Stepping down from HO

[Exilizer]

Hi all,

as no doubt some of you have already seen in the latest HO newsletter, I have decided to step down as a HO member after over half a year as both an intern and full HO member.

There are a number of reasons for this, but first and foremost, I had recently felt extremely exhausted with the additional duties that the position brings and as such was starting to slowly loose interest in the league, which I deeply regretted. Truth is that the forum migration took a lot out of me (at the time I spent every waking hour not working my actually real day job, to make the migration happen for about a whole month leading up to it). I do believe however, that after some initial teething issues, the league is in a much better place now that we have moved on from jcink and this will continue to open up new possibilities in the future.

Aside from this, I wanted others to have the same opportunity that I had, by stepping up into a full HO role, and giving back to the league.

I would like to say thanks to @bex for believing in me, first when hiring me as an intern in April and then promoting me to a full HO member in early June (and of course thanks to the other HO members who voted for me at the time). Thanks to @infinitempg for being a one person army, I learned a lot from you. Thanks to @TeyonSchavari for teaching me the regression ropes, and @iStegosauruz for taking on what is probably the most tiresome one-off HO responsibility (tradition) each season. I would be remiss not to thank all the others who hold league jobs that keep this place running around the clock.

During my time in HO the league has undergone a period of enormous change and growth, and I am proud to have played a part in that, it truly has been one of the most rewarding things I have ever done in an online community. With my recent FA team change, and leaving HO, I feel like I will be better able to enjoy focusing on developing my player again, and have a ton of fun going forward.

Thanks,
Exilizer

PS: I will stay around as a site administrator and on the dev team, doing what I can behind the scenes if called upon.
PPS: Heck HO!

[37thchamber]

I will be forever grateful that you took over as dev lead and freed me from my prison.

o7

[Memento Mori]

You dropped this: ?

wtf, I can't paste a ? emoji on the new forum? nvm, thanks for nothing, good riddance Exi

[Faded]

:C

[infinitempg]

Exi goes out as probably the most underrated HO member ever. There was so so so so much that he did that no one ever saw with the site migration and other work. Was a pleasure and honor serving alongside you in HO!

[thevoicelesscreator]

Thank you for your service and your continue service <3

[Opera_Phantom]

Thank you for your work @Exilizer. We spoke a fair bit during the forum migration and you were super helpful and i can only imagine the amount of work you did behind the scenes to improve every user experience.

[Highhaschdi]

Bester Mann!

[tMuse]

Thanks for your work as a HO member Exi!

[Swanty]

The forum switchover was so smooth, I don't think we really acknowledged how much work went into it. Thank you for all your hard work!