Friendships on this game could be real. But they could also be fake. I know i've invested way too much time on this game to even consider any friendship worth while other than the few I know are real. Then again, I thought I KNEW some where real. Who knows guess i'll never find out. This thread is to remind all that this game is a game. You may get upset, you may get angry but you must remember that in the end it's nothing worth getting frustrated over.

I've been in this game for over 4 years. In that span, i've met interesting characters, and accomplished what anybody in this would probably want to do. Of course when you strive to be the best, your journey maybe taken off course by things you want. 4 Years ago, I was an admin but abused my powers and was booted off the team. I went in a down hill spiral to soon find myself alone in this game. 3 years later I was re-accepted back onto the team. There was of course more problems as I messed up. ATG vs DS rivalry caused me to once again abuse my powers. Am I perfect? hell no.

But Who is to judge perfection? Those who don't strive for competition? No, those are the one's who haven't lived. The one's who haven't seen the full potential of this game. Yes I may have been addicted to this game, but the addiction was caused by all the wonderful aspects including my addiction to winning in both officials and clan cups. You can sit back and post in the forums without playing a ranked game and judge me "That guy just wants RP, he's a bugger, he's immature" etc. From what i've seen, the most judgmental are those who put themselves above the rest of the community. Calling themselves fair because you don't care about competition? I've seen this in real life as well, those who are very religious are the most judgmental as well.

I may have had a bumpy road through the four years I have been here, but I think i've experienced way more than most of the people here. Going from one side of the spectrum to the other. I've been RA, FA, CA, pf_admin assistant, I've been Number one, had the best clan in the world, Worked along side the crew in advertising, and had some really cool friends who I know I will keep in touch with. With so much accomplished who wouldn't have bumps in the road? No one is perfect, and I see many of you only expecting one kind of person...Perfection.

I may not take losses as well as some of you do, but at least I know i lost with dignity. Yeah losing, isn't fun and someone my age in an online Soccer game probably shouldn't get upset over it. When you invest so much time to becoming the best, it's hard not to get a little upset when you are 'robbed' of something you think you deserve. Even when you may not be the most deserving. That's something I can learn from this game, if anything. Things aren't always what you want them to be, so keep striving until you achieve.

All in all my experience has been a good one. I've seen this game flourish and i've seen this game close to failing (current stage) and I can say that i'm happy that i was here for all of it. Through rebuilding, through prosperous times, and I would like to call myself one of the originals...if anything someone who left some impact on this game. I've talked about the good people i've met but I've also met people who I thought were just mean, rude, and cruel. But that's how the world is isn't it? No one gets along with everyone 100% of the time. My last moments here, I can say that I have no grudges with anyone. You may have called me a name, you may have said i'm a horrible person, but life is too short to dwell on those who go so far in an online soccer game to make someone feel like crap. My goal here when I joined on my first account biggy0003 was to have fun. So as I leave this game I want fun. Not to continue my distaste for those who may have upset me some how. And on that note, if i've upset you...I apologize. I'm not perfect, and with that imperfection comes mistakes.

As a final note i'd like to say good bye to all those who have helped me along the way to make an impact, if I made one at all. I'm happy to say that I have no regrets as it comes to the end. I have made mistakes I regret, but the journey i do not regret whatsoever. I know some of you are interested as to the accounts i've had so I'll list the one's which are most popular:


Biggy0003
Flex210
Electric_power
Hypnotized_minds
Fuzed
Limitless
Cajun-domination

Among others...


As for True Friends, the one's which I have a deeper connection other than on PS are:

King23James
Kishan178
Troy43polamalu
Kyle-11
MichaelBlake
Dainsanefh
Lafourche47
Goldy150
Mr.Juggler


Thanks for the Memories,

e_p

damn

Wow, Today will forever be a historic day in PS History. No matter how much someone may dislike you (Not me for sure!) They should take their hat off and bid farwell to the best player of our generation. When I played you, it was like a true competition, hard, diffcult and most importantly fair and fun. Best of luck in the real world e_p and Don't be afraid to come online at any time if your down or need some advice.

