Jake_J wrote Well, well, well.

10 years have passed since I was a 13-year old kid in my Grandma's spare bedroom signing up to TTG to leach for a MW2 10th Prestige Lobby. Little did I know that I would go on to become a moderator, create over 12,000 posts, gain friendships that lasted for years, and learn from Dimebag and other Trusted Sellers what it meant to be an entrepreneur and monetize the internet during the darkest times of my young teenage years when school looked bleak.

From lunchtime texts with users like Dimebag over a decade ago now (who awed me by earning an income from MW2 lobbies at the time, which was insane in a generation where the internet monetization wasn't so rampant as today) to finally dropping out of Secondary School in the UK at 14, and to earning my first few online paychecks, to now going on and running a full internet business from home having just completed my immigration to the United States. TTG, Sean, Dimebag (who was the entrepreneurial uncle figure I never had), the rest of the staff, contributors, and our community I owe you a heartfelt thank you. You all sparked a flame that went on to redefine the adult I became. The work ethic, dedication, stepping out of the norm, you all showed me what it meant to work hard. The list is endless.

This community, its resources, members, through all the ups and downs, has had far more of an impact on my life than I ever could have imagined. A decade later, the website is as genuine and tight-knit as it ever has been - even during its busiest periods. Over the years, this website has been available night and day, Summer and Winter, year after year, to act as a platform to instantly plug into engaging conversations with like-minded individuals and to mitigate some of life's overall hardships. Staff have been responsive and dependable through busy seasons, and not so busy seasons, and I trust that by logging on here each day and just staying active, we are all playing a role in sustaining our site and offering warm welcomes/conversations to all of our new members.

I hope that this is an encouragement to you all to stay plugged in and never forget roots. I always say this every 3 or so months, but I truly hope to be more active each and every day instead of a couple of days a week. At the very least, I owe that to TTG and I am extremely thankful for this website and the ability to post my 10-year member milestone thread. What an amazing accomplishment.

If there is ANYTHING at all I can do for you, answer for you, or just shed some insight on, I want to be to you what some of TTG's members were to me when I couldn't find any hope in my own life. This site's Trusted Sellers and entrepreneurs taught me that it was possible to not be just another sheep in the herd, to be able to work from home, to not have to slave away until you are 65+ and then die. I am here for you all, young or old, and want to help. Let's talk, next-generation of TTGers! ;)

Thank you!