A long time ago I saw Jamal upload some Minecraft trading map to the workshop. I thought it looked cool but I was thinking "why would there be a server for trading? There should be more interesting maps like this with just random stuff to do" (I wasn't very up-to-date on how important skins were to CSGO).
However long later it was, Jamal uploaded an RP map, I looked at it and saw the IP in the description and connected. It was on Westfield, it was a ghost town and the small bit of people on were always afk as jewish extravagant so I'd invite friends and just hop around the map. When I noticed the wallet/bank account and all the houses, the basic idea of the server clicked to me but I didn't understand how to use any of the jobs to get money. The second time I joined, some people were on. I remember SirRazor talking about how someone hates him for some reason, it went on for a long time so I started to say some smartassy things toward him but instead of stooping to my level he then explained to me why this guy hates him and we started talking about other stuff.
Months would go by where I'd join the server once in a blue moon to rob vendors and kill those who'd kill me, you know, noob stuff. One day, Crip allows me into his house to show me how to use money printers. Versace kept killing me so I'd fight back and disconnect when I got a bounty. I came back and Crip told me printers disappear when you disconnect, so he let me try again. Later he lets me back in the house to collect the money, but he kills me and breaks the printer. I'd join the server only once in a blue moon still and try printing in one of the mansions, fight off cops (usually Underwater) that would try to get in, rack up an extreme amount of crime and /quit once I used every bullet I had or thought I would lose the fight lol. I still didn't fully understand everything at this point, I just hated jail and I was definitely the type of person you'd want to fulljail.
Fast forward a lot more time later, people were on and everyone was hype about the map change to Mittlefans. All this hype gets me excited so I ask Lax if I can print in his VIP to get out of debt and have cash for the new map. He tells me he's not gonna be on for 8 hours and I said that's fine, so he locked me in his VIP for 8 hours. He couldn't believe I was still actually there when he got back. He lets me back in after I deposit but he forgot to lock his door, so Gnome comes in and raids me. I come back from afk and of course, I'm complaining and talking shit to Gnome. I quickly cool down and ask him for the money back, and he gives it to me, then he teaches me how to use locks and what lockbreakers do etc. The map change got delayed for another week so I bought a 10k on the top floor with no windows. Joey noticed I was always counterfeiter and told me how to use the drug dealer job to make money (this is when I realized jobs were more than merely titles!) and ever since that day I was hooked on the server!
But the real fun came during Mittlefans. The server was always packed, people always made up their own little minigames, people would agree on a song for Sheckles to play in the background, Red coins were a thing even though I was one of the only people complaining about them, everybody hunted down Superjay, Skittle using text-to-speech programs to talk over the mic LOL.... we actually spent time and played with eachother, it sounds gay but we did and it was fun!