Thank you for your legacy.

Goodbye E_p, we will feel much your missed here :(

Shocked, you seemed so happy now. But you have nothing left to accomplish so i understand that.

We will all miss you. I'll miss you...


p.s. Great game today! (limitless).

o bye. gl in life bro.

Why you may not be perfect E_p, don't give up trying to be a better man. You were a great player, and have become a much more mature individual, and that deserves the most credit.

Best wishes in life, with sincerity!

Sad having to see someone who has been here on Power Soccer who made accomplishments others cannot do, hopefully your rp will keep you at 1st, come back and check on this buddy! Have a great time with the real world. Farewell e_p you will be missed!!

Where to start? There are so many things to say... in such a short and final way. I may as well start at the beginning of such a long history. First off though, Id like to say I could feel this day was on the horizon. It was simply your time (might I say our time) to go. Previously I always knew there was a reason for you to come back. This time is different, its final. I have known you for a period of time and could feel there was always a pull, something tugging you back to the game. There is nobody to blame for such an event, but if anybody I would like to express a final frustration with the crew's messing around with meaningless updates, lack of thought process, and flat out stupidity when it comes to keeping a down-to-earth approach (which will get you the furthest) in the game. Again, I am simply frustrated with your futility to produce something that customers desire, which in turn aided to the departure of my greatest friend on the game.


I first saw this person under the username of flex210 in a 94-99 cup. I was on a different account, and flex210 was pursing the goal of 99 (however long ago that was) He was one of just a couple users in that cup waiting for the four players needed to start, and win xp. Then, I was just one of those users who can only look up at the great players of the game. The type of user who says 'hi ____' and gets a rarely gets a response. Though I had never seen him or heard of him before, I knew that flex was a pretty good player. I had no idea what a top 10 list was, or that players fought for top ranks in the world. All my world consisted of was winning a games and loosing them. I lost more than I won, so I called out to flex asking for a tip. To my surprise I distinctly remember he did give me a suggestion to try out in games. I remember thinking that he was a pretty nice user, as many of the good players of those days didn't even bother to respond to a message from a user on 'the bottom of the food chain'.

On this current account. I again crossed paths with electric_power. In those days I was beginning to post in the forums. I probably responded to a couple of flex's posts. One day he messaged me and asked me to join the SOTW board. He was, at the time president, and was in need of new members. I still remember that I was on vacation at the beach when he asked me and it made me so excited that a user of his status would come to me, and ask me to join something he ran. I of course accepted a position on the SOTW board and then took the role of a board member. This was probably the first spark of the fire that would soon come. Around this time the username electric_power was created. I became one of those annoying people who act like they are trying to solve a crime scene when trying to find out who is who in respect to double accounts. I had no idea that flex210 and electric_power were the same person. I constantly created theories of who electric_power could be. I looked at all of his guestbook messages and finally came to the conclusion that he must have been king23james, or mfsoccer94. There were quite a few great USA players back then, so looking back I wasn't that far off.

Anyways, on with my story which is im sure becoming rapidly boring. Electric_power had created a clan with a couple friends named DiRtY SoUtH. This clan had 3 members as I remember. Electric_power (captian), live007 (co-cap) and youngpremi (inactive friend of live and e_p). On a whim and because I was obsessed with e_p's accounts, I applied. To my surprise I was accepted. I guess e_p liked me because I was polite to him on his flex210 account, but I was a man among giants in the clan. I was a level 35 when I was accepted, and was in a clan with the two best players in the US. I was outside the top 1,000. I didn't serve a purpose in the clan, and was probably disliked by 2/3 members. At this point in time though, I started talking to e_p on a semi-regular basis. I started to understand just exactly how good he and his friend live007 were. I realized that I was in a clan with maybe two of the top five players of 2009.

