I guess it's only appropriate that I post my farewell note here, in the thread that has defined my Civ3-existence and is the standing monument to the countless hours I spent with Master of Myrror in one form or another. During the last couple of years, it became more of a love/hate -relationship with the incompleteness of the mod nagging me and pushing me forward, but my real life responsibilities and lack of enthusiasm dragging me back.
However, it was always fun and despite it not being as much fun as it used to be in the beginning, I never lost sight of the fact that Master of Myrror was one heck of an achievement for me. I've never done a project of this magnitude and I will remember Master of Myrror and the whole Civ3 modding experience for the rest of my life. It was great because of you people - knowing that there are people out there who spend hours with my mod and feel the magic that I've tried to weave into the mod.
It was May 2006 when I started this hiatus that ultimately became my retirement from Civ3 modding and community participation. Of course my precense here had already diminished greatly with the birth of my son in September 2005, but after May I've hardly visited CFC. Now I have an another baby on the way (due June 2007) and I have way too many things to do in my life - I couldn't spare even fifteen minutes a day for modding right now.
So, with this, I let go of Master of Myrror for the last time. It's not really fair to say that I never finished it - I did finish it in June 2004 with 1.01, but my ambition kept me going and adding more stuff. Now I leave the whole thing in the state that it is right now - no wrapping up into one download and stuff like that. It should've been done almost two years ago, no point in doing it now with Civ3 modding slowly fading.
I wish each and everyone of you all the best. I enjoyed my time at CFC enormously and I hope our paths cross in the future in one way or another. Cheers!