Avatar: FOUR Elements Roleplay Guild
Everyone deserves an explanation for what has happened.
Firstly, I'd like to say that I am sorry for leaving like that. I am so very, very sorry for what has happened. I left you guys without any reasons and without any leadership to continue this guild. I dropped something that I swore that I would continue through with no matter what. As you can see I failed in that promise and I failed you guys.
There was an emergency that I had to deal with in real life. That emergency pushed me to quit 'internet life' altogether. It was with regards to my siblings and my entire family. To say it succinctly--it was very important and drew nearly all my attention. This event shattered my world.
I simply had to go and do what I had to do.
It hurts me to realize that I sabotaged, through my own inaction, this guild. This guild has always been a little bit more than a place where I could rest, where I catch my breath. It has been a test in a single thesis ('question'): "What would happen if I made a guild that didn't rely on stats, figures, or roleplaying ability? Rather, it would rely on the willingness of people to engage their characters and what drove those characters?"
Since I was stopped from continuing this 'experiment' the thesis will never be tested. It pains me to see that my rose on Gaia withered and died before it could've been seen by all of Gaia.
It was also a place where I wanted to 'bring up' a set of roleplayers into Gaia in an environment very unlike the one I came into when I first started. When I started roleplaying I was constantly nagged about how badly I wrote, how stupid it was that I used asterisks and symbols, and the numerous grammatical errors that every eight year-old has. I wanted an environment in which roleplayers could create a character then employ that character in a 'battle royal' of personalities, talking, and development--completely void of the hate and belittlement I endured.
I did succeed in this last point. I was overjoyed to see several persons in this guild improve, rather quickly I might add, and proceed to push this guild to higher heights. It's just too bad I didn't hold onto these people. It's just too bad that this guild died and couldn't grow another set of these players of roles.
So I'd like to say what I must say.
I am sorry.
I will be locking down this guild. For this transgression I am truly sorry.
For all those who continued on after my absence I thank you. Your constant tribulations and triumphs warms my heart. And, again, I say I am sorry.
-Vincent "Humbra" S.
