Special Weapons & Tactics

Disclaimer, this was a work in progress for a while so whatever the reason for me retiring from SWAT may be, even if it may not be a retirement, I do have the same message, nothing changes.

Hello SWAT, as you can probably tell from the title, I will be retiring from SWAT. As for armies well, I will not say that if the right opportunity occurred that I would not consider it as we are all human and I do not like saying things and then going against them later on and this may be in 2 months or 2 years or even 2 days or minutes and if I do know then I probably feel like it’s best not to be mentioned LOL so who knows. What I do know is that while there are few things in life that you cannot be sure of there is one thing I am sure of. SWAT has been a home to me since I joined back into this new generation and I will not forget it. I know we’ve had…and I, personally, have had some tough times in SWAT but I won’t say when or why exactly because it is in the past and we all move on from the past. However, I hope none of you forgets me despite me being in the past as I aimed to make a difference for each troop and while I am not delusional enough to think that I impacted everyone, I would hope that I have helped some of you in your SWAT journeys and I’ll always be around if any of you need me in the future because I genuinely do care for everyone in SWAT.

I came across armies in 2011/2012 and in 2012 I was recruited into an army called UCCP by SWAT and DW legend Crazy, who went on to become a mentor of mine and a great friend. Along the way, from then to now, I have been in multiple armies earning multiple ranks and titles along the way, however, failed to get the big break I needed in terms of a success story, although, there were some amazing successes I had with the armies I was in but just not many where I was recognised as that key figure.

I’ll briefly state some positions from memory that I held. Bacon Defenders leader from its creation for a fun stint in 2014, Teutons (maybe 2016 after NR), RF 3IC, Templars 3ic 2018, Sun Battalion before or after TCP, Coup Crusaders Leader 2020, IW 4IC, Chaos 3ic/UK leader, AR 4ic, NR 2/3ic, DCP 3ic. All of these were during different periods of time, of course, you see 3 in the cppa era, the rest scattered through og cpa

My original name was Coolguyfwcp was influenced by the infamous Fire Warriors, back when I was stumbling up armies I saw FW and I was like “cool” I had already coined the Coolguy name so I just added fwcp to it (fire warrior club penguin) and while this may not have been the army I would end up in and focus on, I do remember one of their events when I was checking out what it was and who they were.

I first stumbled upon SWAT in 2012. SWAT was an ally of another army I was in at the time so I used to help out SWAT as well and this is where my journey began you could say. While I was in another army, there was a certain something about SWAT that made it different from other armies. You could cut the tension with a knife, like in terms of what SWAT was and the atmosphere it had back then, you could definitely tell it was feared by some and it had a dark aura. That’s not to say that SWAT was evil/bad per say, but it was a powerhouse/powerhouse in the making. Ganger and others also added to the atmosphere as you could tell this army wasn’t here to play. This was something I kept in mind a lot in the early days of me leading SWAT. 

Anyway, in terms of my times in SWAT, it was a long time ago and I can’t remember everything and that’s only human. The first time I stumbled upon SWAT wasn’t the last and when I did properly join SWAT I did what I could to work my way up the ranks. Army life was never about gaining the owner rank right away in terms of my time in SWAT, even though I had led an army previously. I worked my way up from the bottom and flew through the ranks in a different army, I worked from the bottom up in SWAT too and I believe I made it to 4ic maybe higher in that journey. Now I couldn’t tell you when it ended or why but my time in SWAT did end and my army legacy definitely wasn’t cemented in SWAT, not even close (during this specific run) but again, it wasn’t the last time I saw myself in a SWAT uniform. Over the years, SWAT had a lot of different generations which means it had shut down a lot and that’s definitely one thing that makes a journey hard to track in terms of trying to remember when a journey started and ended and when another one began (not to mention the amount of history lost due to site defacement). By journey I mean a period of time when I was in the army and not the whole journey from the first time I found SWAT to now. I bet Ganger remembers my time in SWAT more than I do LOL but seriously a lot has happened in my life so it’s hard to remember everything. However, I did return to SWAT for stints afterwards, however, none were near as long as this generation’s journey. Hell, I remember when I thought I was cursed with armies as it seemed a year or just over was the max time you’d get to spend before you left because it shut down, you left or whatever the reason may be.

I won’t pretend that SWAT was my home back then because, while I had some good times there, my heart was elsewhere. This doesn’t mean anything in terms of my feeling about SWAT as an army. Just because it wasn’t necessarily my home when I first stumbled upon it, it doesn’t mean anything. However, I would definitely call it home now as this new generation has been immense and I never thought I’d get to be a leader in SWAT. There are some people in armies that have faith in me and there’s one person who I let down before coming back to armies in May/April 2020 and I didn’t want this to happen with SWAT so I tried to make sure I didn’t. To this day, I still remember it, yet I should hope that what I have done in SWAT proved them right, while they probably won’t even feel let down I know what is my best/ what is the best of me and I also hope that I have done right by SWAT and Ganger who put his faith in me when new people didn’t know me.

