- Pokédex No.
- 10
- Caught
- May 15, 2019
- Messages
- 2,416
- Nature
- Hasty
- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Pokémon Type
- Bug, Poison
So hey, if you didn't notice by my not so shiny name (*sobs*) green name, I have resigned from the forums as both a moderator and a featurer immediately and I will be leaving the community indefinitely.
If you asked me a few months ago, I honestly believed in my heart that I would grow old with the Nuzlocke Forums. I even joked to my friends that I'd be the next (or only) forum grandpa. I have donated a lot of my hard-earned money to keep the server afloat, legitimately suffered high blood pressure attacks and meltdowns during my tenure, and in general, I have gone to hell and back in a handbasket all in service of the forums. And I did all that I believed the forum was always worth it.
Well, it stopped being worth it.
I'm not going to pretend that this decision hasn't been brewing for awhile. I have been on the backfoot for this community because of complete and utter burnout, as well as just displeasure with the state of the community. But the recent discourse was the final nail in the coffin. In fact, when the initial call-out document was linked in Writechat, it just cemented my decision to leave the forums a LOT earlier than I wanted to. I decided to leave after the Extravaganza wrapped up next year instead of two years from now and then when the attacks got worse and worse, I decided to leave after the Spectacular later this month.
It wasn't until a vocal member of the discourse, who was clearly airing out grievances of the staff, went on my real life social media to rub the situation in my face. I believed that was completely over the line and utter gross behavior that I decided to just cut ties immediately.
I do not want to be a member of a community any longer that prides itself on this behavior - dragging other people down to prop themselves up. This was not the community I signed up for. This was not the community I have served years of my life for. And this is not the community that I want to stay for.
Thank you to the moderators and admins that are staying in my stead. It hasn't always been easy, but I have grown to love serving with you and I will cherish the relationships I have grown and fostered with some of you through years to come.
Thank you to the feature team. Despite what everyone wants to say and wants to believe, I am so proud of the work that we have done throughout the years. It might not have always been perfect, but we have always strived to be a positive force in the community and I will stand by the back-breaking work I have done throughout my tenure.
And thank you to my friends in this community who are not part of either. I may be leaving the community, but as long as we have each other, I don't give a fuck about anything else.
Lastly, to everyone else,
If you asked me a few months ago, I honestly believed in my heart that I would grow old with the Nuzlocke Forums. I even joked to my friends that I'd be the next (or only) forum grandpa. I have donated a lot of my hard-earned money to keep the server afloat, legitimately suffered high blood pressure attacks and meltdowns during my tenure, and in general, I have gone to hell and back in a handbasket all in service of the forums. And I did all that I believed the forum was always worth it.
Well, it stopped being worth it.
I'm not going to pretend that this decision hasn't been brewing for awhile. I have been on the backfoot for this community because of complete and utter burnout, as well as just displeasure with the state of the community. But the recent discourse was the final nail in the coffin. In fact, when the initial call-out document was linked in Writechat, it just cemented my decision to leave the forums a LOT earlier than I wanted to. I decided to leave after the Extravaganza wrapped up next year instead of two years from now and then when the attacks got worse and worse, I decided to leave after the Spectacular later this month.
It wasn't until a vocal member of the discourse, who was clearly airing out grievances of the staff, went on my real life social media to rub the situation in my face. I believed that was completely over the line and utter gross behavior that I decided to just cut ties immediately.
I do not want to be a member of a community any longer that prides itself on this behavior - dragging other people down to prop themselves up. This was not the community I signed up for. This was not the community I have served years of my life for. And this is not the community that I want to stay for.
Thank you to the moderators and admins that are staying in my stead. It hasn't always been easy, but I have grown to love serving with you and I will cherish the relationships I have grown and fostered with some of you through years to come.
Thank you to the feature team. Despite what everyone wants to say and wants to believe, I am so proud of the work that we have done throughout the years. It might not have always been perfect, but we have always strived to be a positive force in the community and I will stand by the back-breaking work I have done throughout my tenure.
And thank you to my friends in this community who are not part of either. I may be leaving the community, but as long as we have each other, I don't give a fuck about anything else.
Lastly, to everyone else,
