I'm leaving..

[Crop]

Well this is it EoFF, I'm off. I've been really busy the past few weeks and EoFF is ruining my life, so I'm leaving for X months and not even going to come online in case I cannot help myself and spend hours on here and smurf up my life.

Just kidding of course, can you feel the sarcasm?
My point of this thread is what your opinions are on just outright quitting forums? I personally think it's stupid, usually when you quit you're going to want to come back but oh no, it's too late! You've posted a leaving thread! I think quitting is a bit ott no matter what your situation.
I've left EoFF and other forums for months at a time, but have never posted a leaving thread, incase I want to come back every now and again and post.

So, my questions to you all, my brothers and sisters, is:
What are your opinions on leaving, and more importantly - leaving threads?
Have you ever outright quit a forum before? For what reason?

[Agent Proto]

Well, once you've developed a reputation at any forums, the harder it is to leave outright. I've posted at several forums at once, and I've decided to stop posting at most of them, because it was hard to keep up with so many at once. I even left EoFF and haven't posted for about a year, but eventually I returned. I think it was last year's CK competition, that I fully came back.

ANYWAY, aren't "I'm leaving" threads banned here? There's really no point to them since the posters almost always return!

[Jiro]

You can never really quit EoFF. It embeds itself in you, somehow, someway, and stays there, forever.

Quitting threads are great for when you're angry and want to cause a scene. But when you eventually return, you look like a dick. Not worth the effort to "leave" and return again.

[Pheesh]

Oh wow...really?

I left for quite a while, but I definitely would never have made a leaving thread about it. Seems like you'd be drawing unnecessary attention to yourself, and there's also the highly probable chance that you're not nearly as important as you think you are.

[Goldenboko]

"I'm leaving" threads are just to garner attention in my opinion. Real members go out in a blaze of bannation glory.

[qwertysaur]

I tend to ignore I'm leaving threads. I usually miss the people who just randomly stop posting more anyway

[Unbreakable Will]

You can never really quit EoFF. It embeds itself in you, somehow, someway, and stays there, forever.

I've left for maybe a month but simply because I didn't have the time due to school and such. I just can't stay away from EoFF.

[Peegee]

Thanks Crop. If I remember this tonight I have a few forums (and one in particular) I'm going to be posting 'quitting' threads on.

Gobo got it right though - you can only quit EoFF in a blaze of banned glory.

[Raistlin]

"Leaving forever" threads are overly dramatic, immature responses used simply to garner attention. Just leave. And there's no reason to arbitrarily enforce the "forever" part on yourself, because you don't know how you'll feel in 6 months or a year. If you want to keep staying away after that, then by all means keep staying away.

However, I have no objection to doing something obnoxious yet entertaining to get banned. If you're going to do something, at least make it interesting.

[Psychotic]

I've never left a forum forever. Sometimes I get bored or plain forget to go there anymore, but I've never gotten that angry or whatever to want to leave.

[Freya]

I've "left" eoff a few times, usually cause of health reasons where I couldn't spend that much time online much less eoff.

"I'm leaving" threads are lame. They are just drawing attention to themselves. Someone told me if you leave, get rid of your sig and avatar so people know you mean business!

[Flying Mullet]

I'm sorry, "I'm leaving" threads aren't allowed.

*closes Psychotic*

[Cuchulainn]

"I'm leaving" threads are just to garner attention in my opinion. Real members go out in a blaze of bannation glory.

That one

[No.78]

I don't understand why people even feel the need to 'leave' a forum. Do I have to post a thread if I don't feel like posting for a couple of days? Isn't that actually contradictory.

Sorry, I sound like an asshat. But... I just don't get it. Until a couple of days ago I hadn't been on this site in about two years.

[Rase]

I'm only a part of this forum, so I haven't had an opportunity to "leave" a forum. I've popped off here time and again, and may well do it again. I'm sure one time I'll just fade away and never end up coming back, but I hope no one notices.