User blog:Gastropod/Thanks, Everyone!

Hello, community, I'm Gastropod. If you've been on chat at all, you might know me. I was a chat mod for a while, which I will assure you is kind of a "big deal". However, as some of you may know, due to developments in my real life situation, I have decided to step down from this prestigious and highly respected position.

The bottom line is, I don't feel I will be able to be maintain a level of activity sufficient to meet my responsibilities. I don't really feel comfortable with disclosing the exact circumstances which have led me to make this decision, but suffice to say that it was largely unavoidable.

But anyway, that's not why I'm writing this. What I really want to do is thank all of you, each and every last one of you lovely people, for letting me be a part of this community. Even though most of you were, for the most part, nothing more than a tiny pixellated avatar and a couple lines of text on a screen, I think it is safe to say that you were the absolute best lines of text on a screen that anyone could ever ask for.

We have shared a great deal of memories with each other. The love and the heartbreak, the boops and the huggles, the melons, rotatoes and pickles (?), the donkeys and the dicks (?!!), these are all things I will remember when I think of my time spent with all of you. I do regret that I will not be able to get to know a few of you better, but I hope you have a great time with this community who has treated me so well.

To the users of this Wiki who I don't know quite as well, I'd like to extend my thanks to you too. You are what make this place not just a reliable resource, but a solid and enduring community. To any of you who haven't already, I highly recommend popping into chat once in a while. The conversation can be pretty odd on occasion (why lie, it's really weird most of the time), but it's totally worth sticking around. Who knows, you might come to appreciate our little group as much as I have.

It continues to amaze me how our community can bring people from totally different backgrounds together and form lasting friendships over just one shared interest. I guess this is nothing really remarkable, but to me, it has meant a great deal. I am now running out of vaguely inspirational things to say, so I'll just say it once again. Whoever you are, I'd like to thank you.

It's been a hell of a ride. Goodbye forever*! *