I've enjoyed this site for the four years that I've been here but every day I come here, every day I visit the forums it all becomes even more strange and unfamiliar to me. The influx of new users brings younger ones and with that less knowledgeable users. They make horrible threads, even more horrible jokes and don't get the good ones. Even when they do[which isn't often]they don't get them right. Granted, I was one at a time but there was less of my kind therefore I was able to learn quicker from the older user base. Whereas now there are less and less of the older users and more and more of the younger users. Most of them don't learn, ever. They continue to be terrible users until they are either banned multiple times[still...], are advised by older users[happens the most but not often]or they actually read the FAQ and mature some[never going to happen].

Maybe the reason why I'm so bitter towards the user base of this site is because I tried for many years to become a forum mod which never happened. I'd post helpful links, help out new users and even alerted the mod staff who were on at the time of something that was rule breaking. Maybe it didn't help that I was in the AAHC or that I wasn't the typical user and was more of an odd ball so to say but still. I was a review mod but only for three or so months. That came to an end when I got my account hacked into by trying to help out a user who got a virus from The Star Syndicate. I felt for him because I had the same virus two months prior. Needless to say Wade thought that was very stupid on my part and de-modded me for it. Granted I could've gone about it smarter but I had the well being of the user at mind at the time and wanted to help him out.

So I'm guessing that the old fashioned way of helping out the user base, being a good and stand-up user doesn't work. Apparently you have to get friendly with the mod staff and become friends with them to actually become one. This in a way is true, I have ramagi[NOT Ramagi, her 'r' is not capitalized]because I befriended her and she and a few other mods[the ones who frequented the Wi/Ht? I'm assuming]threw my name in the pot along with ADT & Jercurpac. I loved being a review mod, it gave me the chance to help the community and the site which is what I longed for all those years. I will not knock on any of the mod staff though, they don't have the easiest jobs. They aren't paid for what they do and are constantly being heckled and mocked by users every day. When they are on they do their jobs to the best of their abilities, sometimes even better. Sure, there are times when a mod can be wrong and it does happen but not often. They do it for the better of the community and for the user as well. It make kill whatever fun is at hand but rules are rules, at times they are broken. The talk of 'Mods get away with anything' is at times right but they have a right. It sounds odd but that's how it works. I could explain it but no one would really get it anyways.

Don't get me wrong, this site is still a good one but nothing like it used to be unfortunately. With time comes change and new users. New things you aren't familiar with, new ways that are not to your liking, new users who are new, enough said. Maybe it's because my computer is a piece of shit and can't handle playing flash files or doesn't like running for more than four hours before locking up and crashing. But, I don't really care for this site anymore and I've become quite jaded towards it. So to those who I know that still frequent here you're not going to see me very often these days. I'll still be here to deposit my experience points and see what is going on occasionally but that's about it.

My days posting are pretty much over, blam/protecting flash as well along with the lesser writing of reviews. It's kinda saddening because I'm still a stat whore deep down inside. I always wanted to become a EGSC which I am, have over 10k posts and experience which I do. I always wanted to get to 10k reviews as well but I don't see that happening ever. So to cut all of this short.

Goodbye for now.