For a little over a week, I've been wrestling over the content of this post and, at multiple occasions, scrapped a few thousand words. Many thousands, actually. Looking to justify and legitimize my time in this community, not just to you, but mostly myself. Was the endeavor of all things NS2 worth it? Did my thousands of hours matter?

Few can claim to have participated at all levels within this community. I've been a maptester, a playtester, a referee, a caster, a moderator on almost every popular streaming channel, organized and played on one of the best teams in the world, a member of the community development team, the North American/Australian admin, the league admin, and the head admin. As the longest tenured admin of the NSL during the NS2 era, I've organized more events (tournaments and seasons combined) than any other. One of my crowning achievements was co-organizing the NS2WC, the biggest and best live event NS2 ever had. What I am most proud of is playing a crucial role in the popularization of the best mod ever created for NS2 (CHUD, now known as NS2+ created by Mendasp) and initiating the creation of the Comp Mod and the team that manages it. These two mods have irrevocably influenced the vanilla game in terms of features and gameplay. Some might even say that I've had my fingers in too many pies.

Through out these last few years, I never begged for badges or asked for positions and titles. I've done my best to do the work that was needed in the community and filled roles. It has always been for the support and advancement of NS2. I've accomplished every single goal I had when I entered this community and with a mixture of sadness and relief, my time and efforts are done. I am resigning my post as the head admin of the NSL.

The glory days of NS2 are done, but our time playing certainly isn't over yet. There will still be admins here who will do their best to continue the league and they need your support. They need your opinions and they need your kindness. They're just doing their best and trying to serve you.

Good luck, everyone.

At the end of the day, NS2 is just a video game and suppose to be fun. So I hope you play more games.