Blog:Retirement (Blazikeye fainted!)

"You've heard of Qualitipedia. We all have, the legend, the curses. Some foolishness about it lying in the middle of Miraheze. A city of ghosts. Buried beneath a blood-red cloud... a bright, shining monument luring wiki goers to their doom. An illusion that you can begin again, change your fortunes. Finding it, though, that's not the hard part. It's letting go."

- Father Elijah (probably)

Yep, you've heard it from the Florida man himself, I'm officially retiring from the wikis. While it will be a relief to finally retire because of how low the wikis have fallen, it’s also a bit sad to see them go and move on since I had a fair share of good memories of these wikis. Due to my IRL stuff (classes, work, etc.) becoming a far higher priority than these wikis (which have almost no priority anymore), along with the ever-increasing drama, dwindling userbase and staff, and many other problems associated with the wikis, I simply don’t have the time or patience to work on these wikis anymore. I would go into detail about the problems with the wikis, but a lot of the other retirement blogs and this RfC both have me covered. If I was foolish enough to still try and work on them, they will only hinder the indefinitely more important IRL stuff.

Ever since late 2020, I’ve been burned out on these wikis. I almost fully recovered from that burnout, but the incidents in early 2021 rendered me even more burnt out than before, to the point where the wikis became little more than frustration for me. Hell, there was so many frustrating moments in 2021 that drove me into wanting to leave, but I stayed because of the friends I made on the wikis, as well as wanting to stick around to see what happens to the wikis. The wikis were fun while it lasted, but with many great users who held the wikis together like Grust, Unnamedgoon, Masson Thief, Trevor807, TigerBlazer, or Raidarr leaving, the wikis are now just a thorn to the side as I’ve said before. The Discord server (which is no longer affiliated with QP) was far more nice and quiet compared to the wikis by a landslide, but two drama explosions happened within the last two months, making it a lot less relaxing to hang out there. I’ll stay on it since I still have far less problems with the server, but I will probably leave it if another drama explosion happens. My main take away from this paragraph is that I really should have left the wikis a long time ago.

It's been one hell of a ride, having been through so many fiascos, users coming and leaving, the rebrand, and a whole lot of other fun (and not so fun) stuff. But it’s time for me to depart from the ride since it’s going to crash into the side of a mountain. To the good 15% of users I met on these wikis, thank you for making the wikis as bearable as you all could, and I am glad I made friends with you all. And as for the bad 85% I met, I’d like to remind you that you bunch are one of the reasons why I’m done with QP.

Adios, and have a good night, the Florida man has officially left the building.

P.S.: If you want to stay in touch with me, here’s some other accounts of mine: Steam account Rockstar Social Club account Nintendo Switch friend code: SW-1700-5808-4409 Discord account: Blazikeye#3958