Farewell, foes and friends alike!

[Belomar]

Well, the time has come for me to compose another self-indulgent posts of the many I have posted in the past, but this one is hopefully my last! (Well, at least as an active player.) As of last night, after a deliberation that was long in coming but painfully short when things came to a point, I have retired from active DAoC duty. No longer will the epic-clad ginger-haired gimp of a minstrel called Belomar Fleetfoot roam the frontiers, no longer will the haughty-aired Avalonian called Cerdin Soulfever command his simulacrum (called George!) to launch into the fray.

So, I leave this wonderful game of ours, but I do not leave empty-handed; with me are all the memories of two and a half years of shared dreams with thousands of players all across Europe, players many of which I consider friends, or at least worthy adversaries.

It is possible that I will return to DAoC sometime in the future, but I frankly hope I will not. If I do, you are perfectly entitled to call me a hypocrite and an attention-seeker. However, rest assured my accounts will never be sold, and so if you do see Cerdin or Belomar in the frontiers, you will know I am back.

Anyway, it is with the fondest memories and the strongest wishes of luck I leave you now--I love you all! (Yes, even Fluid!) :wub:

Call me a roleplayer or a lunatic, I care not; I will finish with an excerpt from the Minstrel's Tome, my stab at capturing the World of Excalibur (soon available in hardcover and paperback in a bookstore near you! ):

Crimson snow under a sullen sky,
Valiant heroes striding through the rye.
Riderless horses returning home,
The raven's flight, the bleachened bone.
All made to myth in the minstrel's tome.

/military

 

[Clipse]

who is gonna defend me on FH now ?

 

[Undrentide]

 

[Ghostfeet]

bye, you'll be back. and ill be there to flame your ass off to return the favour

ps seriously bb /military

 

[Aussie]

Belo, did you get owned again by your gf?

 

[Gordonax]

Sad to see you go Belomar - hope you'll be back.

 

[Kagato]

Good luck and take care

/salute

 

[Belomar]

Belo, did you get owned again by your gf?

Yes, I'm afraid so.

 

[Clipse]

why don't u get an in-game gf ?

 

[Ralgedi Smurf]

Hope you will be back and roam the frontiers once again

/salute

 

[Ardamel]

Yes, I'm afraid so.

Take care m8 and have fun Otherwise you can always get yer GF to start playing aswell, mine did and she enjoys it alot

 

[Alme]

Take care m8 and have fun Otherwise you can always get yer GF to start playing aswell, mine did and she enjoys it alot

no cuz then u gotta grp with her and defend her when every1 gets pissed cuz she sux, ruining ure elajjt reputation ;x

 

[AngelHeal]

bb m8...

 

[Apathy]

It's for the best! All you need to do now is avoid becoming addicted to eBay and to try and break the FH addiction cycle.

I will post here for you Philip Larkin's "Poetry of Departures", which is one of my favourites. Perhaps you know of him. He was exceptional as a poet.

Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand,
As epitaph:
He chucked up everything
And just cleared off,
And always the voice will sound
Certain you approve
This audacious, purifying,
Elemental move.

And they are right, I think.
We all hate home
And having to be there:
I detest my room,
It's specially-chosen junk,
The good books, the good bed,
And my life, in perfect order:
So to hear it said

He walked out on the whole crowd
Leaves me flushed and stirred,
Like Then she undid her dress
Or Take that you bastard;
Surely I can, if he did?
And that helps me to stay
Sober and industrious.
But I'd go today,

Yes, swagger the nut-strewn roads,
Crouch in the fo'c'sle
Stubbly with goodness, if
It weren't so artificial,
Such a deliberate step backwards
To create an object:
Books; china; a life
Reprehensibly perfect.

Be strong! Delete those game folders and eat those passwords!

a.
*

 

[Amadon]

great loss to the daoc community

I hope tho for your sake that you don't come back, it's a lot harder than it seems at first

good luck Belomar

 

[Pin]

Good luck Belomar, and remember to keep practicing your roleplaying, but this time in a more intimate setting

 

[Clipse]

lol fr34k

 

[Marc]

Bye bye belo mate. Take care and drop by on the forum.

Does this mean i get my GM promotion at long last?

 

[Elahim]

Goodbye Belo! Good luck in the future!
Now hug your girlfriend, she actually saved your life

 

[Pin]

Seriously though...

You have been the backbone of the strongest, friendliest guild on Excalibur (at least internally) and you will be sorely missed by all.

We all wish you all the best in your life, and your future with those you hold dear.

 

[Xanthian]

"must ... hold... back... flames!!....."



CYA!

 

[Phule_Gubben]

tjarrå

 

[Generation]

Awww Belo

Good luck mate!!

 

[Divinia]

Goodbye Belomar. I hope you could visit the forums from time to time, your posts always make me smile good luck

 

[Aussie]

flaming on forums is like drugs belomar, you can't just stop with it

 

[gunner440]

bye bye belo !

:\

 

[cougar]

bye, gl with quiting.

 

[judas]

bb.

 

[rure]

Cya Belo, best of luck to you

 

[Marczje]

Bye Belomar