(I joined in April of 2012)
The beginning of McGamer (MCSG at the time) was truly a lovely period in time. Other than having to wait for servers to restart, the small community was very close knit and many people were helping each other. There were no staff scandals, no stupid updates, it was pure. My fondest recollections come from this time, when surviving the night without dying of starvation was more of a priority than worrying about someone teaming up on you. I had a heck of a hard time not starving to death, and I lost around my first 500 games. But I didn't care, I was having a blast. Even though I didn't involve myself with the community much back then, I had made some friends and it brought a smile to my face meeting them in lobbies. Nowadays, I don't think I would have enough patience to endure a whole hour, but if I could go back, I would have definitely taken advantage of those days longer.