Another retirement thread. This one will be brief.
I hesitate to call it 'retirement' at all, because really, Nationstates is just a game and we don't have 'careers' here. I play Nationstates for fun, and anything that isn't fun, I won't waste my time with. Recruiting, writing embassy updates, etc. - you all know the drill. Perhaps that was my biggest pitfall as a player; oh well. After almost nine (9!) years of playing Nationstates, the list of things I'd consider fun (within the game) have dwindled to couping feeders and trolling the UDL. It's why I haven't done much of anything in Nationstates over the past two years; frankly I've been functionally 'retired' for those years. Now I wish to make my 'retirement' (ugh) formal primarily so that people may stop asking me to do stuff.
I see the game entering a new era. Mahaj is taking the reigns at UDL, several notable players have resigned, influence is more popular than ever, and offsite forum democracies are once again seen as the gold standard in Nationstates gameplay, at least as far as the feeders are concerned. Kind of like the old days, in that respect. If you ask me, forum democracies are hogwash, but they give us something to fight over and demagogue about, and that is very crucial to the game indeed. I see good things for gameplay in the near future.
Not sure what else to say at this point, except that, if you think of me and want to please my memory, build an isolated cabin fortress in the backwoods of Northwest Montana, buy a snowmaker, and creepily hit on some poor unsuspecting Asian girl.
See ya.
