Atlantis
Master Chief Petty Officer of Starfleet
- Joined
- 1 May 2006
- Messages
- 518
Evenin' all,
After ten years of modding, I've finally decided to call it a day.
I know I've not released much, certainly not recently, so there'll be no effect whatsoever, but I'm doing this mostly so I can stop kidding myself that I'm eventually going to get something done. I know I'm not, you think I'm not, so why keep lying to myself?
The main reason is the general state of the community (outside MSFC, of course). A2Files & FileFront Forums aren't even worth visiting any more, as they rarely even work, AFC has only 2 active members (MaP and JetNova16, lol), and the FlOps forums are just full of jumped-up little trolls who only log in to argue with each other, and I'm sick of being dragged down to their level. Most times I'll end up getting entangled in some stupid argument with a petty little prick who can hardly string two words together, and I know I'm better than all that. I'm 25; why am I arguing with a bloody 13 year old who's never been more than half a mile from his own house? I end up getting so annoyed or stressed I lose all motivation to mod ("Why on earth should I make something for these morons to enjoy?"). Even now, when I have plenty of free time, there's always someone who'll spoil it. It's just too much negativity.
This has been going on for at least 2 years now, as I remember thinking the things when I was living in Brazil and stuck in a continual argument with some other troll. I don't need the stress, it's not worth it, so I'm not willing to keep putting myself in that situation any more.
I'll still be around here every now and again, I guess, I just need some time to get myself sorted.
Apologies to people who have supported me and encouraged me in the past, especially Chiletrek and Majestic, but I just don't want to do it any more.
Atlantis signing off.
After ten years of modding, I've finally decided to call it a day.
I know I've not released much, certainly not recently, so there'll be no effect whatsoever, but I'm doing this mostly so I can stop kidding myself that I'm eventually going to get something done. I know I'm not, you think I'm not, so why keep lying to myself?
The main reason is the general state of the community (outside MSFC, of course). A2Files & FileFront Forums aren't even worth visiting any more, as they rarely even work, AFC has only 2 active members (MaP and JetNova16, lol), and the FlOps forums are just full of jumped-up little trolls who only log in to argue with each other, and I'm sick of being dragged down to their level. Most times I'll end up getting entangled in some stupid argument with a petty little prick who can hardly string two words together, and I know I'm better than all that. I'm 25; why am I arguing with a bloody 13 year old who's never been more than half a mile from his own house? I end up getting so annoyed or stressed I lose all motivation to mod ("Why on earth should I make something for these morons to enjoy?"). Even now, when I have plenty of free time, there's always someone who'll spoil it. It's just too much negativity.
This has been going on for at least 2 years now, as I remember thinking the things when I was living in Brazil and stuck in a continual argument with some other troll. I don't need the stress, it's not worth it, so I'm not willing to keep putting myself in that situation any more.
I'll still be around here every now and again, I guess, I just need some time to get myself sorted.
Apologies to people who have supported me and encouraged me in the past, especially Chiletrek and Majestic, but I just don't want to do it any more.
Atlantis signing off.