So, apparently people are sharing their stories of EW.
I joined Empire War roughly 3 1/2 years ago when I was just starting Minecraft. At the time, I didn't play mc much, so I didn't have my own account; I just played on my brother's account,
aaronjnc . I really loved Empire War from the beginning because of my love for LOTR. I wasn't very good at shooting, pvp, or really any class (it was my first time pvping on mc), so of course my brother's kdr sucked. Because I sucked so much though, I didn't really care/worry about having good stats (because let's be real it wasn't happening), so I played more for the fun of it and fought for the team, not myself. I loved playing the game when I first joined, but it took a little while to get accustomed to the community of EW. I mean, I was a lot younger then (3 1/2 years feels like forever now), so it took some adjusting to get used to the chat and such.
I've played on a few other servers after starting on EW, but the popularity of those servers never lasted more than a few weeks. If you think about, it's quite amazing this server has lasted so long while other servers have died shortly after spiking in numbers.
This past Spring, I finally got my own mc account because my brother was sick of me "creating enemies" by getting angry at idiots, and also lowering his kdr. I think I've gotten a bit better at pvp, a bit, so basically when I switched accounts my brother got stuck with all the bad stats. xD But to make him feel better, I got myself killed a bunch and now have a lower kdr than him (that was totally why I died a lot, by choice, died by choice).
While this server has had a lot of idiots, racists, sexists, jerks, and really I could go on, the amount of people who are actually good outweigh those idiots. At the end of the day, it's sad to see Empire War, a server that used to be so prosperous and successful, dying slowly with only a few people on at any given time of the day. I guess the majority of the people who used to play it in its Golden Age have started/already have grown out of play EW, and just don't find it fun anymore.
Overall, I've made a lot of friends on here and a lot of "enemies". The other night I solidified my place in the EW community and finally felt like one of the players; someone accused me of hacking. My first accusation! I mean, I'm not very good, so I don't know why he thought I was hacking, but whatever.
I've seen a lot of people ending their spiels and what have yous with giving shout outs to everyone they've friended and such, but I don't feel like doing that. It was nice getting to know/talking to the people I friended and it was fun complaining about horrible hacker jerks to my irl friends who had no idea what I'm talking about because they don't play videogames. So, have a good life y'all!
Aw crap. I just realized how long that was....well I like writing. You can just read the first sentence then probably skip to the last.
"Started 3 1/2 years ago....have a good life"