For those who know me, hello! How are you doing? I hope you are okay.
For those who don't know me- I have seen a lot of new faces here- name's Pedro.
I have been here since 2014, and I don't remember exactly when it happened, but I am also an Admin. Editing articles has never been my sort of thing, though, so I always took care of the Forums the best I could. And this is exactly why I am here today.
When I first got here, in 2014, stuff was WAY different. I wasn't able to speak English properly, I wasn't able to buy Nerf blasters(living in Brazil, they were rare and expensive) and I didn't, obviously, know anyone. But the people here were always so good to me. They were patient and lenient about my mistakes on editing articles and the Forum, and this made me strive to become an Admin.
When it happened, I took as a personal objective to make people feel as good as I did when I first came by. And, as time went by, this place became a sort of safe haven to me. I have been through so many things in my life. But Nerf Wiki was always here for me to hone my social skills, my English and to calm myself down after a long day.
Here I learned how to speak English and how to translate stuff on a near-professional way. I got to meet amazing people- Jetcell, GameGear, Elliott, Mojo, Flat, Cerr, Rskm... those are the ones that come to my mind right now (but I really like everyone here. Sorry if I forgot your name. It's not personal).
And being around those people made me very happy.
There's some of you that I proudly call my friends, and to me that's a lot.
However, now, my life has once again turned around. I got a really good job that, unfortunately, takes a lot of my time. I have a family to take care of too now, and it's a lot to me. I am not used to it yet. And this is why older members may notice that I have been less and less around here. I haven't been able to dedicate myself as much as I wanted to this place.
For real, I cannot even remember when it was the last time I edited an article. It's been, at least, months. And I don't want this. I wish I could be as active as I used to, but if it is not possible, having in mind everything I have been through here, I feel like I need to explain to you guys what's happening.
Well, basically, this is a goodbye for now. I will still keep an eye on any news. But, after the Forums changed to this new platform, I finally understood that my time was over. And I want to end this just like I always felt here: happy. This is why I am writing this.
If anyone needs me, you guys still got my E-mail, right? Jetcell and Elliott have it. You can ask them. But let's be honest, with such a good-natured userbase and an amazing Admin that I always called my Boss, you guys won't need me.
You can always come for a quick chat, though!
So long, guys. Thanks for all these years. It has been so fun.
-Pedro