Kalthorine
Fledgling Freddie
- Joined
- May 12, 2004
- Messages
- 445
Posted this as presented here on the Defenders of the Cross board, but there a lot of non-Guildies I am gonna miss too, so here it is for general viewing as well.
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Oh dear, this is hard... :
After a LOT of soul searching over the last few weeks, I have come to the decision that I cannot keep messing people around any longer - I am going to have to quit DaoC for good, and hence relinquish my position as DotC Commanding Officer, with immediate effect.
This isn't a snap decision, and a number of factors have contributed to it. Everyone who knows me should be aware of how extremely upset I was when I discovered I could no longer do RvR because of my weak and feeble laptop running at 1 frame every 10 seconds whenever enemies appeared in New Frontiers, and particularly as my entire efforts in the game were geared towards getting Kalthorine up to 50 and gaining some small modicum of respect in the realm in the Old Frontiers in order to take a key role in leading Defenders of the Cross in RvR combat. As it is I am relegated to languishing in PvE-land, camping artifacts and leading the occasional Master Level Raid (which had already started to get very stale after the tenth run through each one...).
That is not the only reason though. My laptop has started to give indications that it is not long for this world, and there is no conceivable way I can get a replacement. My job ends next month, and I will be moving into a different career direction (hopefully going back to University) that involves a significant reduction in salary. £8 per month for a DaoC account might not seem much, but it is if your weekly grocery bill is £7.50...
Finally, I am so tired and drained at the moment that I could see playing DaoC as becoming a chore rather than the pleasure I have come to regard it as in the two years I have been playing it. I would hate it if my ennui and lack of enthusiasm started to rub off on people in-game, as I would want to be remembered as someone who was always willing to help out my fellow Guild members, not as an in-game incarnation of Oscar the Grouch.
I am going to miss each and every one of you, so I am not going to risk missing anyone out by mentioning anyone by name. I am SO sorry that I am letting everyone down - particularly our illustrious and caring DotC Guild Leaders - and failing in my role as Commanding Officer, but I cannot see any way of continuing with the way things are... particularly as my situation is not going to improve in the foreseeable future.
Please don't make me feel worse than I already do by posting any gushing replies to this thread. I still have a modicum of dignity left and I'd like it to stay that way please.
Anyone got a home for one hundred unopened boxes of Jaffa Cakes?
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Oh dear, this is hard... :
After a LOT of soul searching over the last few weeks, I have come to the decision that I cannot keep messing people around any longer - I am going to have to quit DaoC for good, and hence relinquish my position as DotC Commanding Officer, with immediate effect.
This isn't a snap decision, and a number of factors have contributed to it. Everyone who knows me should be aware of how extremely upset I was when I discovered I could no longer do RvR because of my weak and feeble laptop running at 1 frame every 10 seconds whenever enemies appeared in New Frontiers, and particularly as my entire efforts in the game were geared towards getting Kalthorine up to 50 and gaining some small modicum of respect in the realm in the Old Frontiers in order to take a key role in leading Defenders of the Cross in RvR combat. As it is I am relegated to languishing in PvE-land, camping artifacts and leading the occasional Master Level Raid (which had already started to get very stale after the tenth run through each one...).
That is not the only reason though. My laptop has started to give indications that it is not long for this world, and there is no conceivable way I can get a replacement. My job ends next month, and I will be moving into a different career direction (hopefully going back to University) that involves a significant reduction in salary. £8 per month for a DaoC account might not seem much, but it is if your weekly grocery bill is £7.50...
Finally, I am so tired and drained at the moment that I could see playing DaoC as becoming a chore rather than the pleasure I have come to regard it as in the two years I have been playing it. I would hate it if my ennui and lack of enthusiasm started to rub off on people in-game, as I would want to be remembered as someone who was always willing to help out my fellow Guild members, not as an in-game incarnation of Oscar the Grouch.
I am going to miss each and every one of you, so I am not going to risk missing anyone out by mentioning anyone by name. I am SO sorry that I am letting everyone down - particularly our illustrious and caring DotC Guild Leaders - and failing in my role as Commanding Officer, but I cannot see any way of continuing with the way things are... particularly as my situation is not going to improve in the foreseeable future.
Please don't make me feel worse than I already do by posting any gushing replies to this thread. I still have a modicum of dignity left and I'd like it to stay that way please.
Anyone got a home for one hundred unopened boxes of Jaffa Cakes?
