Joined: 06 May 2006 Posts: 24777 Warnings: 2147483647
Location: Los Angeles, CA MGO Name: Ravi Singh Gender: Male Age: 25
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:11 am Post subject:
Small changes and a semi-goodbye
I am retiring my role here at The Snake Soup, remaining only as owner and occasional contributor.
No, it's not an April Fools joke. I really am going to take a very limited role here on The Snake Soup as announced on the 30th of March. It's been a good run guys. However, this time was bound to occur sometime, and I have been thinking about this long and hard the past few months and it all makes sense to me.
The Snake Soup has always been a hobby of mine. Among obligations I have made, responsibilities I have taken and the usual socializing in my life, I found much pleasure in discussing the Metal Gear series as much as I had. This pleasure has deteriorated though and I find myself feeling like it is an outright chore to do so these days.
I will be working on having other people contribute at least for news. This will involve a strict manual of style and etiquette as well as a staff of editors. The forums will still be up; No point in letting a community go to waste just because I'm mentally exhausted. Yeah, I'm retired. This is good, isn't it? Time to have some fun! I feel... asleep.
PS: Please don't send me death threats, I'm not Hideo Kojima. Thank you.
Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 125 Warnings: 0
Location: Center of the Universe Age: 20
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:02 am Post subject:
GRRRR I'm gonna cut ya if ya don't make moar articles!
No but really, I understand somewhat. The important parts of the series have all been wrapped up so the series has devolved into nothing but spinoffs, you've given much work TRYING to explain the meaning behind why MGS2 is what it is, and Kojima is KIND OF moving away from Metal Gear with the whole Devil project thing (although he's likely to come back to MGS anyway. We need another Snatcher GAME!). I might have joined the community far too late but....
It's been a good run....
Stay Golden....
...Bang
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The 'Soup's Amélie I will always love you and I try to be a good girl for you, always.
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 26569 Warnings: 0
Gender: Female
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:42 am Post subject:
“Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time.”
In saying that, I want to say thank you. We had nothing in common when I logged on and asked you if I could stay. I suppose then it was we found out our common ground. We would become friends. At a distance, yes...but we did just fine.
We were not always though, and the time lost will never be given back to us, but our common hearts regained that something that was left behind..our friendship.
I was young when I first met you, in many ways, I still am. You were always patient with such things, taught me too that somewhere out there is pleasant conversation, understanding and forgivness.
I could fill your forum with memories both good and bad, but we know what they are, and more than anyone here could ever know. I trusted you with so many of my thoughts and feelings. What else could I have asked for that March day when I logged on?
The sentimental me will always be that heart that wishes you only the best. The logical me will always wonder why you gave me the chance to love you as my good friend.
Thank you for everything.
I will never say goodbye, and so I'll give you this...
Radox Snake
Soup Sucker "He wanted Orange. He got Lemon-lime."
Joined: 02 Mar 2010 Posts: 37 Warnings: 0
Location: Manchester, England Age: 26
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:18 am Post subject:
Long-time lurker dropping in to wish you well (and yeah okay, to feel involved, when I totally shouldn't).
The Soup always struck me as a very different sort of fansite to others that try to act as some sort of 'professional' muted platform. What set the Soup apart is that you were unafraid to have opinions, and to express them in a very acerbic, humourous way. At the same time, in amongst all the memes and jokes, you balanced it, by looking at it from the devs point of view, and usually never bowing to the sort of fanrage that inevitably crops up in fansites. It's a tough tightrope to walk, put you pulled it off with every update. The Soup won't be the same without you.
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Small changes and a semi-goodbye
For real? Did not see that one coming. 
But you'll stick around anyway, huh?
