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It's been a long time now. Like a year or so maybe since the group began. I remember when General Hidden randomly added me in the middle of a 1v1 I was having on a Hightower server with my friend on TF2. We chatted for a while, and eventually I agreed to join the group.

Time passed, and since I run Caik Biggs Raffles, we often chatted about our groups' progress. My group was gaining members slowly, but everyone in it loved the overall experience. ETC, however, exploded in member count and everyone loved the group overall as well.

Fast forward to, what, January of this year? We reach 1,000 members. Hidden is an admin for CBR and I'm the right hand man for ETC. We celebrate, and before we know it, Hidden goes offline after telling me that he's quitting Steam. I was skeptical of this, knowing he's had a history with this sort of thing.

Now we reach the current date (as of this announcement) and I have received no word of Hidden coming back anytime soon. ETC is losing members. I keep this group in the back of my mind in case I have an idea on how to get it running again. I can't think of anything, and even holding something as simple as a giveaway is too much for me to do. Where am I going with this?



I'm going to retire from ETC.



I've made memories on here, such as when Hidden first left (and then came back) and a "new era" began. There was also that little trivia idea he had in mind when the group first started. But, I have other things I have to take care of, like my new Youtube channel, a Twitch channel, a blog, Caik Biggs Raffles, my blog's official group, school, etc. But I can only do so many things, and seeing that I'm not sure how I can revive this group, it's best I take this burden off my hands.

I will be leaving the group shortly, but thank you to everyone who helped make memories on here. If General Hidden comes back, I might look into rejoining ETC, but I doubt he'll be back anytime soon, so this is farewell.

If you have anything you want to ask me or say to me before I go, now is your best time.

Thank you again for all the memories, and this is King Conga Gandhi, signing off. Goodbye, ETC.