Gozer5454 retires from the hobby.

gozer5454

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First off, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you!

It's true. I am hanging up the Bob Ross and putting aside the modeling. I'm heading out on a nice vacation to warmer weather and am looking forward to working with VectrInvadr on ideas for his documentary. I have not owned an arcade machine of my own since last year (with the exception of a couple crappy multi's which I flipped). Only then, after I sold the last of my own stuff, did Oregonarcade and Charger lend me some of their stock to keep me gaming. I returned them back in late February as my life took a bit of a hiccup.
With the garage clear of machines, I pushed forward on the second book and eventually finished it about 3 months later than expected (better late than never lol). My heart is just not into the hobby anymore. I love gaming, and have made many great friends here, but just don't look at it as something pertinent to my life right now. So, like a heavy-weight boxer, I'd rather hang up the gloves and retire out while I'm at the top of my game, rather than slide out in disgrace.

As far as the books:
There will not be any more books. They simply drain too much of my life away from work, kids, and my wife. I would have liked to have a trilogy, but that is not in store for me. Hopefully, someone else can pick up where I left off. I think I've shown that it is possible to make these books with no up front costs; you simply need your heart into it.

As far as the models:
I've uploaded a revised edition of Asteroids (one of my oldest) which I am now happy with. That makes 533 models in the collection. This is the number I knew I was going to reach for several months, so I planned on trying to upload as many difficult ones as I could get my hand on (to save anyone else the drama of doing them). So, 33 new models have been added to the 500 that I established just before I started book number 2. I sincerely hope that another dedicated modeler will pick up the torch and carry on the quest that I began. Again, it's never about the money. If your heart is into it, all you need is time and dedication. I merely got the ball rolling. I'm sure someone else will keep it going.

So, this will be my last post here on KLOV. I appreciate you all for the support and look forward to meeting some of you some day. I need not call you guys out personally by name, but those of you that I have befriended here and have talked with on the phone, by email, and in person- I love you guys. You know who you are. Except you CJ. You stink. Hahaha!

I must admit, I'm bummed that I'll never get a chance to be "that guy"...<cough cough> Sharidan<cough cough> that belittles everyone and cries like a baby as he stomps out the door. That would have been sooooo awesome! Hahaha. But, instead, I'll leave you all with this little video clip I put together, which I think encapsulates everything I strived to accomplish during my time in the hobby. To me, it best describes our hobby as a whole, without any spoken words. Watch it now, before some asshat flags the video for "stealing a song" lol. VectrInvadr will be given a copy of the original, so I know he's gonna put it to good use ;).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r4SCtV2xMQ


(be sure to select 480 quality) (and sorry for the audio spikes)

Rock on, my brothers!
Gozer, out!
 
That video is insane!

Never say never. I was out of this hobby for seven years... I like it better this time around!

Best wishes!

, Bill
 
Say it aint so :-(
Gozer, you will be remembered as one of the good ones!
Your countless selfless acts assure your great rewards, as one of the gaming greats.
Thanks for everything
 
Wow. Talk about THE LAST thing you expected to find on the KLOV forums today... I didn't know the guy. He didn't know me. But I've read his posts and played with his models....

Wow.

I thought, and have for years thought, that I was beyond influence. I read philosophy and literature and poetry; the only times I'm really nabbed are when I find myself thinking, "Yeah! I've realized that, before!" I don't know, maybe I'm old and my heart hath died. But I watched the video and found myself thinking, "Oh; Well if Gozer added THAT game then it must surely be a classic and so should be on my want list."

I don't know what I'm saying.

Wow.
 
Sad to see you go bro.. but i totally understand. This hobby can be a total drain on you mentally, physically, and financially, let alone all the space it takes up! I hope you find time to stop in and say hi. At least you didn't by an iroc convertible LOL! chris know's i'm only f'n with him :D
 
chris pops in and says hi on occasion, and even 'threatened' to come to CAX again soon.

yeah it never feels good when someone that is admired and liked ups and leaves the hobby. hopefully you pop in like brentradio or chris.

merry christmas
 
Have a good trip, wherever life takes you. I hope it brings you back here in future. **COIN-UP**
 
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Do what you feel it right for you. Just don't forget why we got in the hobby. We loved the games. Even before we ever thought we could own them we loved them. At some point we only owned a few and just played them and loved them. Before we over ran ourselves with too many games and too much stuff it was all a total rush. It can all come full circle and get back to that. When the arcade industry changed many of these games left us for 10 or 20 years before we discovered we could own them again. They went away from us and time brought us back to them. So you can go away from them if it's the right time in your life. They will be here when/if you feel the need/desire to come back. Thanks for all you did for the love of the games. Thanks for the video. The modeling in it is beautiful. Love the song too but it sets a sad and dramatic tone. I'd likely do the same as I bet leaving feels this way but you can always come back if you want. Or more likely these things simply become a part of you and never really leave. Wherever you go and whatever you do I wish you success and a safe journey. Hopefully someday, a welcome return.
 
One of my favorite KLOVers. Sad to see you go, man. Best of luck to you with your family and in everything you do.

David
 
Woah. You're bumming me out on Xmas eve.. good luck..all the best for your future and family.

We lost a good community member today.
 
Holy flying fart muffins! Don't go man!

Well, I've gotta say....it's a classy way to go in any case. You have added a lot to this hobby. Makes me sad to see you go. My apologies for declining a role in things before. You sir, are one of the good ones. You'll be missed. Hopefully you won't be missed for long though and will make a triumphant return.

Game on.
 
As far as the books:
There will not be any more books. They simply drain too much of my life away from work, kids, and my wife. I would have liked to have a trilogy, but that is not in store for me. Hopefully, someone else can pick up where I left off. I think I've shown that it is possible to make these books with no up front costs; you simply need your heart into it.

Enjoy whatever life brings you. I know the books I have written have been labors of love that didn't even return $1 an hour for my time.
 
I didn't really get to know you Gozer, but I understand and respect what you do for the arcade community.

Thank you for your contributions, time, and effort. Hope you visit!
 
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