Ah hell. And I just came back, too.

With all due respect, this isn't going out with a bang like it started up, it's going out with a 'wtf just happened'. It's going out quickly and suddenly without letting all the supposed great members know beforehand. xD But meh, to each their own definition.

SZ was a great site... I've been off and on it for years but I sort of figured it'd always be here. It was hard to imagine, and still is, that it'd ever close and do anything but grow and become more successful. Curse that which is real life.

Oh well. It was fun. Artemis out.

I don't even know where to begin.

I understand that the work load must be tough, Chris. Probably even beyond just tough. I won't begin to try to tell you that it's manageable because I don't live your life, I don't know what you're responsible for. All I do know is that SZ has gone through worse droughts in the past, and has gone through worse times; trust me I remember. To close it so suddenly just doesn't seem right, with or without version three on the horizon. Everyone is saying that the forum went out with the bang. But it had so much possibility to keep thriving. To me it didn't go out with a whimper or a bang: it's more like it had its throat cut, all its potential killed in one blow.

Maybe now would've been a good time for new management, new help, new something while you were busy with football and life in general, to wait it out, just wait it out, because if you had something here that wasn't worth running, I'd be the first one to say that to you. For most forums if I were suggested to "wait it out" until you and the management had free time, I would tell you to close it. Tell you that it's not worth it, that in the end it won't make a difference. But I can't say that here. Not that I have any evidence mind you, just a gut feeling that it would have a difference. A big one.

I mean, this place was listed on the front page of ProBoards. That has to tell you something.

So even though it may be futile, I strongly ask you to reconsider, for everyone here. Maybe some changes would have to be made, maybe it would take a while, but I think I speak for everyone when I say we would appreciate another good look at the situation.

But yes, even though I never really said it, I did have fun the three years I was here. I may not have put as much work as others, but I did try and in recollection, hope I did a good job. Memories? Yes, but I wouldn't know what to name or where to start now, honestly.

Regrets? A little. I regret not getting other people's MSNs, not being a little more involved in the community, especially if by some magical foresight I had seen this coming.

Overall though, I hope we all keep in touch, through MSN or whatnot. I know I promised to cut myself off from forums, but I guess it's true: you don't know what you've had until it's gone. So I don't know where I'll go from here, and I'll be lying if I don't say I feel a little lost. If anyone wants to keep contact, my MSN is shadowyone@gmail.com.

But thanks for everything nonetheless. This post may have been cheesy but damn it all if I didn't mean it.

It's going out with a bang. No one saw it coming apparently and people are shocked. I classify that as a bang.