Not with a bang...

Day 1,863, 16:34 • Published in USA Ireland • by einberliner

...but with something a little louder than a whimper.

I had intended to write this on Christmas Eve but as I'm sure you can all imagine things got busy.

A couple of weeks ago I transferred ownership of my MU in the US to Moonbeam, though I am still a member. I did not run for PP of my party on the 15th but as no other candidate put themselves forward in advance I retained the title. I have just resigned the post and as the member with the highest XP Moonbeam is now also running things there.

I have done this in advance of December 31st, when I intend to stop playing. I lost interest in the game a long while ago - in fact my original move to the US was in the hopes of re-igniting it - and I just don't see the point in continuing with something that brings me no joy whatsoever any more, particularly as I've been playing a game I enjoy far more elsewhere. I've been willing to pay rl money for game currency at times but this game has become so cynically dependant on rl cash (earning gold's become harder and harder while more and more premium currency features are added) that I stopped months ago. Seeing how much better premium currency is handled elsewhere has only increased my cynicism toward erep, everything that's been announced for months has only caused me to eyeroll (though I know that's not always been a fair reaction, I'm just bored solid).

I've had some great friends here but most of those have now moved on (in fact yddub's PM telling me he was done was what caused me to finally make the decision, though I got my business in order first) and the organisations I enjoyed working for or with aren't what they were. I'm not a rage quitter or one of those who burns their bridges on the way out of there. I have no axe to grind - I just don't enjoy the game any more.

I'm not exactly saying goodbye or 'I quit', I've seen too many returnees in my three and a half years here to think I'll never so much as say hi again (in fact I might click 'work' for a couple of days after I'm done solely because I'll be on top of a HW by then and I'm a completest).

Those of you I'm closest tend to know my email address so I won't be too out of reach. If I do know you personally please pass this on to our mutual friends/acquaintances as I will never in a million years catch up with them all before I go. I'll still be checking PMs until the end of 2012.

I will probably sell out my inventory before I go, so there's funds here if I do come back. I may go on one last fight spree, we'll see.

Any comments of 'give me your stuff' will be treated with the silence they deserve.

Bowing out,
Donut