Grand Admiral Sherbert:
I've posted your latest government mod. I'm afraid that's the last update to the JR site for awhile, as I've spent most of the weekend working on the site and am about due for a break.
Kyp:
Thanks for the kind thoughts in your email. If you decide to return, I'm sure that there will always be room for you here - regardless of the current roster.
All:
I think the musical empires bit is starting to wear a bit thin. Witness Wombat's comments in the POSSE thread and Kyp's - er, Richard Rahl's - above.
Everyone who chooses to join the Jedi is, of course, welcome. That's what an Open Empire is about. But this wasn't the type of "15 minutes of fame" that I think most of us were shooting for.
When I joined this empire, I believe I was member #12. That's 4 months and 35 recruits ago. Back when it was simply "The Republic" with a Star Wars flavor. A lot has changed since then. One thing that had not changed was the sense of cameraderie; what I believe was the closest-knit bunch of players in the Metaverse - with apologies to the POSSE. We lost ONE player in FOUR MONTHS - "The Tauren 13," who landed over at Imperia Galactica. While gaining over 30. That's a record I'll put up against any empire in the Metaverse.
Now, things are obviously changing.
While everyone is free to make their own decisions, I really don't want to deal with checking the Empire rankings every hour, on the hour, to see whether we're in first or have shot down to 8th because of a few people having fun with the Imperial rankings page. I'm not pointing fingers at anyone in particular here. For all of the new Jedi, even if you only planned to stay for a bit, I'd like to think that the atmosphere around here might lure you into staying on permanently.
But I don't have the heart to wait around while you decide the future of something I've invested in for this long, and put this much care into. I'm getting out before the whole thing comes crashing down.
Yoda, I'll honor my commitment and do basic maintenance on the website until somebody comes up with something more permanent. Alternatively, I can give someone the access codes to edit the existing site, assuming they have FrontPage.
Without getting into a Henry V "We Happy Few" speech here, thanks for the memories and for letting me fight next to you for the last few months. Qui-Gon, I was really looking forward to you hitting your stride again and giving Ray a run for his money. KEmperor, you made being a Sith respectable (if that's not an insult!) StBlasius, it's a shame we never got around to those new ship designs. And Yoda, you founded and led a damn fine empire that it was an honor to participate in. But it's time for me to leave.
If I'm still welcome after all this, I'll most likely stop by from time to time and say hello.
May the Force be with y'all.