So yeah, the TLDR is I'm taking a longer term break from TF to spend some time focusing on what's important in my personal life, I'll be back in a month or 2.
The longer part... I've decided to step away from TF for a little while, to give me the time I need to get other much more important things in life sorted out and setup better, I'm currently in the process of trying to buy my first house, I've got a demanding day job that is ramping up to be more stressful than ever, and the continued stream of targeted abuse, harassment and stalking from some current and former members of the community has just taken it's toll on my own mental health.
As Steven and others have said well, and as I've encouraged admins myself, TF is a community but it's also a side project, a hobby and something to be enjoyed and when you're struggling to balance everything, or wishing that you didn't have those commitments, you need to take that step back and reflect. As many of you will recall, the last time I took that reflection step I decided that TF was no longer sustainable, or worth running as a game community, and if I'm being honest with myself that's very much where I am again today, struggling to justify why TF is still continuing when so many people are pushing for it's failure.
We are however substantially better equipped now than we ever have been before, StevenNL2000 already runs all of the day to day management and activities on the Freedom game-mode, which right now is the main game-mode on the network, and the Hub and bungee itself are maintained by our great hub mods or are self-maintaining. The plots are still a WIP, and something if I feel up to I might well get finished ready to launch on my return.
With all that in mind, it's clear to me I need some time away and I don't know how much time I need, I have a lot of plans over the coming weeks so my activity in reality was going to be spotty anyway, but I need some time to look after myself and my mental health, and not have the stress and headaches that are the abusive sides to this community which chose to mock, target, stalk and harass me and other on a daily basis.
With that in mind, I've asked Fyrsta who himself is a former TF Senior admin from many years ago, and long term member of ATLAS's staff team to pick up my day to day role here on TF. StevenNL2000 as I say is already running the Freedom server, and rather than reporting to me will be reporting to Fyrsta for the foreseeable future.
I will very much be back, but in my own time, and hopefully refreshed and ready to take on the many plans that are already on our back burner.
This isn't goodbye.
Thank you all that have been supportive, and thank you to all of our current and former players & staff for your continued contribution to the community, it really does mean a lot to me.