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- Shaun
Hello everyone,
With the staff having been informed of this and my personally chosen date closing in, it's time that I make this official and in the public space.
As some of you know, and for those that don't, I have been with HelloClan for just over 8+ years now. Granted, one year was away but I was still overwatch (RusWarrior Era). With all these hours under my belt, all the experiences (the good & the bad), having resulted in the HelloClan that everyone knows today.
Regretfully, it took the last three years for me to fully grow the community and realize it's fuller potential if I'm honest.
Throughout my entire tenure here, prior to my fellow leaders being brought on, the weight I carried in the form of responsibility for the community was daunting at times. It genuinely was heavy. I did struggle a lot at times, especially as I didn't have anyone in the same capacity to talk to about certain situations. I really was also burning myself out (hence also why I never played so much).
Bluntly put, I became tired of the responsibility I shouldered and it does tend to turn one sour...especially fighting with people. For what? Is the question I'd ask a lot of the times...
With the onboarding of leaders Heilig & Bang (true leaders), a fair amount of weight was lifted and I started to breathe again. However, in truth I knew there would come a time I'd do this but only once I was certain of where the community stood and that it's foundations were rock solid.
With that said...
We have all accomplished such great things in these last three years and it has shown no sign of stopping. We've seen BFV fill up (and then nearly 3 times more), we've seen more support for the game! We've seen such awesome numbers on our 1942 DC server, including regular daily numbers. We've brought on a Galactic Conquest / Interstate 82 server along with a Forgotten Hope server in 1942 too - all in favor of tapping into the player bases of 1942 that would also benefit BFV.
We've seen positivity nearly everywhere and that is a huge driving force behind everything being done here and everything I've seen over the last few months alone has left me with a sense of fulfillment, appreciation of what has been accomplished and...peace.
I am at the point, where I'm confident in the direction that HelloClan is going, along with the staff & Leadership that is in place. With @LTShaun being brought on board recently, @HeiligWahrheit & @BangBangOw will all take HelloClan into the future, with not only my appreciation and applause, but also the blessing of HelloClan's owner - Theodore Forselius.
This place, this community will always be my first gaming community that I became a part of and as such holds a special place in my heart. I guess that is why I never truly left when Rus was in charge and why I came back. Though, now I can rest knowing it is going to be okay - more than okay.
I ask that everyone continue what we are doing here, being a community in support of the games that HelloClan endorses. HelloClan has never been in better hands and I know it will continue going from strength to strength. We've all seen how much we can endure, how resilient we can be and it stands a testament to what we are capable of!
This will officially be my last post as a HelloClan Leader, thus I'd like to ask if there are any issues, please do not DM me.
I will be retired! Obviously, I'm not deleting my account, but I will be turning off notifications - I'm sure everyone understands why. 
I'll see you all somewhere, somehow sometime! I'm signing off with a somber song to make up for...a possible lack of emotion in my above message:
View: https://youtu.be/S6Y1gohk5-A
Regards,
IceSkater / Shaun
With the staff having been informed of this and my personally chosen date closing in, it's time that I make this official and in the public space.
As some of you know, and for those that don't, I have been with HelloClan for just over 8+ years now. Granted, one year was away but I was still overwatch (RusWarrior Era). With all these hours under my belt, all the experiences (the good & the bad), having resulted in the HelloClan that everyone knows today.
Regretfully, it took the last three years for me to fully grow the community and realize it's fuller potential if I'm honest.
Throughout my entire tenure here, prior to my fellow leaders being brought on, the weight I carried in the form of responsibility for the community was daunting at times. It genuinely was heavy. I did struggle a lot at times, especially as I didn't have anyone in the same capacity to talk to about certain situations. I really was also burning myself out (hence also why I never played so much).
Bluntly put, I became tired of the responsibility I shouldered and it does tend to turn one sour...especially fighting with people. For what? Is the question I'd ask a lot of the times...
With the onboarding of leaders Heilig & Bang (true leaders), a fair amount of weight was lifted and I started to breathe again. However, in truth I knew there would come a time I'd do this but only once I was certain of where the community stood and that it's foundations were rock solid.
With that said...
We have all accomplished such great things in these last three years and it has shown no sign of stopping. We've seen BFV fill up (and then nearly 3 times more), we've seen more support for the game! We've seen such awesome numbers on our 1942 DC server, including regular daily numbers. We've brought on a Galactic Conquest / Interstate 82 server along with a Forgotten Hope server in 1942 too - all in favor of tapping into the player bases of 1942 that would also benefit BFV.
We've seen positivity nearly everywhere and that is a huge driving force behind everything being done here and everything I've seen over the last few months alone has left me with a sense of fulfillment, appreciation of what has been accomplished and...peace.
I am at the point, where I'm confident in the direction that HelloClan is going, along with the staff & Leadership that is in place. With @LTShaun being brought on board recently, @HeiligWahrheit & @BangBangOw will all take HelloClan into the future, with not only my appreciation and applause, but also the blessing of HelloClan's owner - Theodore Forselius.
Thus, as of the end of February 2024, I will be retiring from HelloClan and relinquishing all my permissions & roles with the title of a HelloClan Leader.
This place, this community will always be my first gaming community that I became a part of and as such holds a special place in my heart. I guess that is why I never truly left when Rus was in charge and why I came back. Though, now I can rest knowing it is going to be okay - more than okay.
I ask that everyone continue what we are doing here, being a community in support of the games that HelloClan endorses. HelloClan has never been in better hands and I know it will continue going from strength to strength. We've all seen how much we can endure, how resilient we can be and it stands a testament to what we are capable of!
This will officially be my last post as a HelloClan Leader, thus I'd like to ask if there are any issues, please do not DM me.
I will be retired! Obviously, I'm not deleting my account, but I will be turning off notifications - I'm sure everyone understands why. I'll see you all somewhere, somehow sometime! I'm signing off with a somber song to make up for...a possible lack of emotion in my above message:
View: https://youtu.be/S6Y1gohk5-A
Regards,
IceSkater / Shaun
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