Guess Who's Back (Back Again)
Hello
So I've been gone for an abhorrent amount of time, and for that I truly apologize. For the sake of honesty and transparency, I will share why I have been gone for so long. If you don't really give a shit, I understand, which is why it's in a code box. The game-related things are after.
I've been gone for a lot of reasons, not limited to severe depression, family problems, and unexpected poverty. Foremost, I've been excruciatingly busy. I had to start living on my own at the age of 16, and the difficulty of doing that caught up very quickly and ate up all the carefree attitude that I had that allowed me to enjoy this game and immerse myself in the clan and this game's culture. Once I was unable to do this, I figured the clan would be better off without me for a time. However, I did not expect to be as absent as I was. I wanted to wait and see if the individual I had in mind could be an effective clan leader and run [elite] with the image that it was founded on, and the beliefs that kept it, in my eyes, one of if not the best clan to be in. Unfortunately, without me being able to monitor the forum activities frequently, I could not pass judgment and eventually had to completely forget about the game to get my own life in order. The silver lining in all of this from a personal perspective is now my life is back on track, I have an apartment with my girlfriend and I have the free time that I cherished years ago. And so here we are.
I realize that me coming back out of the blue is going to have mixed reception, and for good reason. I've been gone a long time, I have a lot to learn and re-learn, new people to meet, old muscles to stretch, and respectfully, I'm effectively a stranger to a lot of you. On top of that, I'm the guy that vanished out of nowhere, not a good starting off point for rapport.
However, I want to rejoin this game's community. Whether it's what I remember it to be or something completely different, I want to see what it has become in my absence, and how this clan has grown; and in doing so I want to earn the respect and camaraderie of each of you.
We'll have plenty of time to get to know each other and I'll have plenty of time to explain things in more detail and answer questions, but for now, I really just want to open up Toribash and dive into the nostalgia. We'll talk soon.
- Ryland