Oh gosh I'm getting all choked up.
Its so weird to think that I've not barely gone into SH3 as far as some of us, like our beloved retiree here, but there are already people moving on. I know its only a game and this loose association we have that we call a community is hardly worth anything compared to our so called real lives (as if, HA!). But still I feel a bit of ennui now. First its Ducimus, now stabiz, who next? Slowly the SH3 ranks will thin and the SH4 boards will be bursting with noobs being corralled by the same fellows that bellowed the same silly nonsense back when they were the noobs. I know that its not like you're all moving to another country. Hell you're 2 clicks away. But SH3 won't be quite the same. Call it silly sentimentality. This is the best online community I've ever been in. I've tried a few out. Midtown Madness was a real mess by the end. And I hit up Total Annihilation way too late. Naw SH3 is the first game I ever saw through its cycle and was a part of. Of course I didn't really do much other than make stupid remarks at the REAL modders. Though I once made a slight, barely significant mod that I never released cause my computer crashed before I had a backup (that pissed me off). But still I've enjoyed being here. Hell I was a beta tester for GWX. Never been one of them before. That was the best part really. That a guy with basically no qualifications compared to some guys could get in on the ground floor of that!
So whats my point? No, its not that I'm going to cry. Its that this silly little end of cyber space means a strange something to me and I'll miss it when it truly changes.
Alright! NOBODY MOVE! That means you Ducimus. Same with you Stabiz. Before you ship out to the Pacific for semi-good, lets all have one great big SH3 bear hug while we're all still here!
