Sorry to disappoint, but no log. Just a quick goodbye. Bear with me :>

And, er, no, I won't be back. Nienor was kind enough to scramble all my active chars, though this little bastard Relim was the main one I needed to get outta my head.

When MUME is why you go home, instead of to watch football, talk to the kids, cuddle the wife etc, then you know something is up.

And when it makes you so goddamn angry when you die in ridiculous lag, or to another linkless death, or simply because you can't move as fast as your Swedish cousins (oh, and mainly cus you simply aren't as good as that irritating 16 year old...), its time to take a long break.

No doubt, I'll still be around on MUME net to add my twopenneth, and it'll be like giving up cigs - easy for two days and murder for two years - but it really was getting too heavy.

I'd like to give respect to the following (I *know* I'm gonna miss someone... but here goes)

(in no particular order, and for various reasons): p(Antar), p(Atastor), p(Gothmog), p(Balduran), p(Nazgum), p(Ginlon), p(Tia), p(Enforcer), p(Deor), p(Tasslehoff), p(Fingeror), p(Goretongue) and many others who I simply can't remember at this time.

Most of all, p(Mujahid) - from someone who walked into MUME on a 2400 modem some 5 years ago to be dragged into something very strange, vrey weird and completely absorbing. I used to get lost on oer 5 rooms from Bree - there was some istari chap who used to sort me out (as Mazza).

In terms of MUME, the game isn't the problem - I'm the problem, so I remove myself from the equation. It's been a long time coming - 29, married, kids, directorship, you've gotta face those responsibilities some day. MUME can't mix with it anymore, not for me and the way I took it so seriously!

Thanks to all, apologies to those who I have simply misplaced at this crucial time (I'm much better under pressue in a board room, promise!). 

Take care, and try to have fun while you're beating each other up, eh?

p( - RELIM  - OREGON - MAZZA (!) - DAEH - MADSON - THEAD - plus a load of others too numerous and inconsequential to mention)