When we arrived in this CPPS era I wanted to revive SWAT and bring it into this new era of Club Penguin, however, we were all new to Discord at the time and ofc not everyone had moved to Discord so while that didn’t happen, I made sure to try and keep an eye out. I mean, from this alone you could tell that there was a connection between me, SWAT and the sleeping giant (Ganger) aka the afk king LOL. When I saw that SWAT was coming back, I was immediately in the new server to see if it was true and indeed it was and right from the start, Ganger offered me advisor or leader, whichever I’d be comfortable doing. Being offered that chance was something else for me and I was shocked yet at the same time really hopeful and thankful. At the time I had just started leading another army a month before swat’s reopening, however, this was a chance I could not let go, even if it meant abandoning said army because a chance to lead SWAT into a new generation, one that was completely different from the SWAT I once knew… I ofc agreed. However, it was not this simple as SWAT was under a new leadership and Ganger advised the leaders so the final decision was theirs and as many will know, I didn’t start as a leader but did start as a 2ic I believe and was willing to prove myself to these new leaders.

It was a new situation for me, armies were different, of course, but I was already used to that. Armies were using cpo, when they rose from the dead…from being in armies to leading them, I was no stranger to the cpps era. One of the main things for me was adapting to this new situation. All armies are different and I was leading a much different army before SWAT was revived. I was also used to the old SWAT and its values which were not the same in this new gen. This is by no means an insult or even a degrading remark because I think even the new leaders would agree that they had their own values and thoughts which they weren’t afraid to show. The SWAT atmosphere was definitely a lot less intense but welcoming. I won’t lie when I say that when I was offered a leadership position but then 2ic I was just a bit like…well they have no idea who I am, yet want me to prove my loyalty and skills? And I say just a bit because it really was a tiny percentile but I wanted to include it because I want to be completely open because this is a retirement post and not some lame post filled with me bidding farewell without saying anything I want to say or without telling my story (without saying too much of it, cough).

So anyway, I, as I said, wanted to prove myself to them and I’d like to think I did, hell I got to leader quickly enough despite the setback of the role. I believe it wasn’t even a month until I became a leader. And this is even with the people who were given chances before me too. That’s what’s definitely surprising about it.

When I became leader I was honoured and I know I could’ve got it earlier if I cut ties with the other army earlier, however, ties are harder to cut when you have them. I know others got it before me too but that didn’t matter. I wanted to lead SWAT to help the army reach its potential like I knew it could. And before you think it, no, I wasn’t thinking that no one else could do it. I know leaders are very different and their motivation and passion is amazing to see. Leading with a group of friends brings that and that truly helped them to lead SWAT to what it was. What I mean is that I knew what I could bring to the table as a member and as a vet. I just wanted to be a part of this journey.

I swear though, you’d think I wouldn’t cross-examine my own work and basically argue with myself over how it may come across but hey, that’s me. 

During the first few months, we led together well, we had some stepping blocks to overcome, I mean other leaders were close to those in Royals so when they shut down, as you know, we saw a couple join us (one even becoming a leader I believe) and there was ofc some stumbling blocks with other connections and tbh I have a memory of a fish at times so while some things come to mind, others parts may not. I think there was a situation with Elites with troops being in both SWAT and Elites or whatever which may have raised questions of troop-stealing which ofc was a stumbling block and bare in mind this is just from what I remember so these details on the Elites thing may not be 100% but anyway, we got through it and we had a lot of leaders tbf and we saw some leave, we saw some come as well as staff and hcom, we saw a big haul in terms of SWAT maxes as we were constantly growing. We started maxing 19, 20+ and we ended July with 29+ troops actively attending which was amazing for us and I was glad to be a part of that. I mean despite me being a vet, we were this new wave of SWAT (which ofc had some elements of the old). These big maxes were during invasions too, invasions on Superstars (Army) and we led our army to victory together and while they may not have been an equal army to us in terms of size, they had allies ofc, same with us, so it was never going to be just an easy run but we fought against them and their allies and won the war

We surrounded them in every sense. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not disrespecting them but praising SWAT. We worked hard and this was only the first step of the journey and yet we were doing such things already. Hell in the re-invasion of Cozy we maxed 39! That was an amazing feat for us.