When you are around people who win all the time, I believe it rubs off on you. I was constantly around electric_power and live007 who won at an astounding rate. Though I wasn't good enough at the time to merit friendly matches with e_p, I slowly became better. I started having 1800 rp aspirations. This was when I merged from a fanboy, to a player. In these months I began to talk to e_p on a daily basis. Not for long, but still on a daily basis. I tried to help DiRtY SoUtH recruit new members, and become ranked higher. I would stay up late nights following e_p in big 1v1 clan cups, verbally supporting him in his quest to rise to the top of the clan ranks. It was a constant struggle, but eventually he got DS to where it has been for the last year. In a constant push/shove relationship with ATG for the title of best clan.

As the months rolled by, I began to know e_p as a person. His attitude in games perplexed me. He was relentless in his pursuit of rank points. He played officials non stop. I would stay up as late as I could keep my eyes open watching his rp fluctuate at night. When I woke in the morning, his rp would be completely skewed from when I last left him, as he would play officials all night long. (lol) I had always strove for perfection as a player, and my goal was to play flawless. I might not have reached that goal, but e_p got pretty darn close. As a player he became the best to grace this website. When he set and broke the rp record that had stood for years. He was perfect. His offence ran at such a high efficiency it made your eyes hurt. He was good enough to get by on defense, but you don't really need to play defense when you pour in 6 goals a game. He would beat other players who were considered tops in the world by upwards of 4 goals. It was a wonder to watch. Personally, I don't believe there will ever be a player as good as cajun-domination was during his run to the top of the books. The manner in which he beat opponents was incredible. To break the record he was winning games against top 20 players and gaining a max of 4 rank points. Every game he tied or lost set him back hours worth of winning. Having been there through the roller-coaster ride of going to the top, I can honesty say that there will never be another user as tough mentally or gameplay wise as he was.

All in all, e_p is probably the reason I am still here today. I would be long gone into the books of history without his influence. I wouldn't have accomplished any of the measly things that I did on here without him. The aspect that kept me hanging around though was the fun I had outside of our games and in competition. If there was any contest, challenge, or task, we would attempt to gain some sort of advantage in it. Rigging essay or exploiting highlight contests. I wonder how many tokens and other items we collectively gained because of eachother's help. We probably explored more of this game than any other normal users had before. We knew so much more than you could guess about the inside and out of this game than you could ever guess, pushing the limits of every aspect. Time sure did fly by didnt it?

From our greatest moments, to moments where I thought I wouldn't speak to him again out of either anger or misunderstanding, e_p is one of maybe 3-4 people which I would consider more than just a aquatint on this website. I never thought I would go as far to say that anybody I met online would be considered almost a friend, but e_p would fit that label. As tupac said, life goes on. There will never be a period like we had on this game again. It was e_ps time to ride into the horizon, leaving his monumental legacy behind. Thanks for all the memories bro.



~Troy ♥DS♥

There are no words. Will miss the conversations and training sessions. That's all I got.

Noo. You can't leave. I didn't give you the website you wanted yet. Imma go cry :(

Wishing you good luck in life. You were wondering why people want perfection ...isn't that what we want from a champion? In the name of Romanian Patriots clan we thank you for being a strong opponent over the years. The legacy that you leave though is that if ever another great player comes along, people might suspect it's you since you had so many accounts and can create a new one anytime. Tricky one :)

i will miss u :'(

i will miss u :'(

hope this doesn't mean we have to stop sxting

i didn't know velenos to me you are the best player to ever play the game period. good luck in life 4 years is enough iguess you leave at the right time .
the cajun account is the best one respect man . i remember i played you on fuzed and i said in the chatroom that fuzed is better than cajun just because i didn't know you were the same we were still guessing. #haitiwishyougoodluckinyourlife

We too have had our ups and downs. You saw how quickly I turned on you in our one little squabble in the past, but then you did what you had to do to fix it. I know many people accused you of stuff, I know many people thought you were someone who you weren't. I protected you and defended you without question because I knew what the truth was, and that truth wasn't of any concern to anyone else. I did what I could to keep you in the game when the times got rough; I did what I could to bring an end to all the fighting. That's just the type of service I offer to most people here who deserve it. I have seen you down many times, or at least sensed it, and couldn't be there ALL the time to help pick you back up...but after our many talks, you seemed to have learned how to keep yourself out of trouble and pick YOURSELF back up.

