Just to let you know, I'm not gone 
Hi all,
Sad and good news I bring you today.
The Good
The good news of course is that we reached the 0.3 k line of members! And we're reaching 10k posts too in a matter of months! We're very prosperous.
The Bad
The bad news is that I'm leaving the admin team. Even though Voltaire came later I'm certain he can lead the forum. He might want a new admin though.
The reason behind all this is a bit complicated. 5 Years ago I began to game and go on the internet. Nowdays, when I get home, the PC goes on. And it won't shut down till late when I go to bed. Which is long. In this time I play I-net games, normal games (online atm) and being on fora. I've got 20 Warhammer fora only bookmarked, and I won't tell you what else I got bookmarked, because then I won't finish in the next 2 hours.
In the vacation, I played 52, I repeat 52, hours of Counter-Strike alone. I've played an I-net game along it, googled, youtubed, being on fora. Let's say I easily got to about 1 week time whole on the pc. That's 7x24 = 168 hours of time. And I realised I got addicted. And that it is not part of me. At all.
So when I got back from vacation I told my friends how much I've played Counter Strike (52). They were shocked. One of my friends even said he only plays 15 mins max on a day, and even he finds that much. I tend to look up a bit to this guy, because he's exactly the person I always wanted to be.
I was shocked. Not only was I pretty much unaware of the addiction, it isn't very healthy for me either. So here's what I've done so far:
The next step is cleaning the pc, removing anything that can tempt me to start gaming again. Removing all the gaming related bookmarks, and also the 20+ Warhammer ones (except this one).
I realised that puberty is over, and life really begins. I fell behind 5 years ago, and now have to take it up again. I'm going to write poems and paint Warhammer mini's, work, hang out, make friends, etc.
This means that I will drastically change my life. I won't be admin anymore of anything (currently also admin on Counter Strike servers), won't game anymore, won't forum as much, and won't do things that draw attention away from the real thing I'm going for.
As you see, the easiest I could say this is that I want to build up my future, which is not on the internet.
I will still remain a member of this site. I've paid for the domain and webhosting, and will sort this all out with Voltaire for the next payment (I hope :\). I'll be closing the old CN too (about time).
I hope you guys understand. And if you don't, well... pie!
Cheers,
-MV
Ps. I've written the poem. If you want I can post it up here.
Hi all,
Sad and good news I bring you today.
The Good
The good news of course is that we reached the 0.3 k line of members! And we're reaching 10k posts too in a matter of months! We're very prosperous.
The Bad
The bad news is that I'm leaving the admin team. Even though Voltaire came later I'm certain he can lead the forum. He might want a new admin though.
The reason behind all this is a bit complicated. 5 Years ago I began to game and go on the internet. Nowdays, when I get home, the PC goes on. And it won't shut down till late when I go to bed. Which is long. In this time I play I-net games, normal games (online atm) and being on fora. I've got 20 Warhammer fora only bookmarked, and I won't tell you what else I got bookmarked, because then I won't finish in the next 2 hours.
In the vacation, I played 52, I repeat 52, hours of Counter-Strike alone. I've played an I-net game along it, googled, youtubed, being on fora. Let's say I easily got to about 1 week time whole on the pc. That's 7x24 = 168 hours of time. And I realised I got addicted. And that it is not part of me. At all.
So when I got back from vacation I told my friends how much I've played Counter Strike (52). They were shocked. One of my friends even said he only plays 15 mins max on a day, and even he finds that much. I tend to look up a bit to this guy, because he's exactly the person I always wanted to be.
I was shocked. Not only was I pretty much unaware of the addiction, it isn't very healthy for me either. So here's what I've done so far:
- Realised I got a problem (addiction)
- Written a poem about it (helps me overcome hard stuff)
- Deleted every game I could on my pc (just less than 10)
The next step is cleaning the pc, removing anything that can tempt me to start gaming again. Removing all the gaming related bookmarks, and also the 20+ Warhammer ones (except this one).
I realised that puberty is over, and life really begins. I fell behind 5 years ago, and now have to take it up again. I'm going to write poems and paint Warhammer mini's, work, hang out, make friends, etc.
This means that I will drastically change my life. I won't be admin anymore of anything (currently also admin on Counter Strike servers), won't game anymore, won't forum as much, and won't do things that draw attention away from the real thing I'm going for.
As you see, the easiest I could say this is that I want to build up my future, which is not on the internet.
I will still remain a member of this site. I've paid for the domain and webhosting, and will sort this all out with Voltaire for the next payment (I hope :\). I'll be closing the old CN too (about time).
I hope you guys understand. And if you don't, well... pie!
Cheers,
-MV
Ps. I've written the poem. If you want I can post it up here.
), and my response was to blink several times, and then go 'dude... I don't even know what 'emo' is?!!!'. Showing my age I know, but it just makes me laugh.
