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]OMG[Thank

Dear my Crossfire fellows and readers,
My IGN is ]OMG[Thank, I have played Crossfire since 2008 ( Vietnamese version) and officially have my own NA version account in 2010 until now. First of all, I want to thank you all of you to be here and read this message, I appreciate anyone who read this all the way to the end. This message is not for showing off or justify anything, this is just simply my true story and the lesson I learnt in this journey. Today I have owned an amazing account (60 ribbons, seasonal ZP guns, honorable soldier...etc), I have what exactly I want in my account, I have amazing friends and clan mates, I have achieved many rewards from CF events, and I also build certain relationship with many CF fellows and forumers, and most of all peace of mind. However, you wouldn't recognize me back then in 2010, and when I say you wouldn't recognize me, I don't mean about my IGN changed, my rank changed, or my accounts have more addition things, what I mean here is the person I'm used to be compared to the person I am today.
Like everyone else, I start my account with M16 and M700, GP char. In 2010, I have a very bad attitude about everything and everyone, I complaint, upset, angry, and feel miserable most of the time. I believe if you take me back to the time I would win top 10 people with most complaint in Crossfire. I complained about the Devs, the company, the events, the guns people have that I don't have, mad at someone better than me or laugh at me, mad at someone rage at me, you name it... thousand and thousand reasons to have these negative energies. Beside, I'm used to act "know it all" and I heard it before, I judged people for who they are, where they come from, their language, their nationality, I didn't listen to anyone for whatsoever, I was very ignorant, stupid and arrogant with big ego. Today, when I look back at myself, I just laugh because how childish I was, how closed mind I was and how ridiculous I was. However, thankfully many good people give me a wake up call, and I am sure without that wake up call, I will not have what I have today. I feel being blessed by that, and I want to share with you 3 stories that flip the table upside down, from 0 to what I accomplish today.

#1st story:
In 2010, my skill is horrible, you can imagine I barely hold the mouse properly, and my English is much more worse than this, broken English, I usually earn the title "noob", when I am the last person in my team survive, most of people predictions are s"we are done" "GG" they certainly didn't believe I could win that round, which is true. I felt disappointed, I wonder why everyone else can play better than me, I wish this game was easier, these situations that I face was easier. Then one day, I met my first leader, who doesn't care about where I'm from, how bad I am, all he cares is my burning desire to be better, he is a wise guy. And he makes me realize one thing, the first principle which works time by time " Don't wish it easier, wish you were better", magically I found how true it is, I focused on circumstances and being victim for my situations and try to make excuse or someone to blame, just to justify my thinking, my mindset. I had asked myself wrong question " Will I fail or success?", when the right question I should ask is " Will I fail forward or fail backward?", who have lived and doesn't fail once, which babies learn to walk without a fall. The problem is not a problem, the problem is my attitude about the problem. I tried to look good, tried to justify, I denied how bad I was and I end up staying at the same place. Since the day I learn my lesson, I decided to change myself, admit I was wrong and I practice harder than I have never been, result is my kdr dramatically changed, I save some certain budget for my account, I deposit when there is an promotion, I don't deposit many ZP at once time, but I keep my consistency by month to month and I got what I want today. I went on forum, do more reading, and expand my vocabulary, I finally communicate better. My works paid off !
>>> Don't wish it easier, wish you are better <<<

#2nd story:
As mention before, I'm used to complain, discriminate and do many bad things, as a result I repel people, no one wants me in their clan, and my friend list was simply 1 way friend, people unfriend me, things getting worse, my real life social is terrible, I feel alone and I thought I was okay, I need no one beside myself. One day, I went to Landmark forum, I learn about these negative thoughts, called rackets, it could be someone offend you in the long time ago, and it lingered in my head for years, I bet with you back then if you saw me, you can tell I give you the face "leave me alone" expression. During these Landmark attendance, I am able to remove and distinguish every single negative energy, it felts like leave 2 bags of thousand lbs behind, simply amazing. As a result, I am nice to people, attract more people, many clan leaders invite me to their clan even I have a clan myself, friend invitation simply endless, and that positive attitude gave birth to "OMGs group" which exist 3 years, and I am treated as a big brother and feel welcoming, loving more than ever. I am now can't be hurt by any insulting, I learn someone opinion doesn't need to be your reality when you don't allow to.
>>> Happiness is the inside job, a JOB, spread the love from your heart to people instead of taking energies from circumstances, you will find the most powerful peace of mind <<<

#3rd story
In 2014, I define being a leader could be the creator, or the most powerful individual, or most skill player, or most active player, or most strategy player, someone with the most power or features. When I was a clan leader, people come and leave like changing the underwears every single day, I am tired of seeking new recruits, tired of being clan leader. Until I listen to John Addison audio, he describes leader as a servant for your clan and selling them a vision, that is one of the most strangest thing I've heard, "Be a servant ??!!" as long as I listen more about the audio, it makes so much sense, when I help everyone in my OMGs family, they are always be there for me, I don't think today I have their backs, I think I have their hearts, and they love me to death, and so do I. I can use my power as clan leader to kick anyone, it is so easy to do so, but true leaders wouldn't do that, they talk, they work it out and they want win-win situations. And again, fortunately I learnt that.
>>> Be a servant to your clan mates, true leadership shall reveal <<<

Today I am blessed and I wish the best for all of you can feel the same, I love you all and I wish this community becomes better. Thank you for your time.

