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Hello eGO family!
I wanted to start this post off with a joke, but the only ones I could think of were inappropriate for human and canine viewers. Cats on the other hand will get this: meow meow, meow meow. Ha! Ok, I guess it?s time to break the news.
DirtyDeets and I have been apart of eGO for over 2 years. What a wild ride it has been. From my first day as an =(e)= , convincing my husband to join, to DoD houses, having a baby accepted into eGO in utero, to watching this community expand from just one game to eight divisions (yes, I?m including WoW and EVE) ? it has been an amazing two and a half years. We?ve made great friends here and consider this to be our second (saner) family. But, with all great things, there comes a time when the show must go on with out us.
Many of our Vent friends know that Deets is back in school working towards his degree in Game Software and Development. We also run our own business from home (how else could we pull off such wacky hours?) ? which takes a lot of our time. We moved down here to Virginia to take care of my in-laws. My father in law passed away in November, leaving just Hedd?s mother to worry about. Now that Deets?s brother moved down here, there?s no real need to stay. She?ll be looked after by family, still. We found a ton of houses for sale in my mother?s area that are so ridiculously low priced it would be crazy to pass up the opportunity. And so here we are ? doubling up on classes and work to be able to move the family back north in 3-4 months. But it comes at a sacrifice. We need to step down from Leadership so that we have the time to dedicate to our personal lives.
DirtyDeets and I respect and value eGO too much to hold on to leadership positions that we can?t dedicate the time to utilizing. Two spots can be the difference between having an available person handle a problem, or waiting days for a reply to a private message. It would be unfair to eGO, and to you, for us to selfishly hold on to responsibilities we cannot commit to for months on end. Ideally, leadership slots are filled by those who have the time and the dedication to make them meaningful. Sadly, our time must be dedicated elsewhere. I spoke with Artimus about this ? and while I appreciate the hell out him for trying to change our minds ? we decided that giving you all a ?head?s up? would be the best way to break the news. This also helps answer a lot of questions that are flying around on Vent.
We will be ?officially? stepping down in a couple of weeks. There are still T-shirt polls to conclude, and new Divisional T-shirts to make available in eGO?s Caf?Press store. DirtyDeets will be handing the reigns to Caf?Press over once the shirts are done and available. We are finalizing the new additions to DoD?s leadership, so that our transition can go as smoothly as possible. No, we?re not going to disappear off the face of the earth. We are merely stepping back down to eGO status, and stepping back to focus on real life.
I cannot impress on each and every one of you how much this community has meant to us over the last two and a half years. We are not leaving you. We are not ?bailing?. We are not making this decision because of any one other than ourselves. You?ll still see us in Vent, on the forums, the servers, flying our eGO colors and cracking up with our fellow community members. We just won?t have the responsibilities that we have now, and that's why we made this choice. We'll see you in game.
~ Cat and Heddric
I wanted to start this post off with a joke, but the only ones I could think of were inappropriate for human and canine viewers. Cats on the other hand will get this: meow meow, meow meow. Ha! Ok, I guess it?s time to break the news.
DirtyDeets and I have been apart of eGO for over 2 years. What a wild ride it has been. From my first day as an =(e)= , convincing my husband to join, to DoD houses, having a baby accepted into eGO in utero, to watching this community expand from just one game to eight divisions (yes, I?m including WoW and EVE) ? it has been an amazing two and a half years. We?ve made great friends here and consider this to be our second (saner) family. But, with all great things, there comes a time when the show must go on with out us.
Many of our Vent friends know that Deets is back in school working towards his degree in Game Software and Development. We also run our own business from home (how else could we pull off such wacky hours?) ? which takes a lot of our time. We moved down here to Virginia to take care of my in-laws. My father in law passed away in November, leaving just Hedd?s mother to worry about. Now that Deets?s brother moved down here, there?s no real need to stay. She?ll be looked after by family, still. We found a ton of houses for sale in my mother?s area that are so ridiculously low priced it would be crazy to pass up the opportunity. And so here we are ? doubling up on classes and work to be able to move the family back north in 3-4 months. But it comes at a sacrifice. We need to step down from Leadership so that we have the time to dedicate to our personal lives.
DirtyDeets and I respect and value eGO too much to hold on to leadership positions that we can?t dedicate the time to utilizing. Two spots can be the difference between having an available person handle a problem, or waiting days for a reply to a private message. It would be unfair to eGO, and to you, for us to selfishly hold on to responsibilities we cannot commit to for months on end. Ideally, leadership slots are filled by those who have the time and the dedication to make them meaningful. Sadly, our time must be dedicated elsewhere. I spoke with Artimus about this ? and while I appreciate the hell out him for trying to change our minds ? we decided that giving you all a ?head?s up? would be the best way to break the news. This also helps answer a lot of questions that are flying around on Vent.
We will be ?officially? stepping down in a couple of weeks. There are still T-shirt polls to conclude, and new Divisional T-shirts to make available in eGO?s Caf?Press store. DirtyDeets will be handing the reigns to Caf?Press over once the shirts are done and available. We are finalizing the new additions to DoD?s leadership, so that our transition can go as smoothly as possible. No, we?re not going to disappear off the face of the earth. We are merely stepping back down to eGO status, and stepping back to focus on real life.
I cannot impress on each and every one of you how much this community has meant to us over the last two and a half years. We are not leaving you. We are not ?bailing?. We are not making this decision because of any one other than ourselves. You?ll still see us in Vent, on the forums, the servers, flying our eGO colors and cracking up with our fellow community members. We just won?t have the responsibilities that we have now, and that's why we made this choice. We'll see you in game.
~ Cat and Heddric
. Take care and again, all the best and thank you for everything you both have done for eGO. 
