The site…
February 4th, 2010Hi there internet person,
I’ve had this site for about a decade at this point, since the early Counter-Strike days in the 00s. Although its changed the design at the halfway point, then it’s remained something I really enjoyed having around to just post things on my mind or share links.
However at some point it went from being something I enjoyed updating and slowly started becoming an annoyance. Most of the time this site has been functioning as a hub for silly internet videos and a personal update once in a while. Although I’ve heard that some of my old friends use this site as way of checking up on my once in a while (Since I’m not part of the Facebook phenomenon), then that portion of my posts has seemed seldom at best lately. What made me slightly tired was also that I felt obligated to keep the site on life support by posting something at least once per week, which usually resulted in weak mindless entries, rather than more intelligent discussions video game design or other things I actually think I have a valid opinion on and would love to discuss with the people visiting the site.
What you’re probably thinking right now is correct; I’m shutting this blog down. My short stint doing Youtube videos was a last stand kind of thing at making this work, trying to see if it felt right, but the more self-aware part myself seriously can’t do those anymore without feeling like a fool.
Although the plan is to shut down the blog portion of the site, then it will still remain in the form of my portfolio (Still got that damn mazy.net domain for a couple more years 
). The idea is to get a brand new design and focus primarily on my professional work in the games industry, essentially boiling this site down to the stuff that really matters to me.
I don’t know if any of the people that still follow this blog will actually be saddened by this, I highly doubt that at this point. Either way I look at it, this seems like the right choice. But although I’m not saddened by letting the blog go as it is today, then it’s the history, the legacy, that this site has in some ways carried for me. The golden days when I was still in school, having tons of time and often updating the site multiple times daily, showing off my new maps and other stuff from the community. This site has endured much, almost being there since my first baby steps in level design, to working at multiple mods, getting through school, being hired in the industry and finally shipping multiple titles. Chronicling my dream of doing games as a profession until it became true, and beyond.
That’s what saddens me about cutting it loose. But that’s stuff that I’ll always remember anyway and nobody else probably cares about that anyway, and this is about not pretending anymore and having this site stand for what it is. I’ll frequent the Mapcore boards anyway, a community that thankfully still seems like it’ll never go away, and if there’s anything then don’t hesitate to drop me a mail.
Might take a while before I got the portfolio ready, but until then don’t expect any updates, obviously 
Cheers lads!
Mazy
