This may come as a bit of surprise, but I’ve decided to close up MMeOw.
I felt this way a few months ago and was encouraged by support from fellow LOTRO bloggers and podcasters. I stuck it out and, in many ways, I was happy I did.
Still, I know what it is that I’d like to do … unfortunately, that means letting go of this site. There are too many other things I need to do and wish to accomplish, things I want to learn, places I want to go. True, MMeOw in and of itself is not preventing those things necessarily, but I spend a significant amount of time, money and energy on it. While I still love the game and plan on continuing to play it regularly (it’s almost all I play it seems!), my passion for writing about it and maintaining this site has dwindled.
I’ve really loved writing here and I hope other people have enjoyed it as well. The LOTRO and extended MMORPG community have really been wonderful toward me and this site. I’ve appreciated the kind words and help along the way. I’m probably most sorry that it’ll disappoint some people in doing this, but I think you’ll forgive me .
MMeOw was something I wanted to do because, at the time, there were relatively few LOTRO blogs out there. Now there’s quite a few of excellent ones out there, headed up by some really great people. I think this makes it a little easier to move on (please don’t read this wrong, as I don’t want to overstate my importance). I encourage anyone who visits here to check out the LOTRO Combo Blog, which links to quite a few of them. As of right now, I plan on leaving that running indefinitely; however, if anyone wants to pick up the reins on that, let me know.
If you still want to know what I’m up to, you can visit my more personal site, radish.me, or follow my non-MMeOw twitter.
My apologies for the lack of updates. Sometimes the energy you want to use for things such as MMeOw isn’t there. I suppose that’s the downside to a “fan site”, huh? In any event, let’s get back to it.
I finally got off my butt and finished our Staff page. I’ve posted about this before, but other than myself, there are now 5 staff members. It’s funny to think that not that long ago I was plodding through all of this by myself. Help is a blessing, really.
They’ve all been doing a great job and I don’t even want to think about where this site would be without their help.
By now you’ve met all of our new writers. It’s been great to get some new perspectives on here and I hope it’s been a good experience for everyone. I’m always impressed by how nice the community is, whether they’re praising or criticizing things.
I’ve been more behind the scenes as of late. I just finished moving, which is never very fun. We’re mostly settled in now, though, so I’m hoping to get back into LotRO and MMeOw in general. I don’t think this site would have survived without help, quite honestly. It has made a huge difference to me and I wanted to publicly say so.
Anyway, thanks for sticking with MMeOw. I think this is going to be an interesting year for both the game and this site. Plus, we’ll have some more contests for everyone who visits the site too.
Just a small new feature to report on this site. I’ve added a “shorthand” link to each post on this site. This link redirects to the full link on mmeow.net and is independent of any other link services such as bit.ly.
This is useful for Twitter and other similar software, but I also think it’s nice for general use. Hope some of you find it useful.
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