It kills me to see the army like this. It really does. I was leader twice and, no one can deny, the army went downhill in that time… But I’ve been gone a long time now. This army should have progressed, gotten better, moved on. If people wanna let this rest now, then that’s their choice… I know that I personally cannot come back to help ut right now, anyway. I have a whole month of GCSEs and other exams ahead of me and I have no time for Tumblr, never mind this. But as an ex-leader, I feel it is my duty to at least try and keep Icy Fresh 2′s army alive and, hopefully, thriving. The best I can do is give you a pep talk. That is all I can and will do. But you have to listen, and act. I cannot act for you. I have other things to be focusing on and, to be frank, I do not see how me being back would help at all.
You have to get active. You have to treat this army less like a dying rabbit and more like a business. Get your heads on and think up a plan. You need to work out your USPs, Unique Selling Points, you need to work out your product, you need to work out everything. Do some market research. Go out into CP and find out what the penguins want. Look at what is doing well and replicate that, but don’t just turn into the ACP. Find something that the penguins want that the ACP don’t offer. We can’t stick to the old rules and traditions any more. Just keep our message the same and re-vitalize. I wasn’t prepared to do that, that’s why I left. You aren’t the Catholic Church. You can’t stay the same and keep popularity. You have to start thinking like adults, start prioritizing, or this army is gonna fail like everything else.
I know this is rich, coming from me, but I’ve grown up since I left. A lot of things have happened to me in recent months and they’ve shown me that if you want to succeed, you must learn from the history. Why history? Because history always repeats itself. It never fails. To be the future you must look to the past. Acting like a business… they’re successful, aren’t they? They work, don’t they? They win, they succeed… So why can’t you? Why shouldn’t you? Because you can’t be bothered any more? Because you can’t be arsed? Because you only want to be in something successful? Because you’re selfish and want the glory but not the hard work? Well, that’s nice, but it doesn’t work. I know that first hand. Icy didn’t get given fame, he wasn’t handed leadership, he made it. He built this from nothing. What are we now? Nothing. That’s what you are. Two or three people, clinging to a hope, loosing grip. Nothing.
But it can be built. It was built before, it can be built again. All you need is the right person who is willing to devote the time and effort into raising this army from it’s knees. You need a Harry, a Katniss, a Percy… not a Draco, a Seneca, or a Luke. Not even a Ron, a Gale or a Grover, you need a fighter. If you find them, they may be here already, they will work and they will reap all the benefits. They will get the CP fame and the glory… But only if they work.
You may well be thinking ‘Well, why don’t you be our Harry, out Katniss, our Percy? Why won’t you take a stand, if seeing the army on it’s knees hurts you so?’ The answer is a simple one. I am not a Harry, Katniss, nor a Percy. I could never fulfill that role. I am too selfish, too narrow-minded to be able to take it through. With me at the helm, you would be left for dead within a week. I have GCSEs to do, a family to care for and friendships to improve. I have a book to re-write and a dog to train. I have scars to heal and wounds to cover. I cannot take on another project. Not now. I know that I will never come back. You need someone bigger and better than me, the hypocrite who can speak but can’t act. I would make a wonderful politician, would I not?
So, I took the only action I can. I wrote, I spoke, I gave a speech. I hope that this will spur you into action, for I cannot look at the army like this. Take my words and use them. This army does not have to fail yet.
- Timegirl, ex-leader and wordsmith
