To my friends,
It's been all but official for weeks, but I've been trying to think of the right time to make the public announcement. Some might have said that after Kingdom Come would have been the best time, but I think Kingdom Come should represent two things - the end of some things, and the beginning of others. I want Kingdom Come going live to also coincide with the end of something for all of WZCW, and the beginning of something else.
There's an old adage about promotions - "everyone rises to the level of their own incompetence." I found this sufficiently amusing of a note to begin on. I became head of creative long before I ever ought to have, when Kermit had to leave far sooner than he ought to have. Thrust into the role in the middle of a round - and more importantly, in the middle of a school year - I stumbled, and kept stumbling, until I got a proper wake up call when I had the interesting experience of being called to task by the admins because the entire team had complained about me enough. I got the message. I tried harder. And we did well. We had good times, we had a lot of good shows, I was really on top of things.
Things have steadily gotten harder for me in terms of my time commitments. In late March I went through a breakup that really caught up with me around early June, when I nearly drove myself to distraction. I dealt with that and found myself in a new relationship that, like a lot of new relationships, took a lot of my time. And then, what has really been the dagger for me, school started up again and I got reminded in a pretty hard way that I really didn't have time for this.
About two months ago now I let the rest of creative know I intended to walk away at Kingdom Come, and I hoped to use those two months to leave a great foundation behind. I should probably have known better and realized that I was only to get busier at school and have less and less time to do what I already wasn't doing. Ironically, my lack of participation has, I think, turned out into a positive. Yaz has taken upon the role of head of creative in all but the most ceremonial of capacities and I've seen him do a great job of it. I know he and the rest of the team are working up new ideas that are going to be amazing for the fed.
And that's why I want to make this announcement now. Making it to KC feels like a tired sprint for me, and I think it feels like a tired sprint for the fed. At the end of the sprint for me is a long break, but at the end of the sprint for the fed is an amazing team that's ready to do a lot of great stuff.
When KC is posted in hopefully a week or so, I'll make another post and do the usual - the thanks, the shout outs, the nice words to the people that have been with me through what feels like forever on creative and what, improbably, was in actuality 2 years and eight months. When I was able to give it my all, I had a great time leading the fed. When I wasn't able to, I spent most of my time feeling terrible I wasn't doing as much as I should. But in the end I love this place and what it's given me a chance to do. I love it, but I am burned out in every sense of the phrase, and I need to leave it in someone else's hands for the future.
I'm going to give KC one last (hopefully) awesome match and the best RP I can muster for a character I'm altogether lost with, write my final note, and then, perhaps, I'll see you when summer rolls around again.
With Warm Regards,
Harthan
It's been all but official for weeks, but I've been trying to think of the right time to make the public announcement. Some might have said that after Kingdom Come would have been the best time, but I think Kingdom Come should represent two things - the end of some things, and the beginning of others. I want Kingdom Come going live to also coincide with the end of something for all of WZCW, and the beginning of something else.
There's an old adage about promotions - "everyone rises to the level of their own incompetence." I found this sufficiently amusing of a note to begin on. I became head of creative long before I ever ought to have, when Kermit had to leave far sooner than he ought to have. Thrust into the role in the middle of a round - and more importantly, in the middle of a school year - I stumbled, and kept stumbling, until I got a proper wake up call when I had the interesting experience of being called to task by the admins because the entire team had complained about me enough. I got the message. I tried harder. And we did well. We had good times, we had a lot of good shows, I was really on top of things.
Things have steadily gotten harder for me in terms of my time commitments. In late March I went through a breakup that really caught up with me around early June, when I nearly drove myself to distraction. I dealt with that and found myself in a new relationship that, like a lot of new relationships, took a lot of my time. And then, what has really been the dagger for me, school started up again and I got reminded in a pretty hard way that I really didn't have time for this.
About two months ago now I let the rest of creative know I intended to walk away at Kingdom Come, and I hoped to use those two months to leave a great foundation behind. I should probably have known better and realized that I was only to get busier at school and have less and less time to do what I already wasn't doing. Ironically, my lack of participation has, I think, turned out into a positive. Yaz has taken upon the role of head of creative in all but the most ceremonial of capacities and I've seen him do a great job of it. I know he and the rest of the team are working up new ideas that are going to be amazing for the fed.
And that's why I want to make this announcement now. Making it to KC feels like a tired sprint for me, and I think it feels like a tired sprint for the fed. At the end of the sprint for me is a long break, but at the end of the sprint for the fed is an amazing team that's ready to do a lot of great stuff.
When KC is posted in hopefully a week or so, I'll make another post and do the usual - the thanks, the shout outs, the nice words to the people that have been with me through what feels like forever on creative and what, improbably, was in actuality 2 years and eight months. When I was able to give it my all, I had a great time leading the fed. When I wasn't able to, I spent most of my time feeling terrible I wasn't doing as much as I should. But in the end I love this place and what it's given me a chance to do. I love it, but I am burned out in every sense of the phrase, and I need to leave it in someone else's hands for the future.
I'm going to give KC one last (hopefully) awesome match and the best RP I can muster for a character I'm altogether lost with, write my final note, and then, perhaps, I'll see you when summer rolls around again.
With Warm Regards,
Harthan
