A parting message from Philippe. With the E. Run on Turbo Mode. -=-=- transcript -=-=- Please only read the transcript above if you really don't have time. I wish you can give me five minutes to really immerse yourself for this message. ----- Hey, got a minute? There's...something I need to share. I have thought long and hard about this decision, but...I'm quitting Scratch...for now. ----- Back when I joined, I really wanted to share my passions and talents to the world. A passion for numbers, coding, and music. I think what led me here, was that I didn't have any friends to share that passion with. ...not anymore, at that time. Being in the Learningblocks community kinda helped me get through those times of solitude, even though my ego back then was a lot larger than it is now. I suppose it's just lack of social skills. Yet, everyone I met online helped me get to know the real world a bit more. Time still moves on, though. School starts, and you meet new people, new mentors, and new friends to support you. ...I'm very lucky to have them. But it also means the days of being a young, naive 10-year old are over. Responsibilities start to pile up, and your free time starts to die down. ...Which makes it harder to share that passion that burned so bright long ago. And eventually, that flame...turns into ash. That's what's happening right now. When I create a project, it's become less of a "be inspired to make something everybody enjoys," and more of a "you're obligated to do this now, so get to it." I feel as though it's just been demoted to another ordinary responsibility on my chores list. And that burden has been growing ever since I became a lot more active academically. Great grades are important to achieving my real-life dreams, too. It's fun to do science fairs and design cool STEM experiments. And it's fun to code games and animations, too. But it's not fun when you try to balance the two out. Because the stress of keeping both...ultimately overthrows one or the other. And considering my household...it's not an option to give up your straight A's. ----- ...I know most of you are here for my Numberblocks content. And despite how recent I've posted about it, I've still left its fandom more than a year ago. ...I...know this sounds selfish, but...when most people are here for content you don't even like anymore, to me, it makes me feel like I've overstayed my welcome. And working on SALRewritten...isn't exactly helping that either. No matter how much I over-exert effort into things, I don't want this to be something that stresses me out. And working on that, or anything, anymore...it only makes me more stressed. Knowing myself now, I'd just cancel what I had, only to return to it after some time. Then the cycle repeats...even if I leave what I liked before and find something new. And that's not something I want to do. ----- ...This burnout, loss of interest, and personal responsibilities getting in the way...are the main reasons I don't want to stay here anymore. No matter how much you do or don't want me to stay, my decision is final. Even if you don't understand or agree with the points I brought up, I still believe it's best that I move on from this site for good. ...Even though it's hard for me, too. ...There's...one more thing I want to share before I go. Inside this project is the sound file and link to the kapparune BIG SHOT replacement, "JOIN THE SHOW." It's a great track, and it'd be a shame to keep it cooped up in my computer without anyone noticing. ----- That's...all I have to say. ...Maybe we'll meet again. Maybe there will be a time, where that spark reignites itself, and I find something positive to share to the world again. ...It just...might not be here. Even if I find myself crawling back to this site again...it won't be like...this. ...I suppose that's what getting closer towards adulthood is like. ...To everyone I met on this site: to my earliest online friends; Kuutti85, Tanner, Liam, and Multixs; to the ones who were on FANDOM; Dozenalism and Spacetime; to my latest ones; Malirou, Graham, and Pat; and to all the other fans along the way... ...Let the 241 remaining projects I've made on this site...serve as a reminder of who I once was. Even though...it might not be the impression I want to leave on the world. This is farewell...and sorry I couldn't stay for longer. ----- ...I suppose I'll make my leave now. ...Scratch is the last site I was active on that has access to the whole world. And unless I expand the range of..."this cord" servers I'm already in... ...it's lights out from here. -=-=-=- Please only read the transcript above if you really don't have time. I wish you can give me five minutes to really immerse yourself for this message.
"...I suppose that's what getting closer towards adulthood is like." - Philippe -=-=- ...Whoops. I forgot to include two other songs I composed that I wanted to share - both of them are SALRewritten OSTs. Don't worry, they're here now. -=-=- I'll be honest...getting this message out was the hardest thing to do out of this entire project. Maybe it was too soon. Maybe too late. But...we all have to grow up at some point. ...Thank you. For everything. ...The song that plays in the background, "heat_death," was composed by me, too.
