It's So Hard To Say Goodbye -- Obligatory Farewell to GD

Well GD, here we are again. Almost 5.5 years after we were forced onto the Boards, Riot has decided to delete them forever. I'm not one for many wordy words, so I'm probably not gonna be as eloquent in my farewell as other mods. But still, it would not be right to at least make one final thread.

I looked at my old farewell to GD from the forum transition and a lot of what I have to say is the same. It's been a crazy 7ish years here, the longest I've ever spent with a single community. I've posted about 32,000 comments and discussions on the Boards alone, almost all of those being right here. This place hasn't just been a community, it's been a home and a family. If I would say anything to you guys, it would be thank you. Thank you for being here always whenever I needed to chat or vent. Thanks for providing lots of entertainment over the years. Thanks for bringing me endless laughs and making me roll my eyes a thousand times. Thank you for everything.

Now as I thank everyone, I have one other thing to mention. I've seen a lot of anger, blame, and rage erupt since the announcement -- anger at Riot, the Mod Team, the Community, and more. This will be silly to hear but frankly, I get it guys. You're hurting, sad, and want to blame someone. Personally, as a mod, I do feel responsibility even if I've been assured otherwise. Still I want to apologize for where I have failed. I took the mod position because I wanted to give back to and help the community and reflecting back on it, I never did as much as I would've liked to help us grow. It's too late for that now, but I had to say it. But the reality is, none and all are to blame -- it was a combination of factors that brought about this end. And the blame isn't what's important; at this time, we should be focusing on enjoying our final times here, remembering the good and the fun, and preparing to move on in our lives. I hope that everyone that has spent time here will allow the bad to melt into the good as they remember and that the communities we built here will flourish elsewhere.

As I said last time, it has been truly an honour to be surrounded by so many crazy awesome people just like me. I will miss you all more than you know and I cared about you all more than you know. When I say family, dysfunctional or otherwise, I mean it. I'd call you all out individually, but that would take a long time. You all know who you are that have made this place special and again I thank you for it.

I do hope that many of you will come join us on the new forum we're trying to get going -- https://community.runeterra.cc/categories/gd -- in which I have already planted the flag of GD so that us GDers will forever have somewhere to go and talk. If anyone wants to keep in touch, look for me there. I'll also be on Discord (Jikker#0101), on the official NA Discord, and of course on League itself.

Wherever your internet journeys take you, I wish you all the best.

Much love <3 ~ Jikker

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