Yes, another leaving post. But believe me. When I make a leaving post, I mean it. This will probably be the last time you will ever see me on here again. As a mod, and as a regular poster. I'm leaving my post as head of RP World and global moderator. I'm leaving MLP Forums.
The reasons are a relatively complicated affair that involve my absolute frustration at the management here, and the overall heightened stupidity since I joined. Yes, it is because the forums have changed. You've seen this reason before. But it isn't because I dislike change (though I do, but this particular instance isn't). Once accustomed to it, I can adapt and come to like it though it takes a while. It's because I dislike the actual changes themselves that have happened. They have made this place far less interesting to post in. Frankly, outside of my roleplays, I'm not really interested in much of anything here.
Moderation especially of RP World is one of the most frustrating and hopeless affairs I've ever taken part in. Since I've started, I've met with not only a lack of progress (a downhill spiral into worse and smaller quality with markedly little improvement), but overall disrespect of my section, and lack of interest. The amount of roleplayers on here is about 3% of the 5,000 members. And overall, I feel it's pointless to continue. It's like fighting the tides.
In my opinion, there was far too much concern with quantity over quality, and this place got too big too fast. It's no longer a place I wish to be associated with.
My life is starting brand new by next year. It's moving in all sorts of different directions, I'm going to college in January, and I've got some great things ahead of me. It's time to leave the things that cause me nothing but unnecessary stress and pain behind, and to proceed into the future. I'll be creating my own RP forums (though not for a very long time) based on my original concepts of Arylettopia. Nothing to do with ponies. (I'm kind of tired of being around the pony fandom anyway. It's just full of things that irritate me to hell and back.)
It was fun, and I got to learn a lot of things about leadership, management, and gain confidence in myself at having power. I got to meet some great people. (Two new best friends) And learn things from them. I got to experience actually being noticed, and having my stuff looked at. But the fact of the matter is, I no longer feel anything but negative emotions and stress, and lack of motivation to moderate or post. This is supposed to be a place I come to for stress relief and to forget about my troubles, not make new ones.
So... it's been fun, guys, but everything must come to an end. Time to end the chapter of MLP Forums in my story, and start anew. In a new era. A new year. And maybe find another forum to bum about on whilst I create mine. (Not going to lie, I know the likelihood of making a successful forum is nill. Not naive, but I'll try anyway.)
You can contact me in the places on my profile.
See you all if I see you.
Goodbye.
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