Ok, so this thread is one of the strangest things I've read for a long while.
I can honestly say that the whole Tetris shebang doesn't bother me in the slightest. For me, the guy was just another "character" in this rather unusual part of my life... I could count on one hand the number of members of this community that I feel any human connection to (no offense guys, I just wasn't here to network). And I don't begrudge anyone the pain of
Dave's revelation. You guys knock yourselves out.
There is something deeply unsettling, though, from a personal perspective... the realization that I am neither here nor there. I am not a cornerstone of the community, I am not a memorable character, I will not go down in
Metalore. Because I stood for everything this community was destined not to become. I arrived with a shedload of ideas on how to make this community great. Not because I loved the community. But because I loved the project of the community. I came, I innovated, got a load of attention for what I did, I left.
What remains of my ideas? Not much, to be honest. All I see is an empty shell. I find it really freaking weird to hear that Mare & Raigan do not want to take on this community, and I'm surprised to hear that there was ever friction between them and the staff at all. I find it utterly bizarre that, while I was a member of staff, it was common knowledge (amongst those at the top) that future Metanet Software products were not forthcoming (I certainly had no idea).
I was given keys to the castle, but no-one told me about the secret basement. I'm not bitter, or anything. It makes perfect sense - I was never part of the
in crowd, and I didn't belong in the
out crowd either. I was destined to be on the brink, because I was here for entirely different reasons to anyone else.
For what's it worth, you guys wasted thousands of hours of my life.
It was fun though, wasn't it?
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