This is going to be a long post so bear with me. Its a timeline thing with a bang at the end. If its boring - well its been my ET life which is winding down so I am leaving it as a imprint of the player who you people know as Akh-Horus.
I'm stepping down effective now as a leader at the OZ clan. Away from leader and moderator, back to the level where I started all those years ago when I first cranked up ET, marvelling at it and how smooth it was on dial up. Guessed the name Wasabi Warrior and proceeded to get owned by all and sundry. Had a prick of a time on GA with all the inbred aggression, and at that point I swore I would always hate etpro.....
Figured out I was and remain a moderate player, no false modesty, Im not bad as such but I sure am not great. The rnade has been my love child as its the great evener upperer - ask the better players, god theres so many over the years, the only chance I had was the rnade and made so many players rage with it.
So - I moved to etpub and havent left, some minor forays in other mods but always back to etpub. And stayed and stayed and I think you get the idea. I found the UO server, loved it, stayed there for ages. Got given a refereee position, this was my first and my dearest, with all the players such as gr88, laterlus, onyx, death itself, solman, valtam, skarob, cougarette and the list goes on. gr88 you're still a great bloke and I love it when you come and play ET under your other name, keep it up. UO moved to ET Quake Wars and I left, couldnt stand that game.....so off I went.
Found servers such as OGN, PTGN, IPGN, Exetel, dBd, H*s and a few others I cant even remember, asked for a position on PTGN through sheepshagger (Hi Kezz) and got that. Servers came and went, OGN - well, the first visit I made I got given a ref level without asking or anything - just got setleveled lol. Name had changed to Akh-Horus, for those who dont know and who actually care, read Wilbur Smith's books, this name is in one of my all time favourite books, I'll let you google it from here. So - left a spot after feeling left out badly, and played on this server OZ, mainly aliasing with names like UnderGrunders, Buttbreath and the like. Got brought into the clan and made a leader where I have stayed for a long time. I've seen people come and people go, on the server and within the clan. Ive lost count of the number of people I have muted, kicked, warned, frozen and banned for various reasons. I dont regret any of it really, if I made a mistake I will acknowledge it publicly and did so on a few occassions, I have no qualms of saying when I am wrong and doing it publicly. So - years rolled by - and other members of the clan have worked so bloody hard. But with me being up at the top - they cant progress and develop as a gaming leader. I've been there and done it - numerous times. I can do it and do it well - but this is being greedy.
So - I am stepping down effective immediately. This is with no bs totally my decision, the leaders at OZ dont want me to leave - but I have to, this is what was in the back of my mind the other time I left. I am being a greedy prick by staying. There will be a decision made by the leaders in naming replacments, I will leave this to them to announce when its the right time. I have LOVED working with the OZ clan and especially a HUGE thanks to i0n who I talk to once in a while. Also the rest of the leaders, we've worked together for a long time and this is the reason OZ is the premier server in the Oceania area. Keep the work going, hell, me leaving will eventuate as a positive, its just the Horrie security blanket wont be there - time for people to develop and this is the only way.
There's also other reasons for me leaving - late last year I injured my right wrist on a punching bag when working out at the gym - I have done an excellent job of this injury and appears I have permanent nerve damage in my right arm, gaming now hurts very badly. I have to think of long term. I'm also looking at the fact Im not getting any younger and gaming affects my sleep which I cant do much of. Example today - finsihed work at 0700 this morning, in bed at 0800, out at 11.24am and thats all the sleep I get on night shift. It hurts, gaming is addictive so I need the rest and I have to do something about it.
I'm going to wind up this drivel. I could type for pages and pages but thats enough. The people who mean something to me know who they are. I have met some of you in real life, Hicksy and AussieG are legends of people in real life as well as gaming. I'll pop back and pop a few more posts in but this is it - Im out of OZ and going to more than likely delete the game.