We marched on, won the war against Superstars and their allies, we took on LGA, we took on WV. The war with WV lasted for what seems like forever and we laugh now but it was exhausting for many and just lasted too long. However, this didn’t kill us, at first, it was making us a bit weary but we actually grew stronger and one of my proudest moments came after the war. It was a UK battle vs ACP and we maxed 42 or more against them and for us, this was an amazing feat, we had never maxed such before, we had the members to ofc but after the war people were tired and that’s understandable but everyone wakes up for a battle against ACP. 

To have 42 swat members online for this during UK time was just amazing and for me to be the UK leader to have the privilege to lead this was amazing. That battle in particular was one of my claims to fame, of course, I would never claim credit for the battle size because it was a team effort but as the only UK leader, it was an amazing sensation to have your division reach such heights.

We eventually saw the introduction of new things from tournaments to purple and green divisions, the introduction of new hcom and leaders.

This is one thing that when looking back is inspiring, even now. Like I joined SWAT because, for 1, it was an army I felt that I could be in and feel at home, with friends from the past in Ganger and others ofc and I wanted to help it. For 2, I had goals and I thought that actually maybe I could just start in SWAT and I can achieve them as I go. They weren’t my goals per se but a goal of a past me and I just wanted to do my past self some justice. Just as SWAT was an old army that came back into my life, the goals did too. However, I don’t have these goals anymore. I haven’t for a long time and I’d like to think I’ve learned a lot during these years in CPA, there are some valuable lessons that can be learned and if you can’t learn them in a community like CPA then where can you? The goals I once had were childish and honestly short-sighted. I, shortly, realised that I didn’t need any goals in SWAT, my only aim was to make SWAT great and I don’t just mean I wanted/want SWAT to max 60+ consistently but I mean that I wanted us to reach heights we hadn’t reached before and I wanted to watch and to help people…troops grow in SWAT and I have seen many do so and I won’t lie, during the first year of SWAT I met some troops who I thought I couldn’t help anymore because everything we tried didn’t work but to be honest, maybe our approach about it was wrong, taking a step back and just being people is important. Of course, not even this worked with everyone, some problems couldn’t be worked on. Troops would find it harder and kinda intimidating to step up. There have been periods in SWAT where I might as well have been the only leader because I was the only one leading so I was able to enable some troops to step up and work alongside me and in doing this I’ve seen them grow in ways they never grew before because maybe they couldn’t. Maybe they just needed time or maybe they just needed the right opportunity to learn and to step up. That’s not to say that troops didn’t grow when there were a lot of leaders. On the contrary, we saw many successes in our ranks and I’m glad to have seen them because watching your students, essentially, grow is really rewarding. I type a lot and I try to say a lot but in my head, I go over things again which come onto paper as repetition but tbh it’s just me reassuring you of my point. 

Anyway, as I was saying. SWAT was doing well consistently and we became a force to be reckoned with for sure and this is what SWAT should be. We competed in tournaments and weren’t easily knocked out and we held our own in many practice battles and I created goals for the site, to increase viewership each month, each year and making quality content for our troops, giving them information both historic and through interviews which were of past and present members of SWAT. We had leader interviews, Hcom/staff interviews and we had more too. We quickly got into more wars, we got into a war with the Pizza Federation and the Army Of CP. We literally survived through so much and the ACP war was a war too many, however, we survived it, we survived the death of flash, we survived the move from and to many CPPS’, we literally have through both heaven and hell and back. Many armies shut down when flash died and guess who didn’t…SWAT. No matter the circumstances, we stayed strong. Now don’t get me wrong, the ACP war didn’t severely hurt us, however, the coming month did rough us up a bit with many cpps switches and our maxes became shakier going from 30+ to 25 etc like it wasn’t bad but sometimes we did see scary maxes of 15 which were definitely not SWAT-like but we did our best and got through it and were maxing well by the end of Jan.

This whole post became a history of SWAT with Coolguy and I don’t want that. I know that I do mention how important the history is to my story, to my journey and my memories in SWAT but this is a retirement post and I for sure could write forever but there are some points in which I’m not writing for myself but for the readers like I can tell you that SWAT was a home to me and I treasured it and still do but saying that I always enjoyed myself in SWAT or that there were hard times which we got over quickly wouldn’t be true. 

As some people know, there was a time in SWAT where I was couped then, a couple of hours later, reinstated and you don’t actually know what would go through your mind until it happens. Funnily enough, that’s not the moment that I’m thinking of exactly, however, it is a point that you could see if you looked back. I’m a straight-talking person and whether people like that or not, I want to keep my opinions and say what I think because if I don’t then I’m losing myself, both Coolguy and the person behind the screen. We’re 2 identities which have our own opinions and they merge ofc so holding back my opinions would not only be restricting Coolguy but also me, putting me into a ball that is smushed to others’ likings. What I’m getting at is that there were times in SWAT when I felt lost or restricted, it wasn’t all daisies but I also can’t sit here stating why, what, when, where, who, how etc. because that goes against what I want to do with this post. 

