Marc Signing Out

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Hello, everyone. To some, this may come as a shock and to others, this may have been foreseen. And no, this is not a one-month late April Fool's gag. Today marks my one year anniversary of me being an official Helper in this game. Whilst it is a joy to say I have successfully made it this far, I must also call quits on what has been a great four year journey. Not only am I indefinitely leaving the game, I am stepping down from all ... yes, all of my responsibilities/positions, including Wiki Editor, Newspaper Reporter (including AWC Helper), TTC Official and professional Forum Grammar Nazi. 

 

This game has been an enjoyable experience for me since day one. I'm stoked to have been introduced to this game by a good friend and also overjoyed to have been able to help this community flourish. Unfortunately, I no longer have the passion and motivation that I once did. I no longer play this game, as I simply do not enjoy gameplay anymore, however helping the community has always been a pleasure. It's important to remember that life always comes first; this means putting IRL commitments before online ones. I was able to once juggle three rather demanding positions for quite a while, mainly due to my own personal drive, but now, with a lack of time and me not enjoying this game anymore, I no longer see a point in me staying.

 

I believe that I likely would have stayed for much, much longer had I see the game legitimately improve, but for the last few years, all I've seen is the Forum and Game constantly regress. Many of my friends have already left this game, so the more I actually play this game, the more I despise it. The only thing that has kept me this long is support from the community and a passion for what I did. At the point where I was accepted as a Wiki Candidate, I was ecstatic and it was the only reason that made me stay in this game for an entire year longer. I kickstarted TTC as a means for entertainment for the community and it was great fun, thank you for everyone who participated, but it became quite disappointing to see the participants decrease from 970+ to around 90. Albeit, TTC was an enormous success - the sheer number of participants was overwhelming, and it inspired me to keep going. The Newspaper was a great experience for me, thank you to all my colleagues, it was a treat multing working with you guys. 

 

To the community, it's been great talking and debating with many of you, I've enjoyed most of my time on the Forum. Unfortunately, it is extremely frustrating to see the once glorious Forum plagued with an all-new demographic of Forum spammers, unoriginal content, cringeworthy posts and flaming. I don't tend to outwardly criticise things in this game, but I believe that the community needs to come together, instead of pointlessly arguing, which is another reason I'm choosing to leave.

 

To my colleagues, I've enjoyed my time working and chatting with most of you, thank you for making my time serving the community an enjoyable one. There were many hardships associated with my time as a Helper, but I'm glad to say that most of them helped improve me and were in fact right decisions. To all future and current Helpers, please make sure you apply for a position for the right reasons, those being; a willingness to serve unselfishly, a desire to improve whatever you take part in, and try not to always work for the rewards, consider it merely a motivation to work harder. In my opinion, if you wish to be a Helper, make sure that you're ready for all the responsibilities; your ego may go skyrocketing for the first few days, but remember the power you are being entrusted with also requires a hell of a lot of responsibility and commitment. And finally, don't abuse the power of your position, don't let your position make you a narcissistic, greedy, arrogant person, for I have witnessed people who have become like that, and trust me, no one appreciates it - always be down to earth. 

 

I do not wish to be a part of a team (or teams) where I'm a burden, not doing anything. This is why I believe prolonging my departure would not be the smartest idea, and now is the right time. I wish my teams the best of luck going forward, it's been a pleasure working with most of you guys. 

 

Lastly, I'd like to thank everyone that helped me get this far. Thank you to my Admins; Maf, Flex, Vikrall and especially Shad (even though he left the game), thank you for being great overseers. Thanks for all my close friends who have been nothing but supportive and for all the laughs. I would name all you guys, but I'd more likely than not end up missing and offending someone, but a special thanks goes out to these guys for all the great chats and memories we've had: Daniel (no words even needed xD), Adel (please don't spam me with hearts), Coop (thanks for being a great adviser), Hate (thanks for the help whenever I asked for it), DJax (sucks you had to leave so early, we had some of my best Tanki moments together), Jason (thanks for being someone I could trust when talking to), Luke (thanks for all the help and laughs), Momma (thanks for being a great person I could always rely on), Ninja (thanks for all the assistance you provided me with when I asked for it), Sergei (thanks for supporting me so much with all my projects, the laughs and for pushing me when I needed it) and TTW/Barry (you probably won't see this, but we had some amazing chats and thanks for being such a great person). Yeah, I know, short list, sorry if you didn't make it, just kept some of the genuinely nice people I met during my time here and the ones I could always trust. 

