WoW Freedom

I hate I'm doing this so late but I had mid-terms this week so better late then never. For those unaware, July 25th was the date we officially switched from the old Freedom forums and the old Freedom server under Vic. While I was co-admin and then admin long before that, I see today as a day things truly changed. It wasn't all talk anymore. Me and the staff at the time had been planning for months how to get us to 4.3 and on July 25th it finally happened.



I remember that day so well. I was at work getting everything ready on the new forums and when I finally left for home I was ready to deal with any problems we might encounter on the new server or forums. Unfortunately that day is the day my new car decided to breakdown so everything happened a little later in the day than I wanted too but everything turned out great.



I can't help but feel how proud and how far we have come. As I type this, we have 15 people online, a larger player base and 8 amazing staff members. Freedom has been written off as dead so many times and yet rebounded each time. I want to thank Vic for giving me this opportunity. He could have easily shut down Freedom and left us all scattered but he decided to hand over the reigns to me and the players, allowing us to continue it. I want to thank all the staff, new, old and no longer with us. You all played important roles in what Freedom has become today. Without you I would not have the guidance necessary to run this server.



But most importantly I want to thank the player base. Whether you've been with Freedom from the start or just joined today, I want you to know that you are all some of the best people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting and that without you there is no Freedom. I'm so proud to have been able to be a part of creating a server that attracts and makes people happy. You are all awesome. It's not just me or the staff that makes Freedom great, its you. And I want to thank you for helping Freedom endure for almost 6 years.



I hope you continue to stay with Freedom as we move into Mists and even beyond. Again, from the bottom of heart, I'd like to thank everyone for making Freedom the best roleplaying server currently around.

I'm so incredibly proud of you Zack and Freedom as a whole. My activity was spotty over the years but even so I could see Freedom's dynamic changing. It started as a haven and turned into a home. You've helped me make some definite life-long friends and introduced me to a happier part of myself I didn't know existed.



I'm incredibly thankful to all that have made Freedom possible and given so much time and effort to help evolve it into a fantastic place to hang out. Thank you.

If I'm honest I had my doubts even after Vic stepped down and the new server was put up, as our player base wasn't big at all and things, for a time, were going or at least feeling quite slow. But thanks to the surge of the player base, the devs doing work and generally all the commitment put into the server it's really getting back on track. Rarely do I go on the player list and not see someone online, and that feels great.



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Thanks for the hard work gents.

I'm glad to be here, probably the best RP community I've been a part of in all of my years of RPing. <3 You're all awesome.

Being on this server for 36 days, it has truly been an honor to be here among the Freedom community. Chalker was the one who pulled me away from awful people from other servers and gave me sight of this beautiful roleplay heaven. Although I have had my ups and downs on the server, I have taken steps to correct those issues and I have been there for some people through hard times and vise versa. Talona, is also someone who has talked to me, explained things to me and helped me through my time on Freedom. This is truly a server that matters and should be held with care by the people who play on it.



The staff are always friendly and so is the community, truly this is one place I can officially call home and be proud of it. There is no one big Tyrant that rules over all who holds bias opinions of both staff and community alike. I have witnessed this on so many other servers that, literally being on those servers was hell on earth trying to make friends. But here, on freedom nothing is like that. The staff care and the community looks out for each other. True, every server has its bad apples as I and other players of Freedom have had to deal with in the past, but they usually don't last long here. Which is why I say to you all... from my personal experience ... you have no idea how truly Free you are on Freedom, and what you can accomplish both in-game and out of game.



Life is one huge emotional mind game. There are days we wake up with an empty heart wondering if we’re even going to make it. We get beaten to the ground over and over again, we get our hope torn from us, we scream at the top of our lungs to the sky hoping and praying that someone along the way will help us, or for an escape. Freedom ... is my escape. It has been an honor being here around you all, and I hope that I am able in the future to spend even more of my time with... you guys, my family. Not friends ... family.

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It's great that we live once again. Freedom felt stale, with the same ol' song played over and over. But with these new players, bringing along activity and new ideas, this server has become great once again. Glad to have been a part of this, for so many years.



Cheers nerds. And to many more.

Thank you for being here and being so welcoming to us refugees from other servers. <3

I hope it only grows. I think we withstood our biggest tests, and it will only grow.

Gotta say I love this server and all of you guys as well.(no homo ofc...or not?) I really hope to stay here for some time, and to be a part of the epic quests.

It's been a great run, and will continue to be. Bumpy sometimes, but all the roads are that way, regardless of where they lead to and from.



It's been almost 5 years and I can proudly say that, from all the places I've tried so far, this is the only one that I actually want to be a part of, and that I feel comfortable in.



Thanks Zack, for continuing to make this place better.