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As they say...

This is, perhaps, the hardest and most painful decision that I have ever made.

First off, I would like to apologize for missing TONFA's fourth birthday (and perhaps I should have done that particular apology on the news post I made on the 14th, as TONFA's birthday was October 10th). You may have noticed that there has been a distinct lack of community-wide activities recently, and that is mostly my fault.

Now, let me explain a bit. My enjoyment of the Naruto series has been steadily decreasing for a number of years. It has gotten to the point that I have, on more than on occasion, described TONFA as a "badge". Similar to how a young child will shout "Mommy, Mommy! Look what I did!", I have paraded TONFA out as a badge of pride... and little else.

Honestly, I love this site. I love everyone on it. I just don't have the time, and more importantly, the enthusiasm needed to run it anymore. This is why the last few months have been so lacking, as well as why the NFA hasn't been updated since September 3rd.

On the note of the NFA, I intend to keep nominations open until December due to my own stupid self ignoring it. It's my fault that it looks so lacking in nominations, when I have an inbox full of them.

But back to what I was saying. It's this lack of enthusiasm that has brought me to a certain point these past two months. When I did manage to get some free time between my studies and work, I would find all sorts of reasons and excuses not to work on TONFA. It's at the point of not even wanting to open the administrative email because I know that there's so much that needs to be done.

To top it all off, aside from Dancer, I'm not even sure which of the moderators are even still with the site, let alone whether they want to continue to moderate. People come and go, it's natural. For evidence of this, I simply have to look at the profiles of the authors that I originally invited to TONFA to realize that most of them are long gone. In some cases, gone from the fandom all together. TONFA is, after all, four years old.

I want her to reach five.

But, and this is the important part, I won't be here.

This all brings me back to the decision that I first mentioned. I once thought that TONFA could hold my attention, even if Naruto no longer could. And while this was true for a time, it is no longer so.

I am stepping down as administrator and owner.

To this end, I am looking for someone who is willing to maintain TONFA's domain and server space. This includes paying the fees-- or setting up a donation system so the users can pay fees, or whatever the new Head Administrator feels like doing. If you are interested in being said new Head Administrator/Owner of TONFA, please contact me at my gmail account, krakatoayo. It's the most frequently checked. I'll explain to you the specifics of maintaining TONFA, and we'll see if you still want the "job".

Please know that I love you all very dearly, but there is only so long that one can sit on a growing fandom that one is no longer a part of.

Thank you all for four wonderful years.

- Priest -

by Priest on 30/10/07 - 04:52 pm

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