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The Bar & Grill: you ever notice how its called Bar ‘n’ Grill in the opening post but it’s called Bar & Grill in the title? What

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Originally posted by Decoy Blimp
I think I'm gonna retire SMW hacking as a whole so I'll probably make one final port before I retire and release it on C3.

I thought you already had well before now. Unless making ports counts.
Originally posted by Roto-disco
I have a sinking feeling we're going to see a lot of hacking careers ending sooner than later.

Knowing me, I'll probably retire SMW hacking once I really get into SMM2 and once I've bought a Switch for that, only to change my mind and start another new hack. Or slow down construction on Vanilla Vengeance.
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I would like to say that I'm retired, but I still get the desire to work on levels every now and again. Whether or not I actually finish something is up in the air, but hey, you never know.

If I do show something at this C3, it likely won't be SMW related, though.
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I'm probably retired tbh
I still get the itch to create something every once in a while.

Maybe if VLDC12 comes around, I'll submit an entry.

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It’s sad to see you go Decoy, but I guess it’s just a part of moving on with your life. Personally, I haven’t had anything to show off for C3 in a while, but I wouldn’t necessarily say I’m retired, as I still have some interest in SMW hacking and would like to get back into the groove, but again, school, work, and other pressures often cause one to ditch their hobbies.
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i don't understand why people try to convince themselves that they're "quitting"/"retiring" from a simple hobby (like smw hacking) or a video game they've put a lot of hours into. it's not like it's some big serious decision that you can't easily undo. not sure why it needs to be more complicated than just doing it when you feel like doing it, and not doing it when you don't feel like doing it.

maybe i'm looking too deep into the statement but usually when people say they're quitting something they say it as if they're never going back (which usually ends up not being true)
Originally posted by Sixcorby
but usually when people say they're quitting something they say it as if they're never going back (which usually ends up not being true)

hey screw you buddy im trying

i just need to go out with a bang and not a whimper
Woah I was not expecting such a strong reaction to me retiring lmao.

Originally posted by Falaflame
What exactly do you plan on doing next?


Well I'm pursuing music and acting in college as well as music production in my personal life so more of my free time will be devoted to that. Plus I'll be starting work soon so that in combination with college and having a social life will keep me busy.

Originally posted by Emerald Shell
Why are you leaving? You don't enjoy designing levels and porting music anymore?


I'm quitting hacking and porting simply because I've slowly been losing interest over the years as well as what I said before about being preoccupied with other things.

Just to be clear me quitting SMW doesn't mean I'm leaving the site. I'll still be lurking and checking the discord every now and then but I don't really plan on actively making anything.

Originally posted by Sokobansolver
I thought you already had well before now. Unless making ports counts.


I lump porting into SMW hacking. In terms of making hacks/levels I quit a long time ago.

Originally posted by Sixcorby
i don't understand why people try to convince themselves that they're "quitting"/"retiring" from a simple hobby (like smw hacking) or a video game they've put a lot of hours into. it's not like it's some big serious decision that you can't easily undo. not sure why it needs to be more complicated than just doing it when you feel like doing it, and not doing it when you don't feel like doing it.

maybe i'm looking too deep into the statement but usually when people say they're quitting something they say it as if they're never going back (which usually ends up not being true)


Eh, SMW hacking was such a huge part of my life for the longest time so it's kind of the end of an era now that I'm sapped of any motivation. Might as well go out with a bang right?
I still can't believe I actually have posts, like at all. Seriously. Nearly a thousand even. It kinda scares me sometimes when I really think about it. I feel like that's too many posts.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm still here. It's like, I never really did any SMW Hacking aside from random levels here and there. I mean, I do have an idea for a hack I want to do (it's a pretty short one and a pretty funny/silly idea at that) but the most important factors to its conclusion are:
A. lack of time (college + work + other projects);
B. lack of interest (see above); and
C. lack of skill (specially compared to everyone else here).

