Post by Kento Waffles on Jun 11, 2017 12:58:08 GMT -5
Well, I guess the best way of putting it is that I've been absent for the last few weeks on purpose. It's been a long time, and to be honest, I was never precisely sure when this moment would come until a couple of weeks ago when I finally weighed my options for the very first time.
Like Jazz, I'm going to be retiring from this forum as well. There have been a lot of great moments over the last seven years. I've gotten to be part of roughly six of those, and I've loved manufacturing plots for people and growing my own characters. The way I got to watch Sozen grow organically has been awesome. It's also been awesome seeing the growth of characters I influenced by DMing. But, as Jazz said, all good things come to an end.
The truth is, they came to an end for me a while ago, I just didn't see it. It hasn't been all good here. Sometimes people post new things too quickly for grading, barely taking the time to appreciate the advancement of character story. Sometimes people bug incessantly about grades. Quite often in recent years, I've found mods to be addressed with less and less respect too. I've had to argue about gradings more than I would like, I've had to settle other people's disputes more than I should have had to, and I've had to hand hold some people through making powers. And actually, I didn't even really mind any of that until after Z left. Maybe it was losing a story partner. Maybe it was the sudden shift in power balance.
I suppose with absences from Z, Rudy, and others I used to play the most with, I had less people to craft plots with. It goes without saying that I don't want to be staff anymore, but if it was just that, I'd stick around as a regular member. Truth is, I don't really feel like my storylines are compatible with members of this forum anymore. My DMing is certainly still compatible, but my own personal RPCs no longer click with those here as well as they used to. The people whose characters grew alongside mine are mostly gone now, and with them, my motivation and stake are gone. I've thought of new characters for this age of the forum, but... I don't have the energy anymore to do that.
It's been fun. Sometimes much less so, but overall I've had a pretty positive experience here. I understand I'm DMing stuff for quite a few people. If you don't want those to die, PM me on this account and we'll figure out ways to privately roleplay and continue those stories to their conclusion, and you can collect rewards for it on here if you so choose. I'll be checking my PMs here for about a week after this message.
As for staff, I suppose that's up to the remaining staff members, right?
Good luck to all of you on the future.
Like Jazz, I'm going to be retiring from this forum as well. There have been a lot of great moments over the last seven years. I've gotten to be part of roughly six of those, and I've loved manufacturing plots for people and growing my own characters. The way I got to watch Sozen grow organically has been awesome. It's also been awesome seeing the growth of characters I influenced by DMing. But, as Jazz said, all good things come to an end.
The truth is, they came to an end for me a while ago, I just didn't see it. It hasn't been all good here. Sometimes people post new things too quickly for grading, barely taking the time to appreciate the advancement of character story. Sometimes people bug incessantly about grades. Quite often in recent years, I've found mods to be addressed with less and less respect too. I've had to argue about gradings more than I would like, I've had to settle other people's disputes more than I should have had to, and I've had to hand hold some people through making powers. And actually, I didn't even really mind any of that until after Z left. Maybe it was losing a story partner. Maybe it was the sudden shift in power balance.
I suppose with absences from Z, Rudy, and others I used to play the most with, I had less people to craft plots with. It goes without saying that I don't want to be staff anymore, but if it was just that, I'd stick around as a regular member. Truth is, I don't really feel like my storylines are compatible with members of this forum anymore. My DMing is certainly still compatible, but my own personal RPCs no longer click with those here as well as they used to. The people whose characters grew alongside mine are mostly gone now, and with them, my motivation and stake are gone. I've thought of new characters for this age of the forum, but... I don't have the energy anymore to do that.
It's been fun. Sometimes much less so, but overall I've had a pretty positive experience here. I understand I'm DMing stuff for quite a few people. If you don't want those to die, PM me on this account and we'll figure out ways to privately roleplay and continue those stories to their conclusion, and you can collect rewards for it on here if you so choose. I'll be checking my PMs here for about a week after this message.
As for staff, I suppose that's up to the remaining staff members, right?
Good luck to all of you on the future.