8 Years

[Lord Sephiroth]

I know I've said this before, someone could probably drag up old threads I have made, but unfortunately this time I'm much more serious than I have have been.

Roughly 8 years ago I started this game, maybe it was because I was still a child but this game was actually a lot of fun. This game depended on it's players to make fun out of nothing, and not rely on dazzling scripts or graphics or levels in order to please the public.

Looking back, we never had any of the three, really. Back then, scripts consisted of no-pk zones and staff boots, with the occaisional suit-setter or jumping pot. But it was still more fun for me than anything there is in today's Graal.

But that's neither here nor there. I just feel that, after all that's happened I am finally able to walk away from this game without regret. I have given everything I have to Graal and I have nothing to show for it, and nothing left to give.

I've had a lot of stuff happen to me over the last little while, those of you that are close to me kind of know what I'm going through, although I've concealed a lot from all of you. I feel that I need to get away.

Concerning Babylon:
For a long time, I thought that bringing you Babylon might rejuvenate my interest in Graal. I thought that, at least, it would keep me going for a while. However, due to certain circumstances I feel that I need to appologize.

I'm sorry that I didn't live up to your expectations, or rather, maybe I did live up to your expectations as a failure. I'm sorry that I let real life problems influence my work, or lack there-of, and I'm sorry that I wasn't able to deliver on my word and bring you everything I promised.

I haven't made a lot of friends on these forums, I know I haven't. So the only reason as to why I'm writing this is to let you know that one more player has lost whatever it was that made this game special to them. And maybe there is an off chance that someone that cares about the name that I tried to give credibility to will stumble across and finally understand where I am.

In my time I've been Global Banned, Local Banned, Jailed, Suspended, Fired, Hired and promoted. I've won statues, titles and tags. And today, I'm finally able to say that I can walk away feeling fufilled with my time spent here, and feeling that, if I could do it all over again, I probably wouldn't, I mean, 8 years is a long time, damn. For 8 years I've either been Developing or Playing this game, but I was always a part of it and I never left for more than a week at a time.

Feel free to post the inevitable "See you in a week" posts, I've made them myself before, and I know they're coming. But take note that I won't be back in a week, I have some issues I need to deal with and some problems that I need to handle, but I'm going to make a concious effort to not return to GraalOnline.

On a last note; I'd just like to appologize one more time for dragging Babylon's name through the mud along with my name and credibility, and I wish good luck to Grey Bakami (Who I've handed over ownership to), in all his future endeavors with the server, whether it be to continue Development or to shut it down.

There was so much more I wanted to say, but now that I'm here I feel that I've said enough. Lord Sephiroth has run out of words. Lord Sephiroth has finally run out of words.

All I really need to say is Goodbye.

So, Goodbye.