M1600wner

This was quite Heartwarming to read, kudos! I started out as a lagging Noob back in 2009 with a Ping of 160, usually playing Columbia with my K1A. I never really complained, as the Game was rather fun, and I barely understood a lick of English in the first place, so even if they did insult me I never knew lmao

Don't take it the wrong way when some folks inevitably will try and TL;DR it, it's a nice read for sure!

Runtikis

Too bad all of your hardwork is on a virtual game that will be dead in a year, since you play on NA. Hope you feel this accomplished at age 30.

GeneralZezo2

I respect you
You smart man

I wish you further success

]OMG[Thank

M1600wner wrote: »

This was quite Heartwarming to read, kudos! I started out as a lagging Noob back in 2009 with a Ping of 160, usually playing Columbia with my K1A. I never really complained, as the Game was rather fun, and I barely understood a lick of English in the first place, so even if they did insult me I never knew lmao

Don't take it the wrong way when some folks inevitably will try and TL;DR it, it's a nice read for sure!

Thank you

Runtikis wrote: »

Too bad all of your hardwork is on a virtual game that will be dead in a year, since you play on NA. Hope you feel this accomplished at age 30.

To me, these principles I apply in real life, work really well. Then I apply to this game and turn out Crossfire reflect my hardwork as a mirror. It doesn't matter if this game dead or not, what matters here is how many people read this and find the happiness inside. This is my point of this thread, I want to contribute for this community.

GeneralZezo2 wrote: »

I respect you
You smart man

I wish you further success

Thank you, buddy

DarkArtZ

i would love to read this "heart warming" message (essay) but i really cant be bothered to read it. but to the end of the message. this community will never get better. it will only get worse. But it is nice to see some people are still decent in this failed community

swesub1

Worth reading...great post omgthank! Best I have read on the forum yet

]OMG[Thank

DarkArtZ wrote: »

i would love to read this "heart warming" message (essay) but i really cant be bothered to read it. but to the end of the message. this community will never get better. it will only get worse. But it is nice to see some people are still decent in this failed community

Well, I want to share you a short story.
There were a young girl plays on the beach, she saw lot of starfish lying on the sand, they were pushed by the wave and now they are drying. She started to throw them back to the ocean as many as possible. A young man came to her and said "what are you doing? You can't save all of them, there are too many" She replied "I know I can't save all of them, but the ones back to the ocean can live now, their lives have changed"
Sure I wouldn't be able to make everyone in this community understand my message and be happy, but I believe the one does will smile today. You don't need to rock the world, you just need to rock someone's world, and that is enough to me. And today is the day I want to make that someone smile while reading.

swesub1 wrote: »

Worth reading...great post omgthank! Best I have read on the forum yet

Thank you, mate

stane031

I agree with everything you said. After playing CrossFire for so long I became chill. I don't get mad by getting kicked or taunted by other players, in a game like this things get repetitive and you have to find peace within yourself and take things as they are and will be.
I used to play this game back in 2007-2008 (don't mind my acc creation date) and obviously I grew up like everyone else but my "social experience" from CrossFire shaped my mind in a good way like it did with most of other mature people in here.

Now I don't know if I will be able to properly explain this but I'll try. I read Bloodclarts comment on one of the threads just few minutes ago how there are no to barely any hackers lately and its been like this for 2 years from my experience. It seems like that doesn't have anything with this thread because xtrap and z8games staff do a lot of work to make that going on but I also believe that players have large impact on that too. I can't say how many players play CrossFire but there must be large amount of players that got mature troughout years too, well it really depends on their personality and perception. Have in mind there might always be waves of new players as we used to be who have a lot of space to progress, both skill-wise and personality but I believe with a larger amount of now mature players we do improve their gameplay time in some way. Our own personality have impact on them and as a high rank player who knows something about this game I do my best to stay chill and tolerant to everyone, specially lower ranks. Worst feature someone can own in this game is stubbornness and I think it is only reason why I get mad sometimes and there is only one example of it - stuborn high rank players in my case.

