A Prologue to Clovergate?
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Mirrored at the sole discretion of clymax for sake of transparency on Retro Achievements, which was one of the aims of Moderator BahamutVoid in leaving his farewell letter not long after Administrator televandalist’s own resignation letter dropped. If you have any concerns with this mirror, please reach out to clymax directly.
On September 14th 2025 I stepped down as a dev because I learned the hard way that no matter what you do for people, the moment you’re no longer convenient to them they will throw you aside like a used condom.
Since leaving though I’ve been told I’m welcome back as a dev when I decide to return by some admins and mods I will not name but I know better. Getting booted off a side server the same way I got booted off rollout crew is all the proof I needed of how unwelcome I truly am.
At this point I don’t even have the energy to be angry. I just want people to stop hurting me. At most I wanted people to question the trust they have in RA’s leadership but the whole Clover situation has taken that to an extreme I never wanted. The house is divided and I’m not welcome back on either side.
Some people are optimistic that RA will get past this but I’m not so sure. There’s no faith in leadership anymore. People are dropping like flies and knowing how the people who run the site truly view the people they work with: disposable and replaceable, things are going to get much much worse before it gets better. IF it gets better. The RA i knew and loved is dead. All the Clover situation did was make that clear to everyone else.
Oh and i still don’t know exactly what I could have leaked to get kicked off rollout crew to begin with but I don’t think I’m ever going to get an honest answer on that. For all I know one of the admins was having a bad day and decided to take it out on me.
I have no ill will towards anybody but that doesn’t mean my trust in people hasn’t been damaged. I’ve told the admins/mods mentioned before I’m just going to stick to being a player from now on as I just want to be left alone at this point. You could say I left at a good time but the way I see it, my departure was just the dam cracking. Clover was just the moment the dam burst.
In the farewell letter I now regret writing due to how many bridges I burned with it, I said that I hoped we hadn’t forgotten that players having fun is the real reason we do what we do. I think we did indeed forget that part. Welcome to the Dark Age of RetroAchievements.
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