I've banned many people in my time here, too many actually, including you (I think). Few people I ban end up being people who I wouldn't mind talking to on a daily basis. However, you were one of those few who did the right thing and SHOWED me that you were sorry instead of just saying it. I admire that because it goes to show which people are truly sorry, and which aren't.

I didn't expect to read this today, though every journey does eventually come to an end. Mine will too...though there isn't a solid plan for it yet.

I wish you all the best in everything that you do outside of this game. You brought great competition to this game that is clearly unmatched. I hope you do as well in the real word just as you did here.

aw man, you leave is like watching titanic :(. I am going to miss you bud. Gosh why you have to retire so early
all the best for you and your family

Best of luck ep
i am slightly offended that you didn't mention me though as i made all of your badges.I am guessing your probably angry that i didn't mke the last one but i have been busy and really couldnt do it.
All the best mate

legends come, legends go....
goodbye :)

The one that doesnt leave the game cant be a real legend.. legends always leave when the time for them comes out, so you're a truly legend. I thank you on behalf of my clan for being a hard opponent all the time for us in clan cups that we together played. Hope you get succeeded in everything that you do outside of PS, see you!

i doubt that this game is expecting perfection from every player, i don't really uderstand that point.

it's sad to see you leaving. you really had a huge impact on the game, being constantly one of the best players of this game. i can understand that you are a player who needs competition, which this game can't give you anymore. seeing your attitude to the changes of tis game, it was only a question of time that you would leave. but now as this moment has come i can't believe it. finally i managed to playone game against you in a clan cup. this was an honour to me and i just lost 0-2, but i saw your awesome skills and you were a deserving #1 over the years. we will all miss you. good luck outside of the game, mate!

I've disliked you in this game. I think it wouldn't be untrue to say at times I've even hated you, but strangely enough now that you're leaving I find myself sad at the thought. I doubt we will ever see another player like you for better or for worse. Best of luck in life, and come back sometime!

BTW Why are you leaving? You haven't rally mentioned that.

adios it was nice to play against you in this game good luck in your private life




i agreed on that one ^^

RESPECT! ;)

The ultimate retirement thread.. if only eagle-deer was around to see how its really done.

I haven't had much to do with you E-P, but i must say ive always enjoyed your well written threads and your comments. I think we played once a year or more ago and ive a sneaky suspicion (or just rose coloured memory) that i actually didn't do too bad against you. I didn't realise who you were at the time but when i looked at your page i was stunned i'd just played worlds number one and given a decent account of myself.... Thank god for distance lag i say!

Well good luck in whatever you do.... time to move on. Plenty more stuff out there.

Goodbye Bro! I know our game was not so good and i wasted like 5-8 secs in 3-2 match. I admit but the problem u said yourself. I play many games and face different kind of users. Specially if I am winning with high RP guys than they start to do different things to win games. Trust me happened alot with me that's why I was careful with you. I reached 2020 then down to nearly 1700 in 2 days and now again reached to 1900+. I am not here for RP I am here for fun and playing. I have faced guys who waste whole game after scoring first goal with lag. Thats why I am also taking break from this game when my CM expires

I think many people are abusing this game because of RP.

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Please don't insult and abuse others in the forum. Thank you!/thegreatest2

Darn it. The chicken with the golden eggs leaves! We had many pleasant encounters and we will have many more in future. Enjoy your moments of freedom before addiction kicks in once more.

Sad to see u leave.. all the best in your life...u have my respect for this...nobody is perfect in this game that's for sure. Even though we have had a few conversations whenever you are in the rooms..i ll surely miss those.

I know I don't have the authority to do so, but I'd like to declare you the best ever player in the history of powersoccer.

I personally don't care about the misdemeanors, you're still a good person. If you were around playing games or in the chatrooms I would've been having fun, that's what really matters in this game. Powersoccer will be worse without you.