So um... hi. I'm back from summer vacation and I get hit with a studio invite that a good portion of my friends who I've known for over a year are planning to leave. That suddenly reminded me of the paced downfall of Scratch in my opinion. To give background on me if you've never heard, I joined the Scratch picture in 2019 where I was entering 4th grade, and a bright, imaginative, and youthful Ben had so many ideas on what to share on Scratch. And looking back at it, Scratch has been in my life for a good portion of my life. From having to draw my OC on paper and taking a photo of it, to doing NASCAR paint scheme reviews, to having 380 people being interested in the random stuff I've posted in almost half a decade. And this hit me around 2 years ago that, Scratch just didn't have the same feel to it. That might just be nostalgia talking, or maybe I might just have a bad view on things. And last year, I really considered about my time here on Scratch. Seeing people like @NotThrashers go, who I've known for majority of my time here on Scratch (like, when he was better known as codemaster), seeing people look him go, it just doesn't sit right. And I don't want to title myself a veteran, but if you do, it just feels so sad that some of my friends are just leaving the platform, the platform that we all once used to have a passion, turn into a environment where it's drama filled, or just doesn't feel as passionate about it anymore. Thankfully though, I'm able to contact NT and brocam so the "pain" won't be so bad. But onto the announcements, it has recently been in heavy consideration that I leave/become really inactive on Scratch. It's been something I've been thinking around 8th grade last year and I feel like I have priorities that aren't Scratch. I run a somewhat big social media account about the Orioles, I finally have a love life, and I just entered the most important 4 years of my life (high school). A week into school, I've only willingly logged in about 2-3 times. I logged in about 8 times in total last week and the day this comes out. A final decision hasn't been reached yet, but I'll just leave you with this... my time here on Scratch won't be too much longer.
Me.
