front of you this very night. The flag that I fly above me now, is a flag I have flown over my head in CN for over two years. Its a flag that I personally have represented to symbolise more thins then my own National Flag. For TOOL is a union of many different Nations and many different cultures and has some how come together under this symbol. Looking at it now; Japanese flag stripped of colour, a simple light fade with an emblem of a Hammer thrown on top. Broken down like that and in truth it is nothing all that special. It means very little. People can take what they want from it. They can pick it apart for socialist identity, they can come to the theory its liberal because the hammer is facing the left. Some have said its dull, that its not representative of the light. To all I say, its TOOL. It has grown on me over the months and months to a point where I dont want to be without it. Like any basic meaningless tricolour, any formation of stripes, squares, triangles or stars - broken down they mean very little in comparison to what it means as a cultured symbol. Every flag over time builds its own identity and culture around it. Without a doubt TOOL has found a suitable flag, in that regard. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our Order shall be righteous as well as strong. Tonight, for the first time, I get to fly my Flag on my Nation knowing its coming from a culture of strength, solidarity and respect. And everyone who identifies with the TOOL culture gets that chance. People dont fight for flags, they fight for one another, they fight for unions and beliefs. So I want to emphasise that this achievement was not a goal, was not an objective or mission. This is but a mere cherry on the cake, a cake which we have spent months and months slaving on. A cake which everyone involved should be proud of, as much as I am. TOOL is a fantastic community, one of a kind, in my opinion. And this way of identifying ourselves as uniquely apart of such is amazing, and im delighted we now have this chance. Both in game with our flag and on this communities forums through our Pip; all TOOLs and TOOL sympathisers can enjoy being a TOOL, in the best possible meaning of the word. o/ TOOL o/ Custom 55 And a big salute to all of TOOL's friends, allies and well wishers; im in a good mood so why not celebrate it. A big kudos to Feigelinc for designing the Pip and for all his work on gaphics and designs in TOOL, and one to arabbeast; a long standing friend who designed TOOL's Flag back in the day during a 15 minute brain storm session for ideas. GK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperado Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats to our white allies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uralica Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 o/ TOOL o/ Grahamkeatly o/ smecksi flags Feels SO good to have the flag in-game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congratulations o/ TOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogar Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 o/ TOOL congratulations on finally achieving sanction status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamkeatley Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 o/ Grahamkeatley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King William I Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 This is an EPIC day! o/ TOOL o/ Flag 55 o/ The Almighty Admin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earogema Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Man that took you guys a while. Good job I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janax Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats to TOOL. Quite an achievement, and well deserved. You guys rock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D34th Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats on being sancioned TOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uralica Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 lol stupid finger slipped off the "e" key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gantanX Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 (edited) Congrats TOOL, you guys deserve it... Edited February 10, 2009 by gantanX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 This is awesome. you guys deserve it... yes, yes they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archon Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats guys. Seriously, it's a job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Go Us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeroler247 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 o/ TOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikaru Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 GK using TOOL Forums emoticons on CN Forums Still, I firmly agree. o/ o/ TOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galapagos Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 A sanction for us is good news for everybody! Hooray for TOOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzz227 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Awesome job! o/ TOOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossarian Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 o/ TOOL o/ all our members (and of course especially o/ GK ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rommelgrad Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats TOOL yall deserve it! Yall are great friends and allies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Blake Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 That looks real good, nice to finally fly it in game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Keshav IV Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congrats on getting Sanctioned TOOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh the Great Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Congratulations TOOL. Well Deserved o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmia Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I've been with TOOL nearly a year now and this is an amazing accomplishment. While it is not something we particularly were aiming for, I am proud to be able to fly the TOOL flag ingame. This is a place that is home to me and represent much of what I think TOOL as a community strive for. The flag means different things for different people but it is still our flag and to have the honor to fly it is indeed a miraculous thing. It is not complicated, it may not even be pretty to people, it took a while to grow on me but I wouldn't have it any other way. So o/ Custom 55 TOOL And forever for the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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