... but Gaffi jumped out from the bush and announced retirement first ๐Ÿ˜‚

Long story short: I decided to step down from being a moderator. No giveaway, as I was ending my "handover" till today, and I forgot to look for any games to give away. ๐Ÿ˜ถ I notified other mods a few months back (I did post right before 1st of April, and people thought I'm in a different time zone and it's a joke ๐Ÿ˜…), and since then focused on the moderator queue and other bits that had to be done.

I joined support 6 years ago, when I was unemployed university graduate. And had a lot of time on my hands. I remember I waited for so long after Pete poked me about joining the staff that I gave up. And then, 30 min after I wrote that I withdrawn my application, I get a reply they will be adding some staff soon(TM) and if I'm still interested. And I was like ok. Life is unpredictable.

Fast forward 6 years, and I'm no longer unemployed graduate with too much time. I am quite short on time (well I have a bit more, since I no longer do 4h commute to work... but still), and a lot of it was spent on SG. I could not be the most visible mod (especially now when I did none of "simple" re-rolls and deletions), but there can be quite a lot going on in the "background". And I know that if I don't leave entirely, I will go back to "work" here. Can't function in this half-suspended state, where I jump in to solve a few tickets each few months and "forget" otherwise. I learned a lot here and met some amazing people. I even played Mass Effect 3 multiplayer for nearly 300h with another SG user. It was like 7-8 years ago, and it helped me to be more social as an introvert. I was too shy to talk back then, so we were typing through Origin chat to comment on mission progress ๐Ÿคฃ

I won't leave entirely, and surely not delete my account. I do want to make more biology puzzles when I have some time, but will need to look for another hosting website. It'sTooHard died a few years back. Do you remember ITH? Or konrad? Or F5 giveaways? I do feel old. 2004 was 10 year ago, right?

So thank you "old mods" for guiding me, "new mods" for picking up the slack now, and community for being.

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Which pokemon is the best (totally not biased)

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Ditto (this one is pink)
Shiny ditto (this one is blue)

I guess it's time for a change. Probably for every old user here. It sure has been fun, we've seen a lot.
All the best! See you around MSKOTOR ^^

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the fact you folks are keeping the account, thinking about checking SG now and then, after all you've done for this website should tell us much. like, i hope this will tell much.

luved that closing being.
i've also learnt few good things from you. <3

...but now it's time for you all (you 2!) to

ENTER ALL THE THINGS!!1

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I can't, not with my number of entries

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lol

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Also no entering in things you already own and are not detected by SG. Like banned games or DLC.
And no entering in things you are not interested in.
And no entering for one DLC from a pack, when the creator said "You can't own the base game".

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(i -almost- know what i'm asking you)

please stay as a Mod.
please talk to cg and tell him you want to stay but you cant assure him The anything.

would you?

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Thanks for all :)

Btw what was the F5 giveaways? Reloading after bundle launch every few seconds to get (and spend :3 ) points?
(Do you remember the SG killer series? Or did it only exist in my head? Aaaaaaaargh)

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I would guess F5 giveaways are giveaways where the link is only visible for a short time so that only the lucky ones even see it (before it gets removed again). However, I do not remember them specifically and I have been here for a while.

Also, not sure if I remember SG killer series. I think it does ring a bell but can't associate a name with it. First thing in my mind was Nordhbane's detective puzzles. But I am sure those are not the one you meant.

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It may be two different things. I remember a story when you had to visit an... I think fertilizer factory because an explosion happened, then do local investigation, following clues while moving on Google maps

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That actually sounds interesting with the Google maps inclusion. I do not remember such a puzzle. But I have skipped puzzles for quite a long time.

Try to look at most new ones at least.

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F5 GAs were long time ago. 9 years ago.

https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/9kAIx/f5-giveaway

And I remember SG hunger games

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I've already posted plenty and had a decent amount of conversations about you departing, so I wasn't going to post here.. however

HAPPY CAKE DAY!

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Thank you for moderating us all this time, and enjoy your time away from the moderating duties :)

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Thanks for everything, and glad you're not leaving entirely!

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ily.

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Wow wow - more rumblings from the Support Lounge. You've helped me here and there over the years, MSKOTOR, and thanks for that. Hope you have Ultra Fun enjoying your more time!

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Thank you for your efforts until now!

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Just another thank you. I rely on mods nearly every couple of weeks so I do appreciate all the hard work you put in. Time to enjoy the next stage of your life, and enjoy less stress for sure :)

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You too! I feel happy, what i dont like is when people end things on bad terms, disappear or completely leave. Being around even if only 'every now and then' is normal- thats just life. We all eventually have less time in our hands and thankfully so btw

Thanks for the help and all the patience these 6 years!

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uh oh so multiple staff leaving? wonder what it means lol, plot twist, dr disrespect was the owner of steamgifts all this time and no one knew

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Thank you very much for all your hard work, it has been appreciated! I'm so glad that you aren't leaving SG.

And yes, I do recall ITH, and that website that let you customize pictures of cakes. And lots and lots of fun times.

Thank you so much for your service, and Happy Fork/Factory/ (or even Cake) Day!!

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Appreciate all your time, effort & service to the SG community. Wishing you a happy retirement & reverting to a more relaxed member's role ya.

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And another one :(

Well Rest in Pepperoni!

Focus on your life and be the main moderator of it ;)

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Thank you for volunteering so much of your time. It was appreciated!

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Thank you for making SG a better place for all of us... young one. :D :D :D

Cheers!

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Happy cake retirement day lol Snorlax is my spirit pokemon

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Wow! We have lost two of the good guys! Thanks so much for your service to this wonderful SG Community!

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Thank you for your service. It's totally understandable as real life takes priority first and often we only have increasingly smaller amounts of time to do everything else daily...

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Thanks for your work!

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Wow, the stars were aligned for this. You take this decision on your cakeday !!!

Happy cake day, and thank you for your work here!

I wish you the best.

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Oh you're 2 to stop !
Thank you for your hard work and the best for your real life !

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Thanks for the service / Happy cakeday!
Enjoy retirement.

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Thank you for your service and good luck on your adventures.

(Ditto is my favorite pokemon)

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Good choice. I bet you are happy with the outcome of unbiased poll in this thread.

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So good to see that so many people love Ditto as much as I do โค๏ธ

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