I mean it when I say that. It's been...wow, just over 5 years since I joined. And so much has happened in that time. Tons of drama, tons of friendships. I've met some of the most amazing people on here, I've fallen in love with this site and the designer and ngl a few individual people too. But overall you've all been like a second family to me.
So because of all this I'd be an idiot to just leave it all behind. I'm not leaving the site at least not for good, but it's time to move on. I can't be a moderator forever, I knew this from the second I became a moderator. But what I did know is that I wanted to preserve and live up to my position as long as I possibly could and that's what I've done. I've hit a point now that I think we all hit, and real life has to become the main focus. Not that it never was my main focus, but it has to be even more so now.
It's also reached a point now where it would be simply unfair to the site to have a global moderator who is clearly not as committed as they should be. This site deserves the absolute best, it deserves a staff team that can fight for it and promote it and keep it active. I just cannot do that anymore.
I know it's good to try not to reach for approval from others, again, a lesson I have learned since being on Runouw. But a part of me also is curious about how I actually did as a moderator. Did I make the right decisions? The right impressions? Did people trust me? And most importantly was I the right choice for moderator? And so on so forth.
But anyways, as I've already mentioned this isn't a leaving post. I may not even fully demote straight away, there is a possibility I may stay as site rep for a while until we work out how to let Doram award medals (I think I'm literally the only person who can do it) and also I have 5 years worth of posts in those staff forums, that I'll never be able to see again. I want to at least save anything that is memorable or means a lot to me.
Sorry about the length. Overall, thank you and I hope to be a part of your community rather than a leader once again. It will be a welcome change.