Its been an honor

Well, gushing time, since this actually means a bit to me. I never had any plans of announcing this publicly, but I never saw this coming, and I think it is worth saying now. ѻﻭɼﻉ has been basically a role model for me for how to be on the forum. When I first saw him who knows how long ago in my lurking days, this moderator with a ton of posts and a ton more karma, I knew this guy was serious (in a very good way). And as I read his posts, I quickly came to develop serious respect and admiration for him, as not only were his posts insanely well-composed, but they fit my line of thinking almost perfectly. In real life, I am a quite literal and brutally honest person who really likes facts and arguments with evidence over simple opinions, and Ogre’s combination of logic with a (in my eyes) straight-to-the-point mannerism hit all the right marks in my book.

Fast forward to now, when I am a member building my own reputation, the sentiment described earlier still held strong. When Ogre posted, I always read it through and through, and even if I were more strict on giving out likes, 99% of his posts would still be insta-likes because they were my thoughts worded even better or an angle I did not think of but nonetheless appreciated. Heck, the couple of times I disagreed with Ogre (like that thread about the unleveled Murometz), it was kinda scary having a completely level-headed and logical debate with him because I kinda felt like I was going up against a “better” version of myself, but it always worked out in the end and was a great experience! Don’t get me wrong, I do not see myself as or am trying to be Ogre, I just really liked his style of posts, plus my style was not that far off by default, so I naturally just took some notes to better myself as a forum member, and consider this to be me crediting my inspiration!

The whole forum will miss you Ogre, and I especially will miss you too! Just a word of advice for console gaming though, be sure to watch your step when selecting hardware or games, as many first party or AAA titles, as well as various console peripherals (more/better controllers, rechargeable controller batteries, re-releases of consoles with extra hard drive storage or slightly increased performance that ultimately do not amount to much, etc) can be just as big of a money drain as this game because, just like this game, they try to convince you only the latest and greatest of everything is good enough, when it is all completely unnecessary for a superb gaming experience. Take it from a Nintendo Switch user, my friends talk about buying the new Switch with improved battery life or the OLED Switch and questioning if it was worth it, meanwhile I am still rocking strong with my now five year old launch model Switch! Happy trails, and I hope you are able to put this whole thing behind you and keep moving forward!

P.S. I know this is a bit late, but I was caught up in real life stuff last week and did not see this thread until today as part of me catching up on things. I hope it still is a good read though!