 

Yeah, so that's the conclusion of my extremely long resignation, congratulations if you made it this far! Thanks for everything, I'll still probably visit the Forum quite frequently and will still use Skype, so you can contact me via either of them if you need. I'll acknowledge most of the posts here, so yeah.  :D

 

 

This is Marc signing out ... goodbye everyone!

[Cyborg 3,189]

Adios

[thunderousrailgunner 1,934]

Miss the times we used to discuss about World cups :( 
Sad to see you bro !
Anyways, Good luck in your real life and have fun ! 

[Aslan 671]

Goodbye buddy 

[Ninja 10,468]

Its been great working with you, sorry to see you go but I will catch up with you occasionally on Skype. Best wishes for your endeavours and have fun in Fortnite :p

[r_Kirby4 358]

Community is falling down.

[Magenta 5,165]

A Grammar Nazi nearby was always handy, but I guess all things come to an end. I hope we'll see the forum again one day, with a thick fat bottom, with a 4-lettered white thingy on it, waiting to pounce on a lad who had the misfortune to confuse between you're and your. Who knows, that lad might even be you'res truly.

[Mr.General.Ghost 647]

Community is falling down.

Already started 

 

 

 

Well, i don't know you roperly but Good luck in your life!!

Edited May 1, 2018 by Mr.General.Ghost

[Winner_Of_Turkey 2,647]

I have never seen someone as hardworking as you, did a great job. Sad to see you go. I wish you all the best in the future. Farewell!

[u812ic 1,629]

So long, Marc, sorry to see you go, but all good things must come to an end. I hope the experiences you've picked up from here can be used IRL. 

 

Your resignation was very well written, one of the best I've read. 

 

Good luck in all your real life endeavors. Keep up the good work. 

[Viking4s 10,791]

Thanks for your great contribution to the community. You will be missed.

I was expecting more articles from you...

good luck and goodbye 

[Hex 11,520]

It was an great experience working with you Marc, best of luck for the future!

[Musa 5,352]

Thanks for making all TTC issues, it was really enjoyable. 

 

Good luck in your real life.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Musa

[splitterpoint 10,986]

It is indeed sad to see an increasing number of members who just try to hard to be funny and can't put up or take a genuine discussion.

 

The turrets and Hulls section along with the game balance discussion still has great activity. Most of it are posts that are about the actual game instead of the off-topic stuff; it should be core section to check out for someone to use the Tanki Online forum. I highly recommend it. 

 

 

 

It was nice having you as Staff member. Good to hear you'll stick around!

[Nine 693]

Good bye, I have always admired you, do you have to go? :(

[kaisdf 3,320]

Bai bai marc, enjoy life and the Weeknd (because who likes weekdays :P).

 

Thanks for everything, TTC, AWC, and all, and good luck elsewhere!

Edited May 1, 2018 by kaisdf

[lordmostafa 3,821]

Sad to see ya leave, Marc. Wishing you the best in life!

[rishabhhaunt 1,629]

Goodbye ! Good luck in future!

[Jaaames 1,622]

Cya mate, all the best for the future, the community really was a better place with your presence :)

[Cpt.JackHammer 1,473]

Farewell mate.

[Bamba 188]

Wow...what a lose to tanki commuinity :/

good luck bro! bai :)

Edited May 1, 2018 by tanshin

[LOLKILLERTOTHEDEATH 1,921]

It's a pity to see you go Marc. I hope you're not mad about my comment on your Isida suggestion. Good luck!

[Mustard 531]

I wish I had the chance to interact with you more. Now I feel like I'm saying goodbye to a stranger, but you have really helped out alot in the EN Forums, I thank you for that and for the TTC. Goodbye friend.

[GrandExecutioner 1,403]

Wow sad to see you go. You were a pillar in the community.

 

Good luck in real life!

[Zak 2,532]

Good bye mate :c