I'll try and keep this short.

Many have you may have already guessed given my absence, but I am hereby officially hanging up the virtual boots. I have had a blast these past six months, met some amazing people; had the privilege of working with some very talented writers, but all good things must come to an end.

I had held off on this decision in the hope that my new role as a manager at my place of work would die down a little, but sadly it is consuming my life to the point where I don't even have spare time to check out the site at all really, let alone roleplay.

I won't give a bunch of shout-outs as I don't want this to be long winded. I will however apologise to management for my lack of notice, though as I said, I was hoping to be able to maintain my involvement here.

I would like to thank especially though, my brothers in Defiance. I was ready to scrap Justin Sane after little more than a month, but you guys have me great inspiration and were a blast to work with and just hang out with in chat on Skype. To Gator, CorVus, and of course, Fernando - I offer you my sincerest thanks.

Yes, this is a game and something we do for fun, but the relationships you form with people here are very real and if for nobody else, they mean a lot to me.

I will continue to make my monthly donation to the XWF in hopes that this place will forever prosper, as I'm sure it will, and I will check in as often as I can. I'll even make a few Skype appearances here and there.

Once again, thank you all. As far as online communities go, this doesn't even fit the category - it's a family.

Adios Amigos. Take the pledge one last time.

- Mike (JS)