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I need a break, and I need it now. I haven't been enjoying doing stuff for Amia for weeks and if I continue like this I will be permanently gone very soon. I am really sorry for all the open ends but ... well, it's this or that.

Part of this is caused by my official job taking lots of time and effort lately, but I am also tired of all the bickering, negotiating, and mediating that seems to come with the dev stuff lately. The defeatist attitude displayed by many people here, staff and players alike, doesn't help either. Where's the time that people said they played here because it was the best server? Don't you have any good spirits left? It's just depressing to read this thread, you know.

Anyway, uploaded my update and now I am off for the rest of the week, and probably month.

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This man has provided Amia weekly, sometimes daily updates non-stop for the past 3 years as the lead developer and before that in the dev team, putting aside a significant amount of hours to give us unique and exceptional expansions to the game. DM event changes, factional areas, DC requests, DM tools and things we couldn't imagine possible in NWN.

I hope everyone understands this need to take a break. Second in over three years, mind. Not a lot asked for.

Have a good break mate, see you when your ready. *salute*

Enjoy your break, Disco

Find yourself something to do that doesn't involve scripting or area design.

Enjoy your Break Disco!

*hugs the Chicken*

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Comepletely understandable. And give the man his new legos to play with!

We'll see how much we can destroy while you're away so that you'll have plenty to do when you get back!

Don't listen to Yoss, O Great Chicken.

*Sends cookies*

Break away.

Well deserved and you're still my hero even if I don't admit it.

Enjoy your break!

Have a good break Disco! I'm sure we'll survive without you. Might need to resort to a bit of cannibalism, but oh well.

Anyone disapproving of this, will get my personal stamp of "douche" on him/her.

Get the hell better, Chicky, your work here has never been anything but absolutely admirable, and if anyone deserves a rest, it's you.

But stay out of the sauna if you go to Finland! Unless you get to unwrap...*Wiggles brows*...Your gift in there. (Remember to get it out in a hurry if it's something with wiring, though.)

Enjoy.

Yes, take your time and try to have some fun!

Sometimes it's easier to replant and regrow after clearing your mind for a while.

Rest, relax, enjoy your life and job. Remember you don't get paid to do this so don't feel you're not -ever- entitled to take a break

Half the DM team is unavailable anyway, so it's not like the few of them can cause too much trouble in the meantime.

Your a legend, Disco! Enjoy your well earned break.

I get burned out just doing PnP. I don't even want to /think/ 'bout how much work your job takes. Fly away and catch some rays or something man

If folks new how hard this cat worked behind the scenes their heads would explode.

Have a good break, disco! We'll try not to blow anything up!

You have my deepest respect, Disco. I sincerely hope your break is worthwhile and brings you some peace of mind - and, on the other side of things, that the attitude of some Amians change while you are away.

Man Hugs and such.

Have fun. It's just a game, and games shouldn't be played when they threaten to no longer be fun.

Take care and come back when you feel you can, man.

Peace out!

Have a good break, Disco, and don't forget to come back ^^ We know you put a lot of work into this server and we really do appreciate it.

Looks like the Goose has a chance to take over.

*Starts preparing "Vote the Chicken" signs*

Rest up for your campaigning for leadership again when you get back

Torzeng wrote:

Looks like the Goose has a chance to take over.

*Starts preparing "Vote the Chicken" signs*

Rest up for your campaigning for leadership again when you get back

Take over what, exactly? Scripting? Why would I want to do that? I am the woman here, so by definition I am the one in charge.

How silly ideas you got!

* Vote The Chicken *

Quote:

Work it, Make it, Do it, Makes us
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger

More than ever hour after our work is never over

We would be selfish to ask you to not take a break after so many of the amazing things that you've done. Thanks for everything and enjoy the break from all of us loonies!

*salutes the Chicken* At ease o' master of our little universe. We'll try not to blow anything up while you're gone

Most devoted dev I've ever seen. Enjoy your break.

Go Dev for Kinky Kingdom for a while :twisted:

Have a good one dude. Amia can get tedious, espically when you've been around as long as you have you old fart.

Have a good break, see you next fall!

Your work is appreciated.