Where I get lost in this post is that I’ve stated so much about the journey while holding some things back whether they be good or bad, I just haven’t put them in and that’s hard. I know there are moments I’d want to share but won’t or moments I feel like I probably should share but definitely won’t because while the thought of them may be there, I love SWAT as an army and don’t want my good or bad times fogging up the view and I know there were a lot of good moments but stating them is repetitive and I know 99% of people will just have gotten bored by July 2020 in my recap and that takes away from the post, it’s a retirement post and I feel like I should talk about that a bit more, my true memories and thoughts also giving special mentions to people who deserve them and who have had a great positive impact on me. There are some people I may not mention and that’s not to say I don’t like them or they haven’t impacted me but at the time of writing, this is already so many pages already LOL and also I feel like if I go on a tangent I may go too far… What I mean by that is that in the past I have created speeches for people outside cpa and realised that some speeches are only half true and that I can create a lot out of nothing and I don’t want to do that, I just want to be true to myself and my experience.

I know the above may not make sense to anyone and it barely does to me because it’s contradictory but I guess it’s just a thought process and me trying to make sure that it doesn’t come across as offensive because it’s definitely not meant to be.

A period of SWAT which I want to mention is the period where there were few leaders left, I believe it was just me and Mare. Mare had already retired multiple times beforehand so you can understand the pressure that was on the leadership considering our engagements and problems in real life. With little to no support we searched outside of SWAT for help, hiring Astro and Td999 and these helped get new thoughts and ideas into SWAT but as life would have it Astro left soon after, and then Mare retired once more leaving me and TD. Astro came back during the time me and td led but not for long and SWAT was starting to shake, we saw lower maxes, not incredibly bad but between 12-20, we were no longer getting the 25 troops that we used to. That didn’t stop us though, hell we even maxed 21 in March at a time when we were doing even worse than 12-20. 

Eventually, after working a lot, TD also stepped out for a bit which left me as the solo leader which was difficult during a period where there was little staff and no backup in terms of help with events so the army was literally just a CG time army. This aint why I want to mention this time though, I worked hard to keep SWAT alive, and I worked hard to keep the blood pumping within the army to help it evolve and grow but that’s not why I’m mentioning it. I do want to mention that during my time leading SWAT, there were multiple calls to call it a day, however, we didn’t, I could not let the SWAT legacy end in a bad way and it’s a good job we didn’t because we reached new heights in both 2020 and 2021/beyond. Anyway, back to 2022. During this time period, I utilised the role ‘Head Of Hcom’ which replaced LIT earlier in 2022 and I used it as I originally intended to. I intended for HOH to be what LIT hadn’t been since 2020, an actual learning experience for those in the role, giving them the experience of a leader, having a say in what goes on, without the pressure of actually being a leader. During this time, I saw people grow a lot, they actually took initiative and grew from being in this position that swat was in. L90 is one person who I was proud to have in the role, working beside me, that’s mainly because of his determination and the amount he actually grew and learned from this experience. Sure, on the outside, SWAT may not have been what it used to be but, to me, that didn’t matter, what mattered to me is seeing the people within swat grow, people like L90, Krill, Oli these people grew and will continue to grow and I loved being a part of that. It made me think about something I mentioned before when people left because we couldn’t get the best out of them and I didn’t regret it, however, did think about the what-ifs but they were different times and nothing could be done. Yes, of course, I wanted SWAT to grow in size too, we worked together to make sure that would happen but this was one of the most important things to me, personally. I know some people will think that size is the only thing that matters in CPA but I just loved watching them grow and while they were growing, swat could slowly grow too.

SWAT always has good times and bad times and even in the bad times there are good times and this happened here and not just with troop growth but inner army growth and some events too. Sometimes honesty is the best medicine but sometimes you can be worried about saying the wrong thing or offending people and that’s definitely something I’ve thought a lot about during this post, maybe I was wrong to or maybe I was right to… I don’t know but what I do know is that I have a lot to say, a lot I want to/feel like I need to say but if it may come across the wrong way then maybe it’s better not for me to say it. 

The above picture was taken in August and this isn’t a time many people will want to mention in the history books because of what happened shortly after and neither do I quite frankly. I will say that despite the controversy, SWAT hit new heights in the months before this and I enjoyed seeing SWAT’s pride when we reached these new heights, the troops’ exaltation and glee. We surpassed our limits even if just for a short time, this was because everyone in swat was hungry for it and they got what they deserved in terms of success during that time. However, not all things last forever. But we did regain this momentum after the controversy due to the hard work of those who truly committed. 

