Rabbit:
He’s been here since PS2 days and has proved to be a great player & community member to SWBF2. He helped recruit and train a lot of good players we see today (Ferrari,Asil, Tiger and others) and is a great player. Also helped Branch the PS2 community to PC early in 2012-13 with splinter and helped bridge that gap where no one wanted to switch over then. Raul absolutely deserves to be in HoF and his made his name a staple to the community.
Naga~Sado:
Definitely one of the most well known high level players of the pc era. Always looked forward to playing against Raul. He has contributed alot to the activity of the game over the years as well.
Spidey_Almighty: Pretty surprised he's not already in tbh. Thought he was.
Ferrari:
I think everyone over looks the contribution of that Raul has made in the transition over to PC from PS2. As far as i understood, Raul and Splinter both played huge roles in this transition but I hardly hear the mentioning of Raul. I remember when I was on PC he was one of the people that actively made forum posts on SWGO pc side trying to introduce the emerging PS2 sector. Also would like to note the contribution Raul has made over the years in training up new talent and new players in the communities. From a nf player to force, he was the one that trained me and taught me the mechanics of force. In my opinion, if he was the one to enable me to play the way i do today i definitely think he deserves to be in HoF .
Volt:
A fellow Neji apprentice. Everyone is talking about his leadership abilities and how he led the charge from PS2 to PC so I will speak on his skill. I wasn't able to play with Raul at his prime on PC, but on PS2 he was a force to be reckoned with. It was crazy seeing him go from one of the BIGGEST noobs of all time (Aleman2) to a high caliber player in JOG in such a short amount of time. Kind of sucked that he had to quit PS2 right as he was hitting his prime. However, he's obviously made other great accomplishments on PC and is still to this day one of the best out there. He's one of the best aggressive players... and in my opinion one of the best Lukes in the game right now.
Mimmi Da Don:
Truth be told, i was a late comer to pc. When i heard JOG was heading over i literally said “fuck that” this game is dead. Little did i know that small expedition planted the seed to a strong community years later. We play this game because raul paved the way on the pc side.
Yes is my answer
Josh:
Raul was my first master in JOG and taught me the fundamentals and coached me to be a competent player in the og PC community. He is a great teacher and you can see his legacy in players such as myself and Tiger. Not only that, he’s a great player himself and one of the top players in the current community. Raul deserves a HoF spot for sure.
Younes:
Masta Raaaaaaaaaauuuuul, he brought El Tigre to us. That is enough for him to be in the HoF. But in all seriousness, Raul was at the front of making the move over to PC back when ps2 servers were on the verge of being shut down. Raul made the push along side the other members of JOG Security team if I remember the name correctly. He competed and showed alot of the PC gamers the way of the force. Brought on alot of new faces that are now part of our community. Glad to have met you, lead with you, and also competed with you. Keep on grinding.
Hattori:
Raul was a name I remembered from the later eras of PS2. Seeing how far he's come since then and also now hearing his impact in the PC transition means he has my vote :thumbsup:
Splinter:
There isn't much I cannot say about one of my best friends on this game, one of my original duos, and a friend and even brother that I could lean and feel support from and vice versa when this whole jaunt into PC began. I'll never forget seeing the JOG tag in the SWGO HA server one day out of the blue and the name Master-Raul attached to it, neither of us was very good back then I think lmao. But we had a lot of passion, and we would slowly build the PS2/PC iteration of the community from the ground up, none of what I receive credit for would of been possible without this man back then. I'd of probably gone mad.
This isn't to understate that he put up with me either, many can attest to how bad I would get sometimes back then and he took it all in stride. Really I owe this man a lot even if we did grow apart as time progressed.
We did it all together, we went from the JOG clan we built on PC and formed from the ground up to reviving Veni Vidi Vici with permission from Sinister on PC, we were both extremely competitive to a fault and as time progressed and we adapted to PC we got damn good too. While I believe that part of it was our willingness to adapt to the different platform back then that attributed some to how good we were back then, I think we also just hit our stride and really began to understand the game at this point even if it was late in it's life. Still one of my favorite people to play with to this day.
