Some of you might remember me as the (now-former) mentor. Some of you might remember me as a notorious shitposter. Some of you might remember me as a shit-tier marine. A lot of you probably don’t even know who I am or really care. I’m not terribly active on the forums, and spend (or rather, spent) my time almost exclusively in observer mode answering mentorhelps.
I’ve decided to step back from the community. It’s been abundantly clear to me that I just don’t enjoy the game anymore. The community itself - the rank-and-file players, that is - is phenomenal. Most of you all are great. Most. I ain’t naming names. Nah, I’m kidding, I don’t have beef with any of the players, really.
But I’ve gone off on a tangent. I really, simply, do not enjoy the game anymore. I don’t enjoy what CM has become. I don’t enjoy the changes, the broken things. I’ve played CM since… fuck, I don’t know what year it was, but it was back in the alpha when it was box station with a shitty ship glued on the side of it for the marines. To say the game has changed several times is an understatement. Usually for the better, sometimes for the worse. One thing I’ve learned in my time is that developers are a protected class, and speaking ill of 'em or any changes they implement will get you in hot water. That’s the way it goes, though.
And now I realize, I’ve segued again. Ha!
The game’s been fun. The community’s been great. But I’ve just reached a point of… being tired. Tired of what? I don’t know. It’s that je ne sais quoi of bitterness and disinterest combined to the point of not enjoying the game, and the only thing that kept me going was teaching new players, answering questions for new peeps and veterans, and generally being that ‘unhinged mentor that shitposts’.
I’m not good at goodbyes, and maybe I’ll hop in every now and then to whip out the royal facehugger and generate some salt. While I could go on and list some of the real ones in a shoutout, I ain’t gonna drag this on longer than I already have. Take care, y’all.
You were a great mentor to several generations of marines over the years, it sucks to see you go but you were a good addition to the community and a genuine joy to play with.
Damn, man this sucks to hear. No more making you clean the ship? No more you faking you are “sick” to get out of doing your job?
For real man take care and just have fun with what you do and any hobby/game you play.
Gonna miss playing this game with man, had a blast. Great mentor who helped a good number of people.
you made such an impact on me and got me interested in trying engineering. stand-out mentor, thank you for all the times you answered my questions and made this game more approachable.
Good luck, you been an awesome mentor and great inspiration to me and others that came behind and the community in all this years. And i bet ya got me good in some rounds gulps Royal facehugger
Farewell Portnova thy rage shall glisten before the temples of Dchat. I can’t really say much else but least having you on the off chance in command or a funny MT or MST was nice while it lasted. Especially discussing some dumb things in Discord.
multi-z is based though, yet another reason to just vibecode the CM into a proper 3d first person video game I’ve been yearning for CM to become for years now
It’s been so long since i have seen you in game that i actually can’t remember when we have interacted but I am pretty sure it was on the xeno side - cool runner that was actually funny and could hold a conversation while having enough skill to be useful.
