I mean, if yall have an actual replacement lined up Im happy to voluntarily step aside once they are confirmed. I likely would have done so if asked months ago, but then again no one ever communicates with me about any in-game requests since I quit Discord other than the Secretary of State and Yankee. My tenure was always intended to be that of a gap-filler with the eventual expectation of transitioning out once the 3 Deputy Departments were up and running smoothly and one of the Deputies could step up. Yall can confirm with WB, my offer to serve as GM was contingent upon literally no one else volunteering during the months following Truman's announced intent to retire. My belief was that with 6 months worth of stories planned out, running the story apparatus could be largely self-executing with a consistent story-writer to follow through. Alas, I've unfortunately outlasted 5 Deputies (assuming Encke resigned or something, again no communication).
If I am being honest, I don't foresee my future activity increasing anytime soon. I have a very fulfilling job in real life and average 2 - 4 hours of "work" (bill-writing) outside of work each day and spend most of my Saturdays "working" as well. Under those circumstances the last thing I want to do is logon to Atlasia and score tank costs 5 years out for a legislature that abandoned Paygo and thus clearly doesnt care or be told Im terrible for not allowing random players to invent NPC union bosses or not inventing lore for a bs amalgamation of european fascists. I got into Atlasia 2 years ago because I enjoy writing bills and policy debate; dirty politics and sleazy campaigns are meaningless to me. In real life I have been officially tasked with researching and rewriting my 800 page hometown City Code for the first time since 1986 (I've already completed 29 of 45 anticipated final bills and as a terrorist my goal is to have them all finished and front-loaded by January 1). Im thrilled to have written 2 bills being sponsored by my State Delegate in the January term as well, 1 of which amplifies free speech and I believe will pass. In some ways Im living the fantasy that I sought in fantasy government.
Meanwhile, Atlasia has devolved into recruiting zombies, nasty and baseless personal attacks, and Discord. Its pretty obvious the legislating aspects of the game offer me nothing anymore; I spent dozens of hours writing bills that many legislators even refused to read, let alone fairly debate. A mere 4 months after the "crisis" necessitating bill and sponsorship caps on account of its better to have empty slots than bills I wrote, MB has 7 bills on the Senate floor and no one is crying terrorist. More than 1 legislator has suggested repealing more or less any law Ive passed simply because I wrote it. With that level of in-game personal animosity in response to donating my time and energy contrasted with the professional courtesy and influence Ive earned in real life with real life lawmakers for donating my time and energy, as well as the fact that real life laws matter more than fantasy laws, I have not surprisingly been favoring real life over interwebz of late.
Im not going to apologize for being happy or prioritizing real life. I have no desire to kill or endanger the game; it was a lot of fun for me for like a year and a half and several friends still like it. Figure out if yall want to abolish the position or whatever first, no sense in making that decision rashly. As with the changes to bill sponsorship make sure yall arent just thinking with a hate boner. Then find and confirm the replacement(s) and we can swap places through an orderly process. Im not known for breaking constitutional norms.
