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"Is It Worth the Trouble?"
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-The Eel's Fairwell Address-
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As most of you already know, the pirate world has suffered
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numerous blows from the authority. Started with the major bust of The
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NotSoHumble Babe of USA and The Grim Reaper of INC, and the dominoes
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just keep collapsing. A lot of boards are either going down and
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converting to Public Domain, or unfortunate enough to be busted.
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After a call of warning from Sought After saying that the
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authority is going for every high-profile pirates in threads, I wonder
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if this whole thing is worth my life for. I'm not saying I believe
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everything he said, but considering that I'm going to college in a few
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months and becoming too busy to handle modeming businesses, I can't
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stay in modeming world much longer even if I wanted to. I have a nice
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personal life, a nice circle of friends, and most importantly, a nice
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and trusting reputation dubbed by all the people around me. They think
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of me as a good person with good morals, and if modeming corrupts me
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any further, I might just well go for a suicide.
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I'm terribly sorry for leaving, not because that I can't have fun
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with people anymore, but because that I'm leaving a lot of people
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disappointed and alone in the dust. I had a ton of responsibilities
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from trainers to magazines to Ansi's, and I know a lot of people are
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counting on me for numerous projects and chores. You can call me a
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wimp or a irresponsible jerk, but I just want to say this: "Is this
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hobby worth my whole life for?"
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I'm not preaching to anyone that they should quit or not, it's
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your own decision. I'm not just blindly follwing what Sought After
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told me, but I also thought about life as a whole. There's a long way
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down the road, and there's absolutely no reason to trip and fall off
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the cliff at the age of 17.
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It's certainly been great in my almost 3 years of modeming. It
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gave me confidence, new skills, another social life, and the taste of
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patience and ambition. It's a great hobby and I'm sorry it had to end
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this way. I have to go on in the cold, hard real world and spend more
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time on school matters, my job, and everything else that REALLY matters
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to me. It's time to face the facts, time to face the music, and time
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to face the ultimate meaning of what life really is.
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My board, Pool of Radiance, will be down, probably permenantly.
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So please stop calling it. Here're some people I'd like to say goodbye
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to, from the bottom of my heart. It's been great knowing you guys,
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good luck in your futures.
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-Rescue Raider: Sorry RR, it has to end sometimes. I've done
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everything I could to help with your awesome
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trainers. Someone else would have to pick it up
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for you. You're a great person and thanks for
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all the cheats and trainers you've written for
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all of us to enjoy.
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-Atz/Golden One/SCD: Sorry for procrastinating on my articles and
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Ansi border guys. I've been awfully busy
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and I was going to work on them today until
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I made this decision. You guys are great
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scholars and very talented. Don't let this
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ruin your bright futures.
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-RaD Man/Black Spyrit/ACiD: I've only made one Ansi in my ACiD
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career but I hope it made a mark in
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history. It's been really swell of
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you guys to accept me in after only a
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couple months of Ansi experience.
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I've done all I could with Ansi and
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courier coordination, you guys are
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great artists so apply your gifts
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wisely.
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-Gnat/Doctor PJ/PoWR: Sorry I never went to the meetings, it's
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been great knowing you guys. Thanks for
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all the help you people have given me about
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Telegard and other difficult questions.
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-Line Noise/Cool Hand/INC: It's been an honor serving for your
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trainer division and some INC affairs.
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The alliances were fun and although
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I'd rather stay and maybe become a
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part of INC itself, it's just too bad
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that I have to leave at this time.
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-Force Ten: I guess you're going to lose a major part of your
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TCSNet now eh Rick? Thanks for all the things you've
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done for the network and setting up the net for me.
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You're a good person, a good writer, and a good
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administrator. Just mellow out a bit and good luck.
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-Refractor: Sorry man I broke my promise of helping you with
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Paragon. It's a super piece of BBS software, and I'm
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sorry I can't stay to see your upcoming new software.
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You're a great programmer, so use your skills for the
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best.
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-Sought After: Thanks for the warning man, I'm glad you told me
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about this crap.
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-Mr. Cool Dude: Thanks for all the uploadings you've done on my
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board. 200+ megs in less than half a year is an
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amazing feat bud. Thanks again.
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-Crzy Joe: Well CJ this is it.. I might not revive as many times
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as you did, but just want you to know that you're a
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cool guy and it's been great knowing you.
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-JED: Well bud you're the best ever in Ansi art, and a really
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cool and humble person. Thanks for the Ansi you did for
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me.
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-Slash: Later bud, it's been really nice knowing you. I have to
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say that Soul Asylum is the LD board I called most often.
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-Repo Man: Thanks for the great deal on the HST.
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**Other Hi's and Bye's to**
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Fistandantilus, Electric Element, Genesis, The Byter, Sickler,
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Dark Spyre, Nightwing, Dr.Q2, Father Time, Babyface,
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Bloody ButCher, FiRM, Strike Eagle, The Junkman, Daeor,
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Honus Wagner, Frozen Tormentor, Skeleton Secretary, Kingpin,
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Marshal Law, Mystic Warrior, Cemetery Shift, Canseco, Hyperion,
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X-Terminator, Night Ranger, The Gatekeeper, Surak, Opus Outland,
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-and-
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Whomever I missed
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-plus-
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Everyone else out there.
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-David aka The Eel
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[] Trainer Division of INC Manager
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[] The FiRM Member
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[] SCD Member
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[] <ACiD> Member/Courier Coord.
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[] TSAN Member
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[] Sysop: Pool of Radiance
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Feb. 3rd, 1992 @ 11:44pm PDT
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