Naga~Sado:
Splinter aka Caamen is known by every battlefront community as one of the most skilled and dedicated players. Since the competitive jedi community first moved to PC, Splinter has been regarded as one of the best, yet he still grinds diligently to improve himself. Splinter was nominated an All-star player, he has been one of the most consistently skilled since 2012, any team he’s on has a solid shot, and Splinter’s clan-scrim-record shows that.
As a leader in FOG, Splinter was able to bring in many new players whose skill increased by playing in more competitive environments. Splinter’s work to create space for a Force community on PC, laid the foundation for our community today. Even in the 2013 era, Splinter was one of the most active and successful members of GNE.
Of the handful of players who are “thought-leaders”, Splinter has by far been the most outgoing and consistent. When Jedi players first began competing on PC: Splinter was one of the first who learned to utilize the No-Force skill, while making inroads with the NF community. Splinter’s contributions to the game can be witnessed clearly outside of the game as well. Splinter was always active on clan websites, often contributing GFX-works or helping with site design. He invited many bf2 players to learn and practice their graphic design skills on a competitive forum. Splinter has been involved in the ps2 conquest community, the old no force community, the old force community, and still contributes just as much today. Respect must also be given for Splinter’s work in founding the Battlefront Competitive League. Many conquest players have joined our discord and tournaments , no-doubt because of the cross-relations. Splinter has one of the most logistically inclined minds of the community and has always taken the initiative to utilize that for the betterment of the community.
Finally, speaking to Splinter as a sportsman: I very much appreciate players who can be competitive and collaborative. When you have invested time and effort into the community, it comes naturally that you care for it greatly. This passion reflects in Splinter’s calm but sometimes fiery demeanour. Knowing Splinter all these years, when he is at his most inflamed, it's usually for a reason. He is always respectful about his disagreements, keeping his criticisms focused around the game. He is also a player who won’t exclude anyone, no matter his personal perception. I have followed Splinter’s lead and his ideals over the years, several times, and I am a better community member for it!
Mastaisac:
Naga spoke well on Splinter. I would like to add some thoughts as I have known Splinter since back in 2006...
Of all the nominations here, Splinter is definitely one of the most deserving to have the honor of a HoF placement. I'll use the two categories of both skill and impact to better illustrate my argument:
Skill:
Splinter's skill trajectory started as a beginner in LOE with Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. While many have assumed that his name naturally fit with the TMNT, he would later tell me he actually came up with his name after a piece of wood... In LOE, Splinter's skill was certainly developing. Thus, in the Golden Age and Abyssian Age his skill wasn't as developed as it would become.
I feel he started to hit his stride in the expansionary age personally with his skill from 2012 and onward. That jump in skill was certainly noticeable when he transitioned to the PC and represented JOG for a good period of time. He then made the jump into -V- which many modern players today consider the height of one's skill for a force player. I don't really think he was ever really able to fully test his new found skills in that era though as things began to die down around 2015... But he was certainly held in high regard even during that era for his skill. Probably a top ten or fifteen Jedi player at the time. He has also now become an all-star and has been recognized by the community at large for his skill currently.
Splinter's skill I think now is more a perfection of what it was five years ago or so. His skill on the field is really a mix of things: patience, aggression, calculation... His gift is naturally being able to switch and swap styles he wishes to use at particular moments.
Impact:
I feel as though Splinter's impact alone however would earn him the right for a HoF enshrinement. Back in 2012, the PS2 side of things were starting to come to an end. At the time, JOG had developed an interest on PC SWBF2 as a new outlet to potentially explore in hopes to recruit fresh new talent and keep the game alive. During this period in JOG, it was announced that Splinter, along with Master Raul, would lead the PC JOG division and sort of explore this new area that had previously been unexplored by the PS2 community.
Splinter and Raul both took the lead on this and made transitioning to the PC community viable for JOG. It is interesting to note that back in 2012, much of the PS2 community was against a transition to the PC side of things. Without Splinter and Raul leading that JOG expeditionary force onto the PC, I truly think this game and community would have died back in 2012/2013. Though they may not have realized it at the time, Splinter and Raul actually proved to the entire PS2 community that moving to the PC was the next logical step for the community to do... in fact, it was the only logical step. Shortly after, the PS2 servers went down.
Splinter's leadership during that time was remarkable as well. He along with Raul went crazy on recruitment. They built up JOG expansionary players like Ferrari, Chris, Max, David, Troha, and others... This spurred a bit of a renaissance for the game as a whole and before you knew it, other clans were joining the fray and bringing back life to SWBF2. Both men deserve all the credit in the world for, in my eyes, unofficially saving the game by their steadfast belief in PC SWBF2 being the next step for the community.
Splinter is a huge yes for me.
Master~Raul:
Splinter has been around the game from way back in the day. He is a known and respected player in the community but to me what makes him deserve a spot in the HoF of this game is his contribution to the new era of the game. When I first moved to PC I didnt know much about this community and who were the main players. Neji told me that there was this old ps2 player that was around the PC community playing conquest so I contacted Splinter and talked to him about JOG and the ideas I had with PC. Long story short, Splinter and I started going to public servers showing the PS2 style and started recruiting players who at the time we thought had the potential to become good players in force (Like Isaac mentioned). His leadership and his relationships with the community definetly were key in making the transition of PS2 players to PC possible. Without him, I dont think I could have made JOG move to PC and have the success we had back in 2012.