Speaking of not lasting forever, neither do I… I always joked about my retirement because I actually thought I’d leave armies mid-2021 @myth and planned a day too and while I was half-joking when I did this with Myth, I was kinda like, well I think I will be gone by then. And yet we were both still in the community after, of course, he’s had a much different experience than me but I stayed in SWAT and I wanted to prove to myself and others what I was capable of and to help these new troops who came in who would look up to us. I wanted to make a difference and I’m biased against myself but I hope that I have made a difference in SWAT, a difference for you, the reader, and for those who have come and gone. I sincerely do. I don’t leave SWAT with joy, if I’m leaving, there’s probably a reason for it but I definitely leave with a heavy heart and who knows if I will leave with pride. If you’ve read this far, maybe you’ll have to ask me haha.

My time in SWAT has been quite hard to explain and maybe that’s okay. There are always things which will drag you down and the way some people view my time in SWAT is incorrect and that’s because some people like to bring others down while boosting themselves up and I’ve lived with that, if people don’t want to see my contributions that’s okay and that’s their failure to deal with, not mine. I’d like to think everything I have done will be set in stone and remembered but maybe it won’t. It’s clear that my heart goes out to SWAT despite all of this. It’s clear to see that while there have been bad times, there have also been good. It’s clear that there isn’t one true answer to any question which I attempt to answer because nothing is straightforward and that sentence is the epitome of my time in SWAT. Not everything is clear or straightforward but dig deeper and you will find the truth. The truth may not be here in the open but it’s definitely underlying and it can be found if you look hard enough.

We move onwards with the SWAT story and each time I write a bit of this speech I think I’m done or I’m near the end or I know it’s going to end but I don’t know when but this next bit definitely wasn’t that and no this doesn’t mean that every part of this SWAT journey I’ve thought of retirement but it means that I’ve thought about each step of the journey each time I’ve written this. So this next bit (who knows how long or how short it may be or even what may or may not come after it)

Well there was a time in SWAT where I was able to just take a step back (not a literal stepdown or break just a point where I could rely on others to pick up any slack)  not from SWAT but just take a step back to look around me and I saw that while my time has never been a straight road,never has or will be in cpa but (in a non-egotistical way) I started to see how many people looked to me for answers, how many appreciated my work in SWAT and respected me as a person, not for being someone I’m not or yknow pretending and I know how this can sound but I’m genuine when I say this because appreciation isn’t always shown and tbh I’d be the last person I’d expect to be appreciated or whatever but to see these people and to know I’ve impacted their journey in SWAT, impacted their experience positively, and to see some recognise there’s more to people than what you just see was nice and I’m grateful to be able to have felt that because not everyone does and not everyone will realise even if they are appreciated so I am grateful. I’ve hinted at tough times in SWAT but let’s be real, tough times happen in all parts of life and there have been times in and outside of armies where you feel under-appreciated and my gut instinct is to say “okay…and?”, to just shrug it off because I’m not searching for compliments, love or anything really, I just wanted to give my best in life and support everyone in my army and around me. If other people were happy, I was content. Sometimes though, there have been times I definitely felt under-appreciated in CPA and this is no sob story but it’s true, I did and I’m not the one to normally say that but to go from people talking crap about you behind your back because of ############################# (hashtags for x y z bs) to people coming to you with an appreciation for you and what you do well that was something that moved me a lot. 

I remember one time with the appreciation some people were like well you’re the main person in SWAT, you’re the main leader and I said to them no, I’m not. I do my best but I’m not, we decide things collaboratively. And let’s just say they were correct for one second, I was holding myself back, second-guessing things at times because of past experiences and I guess I knew that no one was “safe” and in armies ofc this is the way things work for many but at the same time past experiences can hold you back, despite this, we pushed through every obstacle that came our way and did our best to achieve everything that we possibly could from great top ten positions, back-to-back #2’s, the October, Halloween tournament win and more!

Coming back to write is never easy because you see the disjointedness of the paragraphs but I hope to have been somewhat truthful and I hope you’ve been able to read it all. My position in SWAT, SWAT’s longest-serving leader – my time in swat -my history in cpa – they’ve all expanded further than I could ever have imagined and I never thought I’d be SWAT’s longest-serving leader and I barely realised it as I was aiming for bigger things like winning the Christmas Chaos or Legends Cup. SWAT tried to pull together for both but ofc there were things that always drove us apart but no matter what we tried our best to pull everything together to put in a good run for swat. The Legends cup run was amazing and while we were only in the first round, we performed amazingly until we were booted out of it because of someone multilogging before the battle even happened, despite swat beating RPF. After this swat went through multiple hcom changes as well as leadership but there was a sense of community until there wasn’t. I think that the year overall was massive for swat, we had good and bad times but we got through all of it and we learned a lot as individuals along the way. With that said, towards the end of the year, Christmas Chaos was coming up and some things were done outside our control but we aimed for the trophy and we maxed really well

