Dear MNZP,

Recently, I have been thinking about my future as GG. Ever since I was awarded this honour by the community, I feel as if my motivation has been slipping further and further from my grasp. I am well aware that I have never been a great GG, and often miss things or delay important votes, and have spent long periods of time disengaged from the community when otherwise I possibly should have been there. However, I've always tried to be open and keep people aware of how I'm doing, and the sim has kept running regardless, albeit with some bumps along the way. I do sincerely apologise for my faults in this area and I am extremely grateful that the rest of the meta team has done an amazing job in picking up the slack and keeping MNZP running smoothly.

This year, I am in my third year at university, and have several challenging classes to keep up with. In addition, I have taken on extra teaching work with the university, and have just accepted a role as a lab assistant in a very prominent company run out of my university. I also have several extracurricular commitments that are ramping up in responsibility this year. To put it simply, I now have a life. This is a big change from when I joined MNZP, and even from when I first thought of replacing FTMP as GG last year. It puts my ability to keep up with my role as GG into serious question.

I don't intend to resign yet. But my position is clearly not sustainable, and I am concerned that I cannot see any clear successor for my role. I absolutely love the community here at MNZP, and are extremely fond of everyone I've met (who are not currently banned for over a month) through this simulation. I want to be able to stay involved, and have those people who I can confide in and talk politics. I want us to stick around, but I fear my days in being able to contribute to that in a meaningful way as GG are waning. I want to open discussion within the community as to our next steps and who can replace me. I might not have to resign for a month; I might have to resign on Tuesday. But there's no doubting that it will come sometime soon. I know the sim will continue to run smoothly going into the future with our strong and capable meta team, and I don't want to cause any shocks to that by acting suddenly. I want to be open about it.

Yours sincerely,

silicon, your GG (for now)