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[greywolf]

Hi everyone (that remembers me),

It has been a long time.

Let me start by explaining where I've been for the last year and a half. In the fall of 2007, I started going to college. (Digipen Institute of Technology, if you're curious.) During first couple months, I had plenty of time and enjoyed working on the site and being a part of the community and stuff, until the courseload started ramping up. By the middle of the semester, I didn't really have a lot of free time to spare, and the time that I did was spent with my grandparents (since I live with them) and taking a break from homework. My (personal) computer died in the winter, and due to complications with hardware, I wasn't able to get a new computer until the middle of the second semester, at which point the workload was even greater than first semester.

Every so often I would think of AR, but quickly shove the thought out of my mind, mostly because I felt guilty about not prepping games for the site and stuff, and didn't want to post on the forums while I wasn't able to do any of that.

I worked through the summer and definitely had time to spare, but still didn't feel like coming back to the site, mostly because of guilt that piled up through the school year. Then this school year started (sophomore year), and I've been too busy to even think about AR.

I don't mean to offer excuses for not prepping games and stuff, and I know the site has definitely suffered in my absence - I haven't gone though the forums to see what's been happening recently, but the loss of a full-time prepper is a large blow, especially when they leave with no indication of when they're going to return. I hope you accept my apology for not letting you guys know that I didn't have time/didn't feel like prepping sometimes.

I would love to be a part of AR again, but I literally have no time this year, and I predict that it's going to be that way until I graduate (and even then, I don't know what sort of time I will have). I don't think I will be able to serve you guys as a mod any longer until real life opens up - it would be a disservice to AR and the community.

I've floated around the internet a lot, never sticking around in one place for very long, but you guys definitely made the difference for when I was involved here - even to the point where I stuck around from when I found AR to when stuff in real life got in the way. I only wish real life wasn't so demanding - I don't like being busy, even if it's with something I enjoy ( like programming).

Anyway, that's my deal.

[Frodo]

Hey Greywolf  

Don't worry about it.  We know that real life comes first, and there is no pressure on you to prep games or anything.  

I wish you all the best with your college studies, and whatever else life throws at you.  But you're more than welcome to pop by any time you feel like it.  

Anyways, thanks for getting in touch like this, and letting us know.  

[Japofran]

Glad to see you. Don't worry, it's a good thing that life is busy for you.

[Flop]

I hope you'll still have time to stop by and post once in while.

[Doubler]

Hey Greywolf. Don't worry about it. Know you're always welcome here

[Sean]

Heyas Wolf,

Nice to have an update. I hope your enjoying yourself, sounds like you have a lot on your plate at the moment. Now that you've gotten that off your chest, hopefully you'll find it easier to visit us as and when you can. Would be nice to see you kicking around again

Good luck with everything, I hope it's going well.

- Sean

[greywolf]

@Everyone: Thanks for the warm greetings, it means a lot to me. :]

I'll try to stop by every once in a while, but considering this is the first opportunity I've had to log back in since I first posted, we'll see.

[DakaSha]

heh well i saw u in the wesnoth chat a couple times so i couldnt forget
besides u were my tagteam partner in some old forum game ^^