Topic: The Goodbye/Vacation Thread

@App I wish you the best of luck - I hope your parents get better real soon, as well. Take care and stay healthy!

@App ah, I come back after a brief hiatus and you've left me! Hope you and your family have been well.

I'm gonna be honest with all of you, I've stopped enjoying being on this website. After like two years and 1500+ comments, I've gotten tired of this site. I feel like this site has gotten stale. And I've gotten tired of trying to think of some joke in these news articles or have a debate with someone (either we disagree on something or one of us is a jerk) which will usually end the same. You may have realized I've been inactive here a bit and that's because I've moved on to other places like Discord, Logopedia, even Roblox (which I've noticed is unpopular on this site but I don't care).

Of course don't take this as me hating this community. It's a wonderful place, some of the people here are really nice, and it's interesting to see other people's opinions and perspectives, even if it's incredibly offensive sometimes (lol).

But I feel like I want to spread out as other things.

Just to make it clear, I'm not leaving. I'm taking a long hiatus from this site. I'll be back, even commenting a little, but not as often as the past two years.

And don't worry, I'll return full-time on this site before 2021 ends, just not right now.

So don't take this as goodbye. Take this as a "I'll see you later". Love you all.

• HotGoomba.

P.S. Yes this means the same for Push Square and Pure Xbox but I'm more active on this so it'll be here only. And yeah you'll probably see me comment two days after this lmao

@HotGoomba I'm gonna miss ya, I was worried you were going to leave, and I understand your need of a break, I have seen the past talks you had with other's and yes its been alot of toxic stuff coming your way,

Well I wish you good luck, and have a great time, till you come back, Sniff I guess I will have to be your stand in for making jokes. (JK.......Can I really?)

Well @HotGoomba life is life and all. See you later, take time off and come back when you feel ready, not out of obligation. Enjoy the year as best you can and enjoy E3!

I know there's a forum topic on it and all but a Discord server would significantly help with things like this, short term communication and things like setting up multiplayer matches. Someone get to it!

@Snatcher @TheJGG thanks you two, Snatcher feel free to take my joke-making position while I'm gone lol, and JGG I hope I'll enjoy E3 too, I'll probably be temporarily back for E3 season but I can't say for sure.

Welp for various reasons (mostly work related) I'll be taking a reprieve. I should be back in time for E3 though 😁. Thanks to @bimmylee and @NintendoByNature for showing me the way of Bloodsport. I promise while I'm gone to train hard by having all 4 of my limbs tied up to trees and stretched. And also to catch fish with my bare hands. I'll bring you back some snapper. Peace and love everybody

@HotGoomba i missed your original post, hope your time off is good to you buddy.

@Losermagnet - Make em ALL say “matae” dude. See you back around the big E3 kumite tournament.

@Losermagnet of course, that's what we're here for! Fyi I've corrected the spelling for @Bimmy-lee so he knows you @'d him. We feel as though we need to spread the bloodsport love to people across the globe. I don't want to speak directly for bimmy, but im fairly certain he would be happy to know we have yet another in our group who could possibly have someone say "matte" if they try to throw cheating powder in your eye during a scuffle.

Either way, looking forward to talking with you around E3. Have a safe and great vacation from the site.

Edit: I see he already replied to you!

@Northwind I'm very sorry to hear all of this; the comments sections really are toxic, which is why I stay well away. For me my reasoning is to just stick to forums, because there's nothing in comments except for snide one-liners, plus it's literally against the rules to just post "I agree" or "LOL".

But you have a very interesting view on gaming as a whole, and I'll, we'll for that matter, absolutely miss you! If you do come back I'll see you, but if you don't, I hope it's for the best.

@Northwind Do what you think its best for you, and I agree, its been a lot as of late, I'm really sorry to see you go, and if you don't come back I will agree with whatever you think is right for you, i'm not going to tell you what your feeling is wrong bc its not whatsoever, I'm to starting to get a little sick of the toxic people ruining the comments, and I try my best not to be this way, I just speak my mind thats all,. There were alot of times I just didn't reply as to not start a fight, so thats why I will try to just post my opinion and leave.

Please have a great time, for wherever you go, may it bring you happyness, Bc I Know every time I see this forum, I know somebody is gonna go.

@Northwind Have fun

@CactusMan Lagos? Lagos as in Nigeria Lagos or some other Lagos I dunno about?

@CactusMan DAAAAAMN, Have a good time man, looks nice.

After some thought, I've decided to scale back my site activity for a little while. I've already done this to an extent on the main site (depending on the topic; I won't touch most comment sections on Pokemon articles with a ten foot pole these days....) and will probably lay off the forums quite a bit as well. My reasoning? The main thing is I want to spend more time and resources towards a home renovation project this month, namely new windows. My hope is to do plenty of research, gather estimates, and try to select the best professionals in my general vicinity for this work (I'm way too clueless to do this on my own lol). Add to that the fact my section of this floating rock is gradually moving closer towards "normal", so my general schedule is filling up more too. This project is a long time in coming, and in fact is something that's needed done since I moved into my home. Other projects just took precedence.

This isn't goodbye, and I do fully intend to try to geek out when possible around E3. I will still respond to any mentions when I can, just be warned it may be several days before I get back to anyone.

@Tyranexx OHHH thank goodness your not leaving, the people I have known just keep leaving and leaving, Good luck with the house, Its going to look great.

Yeah I'm coming back full time (probably) in June.

I feel like that the recent toxicity has leveled down enough for me to fully return, right near E3 too! I might still be more active elsewhere, but I'm excited to continue my adventure on NLife.

And yes I'll avoid the arguments more lol

@Tyranexx Hey good luck with the house.

That’s great to hear @Tyranexx! Shame we won’t be graced with your presence for the foreseeable future, because it’s a fact that many users here enjoy your company. Taking a break to focus on... well... life, is very respectable and I hope it goes well!

I’ve gotten to know your E3 predictions nicely so I’ll hope you can give us your thoughts if you return. Enjoy your house project, and have a good one!

@Tyranexx Look forward to chatting with you when E3 arrives.