I guess I should explain why I'm leaving. I didn't want to bore everybody or drag everybody down, but I guess if I just say, "I'm leaving," people will think I'm going away mad or something.
There are a couple of things going on.
1. As I've said before, I have a chronic illness. That's part of why I used to be so active on the forum, actually; sitting in a chair and typing was something that I could actually DO (at least, I could on a good day). But then our Internet went out for a week, and I noticed that I was a lot
better during that week. I had thought that the Witcher forum gave me more in happiness than it subtracted in energy, and I guess that did used to be true. But lately it's seemed like more of a drain, and I need to focus on using my limited energy to improve my health.
2. CDPR took the forum down for 81 days. That let me know just how important the forum is to them -- just below pond scum, apparently. ) Although I missed the forum desperately during the first month or two, by the time more than two months had passed, I had moved on in my heart. It had felt as if the forum partly belonged to me, thorough my having devoted so much energy to it, but when CDPR took it down for 81 days, that made it clear that it doesn't belong to me at all, not the least little bit. And I don't feel as if I can pour huge gobs of energy into a place that can be made to vanish at someone else's whim.
3. Because the forum was down, I couldn't announce my new adventure when it was ready. "Medical Problems 2" came out two days before
The Witcher 2 -- the perfect thing to tide people over while they waited for TW2 -- but nobody knew about it because the forum was down. If anybody has actually played MP2, they've been awfully quiet about it, because there are no comments at all in the
MP2 thread. I spent a year making that game, and I think there's some cool stuff in there. But if anybody gives a damn, they haven't mentioned it in that thread.
4.
The Witcher 2 is a very good game, but to me, it's
only a game. It didn't grab me and excite me and make me want to have EVERYBODY play it, the way
The Witcher 1 did. It didn't feel like something I wanted to devote myself to. I'm not eager to discuss every possible nuance, to ponder the reasons behind every line of dialogue, to wonder about every mystery, the way I was with TW1. Cool game. Finished it. Done.
But there are plenty of people who DO love TW2, and I don't want to rain on their parade. I don't want to stick around and point out how much more heart and soul TW1 had and drag everybody down.
Anyway, I'm very fond of many of the people here, and I love what CDPR did in TW1, and nothing that happens with my health or with TW2 can change that. But I need to focus on other things now, not just for my own good but also for the good of the community here. You don't need me being here and being grumpy. You need the positive energy of the folks who loved TW2.
Hugs and best wishes all around.