You people have meant a huge amount to me over the years and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I'm stepping down effective now as a leader at the OZ clan. Away from leader and moderator, back to the level where I started all those years ago when I first cranked up ET, marvelling at it and how smooth it was on dial up. Guessed the name Wasabi Warrior and proceeded to get owned by all and sundry. Had a prick of a time on GA with all the inbred aggression, and at that point I swore I would always hate etpro.....
Figured out I was and remain a moderate player, no false modesty, Im not bad as such but I sure am not great. The rnade has been my love child as its the great evener upperer - ask the better players, god theres so many over the years, the only chance I had was the rnade and made so many players rage with it.
So - I moved to etpub and havent left, some minor forays in other mods but always back to etpub. And stayed and stayed and I think you get the idea. I found the UO server, loved it, stayed there for ages. Got given a refereee position, this was my first and my dearest, with all the players such as gr88, laterlus, onyx, death itself, solman, valtam, skarob, cougarette and the list goes on. gr88 you're still a great bloke and I love it when you come and play ET under your other name, keep it up. UO moved to ET Quake Wars and I left, couldnt stand that game.....so off I went.
Found servers such as OGN, PTGN, IPGN, Exetel, dBd, H*s and a few others I cant even remember, asked for a position on PTGN through sheepshagger (Hi Kezz) and got that. Servers came and went, OGN - well, the first visit I made I got given a ref level without asking or anything - just got setleveled lol. Name had changed to Akh-Horus, for those who dont know and who actually care, read Wilbur Smith's books, this name is in one of my all time favourite books, I'll let you google it from here. So - left a spot after feeling left out badly, and played on this server OZ, mainly aliasing with names like UnderGrunders, Buttbreath and the like. Got brought into the clan and made a leader where I have stayed for a long time. I've seen people come and people go, on the server and within the clan. Ive lost count of the number of people I have muted, kicked, warned, frozen and banned for various reasons. I dont regret any of it really, if I made a mistake I will acknowledge it publicly and did so on a few occassions, I have no qualms of saying when I am wrong and doing it publicly. So - years rolled by - and other members of the clan have worked so bloody hard. But with me being up at the top - they cant progress and develop as a gaming leader. I've been there and done it - numerous times. I can do it and do it well - but this is being greedy.
So - I am stepping down effective immediately. This is with no bs totally my decision, the leaders at OZ dont want me to leave - but I have to, this is what was in the back of my mind the other time I left. I am being a greedy prick by staying. There will be a decision made by the leaders in naming replacments, I will leave this to them to announce when its the right time. I have LOVED working with the OZ clan and especially a HUGE thanks to i0n who I talk to once in a while. Also the rest of the leaders, we've worked together for a long time and this is the reason OZ is the premier server in the Oceania area. Keep the work going, hell, me leaving will eventuate as a positive, its just the Horrie security blanket wont be there - time for people to develop and this is the only way.
There's also other reasons for me leaving - late last year I injured my right wrist on a punching bag when working out at the gym - I have done an excellent job of this injury and appears I have permanent nerve damage in my right arm, gaming now hurts very badly. I have to think of long term. I'm also looking at the fact Im not getting any younger and gaming affects my sleep which I cant do much of. Example today - finsihed work at 0700 this morning, in bed at 0800, out at 11.24am and thats all the sleep I get on night shift. It hurts, gaming is addictive so I need the rest and I have to do something about it.
I'm going to wind up this drivel. I could type for pages and pages but thats enough. The people who mean something to me know who they are. I have met some of you in real life, Hicksy and AussieG are legends of people in real life as well as gaming. I'll pop back and pop a few more posts in but this is it - Im out of OZ and going to more than likely delete the game.
You people have meant a huge amount to me over the years and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I can understand your reasons for departing the game, as we have always told the students in our clan, real life always has to take precedence over a game. With that being said though, should you start to heal a bit more and don't have such crazy hours all the time, we would love to see you back here on the servers! You can also pop in on the forums here and there since typing once or twice can't be too much of a strain 
