[Lord Rikan]

Well,

I never hoped that this day would come. I've been thinking about it for a long, long time.
I'll do this only once so I might as well try to articulate my feelings as best I can.

I've said it before and I'll say it once again: KR was one of the first servers I joined on JKA where I actually got to enjoy myself and have fun with other players. A great place with good people.
I remember a couple of the players I first met like Skywalker, Jawfin, Grumpy, Mnsomc, Chupacabra and Yama.
To this day I remember the excitement I felt when Frog invited me to join the ranks of the KR family (I believe it was May 2014, Taspir).

I cannot say that I managed to befriend each single one of you because i did not but those that I did meet, your friendship has been valuable to me, especially Rogue...but sadly I've finally understood that my time here is over.
My greatest pity was realizing that some of the OG crew whom i used to play with have either left or become inactive.
I also stopped playing the game for a long time so I became somewhat unrecognizeable and that is all on me.
Perhaps If I had been more present it wouldn't have happened. As Jawfin once told me "it's possible just some of the newer players don't recognise you".
So I tried to return to KR as much as I could, meet the new players and perhaps recruit future KR members, yet I felt like an outsider.
I was treated well by my fellow KR brothers and sisters, but I just felt like I did not belong here anymore.
Maybe that is why I keep leaving right after I come back, and I've been away for too long now.

I never joined KR for the ranks and the titles, hell I've been a Student for 3/4 years now. I wanted to join because I loved this community, because coming to KR felt like coming back home in a galaxy far, far away (yes i know this sounds corny as hell).
Bilbo was right: “It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
It truly breaks my heart but it is time for me to move on and step foot on a different path.
This isn't a farewell, I'm sure I will come back to the KR servers. The forum? I'll always be there to keep a watchful eye.

Last but not least, I am fully aware that most of you won't recognize me at all but that is not important now. Doesn't matter who you are I only want to say THANK YOU from the very bottom of my heart.
THANK YOU for all the splendid time I had here since I first joined, I was a freshman in highschool and now I'm way into college.
THANK YOU for allowing me to become a member of this community. THANK YOU Rogue, especially you.
THANK YOU and....



...I'll see you around.

Sincerely,


Rikan

[MasterM]

Always sad to see someone go

Stay in touch and best of luck!

[Primordial]

Sad I never got to ever properly talk to you. Hopefully we’ll talk one day, good luck and farewell my dude.

[Uscari]

I'm sorry to hear you feel out of place here.

I had an experience very similar to yours when I returned from a long period of absence in early 2016. I hadn't seen my friends in 2 years and most of them had left. I was basically unknown from most people on the server and in some respects I felt out of place.

Eventually though I realized something. My attachment to this clan is something that transcends individual people, and it was the culture, the structure, the atmosphere that kept me coming back. Returning meant I could once again become part of that community all over again and reinvent myself. I changed my name in part to make this transition, and it felt good making new friends in a fresh dynamic that felt natural.

So if I were you I wouldn't be discouraged by the absence of your old friends, I'd take this moment as an opportunity to reintroduce yourself to the clan in a way that is meaningful to you.

At any rate that's just my advice. I respect your decision either way but I couldn't watch you go without offering my perspective.

[EvilTree]

Cya later Rikan
good luck with wherever the winding road takes you

[Mnsomc]

Hey man, it was a great pleasure to have you among us. You did join around the same time I did - and we did share many memories as a non-KR as well. Sad to see you go, but like you said, I hope the journey doesn't end here.

Don't be a stranger if you wish to join the server or talk to any of us, and hope to see you around again soon.