Goodbye.

(Faraleth) #1

Hey everyone,

As I’m sure many of you have seen by now – I have left. I wasn’t going to do a “goodbye” post as such, as I felt it better to just walk away, considering how I’ve felt the last few months, and I thought it best not to tear open old wounds. However, Ardez and Amerika convinced me otherwise, so I’ll just blame them if this turns out not to be such a good idea :wink:

For those who simply don’t care, that’s cool! It was nice playing with you all, and this post probably won’t mean much to you, so you can simply carry on. :slight_smile: For those who knew me however, hopefully this should explain a lot to you!

I’m sure your first question is - why? Well, it’s not as simple as one reason. One of the main reasons which Raziel has already informed people of, was due to personal life. I’ve got some big things coming up and a lot going on, and putting in as much time as I used to isn’t really an option for me anymore. Time for moderating and doing stuff for the community took up a lot of time, and we’ve only got so much of it.

The other reasons include various members of the community’s attitude and other people’s conduct throughout the Dirty Bomb community. While many of you are pleasant individuals, not everyone you meet online is going to agree with you - and that’s OK - however in recent months the pressure has got more-and-more from certain people and quite frankly, it reached the point where I was just asking myself “why do I bother doing this anymore?”. I’ve only ever been here on my own volition, and that’s the only thing that would keep me here. I wanted to keep this as light hearted as possible, but I simply couldn’t say goodbye without mentioning some of the major reasons behind why.

Now that the not-so-nice part is out the way, let’s round this up. :slight_smile: I guess the real message here is - don’t be a dick. So to everyone, I thank you for making my time here on Dirty Bomb a great one, and I’ll never forget you!

Does this mean I have quit the game? Hell no! For now I am on a break, but I’m sure I will be back in the future, so if you see me in game, just give me a nice hello! Dirty Bomb is still one of my favourite FPS’s in recent years and even if Splash Damage aren’t the biggest and most polished developer in the world, their rough-around-the-edges charm is what makes them great to me. Dirty Bomb has and always will be their passion project, and I think that’s really what made it stand out to me.

Frag on, and play dirty!

  • Faraleth
(AnimeDude) #2

k

(Eox) #3

Bye Faraleth. Hopefully we will see you soon. :slight_smile:

(BananaSlug) #4

well… fara wont rule the world as we expected, not sure if i am happy or sad about that

(VincentRJaeger) #5

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(blufflord) #6

but u were only 60 lol’s away from breaking that bar too :frowning: so close.
can u post a witty joke so i can lol it?

(n-x) #7

Fuck it. Let’s lol that post as a good bye present.

(Yes) #8

Cya mate.

(blonk) #9

Sorry to see you go. You seemed to catch an unfair amount of flak simply for being informed of what the devs have mentioned on streams and reddit, I can recall a few occasions where people even thought you were a dev and thus any maligned crap they wanted to fume about could be directed at you. That’s not fair and makes it perfectly understandable why you wouldn’t want to be bothered dealing with that as a volunteer. All the best with whatever you get up to :slight_smile:

(Tanker_Ray) #10

Complicated emotions incoming.

Well then, take care my fella.

Always remember, real life work is much more significant than it is in internet.

Hope to see you back later.

I’ll always stay loud and clear.

(Brain_of_Britain) #11

Bye Faraleth I cant say I enjoyed being wrecked by you in-game but it was an honour, you will be missed, goodbye :smiley:

(NxA_Noxie) #12

<3 Fara

(XavienX) #13

Well I think we’ll be referring to him as Faraleft until he comes back.

But forreal, hope you have a good one and eventually have time to come back to this community (I know the struggle with a lot of personal problems and work to deal with).

(enigmaplatypus) #14

bye faraleth, a lot of us will miss you. I hope things go well for you in the future, and in your personal life :slight_smile:

(Jan S.) #15

Bye, and enjoy your break! You have done A LOT of stuff for this community, you deserve it :slight_smile:

(sneak) #16

YAY. Finally.

(Nail) #17

Thanks

Respect

(MatteMG) #18

You will be missed dude!

Good luck in the future!

(Dysfnal) #19

@sneak really? You’re in the minority here, for one. Second, he volunteered his time to deal with people like you (I don’t find you all that agreeable in case you haven’t noticed). Show some damn respect. Sure, nobody is perfect, but there’s a reason he moved up to the level he did.

(DarkMatterMatt) #20