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ricarleite
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That's quite enough for now
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Date created
25-Feb-2007, 8:00 AM
I've been thinking about the condition of this forum for quite some time now, and I've always said that when the time came, when I felt it had no turning back and became too lousy of a forum, then it'd be time for me to leave. Not due to someone asking me to, or caused by a single individual, but as a sum of factors. After almost 3 years and 6780 posts, I'd say the time is now.

A lot of factors are contributing for this. First, I've always had time and oportunity to openly read the content of this forum and post here on my job and at home. Working as a technical consultant, I've always faced moments in which I either had nothing to do, I was waiting for something to execute, waiting for someone's answer, or, on some moments, so tired of coding or testing I'd take a look at here for a while, always keeping the original trilogy website opened on a minimized browserm taking a peek every now and then. I'm going to face some new (absolutely terrifying) professional challenges which will forbid me to do this.

Second, everyone who really mattered is gone. All the good old posters we had some time ago are not here anymore. All of you with a joined date previous to january 2006 know what I mean and whom am I talking about. Sadly, this forum has been infested with idiotic, unporpoused trolls, and even one of the older members has clearly become one. I can attribute this to the huge forum purge that happened some time ago, the delays on Jay's software change (to which I don't blame him or accuse him of anything), the fading away of Star Wars topics due to the PT being over and the OOT being "released" in a way, and the degrading quality of forums all over the internet.

It's coming to the point in which I'm angered by how the forum is now, and yesterday I've reconsidered the necessity of me being here. So guess that's it. For all of you who wanna keep in touch, my personal e-mail and MSN Messenger contact is my username here, at hotmail.com (I'm not writting it down due to spam). Anyone, please feel free to get in touch with me whenever you want.

Thank you all, I've had good moments and met cool people here. Jay, thank you for putting up what has been for a long time the BEST forum on the internet and the only internet petition that had a true porpouse and a cause. May the force be with you. No more liberal brazillian annoying you guys! Até mais!