Once again it was against rpf but we truly gave it our all and maybe things could’ve gone differently but I am not ashamed of the performance we gave, we gave up an amazing fight with over 40 troops attending. We later went into war with ACP, DV, and TCP with some others helping. Tcp multilogged which meant they lost their war with us (along with other issues). The war was very messy with multiple armies against one and many controversies from TCP to the server raid to the ending of the war. It was all a mess and yet, once again, we got through it. Just like most hard times, we kept fighting, we fought every single battle and we got through the war, winning against TCP. Not many people can say they’ve been targeted by 3+ armies 2x within a couple of months and survived nvm won against one of the armies, so we did accomplish something. We all should take pride in that and getting through it all.

Many leaders came and gone since 2022 and yet we remained. We rose, we fought the mighty RPF and carried on to try and be the best army that we could be. We gave this war our all and even if we weren’t successful and the war ended mutually, we set a precedent in cpa by just having a war for fun and challenging one of the best armies to make ourselves better rather than having some bogus reason for it to try and make it seem just. We brought out the competitive spirit in both armies and put up a great fight and we can be proud of that. 

So what about now? What at the moment when I actually am retiring. All of this has been written in the past but this tiny section is written in the now and I do wanna say that it is with a heavy heart that I am retiring from SWAT. It’s almost unreal. I want to retire but at the same time, I don’t but that’s because of the loyalty I’ve had to SWAT and will continue to have to the people within this army. You all have been amazing and while it may not be the easiest decision, for now, I think it’s the right one for me. I planned this before the POM war but it was delayed because of it, I won’t lie, however, it’s been really hard coming to terms with the decision and letting those around me know. I guess to move forward, I need to take a step into the dark and so does SWAT. We both need to take a leap of faith and wherever our journey takes us, I’m sure that it will be a path that we can be proud of. I appreciate all of your comments, those inside and outside of SWAT, they mean a lot and there’s always part of me which is like maybe… but I think that it’s time to take that step, take that chance and I’m sure that the HCOM, staff, troops and leaders within SWAT will do a good job in raising this army. Remember, an army IS NOT one person, it’s every person within it that makes it what it is.

Keep on marching on and keep in mind my key words. You’ll remember them

Thank you to everyone who has had some sort of an impact on my time within armies, you all are amazing people and even if you’re not, you’ve helped me get to where I am today with love, with hate, with passion, with spirit, with all the will power you give. Thank you all for your kind words and your support. One day, we will meet again I am sure that we will and don’t think that I will just disappear off the face of the earth because I can’t stand messy dms LMFAO so if you expect me to die, don’t hold your breath, I’ll always be around for whenever any of you need me, anytime, any subject. I’ll be there for you!

People that I’ve led with in this SWAT Generation (Thanks to lego for adding a plus one to this list)

Sophie,
Fast,
Stare3000
Sweater,
Lego 3x,
Mare like 3x,
Aubz,
Kaliee,
Hiro,
L90 aka Rookie,
Firestar,
Grace,
Camotes,
Astro,
Monstah,
Lukey,
Greeny,
Issac (technically),
Ganger (god knows how many times +another 1 LOL),
Sammie,
Susej,
Jakob
maybe teaska (although if I led with them it was very brief but I think they left before I got leader),
Sophy,
Pandor,
Toxic Storm,
Ryebread,
Oli,
IKKA,
Jay (Ausia commander w/o leader role)
Logical

Including returns, that’s approximately 35 leaders. I hope to have cemented my legacy.

Special moments:

This was me in 2021 the infamous acp v coolguy 😉  part 2 ofc

I always had creative formations I was making, this form outline was called the umbrella form for obvious reasons. Yes, I love my glow too

One of my favourite tactics, it was referencing a song that I like that not many people actually knew so at the time Ganger was like yoooo Coolguy what are you smokin’ LOL

Speaks for itself

Coolguy, in his natural habitat with the puffles 🙂

Not a picture from swat but a great one nonetheless.

Best tactics ofc

One of my other best tactics yes the R isn’t there but this is so impressive and I loved every second of that event

At the start of the generation

First event back

Special Mentions:
I don’t know how many people read the post because it’s a long one and it takes a while to read but I sincerely hope that you, reading the post, have read it all and have not just skipped to this bit to see if I mentioned your name because I want people to know about my journey and I don’t want those who haven’t been mentioned to be offended. If I appreciate you, you’ll know it.