I don't know about other mode's other than Ghost Mode but I can say that there are a lot of players in Ghost Mode community that can make a difference and act properly when they see hackers. Everyone that spent that much time to improve their bhop and pin point skills to "legendary" levels can for sure see a difference between hacker and good player. Now that is one hell of a way to improve lower ranks gameplay time because they don't have to go trough things as most of us did.

There is one more reason why I think there are increasing numbers of mature players - kick votes.
I play alone this game, my real life friends played CrossFire for max 3 months back in 2009-2010. I do have other friends in game and I can join clan's if I want to but I prefer playing alone, but point is I play public games on my own.
It might be just my luck but seriously I could say that I got kicked less than 20 times since January this year. That number is just a blind shot but I think everyone could see the point I'm making here. From getting kicked few matches in a row I can say that my "beeing kicked" number has drasticly reduced.

Respect should be mutual in this game, we are all gamers so basicly we are all same in some way but real life quote "100 people - 100 personalities" apply here too so there must be "heavy" players to deal with but its up to us how we will react on them and I think we are all mature enough to let them do what they want and learn by themselfs how to act properly like we did or try to give them a little push if possible.

olpers

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OMG[Thank;4385340']Dear my Crossfire fellows and readers,
My IGN is ]OMG[Thank, I have played Crossfire since 2008 ( Vietnamese version) and officially have my own NA version account in 2010 until now. First of all, I want to thank you all of you to be here and read this message, I appreciate anyone who read this all the way to the end. This message is not for showing off or justify anything, this is just simply my true story and the lesson I learnt in this journey. Today I have owned an amazing account (60 ribbons, seasonal ZP guns, honorable soldier...etc), I have what exactly I want in my account, I have amazing friends and clan mates, I have achieved many rewards from CF events, and I also build certain relationship with many CF fellows and forumers, and most of all peace of mind. However, you wouldn't recognize me back then in 2010, and when I say you wouldn't recognize me, I don't mean about my IGN changed, my rank changed, or my accounts have more addition things, what I mean here is the person I'm used to be compared to the person I am today.
Like everyone else, I start my account with M16 and M700, GP char. In 2010, I have a very bad attitude about everything and everyone, I complaint, upset, angry, and feel miserable most of the time. I believe if you take me back to the time I would win top 10 people with most complaint in Crossfire. I complained about the Devs, the company, the events, the guns people have that I don't have, mad at someone better than me or laugh at me, mad at someone rage at me, you name it... thousand and thousand reasons to have these negative energies. Beside, I'm used to act "know it all" and I heard it before, I judged people for who they are, where they come from, their language, their nationality, I didn't listen to anyone for whatsoever, I was very ignorant, stupid and arrogant with big ego. Today, when I look back at myself, I just laugh because how childish I was, how closed mind I was and how ridiculous I was. However, thankfully many good people give me a wake up call, and I am sure without that wake up call, I will not have what I have today. I feel being blessed by that, and I want to share with you 3 stories that flip the table upside down, from 0 to what I accomplish today.

#1st story:
In 2010, my skill is horrible, you can imagine I barely hold the mouse properly, and my English is much more worse than this, broken English, I usually earn the title "noob", when I am the last person in my team survive, most of people predictions are s"we are done" "GG" they certainly didn't believe I could win that round, which is true. I felt disappointed, I wonder why everyone else can play better than me, I wish this game was easier, these situations that I face was easier. Then one day, I met my first leader, who doesn't care about where I'm from, how bad I am, all he cares is my burning desire to be better, he is a wise guy. And he makes me realize one thing, the first principle which works time by time " Don't wish it easier, wish you were better", magically I found how true it is, I focused on circumstances and being victim for my situations and try to make excuse or someone to blame, just to justify my thinking, my mindset. I had asked myself wrong question " Will I fail or success?", when the right question I should ask is " Will I fail forward or fail backward?", who have lived and doesn't fail once, which babies learn to walk without a fall. The problem is not a problem, the problem is my attitude about the problem. I tried to look good, tried to justify, I denied how bad I was and I end up staying at the same place. Since the day I learn my lesson, I decided to change myself, admit I was wrong and I practice harder than I have never been, result is my kdr dramatically changed, I save some certain budget for my account, I deposit when there is an promotion, I don't deposit many ZP at once time, but I keep my consistency by month to month and I got what I want today. I went on forum, do more reading, and expand my vocabulary, I finally communicate better. My works paid off !
>>> Don't wish it easier, wish you are better <<<

