Our MIA Admin

[Targan]

I would love to see our most excellent admin kato13 posting on this forum again. All those in favour

[Raellus]

Aye!

[Legbreaker]

Aye!

[cavtroop]

What drove him away, anyways Note, if it opens old wounds, it won't kill me not to know

[Mohoender]

Great Poll Targ!

Funny that for the first six people to answer it, you get a 100% for the "all of the above".

However, I have seen him around lately.

[copeab]

What drove him away, anyways Note, if it opens old wounds, it won't kill me not to know

I believe it was dealing with flame-level posts in some threads (although the most heated thread I participated in was on the old forum -- and no, I'm not going to say what the thread was about)

[headquarters]

great admin

I fully understand he needs time of-and maybe that some of us need time to prove that we can behave .

I would like him to come back though -

[Marc]

Ei!!

Popping up just a moment while at work to answer this thread. Great idea Targan. Kato, amic, come back to take care of your orphans. We're growing in numbers every week.

[TiggerCCW UK]

Kato - Come back to us!!!!

[kato13]

What drove him away, anyways Note, if it opens old wounds, it won't kill me not to know

Explaining my absence.

I have been on hiatus for several months. I really have no idea how long it has been but it is certainly beyond the 30 days I felt I needed initially.

I will be totally honest, I still have very little desire to come back here and start posting.

At the time I had decided to leave I was at about 96% (with ~1400 hours and 11,000 lines of code) of completion of my post-apoc mapping program. This was the focus of virtually all of my free time for over a year.

IMO only the DC group and Paul had worked as hard and as long as I had done to provide volumes of well researched materials for for the T2k world (Props to Web, Ant, GP and HQ as well).

I was very excited about my map system's pending launch. Then this board entered into a heated discussion about the DC groups work, much of which I felt amounted to a gratis equine dental examination ("looking a gift horse in the mouth") and then actually complaining about it. Imagine that, a group of people who are spending literally 1000s of hours of their time to build something they plan to give away, and they end up getting as much flak as support.

This sucked all the motivation out of me to even complete that last 4% of my project. It also forced me to reevaluate how I spend my time as I could have produced 2 or 3 robust (and profitable) applications in the time I spent programming and smoothing data for my maps (not to mention the 4-10 hours I spent monitoring and maintaining the forum each week).

My most common statement during the "debate" about the DC Group was "It's just a game" and you know what, I took that to heart. When it ceased being fun, I walked away.

This board has not recently demonstrated the factors that drove me away (and I am happy for that), but the spark in me that kept me coming back is just not there. I am honestly not sure if or when it will come back.

Sorry guys but I don't expect to be back soon.

-kato


P.S.
I do stop by semi-daily to check for spammers, so I will catch the occational message, but I do not read every post like I used to. I also have plans if moderation becomes necessary, but nothing has reached that threshold IMO.

P.P.S.
Welcome to all new members especially Brit and Akula (whom I will remove from our old board's MIA list at some point)

[headquarters]

bad

Well,this really makes me feel bad .

I guess we all should try to remember to stay respectful towards other
T2Krs..what few there are left of us..

Sorry it went down like this.

[General Pain]

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...speechless.....

I hope you get the spark back Kato

You're number one.









PS:Stop messing with the DC group - they deliver quality work....whoever you are...

[Targan]

Ouch. I think I'd feel happier right now if I hadn't posted this poll.

[cavtroop]

You make a very valid point though - it's just a game (though we all tend to take it pretty seriously) - if it's ceased being fun for you, I can't fault you at all for walking away for a time.

Sometimes a long hiatus from something you love is what you need to rejuvenate. I know I speak for most here when we say that we appreciate what you've done for us!

[Mohoender]

I know I speak for most here when we say that we appreciate what you've done for us!

That is an understatement.