Doing better levels or a hack would require me building up skill, and that would require either free time and/or more interest. So...yeah.

Originally posted by Sixcorby
i don't understand why people try to convince themselves that they're "quitting"/"retiring" from a simple hobby (like smw hacking) or a video game they've put a lot of hours into. it's not like it's some big serious decision that you can't easily undo. not sure why it needs to be more complicated than just doing it when you feel like doing it, and not doing it when you don't feel like doing it.

I mean, interests shift and sometimes people will need to manage their free time in different ways than before. It's not as much of a heavy decision but I guess it's important to tell yourself "hey you know this thing that you used to do? well, strike it out of your to-do list indefinitely because you ain't doing it anymore". Sometimes it's difficult to tell yourself that.
I feel like I have too few posts compared to a decent amount of the users here. Lol. How do some of you have over 5K???

Though I like it when users stick around on here, even if they're not sure why they're still around. I'd like to think that there's some users here that just really like to play a lot of SMW hacks. It's either that, or they want to hold on to their past, fame, works, or whatever they're well-known for on the site. And they keep posting to help other's or chat so they're not forgotten. I'd probably do the same in the future because I haven't been very well known in a community as much as this one ever. I'm very attached to this place.

For real though... When I joined the site, my initial plans were to just to upload a few music ports I made and nothing else. Little did I know that I'd actually do more than just keep porting more songs.

This just goes to show you that just because you have plans on quitting / leaving doesn't mean that it's definitely going to happen for good.
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Well, I'm still here despite the fact that I have no further plans to do any hacking. I just enjoy having something to talk about when I have some time to spare.

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I would have had 5k by now. But then 3-4 years disappeared while I taken a break from here.

At some point I will try to post more but in the meantime, working on some nice projects.

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I'm generally just too busy with other things to get all that involved in SMW hacking nowadays. It's been like this for a nice long while now.

Originally posted by Scrydan
I would have had 5k by now. But then 3-4 years disappeared while I taken a break from here.

At some point I will try to post more but in the meantime, working on some nice projects.

If I had my posting habits as of the past month for the entire decade I existed on this site, what do you think my post count would be?

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Originally posted by Falaflame
If I had my posting habits as of the past month for the entire decade I existed on this site, what do you think my post count would be?

Not really clear on what your recent posting habits are since I'm not your keeper so imma guess 5000
                                                                                                                  
                              
I no longer have any plans on SMW Hacking... or basically any kind of self-made level creations (that's the reason I decided not to buy SMM2 on Switch, too). The fever has gone for me and it seems won't come back in the future.

Nowadays, I just port some music for other unknown SMW levels when I am free; When somebody using my materials, I would be happy. I am also just seeing people posting stuff and learning something outside of my native IRL environment.
Originally posted by tcdw
I no longer have any plans on SMW Hacking... or basically any kind of self-made level creations (that's the reason I decided not to buy SMM2 on Switch, too). The fever has gone for me and it seems won't come back in the future.

I hate to admit but it really feels that way for meet too even though I only got around to submitting one thing to the site. I used up all of my rocket sauce during my younger teen years making shitty levels that would never impress anyone and now actively hacking just doesn't give me much joy anymore.
                                                                                                                  
                              
It's kinda annoying to have concrete ideas for levels that I look forward to seeing play out but the feeling of having "too many hobbies" and a "one millisecond less than full-time hours" job makes it Nintendo-hard to think about making more of it.
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Last night I dreamt I went back in time and visited Erik Satie. I met him on the subway (the Paris Métro I guess) playing the fiddle, and his song got gradually weirder until he eventually used the bow as a drumstick on various surfaces. (He said he didn't like it either, but felt it was necessary.) We went to his house in the woods, I fed his dog my leftover mashed potatoes (wondering if dogs had evolved to digest starch yet), and just then his sister disappeared. She had a habit of doing that, but this time I knew it would be for good.

so yeah.


 
i feel good here cuz everyone is a social justice warrior like me O.O
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