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¿Question #219605?
PolarDad: Several years ago, I was solely a Geek Chatter. I enjoyed the community so much that I began poking around the other dark corners of BGG. I found GQ...didn't know what to make of it at first. Soon, I found a new community. After GeekChat's community was destroyed by narrowminded admins, I dove into GQ full time. The allure of the stats page consumed me but soon I discovered something better...YOU! After DKarp spoke warnings of the coming destruction of yet another community in BGG, GQ activity began to wane. I greatly reduced my time here for several weeks. I decided to return and make one last push for 3rd place. I tried to not be too obnoxious in my frequent postings. I apologize if I was. Having achieved my goal and seeing GQ traffic continue to dwindle, I now plan to hang up my climbing boots. I'll still drop by occasionally to profess the excellence of Xia, iced tea, and fried foods but I won't live here anymore. Contrary to what Pricey frequently told us, an exit is possible. Good news is that the door works both ways. See y'all around. OkieCon 2022 is still a thing. Do you need directions? :)

PolarDad: Alright silly GQers... You either don't fully read questions or you are being dramatic. I said in my post that I'd still drop by but that I wouldn't "live here" any more. I'm not going to spend good portions of the day checking in and GQing. Thanks for the concern though.
sparkous: I'll say "Bon vent !" in the noble sense. This is what we wished to the sailors when they left on a voyage: that the wind be favorable.
freechinanow: I _hate_ that I've frequented GQ less and less since the "faux-nnouncement" of GQ's impending doom. It was just so demoralizing, and made me dislike BGG overall and I find myself participating less in threads as well. BGG and I have _very_ different definitions on what "community" means. I get it. Aldie and co. have the potential of making some real money off of BGG, so they had to shift their focus to being more of an arm of the corporate body than just bystanders. But GQ never hurt anyone and trying to excise it was a damning blow to my love of BGG. So while I've certainly backed off around these here parts, I'd never commit myself to a position where I directly state that you won't be seeing much of me any more. What's the point? I'm around here less but maybe one day I'll be around here more. There is no need for a declaration. You do you and maybe later you'll do a different you. I dunno. Maybe it's 4am right now and I'm tired and I've been drinking and feeling nostalgic for when BGG was just a rag-tag group of geeks trying to do something beautiful together.
D00MSTALKER: The amazing D00MSTALKER forges forward utilizing his own directions.
pricero1: Don't do Karp's work for him by leaving us, Michael. It doesn't take much to ask five questions and answer 25.
mattomaw: That is a shame PD. This decision seems to follow the fact that you realised how much time you spend here. Not a bad thing to face one's addictions. Don't leave us forever. Pop back from time to time. Good luck PD. It has been nice getting to know you.
RavingLoon: Sockpuppet time?
MABBY: A quitter? I didn't have you pegged as a quitter!
magikaru: Drop by anytime. The bar is always open (until it isn’t anymore)
imyourskribe: Seconding Kyle
Woelf: Why leave now? Stick around and just enjoy it while we still have it, without having to worry about chasing some arbitrary number.
Jedadeana: Why leave? I've still been checking everyday, just been too busy to participate much. There's still the ongoing GQ Geeklist as well... so... why abandon the community even if it is currently slower?