#2nd story:
As mention before, I'm used to complain, discriminate and do many bad things, as a result I repel people, no one wants me in their clan, and my friend list was simply 1 way friend, people unfriend me, things getting worse, my real life social is terrible, I feel alone and I thought I was okay, I need no one beside myself. One day, I went to Landmark forum, I learn about these negative thoughts, called rackets, it could be someone offend you in the long time ago, and it lingered in my head for years, I bet with you back then if you saw me, you can tell I give you the face "leave me alone" expression. During these Landmark attendance, I am able to remove and distinguish every single negative energy, it felts like leave 2 bags of thousand lbs behind, simply amazing. As a result, I am nice to people, attract more people, many clan leaders invite me to their clan even I have a clan myself, friend invitation simply endless, and that positive attitude gave birth to "OMGs group" which exist 3 years, and I am treated as a big brother and feel welcoming, loving more than ever. I am now can't be hurt by any insulting, I learn someone opinion doesn't need to be your reality when you don't allow to.
>>> Happiness is the inside job, a JOB, spread the love from your heart to people instead of taking energies from circumstances, you will find the most powerful peace of mind <<<

#3rd story
In 2014, I define being a leader could be the creator, or the most powerful individual, or most skill player, or most active player, or most strategy player, someone with the most power or features. When I was a clan leader, people come and leave like changing the underwears every single day, I am tired of seeking new recruits, tired of being clan leader. Until I listen to John Addison audio, he describes leader as a servant for your clan and selling them a vision, that is one of the most strangest thing I've heard, "Be a servant ??!!" as long as I listen more about the audio, it makes so much sense, when I help everyone in my OMGs family, they are always be there for me, I don't think today I have their backs, I think I have their hearts, and they love me to death, and so do I. I can use my power as clan leader to kick anyone, it is so easy to do so, but true leaders wouldn't do that, they talk, they work it out and they want win-win situations. And again, fortunately I learnt that.
>>> Be a servant to your clan mates, true leadership shall reveal <<<

Today I am blessed and I wish the best for all of you can feel the same, I love you all and I wish this community becomes better. Thank you for your time.

Wow just wow. Nice lessons.I am also playing this game since 2009 and i think that i also learnt a lot from this game in these years. Of course,the lessons which we have learnt are not just restricted to this game but it is also helpful for us in real life. Idk why are you saying that your English is at average level when it seems like it is on the same level as English native people.

Only if people in this world had the same kind of thinking as you then this world wouldn't be as sick as it is now.I may send you friend request in game.

stane031 wrote: »

I agree with everything you said. After playing CrossFire for so long I became chill. I don't get mad by getting kicked or taunted by other players, in a game like this things get repetitive and you have to find peace within yourself and take things as they are and will be.
I used to play this game back in 2007-2008 (don't mind my acc creation date) and obviously I grew up like everyone else but my "social experience" from CrossFire shaped my mind in a good way like it did with most of other mature people in here.

Now I don't know if I will be able to properly explain this but I'll try. I read Bloodclarts comment on one of the threads just few minutes ago how there are no to barely any hackers lately and its been like this for 2 years from my experience. It seems like that doesn't have anything with this thread because xtrap and z8games staff do a lot of work to make that going on but I also believe that players have large impact on that too. I can't say how many players play CrossFire but there must be large amount of players that got mature troughout years too, well it really depends on their personality and perception. Have in mind there might always be waves of new players as we used to be who have a lot of space to progress, both skill-wise and personality but I believe with a larger amount of now mature players we do improve their gameplay time in some way. Our own personality have impact on them and as a high rank player who knows something about this game I do my best to stay chill and tolerant to everyone, specially lower ranks. Worst feature someone can own in this game is stubbornness and I think it is only reason why I get mad sometimes and there is only one example of it - stuborn high rank players in my case.

I don't know about other mode's other than Ghost Mode but I can say that there are a lot of players in Ghost Mode community that can make a difference and act properly when they see hackers. Everyone that spent that much time to improve their bhop and pin point skills to "legendary" levels can for sure see a difference between hacker and good player. Now that is one hell of a way to improve lower ranks gameplay time because they don't have to go trough things as most of us did.

There is one more reason why I think there are increasing numbers of mature players - kick votes.
I play alone this game, my real life friends played CrossFire for max 3 months back in 2009-2010. I do have other friends in game and I can join clan's if I want to but I prefer playing alone, but point is I play public games on my own.
It might be just my luck but seriously I could say that I got kicked less than 20 times since January this year. That number is just a blind shot but I think everyone could see the point I'm making here. From getting kicked few matches in a row I can say that my "beeing kicked" number has drasticly reduced.

Respect should be mutual in this game, we are all gamers so basicly we are all same in some way but real life quote "100 people - 100 personalities" apply here too so there must be "heavy" players to deal with but its up to us how we will react on them and I think we are all mature enough to let them do what they want and learn by themselfs how to act properly like we did or try to give them a little push if possible.

I agree with you 100%. Situation of this game is much better than the past 2 years.