I have left Vortex Wars

[BeatlesFan]

I am leaving Vortex Wars:

I am starting a new thread to announce that I am leaving Vortex Wars - Both the game and forum and for good.

Most of you won't care, but for others I do owe an explanation.

I am "retiring" from Vortex Wars - both the forum and the game - October 13, 2013 will be my last game and forum post.

This has been some time in coming and I will explain myself to a few that do deserve an explanation.

I purposely chose October 13, 2013 because I feel that I have made a commitment to certain players (Clan, Musical Chairs game, Vortex Wars Council, a few wars and matches that have been promised that are not yet completed, etc.). Pushing this out for a few months gives me time to have a "smooth transition" for what I have started here. After I am gone - the rest of you can decide if you want to continue them or not and that is purely your choice.

I also chose this "future date" because I took the departures of Techgump and Ozserf fairly hard. Techgump did not even say goodbye - and Ozserf left right after his post. I do not want to go out like that.

Now for the reason I am leaving: I do not want to be around for where I see this game headed. I have been here since before 1.0 came out and I never anticipated the day when the game would end. Others have written about this, in particular Vortex_Master, but I see the end coming and don't want to be around when it arrives.

I also have a few secrets to reveal to a few players - and I owe them that. I will do so over the remaining time that I am with you.

[aboad2]

who going ot take over your stuff bf?

[Chess435]

who going ot take over your stuff bf?

I am taking over the council thread.

[Vortex_Master]

Well... Secrets are what us Leaders try our best to keep. But when they get loose, it can ruin us. Now... I will miss you when you are gone, but this is not the end of the game. The clans may be going through a bit of chaos, but the game is still alive.

I think these secrets have been going on long enough. Secrets have caused far too much trouble...

[BeatlesFan]

who going ot take over your stuff bf?

Karen has the Knights.

Chess will take the Vortex Wars Council.

I will stick around long enough to finish off Musical Chairs - and I do want to do that.

I am working on the Active Clans listing - I am hopeful that Chess will also take that - but have not reached out yet.

As for the rest - I am doubtful that anyone will take them, and maybe for the best. The one that I would like to have survive is Vortex Wars Hall of Fame (Achievements) - but no one else seems to care about it now, other than me, so it will likely die.

[Joshua]

And another one down and another one down, another one bites the dust.

[BeatlesFan]

Well... Secrets are what us Leaders try our best to keep. But when they get loose, it can ruin us. Now... I will miss you when you are gone, but this is not the end of the game. The clans may be going through a bit of chaos, but the game is still alive.

I think these secrets have been going on long enough. Secrets have caused far too much trouble...

I agree - and I am not so vain as to suggest that the departures of Techgump, Ozserf, and now me spell the end of the game. It is far from that. I just see that in a year or so - it is most likely that I will not be able to recognize it by then and it is my opinion that in a year the game is in such a decline that only a handful of diehards will be keeping the forum alive. I do not want to be around for just 5 of us hoping for a revival that never comes - that is my opinion of where things will be in a year. I hope that I am wrong, but I will not be here to know.

[Joshua]

I want to see it to the end, mainly so I can have the pride of saying that I was here beginning to end.

[BeatlesFan]

Based on a PM that I received - I will reveal one secret here publicly.

I am not in OOS and never have been. Some have assumed that I am in OOS and I was okay with that. In fact, I think it helped them to add to their mystery status as it kept others guessing as to who is or is not in OOS.

At any rate - I have no OOS secrets to share - I was never in any way associated with them, other than reading their posts and following with interest.

I will not even post anything to speculate about what goes on inside of OOS - because I don't know.

[chris1726354]

Well this sucks... At least set your pm's to e-mail you when you leave.