28-03-2014, 11:12 PM
Deer,
Sorry to hear that you are leaving, but I wish you luck in your future endeavors. On behalf of all of FC, myself especially, thank you for steering the house through my long-winded AFG absence from NI. Without your careful guidance and leadership, there might have been no FC during that period. You, good sir, deserve a medal for that! In any case, I am stepping back in to house management, and will make it a point to be on Steam most nights of the week, if not in-game. We should all get on TS some night soon to discuss the direction of FC and what we all want from the house. I know it's hard to make it to events, and to be honest, FC was started as more of a social house (full of amazing players.) One of the core reasons why I started it was to teach new players and provide them a welcoming place, because most of the houses at that time were not very kind to redshirts, and were only open to those in hardmode -at least in their early 30s.
For the record, Folly will never close its doors. As a house, we've had great members who mentor new recruits, great events, good times, and a rotating cast of amazingly skilled weirdos. I don't think that it's an accident that a lot of our members who have played NI for a very long time still keep their FC tags on. You've overwhelmingly done as I've requested of you all; "keep your noses clean and have fun." I've had to kick out less members than I have fingers on one hand. I've also had to deal with an admin in regard to only one player in our nearly 2 year history as a house. That is a testament to who we recruit and how we operate in-game. We have never been the richest house, the biggest house, the most popular house, but we have had a remarkably steady course in this mod. All of you FC members past and present have continually proved to me that my idea of a house dedicated to having fun with a mod instead of obsessing on gear and maxing out the bank can be a lot of fun. Thank you all for the low level of drama and the high level of fun we've all shared.
Folly Co. will continue to be a fun and casual place to hang out with friends and play NI - or any other game/mod. A lot of you are friends with me on XBox Live, or have branched out into other games on Steam, and that is the way it should be. I just want you all to know that life happens and goes on, and we'll always be here. It's okay to step away from NI and come back to the house. It's also okay to do as Deer did, head off to a house where there are people playing the mod in a way more suited to what you want from it. In fact, he's the perfect example of what I am trying to get at here; Deer will always be welcome in FC. He will always be considered a member in good standing, even if he heads to another house.
All that being said, you bet your ass that I'm returning to the mod after a long absence, and hope to see you jokers out there on the field.
Sorry to hear that you are leaving, but I wish you luck in your future endeavors. On behalf of all of FC, myself especially, thank you for steering the house through my long-winded AFG absence from NI. Without your careful guidance and leadership, there might have been no FC during that period. You, good sir, deserve a medal for that! In any case, I am stepping back in to house management, and will make it a point to be on Steam most nights of the week, if not in-game. We should all get on TS some night soon to discuss the direction of FC and what we all want from the house. I know it's hard to make it to events, and to be honest, FC was started as more of a social house (full of amazing players.) One of the core reasons why I started it was to teach new players and provide them a welcoming place, because most of the houses at that time were not very kind to redshirts, and were only open to those in hardmode -at least in their early 30s.
For the record, Folly will never close its doors. As a house, we've had great members who mentor new recruits, great events, good times, and a rotating cast of amazingly skilled weirdos. I don't think that it's an accident that a lot of our members who have played NI for a very long time still keep their FC tags on. You've overwhelmingly done as I've requested of you all; "keep your noses clean and have fun." I've had to kick out less members than I have fingers on one hand. I've also had to deal with an admin in regard to only one player in our nearly 2 year history as a house. That is a testament to who we recruit and how we operate in-game. We have never been the richest house, the biggest house, the most popular house, but we have had a remarkably steady course in this mod. All of you FC members past and present have continually proved to me that my idea of a house dedicated to having fun with a mod instead of obsessing on gear and maxing out the bank can be a lot of fun. Thank you all for the low level of drama and the high level of fun we've all shared.
Folly Co. will continue to be a fun and casual place to hang out with friends and play NI - or any other game/mod. A lot of you are friends with me on XBox Live, or have branched out into other games on Steam, and that is the way it should be. I just want you all to know that life happens and goes on, and we'll always be here. It's okay to step away from NI and come back to the house. It's also okay to do as Deer did, head off to a house where there are people playing the mod in a way more suited to what you want from it. In fact, he's the perfect example of what I am trying to get at here; Deer will always be welcome in FC. He will always be considered a member in good standing, even if he heads to another house.
All that being said, you bet your ass that I'm returning to the mod after a long absence, and hope to see you jokers out there on the field.
"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."
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