See - now you have done it...
*sniffles*You guys are all
so cute...
Too bad most of you have dicks and are gay, LOL - still: long grouphug and wet kisses for everyone.
Anyways, just to clear things up a bit:
this is no rage quit, actually not a "quit" at all. I have been playing less over the past months anyways, and archery becoming a merely decorative element (apart from a few highly pro min-maxing scoreboard jerks) is just a little help from my "balancing" friends to give me more time and energy for what I want to do. So Zen master Hirlok passes along what he will not need in the near future and others may enjoy it.
I know this is not exactly a self-development forum - so I'll keep it short and at the surface: most of you know I am a German expat and kinda "drop-out", living in Paraguay. The country is not bad - but for me it has become clear after 4 years that this is not the place I want to spend the rest of my life. Culture, infrastructure (PING!!!), climate, women, language, level of awareness/personal development, the majority of my fellow Germans here being fascist perma-drunk complainers, etc. - was a good time overall, learned a lot and had lots of fun with my animals, plants and a few cool people I met, but it is time to move on.
So
Hirlok the Hermit will be
Martin the Wanderer again, in search of another forest and a different Hermit hut. I need to gather up some cash (means for me: writing/publishing a couple of books, ramp up my websites, get a few courses on fitness and self-development out so people can buy them... ) and plan to start travelling next May or so.
I'll have a closer look at the US, Belize, Dominica and probably a few others and maybe even build two hermit huts - one in a "cold" place (Virginia is on the shortlist) and one on a funny island with comparably mild tropical climate (yeah, well, ping would bite me in the butt again, I know... ). The semi-nomad in me is raising his head again... ;-)
So - that is the plan, and I will push myself a bit to get it done, so less gaming for the next couple months.
I will not leave entirely, and on occasion troll people with my polearm my old friend,
"Musafuka_Patchisuki". Now why would I name a char THIS, eh? ;-) I won't delete my Hirlok char as well, and you can bet your asses (esp. if you are on my team) that Hirlok with LOW PING will be VERY fearsome, even with unloomed gear (just in case c-rpg is still around then....) ;-)
I get the loom raffle/contest done end of week - and Athol, old friend - woolen cap is reserved!
But I tell you - it reeks of old Hermit, I have not washed it in like 4 years... ;-)