I guess I should clear up some stuff first before leaving, ah darnit, I'm a bonehead again ain't I?

...As you might not have guessed by the title, I'm outta BotB, mostly permanently. By that I mean I might still be around once in a blue moon and submit something to a compo, but other than that... yeah.

So, why am I leaving? Is it because I hate the community all of a sudden?

Absolutely not. This is one of the most enchanted communities I've had the pleasure to interact with. I've first joined on January of 2014 I think, via kfaraday's post on the old FT forums, which was advertising Winter Chip 9. I saw this as an opportunity to get to know people with the same interests as me.

And oh boy, did I have fun. I've learnt a LOT of things in just a year. People were very nice, it really felt like a family more than a community; We pulled through the worst and celebrated through the best, it was truly a great time.

I was constantly amazed by what Strobe could pull off from several systems I thought were super weak, even if nowadays I don't really like his style. It really opened my eyes to what was possible. I started playing around with almost every system possible, and I tried to make it my goal to enter EVERY format in WC10. I failed, but I had fun at the very least.

And that's why I'm leaving. I'm not having fun anymore on BotB. I'm blaming it on experience alone, considering how much I've built up.
Back then I've had lots of fun because I didn't know what all those formats were and how they worked, but nowadays I've got too much experience it's not fun anymore.

Think of it like Minecraft. You're having fun the first time around because you're still figuring out everything, but once you've got that sorted out, it's not a fun game anymore. If you want to have fun again, then the best option is to move on to another game.

So that's what I'm doing. I'm moving on with my life. I want to pursue a career as a musician, or less likely as a programmer, so I'm doing just that, and... I honestly can't thank you guys enough for changing and redirecting my life by a tenfold. If it weren't for you I'd probably quit music altogether...

MKSTAR26, Kfaraday, Puke7, Strobe, MovieMovies1, TH3 D34D, Midori, Zlew, Sinc-x, ViLX, Quirby64, gtap, DeltaRazero, Brightentayle, dpc, DimWiddy, Beard, Golgi, JINTAKE, aji, Cessor, amphobius, DBOYD, Apsarah, Ktcmoop, SAVESTATE, pedipanol, MistSomething, adggfjggfafafafa and tons of other botbrs I honestly forgot to include, thanks, from the bottom of my heart.

(This feels like a demoscene's greetz section the more I think about it)

...Enough with the soap opera! This isn't a permanent goodbye of sorts, because if I feel like it I'll enter a compo once in a while! I don't know how long that 'while' would be, but it'd be pretty long. If that while ends up to be forever, then I wish you people the best :)

(and thanks once again to Midori for donating some boons for me to make this thread, I donated all my boons to BotB before logging off).

but 3xvrc7 when

;_;

SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY ...

Thanks for the delightful entries (and those to still eventually come) !
:DDD

thanks for all the fish

thanks for being awesome. :>

You'd think I'd have MIDI 'figured out' by now after working with it for nearly 10 years but I'm still finding new stuff to do with it.
I'm sad that you don't seem to be having fun though m9m! Do you feel like you've run out of music to make, or that it's getting repetitive for you? Maybe you should come back as an alt and reinvent yourself in a completely different style just for fun :)

It lasted while it was fun, and it was fun while it lasted.

I had mad respect for how much your work here matured over the years, but totally understood if that's the way you feel about BotB. Good luck with your music career, man :)

real life musician collaboration now? :0)
Anyway, asta la pasta bud

Why do all of the good musicians end up leaving Botb ;_;

Oh well, I can definitely understand why you're leaving. Lately, I've been feeling the same way about compos myself (and music in general I guess).

Good luck with your endeavors!

I love how you put Minecraft as an example.

Totally feel the same way about Minecraft. Not at BotB though.

See ya o7

Good luck and have a nice journey!

C-ya

Bye, and good luck with anything you're going to pursue from now on!

this may or not be the first parting where it is not ragequit

good luck m8, come back to see the family often! :D it is fun to hang out with you! x3

Hey it's all your choice at the end of the day. And good luck with your future endeavors.

I've been on teh internets far too long to believe people posting announcements saying, "I'm quitting this site!" lol. Also, you can't delete your profile ;P Haha, but in all seriousness, I understand where you are at and am really happy to hear that you are going to be branching out into other awesome aspects of music and life. You don't actually need the luck everyone is wishing you, because you are a super talented dude.

But uh, you aren't abandoning your discord handle and all that, are you? *Because it would be good to still chat and trade WIPs. Hey maybe you will come back in small doses, via collabs ;)

I myself will note that I also lost interest over time. However... I am tempted to come back.

I will also note that the HES may have gotten my interest... although I'm probably not going to touch that for a while. I know it uses a 6502 variant for ASM.

@Th4 D34D, I doubt abandoning the current Discord/BotB handle would be a good idea at all in the first place, since at this point it's kinda his established "trademark", making him and his music recognizable far beyond cozy confines of BotB

Well i wish you the best of luck, people will come and go in all communities, even i have left and come back, not just BotB, but
others as well. for me this is a natural process, you try new things,
and see what happens.

And yes i have a specific strobe-style. but that is rather deliberate, some people hate it, some like it, most of what i care about when making music is..... having a fun time ;)

Come back and play anytime!

Aw, well I understand how you feel about needing a break. It's nice to know you might come back every once in a while. Once you've got a new sound going maybe let us know where it is or what name it'll be under so we can check it out yeah? Best wishes on your future endeavors dude, should you ever return you'll always be welcomed here :).

Glad to hear you're still going to make tracks for botb sometimes. I've always loved your NES tracks! Strobe please don't develope a new sound.

Hey, thank you for taking the time to type all this out (oh no I'm late). Glad to know you had fun and I hope you find that fun new experience you're looking for!

'Til we meet again

sayonara for now m8 come back anytime

(digging rocks for 3 hours while roasting RAM by fucktollion of mods) oh yah that fun i like minecraft shitfucfdamshit

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Bye m8. I hardly knew you though.

take it easy man! I hope you find happiness.