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I've come to a conclusion over the last day and a half.
I'm closing the site.
I will be creating a small free forum somewhere, maintaining the rpunion domain name (I own it, may as well), with some general forums so everyone can keep in contact to whatever extent they wish, but I'm not paying any further for hosting we're not using.
I'll be active there to the extent that others choose to be (i.e., if others are posting regularly, I'll be around posting as well, if not, I'll just be checking up on it every now and then), but no more so that.
This marks the closure as well of the Eastern Garden site. I have the databases for both sites, and I have the files as well, so I can re-open the site at any time if there is enough activity/demand for it - kirinelf can also reopen Eastern Garden somewhere else if he so chooses.
It's just too much absolutely unnecessary stress to be thinking about reviving this site when there are a hundred other things I'd rather be doing with the time expended here.
If anyone wishes to get their characters from either of the sites and fails to do so before I shut everything down, just drop me or Kirin a line and I'll pull them from the database for you.
This site will be closed as of 24-48 hours from the time of this post. This will be reposted in the announcements section of the new site so that everyone knows what's happened if they missed it here.
(kirinelf, if you have any comments or concerns, you know how to contact me)
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AI has discussed this with me, and I unfortunately have no choice but to agree with him. As some of you might know, I have been very busy this semester; my personal activity has basically slowly dwindled down to nothing ever since the start of August.
My final exams are next week, after which I will be hopping onto a plane down south to meet up with my parents for a short while, before hopping on another plane up north to my hometown where internet access will be problematic. After about a week there I'll be hopping on yet another plane up to Japan for a short holiday, and when I'm touring everywhere I won't have time to be on any of the boards. I'll only be back in my usual haunt next year in February, about a week before my next semester starts.
Next year my workload will be even worse, especially since I need to do work placements which require me to stay onsite with what is likely limited to literally no internet access (On farms of various sorts). The timing couldn't have been worse; if this was last year chances are I might have been able to supported both sites well enough.
As it stands, the free forum that AI will set up will be our best way of keeping in contact with you guys. If I foresee a stretch of free time, I might try and get something started again, but as it is... Well, you can see for yourself. Remember that AI will be saving everything we have done on both Eastern Garden and RPUnion, so if we get the chance, we definitely have the ability to ressurect everything just as it is now.
It has been a pleasure RP'ing with you all, and I hope I'll still be able to do so casually on the free forum.
Kirin out.
Here's the new location for RPU. It's a very basic set-up right now, and it'll likely stay this way. If anyone wants anything added that's not here, I can probably do so, but for the moment this is what it is.
As has been said, the primary purpose is just to allow us to stay in touch.
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