Apology, Explanation, and Farewell

by **Rob ITST** » Thu, 20 May 2010 01:45

I'll try to keep this as short as possible.

First, I want to apologize to Cro and Slicer for pulling this disappearing act. I never intended for it to end up this way, and I feel pretty crappy for bailing on you the way I did. This isn't an excuse, but here's what happened:

I was getting a bit stressed out with juggling ITST and my real life, and I've pretty much lost all interest in video games (I haven't played a game for the past 2 months), so it was getting hard to find the motivation to dedicate any of my spare time to ITST. I decided to take a break and stay away from the site for a few days. A few days turned into a week, a week turned into two weeks, etc. The longer I stayed away, the easier is was to leave and the harder it was to just come out and say I wanted to quit. The bottom line is that I took the easy way out - I just disappeared.

I want to stress to everyone that I have no bad feelings towards Cro, Slicer, or anyone else in ITST - the reason for me leaving is simply that I have lost interest, and therefore, have nothing left to motivate me. It's been quite a long time since I've truly enjoyed playing games, and the times I did enjoy it were getting few and far between. After being away for a while it was clear that it was time to move on - this site deserves someone who's willing to give it their full attention, and that person is not me. I'm not asking anyone to understand, or to forgive me for walking out the way I did, but I felt you all deserved an explanation and an apology.

I've made too many friends here to attempt to say goodbye individually, and I wouldn't want to leave anyone out. So goodbye to everyone, I wish you all the best of luck, and I hope this place is here to stay for many more years.

by **Coolhand Texas** » Thu, 20 May 2010 01:55

We will miss you Rob. Good luck in your real life!!!

Dont forget to check the forums every once in awhile man :cry:

by **RV_Cobra11** » Thu, 20 May 2010 02:06

i will miss you, you were my only help when i just joined and now these two hard words to say is 'goodbye robitst' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUbE1pQ0-w

by **Mack2300** » Thu, 20 May 2010 03:20

oh no

Funny, I was just wondering a while ago what has happened to Rob and this thread pops up. ITST won't feel quite the same..

by **djarvik** » Thu, 20 May 2010 03:26

You are leaving a void that will never be filled.

Your friend, AL.

by **picachu211** » Thu, 20 May 2010 03:44

Aww, no!
You are part of the original ITST gang. We will miss you. Good luck with everything!

by **jayl0ve** » Thu, 20 May 2010 03:56

Well I gotta say I'm at least happy that you're alive.

Sucks that you gotta leave, though. You kind of got me looking at video games in a different way when we first played in Top Spin 2. Before playing you I had always been heavily into video games but I had never thought of them in terms of competing at a high level against other dedicated players, or in terms of trying to eke out every single last bit of performance from a video game like we did in TS2 with risk shots.

Anyways good luck with everything, like Coolhand said hopefully you check on the forums every now and then but I don't think you will, since that's kinda the point of this whole thread :lol:

by **ILuvBillVal** » Thu, 20 May 2010 04:49

Damn Rob. You are one of the big reasons I even joined ITST, and one of the HUGE reasons I even got any good at serving!!! I have nothing but respect for you, bro and will definitely miss you.

Thank you so much for everything, and for your work in ITST.

by **Mike Rotchtickles** » Thu, 20 May 2010 05:55

Exactly jayl0ve's sentiments,
that at least the people here now know that you are ok.
Keep well and I wish you all the best.

by **Otlichno** » Thu, 20 May 2010 08:13

It's hard to get back into things when you feel you've had enough. But the wok and dedication you put into ITST, whether helping us out in the forums or hosting tournaments will never be forgotten by us at ITST.

by **petrelli83** » Thu, 20 May 2010 08:24

Goodbye Rob...We'll miss u...Thx for all the help u gave me :wink:

by **Amazing Matheja** » Thu, 20 May 2010 09:06

Man!...You really helped me when i arrived here...It's kinda sad to see you leave!You always had the correct word,idea to help!...And always with some fine touch of humor!
Hope you enjoy your time now!The most important is to enjoy what we do!
Thanks for the help man!Thanks for the fun couple of matchs we had and if you wanna train again with an average player...I'm here!

Take care Mister!

by **SoundfSilence** » Thu, 20 May 2010 10:07

Good to know you are fine Rob.

by **Vieira151** » Thu, 20 May 2010 10:12

aw man

Its a shame you have to leave us. Good Luck with real life, Rob.

Y'know what they say: If you gotta go, you gotta go

by **GOA MASTER MDMA** » Thu, 20 May 2010 11:41

this post makes my day coz i know now all is fine with you .
i really thought something bad is happens with you .
you know life is no childrenbirthday.
it really makes my day to know you had make simple a step from videogames and itst at all - that shows you are buisy with real life things .
that is a good thing to know you are fine
i wish you really the best and i will say thanks for your help (you know what i mean ) and i wish you only the best on your way .
you are really a good individual -you are welcome by me everytime -
have a good time ,and i wish you good luck in all your ways you have to go!!
REGARDS
GOA

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