It's always nice to have some closure. We've been through a couple hiatuses before, some longer than others, but it's all just prolonging the inevitable. How long could we really last anyway? As our interests change and we all start to go our own separate ways, it comes with both great relief and a sense of loss for me to admit that all things must someday come to an end. Now at a pivotal point in my life, I've been forced to realize this. Not just concerning us, but as a valuable life lesson, everything inclusive. All concerts must eventually end, all vacations must eventually be returned from, and all empires must eventually fall. We had always had our downtime now and then, and we had always seemed to come back for seconds--but as time moved on each iteration returned with interest weaker than the last. There's no point in beating a dead horse; It's always best to let things run their natural course and die out peacefully rather than be forcefully stretched out into a chaotic and messy downfall.
It's been great. We've had a lot of great times together, many laughs and a plethora of inside jokes I'm sure we'll never forget, and of course we've met many of whom we now call close friends today--lifelong friends, even. We've had our fun. It's been a learning experience for us all. But our interest is dieing, and unfortunately it's not a problem that can be solved. It seems that anything worth doing has already been done. And it's not just us, no way. There are still quite a handful of us who wouldn't mind returning to the old days, myself included. Creativity will never end, there will always be something fresh and exciting to do. But in a market plagued with inadequacy, I'm not sure that creativity will survive much longer at all. People simply don't know how to roleplay anymore. The general population is now fickle; if it isn't DarkRP, it's surely no good at all. And this is simply a battle we just can't win.
With that said, maybe we will go quietly into the night. We've already had our fight. But we will live on. In all reality, this really doesn't change anything at all. It's not like we're all suddenly never going to talk to each other ever again after this. I'll always be up for some TF2 with my old buddies. This isn't the end, it's simply a new beginning. Out with the old and make way for the new. We will move on to bigger and better things, just you wait. There will always be more memories to create together in the future. As for this, I felt we just needed a little bit of closure, that's all. I owe you that. And with that, I bid you adieu. See you ingame. Only time can tell what the future has in store.
And just to clarify, this is really only concerning EXRP. That is, the GMod RP server. I'll still be hosting the occasional TF2 server and whatnot.
There's always a possibility of return, as nothing in life is ever purely concrete, but for now I'd prefer some closure. Good night, sweet prince. It's been a hell of a ride.
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I hope I will still be able to keep in touch with you all and join in with other games. I wish everyone the best of luck in life.
