Post by Zeich Yajuu on Jul 8, 2019 21:00:36 GMT -5
Members of Bleach: Online World
This is goodbye.
I’ve been here almost eight years – registered in October of 2011. Of that time, I’ve been on the staff team for almost all of it. I’ve been here through Zou’s time as our admin, when he was the sole man running the show. I was here when we started our first team, including Kid and Kento. Time passed, and eventually we moved to a staff of three below Zou: myself, Kyo, and Kento. And as time has passed, the positions have changed time and time again until we’ve reached our current team now. I’ve been the spearhead behind many of the changes, write-ups, reorganizations, and refinements. I’ve handled many of the player complaints, resolved issues, and done my best to keep everything together. Some times have required more duct tape than others, but for the most part, it’s worked out.
Eight years is a long time, and the longer it gets, the harder it is to say goodbye. I’ve spent close to a quarter of my life here. I’ve spent most of that behind the scenes trying to make things better, to improve on our systems and make it so that we can all enjoy our time here. I don’t say this for praise or accolades – I benefited from our site getting better as much as anyone else, so I’m happy that I could at least do this for the site.
But I’m tired. It’s not just the staff work – were it that, I could simply step down and resume playing as a member. Well, I say that, but I honestly wouldn’t last a month before wanting to be involved on a higher level again. Anyway, I’m just… worn out with this site. My characters lack interest to me now – Zeich’s reached an end point where he’s hardly progressing because there’s no story for him. Raion and Skoll are in similar boats. And it feels like there’s nowhere for them to go, because so many threads are one-and-done, with no overarching path to proceed forward. It’s just quick bursts of RP for the sake of RP and that’s it. I’m not saying there’s a lack of stories out there – I’m sure there are players who have something much grander in store for their characters. But lately, I’m not seeing it, and it’s starting to all feel so… shallow, in its own way.
I don’t want to come across in the way Kento’s goodbye did: this isn’t me saying “there’s no one good enough to roleplay with me anymore.” That’s not the case at all, and I can name at least a few people I could potentially have an enjoyable RP with. But overall, in the greater picture, I’m just not feeling it. I don’t feel any sustainability, nor do I feel anything that keeps me invested in the site anymore. Even trying to fine-tune and improve things doesn’t hold me anymore. Things have changed too much, and in ways I no longer have the energy or desire to keep up with.
I hope that you all manage to continue moving forward even after my departure. I hope that you guys have many years yet, and that the site moves on to create some really awesome things. Unfortunately, it seems that it’s time for my path to diverge, and for me to go on my own way. And so I’ll say it once more, to all of you:
Goodbye, everyone. Thank you for the time I’ve had here. I wish you the best.
-Z, Zeich, Zeichwolf.
This is goodbye.
I’ve been here almost eight years – registered in October of 2011. Of that time, I’ve been on the staff team for almost all of it. I’ve been here through Zou’s time as our admin, when he was the sole man running the show. I was here when we started our first team, including Kid and Kento. Time passed, and eventually we moved to a staff of three below Zou: myself, Kyo, and Kento. And as time has passed, the positions have changed time and time again until we’ve reached our current team now. I’ve been the spearhead behind many of the changes, write-ups, reorganizations, and refinements. I’ve handled many of the player complaints, resolved issues, and done my best to keep everything together. Some times have required more duct tape than others, but for the most part, it’s worked out.
Eight years is a long time, and the longer it gets, the harder it is to say goodbye. I’ve spent close to a quarter of my life here. I’ve spent most of that behind the scenes trying to make things better, to improve on our systems and make it so that we can all enjoy our time here. I don’t say this for praise or accolades – I benefited from our site getting better as much as anyone else, so I’m happy that I could at least do this for the site.
But I’m tired. It’s not just the staff work – were it that, I could simply step down and resume playing as a member. Well, I say that, but I honestly wouldn’t last a month before wanting to be involved on a higher level again. Anyway, I’m just… worn out with this site. My characters lack interest to me now – Zeich’s reached an end point where he’s hardly progressing because there’s no story for him. Raion and Skoll are in similar boats. And it feels like there’s nowhere for them to go, because so many threads are one-and-done, with no overarching path to proceed forward. It’s just quick bursts of RP for the sake of RP and that’s it. I’m not saying there’s a lack of stories out there – I’m sure there are players who have something much grander in store for their characters. But lately, I’m not seeing it, and it’s starting to all feel so… shallow, in its own way.
I don’t want to come across in the way Kento’s goodbye did: this isn’t me saying “there’s no one good enough to roleplay with me anymore.” That’s not the case at all, and I can name at least a few people I could potentially have an enjoyable RP with. But overall, in the greater picture, I’m just not feeling it. I don’t feel any sustainability, nor do I feel anything that keeps me invested in the site anymore. Even trying to fine-tune and improve things doesn’t hold me anymore. Things have changed too much, and in ways I no longer have the energy or desire to keep up with.
I hope that you all manage to continue moving forward even after my departure. I hope that you guys have many years yet, and that the site moves on to create some really awesome things. Unfortunately, it seems that it’s time for my path to diverge, and for me to go on my own way. And so I’ll say it once more, to all of you:
Goodbye, everyone. Thank you for the time I’ve had here. I wish you the best.
-Z, Zeich, Zeichwolf.