Hah...look at that, I can't even find time to make my own resignation thread.
It's been a long time since I really, honestly had the enthusiasm or free time to commit to HG. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with anyone here, on this heaven, which more than any I call my original heaven. (Even though I originally came from AoE3H). Everyone here was great, we all got along, and never once did the community get a rift or problem we could not get over. All the things I did here, all the time I spent here rather than other, possibly more productive things, I do not regret. BFME2H was a sanctuary to me. A place to escape the humdrum of my normal, stressful life, and I could act however I wanted, and do whatever I wanted, without worry of critique from the overbearing people I always got too much of. Now, I know some of you have experienced my famous tongue-lashing here and there, and after every one of those, I always felt guilty, acting like those I came here to escape from.
Heh, as my activity grew, and I became an accepted regular in the forums and games, I felt like for once I was accomplishing something. When I got promoted, I was genuinely surprised and thrilled I was even considered. I owe it all to a great community and great mods to boot.
But, as with any story, there's problems. Once I became staff, I tried to expand my employment to another heaven I frequented, TWH. They're a nice bunch there too, but when I applied for the position of Downloads administrator, and the time it took to actually hire me, (6 months) I went through a lot of changes in my life, and the wait killed what enthusiasm I had for modding. I got a new computer during the wait, and I lost all my modding tools and projects. It was so big a loss, and the effort to get Total War games to actually work, let alone mod on Vista, was a nightmare. Getting it to work was one of the few accomplishments I managed to get done after my severe drop in activity. I won't lie, I pretty much vanished. My resignation sd it comes now should have happened a long time ago, but I kept hoping and trying to hang on, but at the end of it all, I just couldn't. It is here and now I am doing something I should have done a long time ago.
I am leaving HG.
I just can't even summon myself to make a few posts here and there to let you guys know I'm alive, the wait for my hiring over at TWH combined with school, life troubles and work, and a ridiculous inability to find a consistent time for the forums culminated in what has happened at long last today. I'm off to join Aeneas, Kester, Bendak, Johndisp, Eruco, Boddah, and Smeagol in the long list of oldies that have left these forums. But don't fret, there will be others like us to take our places. Don't let the forums die, don't let them archive this heaven too, the loss of the community would be too great. I can see even now lots of current regulars that still make this forum a great place to read, nevermind post in. Take care, everyone.
Foamy, one time oldie, signing off for the last time.
Maybe the AC could get a jolt of life in it too
Scotty the Fallen | One-time Angel Reincarnate, and Former BFME2H and TWH Downloads administrator, and BFME2 Strategy Administrator.
"And I shall go softly into the night, taking my dreams, as will you." - EoJ
"Scotty's probably the only forumer here who can make every post a defiant claim of his own superiority." - Atzy