Ganger90

What can I say, Ganger? I truly appreciate your trust and faith in me, every time someone tried to knock me down/out of SWAT, you had my back and saw something in me that others didn’t. I would never want to harm SWAT or the people within it and I have tried so hard to make sure that SWAT succeeds in every way and times have been up and down but I hope you know everything I’ve done for the army and appreciate that. I also hope that I have done both you and SWAT proud. I’ve led SWAT since 2020, leading an army for this long isn’t done by many and there’s many reasons as to why but I wouldn’t have traded them 2 years for another army because of you and what SWAT should stand for and because of my past in the army. I wanted to commit to SWAT and commit myself through thick and thin. I hope I have shown that. No matter what happens, stay in touch G.

Mustapha

Mustapha getting a mention??? Yeah, well I truly wanted to mention you, while I could’ve said anything in a dm I wanted to speak with this. We’ve known each other for many years and I will never forget our experiences together. I felt like I let you down in late 2019/2020 when I came back to armies after a bit of a break and ended up being less active due to irl commitments. I always wanted to address this but wanted to have accomplished something before doing so. I feel like this is something big and I hope that you have been watching and are proud of how much I have done and how far I have come since we met.I looked up to you when I was younger and definitely consider you a friend. I do hope that I have proved myself throughout this journey too. Whatever you need brother, yknow you can count on me.

Crazy186

There’s a 0.006 chance that you’d even see this unless I sent it to you myself but I want to thank you for everything you did for me in the past. To this day I still remember our time together and will not forget it. While I fear being a pest at times I consider you a friend and hope that you will look back fondly on our time together. From 1 swat leader to another, I salute you and wish you well in life. Better stay in touch though lol. I know you may think, why even mention me when I’m not even in armies anymore but you still have an impact on me and have had one since we met. Maybe I don’t get here without meeting you, maybe I quit armies long before now. Who knows what happens if something changes but what I do know is that you have inspired me from the start of my army career and hope to keep their memories alive.

Toxic Storm

Who knew a nut like you would get me back into armies LOL jk. Honestly storm, before I met you I was still around in the community but in a smaller part of it and I had a couple of offers to join armies which I heavily considered but something drew me away from them and when you came to me with your adverts and I actually listened because you were genuine and I told you that I can’t give you an answer because a couple of offers were on the table and I didn’t want to say anything till I decided/got an offer from someone in a higher position than you were. LOL. However, while some could say that was me not trusting you, we kept in touch and we came together in cpa a month later. Since then you have been nothing but loyal and I really hope that I have helped you in any and every way possible. You are motivated, strong and you have a good heart even though you don’t let everyone see that. Keep being you Storm. I appreciate everything you’ve done for me and have loved the times we have spent together because there was never a dull moment and what’s cpa without a friend by your side? Thank you storm.

To The Head of Hcom – those who were HOH at the time will know who you are e.g. OLI/L90

Working with you has been a pleasure and I really hope I have had a positive impact on you. You’re the people in SWAT that I wanted to help, one person that I knew could do well but needed a push in the right direction. You were loyal and SWAT could not replace you. I have seen you develop and grow since you first joined SWAT and have been proud of how you have developed and continued working through all times both good and bad. Be true to yourself and don’t become anyone else.

Sammie

Probably one of the only people from the original team that I still talk to now and again. You did a lot for us when you were there and stayed in touch even after as some do but many don’t ofc, depending on the person. You were the one who many could turn to for advise or help and I’m sure we all appreciate that because I do for sure!

Super

Thanks for everything Super for everything, from before my time in SWAT and beyond. You’ve been a massive help and you and storm were a part of reviving my interest in CPA along with toxic ofc. Hopefully we remain in contact and maybe we’ll meet again on the field one day, maybe even on the same side. Anyways, thank you for being there

Mare

Honestly, I wanted to include you in this because we definitely had our differences in SWAT. However, you also pushed me to do my best, getting the best out of me by doing what you did which I appreciate. Thanks mare and keep on doing what you’re doing miss sm legend.

IceQueen

(Edit: Despite the controversies, this doesn’t affect the past) I wanted to give you a mention here because I mean we both have had incredible journey’s in our respective armies and while our armies have not always aligned, we both worked to try and keep the bond these armies originally. Am I just mentioning you because of that, no ofc not, from inside the alliances to outside, you were definitely one person who was there, thank you for that. 

LawCorazon

After 3 years, you finally get to read this post haha, well here it is and while we haven’t talked as much as I have to other people on the list, I feel like you’re definitely on person who supported me on my journey and knew what was happening even if you didn’t know. While trying to get me to retire to get a break you also helped out in 2020 and I appreciate it. It was a shame you retired so soon but I’m glad you were on this journey with us!