Regards,

Take care disco. I am forced to take a break every 4-5months I could only imagine the nightmares of amia you have. . . Think you are well deserved a break, a drink, another drink, and to forget what drink your on.

Have a great safe relaxing time.

Developing the module is like making the stage, and lighting, and scenery for a play. If pulled off well no body notices it, and the actors get all the credit of how awesome the play was. If it messes up, boy do you hear about it. Even if someone has issue with the scenery on an artistic point of view, you hear about it in the critic section. This is what I reckon your job is like Disco.

The module is a labor of love, and the effort you put into it is appreciated, by me at least.

People only bitch about their car when things break, not when they're running smoothly, I reckon they don't praise it the other 100,000 miles things went perfectly fine. And I also reckon that the thread in particular is one of those precise moments realized for you.

I wouldn't take that topic as anything against you, or as an insult to your work. I don't think it means people not beliving the work you do is worthwhile, and I implore you not to do so either. It's more of a case of 'Ignoring the man behind the curtain', like in the wizard of oz.

You are after all the holder of several Mister Amia titles. Take heart, take a break, and enjoy yourself.. this time of year sucks.

Enjoy your break!!

Enjoy your break Disco, you should take more of them before it gets too overwhelming. Perhaps come in as just a player and not a Dev on your break just to have a bit of fun without everyone nagging at you. See you when you get back .

Bye byeee! *Waves* See you laterz. Plus have fun.

I disapprove! Back to work! ::cracks whip::

Hope everything works out for you! Best wishes!

This gives Tormak his one shot at trying to close the lead in posting that Disco has. Take advantage, Tormie. You may not get another chance.

ainjyll wrote:

This gives Tormak his one shot at trying to close the lead in posting that Disco has. Take advantage, Tormie. You may not get another chance.

well if tormak wanted to beat him could he not just just spam posts and delete them, or would that also kick away at his total?

How in this of all topics did you miss the 'peck away at' pun. OI. This is about the chicken-mc-dev.

Enjoy the time off.
Enjoy the holidays.
See you somewhere next year (or perhaps before that in game?)

ainjyll wrote:

This gives Tormak his one shot at trying to close the lead in posting that Disco has. Take advantage, Tormie. You may not get another chance.

I've been closing the lead for some time, actually.

and also:
No need for a "sorry folks"

You owe us nothing, definately not an appology.
Rather the other way around, we should be sorry for all the bickering and seemingly ungrateful attitude we seem to display.

So, sorry Disco, for being a spoiled brat, but thanks for spoiling me anyways

Sylfwe wrote:

Sometimes it's easier to replant and regrow after clearing your mind for a while.

So true, I went away and took a break, I'm back now and having a blast. Enjoy your break Disco, get drunk and be merry.. LOTS!

Au revoir chicken, have a good christmas and new year.

I do hope during your break that you take a moment to sit back and enjoy a mad feed of The Great Chicken Will Destroy You!, it's good for the soul.

I am of course delighted by all the positive comments. Thank you so much. However, I urge you all to have a look at the reasons behind my current state.

I don't mind to work hard, and if things go bleak I simply work harder. I can't work much harder now, though, and things just get bleaker. It feels like I am patching a hole in a ship and for every hole I patch two new holes appear.

I know, it's an old game blah blah blah, but other servers using the same old game do have some fire left in their community. I get the feeling that Amia just sits on her old arse, watches the world move on in mild amazement, and hopes her own situation will stay exactly as it was.

And I am sorry for this, not for bugs and stuff, but for people waiting on their faction areas. That bothers me, but I am not going to start the Toolset, and I doubt I'll even switch on the computer at home.

Change is required for change, Disco.

Take your break and get some distance on your perspective.

Regards,

FA_Frey_XC wrote:

Change is required for change, Disco.

Regards,

I can't say your attitude is helping a lot. You are an absolute pain in the arse lately.

Count me in as momentarily retired from the Staff. Gods, I am happy to get this out of my system.

Regards,

The change that is needed is the kind of change that comes from the community. It's the kind of change that has been called out for many times. It doesn't come from the DMs or a few players, it comes from everyone on Amia. If we want it to happen, that is.

Sorry folks.

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