Very short summary:
I'm retiring from Armada 2 modding.
I am not retiring from modelling or texturing.
I am most definitely not leaving MSFC.
Full explanation:
Some of you may have noticed another unannounced absence on my part recently. Part of it was an unplanned computer upgrade. It had lasted eight years (well, the motherboard and processor had...) but in the end it started failing. I had planned a major upgrade later this year, and brought that forward - but it did mean waiting a few weeks while I waited for the savings to grow.
The main reason for it though, and for this thread by extension, is the realisation that Armada 2 became more a chore than anything. I think I started to notice this a while ago - if you look at my recent files you see a tendency to rush anything not related to modelling and texturing - but thought it was just one of the periods of disinterest we've all had. I thought that going without the computer would pique my interest.
It didn't. I missed modelling, I missed texturing (never thought I would say that ) but nothing else. Not the coding, not the hardpointing - basically, none of the actual modding part.
I did, however, miss MSFC. Call me corny/clichéd/sentimental - but we have a great community, and I'm glad to be a part of it. I didn't want to do my invisible man impression and just skedaddle.
I would have posted this sooner, I made the decision a few weeks ago now, but believe it or not it was hard to find the right words. I had long posts that completely missed the point, short ones that seemed only to serve as attention magnets. An essay's worth of justification, a leaflet's worth of reason.
That's all very rambly - and frankly rather boring. Honestly, that last bit was really wishy-washy wasn't it? - so here's the short version. Again:
I'm retiring from Armada 2 modding.
I am not retiring from modelling.
I am most definitely not leaving MSFC.
There's only one more thing to say:
It's good to be back .
I'm retiring from Armada 2 modding.
I am not retiring from modelling or texturing.
I am most definitely not leaving MSFC.
Full explanation:
Some of you may have noticed another unannounced absence on my part recently. Part of it was an unplanned computer upgrade. It had lasted eight years (well, the motherboard and processor had...) but in the end it started failing. I had planned a major upgrade later this year, and brought that forward - but it did mean waiting a few weeks while I waited for the savings to grow.
The main reason for it though, and for this thread by extension, is the realisation that Armada 2 became more a chore than anything. I think I started to notice this a while ago - if you look at my recent files you see a tendency to rush anything not related to modelling and texturing - but thought it was just one of the periods of disinterest we've all had. I thought that going without the computer would pique my interest.
It didn't. I missed modelling, I missed texturing (never thought I would say that ) but nothing else. Not the coding, not the hardpointing - basically, none of the actual modding part.
I did, however, miss MSFC. Call me corny/clichéd/sentimental - but we have a great community, and I'm glad to be a part of it. I didn't want to do my invisible man impression and just skedaddle.
I would have posted this sooner, I made the decision a few weeks ago now, but believe it or not it was hard to find the right words. I had long posts that completely missed the point, short ones that seemed only to serve as attention magnets. An essay's worth of justification, a leaflet's worth of reason.
That's all very rambly - and frankly rather boring. Honestly, that last bit was really wishy-washy wasn't it? - so here's the short version. Again:
I'm retiring from Armada 2 modding.
I am not retiring from modelling.
I am most definitely not leaving MSFC.
There's only one more thing to say:
It's good to be back .