It's been fantastic

[fantastic]

At some point in the near future my access and position at SG will be removed officially, but I wanted to write this thread while I still had access to post in this subforum. I'll try to keep it short (:

 

It's been a fantastic 6 years together at SG. We've gotten a lot done during my time here, some of which I had the privilege of being a part of:

• Reworked the entirety of the Jailbreak ruleset to simplify it and make it easier to digest
• Released a survival Minecraft server which lasted a few months
• Finally got the new forums out the door after years of rumors (yay!)
• Solidified relationship with GFL and re-iterated our shared appreciation for joint events between the two communities
• Created a plethora of "behind the scenes" tools to make our staff's time and lives easier
• Pushed for a "divisions-lite" system to facilitate the increased independence of staff members in leadership positions
• Hosted ZE, JB, and other mapping contests with Gamebanana
• Recreated MOTD pages for all of the servers, eventually replacing them with the new server pages seen today
• Lots more which remains behind closed doors

 

During this time I also started and am about to graduate university, fell in and out of love, raised a puppy and lost a few people close to me. When I first applied to become an SA, I said that I was more concerned about improving other peoples' experiences playing on SG rather than enjoying the servers myself, and that thinking held true through all my promotions until BD. However, recently I've found my interests started to lie elsewhere and I want to make more time for these interests, hence my resignation today.

 

I want to thank everyone here at the community but especially our @Technical Manager and @Technical Administrator team -- you guys don't need me to tell you how important you are to the running of the SG community. Thank you to the Board (past and present) who dealt with my initial antics and gave me chances to prove my dedication to the community. And thank you again to all of you for continuing to play and be a part of SG while we've undergone so much change since I began playing back in August of 2016.

 

To end this post, I wanted to quote something that @BoTomentioned a year ago: "The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, fanta". I wanted to quote this because I really feel I gave SG my best throughout the past two years as staff, and I'm incredibly happy to leave having accomplished what I did and leaving SG in the state it is now.

 

What am I up to next? I plan on finishing university this summer and moving into a full-time position in the computer science industry. In my free-time I'll probably continue cooking new recipes and playing competitively in Squad for SQD. And when things settle down and I find myself with more free time again, who knows what might happen (:

 

So long! I'm excited to see what happens in the coming months and years at SG (: lots of great things ahead for this community.

 

- fantastic

 

[sWz]

GOD FUCKING DAMN IT

 

I AM TREMBLING IN HORROR AT THE POSSIBILITY OF 20 SCROLLS BECOMING A BOARD MEMBER

[Black Rain]

[John]

Thank you for everything fantastic. I'm totally still going to bug you whenever one of the tools you made for us doesn't work anymore. Even if you don't respond

 

we got ia and bd together and it has been a fun ride. at least you don't have to rage about that one thing that we haven't released to the public. take care buddy

 

 

[Prez]

Oh boo. It's been a pleasure buddy - our karaoke nights were truly ones for the ages. I'm really happy and proud of all that you have accomplished and achieved throughout your time on the staff. All the best and good luck with everything that you do next dude.

[All Ts]

Haven't had a ton of occurrences with you, admittedly didn't think the highest of you when we first met but it's been over 5 years. People tend to not randomly climb to BD for no reason. 

 

4 minutes ago, fantastic said:

During this time I also started and am about to graduate university, fell in and out of love, raised a puppy and lost a few people close to me. When I first applied to become an SA, I said that I was more concerned about improving other peoples' experiences playing on SG rather than enjoying the servers myself, and that thinking held true through all my promotions until BD. However, recently I've found my interests started to lie elsewhere and I want to make more time for these interests, hence my resignation today.

I feel this paragraph hard, these last few years were extremely bittersweet. You sound like you've taken it the right way though and that's beyond amazing. Keep your passion and momentum going. Sorry for your losses, hope your new ventures treat you better. Keep pushing brother. Much love.

[janseen]

Farewell Fantastic. I wish we had more occurrences with each other, however the ones we did have were fun.

[Nate.]

 

Message me if you're ever down to kill some insurgents with me on Squad. 

See you soon.

[Kieran]

Always admired how much of a hard worker and level headed staff member you were, and how quickly you shut down the occasional losers pinging everyone in the staff discord. Good luck with your career and thanks for all you did for this community.

[Steven.]

It's been a blast and honor working with you from helping you map test back when I was SA and you were AT and then working together on my own AT and MkT projects when I climbed the ranks myself. I hope whatever path you follow in life you become as successful as I know you will be. stay safe man and good luck