This is more a formality than anything, since I've barely been around since November, and most of you didn't recognize me during the period before that.

You guys are great, but it's time for me to move on to other things. DR gave me several years of enjoyment, even if the last two have been rocky. I am going to keep my account open for now--the thought of deleting 7 years of character development in one swoop is stomach churning--but you'll likely not see much of me.

To Zabari and Heiu, you guys rock. The fact that you've held out against these impossible odds speaks volumes about your strength. Sadly, I don't share similar willpower.

To the rest of you, you've given me years of enjoyment. I'll miss all of you. My AOL screenname is LordIsau (or Lord Isau.. I forget if it has a space) if you ever want to reach me. I still MUD and NWN and all that, but unfortunately it's time to cross DR off the list.

--Lainn

Best of luck, Lainn. I hope you have fun in some other world :-)

Shae.

Lainn it is sad to see ya go. Since early in this game you had been one of the "Big Idea" guys. I dunno how many spells in this game are a direct result from one of your suggestions but I would wager it is more than a few.

Good luck to ya.

Lagerby

But...I just said "hi" and "welcome back" to ya the other day! Well, take it easy, bud. It was nice seeing you again, even if for just that short while. Good luck with everything.

-Deagol

See ya around Lainn, was always good to hear from you and talk to you.

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- Smeg

Smegul says, "Heh."

I recognized you and I've been wondering where you've been. I've missed your sane discussions on the boards. ::hugs:: Keep in touch!

Janyl

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Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

Take care Dannrik,hope you dont take too long in coming back..See you soon.

Brother Pipoielln

Come back soon bro, there will be more quests for us to break and get stuck in. ;)

~Aeth

You're not allowed to leave.

Take care Dannrik. Hope to see you around again.

Elanius/Brabs

I think it's time I stopped paying Simu for a quality of service they stopped providing a long time ago.

I'm really very unhappy with what has happened to the Cleric Guild over the last couple of years. I really can't fathom Simu's priorities in choosing to devote resources to developing new professions and a new guild when many existing guilds aren't anywhere near an acceptable level of completion.

I've been waiting for resurrection to be over so the Cleric coders can move on to "real" cleric stuff (not just what the heathen masses want) for at least 18 months now. Yes, I know the spell has been gone longer, but it didn't seem quite the stumbling block to development before that.

I found it quite depressing to hear that at Simucon many GMs had chipped in to help on raise (a good thing), and thought that with that in QC the Cleric guild was in no further need of assistance (a bad thing), as if that was all Clerics were good for; rezzing people. As if we, the players of primary clerics with all our pleading for and suggesting of other abilities/spells/communes/rituals have been totally ignored (by anyone other than Cleric GMs)for years.

I admit being extremely jealous of the leaps and bounds made in other guilds already well developed. At the MM's losing their GMs and gaining two new ones in a week. Our GM is taking completely necessary time off for family stuff, but we don't even have an AGM in training, let along fully fledged GMs jumping in.

I thought the whole thing of the countdown in the General Discussions folder actually being number of items to QC for raise before release was quite childish. I found nothing exciting at all in the countdown. I would have been much more interested if I knew what it was for. But that's not the way things are done in DR. Everything must be shrouded in mystery; players are treated like mushrooms. Why was it so triumphantly announced that there were 26 hours of QC left till raise is released, yet when it was delayed - who knows how long for - everything is hush hush?

I've played DR for 6+ continuous years, the vast majority of that as a primary cleric. I've loved playing no other guild more than the Cleric guild. Most of my best friends in DR are in this guild or met through Mentoring for 2 years. I married my DR husband in RL last November (and we're still like honeymooners). I've had a whole lot of fun and joy from DR, and I'd like to thank you, the players and the Cleric GMs (whose battle behind the scenes I can only imagine) for making it so.

It's been a really hard decision to make; there's so much sentiment tied up in the length of time spent and enjoyment I've had developing Shaelynn - my hubby and I spent have spent many many hours reliving old DR memories and dreamed up and discussed ideas about how things should be changed, new spells, abilities etc. But the magic has slowly died over the last two years; the last month or two I've not even logged in for any appreciable time - just been reading the boards seeing if raise has been finally been released. It's time to stop paying for something I'm not enjoying any more. Good luck everyone, I wish you all the best of times.

Shaelynn's player - Julie.

P.S. For any friends I've not been able to contact recently, my AIM has changed from ShaelynnDR to BobaVetNZ

Very good post. I hated reading it, but very good post. All of it. You've summed up what I think are a lot of people's feelings at this point (mine included) quite well.

I'll miss you Shaelynn. Take care.

-Deagol

It was a touching post. The numbers of others who have not contemplated this themselves must be few.

Daxy

Take care, Shaelynn and Gruesome. I'll miss seeing you two around. Enjoy your lives and maybe if you return in the future things will be better and you'll be able to have fun again.

Ryeka


Sometimes the key to happiness is not assuming it is locked in the first place- Ziggy

A journey of a thousand SMILES begins with a single step- Ziggy

Boy, both you and Gruesome in one day. Can't say I am suprised considering some of the IMs I have have had with you guys as of late.

Both of you take care of yourselves. Also, you guys better stay in touch. I'll try to too.

Brabs

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Fighting with a bunch of archers in Geni.

"Hey, it's shoot GENI, not shoot GEN!"


Ambassador Genneron, of M'riss

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[Arcath] "Public Service Announcement: Please shoot at the archers and not at Arcath"

Ditto - Every word you said was so right on target. I wonder if Solomon knows just how badly the clerics felt after Simucon, after learning about the countdown and after the reply to question about help. I really don't expect him to really give a flip, just would like to know that he knows how it came across.

Telynn

You'll be missed Shae.

Tenasia

Zaramin,
After finally running into Teel after what felt like forever, I was hoping that I might get lucky and run into you as well. I Please look me up when you get back. By the time you get back, I'll have gained a few circles closer to you, maybe even past you! :winks: We can go hunting! Take care until then.

Nikpack
player of Celeiros and Makona

* Rabee was just struck down!

You didn't have to take it so hard.....

oh very funny, it's the first time in a long time!

Well dang I am slow in reading the boards hun... I am going to miss ya and I will be in touch. I wish you the best in whatever you do out there in the real world Jenn but ya alreay know that. <>sniffle<> Now I gotta find a new girl friend... I don't like girls all that much.

Love ya hun and take care,
Hilary/Mama Teel

P. S. You are oh so right about Rabee.


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