Aaronstone

I wanted to thank you for your support during the time when our armies were allies and even after. You could’ve cast out every SWAT member if you really wanted to just to make the example, however, you remained faithful which was nice to see and I’m grateful for the support and faith you had in me even after the war 🙏

Calgocubs

Calgo, what can I say man, well I didn’t really expect to be writing many people into this but actually I guess I underthought it. While we may not always be on 100% the same page, we do have similar thoughts and ideas and with your help we were able to make history between our armies and create something which could’ve been really good for both. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out but our friendship remained and I wanna thank you for that not just after but before too because we all had different things on our minds and we were doing many things at once so it’s nice to have a like-minded person there to just chill with and to support and have support from. Thanks for the opportunity.

Myth

Myth, you could’ve gone in any section, SWAT, allies, outside community, I mean you really wanted to try it all and get the best out of armies and while not everyone will see it that way, I see you! Our first meeting was a weird one with us both leading different armies and when we came together it was touch and go because you had your own things to deal with but getting to know you after the original coming together was great, from planning our retirement from being able to work with you many times. While they may not have been long times, they were certainly good ones.

Rooboo

Again, I just wanted to thank you tbh, you were amazing and you have worked so hard to get to where you are as HF leader but still remain true to yourself and I appreciate you and everything that you do! You’re an amazing person and I should’ve found that out sooner but at least we did see that and get to know each other a bit. Let’s hope for more good times!

Sweater

If you heard in 2020 that your name would be here I’m sure you word have had a few F bombs to drop LOL. But seriously, like, while we didn’t start off the SWAT era on great terms for obvious reason, you were always around to help once given the opportunity and you supported me when I needed it which I am thankful for. Despite being retired, you were always looking for a way back, loyalty get you a lot and you definitely wanted to be loyal to swat, it’s clear to see that. Thank you.

Iceyfeet

Honestly Icey, you were always gonna be on here whether I retired in 2021 or now because I’ve known you for how long now?? And the journey that we’ve both have been on is amazing and I’m glad I was able to depend on you when I needed it, not only were you a good friend but a good ally and I love the food but damn you gotta buy me dinner 😂Thanks for everything Icey!

Honourable Mentions

Mchappy – You’re an amazing person both to work with as a writer/editor /other and as an individual, I’m glad I was able to work with you as well as build the alliance we did which no-one saw coming, even if it did break down. You were always courteous and professional and that takes some doing man!

Carmelo – Man, we could talk for a while on a load of things but it’s surprising that we’ve not really spent that much time in an army together, you were in swat for a period but it never stuck, and despite that, we kept that good relationship. I’m normally the one with the good memory yet you were the one who remembered me from og cpa which I’m thankful for, it’s nice to know that we found each other once again.

Disha – Haven’t known you that long but reporting and editing with you has made our jobs a lot easier for sure, cool calm and collected as they say. Thanks for your help and I hope to keep on going and do what I said I’d do

Max – This may seem like a weird mention to yourself, however, when I did report for the past orgs, you were definitely a constant throughout and were the one pushing out media, pushing people to do better and while it may not have always worked out, the work you did was definitely credible. Even outside of the orgs you were there to help! Thanks for your help!

Olimad – From foes to friends, another story that turned around pretty quickly but you’ve always been around when we needed ya and you wanted to help out where and when you could even if it was by taking out of your own pocket to give to others, your generosity is clear and admirable

Flav – Thanks for being there buddy, our earlier years were definitely great and sure we had many stumbling blocks along the way but we both pushed through them and yet while we went our different ways, we ended up back at the same place once again. One thing I will definitely remember is the column we did together, Where They Began, it was amazing and I think that we could’ve done a lot with it if given the chance to continue where we left off. Thank you my brother!

Clant – Let me just say one thing, seeing you come back once again was amazing and this time you have been an incredible person in swat. While you may not have all the time in the world, you do what you can and you did it well, thanks for your contributions!

Cait – You have been yourself through most things even in your times in SWAT and you’ve definitely been someone who’s been through quite a bit in armies but pushed through each instance. Tbf I would say about when we met but god knows when that was or what happened LOL, yes my mind is going, you know this already 😭

Thank you to those in SWAT who have stood by me and supported me, I appreciate the support. I have put everything on the line for SWAT, including my own sanity with many sleepless nights due to working late trying to solve our problems, trying to fix things, trying to work things out, trynna do whatever needs to be done. I tried to do everything I can and even when I can’t I have tried and no one can say otherwise because it’s set in stone, as is my time in SWAT. There’s a lot I have done/tried to do for swat and hopefully, everyone sees this and appreciates this but also respects my decision. 

Oh and one more thing – one more song, just for Ganger 😉

Till We Meet Again

Never Forget

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