[If you cannot hear me, or if you cannot listen:] (ignore my stutters, it was late) Hey. It’s not often I sit down and use my voice to talk to you guys directly, but this is gonna be one of those times. And the last. I wasn’t initially going to use a script but after several re-recordings I finally decided to make one. I couldn’t sleep, so I decided to get up and talk about what is on my mind, and my feelings towards scratch as of right now. I am not motivated to do anything related to this site anymore. I know, shocker. As if I’ve not shown it several times. I’ve been on Scratch for nearly 4 years now, and it’s getting to that point where I think it’s time to call it quits, for real this time. Yes, this means that I am scrapping Crystxy and other characters, and yes this is me saying that I am scrapping mostly all of my worlds, at least the ones entirely built on scratch itself. Why am I quitting after stating several times that I will be staying for a while longer? School. That’s the reason. If you live under a rock or are not familiar with my profile, I am a senior in high school. As a senior, it’s my job to be preparing for college and meanwhile be focusing on school itself, as well as working towards potential scholarships. Scratch has been an obsession of mine since my 8th grade year. Being able to express my creativity has been a big part of why I’ve used scratch for so long. But using scratch has had it’s consequences on my school life and even my social life all of these years, both good and bad. It’s allowed me to meet people who I’ve formed good relationships around, Shifty, Mer, Azzy to name a few. But it’s also caused me to shell myself away in my real life. It’s hard for me to make friends, and the ones I have I barely talk to because of my social awkwardness. I have also wanted to move from this platform for a long time now aswell, as there is nothing left for me to do. I’ve only used this site to stay in contact with people I don’t have off-site connections with. And let’s be real, my animation skills have dulled and my view numbers have dropped significantly as well. Normally, it’s not that big of a deal on how many people look or watch the stuff I post on this site, but I’m different. I rely on attention for motivation. Sure, I still have people who support me and I love you guys for that, but I want to expand, and show my stuff to people who havent seen my stuff before. I have 1,357 followers as of writing this and only ~30-50 of them show up for anything I post.. And that reality kind of hurts sometimes, y’know? All of that to say this, I’m done with scratch. It is hurting my school life and my real life in general, only because of my obsession with it. I will be active for a little while longer, maybe to let some people say their goodbyes. I’ll be active until November 30th, where if I remember, I will be shutting down my account. Or atleast, changing the password to something I won’t remember and not look back. And no, unfortunately for most I will not have any alternative communication methods. However, not all news needs to be bad, or upsetting. I will start to post on my Youtube Channel once more, and be consistent with it if possible. But I can’t promise that, you guys know how I am with those. This would normally be the part where I say “Thanks to so and so for being great friends” but it’s 1:30am and I’m tired. So I’ll probably write them in the Description. Goodbye, goodnight, and I love you guys. Thank you for sticking around with my silliness for all these years.
Thank you guys for this amazing journey, But I think I need to lay down. Now that I look at it, I have ways to talk to most of my friends off site, so I don't think it's necessary to write everyone down. But just know that I appreciate every one of you. I wouldn't've made it this far without you.