I have to attribute much of my play style to him too, I was always a smart person when it came to gaming but I loved to play fast and aggro. But with him he was the one who preferred to apply pressure, so I learned to become a jack of all trades of sorts playing with him and growing with him. Without him I probably wouldn't be the player I am today.
Honestly though, words really can't express my thanks, gratitude, respect, and much more towards Raul. He was without a doubt a great partner in crime over the years and I wouldn't of done what we did with anyone else. It may be hard for us to play together now with differing schedules, but I still remember the years previous very fondly and I always will. They were some of if not the best years I had on this game and within it's community.
Congratulations brother, you more than deserve to take your place in the Hall of Fame.
DevastatoR:
This one will be short and sweet from me as I don't know much of Raul outside of my limited interactions and hearsay of what his accomplishments are.
Raul as everyone knows is part of the duo that built up the PC Force community alongside Caamen. His efforts and impact to the community alone have allowed us to have this Discord server and reunion that we have going on currently. Even before PC he was a notable figure on the PS2 scene.
As for his skill, I never played alongside him often but he was also in -V- after moving to PC. He and Ferrari kept up the same level of skill as expected from PS2 on PC. An insanely great player even to this day.
A yes from me.
Mastaisac:
For a brother in arms:
Raul, I remember when you were better known as Aleman. You have come a long way from where you once started in your SWBF2 journey.
Some words to describe you: loyal, driven, committed, steadfast
Your loyalty to JOG over the years has been incredible. Your fierce desire to represent the clan along with your brothers in arms back in 2011 was the key to that explosion of summer activity after the JOG vs. LSJ match. I probably have the logs somewhere in my computer, but back in 2011 there came about an intense desire from the community to do many matches/scrims. Raul was involved in pretty much all of them. I remember I kept individual stats of players' overall participation in matches... Raul was in like 70% of all JOG matches and in-clans which totaled over 100 or something crazy like that for just matches/scrims alone. Not only that, but the guy was organizing and pursuing these matches/scrims with anyone who wanted to play. He became the unsung hero for why that explosion of activity happened
So it made complete sense for JOG at the time to have him lead the PC security council along with Splinter and begin to make in-roads with the PC community. He has obviously done more than a fantastic job with that and planted a seed not only for JOG, but for the entire community to make a successful transition to a new gaming frontier for SWBF2... something no one else aside from Splinter can take credit for within our force community. It's a really unique achievement honestly.
Raul's skill really began to pick up when he joined -V- along with Ferrari. Most notably, his Vader and Luke began to become quite the headache to deal with. His playstyle has always been one of aggression, but has been tempered and magnified by his ability to not let his aggression carry him too far off. He is a mic warrior as well. Raul likes to call shots on the mic and often makes the correct calls when it comes to changing scenery when his team is not doing well
I remember the days when Raul used to always comment on mic something along the lines of "damn it Isac, how did you do that?!?" I don't hear that anymore from you! It speaks to the level of skill you have developed. You are a force to be reckoned with and can contend with any of the "greats" if you put your mind to the task.
The one thing I think also gets overlooked with Raul is the man's natural gift to train and identify talent. His scouting out of Ferrari in particular and his effort in training him is truly remarkable considering Ferr is considered top talent in the current era. He is also currently developing Asil and Tiger as well, two players who are on the up and coming... Asil in particular is getting better each day.
One last thing: I think the thing that has driven Raul has been his desire to be in one of the "big matches." I've spoken to you many times about it Raul, and it's one thing among many I regret I was never able to help set for you. I think it's a reflection honestly of many newer players today to want to be involved in the "big one" which is why I am excited that opportunity has been developed in this new era in the form of tournaments. It allows players to have that epic match that many of the older players had back in the day.
Make no doubt about it though sir, you are a great player and your contributions cannot go unnoticed! You have more than earned your place in the Hall of Fame. I'm one of your biggest fans and will be the one cheering the loudest for you in future tournaments. I'm glad to think of you as a great friend as well
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