Waking Up
I know, I know. It's heartbreaking.
Believe me when I say that no one wants this dream to come about more than I do. It's my dream, after all; as much as it might be 'picking up' or revamping the old Videoland, it's still *my* dream, my silicon towers and electric pathways, my city in the middle of it all, my sprawling deserts, my roaring oceans...it's mine, and no one can take that away from me.
But real life is a dream-killer. Over the months of this project, I've slowly been coming to realize a lot about myself and my own life, and how much I have to marry to this project to get it to completion. I delayed, I shuffled, I scuffled, and ultimately, as much as I want the dream to burn bright among the other stars of MUSHing and cast its light on the populace...I want a real life, too. I'm starting down the path to a doctorate (small steps), I'm focusing on my grades, I'm realizing what I want in life, and while I love this hobby more than I can really express in words and what it's done for me, I don't want to be directing a MUSH ten years down the road and having to prioritize it over everything else in my real life.
So I'm pulling the plug on Videoland: Reloaded. As much as it breaks my heart to do so - and I promise you, every one of you who's disappointed in this announcement, that it does - it's also something necessary.
I love this dream. I love Videoland: Reloaded, even though some of you will cry that I don't, some of you will cry that I don't know anything about Videoland, or what have you. I love this dream of 1-Ups and railguns and swordsmen in red clashing across the landscape, I love this dream of 1s and 0s, because it's my dream.
But now I need to wake up.
Roll credits sequence.
Believe me when I say that no one wants this dream to come about more than I do. It's my dream, after all; as much as it might be 'picking up' or revamping the old Videoland, it's still *my* dream, my silicon towers and electric pathways, my city in the middle of it all, my sprawling deserts, my roaring oceans...it's mine, and no one can take that away from me.
But real life is a dream-killer. Over the months of this project, I've slowly been coming to realize a lot about myself and my own life, and how much I have to marry to this project to get it to completion. I delayed, I shuffled, I scuffled, and ultimately, as much as I want the dream to burn bright among the other stars of MUSHing and cast its light on the populace...I want a real life, too. I'm starting down the path to a doctorate (small steps), I'm focusing on my grades, I'm realizing what I want in life, and while I love this hobby more than I can really express in words and what it's done for me, I don't want to be directing a MUSH ten years down the road and having to prioritize it over everything else in my real life.
So I'm pulling the plug on Videoland: Reloaded. As much as it breaks my heart to do so - and I promise you, every one of you who's disappointed in this announcement, that it does - it's also something necessary.
I love this dream. I love Videoland: Reloaded, even though some of you will cry that I don't, some of you will cry that I don't know anything about Videoland, or what have you. I love this dream of 1-Ups and railguns and swordsmen in red clashing across the landscape, I love this dream of 1s and 0s, because it's my dream.
But now I need to wake up.
Roll credits sequence.