There have been a few things responsible for it and I definitely want to share them with you guys.
1.) Time - Time has become an issue for me lately. Many of you will have noticed my lack of "being there" (there being IRC, AIM, SWG, MBs, etc).
At the moment I should have nearly all the time I want, as I am on my holidays in the US right now, but actually I am on the computer even less and when I am, I usually do something else. Plus, when I will get back to Germany, it's university again for me, where most of my time will be spent only on IRC, with only little time left for actual 'work'.
2.) Star Wars Galaxies - The game has become too much of a nuisance to me. It is a great fun game, especially with the GE people who also play it, but I am one of those people who get horribly annoyed by the developers inability to fix bugs (and instead create new ones) that have been in the game for a year now, add content and completely fuck up the game mechanics. Oh, and mostly care for the Jedi. They should rename the game Jedi Galaxies and be done with it.
In other words, the game that I play for the GE has become an annoyance to me.
3.) The GE - Yes, by far the biggest reason for my resignation, is the fact that there is no will in the GE to change to the better. Well, not true. There is some.
For one thing Pol and the others did a wonderful job of getting all the stuff to run that should have been up and running years ago, while ignoring the shiny things (like admin, nifty but useless in the beginning). To that, I tip my hat.
However, the tough thing is that it would have been useful when it should have been created and the time where we can just go ahead like we did a couple of years ago is over.
At the moment, barely anybody plays online anymore. Oh yeah, everybody has a big mouth when it comes to shouting how much he wants to play and how great the ladders were, but as soon as the ladders are there, how many of you actuall ARE doing something?
Most people I seriously wonder WHY they are actually in the GE. Holding a position seems to mean nothing, because you don't have to do anything. And guess what, most people are very good at that.
Another thing is the obsession people have with ranks and positions and the unwillingnes to give up a rank or a position and be a good example.
If this wouldn't be a resignation letter but a complaint, I would now drop my title and sign up as an ensign, but as I am leaving, I suppose that is no longer needed. You can still make me one, if you want too.
Let's look at the GE. We have:
One Fleet Admiral
One Moff (me)
One Rear Admiral
One Lord
Two Generals
A Major General
Two Brigadiers
Two Line Captains
Three Commanders
All of this, to control roughly 50 officers, of which about half are clones. Am I the only one who sees the error in there?
Why exactly do we automatically HAVE to have a General and a Brigadier as soon as we get the army? HELLO? There are four people in the army and even if there'd be ten or even twenty in there, it would NOT explain the need of having a General and a Brigadier. Why can't we start with a Colonel? Why does the Army automatically need three positions to be filled with high ranking officers? WHY?
I think and I am NOT sorry for stepping on anybodies toes, that people are just not willing to go into a lower rank, because people are obsessed with their ranks. "Hey, I am a <enterhighrankhere> in this division, so now I should automatically become this and that high rank." GAH?
Then there is the "Commander" thing. No Captain in this club ever had so much to do that he needed a Commander to aid him. Sure, he sometimes has no time, but why can't the most experienced LT help?
We have a FAR too big head and people have been talking about that for a long time, yet nobody is willing to change this. This head we are creating is NOT helping. Why can't we finally realize that we have to downsize? One ISD, with a Captain and two or three squadrons that are filled to at least 50%, a Colonel with a few army units, a Colonel with a few legion troops, one academy guy one Fleet Commander and that's it. That way we'd be at a point where we could actually do something, instead having 14 people in useless positions and some squadrons that are barely able to do anything more than complain how there's nobody in them.
But what am I saying? People are either not willing to do this or didn't get it when a few people (including me) said it all the other times.
I was joking when saying "Hey, why don't ya make me a Moff <puppyeyes>" but I was VERY surprised when I actually became one this easy. I am very proud that some officers immedeately said "He should be one, because he did a great job, etc pp." but that doesn't change my surprise at how easy it was to get this title, one of the highest ranks the empire has.
So, I could say more but I think most people get my point and I know there will be more than enough that do not get it, but I am done. I know that there will be the standard "well, you know you're not helping" reply, but to those I say "fsck you". Don't even bother to type it. I tried waking people up far too long and I am finally sick of it. If you wanna drive Titanic II into the iceberg dead ahead, go right ahead, but I am sick of it and will take the captains boat and drive to Hawaii.
I wish you luck in getting it to live again, but with this blindfold of ignorance, you will reall need it.
Stay tuned...
