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Sorrow So Profound....
Donovan Thomas is leaving.
It's like a punch to the gut. It is. DT and I have had a lot of fun together. A lot of fun. He was my Mentor, my Friend, and my greatest Confidant in this game.
Game.
What a laugh. This isn't just a game. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or in denial. The Admins need to stop messing around with game functions and realize why the damn thing works. It's not the features they create or the latest bell or whistle. In fact, most of what they do has no bearing on the successes in this game when you think about it.
What they have done is created a way for people all over the world to connect with each other around a common purpose. In our case, Ireland. From there we learn about each other, connect with each other, fight with each other, make each other laugh until I'm bent over, or sorrow so profound it makes tears roll down my face.
Why?
Because underneath all this pixilated, coalated, conglomeration of data there is a wholely human experience that cannot be duplicated, similated or imitated.
Reality is what you make it to be.
And the reality is, Donovan moved me in a way few could. Sometimes he was the reason I got out of bed in the morning. Honest truth.
The fact that I have not been on here as much as I used to, is a testament to the damage the Admins have done. It's not fun, it's not purposeful. It's not conducive to the magic that was created, by letting us create, grow, and fight. I'm sure they have thier reasons for making the changes they have. ($) But that is not why I play.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'm sort of lost. I've never been lost on here before. It's a strange feeling.
Damn you, Donovan. Why did you make me care so much? I love you, dear man, and my heart is breaking.
Edana
It's like a punch to the gut. It is. DT and I have had a lot of fun together. A lot of fun. He was my Mentor, my Friend, and my greatest Confidant in this game.
Game.
What a laugh. This isn't just a game. Anyone who says otherwise is lying or in denial. The Admins need to stop messing around with game functions and realize why the damn thing works. It's not the features they create or the latest bell or whistle. In fact, most of what they do has no bearing on the successes in this game when you think about it.
What they have done is created a way for people all over the world to connect with each other around a common purpose. In our case, Ireland. From there we learn about each other, connect with each other, fight with each other, make each other laugh until I'm bent over, or sorrow so profound it makes tears roll down my face.
Why?
Because underneath all this pixilated, coalated, conglomeration of data there is a wholely human experience that cannot be duplicated, similated or imitated.
Reality is what you make it to be.
And the reality is, Donovan moved me in a way few could. Sometimes he was the reason I got out of bed in the morning. Honest truth.
The fact that I have not been on here as much as I used to, is a testament to the damage the Admins have done. It's not fun, it's not purposeful. It's not conducive to the magic that was created, by letting us create, grow, and fight. I'm sure they have thier reasons for making the changes they have. ($) But that is not why I play.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I'm sort of lost. I've never been lost on here before. It's a strange feeling.
Damn you, Donovan. Why did you make me care so much? I love you, dear man, and my heart is breaking.
Edana
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I know just how you feel Edana. This is supposed to be just a game but it becomes much more when we get to know the people playing. It is too bad that the admins can't leave stuff alone for a while and just let the game grow and become what it will through the people playing. Things have changed and while I won't be leaving the game I may (probably) will be looking for another eNation to play in to make it exciting and challenging again.
I think the newest military module is good, but I know what you mean. They shouldn't have messed with anything at all, or at least let people decide which type they want to play, like, as I'm told, Evony does?
Anyway, I know what you mean, but don't quit, I love your articles... Ok, that sounded kind of insensitive and selfish... But it's true...
I'm listening..... lol Writing has always been a great motivator for me. Maybe I will continue with that. I'm trying to find a purpose on here and floundering. Perhaps this is my purpose? To write?
Ive never understood the oft-repeated mantra "Its just a game". Oh sure, the available actions and outcomes are a game, but it is the people behind actions that make it what it is.
Especially in a game like this, that is socially based, and dependent on the dedication and personality of it's players, the people behind the scenes arent just anonymous, they arent just figments of our imagination, they are real, even if the world we meet in, isnt.
There are a few people who Id like to meet on here, because their humanity has impressed me, even when delivered through a computer, from often thousands of miles away.
All Ive got for you Edana, is a big old internet hug. I hope it's enough.
Game? This is a social network site with a few extra bits. Don't be sad, Edana, he'll be back. He'll miss us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4egb2gpIg4&feature=fvw
I kinda disagree. To me, it is just a game. But a damn good one. Well used to be...
What are you talking about John? THIS GAME IS MY LIFE!!!
I'm with you on that Edana!
I've long feared my good bro would up sticks and leave. And now he has it's just as you say Edana ...sorrow, profound.
There was no bro as loyal.
And it's a travesty he wasn't voted in as Prez -- I'd have walked to hell and back for the Chief!
I Haven't had much fun in erep in months ...
Keep writing Edana
elife goes on
Too drunk to read it all but I think I get the idea... it's a game but sadly we become too friendly with other players... I quite agree.
Edana, I couldn't agree more. However, I think we just need to fight through it. If you think about it this way, if you left you would probably invoke the same emptiness and pain within many others. While leaving may seem the easy way out I trust you are stronger then that. I think what you need to get back into is your care for the youngun's. As an ebaby myself, you cared for me and watched me mature through the game and I could tell you were enjoying it just as much as I was. For every wonderful person that leaves the game, another one joins and I think you just have to open yourself to finding them. I can truly say that you're presence has shaped me tremendously not only in this game, but in my own life. You've shown me a different approach to life and it's something I'm truly grateful for.
While I could ramble on for ages, I think you understand what I'm getting at. I think what would be best would be if I left you off with one of my favorite quotes that has helped me through my life on countless occasions. .
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
~Alexander Graham Bell
Don't let these closed doors distract you too much. While it is nice to remember them, don't let them keep you from stepping through these "new doorways".
Much love,
Mike
^ That was deep. You were one of the first people I knew about when I joined, keep writing.
It's easy to say "it's just a game", but it's a bit more...
its just a game