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Life hits you fast, don't it?
I contemplated talking this through with Ant or the other staff members but it feels like I've been gone so long that I don't think I can be talked into staying. That being said, I don't think anyone would have any legitimate reason to want me to remain staff at this point. My interests are niche and I don't go into threads and discuss things I do not have a proper grasp of. This makes it incredibly hard for me to verify and give opinions on the dozens of threads I've been asked to evaluate. There was once a time when I would scour the wiki for hours on end, foregoing sleep, all in the pursuit of cramming as much knowledge on the various pages, terms, metas, etc. The wiki was younger then, and so was I. I had the time to burn, and there was a legitimate end to what you could conceivably learn from the wiki.
That has changed.
I'm older now. Not by a lot, but it feels like a lifetime has passed. I have a lot more real life responsibilities and I have shifted to focusing on my future. I'm come to learn a lot about myself over the past few years and I think if I met the version of me from years back - the version of me that gleefully spent hours researching different verses, drafting up CRTs, rendering images, and struggling with math over a calc - he would not recognise me. Hell, he'd probably hate me. But I think that's normal. We're supposed to change after all. In that same vein, I think the wiki has also changed into something I don't recognise. In a way, it has vastly outgrown me. Keeping up back then was a chore, but even then it was a chore I enjoyed. Keeping up now almost seems like a job, and I already have one.
I'd like to also thank everyone who was with me on this journey. I've seen friends go from blue names to brown names to green names and then retire. We still talk off wiki but I think a lot less now. It is no great loss, as the memories and experiences live on in thought, words, and actions.
Once before, on an announcement similar to this, I proclaimed: "The work remains." That was on a thread where I announced a break from the wiki. I think back to it now in amusing irony.
The work is done.
I hope that wasn't too dramatic. I do legitimately believe this will be my final interaction with the wiki. And if not, it will not be one in any huge capacity. I bid everyone a farewell. Happy scaling.
P.S. If it wasn't already clear, can someone demote me please. I'm not gonna be here anymore.
I contemplated talking this through with Ant or the other staff members but it feels like I've been gone so long that I don't think I can be talked into staying. That being said, I don't think anyone would have any legitimate reason to want me to remain staff at this point. My interests are niche and I don't go into threads and discuss things I do not have a proper grasp of. This makes it incredibly hard for me to verify and give opinions on the dozens of threads I've been asked to evaluate. There was once a time when I would scour the wiki for hours on end, foregoing sleep, all in the pursuit of cramming as much knowledge on the various pages, terms, metas, etc. The wiki was younger then, and so was I. I had the time to burn, and there was a legitimate end to what you could conceivably learn from the wiki.
That has changed.
I'm older now. Not by a lot, but it feels like a lifetime has passed. I have a lot more real life responsibilities and I have shifted to focusing on my future. I'm come to learn a lot about myself over the past few years and I think if I met the version of me from years back - the version of me that gleefully spent hours researching different verses, drafting up CRTs, rendering images, and struggling with math over a calc - he would not recognise me. Hell, he'd probably hate me. But I think that's normal. We're supposed to change after all. In that same vein, I think the wiki has also changed into something I don't recognise. In a way, it has vastly outgrown me. Keeping up back then was a chore, but even then it was a chore I enjoyed. Keeping up now almost seems like a job, and I already have one.
I'd like to also thank everyone who was with me on this journey. I've seen friends go from blue names to brown names to green names and then retire. We still talk off wiki but I think a lot less now. It is no great loss, as the memories and experiences live on in thought, words, and actions.
Once before, on an announcement similar to this, I proclaimed: "The work remains." That was on a thread where I announced a break from the wiki. I think back to it now in amusing irony.
The work is done.
I hope that wasn't too dramatic. I do legitimately believe this will be my final interaction with the wiki. And if not, it will not be one in any huge capacity. I bid everyone a farewell. Happy scaling.
P.S. If it wasn't already clear, can someone demote me please. I'm not gonna be here anymore.
. Best luck on your future endeavors.
, take care of yourself
. Good bye man, take care of yourself.
