The Rise and Fall of Tank-Squad

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Welp, here we go again. This is gonna be a long one. I don't expect anyone to finish reading this but I hope that writing this can help people understand me more. Also I thought I would lighten the mood a bit by using funny images lol. Press Space to switch backgrounds, there's one for each chapter. I suggest switching whenever you get to each chapter. There's music so headphones are recommended. Hey, most people see me as a Troll, some an RD legend, but most importantly a friend. I'm known as tank-squad or just "Tank". Since this is the last project I'll post, I thought I'll give you my story here on scratch. Chapter 1: The Beginning When I made this account 4 years and 1 month ago, I was a lonely kid with no friends who just rediscovered a lost coding site I used when I was 8. Little did I know this site that I thought was made for sharing and creating projects would connect me with some of the people I would treasure most in my life. Back then I was just a little wee-lad, nothing to care for and nothing to lose. I began playing and making Pokemon games on this website, my favorites were the ones by @Kresinho. I slowly started to develop my love for online pvp games during quarantine and stumbled across Robot Constructor (RC) and Robot Destructor (RD). I played these games for a crazy long time, despite the lag I kept proceeding with the determination to get better. I gradually became more well known amongst the RC and RD community. Most people knew me as a Rogue. I spend months grinding the game and meeting new people until I took a break for a few weeks to focus on my studies. After I returned I decided to pic a different build: the killer medic. And here was when I met most of the people that know me today. The killer medic was not a very respected build since most people see it as "traitorous", but I saw that as a great opportunities to get kills. Many people hated me, but a few stuck close to me as friends such as @28jinj, @LunLun121, @Perryscratchme (RIP), @ReadtoLearn, , and my only ally (We still have a studio for this). Me, Goose, and Zozzo formed a bond that manifested into a great friendship. This group became my main motivation to keep on playing RD but most importantly it taught me that there was more joy in forming friendships than video games. From here on out I decided to focus more on interacting with the people and forming new bonds and new areas of scratch. I found new fandoms I became a part of and met all kinds of people from all around the world. Chapter: 2 The Kalosyni Arc It was by pure chance I met . While I was exploring the RD community I met her. She was one of the most life changing people I've ever interacted with. She brought out who I truly wanted to be, someone who I felt set me free. I would stay up late at night for hours just to talk to her, she made me feel like I could belong. Through Kal, I fell into my first true friend group. It consisted of , , , and . We would talk about our personal lives more. We stayed up playing truth or dare, learning about each other as if we knew each other in real life. Despite us separated by thousands of miles, I felt as if we were in the same room bonding over common interests and being fascinated by our differences. These people meant the world to me, I feel dedicated to each and every one of them. Entity was always silly and the one to make very sus jokes, Hoid had always been chill and laid back, Mint was the poetic genius who always turned everything into some literature piece, I became the "Troll" and the "Comedic relief", while Kal was the one who brought all of us together. We made the perfect friend group. Hoid and I started things like the infamous "Anime girl" trend (yes cringe) on scratch. I have a whole project dedicated to that if you want to relive the memories. We felt like a family, like we could be together forever. The more we did the closer we got. But like all good things, this wouldn't last forever. Just a month after the anime girl trend, Kalosyni announced her departure. It was the saddest I've ever been at the time, it felt like losing my lifeline. I desperately wanted to grasp at strings that where slipping through my fingers. She was the one who brought all of us together and with her gone, we started to drift apart. I kept trying to tell me that this wasn't the end, praying she would come back. But as I would learn the only way to cope with a loss was to accept it. Chapter 3: Love and Grief Half a year after Kal's departure school has become my priority. Then, I would focus on my life outside the internet. I got a girlfriend that I dedicated my free time to as she was the person I cared about the most. I was also struggling mentally and scratch just didn't feel the same. One by one I watched from the sidelines as my friends would succumb to the same things and turn to dust before my very eyes, without giving me the chance to say goodbye.