Hey, I go as Gertz but my name in real life is Johnny or John and my last name is Gertz, hence my 'nickname'.
I actually started playing MKW in May of 2008, around when it came out. I was 10 years old back then, and the wii was actually my dads, or atleast that was his intention. I remember on the day that my dad had got the game, he was playing it downstairs. I watched him for a bit, and I thought the game was pretty cool. He told me a second wheel had come with the game and that I could play if I wanted. So I played my first race on mushroom gorge, my favourite track with Waluigi and the offroader.
I really liked the game so I started watching videos on youtube and gradually I was learning and mastering the basics of the game like wheeling and doing tricks, and ended up teaching my dad. My brother, 19 at the time had come home from university the day after and he told me had been playing the game there. He was really quite good, probably good enough to join a good clan like Rv or something, but I was determined to beat him. Only problem was, my dad didn't want me playing on 'his wii'. So I remember my mum and dad went out one day and my brother normally slept to about 4 in the afternoon. So I played the game the whole day, using baby luigi bullet bike, like my brother. My dad, the next day went on a buisness trip for 2 weeks which was when I played the game at home 24/7, I couldn't put it down. The next day I was beating my brother, and I remember teaching HIM shortcuts like the DK Mountain One.
My dad came home and I explained to him that I had been playing, got quite good, and that the CPU was too easy for me. I explained that I would like to play online by myself with his permission. He said okay, but only on weekends. So every saturday i'd get up really early to play and got better and better. Within a couple months, my dad had bought the Professor Layton games for the DS and I told him he could play my DS whenever I wanted to, if I could play his wii. He accepted the offer and that's when I kicked into 6th gear!
The first clan I ever joined was FRZ, made by the famous FRZ BAW, Bounty's best friend. My tryout consisted of 4 players and I got last twice, and first twice. I got in but soon I realised they didn't play as much as I did, and weren't as competitive as I was. So I joined RT (Raw Talent), Lobo's famous clan dating a long time back, and I owe where I am to Lobo. It was a big clan, and one that raced alot, but it wasn't competitive. Unfortunately, some people like a guy called Rain, weren't very nice to me, because although I could beat my brother, I was dust compared to the RT members. Lobo would get up early and would teach me shortcuts and ways to do better.
I got quite close to Lobo and ended up following him around, I joined Emagination, a clan he made and British Bulldogs, which he made. In 2009 Lobo retired for the first time when he got a Playstation 3 and once again I was stuck. I had improved alot, but I was quite naive around the community. I asked to join Rv when it was at it's peak, and even Evul at one point. I couldn't understand why these clans wouldn't give me a tryout, and this frustrated me. I ended up joining many clans, Viking Bikerz, Britain on Shrooms and others, and none suited me. I ended up EGO Tistic which is my favorite clan, i'm sorry Flow, but nothing can match them in my books. They were good too, and I ended up playing Rv in a war in WCL, we had won after a long hour, Diesel saving our team scoring over 120 points but that didn't matter to me. Cocky like I am now, as you guys can guess, I went to the Rv chat and rubbed it in their face. I still have this problem and it could have got me alot further if I didn't have it.
EGO died and I actually tried to make a clan with some members like Bubba and Paws, but it never actually was created. In my frustration, I retired for the first time. Until a month later, I found out Lobo had come back to MKW, and that's when I joined Pure Skills with Lobo which was basically a step up from Shadow Gear with the same members, and eventually, Pure Skills, which is now known as No Surrender. Basically, I have been in No Surrender a long time, until Lobo retired again after the Jimmy incident, I retired again too. But I picked myself up and realised I shouldnt just stop playing the game because of one person. I went back and joined No Surrender, which is why I defend it so much in the chat. It's a very close clan to me.
No Surrender eventually became the clan it is today, or to put it short, bad, or as Nathan and Kyle put it, 'Dust'. In August 2011, I became clanless and stayed clanless for months. Then, in November, I asked Monk for a trial for Flow. Monk said he would make a poll, and I was really happy because I was finally going to cross my goal. To get into the best clan I possibly could. The first time, when I got rejected, I was really furious and snapped my disc as some of you know. I did this because I felt terrible just thinking that for 4 years i was trying to reach my goal, and I failed. Literally an hour later I got a message from Nathan and Jake saying that they would do a re-vote and that the people that warred with me had actually voted yes on my poll. I owe the fact I was even in this clan to Jake, Midnite, Bounty, Monk and Nathan. I love you guys. <3
Monk then told me, once I got a disc I could rejoin Flow, but I couldn't find any store that had it in stock that didn't come with a steering wheel or cost £40. Especially as I had found one online earlier with no steering wheel for £15. Finally the £15 one came back in stock, and I was playing MKW again. As some of you may know, my dad was threatened with a surgery that could have put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and financial troubles may have forced me out of a school I had been in for 12 years. That put me in that bad mood, and thats why you thought I 'changed'. So right now I want to apologize to everyone, especially Nathan, for letting you down. I made my feelings to Clock very public, and honestly, if that didn't happen in March, 2012, I would not have said the things I did. So, Clock, I'm sorry for what I said. I got kicked out of the clan a couple days after Clock made his trial, for an understandable reason. But, obviously, getting kicked out of a clan is never nice, so I got mad and almost ruined my relationship with Midnite too.
I'm retired from MKW again because the community is dying, and to be very honest, no clan that welcomes English speakers is recruiting, or I don't meet the requirements, such as Rv's age limit. Therefore as Lobo once put it: 'My MKW disc is in the loft, where it can't do any harm. 'Gonna start doing something that can actually help me in life'.
I do care about this clan, still, though and wish it the best, which is why you may see me lurking around your thread sometimes. 
Anyway, you may notice that I posted this a long time after I got kicked out, that's because of the following reasons:
1. I wanted to thank you all for giving me the opportunity
2. I wanted to apologize to Clock and others
3. I never actually made one of these
4. I'm still a member on this site, Adam xD
Thank you for reading this, it's very long. Cya 
