ERG,
You may have noticed that I have been more apathetic about leading the team and about getting in FBFCs. I have been thinking about this a lot over the past few months but have finally come to the decision that I will be leaving this team shortly. It was a tough decision, one I may regret at some point, but for the time being, I believe it's the best decision. For a year now, I've helped with FBFCs on RB3 but I just can't take it anymore. It's no secret that I don't like the game, it's just not Rock Band to me. There are a few minor things that I like but the gameplay just isn't fun to me. I don't see any reason to keep forcing myself to play on a game that I don't enjoy at all. I tried getting an RB2 legion together and Guitar Hero bands going but there wasn't enough interest or it was so difficult to get together that it wasn't worth it. It's clear that I don't belong here anymore since my interests are so far different from those of the team. Nor do I really have the skill that it takes to be considered "Elite". I was never able to get a hang of the RB3 engine so I never got any better, I just kind of hit a wall and was never able to recover. It's very discouraging, degrading, and downright embarassing to be honest. I'm definitely not the same person, with the same attitude towards the Rock Band franchise that I was when I first started.
I'm not saying it's all bad. I definitely got what I wanted from this team and the game. All I could ever imagine, then more. My original goal when I started getting better at the game was to get to play with some of the best RB players. I've certainly done that and have been doing that for a long time now. I kind of feel like I don't have anywhere else to go though. I need some new goals and I just don't have the time needed to dedicate to getting much better. I don't really care about any of the FBFCs I'm in, no matter the difficulty. I just don't get excited and I think my time has finally come to surrender my spot to someone more fitting. Someone who has a fresh attitude and spirit towards the game and someone who is actively improving. I know there are plently of people who would love to take my place so I think it's time for some new blood.
I will try to post all of my remaining FBFCs before I leave but if I don't, it's not a big deal. They can still be posted (reference the rules on the forum for criteria) or be redone if someone else wants to do them. I plan on my last posted FBFC being "Bleed", FBFC #999 and from there I will take off.
Alan and Daniel will be co-head leading since neither of them wanted complete control. They're both very busy people with erratic schedules so please try to handle a lot of the every day petty issues that come up without having to bug them. Most of you are should be mature enough to figure out the way things work around here and handle yourselves appropriately in situations. Maybe they'll be changing some things, maybe they won't, but either way I'm completely confident they're more than capable of handling this team however they choose.
I wish the team the best of luck in all their endeavors and I'd hope you'd wish me the same in mine. I love you all, despite our differences in music taste Wink . But truly, I love each of you in a different way and I can't thank you enough for all the fun times I had. I have really enjoyed the journey of reaching the 1000 FBFC landmark with you. My last wish is that you respect and understand my decision for leaving and that you don't bug me about it. I've told you the biggest reasons for my leaving and I would appreciate it if you don't ask anymore about it or bring it up. I want to go out of this team like nothing happened. As I said earlier, it's a tough decision that I've struggled with for probably about 6 months. This is not an impulse decision, a rage quit, or anything like that. No one pushed me to the point of leaving. This is just me deciding that my interests no longer align with those of this team.
Maybe someday if interest and skill develop, I would be able to work my way onto this team via an instrumental tryout. Pretty unlikely since we've set the bar so high, but maybe it'll be a motivational tool for me.
Best of luck everyone,
"Lucas"