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Time flies.
It was on this night one year ago that myself and Billy McGee were talking to each other about the possibility of a Red Dead Redemption 2 roleplay server. Him and I were both part of a Grand Theft Auto RP community at the time, but were interested in trying something new. It was through this conversation that I decided to purchase WildWestRP.com - Not thinking I would ever actually do anything with it, I was a fan of the name and wanted to get everything I could with it. The next day we created the Discord, and Wild West RP was born.
When we started this community, I honestly didn't think anything would come of it. I figured we would be closed within 6 months, and I refused to plan more than a month or two in advance because of this. We had big ambitions - An electoral system with a Government that mattered, a lore we could shape and mould, and a unique roleplay experience in the Wild West. This presented so many challenges - How would we handle not having instant communications? Law Enforcement? Department of Justice?
We opened the community up to the public to join in October of 2019, before RDR2 came out on PC and long before RedM. We opened a "Beta-Whitelist", where people could give their information, read our rules, and become members. While we didn't expect too much interest, we had to cap that process at 150 applicants. Back then, I was so excited that we had 150 people wanting to be part of Wild West RP! People who joined during this period, the true "OGs", are the "First Settlers".
From there, the growth of the community was amazing. We got featured in a PCGamerN article the day that RDR2 launched, and quickly ballooned to 1000 Discord members by New Years 2020 - something I was personally so proud of, not knowing what the future would hold for this community. Now, our Discord sits with over 8000 members, and we have over 3700 Whitelisted members. We've had multiple elections, multiple Governors, have established a Wild West Law Enforcement system, a old-Justice Department of Justice system, and saw *so* many amazing characters develop. I can't believe how far we've come when I think about it.
There's simply too many people for me to @ here, and I don't want to forget anyone, but to those who have been here since the beginning with us and helped get us going - from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much. And to those who continue to roleplay here often and make this community the best it can be, I want to thank you too. Without you folks this community would not exist.
We've had our ups and downs, and we're far from perfect. But we always strive to do our best. The Staff Team works incredibly hard to serve the community, and I want to thank all current and past members of the Staff Team for the time and energy that they have dedicated making Wild West RP into the community it is.
To many more years ahead!
William Hayes
It was on this night one year ago that myself and Billy McGee were talking to each other about the possibility of a Red Dead Redemption 2 roleplay server. Him and I were both part of a Grand Theft Auto RP community at the time, but were interested in trying something new. It was through this conversation that I decided to purchase WildWestRP.com - Not thinking I would ever actually do anything with it, I was a fan of the name and wanted to get everything I could with it. The next day we created the Discord, and Wild West RP was born.
When we started this community, I honestly didn't think anything would come of it. I figured we would be closed within 6 months, and I refused to plan more than a month or two in advance because of this. We had big ambitions - An electoral system with a Government that mattered, a lore we could shape and mould, and a unique roleplay experience in the Wild West. This presented so many challenges - How would we handle not having instant communications? Law Enforcement? Department of Justice?
We opened the community up to the public to join in October of 2019, before RDR2 came out on PC and long before RedM. We opened a "Beta-Whitelist", where people could give their information, read our rules, and become members. While we didn't expect too much interest, we had to cap that process at 150 applicants. Back then, I was so excited that we had 150 people wanting to be part of Wild West RP! People who joined during this period, the true "OGs", are the "First Settlers".
From there, the growth of the community was amazing. We got featured in a PCGamerN article the day that RDR2 launched, and quickly ballooned to 1000 Discord members by New Years 2020 - something I was personally so proud of, not knowing what the future would hold for this community. Now, our Discord sits with over 8000 members, and we have over 3700 Whitelisted members. We've had multiple elections, multiple Governors, have established a Wild West Law Enforcement system, a old-Justice Department of Justice system, and saw *so* many amazing characters develop. I can't believe how far we've come when I think about it.
There's simply too many people for me to @ here, and I don't want to forget anyone, but to those who have been here since the beginning with us and helped get us going - from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much. And to those who continue to roleplay here often and make this community the best it can be, I want to thank you too. Without you folks this community would not exist.
We've had our ups and downs, and we're far from perfect. But we always strive to do our best. The Staff Team works incredibly hard to serve the community, and I want to thank all current and past members of the Staff Team for the time and energy that they have dedicated making Wild West RP into the community it is.
To many more years ahead!
William Hayes
) here is amazing and matches the quality of the community and RP everyone gets here. This place manages to be both approachable and fun while having serious stories and solid Roleplay for everyone to enjoy, and that's because of everyone here putting in work and being great at what they do!
