Hi, CDRED141 here, I wanted to give a little history lesson on TCOF, (TCOF stands for The. Club Of Friendship).

I created this club on January 2nd 2022, It was originally named " Mando's club" but I got some very helpful advice that completely open my eyes, I had invited this guy I saw in a different club, but I had no clue who the guy was until I looked at his profile about a month after he talked to me, he is the owner of a 300+ member club, he said, "why should I join your club? Your club is no different they ever another club out there? I get invited to so many clubs, yours is no different, and your invite sucks, it has no info about the club at all! I will not be ever joining this club,"

Now, you are all probably thinking that guy is a jerk, but if it was not for him I would never have been able to make this club or meet any of you.

What he said opened my eyes, at first I thought he was just being mean, (and he was) but what he didn't expect is that I would take what he said and put it to work! I took everything he said and more and I completely changed the club, and me as a person, I changed the name, the pic, the description, the BG, and my attitude, I changed my plan from getting as many members as possible to making a fun and happy community that is like no other! And that's just what I did! I made quite a few mistakes and I learned from them, I used to promote anyone who asked, but then someone who was an admin asked to be super admin, I said no, and he banned over 30 members, all of those members were so mad! I message all of them and explained what happened, and all 30 of them joined back. that is when I woke up and realized that people liked me and my club, that is when I reinstalled that the jerk who tried to put me down, was completely proven wrong! I sent him the link to the club and I never heard from him again, I think that he was so ashamed of what he did he couldn't even speak. I learned through all of my challenges that no matter what happens, I can change and adapt, and to this day our community continues to grow and get stronger, and we will keep getting bigger and stronger! We have 5 titled players, an NM,GM, another GM, and another GM, with an IM. And this my friends, is just the beginning! We will keep getting bigger, we will keep standing up to any challenge! And we will never forget anything that happens to us! WE have proven so many people wrong, WE have changed so many people's lives, and WE have done it all! And we will keep being us! It is important to remind our past, no matter how mad it makes us, we must remember, it makes us stronger, it helps us grow as friends, and as people, remember, if it was not for that jerk who said I wouldn't make it, we would not be friends, we would not be a family, we would not have each other. Please always remember our past!

Thank you for reading all of that, I hope that everyone here has learned what it means to be friends, a community, and a family.

#TCOFforEver!

Thank you everyone for being with me, and my club.