He is undoubtely a great player, his skills are undeniable. But what for me stands the most is the role he took in extending the life of a game we all love. It was no easy task teaching all the force players there were, how to game was played in ps2, let alone NFers, who at the time used to think we were just noobs because we relied in force. Later more PS2 players would join us and helped us out grow the force community. From going server to server to invite players to play us to the wars with SWGO and the Sith Empire, creating a vVv version in PC... what Splinter and I acomplished back in the day was amazing and I dont think many of you know this, but it was like a year of work to prepare the platform for all to come and keep enjoying the game. Splinter was key in achieving this, everyone in PC knew him and respected him and his leadership skills helped to make the transition of PS2 to PC and also lets remember his role managing BCL.
He is a great friend and dearly remember all we did. He has my vote, no doubt.
Sevyl:
Most of my experience with Splinter is from way back in the day, 2010~. He was a pleasure to have in a few of my clans. He was always a solid player that showed promise. His GFX skills were always impressive(back in the gfx forum days) If I remember correctly he was also an admin over @ the Abyss
Since then Splinter has rose up to be an accomplished leader on this game, Whether it be managing the BCL, his time in hidden arrows, and his current work with OSBF2.
Spidey_Almighty:
Honoring and respecting the crazy efforts of people like CAAMEN to continue making this community great is the reason the HoF was created.
Fierce:
I’ll keep it short and sweet,
Splinter without a doubt is the main reason for the transition for PS2 players making the switch to PC, without his Time and commitment to help growing the scene I highly doubt we would have came this far.
When I first Came over to PC around 2013 or 2014, Splinter was your Go to Guy, he was well respected in the Community and also he was regarded as one of the Best players in the game. Another great amenity he showed, was his ability to Lead. I saw a New generation of Players looking up to him as he continued to lead his Teams to victory.
Sparta:
Splinter is my best friend, and one of the coolest dudes I’ve ever met. He’s always been someone I could count on, and that means everything to me. Aside from being a great friend, Splinter is a master of the game. He was a respected No Force master, he is a great conquest player, and arguably the best force player to actually be born on the PC side of the game. Few people truly dominate the pc swbf2 trifecta, but splinter is certainly one of them. He played a massive part in bringing ps2 to pc, and has always been one of the most respected figures of the community. Splinter is always shooting for the #1 spot, and had come so far from where he started. He’s a reliable teammate in the toughest of matches, and an incredibly hard player to beat 1v1 for whoever you are. We wouldn’t be here today without the efforts of Splinter, and nobody is more deserving of a spot in the hall of fame.
Josh:
Splinter was one of the main reasons I wanted to join JOG. I looked up to him a lot as a younger player and I respected his skill and game a lot and in many ways, tried to emulate his game play. I’m glad he’s getting the respect he deserves! Congrats Caamen!
Younes:
Splinter aka Caamen aka Kman deserves to be in HoF. He was one of few to bridge the gap from PS2 to PC. I remember it was Splinter, Raul, Myself and a few others from JOG that made the push to PC and started to make our presences known to the PC community. Splinter went a step further and accelerated his SWBF2 career by not only competing at a higher level in NF but also in the BCL. This HoF is obviously for the achievements on the force side of swbf2 which in that regard Splinter has hit all of the check marks for being in the HoF. He has led many clans, competed at a higher level, helped the community grow, brought many new comers to our crazy community, and overall a pretty good guy to be around. He is a rager but it is at no harm to anyone, he is just being a Kman. Congratulations to Caamen on his accomplishments.
Volt: Everyone else has pretty much expressed my thoughts. Splinter is both a great leader and player. He was one of the pioneers of the ps2 movement to PC and I believe the first ps2 player to be good at NF. Man was in V and Hidden Arrows (NF equivalent of V) which I think is something to brag about. A very strategic player with the mechanical skills to back it up. Also one of my favorite players to make rage. Congratz Splinter, you deserve it.
DevastatoR:
Very late to the party here as he has already been confirmed for the HoF but this one goes without saying that Caamen is more than qualified to be in the HoF.
From the start of his SWBF2 days he was always one of the people around but never quite showered with the greatness that others like Fearless, Neji, etc did. He may not have been the most notable figure during this period but he was still integral to many, many clans we were all once in. He did a lot of GFX as well when GFX forums were around. I wasn't very close to Caamen at this time but I was acquainted with him and he was a common name to hear around the community.
By the time the PC move came about in late 2014 post-GameSpy PS2 server shutdown, Caamen had already built a foundation for us to make the move onto the next platform and continue to thrive. Of course this, in part, was with help from Raul, but this is Caamen's nomination we're talking about. He has not only founded the PC Force community but he also has created the BCL and shown that his organizational and leadership skills have been essential to the health of this game's entire community.
In regards to his skills, he was never a bad Jedi player and back in 2014/2015 GNE me and him were an undefeated duo. He always has a drive to be competitive and improve and this is displayed by his involvement with BCL and competitive spirit in infantry as well. Although me and him didn't make a deep run as expected in the 2v2 tournament I can tell you that is largely my fault to take and he was definitely playing up to par with many of the deep runners. He fits the bid for skill and impact on the community.
An absolute yes from me.
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