Effective June 30, 2007, Special Operations Training Group will be officially standing down from the SOCOM arena.
Originally founded back in 2002 through the assistance of the Sea Snipers, SOTG found its home in US West 3 with only a handful of members. That would soon change. Based on a core set of values, SOTG began to blossom into a professional organization of mature adults playing SOCOM together in an attempt to meet certain medal-earning criteria we had set for ourselves. As a truly innovative clan, SOTG was one of the very first SOCOM clans to actually set standards for statistical medals and awards, and had since continued to add medals and awards to the list, based on different statistical achievements made possible by the game itself.
Upon the release of SOCOM II, SOTG moved into the Canada West 1 servers in search of less lag, as well as fewer people. As the SOTG name continued to spread like a virus, more and more gamers flocked to SOTG, which resulted in the growth to four full rosters of active members, as well as a countless number of inactive members. In a search to find quality competition, the members of SOTG were happy to see the eSEALs come into the scene. Soon afterwards, SOCOM gameplay took a turn for the worse with the introduction of "GameBattles" into the scene. The days of real-world, wartime gameplay was soon to end with the bogus idea that "grenade launchers and rocket launchers were not fair"...the last time I checked, you don't call your enemy to tell them you are going to attack them, but only if they don't use GLs and Rockets! Unfortunately, this disease spread to eSEALs as well.
Moving into SOCOM III, an excited member base was ready to move onto the "new and improved" SOCOM, but were quickly let down once the game was released. SONY hadn't really changed much, and the fad of "unfair weapons" continued...
Into SOCOM:CA, yet another let down ensued...
During these trials and tribulations, SOTG had seen many internal issues, which resulted in members leaving to form new clans, such as CDK, HollowGround, and *nt, all of which have made, and are currently making a name for themselves in the SOCOM arena, as well as in other PS3 games. SOTG has continued to exist through these times, however due to many members losing the desire to play SOCOM, or just simply not having the time to provide to gaming anymore, we have decided it is best to allow our remaining members the chance to find newer, more active clans.
We would like to thank all of our friends and allies who have continually supported us through the years, and wish you all well in the future. It is very difficult in todays gaming environment to find other clans that maintain a high level of gaming integrity and professionalism. You all are what continued to make the SOCOM series fun. We welcome you to invite our members into your ranks, if you so choose.
We have yet to decide what we will be doing with our website, namely our forums, however we may still keep them open so we can maintain our friendships that we have built with you all.
TO THE REMAINING SOTG MEMBERS: We bid you all Fair winds and following seas. Best of luck to you all!
On behalf of Special Operations Training Group and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Semper Fidelis and Godspeed!
Signed,
General Jarhead
Judge Advocate General
Special Operations Training Group