Stepping Down

[Face 1910]

Hey all,

 

When I posted my LOA I already knew that I didn't intend for War3 to be a big part of my life anymore. I decided to stick it out in case my mind changed, but it's been more than a month and my feelings are still the same. I honestly don't want to mislead all the players into thinking I'm going to come back at some point when I currently don't plan on working on War3 ever again.

 

I originally started working on War3 because I loved the server and I loved the community and I wanted to see it be as good as I thought it could be. I know at some point pretty much every regular/sG player has disagreed with me for some decision I made, but I can honestly say the server's best interests were always in the back of my mind in every decision.

 

After about 7 months of working on the server (back in late 2015 when I started my career) my interest in it started to decline for a lot of reasons, mostly burn-out and the players. For me, it's tough being in a position where many people you consider a friend will at some point freak out on you because they disagree with some decision you made in a video game. It's even tougher when you are consistently putting a lot of your evenings and often entire weekends into trying to please the same people by creating things you hope they enjoy, fixing bugs that bother them, or adding expertise for them to find.

 

I've been majorly involved in 3 gaming communities over the years and sG definitely stands out as the best experience. The first one has been dead for many years and the second one has been on life support for 6 or so years - neither had the leadership to withstand the years and the drama like sG has. I kind of wandered around the gaming world for most of college, playing SC2, random ps3 games, a bit of competitive CSGO, etc. without any real connection with players. sG was the first time in probably 5 years that I started playing with a community again and honestly it's the best one I've been a part of. It's had its issues and it still has some issues, but overall it is in a good place with good direction. I know I've made many good friends working on War3 and I really appreciate everyone who took their time to help me make decisions or test things out.

 

You still won't see me much at all until mid-April, but I'm sure I'll be around somewhat regularly after that.

 

 

Special shout outs to @thorgot @skitt @bulletford for making my time on staff possible by helping me learn to code from nearly 0 prior knowledge and their exceptional patience with my lack of understanding their programmer lingo. I specifically remember when I first started working on SourcePawn and thorgot said something along the lines of "That error means you need to reference an index in the array" and my response was "I don't know what an index or an array are".

[Leeroy 735]

Not The Engineer, O god who shall ever buff the races and shit on dragon knight again ;( Thanks face for all the time and dedication u put into the server GL HF in life

[Timeassassin103 223]

Face, you did a fantastic job doing shit for war3. You shall be missed my dude.

*Do you want a closed beta invite for For Honor?*

[EL_PATRON 1344]

Sad to see you go after all the good things you have done for the server. You will be missed, thank you

[Yunki 2197]

Thanks for your work on War3!

[Dakka 854]

Damn... Thanks for keeping war3 alive and ongoing while you still enjoyed it. Going to miss seeing people bombard you with questions, requests, and asskissing every time you join the server, makes me chuckle like an idiot.

Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

[Ruffles 731]

Thank you for your consistent work on War3. The dedication means a lot. Good luck in your life endeavors man. :). It'll be nice to see you hop on here and there.

[nothing_but_fail 484]

<3 

[epickillerj 2]

ヽ༼ಢ_ಢ༽ﾉ☂ <3

[Swed 2651]

Typical Face, afk in spawn.

 

Thanks for all your hard work, I know we disagreed on things but I always appreciated your involvement!

 

Best of luck in life!

[ChosenOne2000 4440]

Anyone who is mature and can balance professional obligations with staff is a boss in my book.

 

Thanks for being you.

[krony the brony 1938]

Thanks for your time into warcraft 3 community and good luck!

 

 

 

[ctark 1983]

:'(  One by one my ENG family dieth.

 

War3 won't be the same without you face, thanks for helping put so much time into better the server!

[Banana Joe 419]

Thank you for your service @Face since I've been with sG, I noticed the huge improvements you put into war3. Thank you so much for what you've done.

[Ironic 2278]

Thank you for all your time, Face! 

[bulletford 1134]

Sad to see you step down, Thank you for your contributions to sG and the war3 server!

 

 

[trav 6834]

#Face4LEG

 

 

 

 

[Chowder 793]

thanks for all the hard work you have done 

 

:^(

[Tyrone 514]

Thank you for everything you've done for war3 Face!

[ATG_AGENT 290]

Damn lost the main wc3 engineer - guess i gotta step up and learn more code.

[Agent 22]

Hey man, wanted to say on behalf of a lot of people thank you for the time and effort you've put into War3, we all appreciate it more than we could ever voice. Enjoy your life from here on out, but don't be a total stranger

[lemonade 1582]

Thank you for all the work, time, and effort you had put into our War3 server. While I had never played it, I'm sure you will be missed dearly. Good luck in your future endeavors.

[Ghoul 193]

Face!!! you will be missed. Ty for all you hard work and putting up with are shit in war3. i know it may seem sometimes that we are not thankful for all you do, but we are and will be lost with out you. Long live the voice of Gaben, the bringer of change, the buffer of orcs. i will never forget the things you did for me and the server and will continue to tell of your legend. love you always face <3

[Scrub 534]

<3

[Smash 188]

Thanks for putting up with our shit for so long and doing so much for War3. You will be dearly missed, and your name won't soon be forgotten.