Thread:4solace/@comment-28482541-20170601041249

I returned from my long hiatus just a little past my year anniversary on the wiki. And what a year it has been. I arrived just after LBS and caught the tail end of TDC, did my first of several challenges, participated in my first Halloween and Christmas challenges, earned the Cube, Pyramid, Orb, and Balloon, passed the 250 mark, said a "hope to see you soon" to Foss, learned all about visiting and gifting, lost the use of my device, got new device, had my lovely game rescued by my hero, added great new friends to the wonderful set of original friends which rounded my list out just perfect, took a few laps around the known and unknown universe, learned how to post a pic, learned how to chat(thanks Betty), got EXCITEd, turned my whole board pink in one fell swoop, went from hating GM to loving it, experienced burnout, gained perspective, and went on hiatus for real life about the time awok was making a presence. School finally let out for summer and I am finally able to get back to the game.

I was relieved to have retained all but a couple of friends and even more relieved to find most of them still on the wiki. I have to say that I am disappointed to see all the uproar and tension. Although I have seen it before. Seems a little rougher this time though. I cannot pretend to know or understand all of it as I was missing for most of it. I am going to stay out of it for that reason as well as what I learned before, the more you say, the worse it gets, even if you are trying to fix it. A cool off is needed, as well as possibly a change in direction of conversation. I have read enough to see that we need a couple of admins. Once nominations are complete and it is time to vote, I will vote. I do agree that having three admins seems like a good idea. There is too much for one person. They need to be able to experience real life as well after all.

I hope to see this next year bring a balance back to all of us. I hope to see more fun posts on the mindless chatter board, game and strategy questions asked and answered on the general question board, walls hijacked and threads twisting unexpectedly in funny and positive ways, and the occasional impromptu chat party commence. Mostly I hope this next year brings ALL of my wonderful wiki friends health, happiness, love, peace, comfort, and, of course, bring everyone some solace.

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