Crunchiest Resignation

[Crunchiest_Leaf 1242]

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Hey everyone,

 

I'm stepping down from my role as Senior Technician and from the team as a whole.

 

Let's address the elephant in the room: as some may already know, my appointment to this position was... messy at best. I had serious reservations from the start about whether I should even accept it after eventually being offered the position under less than ideal circumstances. But I felt I owed it to the playerbase to at least give it an honest try instead of immediately bailing. So, thanks to everyone who backed me during that whole situation — your support is a big part of why I didn't walk away on day one.

 

So I gave it a shot. Time, effort, patience — the works.

 

Turns out, my initial gut feeling was right.

 

Over the past several months, it's become painfully obvious that those with the power to actually make meaningful change are perfectly content watching everything stagnate. No clear direction, no ambition to improve, and certainly no interest in addressing problems that have been festering for ages. Trying to push for progress has been like arguing with a brick wall — except the wall is somehow also condescending and has a knack for gaslighting.

 

After properly evaluating the situation, it's clear that pouring in energy under a system held together with tape and bandaids, that actively resists improvement is a waste of everyone's time — mine especially.

 

I won't name names or air dirty laundry publicly. What I will say is this: seeing how decisions are actually made behind the scenes was... illuminating. Draw your own conclusions. Conspiracy Theories in the Comments, keep an eye out for the ones that go missing.

 

To the playerbase: genuine thanks for the support and enthusiasm around the systems I built. Knowing people actually used and enjoyed that work is the only part of this role I'll miss.

Enjoy my plugins, as they are - or how they may evolve in the hands of those who come after me - all of the paintings I've seen since “Crunchiest Canvas” released have made every second worth it looking back.

 

For my own sanity, I'm out on my own terms, quietly without a big crashout. Best of luck to the workers of the team going forward. 

 

Sometimes the only thing left to do is to call time.

 

 - Crunchiest Leaf -
  stinky hairy sewer man

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"LOTC will be dead by 2015" - CptNoobman, Circa. 2017

 

 

 

[lemonke 6014]

:( no... rattu...

[Seva 624]

[Lenny 1615]

o7 thx for autumn island

[ferdaboy 3472]

another dev spit out and used to death by the java team poop cycle

[creamynoteblock 3256]

10 minutes ago, Crunchiest_Leaf said:

it's clear that pouring in energy under a system held together with tape and bandaids, that actively resists improvement is a waste of everyone's time — mine especially.

Truth nuke

[hearth_ 1023]

sure would be nice to hear from our tech admin @Daisyin these trying times

 

edited to say thank you for your contributions to the server while you were on staff. it was nice to see someone doing as much as they could in their position to make a difference.

[Unwillingly 18096]

such a shame that we're losing another ambitious tech member. you introduced some great stuff to the server, so while it's a shame to see you go it's wholly understandable. hopefully you find a better outlet to pour your talent into

[mielofficial 489]

🐀

[FadedMoonlight 450]

Rat Father... no...

 

I hope you feel better, I can't imagine the stress of being a Senior Techie, but from what we've talked about, I know you worked very hard. :)

[Tentoa 3160]

A certain woman named after a flower could consider stepping down and many problems could be solved in record time without the backend being held hostage. 

[PolarLoLs 983]

[Wizry 1218]

"Any organization that designs a system will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure."

- Conway's Law.

[RockyTheWolf 209]

NOOOOOOOOO 

Your pluggins were great.. you shall be missed.

Enjoy your break though, sorry stuff sucked so much. 

[femurlord 3751]

We don't need to stop at Josh