I'm Stepping Down From Writing At TSS!

[Badnik Mechanic]

Might as well make this public now. I was gonna post this in announcements but didn't want to be cheeky...

So I joined TSS in March 2012 and have written nearly 600 articles for the site, both news and original material, which is quite a lot. And.... Shortly into March this year, I made the decision that I would step down from my position as writer for the site.

I figured given how long I've been effectively one of the main faces who brings you the Sonic news I should post a bit of a goodbye and why I'm putting down my keyboard to pick up a... uh... Keyboard!

Why are you going?

Some of you know that last year my health took a major nose dive which hasn't gotten much better this year. So does this have anything to do with that? 

Yes... But not in the way you think. Since I started having the health issues, I've tried to do some productive stuff to help me through it, first I made myself a small place on the internets which I really need to get back to doing at some point.

But I then started to take my video making a bit more seriously, something which I'd wanted to do for a long time anyway but never really had a the time and the response has been quite incredible, far beyond anything I could have imagined and I'd really liked to dedicate a lot more time to it, especially since it lets me talk about games outside of Sonic and Sega which is also something I've wanted to do for a long time.

And aside from releasing these completed projects, the process of making them is also making me a lot happier, far more than when I was just writing for TSS. So I feel it's the best for my health and... just the fact I'm doing something that a lot of others are also really enjoying if I focus on that full time.

When are you turning red (Retired Rank)?

NEVER! THERE'S ONLY SVEND TO GO AND THEN THE SITE IS MINE! MINE! MINE! AH-Hahahha!

Well... Technically I'm already gone, I can't write for the site anymore, but I still have access to the staff area and something is being worked on which I've been dropping the odd input in so I imagine I'll wake up one day and find myself in the retirement castle with Flyboy Fox and all the other retired staff, I'll be sat in the corner working on videos, please visit and leave a muffin.. One with chocolate chips.

But I've said I'll occasionally drop by for the odd guest article or help with a live-stream if they need a hand with something.

Anything else?

Not really, just like to thank all the wonderful people and friends I've met through my time writing on here, especially @Dreadknux for allowing me to write for so long without breaking anything (I'm still waiting for the money to fund my real life Death Egg).

So I'm off to YouTube now to make videos, so feel free to subscribe to me there or follow me on twitter if you still enjoy telling me my opinion on Sonic is wrong! I'll still be a member here posting about the Sonikku and the Segagaga, but my new creative outlet where I make new content will be on YouTube and Twitter.

 So if you desperately miss my stuff or want to tell me it's 'wrong' I invite you to come along!

Who is replacing you? Can they make nice sandwiches?

I've not been involved in that conversation, but I think I know who my replacement is going to be and I hope you wish them all the very best. But I'll let them reveal that surprise in their own topic.

Only I hope the reveal is something like this...
 

But with my avatar on the hood, then when they lift it off it's their avatar.

P.S.
If you've made it this far, the moral of the story is @Dreadknux still hasn't funded my Death Egg!

[PublicEnemy1]

You got a new sub

Good luck out there!

[Polkadi~☆]

Thank you and good luck! It has most certainly been fun while you were writing, especially with your "The Spin" articles that always had a new perspective on a topic! I wish you well making your videos, and hope for a pleasant success in it.

 

and don't worry, you can still flee from these forums while you still can :V

[Badnik Mechanic]

9 minutes ago, Polkadi~♪ said:

and don't worry, you can still flee from these forums while you still can :V

Oh I'm still going to be a member here and joining in with the discussions, just that all the energy I put into my articles will be going to other avenues.

*Looks left*

Ohhhh I'm a red now.

[DarkRula]

I've seen some of your videos already, and they are great, informative pieces, so I find it great you're going all-in on it.

[PaddyFancy]

I'll always like your views and opinions and your entire Ian Hislop era.

[SaturnWolf]

Well, good luck with everything, my friend! I know that you'll go far if you're half as awesome wherever you go as you were here!

[Eurisko]

Best of luck dude. Love your youtube channel a lot, you have made some brilliant content.

[Dreadknux]

Just wanted to jump in here and say that having Dave on staff writing things for TSS has been an absolute pleasure. We always try to make our news and articles sound really interesting with loads of personality, and Dave brought that by the bucketload. It's great that he found an outlet to follow his creative spark, on YouTube, so I'd like to personally wish him all the best.

Anyway, he's not going anywhere anyway, he'll hopefully still be kicking about as he said.

We're also going to be refreshing the writing staff at TSS soon, with fresh blood! We have some candidates helping out soon who we'll announce a little later, but if you're interested in helping write stuff for the blog side then shoot me a DM and we can go through some test pieces to see if there's a good fit!