Farewell...

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Today, Friday 17th August 2018, marks 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days since my first contribution
to the Waterfall project (that’s a total of 792 days!). Throughout that time, 3 major Minecraft
versions have been released, Waterfall has become the go-to for modded networks, and Sponge has
become a very viable option for servers - no longer lacking in implementation.

Before the Bukkit drama, I had written very little software for the server - though I’d written
a bunch of fairly basic client mods. I had run a bunch of servers however - I had very extensive
knowledge of the Classic server software, and I’d run a lot of bukkit servers. Though vanilla
has never really been my cup-of-tea, and ever since I started to do a lot of work with the server
my time playing the game has decreased. The truth is, I’ve never played any of those 3 major
releases that have come out since I’ve been maintaining Waterfall.

Sadly I have fallen out of love with the game, and don’t see myself likely to play it anytime soon.
However, I find a certain joy in writing software so I’ve stuck around - the communities I’ve landed
on are really great :D I’ve found projects to work on that are independent from Minecraft, yet keep
me within the same communities.

Today I work on a lot of software related to obfuscation and Java - namely Lorenz, Bombe, and Survey.
Though I’m also a web developer for Sponge, in addition to a bunch of other roles I’ve landed myself
(including advising a server migrating away from a nearly decade old codebase to Sponge). I’ve
recently been working on a website for some of my friends who are fundraising for charity.

I’ve never really made any money from any of the OSS development I’ve done, amounting to a total of
$30 from a BountySource I did as a one-off. Please don’t take that as a complaint though, I would be
developing software OSS or otherwise - I see it as a hobby, I find it fun. Which is why I’m not longer
the right person to maintain Waterfall - I no longer have need to, or find it fun - in fact merging
upstream changes is a time-consuming, monotonous task :(

Though this may all sound like I’ve hated maintaining Waterfall, which certainly isn’t the case - it's
just how I’ve felt as of late. Frankly, the wonderful community has kept me around for as long as I have.
It’s been really nice to talk to people that I may have fallen out-of-contact with, were it not for
Waterfall.

Maintaining Waterfall has been an honour, and I’m very proud that we’ve become the go-to for modded and
regarded as an analogue to Paper.

And with that, my notifications are going to significantly reduce :D And finally, I’d like to thank
@electronicboy for committing to maintaining Waterfall! Legend :)

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