We've come a loooooooooooooong way ever since I joined Scratch almost 2 years ago (on my old account @cutgee213) and honestly despite my overratedness I have received so much support and help and love from my friends and followers, as well as the people I am following. I didn't deserve any of this, but I still got it. Come to think of it, it's interesting how much I changed. Almost 2 years ago I was content with making and developing low-key games and just being lazy overall, but look at me now - I'm here on this new account for the past 11 months; of which 6 are spent on making intros and helping the community through the Discussion Forums. It's been a great journey - far greater than it should have been. As you know, people have to just... move on someday. Scratch is an amazing website and all, but once I go into high school soon, I'll have much greater things to pursue than a children's coding website. I should be spending my skills on something more important, such as studies, taking care of my family, spending more time on productive things, learning, or perhaps continue to develop intros on websites like AE, AM, Panzoid, C4D, etc. but the thing is, websites like Scratch have taken way too much time from my life. So I'm afraid if I start a new life on a different website, it will do the same, perhaps with more of an impact. For the 13 years of my life, of which 7 are spent in elementary school, and 2 in kindergarten, my grades have been near-perfect. My grade average was 96%, but because of my addiction to Scratch, it's dropped down to an 87%, which isn't high enough for me. I have things that I want to do - dreams that I want to come true - and that mark just isn't high enough for me. That isn't the only reason; it's the community. Ever since mid-2020, things have gotten pretty heated up here. Instead of the nice, calm, stable community Scratch used to be, it's becoming a site of advertising, spamming, bullying, flame wars, baseless and pointless debates and arguments, etc. and the community honestly isn't even that knowledgeable except for the few good people I know. It's hard to stay on a website like that. It really is. Other than this, intros are getting boring, and evolving too fast for me to keep up with. Ever since pizzarush discovered that new way to do chevron diamonds, intro-makers like savior, celestite, jello and many others have been going all-out in their mechanics and I'm still stuck down here trying to find a way to efficiently cap chevrons without lagging the project significantly. I don't want to leave pen, because it suits me better and easier to work with. But the principles of using it are harder, as with the sacrifices. So here is my decision: I'm going inactive. Not completely inactive. I'll share an intro or two a month, reply to my messages every 1-3 days, perhaps help around on the forums if I have nothing better to do. I just need time to focus more on my real life here on Earth. Trust me, this was NOT an easy decision to make. I would have made this announcement long ago if it weren't for you, especially these amazing people (in no specific order) who have helped and inspired me along the way. theguywhocodes_lol, souleymane2, ISLAND-_-, the_imaginarium, wicket21, pooh_12, silverz2d, heedghog, -vulture, popcorndino2, ablaze, lord_marshmello, members of The Forum Helpers, -elidekkanimations-, wolther, -savior-, pizzarush, _-dreamer-_, vxlocity, -cat-ninja-, and many, many, many more people. Even if I didn't mention you, you know who you are ;) I will finish my remaining intros on my to-do list and then start this inactivity. So again, thank you for everything. I can never repay you guys. Stay safe :D orangetheory, 4/24/2022 P.S. I may come back completely in summer break or late 2022
