Hi,

I've been a member of this site since February 7th of 2010, and I grew here a lot in that time. I'd even argue that I've had an impact on keeping the place alive once or twice when it was dying. But that's not the important thing here. We aren't here for a history lesson. The topic says it all- I'm debating(not decided yet) on relieving myself of duty. I feel like my influence and usefulness to the site has passed, and the role would be better suited to others who are not only more active, but more enthusiastic. It's not an easy decision and I'm still trying to make it. This place gave me refuge from a lot of things and gave me a nice place to build my skills. But, as of right now I think I've reached that point where I'm an old man yelling at the kids across the street to get off my lawn, and that's about the content I produce here.

I'm aware of how out of nowhere this is coming from, and as I'm a professional I will not delve into details too deeply, but I will say that a mixture of personal issues, administrative disagreement, and general feelings of "it's time to pass the baton" have lead me to this. I very much still support SPRP and all it does, but I think it's time to move along. Make way for some new folks to test their hand at running things around here. I'm just not as active and by that extension as useful to keeping things organized and working around here. So, while I debate this a little more I'll probably be away from the site. The other mods, or at least a few of them, have access to me offsite and may discuss this with me if they wish. I just thought I should drop this down here as a sort of maybe goodbye, just in case, so that I wouldn't have to type it out again if I did make the decision and wound up feeling too emotional about it to be professional in my words.

Later for now,
-Zach

It is kind of sad that you are thinking of quitting, however, I understand your decision. In a way i found myself being in the same situation. I haven t had enough time lately to take care of the site, which I am very sorry for this, and also was considering the same thing.

I have wondered if this was going to appear soon. I also noticed the same things you have mentioned here and I agree with many things you said. I will respect any decision you make and you know you are always welcome admin or not. You have done a great deal for this site and there is no doubt you are the reason it stayed alive when I had pretty much abandoned it in the past. I agree with you in feeling that the co-admin roles should be held by active, enthusiastic members. You make a good admin because you are more firm with things that I just let slide. You aren't afraid to be harsh, which is something we need. You are the bad cop to my good cop. With that said, I know what traits I will look for in your replacement if you should decide to leave.

The same goes for you Chie, if you also give up your admin role, you will always be welcome as an rp member or just a visitor.