And another one bites the dust...

[Nai_Calus]

I never did improve my HUcaseal's abysmal c1 time.
I never found that damned MKB.
Never got Zero to L150.
Never got L30 S/D.
Never got more than one Ep1 S-rank.
Never even cleared Ep2c2.

But the final straw has come.

The people I used to enjoy playing with have either quit, or no longer play at times I can get on.
I can't ever find anyone to do C-mode with. If I do, they're as likely as not to be even more incompetent than I am.
They no longer do meaningful updates - The last six months have been Ep2 C-mode, one stage at a time, and then Battle 7&8. I am not enthralled.
I went on tonight for the first time in two or three weeks. I completely failed to enjoy it. As usual, one or two people were on, whom I barely know and seldom play with. Did a meh run through Seaside and Gryphon, got nasty lag, got yelled at because I rotely J/Zed Gryphon(Last time I fought him was offline with a teching FO, and the time before that it was a HUmar, and that's about it. XP Sorry I'm not perfect?), did the second worst run of East Tower I've ever done(Had a HUnewearl not using a Holy Ray and a HUcaseal). Then we did Battle mode 7 because they wanted to do the glitch. So I of course lag out with about ten seconds to spare, and get my RAmarl branded with a DC. Not that it matters, BA is meaningless and crap, but it still pisses me off.

It ain't fun anymore. I'm sick of long-ass loading times, lagging out all the time on a stable broadband connection, worrying every time I join a game, leave the bank, leave the shops... Sick of looking at twelve pages of guild cards, 90% of which will never again bring up a result. Sick of remembering the good times as opposed to the current blah times. When I'd play with my friends on Altair 9, when Altair 4 wasn't a ghost ship and lobby 11 would be crawling with people, when it was even possible to go find a decent game on Antares 8...

Tonight, I cancelled my HL. It apparently should still run until it expires June 19th. But I probably won't even get on before then. Beg me, and I might come play with you one last time, but for all intents and purposes, I'm gone from GC.

I may stick around on BB, but GC? They'd better pull some REALLY spectacular update to get me back. Probably won't even bother playing offline... Haven't for about five months. XP

So... Time for my characters to lay their weapons down and fade into obscurity:

Zero, REDRIA FOmar, L142 Ra-ZAN
Ian-Kun X, ORAN HUmar, L130 Gi-GOU
ERI, PURPLENUM RAmarl, L117
Alisdair, WHITILL RAcast, L4

Ian-Kun X, ORAN FOmar, CL11 MASTER

Fluffy , YELLOWBOZE HUmar, L27
*junk slot*
Helios, SKYLY FOmar, L81
AMATERIA, VIRIDIA HUnewearl, L14

EOS, GREENNILL HUcaseal, L23 Bu-EI(5'13"30)
CALLIOPEIA, BLUEFULL FOmarl, L17
Kal'Roth-ylt, SKYLY RAcast, L16
Eolwyn, YELLOWBOZE FOnewm, L18

And the ones that have already passed on...

Persephone, WHITILL FOnewearl, L61
Ian-chan X, PINKAL FOnewm, L62
Iankun X, PURPLENUM RAmar, L48
~Amateria-, WHITILL HUcaseal, L16
Shawna-Chan X, BLUEFULL RAmarl, L26

See you around, you guys. It's been fun. *safely tucks memcards away*

As for you real people, see you around too. I'll still be here on PSOW, of course, but... Yeah.

[Eihwaz]

Well, Ian, it's a damn shame we never got to kick any digital ass together online...

But there's always PSO Blue Burst, I suppose. As soon as I get my computer upgraded a bit more, I'd love to play with you on that.

[Blobglobual]

dude ... thats sad... i wish you didnt have to leave... even though i didnt know you... well good luck in life... later

[Para]

play offline multiplayer

[Nai_Calus]

On 2004-05-29 00:02, Nites wrote:
play offline multiplayer

With myself?

[AquaFlare7]

well Ian, I know the feeling. I will definately see you on Blue burst however. I actually find myself enjoying blue burst rather than concidering my efforts a thankless chore like I do in gamecube.

[Para]

On 2004-05-29 00:17, Ian-KunX wrote:

On 2004-05-29 00:02, Nites wrote:
play offline multiplayer

With myself?

Don't you have friends to play console games with? o_O

[Nai_Calus]

On 2004-05-29 01:02, Nites wrote:

On 2004-05-29 00:17, Ian-KunX wrote:

On 2004-05-29 00:02, Nites wrote:
play offline multiplayer

With myself?

Don't you have friends to play console games with? o_O

Considering that I am incapable of being social in real life, live in the middle of nowhere, and refuse to associate with redneck hicks... No. XP

[DOG21313]

Heh. I suspected it was this when i started reading the list at the top, and I knew i was right when you said "But the final straw has come." Heh... I'm typing this at 3:27 AM, so dont blame me if i mess up. =/ I've been staying up late every night since school was out, but i still have not managed to see you. Sorry...

I really wish I could have played with you more. You were an awesome support force, and great company. Guess the great support FO numbers are still thinning... I will be on late every night this summer, so if you decide to come on before your HL officially expires, then you might run into me. =) I usually stay up until all of my friends have gone to sleep, which is around 3 my time, 4 yours.

Im sorry i couldnt help with the Mkb problem. I wish i could have helped you level Zero to 150. I never got to play C-mode with you, although i really am not confident with my skill in it. I am also incredibly ****ed at the fact that we get no new quests on GC anymore. Sonic team needs to get their heads out of their butts and realize that there are still people that play episode 1&2.

Maybe when/if PSU gets online, I will meet you again. Sorry GC PSO was such a dissappointment to you... I hope your life takes a turn for the better. Good luck, and dont give up. Heh.

[RFB]

For one part, Im not that sad that you leave, but this part is really selffish, because it wants you to join PSOBB...

But for the other part, this is sad news, not because you leave PSOGC, but because you leave all your work done on PSOGC, all the few friends you have left, and because your leave will be a great miss for PSOGC.

However, if thats what your heart is telling you to do, go on. I hope you have a great time on PSOBB or on another online game. I haveve never played with you, but in the forums you always seemed a great and fun person to me, so I wish the best of fates for you.