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I've graduated with my masters and now I've got an opportunity to move to a remote locale for a year in order to pursue a life's ambition: writing a novel (Don't laugh! I'm not crapping all over your dreams, am I?). My new home is beautiful, with few distractions except gorgeous mountain vistas.
There's no internet, which means no MW:O. I was going to say "Unfortunately," but the truth is I think it's for the better; I can't tell you how many hours I've spent blasting and getting blasted by you all when I should have been doing other, more productive things. I've also spent way too much time in these forums, agreeing and arguing with abandon.
Don't get me wrong. I've had so much fun and I have no regrets about the time I've spent here. I think of online gaming communities much the way our parents think of bowling leagues and bridge clubs (Or at least my parents. Don't judge; they're old.). I've met, learned from, and fought alongside a lot of good people on these servers, and I've had my share of epic wins and heartbreaking close losses.
One of my favorite memories was being the last guy left on a solo QP team and securing the last 3 kills for the win. My best all-time damage was north of 1400, and my best match score was north of 800. I ran my MAD IIC-D almost exclusively, and rarely wanted for another mech. It's a great feeling to find the mech you call home. For the record, I was still rocking it post-nerf and intend to rock it when I return (see below). It's a little more sluggish, now, so maybe my only complaint is that 340 engine cap on the "D" variant. If I can't twist and brake anymore, at least let me build to boogie at top speed!
This is not to say I don't have some regrets. Chief among them, I never got my "Ace of Spades" tag. Hats off to everyone whose done it in solo QP. The closest I ever came was six kills. I never joined a unit and dropped into FP, either. The time was never right and frankly the longer I watched FP evolve the more it felt like not my cup of tea. Guess I was always just a pug at heart. While I've maintained a positive W/L and KDR, I never got my avg. match score >300, although I was on track and getting better every season. I didn't make T1, just T2, but it was a real joy to get high enough in tier to drop with some of the really good solos in the community and watch them get down.
So I just wanted to say so long and thanks to PGI for creating this gaming environment. While no one can deny that you've dropped the ball and missed opportunities more than once, it is a testament to the good fundamentals of this game that I and others keep playing, no matter how much we disagree with your decisions, sometimes.
Most of all so long and thanks to my fellow players of the game and forum-warriors here. You are the main draw, the real reason I keep coming back. I'll check out MW:5, but honestly I think zapping AIs is weak sauce. You figure out the patterns, the build combinations, and you keep running at the enemy until its automatic. Put me up against human minds whose strategies, tactics, and abilities grow and evolve in opposition to my own, often in frustratingly unpredictable ways. You all rock!
Finally, this is not goodbye forever. I can't see going without internet for the rest of my days, so when I come down from my mountain, manuscript in hand, I'll be back. While I'll miss you and the game, other consolations beyond no distractions are that by the time I get back, all the new mechs I want now will be available for space-bucks, and (hopefully) the balance shjtstorm to come when all that civ-gear drops will have run its course.
So no, you can't have my stuff.
All the best,
Mister Glitchdragon
TLDR: OH MY GOD, IT'S ONLY EIGHT PARAGRAPHS! READ IT, YOU IGNORANT, LAZY ******* ! (Sorry, I've always wanted to do that!)
Edited by Mister Glitchdragon, 10 July 2017 - 06:30 PM.
